Old School Soul Party (2005)

About this title: Another entry in Shout! Factory's ongoing series of triple-CD box compilations promoted on PBS, this one is more cohesively presented. Sequenced to flow like a typical party, the discs of this predominantly '70s-era 58-track R&B collection are divided into three connected parts. Starting with the high-energy sounds of Wild Cherry's one-hit wonder "Play That Funky Music," disc one (subtitled "Kickin' It Off") continues with tough funk hits from Cameo, Rick James, Parliament, and James Brown. Mercifully dodging the disco bullet save for Donna Summer's "Last Dance," this nonstop funkathon ... read more

Tracks:

1. Play That Funky Music [Parissi]
2. Will It Go Round in Circles [Fisher/Preston]
3. She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) [Haywood]
4. Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) [Clinton/Collins/Bra]
5. I Feel for You [Prince]
6. You and I [James]
7. Word Up [Blackmon/Jenkins]
8. You Dropped a Bomb On Me [Wilson/Simmons/Tayl]
9. The Payback, Pts. 1-2 [Brown/Wesley/Starks]
10. Love Rollercoaster [Beck/Bonner/Jones]
11. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone [Strong/Whifield]
12. Smiling Faces Sometimes [Strong/Whifield]
13. Slide [Washington/Hicks/Ad]
14. Strokin', Pt. 2 [Haywood]
15. Funky Nassau, Pts. 1-2 [Munnings/Fitzgerald]
16. Dazz [Hargis/Irons/Ransom]
17. Slippin' into Darkness [Dickerson/Miller/Al]
18. Last Dance [Jabara]
19. Sukiyaki [Carson/Ei/Leslie/Ro]
20. Jack and Jill [Parker]
21. Could It Be I'm Falling in Love [Steals]
22. Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) [Lambert/Potter]
23. That Lady, Pts. 1-2 [Isley/Isley/Isley]
24. I Want Your Love [Edwards/Rodgers]
25. Got to Be Real [Lynn/Paich/Foster]
26. The Second Time Around [Sylvers/Shelby]
27. Ladies Night [Bell/Kool & the Gan]
28. Bad Luck, Pts. 1-2 [Carstarphen/McFadde]
29. Back Stabbers [Huff/McFadden/White]
30. And the Beat Goes On [Sylvers/Shockley/Sh]
31. Use Me [Withers]
32. Groovy Situation [Lewis/Davis]
33. Love or Let Me Be Lonely [Peters/Poree/Scarbo]
34. Street Life [Sample/Jennings]
35. Strawberry Letter 23 [Otis]
36. Solid [Ashford/Simpson]
37. Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) [Green]
38. Let's Do It Again [Mayfield]
39. Lead Me On [Lasley/Willis]
40. Sexual Healing [Gaye/Brown/Ritz]
41. Shining Star [Graham/Richmond]
42. With You I'm Born Again [Connors/Shire]
43. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) [Bell/Hart]
44. O-o-h Child [Vincent]
45. Hey There Lonely Girl [Carr/Shuman]
46. Three Times a Lady [Richie]
47. Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me [Weatherly]
48. Have You Seen Her [Acklin/Record]
49. Slow Hand [Bettis/Clark]
50. I Do Love You [Stewart]
51. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right [Banks/Hampton/Jacks]
52. Baby, Come to Me [Temperton]
53. Our Love [Jackson/Yancy]
54. Always [Lewis/Lewis/Lewis]
55. Tonight, I Celebrate My Love [Masser/Goffin]
56. You Are Everything [Bell/Creed]
57. Natural High [McCormick]
58. Lovin' You [Riperton/Rudolph]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.