The Funky 16 Corners

Infobox Album | Name = The Funky 16 Corners
Type = Compilation Album
Artist = Various Artists


Released = November 1, 2001
Recorded = 1968 to 1974
Genre = Deep funk, Funk, Soul
Length =
Label = Stones Throw
Producer = James Bell
Clarence Butler
Cut Chemist
William O. Douglas
Marsha Frazier
Spiderman Harrison
Conrad Johnson
Don Logan
Herbie Miller
Soul Vibrations
Bubbha Thomas
Ernest Williams
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tze097uskr5t link]
Last album =
This album = "The Funky 16 Corners"
(2001)
Next album = "Peanut Butter Wolf's Jukebox 45's"
(2002)

"The Funky 16 Corners" is a compilation of funk songs and instrumentals by little-known performers from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. The album, released on Stones Throw Records in 2001, pays homage to these forgotten funk bands and musicians.

Track listing

# "Intro"
#* Performed by Ebony Rhythm Band
# "Dap Walk"
#* Performed by Ernie & The Top Notes
# "Let's Go (It's Summertime)"
#* Performed by James Reese & The Progressions
# "Trespasser"
#* Performed by Bad Medicine
# "The Funky 16 Corners"
#* Performed by The Highlighters Band
# "The Kick"
#* Performed by The Rhythm Machine
# "What About You (In The World Today)"
#* Performed by Co Real Artists
# "Interlude"
#* Performed by Ebony Rhythm Band
# "The Dump"
#* Performed by Soul Vibrations
# "Jody's Freeze"
#* Performed by James Reese & The Progressions
# "Kashmere"
#* Performed by Kashmere Stage Band
# "Fish Head"
#* Performed by Slim & The Soulful Saints
# "Tighten Up Tighter"
#* Performed by Billy Ball & The Upsetters
#* Featuring Roosevelt Matthews
# "Southside Funk"
#* Performed by The Soul Seven
# "Can We Rap"
#* Performed by Carleen & The Groovers
# "Beautiful Day"
#* Performed by Spider Harrison
# "Go To Work [Alternate Version] "
#* Performed by Revolution Compared To What
# "The Phantom"
#* Performed by Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One
# "In The Rain"
#* Performed by The Wooden Glass
#* Featuring Billy Wooten
# "Outro"
#* Performed by Ebony Rhythm Band
# "Bunky's Pick [Bonus Track] "
#* Performed by Cut Chemist
# "The Funky Buzzard [Bonus Track] "
#* Performed by James Bell & The Turner Brothers

Credits

* Executive producer: Peanut Butter Wolf
* Mastering: Gene Grimaldi, Matt Mahaffey
* Engineering: George Day, Harry Deal & the Galaxies, Bob Edwards, Otis Forrest, Joel Johnson
* Editing: Gene Grimaldi
* Drums: Ron Anderson, Harold Cardwell, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Richard Clarke, Dwayne "Buzzard" Garvin, Willie Hill, Bubbha Thomas, Matthew R. Watson, Cliff Williams, Dino Zimmerman
* Tenor saxophone: Larry Blake, Joe Hardy, Doug Harris, Teddy Patterson
* Alto saxophone: Martin Williams
* Soprano saxophone: Doug Harris
* Saxophone: Doug Harris, Jim Honeycutt, Jesse Jones Jr., George Miller, David Morton, Clyde Walker
* Guitar: Jamie Brantley, Lee Martin, John Scott, Rob Townsend, Ernest Williams, Dino Zimmerman
* Trumpet: Clarence Butler, Carlos, Ronnie Davis, Freddie Green, Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson, Audrey Jones, William Perry, Soup, John Thomas, Pat Williams
* Bass: Tony Davis, Greg Johnson, Lester "Lammy" Johnson, David Stevens
* Flute: Marsha Frazier
* Piano: Marsha Frazier
* Electric piano: Marsha Frazier
* Trombone: Charles Hunt, Alexander J. Nichols, James Reese, Jimmy Walker
* Conga: Munyungo Jackson
* Organ: James Reese, Emanuel Riggins
* Vibraphone: Billy Wooten

External links

* [http://www.stonesthrow.com/records/sth2038.html "The Funky 16 Corners" on Stones Throw]
* [http://www.stonesthrow.com Stones Throw Records official site]