Con Funk Shun: Confunkshunizeya - The Mercury Anthology, 2CD

• 32 essential tracks take us back in time to relive the group's golden years when they were a ubiquitous presence in the American R&B charts during the late 1970s and first half of the 80s.

The standout tracks on this compilation are as mentioned above ‘Ffun’ where we bring you the full 12” version, and the Top 10 R&B tracks ‘Shake And Dance With Me’, ‘Chase Me’, ‘Got To Be Enough’, ‘Too Tight’, ‘Baby, I’m Hooked (Right Into Your Love)’ & ‘Burnin’ Love’, all the album versions, no single edits.

Between January 1977 and October 1986, Con Funk Shun, a seven-piece group originating from Vallejo, a waterfront city in Northern California's Bay Area, racked up 25 R&B hits in their native USA, including the No. 1 R&B single, 'Ffun.' They were renowned for serving up addictive slices of brassy, dance floor funk but also had a profoundly romantic side; excelling at slow, smooth, passionate ballads. The group was driven by the twin talents of vocalists and songwriters, Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate II, whose contrasting musical characteristics would come to define the group's distinctive sound and style.

As journalist Charles Waring describes in the sleeve notes on this pakage, that period in their history is vividly brought back to life by the 32 classic funk and soul jams on Confunkshunizeya – The Mercury Anthology, an indispensable career retrospective where ‘Ffun’ and a good time are guaranteed.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

1  Sure Feels Good To Me.

2  Foley Park.

3  DooWhaChaWannaDoo.

4  Ffun – (12" Version)

5  Confunkshunizeya

6  Who Has The Time

7  Shake And Dance With Me - Album Version

8  Loveshine

9  So Easy

10  Chase Me

11  Da Lady

12  (Let Me Put) Love On Your Mind

13  Too Tight

14  Lady's Wild

15  Touch

DISC TWO

1  Got To Be Enough

2  Happy Face

3  Honey Wild

4  By Your Side

5  Bad Lady

6  California 1

7  Straight From The Heart

8  Body Lovers

9  Ms. Got-The-Body

10  Love's Train

11  Ain't Nobody, Baby

12  You Are The One

13  Can You Feel The Groove Tonight

14  Baby I'm Hooked (Right Into Your Love)

15  Turn The Music Up

16  Electric Lady

17  Burnin Love