Mastercuts Funk Divas (box) (2005)

Product Summary Label: Koch Entertainment Dist UPC: 00876492009025 Release Date: 1/31/2006 Buy.com Sku: 64010953 Item#: M2LJJT Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Memories - Material/Whitney Houston ~ Various Artists 2. You're Losing Me - Ann Sexton ~ Various Artists 3. If My Friends Could See Me Now - Linda Clifford ~ Various Artists 4. Use Me - Ike & Tina Turner ~ Various Artists 5. There's A Break In The Road - Betty Harris ~ Various Artists 6. Funky Love - The Staple Singers ~ Various Artists 7. Chocolate City - Mavis Staples ~ Various Artists 8. Lady Marmalade - Irma Thomas ~ Various Artists 9. Girls Are Out To get You - The Fascinations ~ Various Artists 10. Jessie Joe - Jean Knight ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Take Care - June Conquest ~ Various Artists 2. All I Want Is You - Zilla Mayes ~ Various Artists 3. Hangin' Out In Hollywood - Betty Davis ~ Various Artists 4. One Man's Poison - Liz Lands ~ Various Artists 5. All I Need - June Conquest ~ Various Artists 6. Baby Don't You Know - Bobbi Humphrey ~ Various Artists 7. All I Want Is You - Betty Harris ~ Various Artists 8. You're Gonna Miss Me - Ann Sexton ~ Various Artists 9. Ride Your Pony - Betty Harris ~ Various Artists 10. You Gotta Push - Jody Gayles ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. No Good At Falling In Love - Betty Davis ~ Various Artists 2. Will You Be There - The Jones Girls ~ Various Artists 3. Lover And A Friend - Eddie Bo/Inez Cheatham ~ Various Artists 4. Never Gonna Stop - Linda Clifford ~ Various Artists 5. Piece Of The Action, A - Mavis Staples ~ Various Artists 6. I Know You Care - Ethel Beatty ~ Various Artists 7. It's You I Need - Deniece Chandler ~ Various Artists 8. If You Don't Start - The Jones Girls ~ Various Artists 9. If Time Could Stand Still - Ella Washington ~ Various Artists 10. Golden Empire - Ike & Tina Turner ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Not as riddled with abysmal re-recordings and poor-sounding live versions as some of the other compilations released by Mastercuts in 2005, Mastercuts: Funk Divas is a three-disc set that should come in handy for listeners who don't consider themselves experts of soul and funk from the '60s through the early '80s, but want to dig beyond the obvious classics. It's annoying that only 30 tracks are spread across the three discs (everything would've fit comfortably on two discs), but there's a decent if arbitrary assortment. A couple particularly notable inclusions: Material's "Take Care," featuring a pre-fame (and therefore pre-"Crack is wack!") Whitney Houston, and Ethel Beatty's "I Know You Care," an excellent (if hyper-repetitive) B-side from Roy Ayers' Uno Melodic label. ~ Andy Kellman   Technical Info Release Date : 01/10/2006 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 7 Label : Mastercuts Number of Discs : 3 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00876492009025