Stax Chartbusters Vol.1 - Various Artists

Advantages: good
Disadvantages: too short

...Product details about Funk Drops Vol.1 (Breaks Nuggets & Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic Atco Reprise & Warner Bros. 1968-1974) - Various Artists Main Specs > Display all product details Title Funk Drops Vol.1 (Breaks Nuggets & Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic Atco Reprise & Warner Bros. 1968-1974) Performer Various Artists Genre R&B Sub Genre Funk Release Date 03/09/2001 Product details about Funk Drops Vol.1 (Breaks Nuggets & Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic Atco Reprise & Warner Bros. 1968-1974) - Various Artists Main Specs > Display all product details Title Funk Drops Vol.1 (Breaks Nuggets & Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic Atco Reprise & Warner Bros. 1968-1974) Performer Various Artists Genre R&B Sub Genre Funk Release Date 03/09/2001 Product details about Funk Drops Vol.1 (Breaks Nuggets & Rarities... Read review

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Advantages: Well compiled collection
Disadvantages: Not all best tracks included

...but whose contribution to Soul is an important one. Possibly Taylor’s adaptability for singing in various styles from Soul, Funk, R&B and later Disco precluded his ability to make any one style his own, nevertheless the tracks included here and his biggest hit "Who's Making Love?" show off his vocal ability and his easy singing style to perfection. It is a bit strange however that two other of his tracks "I Had a Dream", "I've Got to Love Somebody's Baby" (both written by the team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter) are missing. No Stax compilation would be complete without some tracks by a legend of Blues guitar Albert King. ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’ the title track form the classic album of the same name in included on Disc 1 and it is a classic in every sense of the word being later covered by many other artist including Cream. His very minimalist... Read review

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Advantages: Every tracks a winner!
Disadvantages: Not enough recordings included

...Excellent compilation, continuing the classic Motown Chartbusters series. This set glides you through some of Motown's most famous classics through the late 1960's through to the dawn of the seventies. The albums opener is the superb The Tears of A Clown, one of Motowns definitive classics by the magnificent Smokey Robinson And The Miracles. Smokey Robinson had once been described by Bob Dylan "as the greatest ever living poet"! Certainly nothing of an understatement and this track remains timeless. This steadily leads to the roaring War by the highly underated Edwin Starr. Offering (at the time) a controversial political statement this is quite possibly Edwin's greatest ever recording and certainly is his most famous and the landmark of his career. Surprisingly The Love You Save by the Jackson 5 is more dated in comparison... Read review

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