Trunk of Funk [Box set] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

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Album Description
Each album has been 24-bit digitally remastered including previously unreleased bonus tracks (except live album), expanded booklets, new liner notes and space to hold the remaining 8 Grand Funk Railroad reissues to be released over the next year. Every trunk is individually numbered and includes a sticker, guitar and a pair of Shinin' on 3-D glasses. Only 10,000 boxes have been manufactured worldwide! Closer To Home adds 4 bonus tracks 'Mean Mistreater' (Alternate Mix), 'In Need' (Live), 'Heartbreaker' (Live) & 'Mean Mistreater' (Live). Grand Funk adds 2 bonus tracks 'Nothing Is The Same' (Demo) & 'Mr. Limousine Driver' (Extended Version). On Time adds 2 bonus tracks 'High On A Horse' (Original Version) & 'Heartbreaker' (Original Version). Capitol. 2002.

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Trunk Funk: The Best of the Brand New Heavies
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The funk is over
  • Words fail me
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Trunk Funk: The Best of the Brand New Heavies
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ASIN: B000025ACN
Release Date: 1999-09-10

Tracks:

  1. Saturday Nite
  2. Dream Come True
  3. Never Stop
  4. Stay This Way
  5. Dream On Dreamer
  6. Back To Love
  7. Midnight At The Oasis
  8. BNH
  9. You Are The Universe
  10. Forever
  11. Shelter
  12. Sometimes
  13. Spend Some Time
  14. You've Got A Friend
  15. Close To You
  16. Gimme One Of Those
  17. Apparently Nothing
  18. Try My Love

Album Description

18 of their best recordings from the legendary acid jazz group that started their career as part of the Talkin' Loud label family. Warner.

Album Details

18 Digitally Remastered Recordings of the Legendary Acid Jazz Group that Started their Career as Part of the Talkin' Loud Label Family. Includes 12 UK Top 40 Hit Singles and Three Tracks with Singer Carleen Anderson. Includes Three More Tracks Than the USA Equivalent and all of the Following Do Not Appear on the USA Edition: "Midnight at the Oasis", "Bnh", "You Are the Universe", "Shelter", "Spend Some Time", "You've Got a Friend", "Close to You", "Apparently Nothing" and "Try My Love".

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The funk is over.......2005-06-06

Reading at the leaflet inside the CD, BNH say America forgot to funk in the 90's. I think now there is no funk at all. BNH were the last hope and now it's all over. There are some excellent groups (I've been an Incognito fan for years and Jamiroquai is on my CD player almost every week), but BNH is what you expect for real funk.

This compilation is the answer. Listen to it and you will find a pure, complex, grooving and marvellous music. I cannot find anything but good songs. I've got some favourites, of course. Some of them make me sing, some make me dance, some make me smile. All of them make me feel optimistic.

My favourite:
- Saturday Nite: great for dance.
- Dream Come True: incredible 7 minute song. Wow wow, yeah yeah.
- Dream On Dreamer: a masterpiece: lyrics, rhythm, arrangements, everything.
- Midnight At The Oasis: extraordinary melody.
- You Are The Universe: the best love declaration.
- Shelter: boys also sing.
- You've Got A Friend: versions don't have to be worse than the original.
- Gimme One Of Those: perfect to make you smile.

I feel delighted listening to this CD. But, after this, BNH is over. And so is funk.

5 out of 5 stars Words fail me.......2001-06-02

This is a truly great album. That should by rights be the end of this review but it can't be - everyone must know and love this music.

It is impossible to be sad while listening to this album. From the moment the bassline of "Saturday Nite" hits you you'll be dancing and happy. I speak from experience - the day I bought this album I was having a pretty bad run of things but the instant I put it on all my troubles vanished.

The album almost works like brain anaesthetic. The jamming on tracks like "Dream Come True" has a marvellously sedating effect on the listener and trying to follow one instrument through the other tracks is the musical equivalent of counting sheep.

Not to say this album is boring, far from it. It is truly an album made for parties. While almost no one may begin the party knowing who these guys are, it would be a rare party indeed which would end without at least 5 people asking if they could "borrow" this CD.

The vocals by N'Dea Davenport, Siedah Garrett and Carleen Anderson are just awe-inspiring. All three ladies can move from singing very high-pitched right down to the kind of voice you associate with smoky bars - and they can do this on a dime. The music is even better.

The Heavies are solidly rooted in the funk tradition and they don't let you forget it. Whether it be the funky basslines inspiring memories of Parliament or the intricate drum breaks to begin some of the tracks - you could really be excused for thinking you were back in the 70s.

Standout tracks? well, all of them in short. But in long:

Saturday Nite: the best way to open the album, a great bassline with Anderson funking away in the vox department.

Dream Come True: It starts off slowly but builds to an incredible jam session by the end. My CD player is convinced that it takes about 7:45 to do this but it sure desn't feel like it.

Dream On Dreamer: A mervellous vocal backed by some spot-on drumming. Watch the intro and tell me what you think.

Midnight At The Oasis: I first heard this song on a casino ad here in Brisbane. The properly funked version is much better all around. The vocals here from Siedah are incredible.

BNH: This is possibly the best track on the album. A wonderfully slow-building instrumental which you never want to finish. One of the rare instrumentals by groups with singers that really don't need vocals.

In all - you need this album. Everyone needs this album. Get it.

5 out of 5 stars Essential Acid-Jazz Album.......2001-01-16

I'm glad this album is available here in the Philippines, though very very rare, I manage to get the last one in our vicinity. Like EWF, this band has got a lot of R&B flavor in it that makes you wanna groove all night long. Funky bass lines that I have always come to love in Cool-jazz recordings are ever present here...Personal favs are probably BNH, Saturday nite,and Sometimes. Get this album, it's worth the import price tag!!!!

4 out of 5 stars I almost remember their name now.......2000-01-02

Always had a hard time to remember this bands name, but I know that I totally loved the songs I heard beeing play from BNH once in a while. It was painful not knowing who sang these catchy tunes that totally got stuck on my head and made my body wanna move. With this album I'm beginning to know who they are and I realize how many good songs they've actually done.In the beginning of every song I'm thinking -wow,this one's theirs too?All my favouritesongs in one album.I'm amazed...and tired from dancing.This albums can even make the gloomiest days sunny.
Trunk Funk Classics: 1991-2000
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Smokin' Trunk Funk!
  • LOVE IT!!!
  • Awesome compilation!
  • Heaven
  • A Trunk Full Of Funk
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The Brand New Heavies
Manufacturer: Delicious Vinyl
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ASIN: B00004YR25
Release Date: 2000-11-07

Tracks:

  1. Finish What You Started
  2. Brother Sister
  3. Put The Funk Back In It
  4. Stay This Way
  5. Back To Love
  6. Have A Good Time
  7. Bonafide Funk
  8. Never Stop
  9. Forever
  10. Dream On Dreamer
  11. Sometimes (Remix)
  12. Gimmie One Of Those
  13. Soul Flower
  14. Dream Come True '92
  15. Saturday Nite (Remix)

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Before Maceo Parker played with De La Soul, before Dr. Dre sampled the entire P-Funk catalog, even before flares came back in style, London's the Brand New Heavies were spreading funk's gospel to a whole new generation of listeners. Formed in 1985 by James Brown-worshipers Jan Kincaid, Simon Bartholomew, and Andrew Levy (vocalist N'dea Davenport joined in 1990), the band emerged from London's acid jazz scene in the early '90s with a sound folks had been jonesin' for. It wasn't quite Bootsy or Sly, but the Heavies' sexy, raw, and uplifting blend of sweaty '60s funk and smoothed-out '70s soul made booties shake harder than they had in years. Their early material has aged well; cuts off 1992's hip-hop-infused Heavy Rhyme Experience: Vol. 1 (especially "Soul Flower," which features hip-hop's Pharcyde at its finest) gush with exuberance, as do the four cuts from Brother Sister, perhaps the band's strongest album. Unfortunately, things haven't been quite the same since Davenport left the band in 1995 (replaced by Siedah Garrett until '98, then by current vocalist Carleen Anderson). But the comp's only new track, a reworking of Marvin Gaye's "Saturday Nite" that features rapper Mos Def, offers up a superfine bounce that'll definitely leave you grooving. They've still got it goin' on. --Sylvia W. Chan

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Smokin' Trunk Funk!.......2004-10-07

The Brand New Heavies short lived music career hit all the perfect notes.

This CD revolves the dreaded 'Best Of...' syndrome into a really nice listening experience. A nice mix of their best and some odd ball songs into a good interpretation of the Brand New Heavies changes in singers and styles. I recommend this to everyone who's heard of this abstract band.

Your friends will be asking you to borrow this CD once they hear it. I'm living proof!

5 out of 5 stars LOVE IT!!!.......2003-05-14

I have been a huge fan of the Brand New Heavies for a long time, so when I discovered they had released this CD, I was in heaven!!! I love absolutely everything about this CD. They included all of my favorites as well as some new songs that I had never heard before. With their interesting mix of R&B, funk, and soul, this band really knows what it takes to make good music. N'dea Davenport's voice still blows me away.

This is the perfect CD for any Brand New Heavies fan, and I would also suggest it to people not familiar with the band. You will not be disappointed at all! This is the type of music that definitely has longevity!!!

5 out of 5 stars Awesome compilation!.......2001-12-30

I have been a fan of the Brand New Heavies since their "Heavy Rhyme Experience" LP in 1992. This new greatest hits compilation features all their hits from their self-titled debut up till 1996's "Shelter" and several new tracks. All the songs are great, perfect for listening while driving in your car late night through Hollywood and the Sunset Strip. Classics like "Sometimes", "Dream come true", "Dream on dreamer", "finish what you started" and "Brother sister" are all here, plus new tracks like the excellent "Saturday Nite" and "Put the funk back in it". There are actually two versions of this compilation. THis US edition features more of their older stuff (from "Heavy Rhyme Experience" and "Brother Sister"), while the European edition features most of the tracks from the US edition, but with bonus tracks from their "Shelter" LP, like "You are the Universe", etc. Nonetheless, this is an excellent compilation of the Brand New Heavies' music, and it is indeed rare to see all their best songs on one collection. Not to be missed for all Acid Jazz fans!!!

5 out of 5 stars Heaven.......2001-11-28

When I first heard this album I was completely amazed. Its a perfect album for listening in the car driving at the A4 during the night(The Hague-Amsterdam) at 220 KM/H. There's only on bad song at the album and you may discover which one.

3 out of 5 stars A Trunk Full Of Funk.......2001-11-13

I didn't really know what to expect from this C.D. I had known of the Brand New Heavies for years. They're a band local to me (Ealing), and one which is consistently played on the dancefloor, but of you had asked me to name some of their hits, I would only have been able to come up with 'You've Got A Friend'. Having listened to this a few times, I can only say that I can still only name one of their hits (which features Seidah Garrett on vocals), but I am nevertheless better informed. There's nothing outstanding here, except perhaps the band's performances. They have proved themselves adept at picking vocalists and consolidated their talent over the years by shrewd choices of musicians and producers. However what they really need is a strong songwriter, once they get that right, all their songs will be as memorable as their hit.
Trunk of Funk
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • POOR EXCUSE FOR A TRUNK
  • Grand Funk Railroad: Trunk Of Funk
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Trunk of Funk
Grand Funk Railroad
Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B00006GA4D
Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

  1. Are You Ready
  2. Anybody's Answer
  3. Time Machine
  4. High On A Horse
  5. T.N.U.C.
  6. Into The Sun
  7. Heartbreaker
  8. Call Yourself A Man
  9. Can't Be Too Long
  10. Ups And Downs
  11. High On A Horse (Original Version)
  12. Heartbreaker (Original Version)

Tracks:

  1. Got This Thing On The Move
  2. Please Don't Worry
  3. High Falootin' Woman
  4. Mr. Limousine Driver
  5. In Need
  6. Winter And My Soul
  7. Paranoid
  8. Inside Looking Out
  9. Nothing Is The Same (Demo)
  10. Mr. Limousine Driver (Extended Version)

Tracks:

  1. Introduction
  2. Are You Ready
  3. Paranoid
  4. In Need
  5. Heartbreaker
  6. Words Of Wisdom
  7. Mean Mistreater
  8. Mark Say's Alright
  9. T.N.U.C.
  10. Inside Looking Out
  11. Into The Sun

Tracks:

  1. Sin's A Good Man's Brother
  2. Aimless Lady
  3. Nothing Is The Same
  4. Mean Mistreater
  5. Get It Together
  6. I Don't Have To Sing The Blues
  7. Hooked On Love
  8. I'm Your Captain
  9. Mean Mistreater (Alternative Mix)
  10. In Need (Live)
  11. Heartbreaker (Live)
  12. Mean Mistreater (Live)

Album Description

Each album has been 24-bit digitally remastered including previously unreleased bonus tracks (except live album), expanded booklets, new liner notes and space to hold the remaining 8 Grand Funk Railroad reissues to be released over the next year. Every trunk is individually numbered and includes a sticker, guitar and a pair of Shinin' on 3-D glasses. Only 10,000 boxes have been manufactured worldwide! Closer To Home adds 4 bonus tracks 'Mean Mistreater' (Alternate Mix), 'In Need' (Live), 'Heartbreaker' (Live) & 'Mean Mistreater' (Live). Grand Funk adds 2 bonus tracks 'Nothing Is The Same' (Demo) & 'Mr. Limousine Driver' (Extended Version). On Time adds 2 bonus tracks 'High On A Horse' (Original Version) & 'Heartbreaker' (Original Version). Capitol. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars POOR EXCUSE FOR A TRUNK.......2002-10-19

First off, Grand Funk is my all time favorite US garage band, if not US band period. I was stoked to hear of the COMPLETE Capitol catolog re-release's. Secondly, I am happy with the CD's themselves, although I thought the idea of buying the trunk (Box set)was to get ALL of the CD's at once. My first dissappointment however was the lack of thought (coolness!) and 5 cent budget put into the trunk (cardboard box covered with colored paper & filled with 2 measly little useless trinkets in a special smaller box.) Remember the age group this band came from! If you are short of money, then I suggest "Thirty Years of Funk" box set, as a much better value. My second & biggest dissappointment is that no where in the 12 album (CD) reissue is the number one album of all time! Mark, Don & Mel 1969-1971 ! This is the ONLY CD REISSUE most of us even want. I played this album, 8-track, & cassette to death. Fortunately I still have an LP to burn a CD from.

5 out of 5 stars Grand Funk Railroad: Trunk Of Funk.......2002-10-04

This album is a great buy considering the four CD's and other knick knacks which are included.

Grand Funk Railroad's first album, On Time was recorded on 8-Track in June of 1969, just one month before their performance at the Atlanta Pop Festival. Capitol records signed them on the spot after the show and the On Time album was officially released in Sept of 1969. The album includes standards such as Are you ready, T.N.U.C, Into the sun and Heartbreaker, which are songs that Grand Funk played many times live during their career. Other classic GFR tunes are Anybody's Answer, Time Machine, High on a horse, Call yourself a man, Can't be too long and Ups and downs. This was a great debut album for the power trio from Flint, Mi and it sounds much better now since it's been re-mastered.

The second album by GFR was simply called Grand Funk. It's red cover with live pics of Mark, Don and Mel became known as the Grand Funk (Red Album) by their fans. This album was a better recording then On Time and featured Grand Funk in their most raw state. Their hard grinding blues resonated a feeling that was very down to earth and realistic. The band spent a total of three days to record this album and did little overdubbing on it. Many of the songs on the Red Album can be considered as vehicles for their concerts, because after all Grand Funk was best known as a live band. Songs such as In Need, Paranoid and GFR's version of Inside looking out were concert favorites. The album starts off on a bang with, Got this thing on the move. A great jam tune that features Mark's fuzz tone Messenger guitar right in your face, along with Don's hard driving drumming and Mel's great bass work, all working together in unison. The album also includes the songs, Please don't worry, High Falootin woman, Mr. Limousine driver and Winter and my soul. There are also two bonus tracks which include and early version of, Nothing is the same and an alternate track of Mr. Limousine drive. The best way to listen to this CD is just crank it up, then lay back and feel it. It's the ultimate garage band album.

Closer to home is the Grand Funk album that put them over the top. When GFR released the album in June of 1970, they rented a giant billboard in New York's Time Square to help promote it. This did help the band, because along with Grand Funk's constant touring, the album broke the top ten list and went on to sell over three million copies. This was Grand Funk's best album musically up to this point in their career and it also featured their spellbinding song, I'm your captain. A song which touched millions and gave hope and peace to many of our military men and women in Viet Nam. This album was more R&B in feel and also showed some gospel roots as well. The Closer to home re-master also includes unreleased tracks of Mean Mistreater, also live versions of Heartbreaker, In Need and Mean Mistreater as well. Mark, Don & Mel played great together on this album and were very harmonious as well. Closer to home is a true rock anthem. This is without doubt the most explosive album ever released and the sound GFR get's on this CD is both awsome and sensual. The hard driving rhythm and blues that Grand Funk played is best captured on this album, without any overdubbing of any kind. It is wild, fun and can easly drive you into a frenzy. This is another album that you just have to crank up and feel the great vibes that are coming out at full force. The album erupts with Are you ready. A song which features Don Brewer on lead vocals and Mark Farner's screaming guitar work, while Mel Schacher keeps the rhythm going with his superb bass play. Paranoid kicks in with raw energy and sustain, then GFR goes into thier song In Need. A great live song which features a wild and searing guitar solo by Mark. Heartbreaker and Mean Mistreater then take the band into a more solemn tone and then they break into their awsome jam tune called, Mark say's alright. T.N.U.C is a song that features Don Brewer's fantastic drum work, because of the great drum solo by Donnie B. It's also a hard driving tune that's full of excitement and energy. It's the ultamate free form rock song and one of their best known live tunes. They always had the fans in the palms of their hands with this song too. Grand Funk then finishes off with Into the sun. A great song with a melody and feel that takes you on a trip of rapture and leaves the fans craving for more. It is the ultimate live album by the best concert band of all time.

5 out of 5 stars Homer's in a COMA.....and here's WHY.............2002-10-01

I first heard Grand Funk in the back seat of a '57 Chevy goin' up M-24 in late September of '69...."PARANOID" was the first tune to hit my ears (and made them BLEED), and I've been a DIEHARD GrandFunkFanatic ever since that day. I've heard about every GFR tune ever done, own every CD there is, 8 track, cassette, LP, you name it- I've either had it or own it presently and play the hell out of it, still.

Well, my FunkChildren, it's time to put the old records/CDs/tapes away; seal 'em up and save 'em for posterity; there's plenty of reason to do that, and it starts with the brand-new TRUNK OF FUNK, and the first four CDs of the NEWLY REMASTERED (in 24 BIT, no less) GRAND FUNK RAILROAD CATALOG!!

"ON TIME", "GRAND FUNK", "CLOSER TO HOME" and "LIVE ALBUM" are all there in the best sense of every note, phrase, lick, lyric, kick drum, bass run up the scales and cymbal crash- OH, BABY- if you're a diehard GFR fan, like me (and a few dozen other of my pals from around the world), your ears are gonna MELT and BLEED before you're done with these CDs.

You'll smile ear to ear all the while, too.

"ON TIME", the first release from GFR in '69, is just AWESOME from start to finish; the separation of the individual instruments, the definition, clarity and the BASS WHOMP!! that Mel Schacher hit us all with that got the world's attention is all there, PLUS sonic enhancements- you'll swear that this may be the first time you ever listened to this album like this, you can't help it....it ROCKS. This may be one of the greatest BLUES/ROCK albums ever made, but because of Terry ("I'm not a producer") Knight's incompetency behind a mixer, nobody ever knew it before now....take a listen and you'll hear what I mean. It's soooooo good, soooooo smooth and groovin', even Todd is smilin' ear to ear and he had nothin' to do with GFR (yet....).

"GRAND FUNK" was THE DEFINITIVE 'heavy metal' album that hooked us all. THAT BASS- whoa, baby- POWER CHORDS- rippin' vocals- and Mr. A$$KICKER lettin' it go on the drums made EVERYONE sit up and take notice that this was THE BAND to pay attention to. You ain't gonna believe what this sounds like, unless you sit and roll a big, ol' fattie up and crack a Schlitz with the headphones on. Do it....and you can thank me later. OUT-FUNKIN'-STANDING. Four bongs!!

"CLOSER TO HOME"....for many of my brothers and myself, CTH was THE GFR album that got us back to "The World", mentally and emotionally, let alone physically. It did me. There's a special place that no other record will ever be able to hold in my heart that this one has securely all by itself.

My God, I stood in the middle of the room when I played this, with tears in my eyes. This is timeless, historical, reverent and incredible music, my friends. It sounds as if you're hearing it for the very first time, it's soooooo good. This album should be mandatory listening for EVERYONE on this world. It's fabulous. If this doesn't grab you, you're already dead. Wonderful from opening note to final fadeout. AND, those "bonus cuts" are hot as hell, too!

"LIVE ALBUM"....HOLY BACK-DRAFT, BATMAN, can this band - R O C K - or what??? You may THINK you've heard "live albums" before that melt the tweeters and shred the woofers- but man, you ain't heard THIS ONE like this ever before!!!!!! Brace yourself, grab onto the chair- THIS was the record that the Memorex ad with the guy sitting in the easy chair being blown away facing the speaker was representing!! Even Terry (I'm STILL not a producer) Knight's awful mix can't take away what happens in this album right from the first chords of "ARE YOU READY?" (and you damn well better be, too) till it's OVER. Finally, the PROPER ORDER of the show is revealed, too. This one is gonna rock yer (eye)balls off. Guaranteed to start a WHOLE NEW GENERATION of ROCK FANS to want MORE of this band (who, by the way, is reformed and out on tour NOW [minus Mark Farner, solo performer]- replaced by KISS veteran Bruce Kulick on guitar, .38 Special's MAX CARL on lead vocals, and The Silver Bullet Band's keyboardist Tim Cashion with, OF COURSE, Don "Mr. A$$KICKER" Brewer and Mel "The GOD of THUNDER" Schacher, the heart, rhythm and backbone of GFR from the start)!!

I can't WAIT to get my hands on the next four remasters!! DAVID TEDDS & Co. has done yet ANOTHER incredible job (see "GRAND FUNK RAILROAD LIVE- The 1971 TOUR"). THANK GOD Capitol Records put Grand Funk Railroad's remasters in the capable hands of such DEDICATED GRAND FUNK FANS as DAVID TEDDS and EVREN GOKNAR!!

GET THE TRUNK OF FUNK. GET THE REMASTERED CDs. GET READY TO ROCK LIKE YOU WERE 15 ONE MORE TIME.

You're welcome!!

5 out of 5 stars Finally Capitol Does GFR Right.......2002-09-17

The Trunk Of Funk look's like an old leather trunk and includes the first 4 reissues ON TIME, GRAND FUNK (what we FUNKnatics Call RED ALBUM), CLOSER TO HOME and LIVE ALBUM-all 24 Bit Digitally Remasterred with Bonus tracks and new Liner notes-already inside and space to hold another 8 classic GFR reissues that are to be released over the 7 or 8 months. Each box is a LIMITED EDITION and each is individually numbered 10,000 copies will be manufactured worldwide. Each box also includes a sticker, a pic and some Shinin On 3D glasses. This is a must have for any BIG Grand Funk Fan.

This box set inclde GFRs first 4 album's from their power trio days. All four of these CDs are 24 bit digitially remasterred and are masterpiece's of rock n roll from cover to cover. Capitol Hired David Tedds (A Huge GFR Fan) to head the project and he did a wonderful job. The remastering is wonderful the (Bong Rattling) bass of Mel Schacher is right in your face the whole set, Mark Farner's Guitar is crisp and clean Don Brewer's (competent) drums are clear as a bell and the (wild shirtless) Vocals of Mark and Don are all clear and fantastic. (Parentheses from Homer Simpson).

ON TIME is a Great debut Album and ranks out there with the greats of the 70s. The songs are; Are you ready, Anybody's Answer, Time Machine, High On A Horse, T.N.U.C., Into The Sun, Heartbreaker, Call Yourself A Man, Can't Be Too Long, Ups and Downs all rock and this CD includes new liner notes and Photo's as well as bonus tracks. The Bonus tracks are The original versions of Heartbreaker and High On A Horse, both are very cool.

RED ALBUM Like On Time its a sledge hammer album, but even heavier with the smash songs that GFR used live such as In Need, Inside Looking Out and Paranoid as well as the radio friendly songs Mr. Limousine Driver, Please Don't worry, and High Falottin Women; and the Sledge hammer rocker Got This Thing On The Move. The Bonus tracks are a demo version of Nothing is the same, which I absolutely LOVE, and an extended version of Mr. Limousine Driver which is very cool.

CLOSER TO HOME; singled a change for GFR. Now this "heavy Metal Band" is showing the ability to change and showing versatility and more sophisticated lyrics. A more blues based album It also contains GFR magus Opus, I'm Your Captain. Its wonderful song and singer Songwriter Mark Farner said it came to him in a dream and that he believe God gave him this song to be meaningful to people. It has been meaningful to me for over 30 years now and to millions of others as well. The song is just a beautiful blend of melodic Guitar chords (Mark Farner) a great lead bass line
(Mel Schacher) and wonderful drumming along (Don Brewer) with great lead
vocals by Mark and wonderful Harmonies between Mark and Don, take all that
and include a great orchestra blended and you have an all time rock classic. This CD is great from start to finish. Sin's a Good Man's Brother is a hard rocker with an infectious groove. Aimless Lady a cool Bluesy rocker. Nothing is the same showed more sophistication in lyric writing for the young band and it rocks as well. Mean Mistreater and is slow down for the band a bluesy song crying out for lost love. Get it together is a fun (mostly) instrumental a nice grove provided by the rhythm section and some nice guitar chops at the end. Hooked On Love has that Gospel feel that influences much rock n roll from the 60s and early 70s, a typical we got to have Love song and a very good one.. The Bonus tracks are an Alternate mix of Mean Mistreater. And three excellent Live Rockers, In Need, Heartbreaker and Mean Misterater all from the power trios prime performances.

LIVE ALBUM is pure energy; its GFR in all its Live bombastic, Spinal tap, Power Trio Glory. This is the Greatest Live Album of all time (or second Best behind Grand Funk Railroad Live The 1971 Tour, Its a toss up), there are no overdubs only a few tweaks with the audience noise (the sound on these blows away all the imports). Mark and Don together were just the pack, but when they stole Mel from ? and the Mysterians the magic happened and the Pack became Grand Funk Railroad. This album captured millions of fans for GFR who still
reminisce about it to this day. It sounds fantastic, its nice and bass heavy, like GFR was, in there power trio days. This edition of LIVE ALBUM is a 24 Bit Remasterred Masterpiece, of hard rock n roll from cover to cover. The tracks are; Introduction, Are you Ready, Paranoid, In Need, Heartbreaker, Words Of Wisdom, Mean Mistreater. Mark Say's Alright, T.N.U.C., Inside Looking Out, and Into the Sun. This is a MUST HAVE LIVE ALBUM from the 70s. for Every fan of Hard Rock.
Deuce
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Buy This!!!!
  • Best release of 2001
Deuce
Psychedelic Breakfast
Manufacturer: Sonance
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005NCIL
Release Date: 2001-06-01

Tracks:

  1. Tribal Funk Affliction
  2. See The Light
  3. LDZ
  4. Phaddy Boom Baddy
  5. Question Mark and The Mind
  6. Beef Barley
  7. Buquebus
  8. What The Funk
  9. Mooboos Voodoo (episode 2)

Album Description

Sonance Records founded in January 2001 by CEO Rick Frimmer are comitted to nurturing talent and helping their artists establish roots to develope long term relationships with their fans.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Buy This!!!!.......2004-01-21

A must have for any fan of jamband music, the Breakfast cooks it up like no other

5 out of 5 stars Best release of 2001.......2003-03-06

Nine tracks of pure genious. This band combines jazz, funk and rock and roll into a delicious musical meal. This CD is a must have for any fans of improvisational music, i.e. Zappa, Phish, Grateful Dead. They draw influences from so many differenet places that they can't be fully described by just one musical genre. Check them out for yourself and you won't be disappointed.
Junk in the Trunk
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Big, groovy funk
Junk in the Trunk
Cadillac Jones
Manufacturer: Harmonized
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00015HV92
Release Date: 2003-11-18

Tracks:

  1. Tilt
  2. Upper Decker
  3. Sammy Sosa
  4. Galaxy Galore
  5. Friend Or Foe?
  6. Yahtzee Champ
  7. Giant Steps
  8. Concourse '73
  9. Janine Is Fat
  10. Your Mama
  11. Adults Making Love
  12. Anthesis
  13. Not Listed

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Big, groovy funk.......2003-12-10

Cadillac Jones is shifting into overdrive and careening through the Atlanta music scene, with side swiping neo-funk grooves, pelvic pounding rhythms and Hot Tub chic melodies made for modern loving. Standing on the shoulders of giants like Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Charlie Parker, and Grant Green, taking deep breathes of innovators like John Scofield, Charlie Hunter and Karl Denson, Cadillac Jones' sound is one part jazz, two parts funk and three sheets to the wind. When they're bad, they're better.
Trunk of Funk
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Trunk of Funk
    The Microphone Prince
    Manufacturer: Next Plateau / Red
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000DTV0
    Release Date: 1993-09-21

    Tracks:

    1. Funky Introduction
    2. Gettin' Paid for My Vocals
    3. World According to Prince
    4. Spark the Next One
    5. Smooth Criminal
    6. Head That Wears the Crown
    7. Horizontal Hokey Pokey
    8. Here Comes the M-L
    9. Funky for My Man
    10. Brand New Year
    11. Trunk of Funk
    12. Summer Yings
    13. Better You Than Me
    14. Sloppy Doo-Wop
    15. Mr. Microphone
    16. Little Chicken Hawk
    17. Talkin' Madd Shit
    18. Boot
    19. My Daddy
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    Red Sky in Brooklyn
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Red Sky in Brooklyn
      The Poma-Swank
      Manufacturer: The Poma-Swank
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000CA3604
      Release Date: 2005-09-13

      Tracks:

      1. Easy Song
      2. Orlando's Bossa
      3. In My Arms
      4. Sometimes I'm Happy
      5. Red Sky in Brooklyn
      6. Possibly Maybe
      7. Never Seen Me Before
      8. Glass House Blues
      9. My Favorite Things
      10. Hallelujah
      Trunk Funk
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • "This is a great CD to jam to with your friends at a party!"
      Trunk Funk
      Various Artists
      Manufacturer: D.M. Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B000001911
      Release Date: 1995-10-31

      Tracks:

      1. Tootsie Roll - 69 Boyz
      2. Shake That Monkey - Quick Pick
      3. Dazzey Duks - Duice
      4. Bass-I Got It - Bass Invaders
      5. Check The Flava - Bass Gangsters
      6. Whoomp (There It Is) - Tag Team
      7. DJ Scratch - Bass 305
      8. Boom I Got Your Girlfriend - Boys From The Bottom
      9. Drop The Bass - DJ Magic Mike & The Vicious Base
      10. Mix Master - Bass 305
      11. Drop Tha Bottom - Nemisis
      12. Sally-That Girl - GUCCI CREW
      13. Taking You Back To The Old School - Old School Players
      14. 1-2-3-4 Bass! - Bass Syndicate

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars "This is a great CD to jam to with your friends at a party!".......2003-07-08

      Whassup fellas? This CD's, dope! It's got some dang good bass- lines to wake-up the neighbors. (Although, you kids wouldn't want to crank-up your stereo too-loud, your mom and dad will get mad at you for keeping them awake, through all hours of the night.) This "Trunk Funk" album has some good [stuff] on it. If you like listening to Sir-Mix-A-Lot, Tag-Team and Baja Men...then this is the album for you. This is a great CD to jam to with your friends at a party! I highly recommend it to DJ's working the "club scene" and to those of us who are looking for a good-time.
      Deadly Needles
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        Deadly Needles
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Out of Trunk Kuts
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00008G4RM
        Release Date: 2000-05-23

        Tracks:

        1. Intro - DJ Rectangle
        2. Freestyle - Funkdoobiest
        3. Get With da Wickedness - Diddy, Diddy
        4. Who You Wit - Snoop Dogg
        5. It's All About the Benjamins - Ice Cube, KRS-One,
        6. Gettin' Funky - The Lost Boyz
        7. Men of Steel - Tha Alkaholiks
        8. Me and My Crazy World
        9. Likwidation
        10. It's Yourz - Wu-Tang Clan
        11. Guantanamera - Wyclef Jean
        12. Bubblin' - Cru
        13. Intro - DJ Rectangle
        14. Hip Hop Drunkies - Tha Alkaholiks
        15. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - Busta Rhymes
        16. Talkin' Bout Bank - The WhoRidas
        17. Going Back to Cali - The Notorious B.I.G.
        18. If U Stay Ready - Suga Free
        19. Big Momma Thang - Lil' Kim
        20. Dead or Alive [Remix] - 2Pac
        21. We Trying to Stay Alive - Wyclef Jean
        22. Put the Monkey in It - Dat Nigga Daz
        23. WHT I Need - Craig Mack
        24. Hit the Floor
        25. Been Around the World - Diddy, Diddy
        26. Y' All Can't See W.C.
        Trunk Funk 101
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Trunk Funk 101
          69 Boyz
          Manufacturer: Thundershot
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00005NWL7
          Release Date: 2001-09-25

          Tracks:

          1. TF Intro
          2. How We Roll
          3. Gimmie Munnie
          4. TF 101
          5. Hands Down
          6. She's Addicted
          7. I'm a Lie
          8. Ya'll Hoes Make Me Sick
          9. Imma Ho
          10. She's Skurred
          11. Hood Rat
          12. Chill in da Ville [Remix]
          13. X-T-C - Mola Love, 69 Boyz
          14. Look Like
          15. Pop Dat Thing - City Boyz, , 69 Boyz
          16. Pop Dat Thang

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