Ultimate Breaks and Beats - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Ultimate Breaks and Beats (also commonly abbreviated as UBB) was a series of 25 compilation albums released from 1986 to 1991 by Street Beat Records. The tracks featured on the albums featured music from 1966 to 1984 that featured drum breaks

Break (music)

In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece....

.

The albums found high popularity with hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

producers, with the release of a new volume in the series usually leading to many various hip hop records featuring samples of the breaks.

Re-releases of the LPs, some packaged in pairs for DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

scratching

Scratching

Scratching is a DJ or turntablist technique used to produce distinctive sounds by moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable while optionally manipulating the crossfader on a DJ mixer. While scratching is most commonly associated with hip hop music, since the late 1980s, it has been used...

and mixing

Audio mixing (recorded music)

In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...

convenience, became available and are currently found in many record stores. CDs of some of the volumes may be found as well, including a 2-CD and DVD box set featuring nearly all the tracks on the 25 albums.

Releases

Complete tracklisting, taken from http://web.archive.org/web/20071018070505/www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Performance/3412/Crates/ultimate.htm and updated with performers' names, missing in the tracklists of volumes SBR 499, SBR 500 and the first version of SBR 508

An asterisk after a track name indicates that the song was remixed for inclusion in this compilation.

SBR 499

The Limit - "She's So Divine" (from CP-721 12" single) (1982)
Kashif
Kashif (musician)
Kashif Saleem is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and record producer.-Career:Kashif became well-known from playing keyboards in the renowned funk band B.T. Express. He played synthesizer bass using the miniMoog while touring with the group...

- "I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)" (from CP-728 12" single) (1982)
Kenton Nix featuring Bobby Youngblood - "There's Never Been (No One Like You)" (from WES 22130 12" single) (1980)
Mr. Magic
Mr. Magic
John "Mr. Magic" Rivas, was an important figure in the world of hip hop radio.-Biography:Mr. Magic debuted in 1981 on WHBI-FM in New York City with the first exclusive rap radio show to be aired on a major station...

- "Magic's Message (There Has to Be a Better Way)" (from POS-1213 12" single) (1984)

SBR 500

Tia Monae - "Don't Keep Me Waiting" (from CART-320 12" single) (1983)
Cloud One - "Flying High" (from HS-1010 12" single) (1982)
Ednah Holt - "Serious, Sirius Space Party" (from WES 22138 12" single) (1981)
Conversion - "Let's Do It" (from S-12336 12" single) (1980)

SBR 501

The Monkees
The Monkees
The Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...

- "Mary Mary"* (from More of the Monkees
More of The Monkees
More of The Monkees is the second full-length album by The Monkees. It was recorded in late 1966 and released on Colgems label #102 on January 9, 1967. It was number one on the Billboard 200 for 18 weeks—the longest of any Monkees album. It also went to number one in the UK. In the U.S...

) (1967)
Wilbur "Bad" Bascomb - "Black Grass"* (from PAS-6048 7" single) (1972)
The Winstons
The Winstons
The Winstons were a 1960s funk and soul music group, based in Washington, D.C.. They are known for their 1969 recording of an EP featuring a song entitled "Color Him Father" on the A-side, and a song entitled "Amen, Brother" on the B-side. Half-way into "Amen, Brother", there is a drum solo The...

- "Amen, Brother
Amen break
The Amen break is a brief drum solo performed in 1969 by Gregory Cylvester "G. C." Coleman in the song "Amen, Brother" performed by the 1960s funk and soul outfit The Winstons...

"* (from MMS-117 7" single) (1969)
7th Wonder
7th Wonder
"7th Wonder" was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English by Ira Losco. The song is composed by Philip Vella and written by Gerard James Borg....

- "Daisy Lady" (from Climbing Higher) (1979)
D.C. LaRue - "Indiscreet" (from The Tea Dance) (1976)
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas, Jr. was an American rhythm and blues, funk and soul singer and comedian fromMemphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the...

- "Do the Funky Penguin" (from STA-0112 7" single) (1971)

SBR 502

Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100...

- "Get Me Back on Time, Engine #9"* (from Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia) (1970)
Juice - "Catch a Groove"* (from DGD-108 12" single) (1976)
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

- "Honky Tonk Women
Honky Tonk Women
"Honky Tonk Women" is a 1969 hit song by The Rolling Stones. Released as a single on 4 July 1969 in the UK and a week later in the US, it topped the charts in both nations.-Inspiration and Recording:...

"* (from Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)
Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)
Through the Past, Darkly is The Rolling Stones' second official compilation album, released in 1969 shortly following Brian Jones's departure from the group and subsequent death. The album was released by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records/ABKCO Records in the United States.In...

) (1969)
Funkadelic
Funkadelic
Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...

- "You'll Like it Too" (from Connections & Disconnections
Connections & Disconnections
Connections & Disconnections is a renegade Funkadelic album, performed by original Parliaments members Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas. The album was released in 1980 in Germany, under the title 42,9 %, and in 1981 in the United States...

) (1981)
Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...

- "Boogie Back" (from Change Up the Groove) (1974)
Orchestra Internationale featuring Sal Conte - "Chella Lla" (from Disco Italiano) (1974)

SBR 503

Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn
Lynda Cheryl Smith , known better by her professional name Cheryl Lynn, is a female African-American disco, R&B and soul singer known best for her 1978 disco song, "Got to Be Real".-Early career:...

- "Got to Be Real" (from Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn (album)
Cheryl Lynn is singer Cheryl Lynn's self-titled 1978 debut album. It was released on the Columbia label and featured her debut hit "Got to Be Real"...

) (1978)
Incredible Bongo Band
Incredible Bongo Band
The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started in 1972 by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records. Viner was called on to supplement the soundtrack to the virtually anonymous B film The Thing With Two Heads. The...

- "Apache" (from Bongo Rock) (1973)
Herman Kelly & Life
Herman Kelly and Life
Herman Kelly & Life were a short-lived funk musical group who released records on the Miami, Florida based T.K. Disco, Alston, and Electric Cat labels in the late 1970s. Their 1978 song "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" later appeared on the breakbeat compilation "Ultimate Breaks and Beats", and has...

- "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" (from Percussion Explosion) (1978)
Incredible Bongo Band
Incredible Bongo Band
The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started in 1972 by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records. Viner was called on to supplement the soundtrack to the virtually anonymous B film The Thing With Two Heads. The...

- "Bongo Rock"* (from Bongo Rock) (1973)
Upp - "Give It to You" (from Upp
Upp (album)
Upp was the debut self-titled album of the British rock/jazz fusion band Upp, which was released in 1975. The album was recorded at Escape Studios, Kent. The opening track, "Bad Stuff," showcases charismatic guitar playing by Jeff Beck...

) (1975)
Jackie Robinson - "Pussyfooter"* (from I'm Different) (1977)

SBR 504

Syl Johnson
Syl Johnson
Syl Johnson is an American blues and soul singer and record producer.-Biography:Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States, Johnson sang and played with blues artists Magic Sam, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf in the 1950s, before recording with Jimmy Reed...

- "Different Strokes"* (from TM-2242 7" single) (1967)
Bobby Byrd
Bobby Byrd
Bobby Byrd born Robert Howard Byrd was an American funk/soul/R&B/gospel musician, songwriter and record producer. He was born in Toccoa, Georgia, and is a 1998 winner of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's prestigious Pioneer Award...

- "I Know You Got Soul
I Know You Got Soul (Bobby Byrd song)
"I Know You Got Soul" is a song recorded by Bobby Byrd with James Brown's band The J.B.'s. The recording was produced by Brown and released as a single in 1971. It reached #30 on the Billboard R&B chart. It was prominently sampled on the 1987 song of the same name by Eric B...

"* (from I Need Help) (1970)
Z. Z. Hill - "I Think I'd Do It"* (from The Brand New Z.Z. Hill) (1971)
Gaz - "Sing Sing" (from Gaz) (1979)
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...

- "Break Through" (from the Truck Turner
Truck Turner
Truck Turner is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Jerry Wilkes and Oscar Williams...

soundtrack) (1974)
Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)
Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...

- "Looking Out My Window"* (from Help Yourself) (1968)
Dynamic Corvettes - "Funky Music Is the Thing Part 2" (from ABET-5459 7" single) (1975)

SBR 505

Johnny "Hammond" Smith - "Shifting Gears"* (from Gears) (1975)
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...

- "Hit or Miss"* (from Big Bad Bo) (1974)
The Wild Magnolias
The Wild Magnolias
-History:A group calling itself the Wild Magnolias, participating in the local "Indian masking" traditions and performing New Orleans Mardi Gras music, extends at least back into the 1950s. The group's lead member was called the Big Chief, and at least three Big Chiefs are known to have headed the...

- "(Somebody Got) Soul, Soul, Soul"* (from The Wild Magnolias) (1974)
Melvin Bliss - "Synthetic Substitution" (from SU-527 7" single) (1973)
Freedom - "Get Up and Dance" (from Farther Than Imagination) (1979)
20th Century Steel Band - "Heaven and Hell Is on Earth" (from Warm Heart, Cold Steel) (1975)
Banbarra - "Shack Up Part 2" (from UAXW-734Y 7" single) (1975)

SBR 506

Please - "Sing a Simple Song
Sing a Simple Song
"Sing a Simple Song" is a 1968 song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, the b-side to their #1 hit "Everyday People". The song's lyrics, sung in turn by Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, Rose Stone, and Larry Graham, with spoken word sections by Cynthia Robinson, offer a simple solution for...

" (from Please) (1975)
James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

- "Cold Sweat
Cold Sweat
"Cold Sweat" is a song performed by James Brown and written by his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. Brown recorded it in May 1967. An edited version of "Cold Sweat" released as a two-part single on King Records was a #1 R&B hit, and reached number seven on the Pop Singles chart...

" (from Cold Sweat
Cold Sweat
"Cold Sweat" is a song performed by James Brown and written by his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. Brown recorded it in May 1967. An edited version of "Cold Sweat" released as a two-part single on King Records was a #1 R&B hit, and reached number seven on the Pop Singles chart...

) (1967)
The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds
Cecil Holmes
Cecil Holmes was a co-founder of Casablanca Records and a founder of Chocolate City Records.In 1986, while working at Columbia's black music division, he signed The New Kids on the Block to their first record contract.-References:...

- "2001" (from The Black Motion Picture Experience) (1973)
Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey is an American guitarist. He was a studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings.-Biography:Coffey learned to play guitar at the age of thirteen, in the Michigan Upper Peninsula town of Copper City...

- "Son of Scorpio"* (from Electric Coffey) (1972)
The Magic Disco Machine - "Scratchin'"* (from Disc-O-Tech) (1975)
Fat Larry's Band
Fat Larry's Band
Fat Larry's Band was an American R&B/funk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who enjoyed some commercial success in the early 1980s.-Career:...

- "Down on the Avenue" (from Feel It) (1976)
Uncle Louie - "I Like Funky Music" (from Uncle Louie's Here) (1979)

SBR 507

James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

- "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1969, it was a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart...

" (from Sex Machine
Sex Machine (album)
Sex Machine is a 1970 double album by James Brown. It showcases the playing of the original J.B.'s lineup featuring Bootsy and Catfish Collins, and includes an 11-minute rendition of the album's title song. This rendition is different from the original recording of the title song, which was...

) (1970) (Note: The original version has the guitar hook, while both the remixed version and the live version have the drum breaks.)
Funky Constellation - "Street Talk (Madam Rapper)" (from FUNC-369 12" single) (1979)
Pleasure - "Let's Dance" (from Accept No Substitutes) (1976)
John Davis and the Monster Orchestra
John Davis and the Monster Orchestra
John Davis and the Monster Orchestra were an American disco band, noted for their lead member , who lent his name to the band as well as producing all of their output.-History:...

- "I Can't Stop" (from Night and Day) (1976)
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin (musician)
John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...

and the Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Planetary Citizen" (from Inner Worlds
Inner Worlds
Inner Worlds is an album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It was the group's sixth album release.In 1975, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and keyboardist Gayle Moran left the band. Also, all string and horn accompaniments the group used on its previous album, Visions of the Emerald Beyond, were dismissed...

) (1975)
Funkadelic
Funkadelic
Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...

- "Good Old Music" (from Funkadelic
Funkadelic (album)
Funkadelic was the debut album by the American funk band Funkadelic, released in 1970 on Westbound Records. The album showcased a strong bass and rhythm section, as well as lengthy jam sessions, future trademarks of the band...

) (1970)
William Ray - "You Are What You Are" (from DMT-1001 12" single) (1977)

SBR 508

The Puppets - "The Way of Life" (from the QUS-055 12" single) (1983)
Wish & Fonda Rae - "Touch Me (All Night Long)" (from RHR 3376 12" single) (1984)
Up Front - "Infatuation" (from SC-16 12" single) (1983)
Stacye Branché - "Precious and Special" (from BO-03055 12" single) (1983)

SBR 509

Ingrid - "Easter Parade" (from POSPX-529 12" single) (1982)
ESG
ESG (band)
ESG are a band that emerged from the South Bronx, New York, U.S. in the early 1980's. Trouser Press called it "one of the most dynamic bands that New York could offer at the top of the '80s." ESG have been influential across a wide range of musical genres, including hip hop, post punk, disco,...

- "UFO" (from ESG) (1981)
Billy Squier
Billy Squier
William Haislip "Billy" Squier is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No...

- "Big Beat" (from Tale of the Tape
Tale of the Tape
The Tale of the Tape is a rock album by Billy Squier that was released in 1980. It was his first solo album, following two albums with the band Piper...

) (1980)
Liquid Liquid
Liquid Liquid
Liquid Liquid is a New York City post-punk, post-disco band, originally active from 1980 to 1983. They are perhaps best known for their track, "Cavern", which was covered by the Sugar Hill Records house band as the backing track for Grandmaster + Melle Mel's old school rap classic, "White Lines "...

- "Cavern" (from Optimo EP) (1983)
Mountain
Mountain (band)
Mountain is an American hard rock band that formed in Long Island, New York in 1969. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist Felix Pappalardi and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 before reuniting in 1974 and remaining active until today...

- "Long Red"* (from Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On
Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On
Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On is the fourth album by hard rock band Mountain. Released following the band's first breakup in 1972, Windfall Records would compile the album using old live material. Mountain would later reform in 1974. The title comes from J. R. R...

) (1972)
Tyrone Thomas and the Whole Darn Family - "Seven Minutes of Funk" (from Has Arrived) (1976)

SBR 510

James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

- "Funky President
Funky President
"Funky President " is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1974, it charted #4 R&B. It also appeared on the album Reality. According to Brown the "funky president" of the song's title was meant to refer to U.S...

" (from Reality) (1974)
Dexter Wansel
Dexter Wansel
Dexter Gilman Wansel is an American keyboardist, raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He contributed to the development of the Philly Sound and worked with producers Gamble and Huff at Philadelphia International Records. Wansel led the musical group, Yellow Sunshine...

- "Theme from the Planets"* (from Life on Mars) (1976)
Rhythm Heritage - "Theme from "S.W.A.T.""* (from Disco-Fied) (1978)
The Jackson Five - "It's Great to Be Here"* (from Maybe Tomorrow
Maybe Tomorrow (The Jackson 5 album)
Maybe Tomorrow was the fourth regular studio album released by The Jackson 5 in 1971. Released after the success of the hit ballad "I'll Be There", most of the tracks on the album are ballads, with few dance numbers. Maybe Tomorrow includes the hit singles "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Maybe Tomorrow"...

) (1971)
The Brothers Johnson - "Ain't We Funkin' Now" (from Blam!) (1978)
La Pregunta - "Shangri La" (from GNP-12001 12" single) (1978)
Esther Williams - "Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball)"* (from Friends & Co.) (1976) ¹

¹ - Note that all versions of this track are different from one another.

SBR 511

The Honey Drippers
The Honey Drippers (soul band)
The Honey Drippers, was an American soul/funk band from the 1970s, best known for its song "Impeach the President" .-Songs:...

- "Impeach the President"* (from AL-1017 7" single) (1973)
The Headhunters
The Headhunters
The Headhunters are an American jazz-funk fusion band, best known for their albums they recorded as a backing band of jazz keyboard player Herbie Hancock during the 1970s. Hancock's debut album with the group, Head Hunters, is one of the best-selling jazz/fusion records of all time.-History:Herbie...

- "God Made Me Funky" (from Survival of the Fittest) (1975)
Lucy Hawkins - "Gotta Get Out of Here" (from S-12455 12" single) (1978)
Orange Krush - "Action"* (from MDS-4018 12" single) (1982)
Funk Inc. - "Kool Is Back" (from Funk, Inc.
Funk, Inc.
Funk, Inc. was a jazz funk/soul jazz group founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1969 by Bobby Watley, Eugene Barr, Steve Weakley, Jimmy Munford and Cecil Hunt...

) (1971)
Fausto Papetti
Fausto Papetti
Fausto Papetti was an Italian alto saxophone player.He was born at Viggiù in Lombardy.His performance of the song "Love's Theme" was featured on the breakbeat compilation "Ultimate Breaks and Beats".Papetti became well known for all the 1960s and 1970s, and all his new album reaches the top of...

- "Love's Theme"* (from 18a Raccolta) (1975)

SBR 512

Junie - "Granny's Funky Rolls Royce" (from Freeze) (1975)
James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

- "Funky Drummer
Funky drummer
"Funky Drummer" is a funk song recorded by James Brown and his band. The recording's drum break, performed by drummer Clyde Stubblefield, is one of the most frequently sampled rhythmic breaks in hip hop and popular music; indeed, it lays a strong claim to being the most sampled recording ever,...

"* (from In The Jungle Groove) (1970)
The Mohawks - "The Champ" (from PM-719 7" single) (1968)
Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

- "Walk This Way
Walk This Way
"Walk This Way" is a song by American hard rock group Aerosmith. Written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the song was originally released as the second single from the 1975 album Toys in the Attic. It peaked at Number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977, part of a string of successful hit...

" (from Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic (album)
For his review of Toys in the Attic for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album's style a mix of Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones riffs and was filled with songs about sex with a different style than there ever was before. Greg Kot called the album a landmark of hard rock...

) (1975)
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...

- "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed" (from Johnny the Fox
Johnny the Fox
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stated that Johnny the Fox fell short in comparison to the previous album, Jailbreak, suggesting that the album veers towards "an odd, half-baked concept album", despite showing the same strengths as its predecessor, i.e. Lynott's lyrics and the group's musical...

) (1978)
The Soul Searchers - "Ashley's Roachclip
Ashley's Roachclip
"Ashley's Roachclip" is an instrumental song by funk group The Soul Searchers from their 1974 album Salt of the Earth on Sussex Records. A portion of the song from 3:30-3:50 contains a widely recognized drum break that has been sampled countless times in songs across several genres.- Songs that...

"* (from Salt of the Earth) (1974)
Chicago Gangsters - "Gangster Boogie"* (from I Choose You) (1975)
T-Connection
T-Connection
T-Connection was a funk and disco group from Nassau, the Bahamas, who scored two hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1977 and 1979. They did better on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they had five Top 10 hits, including "Do What You Wanna Do", which reached #1, and "Everything Is...

- "Groove to Get Down" (from On Fire) (1977)

SBR 513

Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (band)
Babe Ruth are a rock music group, primarily active through the 1970s, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. Their characteristically 'heavy' sound is marked by powerful vocals from Janita Haan and full arrangements by Alan Shacklock...

- "The Mexican" (from First Base
First Base (album)
First Base was the album by the rock music group Babe Ruth. Produced by Alan Shacklock and Nick Mobbs, released in 1972.The album went gold in Canada, sold well in the US, but had disappointing sales by comparison in the UK. The song "The Mexican" has been covered and mixed many times...

) (1973)
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (band)
Babe Ruth are a rock music group, primarily active through the 1970s, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. Their characteristically 'heavy' sound is marked by powerful vocals from Janita Haan and full arrangements by Alan Shacklock...

- "Keep Your Distance"* (from Kid's Stuff) (1976)
Coke Escovedo
Coke Escovedo
Coke Escovedo was an American percussionist born April 30, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. Coke Escovedo first rose to prominence in 1969 as a member of Santana. Coke would be a featured on Santana's) Santana III album. In early 1972 Coke formed Azteca along with his brother Pete Escovedo...

- "(Runaway) I Wouldn't Change a Thing" (from Comin' at Ya) (1976) ²
Eastside Connection - "Frisco Disco" (from AFT-1001 12" single) (1978)
In Search Of...Orchestra - "Phenomena Theme" (from AVID-12146 12" single) (1977)
The Meters
The Meters
The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...

- "Handclapping Song" (from Struttin'
Struttin'
Struttin' is the third album by the funk group The Meters, released in 1970 on Josie Records. The first single was the song "Chicken Strut".-Track listing:-Personnel:*Arthur "Art" Neville: organ, keyboards, vocals*Leo Nocentelli: guitars...

) (1970)

² - "(Runaway) I Wouldn't Change a Thing" is actually two songs by Coke Escovedo put into one track: the ending of "Runaway" and "I Wouldn't Change a Thing".

SBR 514

Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.-Biography:Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District into a musical family...

and Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
Milton "Bags" Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms...

- "Sister Sanctified" (from Cherry
Cherry (album)
Cherry is a 1972 album by saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring Milt Jackson.-Track listing:# "Speedball" – 6:39# "I Remember You" – 5:10# "The Revs" – 7:46...

) (1972)
J. J. Johnson - "Willie Chase" (from the Willie Dynamite
Willie Dynamite
Willie Dynamite is a 1974 blaxploitation film starring Roscoe Orman, Joyce Walker, Thalmus Rasulala, and Diana Sands. Willie Dynamite is a pimp in NYC who strives to be number one in the city...

soundtrack) (1974)
Kid Dynamite - "Uphill Peace of Mind" (from Kid Dynamite) (1976)
Ralph MacDonald
Ralph MacDonald
Ralph MacDonald is an American percussionist and song-writer. He joined Harry Belafonte's band at age 17. He wrote the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song "Where is the Love" with songwriting partner William Salter. Probably his best-known composition is the Grover Washington, Jr...

- "Jam on the Groove" (from Sound of a Drum) (1976)
Experience Unlimited
Experience Unlimited
Experience Unlimited is a Washington, D.C.-based go-go band that enjoyed its height of popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s. Fronted by lead singer/bassist Gregory "Sugarbear" Eliot, the group has had a fluctuating membership over the years, but they have maintained a fairly loyal following...

- "Knock Him Out Sugar Ray" (from VMT-25 12" single) (1980)
Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...

- "Blow Your Head" (from Damn Right I Am Somebody) (1974)

SBR 515

Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a...

- "Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)" (from Places and Spaces
Places and Spaces
Places and Spaces is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd, that was released on Blue Note in 1975.The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards this album with 4 stars and states: "Boasting sweeping string arrangements, sultry rhythm guitars, rubbery bass, murmuring flügelhorns, and...

) (1976)
Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...

- "Brother Green (The Disco King)" (from Mystic Voyage) (1975)
Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr. was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.He wrote some of his material and...

- "Mister Magic" (from Mister Magic) (1975)
David Matthews
David Matthews (keyboardist)
David Matthews is a keyboardist, pianist, and arranger, born in Sonora, Kentucky, United States.A graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor's degree in composition, Matthews has composed television soundtracks as well as albums with the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. He is the leader of...

- "Star Wars
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 American epic space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the original trilogy, while a prequel trilogy completes the...

" (from Dune) (1977)
John Cougar Mellencamp - "Jack and Diane
Jack and Diane
"Jack & Diane" is a 1982 hit song written and performed by American singer-songwriter, John Mellencamp, then performing as "John Cougar". It appears on Mellencamp's album American Fool. It was chosen by RIAA as one of the Songs of the Century...

" (from American Fool
American Fool
American Fool is the sixth album by John Mellencamp, released under the stage name John Cougar in 1982. This was Mellencamp's last album to be released under the name John Cougar. His next album, Uh-Huh, would be released under the name John Cougar Mellencamp. The album was Mellencamp's commercial...

) (1982)
Pleasure - "Bouncy Lady" (from Dust Yourself Off) (1975)
Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...

- "Rock Music" (from Freedom at Point Zero
Freedom at Point Zero
-Personnel:*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards on "Things to Come"*Pete Sears – bass on "Things to Come", "Awakening", "Girl with the Hungry Eyes", "Rock Music", and "Freedom at Point Zero", keyboards on "Jane", "Lightning Rose", "Awakening", and "Just the Same", organ on "Fading Lady...

) (1979)

SBR 516

Commodores
Commodores
The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...

- "The Assembly Line" (from Machine Gun
Machine Gun (Commodores album)
Machine Gun is the first album from The Commodores, released on July 22, 1974 on the Motown Records.-Reception:Unlike other Commodores albums, Machine Gun features only funk music and is devoid of slow-paced ballads. The lead song features Milan Williams on clavinet, which led Motown executive...

) (1974)
Johnny Jenkins
Johnny Jenkins
Johnny Edward Jenkins was an American left-handed blues guitarist, who helped launch the career of Otis Redding...

- "I Walk On Gilded Splinters" (from Ton-Ton Macoute!
Ton-Ton Macoute!
Ton-Ton Macoute! is the 1970 album by Johnny Jenkins, a former bandleader who first hired Otis Redding in his band, The Pinetoppers, as a singer. "Ton-Ton Macoute!" was originally intended as a Duane Allman solo album, before he departed to form The Allman Brothers. Most of the guitar tracks were...

) (1974)
Le Pamplemousse - "Gimme What You Got"* (from Le Pamplemousse) (1976)
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....

- "T Plays it Cool" (from the Trouble Man
Trouble Man
Trouble Man is a 1972 blaxploitation film produced and released by 20th Century Fox. The film stars Robert Hooks as "Mr. T.", a hard-edged private detective who tends to take justice into his own hands...

soundtrack) (1972)
Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins was an African American soul singer best known for working with James Brown in the 1970s. Contrary to some reports, she is not related to Bootsy Collins, nor Catfish Collins....

- "Think (About It)
Think (About It)
"Think " is a funk song recorded by Lyn Collins and released as a single on James Brown's People Records in 1972. The recording was produced by Brown and featured instrumental backing from his band The J.B.'s...

"* (from Think (About It)) (1972)
The Galactic Force Band - "Space Dust"* (from Spaced Out Disco) (1978)
Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.-History:In 1965, Steve Miller and...

- "Take the Money and Run
Take the Money and Run (song)
"Take the Money and Run" is a song recorded in 1976 by the Steve Miller Band. A song about two young bandits, it was one of the many hit singles produced by the Steve Miller Band in the 1970s and featured on Fly Like an Eagle. The song peaked at #11 on the U.S...

"* (from Fly Like an Eagle
Fly Like an Eagle
- Track listing :Side one# "Space Intro" – 1:15# "Fly Like an Eagle" – 4:42# "Wild Mountain Honey" – 4:51# "Serenade" – 3:13...

) (1976)

SBR 517

Baby Huey
Baby Huey (singer)
Baby Huey was an American rock and soul singer, born in Richmond, Indiana. He was the frontman for the band Baby Huey & The Babysitters, whose single LP for Curtom Records in 1971 was influential in the development of hip hop music.-Biography:A native of Richmond, Indiana, James Ramey moved to...

- "Listen to Me" (from The Living Legend) (1971)
Bobbie Knight & The Universal Lady - "The Lovermaniacs (Sex)"* (from Earth Creature) (1974)
The Pointer Sisters - "Yes We Can Can
Yes We Can Can
"Yes We Can Can" is a 1973 funk classic recorded by the American R&B girl group the Pointer Sisters and released on the Blue Thumb record label...

" (from Pointer Sisters) (1973)
Monk Higgins
Monk Higgins
Milton Bland better known as Monk Higgins, was an American musician and saxophonist who was born in Menifee, Arkansas....

- "One Man Band (Plays All Alone)" (from Dance to the Disco Sax) (1974)
Kool & The Gang
Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...

- "N.T." (from Live at PJ's
Live at PJ's
Live at PJ's is the third album released by the funk band Kool and the Gang. The album was released in 1971, recorded at a local club. The band's huge commercial success would not come until a few albums later.- Track listing :...

) (1971)
Dyke & the Blazers
Dyke & the Blazers
Dyke and the Blazers was an influential American funk band led by Arlester Christian . The band was formed in 1965 and recorded until 1971, when Christian was shot dead...

- "Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man"* (from Greatest Hits) (1969)
Bram Tchaikovsky
Bram Tchaikovsky
Bram Tchaikovsky is the lead singer of an eponymous power pop band. The group scored a U.S. Top 40 hit in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979, with "Girl Of My Dreams". In the Netherlands "Sarah Smiles" was a minor hit, reaching #33 in February 1979.Tchaikovsky was vocalist and guitarist for his band...

- "Whiskey and Wine" (live version from "The Girl Of My Dreams" 7" E.P.') (1979) ***note The song "Whiskey & Wine" was originally covered by the group The Motors and Bram Tchaikovsky was an original member. Their version from the album "1" is a studio recording and has no drum break***

SBR 518

Bar-Kays
Bar-Kays
The Bar-Kays are a popular soul, R&B, and funk group who began performing in 1966 and continue to perform today, although with only one original member. The group had dozens of charting singles from the 1960s to the 1980s, including "Soul Finger" The Bar-Kays are a popular soul, R&B, and funk group...

- "Let's Have Some Fun" (from Flying High on Your Love) (1977)
Lafayette Afro Rock Band
Lafayette Afro Rock Band
Lafayette Afro Rock Band was a French funk rock band formed in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York in 1970. Though almost unknown in their native United States, they are now universally celebrated as one of the standout funk bands of the 1970s and admired for their use of break beats.Upon their...

- "Conga" (from Malik) (1976)
Yellow Sunshine - "Yellow Sunshine" (from ZS72511 7" single) (1973)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - "It's Just Begun"* (from It's Just Begun) (1972) ³
Marva Whitney
Marva Whitney
Marva Whitney is an African American funk singer. She is considered by many funk enthusiasts to be one of the "rawest" and "brassiest" music divas....

- "It's My Thing" (from It's Just Begun) (1969)
Kay Gees
Kay Gees
The Kay-Gees were a funk and disco group of the 1970s, proteges of Kool & the Gang. In 2005, their song Heavenly Dream was sampled by the famous hip-hop artist Kanye West for his second album, Late Registration.-Discography:...

- "I Believe in Music" (from Find a Friend) (1976)
Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey is an American guitarist. He was a studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings.-Biography:Coffey learned to play guitar at the age of thirteen, in the Michigan Upper Peninsula town of Copper City...

- "Ride Sally Ride" (from Goin' for Myself) (1972)

³ - Note that the intro used the beginning of the song is taken from the group's track "Troglodyte (Cave Man)".

SBR 519

The Blackbyrds
The Blackbyrds
The Blackbyrds were an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group, formed in Washington, D.C. in 1973.-History:The group was inspired by trumpeter Donald Byrd and featured some of his Howard University students: Kevin Toney , Keith Killgo , Joe Hall , Allan C. Barnes , and Barney Perry...

- "Rock Creek Park" (from City Life
City Life (album)
City Life is the third studio album by the American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group The Blackbyrds.-Reception:Produced by Donald Byrd...

) (1975)
KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way ", " Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give...

- "I Get Lifted" (from KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band (album)
KC and the Sunshine Band is the second studio album of the hugely successful disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The album contained three major hit songs—"That's the Way ", "Get Down Tonight", and "Boogie Shoes"....

) (1975)
Brother Soul - "Cookies" (from LS-105 7" single) (1975)
Foster Sylvers
Foster Sylvers
Foster Emerson Sylvers is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist...

- "Misdemeanor" (from Foster Sylvers) (1973)
Wild Sugar - "Bring it Here" (from the TS-2004 12" single) (1981)
Miami - "Chicken Yellow" (from The Party Freaks) (1974)
The Olympic Runners
The Olympic Runners
-External links:*...

- "Put the Music Where Your Mouth Is" (from Put the Music Where Your Mouth Is) (1974)
Lightnin' Rod - "Sport" (from Hustlers Convention) (1973)

SBR 520

Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...

- "Lonesome Cowboy"* (from Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
-Track listing:#Hey, Uh, What You Say Come On - 3:45#Golden Rod - 3:03#Keep On Walking - 3:45#You And Me My Love - 3:11#Third Eye - 6:21...

) (1976)
Duke Williams
Duke Williams
Duke Williams is an American musician who fronted the musical group Duke Williams and the Extremes. Their song "Chinese Chicken" was featured on the breakbeat compilation Ultimate Breaks and Beats. Richie Sambora played with Williams before forming Bon Jovi.The band released two albums on Capricorn...

- "Chinese Chicken" (from Monkey in a Silk Suit is Still a Monkey) (1973)
Joe Quarterman
Joe Quarterman
Joe Quarterman, aka Sir Joe Quarterman and sometimes misspelled as Joe Quatermain is an American funk and soul singer. Quarterman earned the title "Sir" in high school. His single, " So Much Trouble in My Mind," was also his biggest, reaching the R&B Top 30 in 1973, and was featured on the radio...

- "I'm Gonna Get You"* (from GSF Records 6915 7" single) (1974)
Friend & Lover - "Reach Out of the Darkness
Reach out of the Darkness
"Reach out of the Darkness" is a song by American folk duo Friend and Lover. Peaking at #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, it was the duo's most successful single, and they are often regarded as a one-hit wonder for the track because the duo's only other Hot 100 entry stalled at #86 a few...

"* (from Reach Out of the Darkness) (1973)
The Chubukos - "House of Rising Funk" (from Soul Makossa) (1973) ⁴
Eddie Bo
Eddie Bo
Edwin Joseph Bocage was an American singer and New Orleans-style pianist. Schooled in jazz, he was known for his blues, soul and funk recordings, compositions, productions and arrangements...

- "Hook & Sling" (from Scram Records 117 7" single) (1969)
Bill Withers
Bill Withers
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...

- "Kissing My Love" (from Still Bill
Still Bill
Still Bill is the second studio album by American soul musician Bill Withers, released in 1972 by Sussex Records. It includes two hit singles: "Lean on Me", which is number 205 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and went to number 1 on the Billboard pop and R&B charts in summer of...

) (1971)

⁴ - The group was called The Chubukos for the 7" single, but they were called Afrique for their LP Soul Makossa.

SBR 521

The Politicians - "Free Your Mind" (from The Politicians Featuring McKinley Jackson) (1972)
Joe Tex
Joe Tex
Joseph Arrington, Jr. , better known as "Joe Tex", was an American Southern soul singer-songwriter, most popular during the 1960s and 1970s...

- "Papa Was Too"* (from ATL-70199 7" single) (1966)
The Village Callers - "Hector" (from Live) (1967)
Sound Experience - "Devil with the Bust" (from Don't Fight the Feeling) (1974)
James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

- "Soul Pride" (from The Popcorn) (1969)
All the People - "Cramp Your Style"* (from Blue Candle 1496 7" single) (1972)
Johnny Pate
Johnny Pate
Johnny Pate is a jazz bassist who late became a music arranger/producer, and a leading figure in Chicago soul as well as pop/R&B music....

- "Shaft in Africa" (from Shaft in Africa
Shaft in Africa
Shaft in Africa, released in 1973, is the third film in the blaxploitation trilogy of films that starred actor Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. John Guillermin directed and Stirling Silliphant did the screenplay. The cost went up to $2,142, 000, but the gross fell to $1,458,000...

soundtrack) (1973)
Barry White
Barry White
Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...

- "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More Baby"* (from I've Got So Much to Give
I've Got So Much to Give (album)
I've Got So Much to Give is the self-produced debut album by American R&B singer Barry White, released in 1973 on the 20th Century label. The album immediately marked out White's distinctive trademark sound , particularly via its breakout single "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More...

) (1973)

SBR 522

Barrabas - "Woman" (from Barrabas) (1972)
Creative Source
Creative Source
Creative Source was an American R&B group from Los Angeles, who had several funk and disco hits in the middle of the 1970s.-History:Creative Source was formed in 1972 by several veterans of the West Coast recording studios. They were managed by Ron Townson, who was previously a member of The Fifth...

- "Corazon" (from Migration) (1974)
Southside Movement
Southside Movement
The Southside Movement was an American soul and funk musical group from Chicago, Illinois. Composed of vocalist Melvin Moore, guitarist Bobby Pointer, keyboardist Morris Beeks, bassist Ronald Simmons, drummer Willie Hayes, alto saxophonist Milton Johnson, trumpeter Stephen Hawkins, and trombonist...

- "Save the World" (from Movin) (1974)

The J.B.'s
The J.B.'s
The J.B.'s were James Brown's band during the first half of the 1970s. On record the J.B.'s were sometimes billed under various alternate names such as The James Brown Soul Train, Maceo and the Macks, A.A.B.B., The First Family and The Last Word...

- "The Grunt
The Grunt
"The Grunt" is a funk instrumental recorded in 1970 by James Brown's band The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single on King. Part 1 of the recording was included on The J.B.'s 1972 album Food for Thought. It was one of only two instrumental singles recorded by the original J.B.'s lineup with...

(Part 1)"* (from Food for Thought) (1970)

Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas, Jr. was an American rhythm and blues, funk and soul singer and comedian fromMemphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the...

- "Do the Funky Penguin (Part 2)"* (from STA-0112 7" single) (1971)

Shotgun - "Dynamite (The Bomb)"* (from Shotgun) (1977)

Gary Numan
Gary Numan
Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music...

- "Films"* (from The Pleasure Principle
The Pleasure Principle (Gary Numan album)
The Pleasure Principle is the third studio album, and debut album under his own name, by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1979...

) (1979)

SBR 523

Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas, Jr. was an American rhythm and blues, funk and soul singer and comedian fromMemphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the...

- "The Breakdown (Part II)"* (from Stax Records 2025060 7" single) (1971)

Jim Dandy - "Country Cooking" (from Flash Fearless Versus the Zorg Women Parts 5 & 6) (1975)

Pleasure - "Joyous" (from Joyous) (1977)

Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke was an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, mortician, and an archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People. Burke was known as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", and as the "Bishop of Soul", and described as "the Muhammad Ali of soul", and as "the most...

- "Get Out of My Life, Woman"* (from I Wish I Knew) (1968)

Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Mouzon is a well-known jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, and the Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records. He also composes, arranges and produces, as well as acts...

- "You Don't Know How Much I Love You" (from Funky Snakefoot
Funky Snakefoot
Funky Snakefoot is the second album by American jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon recorded in 1973 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:...

) (1974)

Delegation
Delegation (band)
Delegation was a British soul musical group with a lengthy career, and an amount of international success. They are generally viewed in the U.S. as a one-hit wonder, based on the crossover hit, "Oh Honey"...

- "Oh Honey" (from Promise of Love) (1977)

Freda Payne
Freda Payne
Freda Charcilia Payne Some sources give a birth year of 1945, but this appears to be an error as all sources agree that she is older than her sister Scherrie, born 1944. is an American singer and actress best known for her million selling, 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She was also an actress in...

- "The Easiest Way to Fall"* (from Band of Gold
Band of Gold
"Band of Gold" can refer to:*"Band of Gold" , a 1955 song popularized by Don Cherry*"Band of Gold" , a 1970 song popularized by Freda Payne and various other artists...

) (1970)

SBR 524

Lowell Fulsom - "Tramp" (from Tramp) (1967)

Freddie Scott
Freddie Scott
Freddie Scott was an American soul singer and songwriter. His biggest hits were "Hey, Girl", a top ten US pop hit in 1963, and "Are You Lonely For Me", a no.1 hit on the R&B chart in early 1967.-Life and career:...

- "(You) Got What I Need" (from S233 7" single) (1968)

Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins was an African American soul singer best known for working with James Brown in the 1970s. Contrary to some reports, she is not related to Bootsy Collins, nor Catfish Collins....

- "You Can't Love Me, If You Don't Respect Me" (from PE-650 7" single) (1973)

The Emotions
The Emotions
The Emotions are an American all female soul and R&B singing group. The group was formed in its current hometown of Chicago, Illinois originally consisting of the three Hutchinson sisters, all the children of Joseph and Lillian Hutchinson....

- "Blind Alley" (from Untouched) (1971)

Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with important free jazz artists such as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion / Quiet Storm /...

- "Expansions (Part 1)" (from Expansions) (1975)

Otis Redding
Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...

- "Hard to Handle"* (from The Immortal Otis Redding
The Immortal Otis Redding
-Chart history:...

) (1968)

The Grass Roots
The Grass Roots
The Grass Roots is an American rock band that charted between 1966 and 1975 as the brainchild of songwriting duo P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri.In their career, The Grass Roots achieved two gold albums, one gold single and charted singles a total of 21 times. Among their charting singles, they...

- "You and Love Are the Same" (from Feelings) (1969)

Tom Scott
Tom Scott (musician)
Tom Scott is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.-Biography:Scott was born in Los Angeles, California...

- "Sneakin' in the Back" (from Tom Scott and the LA Express) (1974)

SBR 525

Southside Movement
Southside Movement
The Southside Movement was an American soul and funk musical group from Chicago, Illinois. Composed of vocalist Melvin Moore, guitarist Bobby Pointer, keyboardist Morris Beeks, bassist Ronald Simmons, drummer Willie Hayes, alto saxophonist Milton Johnson, trumpeter Stephen Hawkins, and trombonist...

- "I've Been Watching You" (from Southside Movement) (1973)

Lou Donaldson
Lou Donaldson
Lou Donaldson is a jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Badin, North Carolina. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop era, heavily influenced by Charlie Parker.His first recordings were...

- "Pot Belly" (from Pretty Things
Pretty Things
The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful...

) (1970)

Samba Soul - "Mambo #5" (from Samba Soul) (1977)

Five Stairsteps - "Don't Change Your Love"* (from Love's Happening) (1968)

Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier
Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...

- "Take Off Your Make-up" (from Out Here on My Own) (1973)

Ike White - "Love and Affection" (from Changin' Times) (1976)

James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

- "The Payback
The Payback (song)
"The Payback" is a funk song by James Brown, the title track from his 1973 album of the same name. The song's lyrics, originally written by trombonist and bandleader Fred Wesley but heavily revised by Brown himself soon before it was recorded, concern the revenge he plans to take against the man...

"* (from The Payback
The Payback
The Payback is a 1973 double album by James Brown. It was originally scheduled to become the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem, but was rejected by director Larry Cohen for "not being funky enough." It went to #1 on the Soul Albums chart for two weeks and cracked the Pop...

) (1973)

Oddities
There are some oddities in the collection, with releases SBR 499 and SBR 500 discontinued and now considered "unofficial", while SBR 508 was released with two different track listings. The later, alternate track listing for SBR 508 is as below.

SBR 508

Incredible Bongo Band
Incredible Bongo Band
The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started in 1972 by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records. Viner was called on to supplement the soundtrack to the virtually anonymous B film The Thing With Two Heads. The...

- "Sing, Sing, Sing" (from The Return of the Incredible Bongo Band) (1974)

J. J. Johnson - "Parade Strut" (from Willie Dynamite
Willie Dynamite
Willie Dynamite is a 1974 blaxploitation film starring Roscoe Orman, Joyce Walker, Thalmus Rasulala, and Diana Sands. Willie Dynamite is a pimp in NYC who strives to be number one in the city...

soundtrack) (1974)

Blowfly - "Sesame Street" (from Blowfly on TV) (1974)

Manzel
Manzel
Manzel was an American instrumental funk band from Lexington, Kentucky, which formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1978. They consisted of Manzel Bush , John L. Van Dyke and Steve Garner...

- "Midnight Theme" (1979) (from the Fraternity Records 3745 7" single) (1979)

Mike Curb Congregation - "Burning Bridges" (from the Kelly's Heroes
Kelly's Heroes
Kelly's Heroes is an offbeat 1970 comedy/war film about a group of World War II soldiers who go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines. Directed by Brian G...

soundtrack) (1970)

Johnny Jenkins
Johnny Jenkins
Johnny Edward Jenkins was an American left-handed blues guitarist, who helped launch the career of Otis Redding...

- "Two Pigs and a Hog" (from the Cooley High soundtrack) (1975)

The Fatback Band - "Fatbackin'" (from People Music) (1973)

Jesse Green
Jesse Green
Jesse Green is an American professional jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and teacher. He is the son of ex-big band singer Kathy Preston and acclaimed Jazz trombonist Urbie Green. Jesse was married in June 2003 to Kristine and has three children...

- "Flip" (from Flip) (1976)

Later volumes
Also, two later volumes were released, both as SBR 526. The first version was re-released as Strictly Breaks 1, and the second version was actually mixed and re-edited by Louis Flores.

SBR 526

Joe Tex
Joe Tex
Joseph Arrington, Jr. , better known as "Joe Tex", was an American Southern soul singer-songwriter, most popular during the 1960s and 1970s...

- "You Said a Bad Word" (from the Mercury Records 6052156 7" single) (1972)

Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Harrison Taylor was an American vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from rhythm and blues, soul, blues and gospel to pop, doo-wop and disco.-Early years:...

- "Ever Ready" (from Ever Ready) (1978)

Coal Kitchen - "Keep on Pushing" (from Choose Your Flavor) (1977)

Graham Central Station
Graham Central Station
Graham Central Station is a funk band named after founder Larry Graham . The name is a pun on New York City's Grand Central Terminal, often incorrectly called Grand Central Station....

- "The Jam" (from Ain't No 'Bout-a-Doubt It) (1975)

Trouble Funk
Trouble Funk
Trouble Funk is an American R&B and funk band from Washington, DC. It helped to popularize that area's local funk subgenre known as go-go. Among the band's well-known songs are the go-go anthem "Hey, Fellas." They released several studio albums including Drop the Bomb, In Times of Trouble, Live,...

- "Let's Get Small" (from the RC-501 12" single)

Tony Alvon & the Belairs - "Sexy Coffee Pot" (from Atlantic Records 452632 7" single) (1969)

Hank Carbo - "Hot Pants Pt. 2" (from the A-1172 7" single) (1971)

Other notes
The earliest track on the Ultimate Breaks and Beats series is Joe Tex
Joe Tex
Joseph Arrington, Jr. , better known as "Joe Tex", was an American Southern soul singer-songwriter, most popular during the 1960s and 1970s...

's "Papa Was Too", released in 1966, with the latest being Fonda Rae's "Touch Me (All Night Long)", released in 1984.

The rarest track to be included on the Ultimate Breaks & Beats series is Manzel's "Midnight Theme", originally released on a Fraternity Records 7" record in 1975, though multiple reissues have been released and the song is available on many websites, including YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

. However, for unknown reasons, the track was the only track left off a CD of all the tracks ever released on the Ultimate Breaks and Beats albums, possibly due to copyright issues.

DJ Superix, a British DJ, is the first DJ known to have compiled every single break from every volume of Ultimate Breaks and Beats into one mix, entitled "Ultimate, Ultimate, Ultimate!", released in 2008. DJs Harry Love and MK originally released a mix CD as a tribute to the series entitled Beats Per Minute. While this CD did not feature every break, it was the first in the UK dedicated to be the Ultimate Breaks & Beats series.

Other similar breakbeat compilations
Many drum break series compilation albums followed Ultimate Breaks and Beats, including:

Diggin (19 volumes)
Strictly Breaks
Strictly Breaks
Strictly Breaks is the name of a series of compilation records of songs that are widely admired as break beats. Some of the songs featured contain "open breaks" which are solo drum passages which enable djs to easily transition into them, as well as attractive to producers who loop or rearrange...

(18 volumes)
Dusty Fingers
Dusty Fingers
Dusty Fingers is the name of a series of compilation records of songs that are widely admired as breakbeats collected by Bronx, NY DJ and collector Danny Dann the Beat Mann. Some of the songs featured contain "open breaks" which are solo drum passages which enable DJs to easily transition into them...

(15 volumes)
Soul Beats (9 volumes)
Super Breaks and Beats (8 volumes)
Argo/Cadet Grooves (7 volumes)
Drum Crazy (6 volumes)
Schoolyard Breaks, Rhythm Madness, and Circuit Breaks (all 2 volumes)

External links

Street Beat Records Discography at Discogs
Discogs
Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...

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