Strange Games and Funky Things III

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD: Mixed
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Intro
Kenny Dope0:41
2Holding You, Loving You
Don Blackman3:12
3Thoughts of Old Flames
Pleasure1:56
4Free
recording of:
Free
writer:
Susaye Greene, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Black Eye Music, Island Music Ltd., Kee‐Drick Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Deniece Williams3:37
5Interlude
Kenny Dope0:41
6Everybody Loves the Sunshine
recording of:
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
Roy Ayers
publisher:
Arlovol Music and BMG Monarch
Roy Ayers3:37
7Daylight
recording of:
Daylight
writer:
William Allen (bassist), Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
Ramp3:20
8Mothership Connection (Star Child)
recording of:
Mothership Connection (Star Child)
composer:
George Clinton (US funk musician), Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) and Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer)
Parliament0:55
9Playing Your Game Baby
recording of:
Playing Your Game Baby
writer:
Smead Hudman (American songwriter) and Austin Johnson
Barry White1:08
10I Got The
recording of:
I Got The
lyricist and composer:
Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre1:07
11I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You
recording of:
I Want’a Do Something Freaky to You
lyricist and composer:
Leon Haywood (funk and soul singer, songwriter, record producer)
publisher:
Jim-Edd Music
Leon Haywood1:01
12Superman Lover
Johnny Guitar Watson2:32
13What Am I Missing?
recording of:
What Am I Missing?
writer:
Chaka Khan and Mark Stevens (US funk musician/songwriter, brother of Chaka Khan)
Rufus & Chaka Khan3:54
14A Chance for Peace
Lonnie Liston Smith3:01
15Strange Games & ThingsLove Unlimited Orchestra3:11
16Freddies Dead
instrumental cover recording of:
Freddie’s Dead
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1972 to ????)
MFSB0:24
17T Plays It Cool
recording of:
T Plays It Cool
composer:
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye4:05
18I’m Your Mechanical Man
Jerry Butler1:28
19Standing Right Here
Melba Moore6:56
20Stars in Your Eyes
recording of:
Stars in Your Eyes
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Herbie Hancock10:58
21I’ve Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body)Parliament4:12
22Cracker Beats
Nubian Crackers7:48
2CD: Unmixed
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Holding You, Loving You
Don Blackman4:13
2Standing Right Here
Melba Moore7:04
3Free
producer:
Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter) and Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
recording of:
Free
writer:
Susaye Greene, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Black Eye Music, Island Music Ltd., Kee‐Drick Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Deniece Williams45:59
4Stars in Your Eyes
recording of:
Stars in Your Eyes
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Herbie Hancock11:18
5Freddies Dead
engineer:
Joe Tarsia (engineer)
producer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
instrumental cover recording of:
Freddie’s Dead
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1972 to ????)
MFSB7:12
6What Am I Missing?
recording engineer and mixer:
Bruce Swedien
assistant engineer:
John Van Nest
producer:
Quincy Jones
recording of:
What Am I Missing?
writer:
Chaka Khan and Mark Stevens (US funk musician/songwriter, brother of Chaka Khan)
Rufus & Chaka Khan4:09
7I’m Your Mechanical Man
Jerry Butler5:07
8Strange Games and ThingsLove Unlimited Orchestra8:31
9Mothership Connection (Star Child)
producer:
George Clinton (US funk musician)
recording of:
Mothership Connection (Star Child)
composer:
George Clinton (US funk musician), Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) and Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer)
Parliament3.856:12
3CD: Unmixed
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Playing Your Game Baby
engineer:
Frank Kejmar (engineer)
producer:
Barry White
arranger:
Gene Page and Barry White
recording of:
Playing Your Game Baby
writer:
Smead Hudman (American songwriter) and Austin Johnson
Barry White3.653:35
2I’ve Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body)Parliament6:02
3I Got The
engineer:
Dick Plant (engineer)
producer:
Derek Lawrence (British producer) and Big Jim Sullivan
acoustic guitar and electric piano:
Labi Siffre
bass:
Dave Peacock (English bass guitarist, Chas & Dave)
drums (drum set):
Ian Wallace (drummer, ex‐King Crimson)
electric guitar:
Chas Hodges
electric guitar [Lead Guitar]:
Big Jim Sullivan
instruments:
Chas Hodges
percussion:
Alan Branscombe
strings:
Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies
background vocals:
Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock (English bass guitarist, Chas & Dave)
vocals:
Gordon Neville (british singer) and Labi Siffre
arranger:
Big Jim Sullivan
recording of:
I Got The
lyricist and composer:
Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre56:35
4Thoughts of Old Flames
Pleasure4:16
5Was It Something That I Said
Sylvester4:19
6Superman LoverJohnny Guitar Watson35:45
7A Chance for Peace
Lonnie Liston Smith5:22
8I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You
recording of:
I Want’a Do Something Freaky to You
lyricist and composer:
Leon Haywood (funk and soul singer, songwriter, record producer)
publisher:
Jim-Edd Music
Leon Haywood45:54
9Everybody Loves the Sunshine
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1976) and Universal Records Inc. (not for release label use! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1976)
recording of:
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
Roy Ayers
publisher:
Arlovol Music and BMG Monarch
Roy Ayers44:01
10T Plays It Cool
alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Trevor Lawrence (70s–90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.) (in 1972)
arranger:
Jerry Long (Motown songwriter Jerry Long, Sr.) (in 1972)
recording of:
T Plays It Cool
composer:
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye4.54:23
11Daylight
recording of:
Daylight
writer:
William Allen (bassist), Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
Ramp4:12
12I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes
The Deidre Wilson Tabac3:20

Credits

Release

mastering:Shawn (mastering)
DJ-mixer medium 1:Kenny Dope
compiler:Kenny Dope
mastered at:Tape to Tape in Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/22530 [info]
ASIN:UK: B00004R7ZH [info]