Bar Kays Too Hot To Stop

The only career-spanning collection we've ever seen on The Bar-Kays – and a set that does a mighty nice job of hitting all the right bases! The group first rose to fame as a funk combo on Stax in the late 60s – then shifted a bit after part of the group was killed in the same plane crash that took the life of Otis Redding – a tragedy that soon saw the group rising from the ashes, and sounding even better than before! Their sound was a huge part of the Stax Records funk sound of the early 70s – and the group took that groove over to Mercury once the decade got going – where they found a very welcome home, and the perfect environment to perfect their ultra-sharp talents.

For those looking to find a crash course in "the funk" – a quick introduction to the fusion of R&B, soul, jazz, blues, good old rock & roll, and all-out outrageousness that creates the ultimate good groove – you can't do much better than the Funk Essentials compilations. Funky Stuff: The Best of Funk Essentials is the perfect portrait. With its contents drawn from the single-band Funk Essentials compilation albums, this clean, clear set provides incredible diversity while keeping the vibe connected. In other words, Funky Stuff is not only an introduction to the heaviest of hitters, but also a nifty, smooth ride for the already initiated.

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions used in other related genres and brings a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer to the foreground.

Masterpiece The Ultimate Disco Collection, Vols 1 to 10 10 CD Collectors Box Set. A very special release from PTG Records: A 10 CD collection of Masterpiece: The Ultimate Disco Collection in one great box set. All the first 10 Masterpiece Collection albums released in a beautiful collectors box. 10 CD's with a total of 125 digitally mastered 12-inche versions from hard to find disco funk to the best club tracks of the eighties. If you're into eighties disco funk, this is a must-have for all eighties music fans.

Masterpiece The Ultimate Disco Collection, Vols 1 to 10 10 CD Collectors Box Set. A very special release from PTG Records: A 10 CD collection of Masterpiece: The Ultimate Disco Collection in one great box set. All the first 10 Masterpiece Collection albums released in a beautiful collectors box. 10 CD's with a total of 125 digitally mastered 12-inche versions from hard to find disco funk to the best club tracks of the eighties. If you're into eighties disco funk, this is a must-have for all eighties music fans.