Following on from previous Festival Records compilations including 'Heavy Soul,' 'Cosmic Country' and 'A Different Kind of Blues,' compilers Dean Rudland (of BGP/Kent/Ace Records fame) and Tony Harlow present another curated collections, 'Running The Voodoo Down: Explorations in PsychRockFunkSoulJazz 1967-80.' 'Running The Voodoo Down' looks at a time when African-American music was exploring myriad new directions against a backdrop of incredible and explosive social change and features the likes of Funkadelic, James Brown, Miles Davis, Lightning Rod & Jimi Hendrix, Keith Jarrett, Buddy Miles, The Meters, The Chambers Brothers, Swamp Dogg, James "blood" Ulmer And Sly & The Family Stone. Whilst not a lot of this music was commercially successful at the time, its importance and its influence on subsequent generations of artists - both black and white - has continued to grow over the years. To quote Harlow's extensive liner notes: "This is the sound of Musical Revolution. Social Revolution was in the air and musicians jumped with the times. Working around the funky ground built by Mr Brown, The Big Four - Miles, Clinton, Jimi and Sly - set about recreating a new psychrockfunksouljazz explosion. As they played a new generation of explorers was set in motion and as sure as fireballs off the sun they splintered in many directions." Tracklisting: 1. James Brown Talkin' Loud And Saying Nothin' Funkadelic Red Hot Mama 2. Fugi Mary Don't Take Me On No 3. Eugene Mc Daniels Cherrystones 4. The Isley Brothers Ohio / Machine Gun 5. The Chambers Brothers Time Has Come Today 6. Swamp Dogg Total Destruction To Your Mind 7. Keith Jarrett Have A Real Time 8. William S. Fischer Patience Is Virtue 9. Miles Davis Willie Nelson (Take 3) 10. Warlock Thrills Of Love 11. The Meters Liar 12. Eddie Hazel California Dreamin' 13. Buddy Miles Down By The River 14. The Undisputed Truth Like A Rolling Stone 15. Lightnin' Rod & Jimi Hendrix Doriella Du Fontaine 16. James 'blood' Ulmer Jazz Is The Teacher 17. Pure Hell I Feel Bad 18. Funkadelic Maggot Brain 19. The Headhunters If You've Got It, You'll Get It 20. Don Cherry Brown Rice 21. Santana In A Silent Way (Live) 22. Sly & The Family Stone Thank You For Talkin' To Me, Africa (Album Version)
