Various Artists-In Yo' Face! The History of Funk, Vol. 1 (1993)

 


Artist: Various Artists (James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Funkadelic, Charlie Wrights & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, King Floyd, Dramatics, The Staple Singers, The Female Preacher, Lyn Collins, Curtis Mayfield, Fred Wesley & The JB's, Ike Turner Presents The Family Vibes, Eddie Kendricks, War, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament)

Title: In Yo Face! The History of Funk, Vol. 1

Label: Rhino

Format: CD

Catalog Number: R2 71431

Year of Release: 1993

Country and Year of Edition: US repress Specialty

Sell Price: $5.69

Sell Date: 10/18/26

Condition: VG+/VG hole punch in UPC

Discogs Last Sold: 10/7/26 VG+/VG+ $3.97

Low: $1.70 VG/VG+ 4/20/21

Median: $4.24

Average: $5.05

High: $20.00 NM/NM 4/23/26

Current low price: $3.91 (Germany), $3.99 (US)

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10

Have/Want: 66/22

Where Sold: Romeoville, IL

Time It Took To Sell: 3 years

Where and When Bought:  Facebook Marketplace CD lot

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: No

Rhino's 6 part The Roots Of Funk series of the early 90's was a such a physical jukebox mainstay in NYC for a couple decades, that this volume in particular seems more pop than genre at this point.  All of these songs are popular either as original hits, via 80's rap samples, ad campaigns or all of the above.  I'm sure some soundtracks have used them all somewhere down the line even if it wasn't originally tied to a movie like "Freddie's Dead."  

Rhino always had a way with compiling the obvious then expanding into as their series went along.  It's hard to believe Rhino primarily started as a mid-70's record collector indie issuing garage and novely singles.  Now with the rise of streaming they exist primarily as the outpost of the WEA vinyl reissue, live and deluxe edition wing.  A series like this has to be put together by playlist or in my link example someone's upload to hear it.  Trying to compile it on Spotify leaves an odd man out, in this case The Family Vibes presented by Ike Turner's 1973 single "Garbage Man" found on the album Confined To Soul.

Don't think about it too much and have a funky good time.

War-Greatest Hits (1976)

Earth Wind & Fire-Gratitude (1975)

Parliament-Parliamnent's Greatest Hits: Uncut Funk: The Bomb (1984)

Parliament-Live P-Funk Earth Tour (1977)

Parlet-Pleasure Principle b/w Pleasure Principle, Pt. II (1978)

Various Artists: Artists Choice: The Rolling Stones-Music That Matter To Them (2003)

Various Artists-Mojo Presents The Roots of Bob Dylan (2006)

Muddy Waters-Electric Mud (1968)





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