Manu Dibango - "Weya" (5:59)
Fehintola Anikulapo Kuti - "Sorrow, Tears & Blood" (10:14)
Matata (Air-Fiesta) - "I Feel Funky" (3:01)
Alvin Cash & Scott Bros Orchestra - "Keep On Dancing" (instrumental) (2:50)
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats - "Ja Fun Mi" (instrumental) (7:13)
Oneness Of Juju - "African Rhythms" (7:16)
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - "Soul Makossa" (4:54)
The Nite-Liters - "Afro-Strut" (2:48)
Mulatu Astatke - "Yegelle Tezeta" (3:14)
Tony Allen & The Afro Messenger - "No Discrimination" (8:15)
The Rwenzori's - "Handsome Boy (E Wara)" (part 1 & 2) (6:43)
Ofo The Black Company - "Allah Wakbarr" (3:27)
African Music Machine - "Black Water Gold (Pearl)" (3:03)
The Headhunters - "God Make Me Funky" (9:38)
Ice - "Time Will Tell" (4:45)
Wisdom - "Nefertiti" (4:13)
Review: The main selling pint of this 16-track set - aside from the quality of the music on offer - is the way that it showcases both original African funk, Afrobeat and Makossa, and American funk and soul records that drew inspiration from those sounds. So while we're treated to genuinely killer cuts from the catalogues of Manu Dibango, Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade & His African Beat and Tony Allen and the Afro Messengers, there's also space for the pioneering jazz-funk of Oneness of Juju and the Headhunters, a killer cover of 'Soul Makossa' by the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band, the Meters-ish brilliance of Nite-Liners 'Afro Strut', and the Clavinet-happy heaviness of Ice's impeccable 'Time Will Tell'. To borrow an old cliche, this compilation is, quite literally, all killer, no filler.
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