West Coast Funk From The Vaults Of Canyon / Var- West Coast Funk from the Vaults of Canyon / Various
SKU: 894232106926
Considered one of the most powerful promotion and marketing persons in the music business, Wally Roker represented more than 10 major record companies and most of the top labels in the world, specializing in R&B. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, Roker operated his own boutique record labels: Canyon Records, Roker Records and the affiliated imprints RRG Records, Maple Records and Black Fox. Presented here is a unique overview of the impressive output from these small labels which included music from some iconic artists such as soul singers Doris Duke, Chuck Carbo, Irma Thomas; jazz and R&B vocalist Gloria Lynne; jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine; Swamp Dogg protégé Raw Spitt, The Whispers, Jean Wells, King Errisson and more. All selections have been newly remastered.
Tracklist:
- Flipped
- To the Other Woman (I'm the Other Woman)
- I'd Do It All Over You
- If You Don't Get It Yourself
- Happiness
- Can I Be Your Squeeze
- War
- Samba D Jubilee
- I Dig Black Girls 1
- Don't Rain on My Parade 1
- Somebody's Been Lovin' You (But It Ain't Me) 1
- That's the Way It Is 1
- Where Have You Been 1
- Dark Side of the Ghetto 1
- Taking All the Love I Can
Considered one of the most powerful promotion and marketing persons in the music business, Wally Roker represented more than 10 major record companies and most of the top labels in the world, specializing in R&B. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, Roker operated his own boutique record labels: Canyon Records, Roker Records and the affiliated imprints RRG Records, Maple Records and Black Fox. Presented here is a unique overview of the impressive output from these small labels which included music from some iconic artists such as soul singers Doris Duke, Chuck Carbo, Irma Thomas; jazz and R&B vocalist Gloria Lynne; jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine; Swamp Dogg protégé Raw Spitt, The Whispers, Jean Wells, King Errisson and more. All selections have been newly remastered.
Tracklist:
- Flipped
- To the Other Woman (I'm the Other Woman)
- I'd Do It All Over You
- If You Don't Get It Yourself
- Happiness
- Can I Be Your Squeeze
- War
- Samba D Jubilee
- I Dig Black Girls 1
- Don't Rain on My Parade 1
- Somebody's Been Lovin' You (But It Ain't Me) 1
- That's the Way It Is 1
- Where Have You Been 1
- Dark Side of the Ghetto 1
- Taking All the Love I Can