DJ Pogo Presents the Breaks [Import]

DJ Pogo Presents the Breaks [Import]

Track Listings

1. Apache - Michael Viner

2. It's Just Begun - The Jimmy Castor Bunch

3. Ashley's Roachclip - Soul Searchers, Soul Searchers

4. Humpty Dump - The Vibrettes

5. Funky Drummer - James Brown

6. Theme from S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage

7. Back in the U.S.S.R. - Ramsey Lewis

8. God Made Me Funky - The Headhunters

9. Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man - Dyke & the Blazers

10. Scorpio - Dennis Coffey

11. 24 Carat Black - 24-Carat Black

12. Funky Mule - Ike Turner

DJ Pogo Presents the Breaks,Various Artists,Harmless,Funk,Pop-Soul,Soul

DJ Pogo Presents the Breaks V.1
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DJ Pogo Presents the Breaks...the Harmless holy grail!

DJ Pogo Presents the Breaks V.1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Harmless
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00008BX81
Release Date: 2003-01-13

Customer Reviews:

DJ Pogo Presents the Breaks...the Harmless holy grail!.......2003-03-22

This CD, for my money, is the best of Harmless Records. Unfortunately, it's also their most rare. Released in 1998, the Breaks volume 1 is now cruelly out of print, and apparently has been deleted from the label's catalog. If you find a copy, snatch it up quick. The fact that this CD is so good makes me wonder why it's been taken out of print; perhaps it was due to a falling out between compiler DJ Pogo and Harmless? That Pogo released two companion volumes on rival label Strut (Block Party Breaks volumes 1 and 2) might lend credence to this theory.

The theme behind this release is funk tracks that provided the blueprint for old school hip-hop. But forget about that. These songs stand firmly on their own. Simply put, if you like mad, funky beats, scratchy, wah-wah guitars, and head-nodding bass lines, then this CD is an essential purchase.

Every song is a highlight, but if I could only name a few stand-outs: the Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache" takes the old Ventures tune and breathes funky bongos into it; the Jimmy Castor Bunch tear it up on one of the coolest, most crazed funk songs I've ever heard, "It's Just Begun;" the Vibrettes give us "Humpty Dump," which is a raw funk track with one heck of a breakbeat; a group of studio musicians under the name Rhthym Heritage grind out wah-wah '70s actionsploitation on "Theme from SWAT;" the Head Hunters drag out "God Made Me Funky" over 9 minutes of dirty funk; my favorite guitarist Dennis Coffey (the man who gave us "Theme From Black Belt Jones," which is available on another Harmless disc, Pulp Fusion volume 3) unleashes the essential "Scorpio;" the 24-Carat Black stretch out a hypnotic bass line on their self-titled track; and Ike Turner's Kings of Ryhthm provide what I consider to be the best breakbeat on the CD, on "Funky Mule."

It might be expensive if you manage to find it, and it might never be put back in print. But regardless, if you dig this kind of music, then you owe it to yourself to get hold of this amazing disc.

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