Tracks
| # | Title | Sung by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All the Way Down | Etta James | 5:27 |
| 2 | Afro Texas | Letta Mbulu | 3:32 |
| 3 | Bump and Hustle Music | Tommy Stewart | 5:05 |
| 4 | Fire Eater | Rusty Bryant | 9:35 |
| 5 | Montgomery Movement | The Montgomery Express | 4:45 |
| 6 | Nairod | The 'JFK' Quintet | 4:29 |
| 7 | Respect | Rotary Connection | 3:09 |
| 8 | Rip a Dip | The Latin Jazz Quintet | 5:38 |
| 9 | Summer Night | The Alan Broadbent Trio | 6:13 |
| 10 | No‐Way | Ivan “Boogaloo Joe” Jones | 7:19 |
| 11 | Cold Sweat | Bernard “Pretty” Purdie | 5:42 |
| 12 | Psychedelic Sally | Eddie Jefferson | 2:47 |
| 13 | Geeze | Charles Kynard | 4:41 |
| 14 | Sure’Nuff, Sure’Nuff… | Sonny Phillips | 6:49 |
| 15 | Got Myself a Good Man | Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers | 5:45 |
| 16 | O’ Baby, I Believe I’m Losing You… | Billy Hawks | 3:04 |
| 17 | Cross Town Traffic | Phil Upchurch | 3:55 |
| 18 | Free at Last | Rusty Bryant | 8:37 |
| 19 | One Hand | Maynard Parker | 6:11 |
| 20 | Soulful | Apostles | 2:35 |
| 21 | The Other Side of Town | Natural Essence | 5:27 |
| 22 | Hihache | Lafayette Afro-Rock Band | 6:58 |
| 23 | A Gritty Nitty | The Pazant Brothers & The Beaufort Express | 2:48 |
| 24 | Kool Is Back | Funk Inc. | 3:09 |
| 25 | Life Is Funky | Round Robin Monopoly | 3:48 |
| 26 | Patch It Up | Roy Lee Johnson & The Villagers | 2:28 |
| 27 | Rock Creek Park | The Blackbyrds | 4:37 |
| 28 | Bouncy Lady | Pleasure | 3:53 |
| 29 | The Hump | Patrice Rushen | 6:04 |
| 30 | Dear Limmertz | Azymuth | 4:31 |
| 31 | Bold & Black | Ramsey Lewis | 4:08 |
| 32 | Our Generation | Ernie Hines | 3:14 |
| 33 | The Hooker | Rusty Bryant | 9:30 |
| 34 | Things Ain’t Right | Queen Esther Marrow | 3:34 |
| 35 | Mystic Brew | Ronnie Foster | 4:09 |
| 36 | Free Angela (Thoughts and All I Have to Say) | Bayeté Umbra Zindiko | 5:18 |
| 37 | E.V.A | Jean‐Jacques Perrey | 3:09 |
| 38 | Can’t We Smile | Johnny “Hammond” Smith | 4:35 |
| 39 | Mysterious Vibes | The Blackbyrds | 4:48 |
| 40 | Gentle Smiles | Gary Bartz | 4:20 |
| 41 | Love Til’ the End of Time | Paulinho da Costa | 3:29 |
| 42 | Favela (Somewhere in the Hills) | Papaya | 6:42 |
| 43 | Getting Funky Round Here | Black Nasty | 2:44 |
| 44 | Look at Me Now | Terry Callier | 2:41 |
| 45 | Mister S | Rusty Bryant | 7:34 |
| 46 | Movin’ in the Right Direction | Steve Parks | 4:17 |
| 47 | Shortnin’ Bread | The Three Pieces | 4:35 |
| 48 | The Cry | Walt Dickerson | 7:04 |
| 49 | Leaving This Planet | Charles Earland feat Freddie Hubbard | 7:28 |
| 50 | Expansions | Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes | 6:04 |
| 51 | Astral Travellin’ | Pharoah Sanders | 5:48 |
| 52 | Epilog | Jack DeJohnette | 3:11 |
| 53 | Celestrial Blues | Andy Bey | 7:31 |
| 54 | Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly | Flora Purim | 4:28 |
| 55 | Tawhid | Johnny Lytle | 7:00 |
| 56 | Just Keep On Truckin’ | The Backyard Heavies | 2:45 |
| 57 | Modettle | Roy Haynes | 9:44 |
| 58 | Sad Song | Joe Williams | 4:43 |
| 59 | The Moving Finger | Dorothy Ashby | 5:41 |
| 60 | Mucho Chupar | David Axelrod | 3:15 |
| 61 | Slip the Drummer One | Lunar Funk | 3:26 |
| 62 | The Web | Hampton Hawes | 3:31 |
| 63 | A Taste of Honey | Andy & the Bey Sisters | 3:44 |
| 64 | Burning Spear | The Soulful Strings | 4:20 |
| 65 | Funny Girl | Mbewe Ninoska Escobar, Clarice Taylor | 4:24 |
| 66 | It’s About Time | Terry Callier | 3:31 |
| 67 | Baiao | Daniel Salinas | 4:04 |
| 68 | Darkuman Junktion | Sons and Daughters of Lite | 5:48 |
| 69 | Death and Taxes | Walt Dickerson | 6:09 |
| 70 | The Thang | Ronnie Mathews | 8:01 |
| 71 | Eli’s Pork Chop | Little Sonny | 6:41 |
| 72 | Les Fleur | Minnie Riperton | 3:14 |
| 73 | Song for Pharoah | Ronnie Cuber | 8:39 |
| 74 | Wavering | Roy Porter | 6:08 |
| 75 | Golden Ring | American Gypsy | 4:25 |
| 76 | I’ve Known Rivers | Gary Bartz | 8:41 |
| 77 | Memphis B.K. | Little Sonny | 3:35 |
| 78 | Alex the Great | Harold Mabern | 7:21 |
| 79 | Shirley’s Guaguancho | Francisco Aguabella & Benny Velarde | 4:33 |
| 80 | Higgins Holler | Cedar Walton | 10:24 |
| 81 | The City Bump | “Brother” Jack McDuff | 7:32 |
| 82 | Everything Counts | David Axelrod | 6:53 |
| 83 | Letha | Charles Earland | 7:21 |
| 84 | Hung Up on My Baby | Isaac Hayes | 6:19 |
Member reviews
Source: MusicBrainz release group 664b1b7c-7220-4414-90bf-9334f6abd3a9 (CC0). Cover: Cover Art Archive.