Calvin Arnold - FUNKY WAY VENTURE RECORDINGS 1967-1969 - Import CD

Credits:

Calvin Arnold

Description:

Southern Soul singer Calvin Arnold! KENT releases a collection of songs including the classic "Funky Way"! KENT is releasing a compilation album of songs by Calvin Arnold, a Southern Soul singer from Atlanta, Georgia! Apart from the eight tracks released, the album includes five previously unreleased tracks, including the Southern funk grooves "Trying To Fly My Kite (In Rainy Weather)" and "Fool Me Baby". The title track "Funky Way" was an early hit on the Venture label in 1967 and was covered by Rufus Thomas (Stax), Tommy Strand (Fame), Jimmy Bee (Kent), Ray Johnson, and others, It has become an early funk classic song! The CD version of this album is arranged chronologically by release order, while the LP has an easy listening selection of songs best suited for that format! The packaging features never-before-seen photos and a 5,000-word biography by Atlanta musicologist Brian Poust.

Tracklisting:

1.FUNKY WAY
2.SNATCHIN' BACK
3.LOVELY WAY TO GO
4.SCOOBIE DOO
5.MAMA-IN-LAW
6.MINI SKIRT
7.YOU GOT TO LIVE FOR YOURSELF
8.JUST A MATTER OF TIME
9.TRYIN' TO FLY MY KITE (IN RAINY WEATHER)
10.YOUR LOVE IS TOO MUCH
11.FOOL ME BABY
12.MESSIN' WITH THE OLD FOLKS HOME
13.MO JO HANNAH