The Jam: The Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Anthology

The Jam: The Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Anthology Artist: Larry Graham
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 081227838829
EAN: 0081227838829
ASIN: B00005Q3AL


Release Date: 2001-10-11

The Jam: The Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Anthology


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Tracks:

  1. We've Been Waiting
  2. Hair
  3. Can You Handle It?
  4. People
  5. Ghetto
  6. Feel The Need
  7. Release Yourself
  8. 'Tis Your Kind Of Music
  9. Today
  10. The Jam
  11. It's Alright
  12. Your Love
  13. I Can't Stand The Rain
  14. Dear Prudence (Outtake)
  15. Entrow
  16. Love (Covers A Multitude Of Sin)

Tracks:

  1. Now Do-U-Wanta Dance
  2. Last Train
  3. Earthquake
  4. Stomped Beat-Up And Whooped
  5. My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me
  6. Is It Love?
  7. (You're A) Foxy Lady (Single Edit)
  8. Star Walk (Single Edit)
  9. One In A Million You
  10. When We Get Married
  11. I'm So Glad It's Summer Again (Extended Version)
  12. Just Be My Lady
  13. Don't Stop When You're Hot
  14. Sooner Or Later
  15. I Never Forget Your Eyes
  16. By Popular Demand
  17. I Want To Take You Higher (Live)

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Some timeless funk tracks.......2007-04-22

Larry Graham, the first man to bring thumping and plucking of the bass into the forefront back in the 70s. I've seen him perform with Prince a few years back and the man's still got it!
Larry Graham is responsible for converting Prince into a Jehovah Witness.
As a big fan of the bass, this was a must have for me.
I can't tolerate the song "One In A Million" though. Even though it's considered a gem among the R&B crowd in the music industry, I think that song is one of the most terrible and sappiest songs I have ever heard.
Everything Larry has done sounds very funky and soulful except for One In A Million...it's just plain bad, and I don't understand why it's even recognized at all. It definitely makes me think Larry should just stick with playing bass.
Overall, this anthology is cool and funky. But I always skip over One and a Million.

5 out of 5 stars Just As Essential To The Evolution Of The Funk As James, Sly or The P-Funk Thang!! .......2006-11-27

After the dissolution of Sly & The Family Stone due
to Sly's increasing levitation towards self-destructive
substance abuse which killed his brilliant creativity
earlier than it should've...
It stood to a handful of artists and musicians who were
influenced by what that megalithic band had started in
their hey-day, to carry on the banner of the FUNK
into the 70's and 80's!!

The Ohio Players, Mandrill, Tower of Power, Cameo, etc.
all had their own recipes, Earth, Wind & Fire had their
own refined eclectic pop-freindly version,
The Isley Brothers had theirs, Parliament / Funkadelic
and Bootsy's Rubberband carried the funk banner high and proud,
and then of course there was that genius kid out of
Minneapolis named Prince that took it well into the 80's!

But right up there with all of those names, and from the
actual source of the early funk meteorite was one of
the most influential bassists of all time....
Larry Graham, whose percussive and funky bass style
(thumpin'-slappin'-pluckin') was one of the main ingredients
to Sly's catchy lyrics, harmonic hooks and rhythmic flights
of the imagination!
Larry took it upon himself to form one of the baddest,
most influential and most underated bands of the 70's...
"Graham Central Station!!"
Their music was just as infectious as Sly's but with an even deeper
funk edge, which probably kept them from reaching the pop audience
that Sly had, but trust me...black folks was feelin' 'em big time!
They used to put on a hell of live show as well!
The best of all their albums from 1973-1980 is on here
and in addition to Larry's innovative bass playing you also
hear early forays into electronic instrumentation with the use
of the "funk box", an early drum machine, as well as synthesizers
and moog bass around the same time as people like Stevie Wonder,
P-Funk and others were introducing them to black music.
The grooves are infectious, the ballads lush,
the overall feeling joyous!
I am so glad that Warner Brothers decided to re-release their
catalogue and this strident compilation that captures the esscence
of what GCS was all about!--Buy It & Let The Funk Take You Higher!!

4 out of 5 stars in responce to Sherance.......2006-02-20


After reading Sherance M. Brothers "smbrothers24" reveiew i just had to say as
a major P-FUNK fan bootsy collins is just as good a performer
but nowere nere as good a bass player
im not her to beat you up we are booth big fans i can tell
so ill go on.

He is credited with the invention of the slapping
technique, which radically
change the way the bass would be played.

Larry Graham pioneered the art of slap-POP
So-called "Machine-gun bass" (just ask marcus miller,
Flea, Stanley Clarke, John Norwood Fisher, P-Nut,)

and please guys ( Reviewer:Karl Miller "kemspeaks ) never discount his vocals,
people are still talking about his octave range
(witch i think is 5 i may be wrong)
Lou Rawls, has a four octave range.

a very good CD
and two of the best Reviews came from

Reviewer: Karl Miller "kemspeaks

Reviewer: Lindsay Robinson it aint knitpicking that stuff needs to be heard.

/// feel free to email /// nubian124@yahoo.com

5 out of 5 stars Deep-groove funk-in-your-face rock.......2006-01-16

Larry Graham is one of the greatest artists of all time! Every album GCS ever released has had at least one major hit song on it. This set does a GREAT job compiling the best songs his band ever released, including one of the best hard rock cuts ever, "Earthquake", and his funk rock opus, "The Jam". Not only does this 2 cd set define GCS, but it also defines an undescribable era of music!

5 out of 5 stars Full of funk.......2004-11-03

Larry Graham is quite impressive. Though, better known for his heavy funk bass playing, he's actually quite a versatile artist. He can do heavy funk, or sweet love songs and anything in between. This anthology shows the talent and the greatness of Larry Graham. He's also got a great voice. I recommend this anthology to any serious funk fan, it rocks! Oh and I should mention that it has excellent linear notes!

Music:

  1. The Glow of Love ~ Change
  2. One Sweet Day ~ Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
  3. Wild Orchid ~ Wild Orchid
  4. Life on Mars/What the World Is Coming To ~ Dexter Wansel
  5. Tyrone Davis - 20 Greatest Hits ~ Tyrone Davis
  6. The Ultimate Collection ~ Eddie Kendricks
  7. Oh ~ Ciara
  8. More New Orleans Party Classics ~ Various Artists
  9. Shine On ~ L.T.D.
  10. Joined Together: The Complete Studio Duets ~ Diana Ross , Supremes , and Temptations

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Agarra La Onda ~ Cielo Azul

Leyendas del Bolero ~ Miguel Santos, Julio Jaramillo

Craig Shoemaker Meets the Lovemaster ~ Craig Shoemaker

Live at Newport & at the Hollywood Bowl ~ Woody Herman, Stan Getz

Those Kenton Days ~ Art Pepper

Cool Imagination ~ Paul Desmond

Feliz Navidad: Christmas in Cuba ~ Celia Cruz, Sonora Matancera

Familia Jobim ~ Nova Banda

El Rey Joven de la Bachata ~ Willy Castro

Confusion Rock ~ Tommy O'Tool