Everything Is Gonna Be Alright / Various Everything Is Gonna Be Alright / Various CD

UK collection. 50 years ago, Emanuel Lasky's timely 'A Letter From Vietnam' appeared on a brand new light blue label with a royal blue label name: Westbound Records was born. In the ensuing years, it set about proving that post-Motown Detroit could still be a home to successful music-making, scoring hits and developing careers with a series of acts including Funkadelic, Denise LaSalle, the Detroit Emeralds and the Ohio Players, as well as registering pop hits with Byron McGregor, and recording incredible jazz on it's Eastbound label. Everything Is Gonna Be Alright looks at and celebrates the label's achievements in the world of soul, funk and gospel. Named after Bill Moss' uplifting gospel anthem, the journey takes you from the label's very first single through the vocal group traditions of the Detroit Emeralds, the Magictones and Unique Blend, the funk of Funkadelic and the Ohio Players through to the Dennis Coffey and Mike Theodore-dominated disco era with CJ & Co and others. The compilation has a mixture of big hits and rarities - from the Northern Soul classic by the Houston Outlaws to the much-sampled Pleasure Web. All are presented in their original seven-inch edits, many of which have never been reisssued.

1. A Letter from Vietnam - Emanuel Lasky 2. I'll Bet You - Funkadelic 3. Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Bill Moss ; the Celestials 4. Ain't No Telling - Houston Outlaws 5. I've Changed - the Magictones 6. Trapped By a Thing Called Love - Denise Lasalle 7. Pain - Ohio Players 8. Why Not Start All Over Again - the Counts 9. Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) - Detroit Emeralds 10. Yes I'm in Love - Unique Blend 11. Crazy Legs - Donald Austin 12. Funky Worm - Ohio Players 13. I Love You - Motivations 14. Music Man Part 1 - Pleasure Web 15. Get Up Off My Mind - Denise Lasalle 16. Standing on the Verge of Getting It on - Funkadelic 17. Alvin Stone (The Birth and Death of a Gangster) - Fantastic Four 18. Get Ya Some - Melvin Sparks 19. If You Love Him - Junie 20. The Magic Man - King Errison 21. Devil's Gun - CJ ; Co 22. Feel the Need - Detroit Emeralds 23. Calling Planet Earth - Dennis Coffey 24. High on Mad Mountain - the Mike Theodore Orchestra