One Way Glass: Dancefloor Prog Brit Jazz & Funky One Way Glass: Dancefloor Prog Brit Jazz & Funky CD

UK three CD set. One Way Glass is a very different kind of RPM compilation. Instead of the usual cross-section of '60s collectables, this unique release takes a fresh look at British music from the late '60s through to the mid-'70s, with an eye on overlooked dancefloor-friendly finds. The rhythmic backbone of One Way Glass lies in progressive rock outfits who - every so often - would emulate their jazz heroes and record funky sides tucked away on albums or B-sides. Many of these tracks (Jonesy, Hardin & York) have been known to collectors of Funky Breaks for years. In addition, One Way Glass boasts some excellent funky Folk tracks which lighten the load for the listener - tracks by Alan James Eastwood, Bridget St. John, Dana Gillespie, Joan Armatrading and Melanie, for example. More typical funk rock selections come from Hanson (featuring future Bob Marley & The Wailers mainstay Junior Marvin on guitar) and Curtis Knight Zeus (fronted by Jimi Hendrix's old bandmate and featuring future Motorhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke). Maybe it all started - in terms of breaks and hip hop culture, at least - with DJ Kool Herc, who would spin key segments from old rock records to create the funky break. Ever since, fans of funky music have been crate digging to find any tunes which have that infectious shuffle, regardless of their musical heritage or background. In some ways, One Way Glass is the next chapter in the musical story told on previous RPM box sets, Looking Back, Keep Lookin' and Night Comes Down, which documented British artists who made music inspired by black America, aimed squarely at the clubs. Now, instead of borrowing from R&B and Soul, the prog-era bands took a leaf from American jazz and funk artists

1. One Way Glass - Trifle 2. Elegy - Colosseum 3. Man from Afghanistan - Curtiss Maldoon 4. 3D Mona Lisa - Paul Brett Sage 5. Home Is Where I Belong - Quicksand 6. Somethin? You Got - Second Hand 7. Get One Together - Paladin 8. Cold Wall of Stone - Fat Mattress 9. Libel - Hard Stuff 10. Sanctuary - Gravy Train 11. City of Darkness - the Web 12. Out of Nowhere - Patrick Campbell-Lyons 13. The Bitch - Gasoline Band 14. I Saw An Angel - Pentangle 15. Ricochet - Jonesy 16. Revolution?S Death Man - Edwards Hand 17. MacUmbe - Bond ; Brown 18. Henry - Cmu 19. Sunburnt Virgin Trousers - Knocker Jungle 20. Cubano Chant - Climax Chicago Blues Band - Climax Chicago Blues Band 21. She?S My Sister - Open Road 22. The Lord Doesn't Want You - Crazy World of Arthur Brown 23. I?Ve Got My Mojo Working - Melanie 24. Eyeballs - Blue Mink 25. Celebration - Chillum 26. Confusions About a Goldfish - John Kongos 27. Skin Valley Serenade - Skin Alley 28. Little Message - Jody Grind 29. Weren?T Born a Man - Dana Gillespie 30. Drinking My Wine - Hardin ; York 31. She?S Mine, She?S Yours - Juicy Lucy 32. Avez-Vous Kaskelainen? - Burnin Red Ivanhoe 33. Message to Mankind - Demon Fuzz 34. Closer to the Truth - Alan James Eastwood 35. Wake Up My Children - Siren 36. The Devil Made Me Do It - Curtis Knight Zeus 37. Hilary Dickson - Atlantic Bridge 38. Sly Willy - Blue Beard 39. Mean Old Man - Joan Armatrading 40. Funky - Spencer Davis Group 41. In the Beginning - the Foundations 42. He?S Gonna Step on You Again - John Kongos 43. Bad Times - Bad Times - Paladin 44. Instant Whip - the Tremeloes 45. The Rock - Atomic Rooster 46. Margarita - Fat Mattress 47. Gesolreut (Live) - Soft Machine 48. Some Kind of Beautiful - Bridget St. John 49. House on the Hill - Audience 50. Indian Rope Man - Noir 51. So Many People - Skin Alley 52. Alibi Annie - Trifle 53. I?M a Thief - Juicy Lucy 54. Travelling Like a Gypsy - Hanson 55. Looking for the Red Label - Fair Weather 56. I?M a Man - the Web 57. Pigs Foot - Pesky Gee 58. One Way Glass - John Schroeder Orchestra