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In the 1990s, the major label PolyGram released four hits compilations by the 1970s/'80s pop-funk band Con Funk Shun in the U.S., the full-priced The Best of Con Funk Shun and The Best of Con Funk Shun, Vol. 2 (both on the Mercury imprint) and the budget-priced Ffun (on the Special Music label) and Greatest Hits (on PolyGram Special Markets). (There was also an anthology with the self-explanatory title The Ballads Collection.) Now, this entry in Universal's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series presents a midline-priced Con Funk Shun best-of, so there's a compilation for every pocketbook. But there still isn't a Con Funk Shun hits album that contains all their major hits. Six R&B Top Tens the band scored between 1977 and 1983 are featured here: "Ffun," "Shake and Dance with Me," "Chase Me," "Got to Be Enough," "Too Tight," and "Baby, I'm Hooked (Right into Your Love)." (All six are also on The Best of Con Funk Shun, and the first five are on both Ffun and Greatest Hits.) But their final two, "Electric Lady" and "Burnin' Love," are not. Nor are these unusual omissions; "Electric Lady" has appeared only on The Best of Con Funk Shun, Vol. 2, while "Burnin' Love" has yet to be anthologized. One can only assume that the band disowns these later hits or that, since the tunes were outside songwriting efforts and the group does not stand to earn publishing fees, they would rather fill up their compilations with admittedly well-received album tracks like "Make It Last" and "Love's Train." Nevertheless, when an act has put out six compilations at various price points, you'd think that one of them (or even the bunch of them taken together) would contain all of its biggest hits.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Maurice Starr, Producer - Eumir Deodato, Producer - Michael Cooper, ComposerLyricist - RON CAPONE, Producer - Con Funk Shun, Producer, MainArtist - Clarence Scarborough, Producer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Maurice Starr, Producer - Eumir Deodato, Producer - Michael Cooper, ComposerLyricist - RON CAPONE, Producer - Felton C. Pilate II, ComposerLyricist - Con Funk Shun, Producer, MainArtist - Clarence Scarborough, Producer
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Maurice Starr, Producer - Carlos Gomez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Eumir Deodato, Producer - MARC RUSSO, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cooper, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - RON CAPONE, Producer - Van Ross Redding, ComposerLyricist - Marvin McFadden, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Wallace, Trombone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Felton C. Pilate II, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass, Synthesizer, Drum Machine, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Crumpler, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Con Funk Shun, Producer, MainArtist - Phillip Charles, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Scarborough, Producer - Danny A. Thomas, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Rhodes , AssociatedPerformer - Cedric Martin, Vocals, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Karl Fuller, Percussion, Trumpet, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Harrell, Flute, Percussion, Saxophone, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Louis A. McCall Sr., Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Machine, AssociatedPerformer - Frederick Berry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Maurice Starr, Producer - Eumir Deodato, Producer - Michael Cooper, ComposerLyricist - RON CAPONE, Producer - Felton C. Pilate II, ComposerLyricist - Con Funk Shun, Producer, MainArtist - Clarence Scarborough, Producer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Cooper, ComposerLyricist - Con Funk Shun, MainArtist - Clarence Scarborough, Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Maurice Starr, Producer - Eumir Deodato, Producer - Michael Cooper, ComposerLyricist - RON CAPONE, Producer - Felton C. Pilate II, ComposerLyricist - Con Funk Shun, Producer, MainArtist - Clarence Scarborough, Producer
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Maurice Starr, Producer - Eumir Deodato, Producer - RON CAPONE, Producer - Felton C. Pilate II, ComposerLyricist - Con Funk Shun, Producer, MainArtist - Clarence Scarborough, Producer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Maurice Starr, Producer - Eumir Deodato, Producer - Michael Cooper, ComposerLyricist - RON CAPONE, Producer - Con Funk Shun, Producer, MainArtist - Clarence Scarborough, Producer
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ken Kessie, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Felton Pilate, Guitar, Trombone, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Bellman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Blockman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cooper, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Felton C. Pilate II, ComposerLyricist - Danny Thomas, Clarinet, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Con Funk Shun, Producer, MainArtist - Richard Greene, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cedric Martin, Vocals, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Fuller, Flugelhorn, Percussion, Trumpet, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Harrell, Flute, Percussion, Saxophone, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Louis A. McCall Sr., Drums, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Cooper, ComposerLyricist - Felton C. Pilate II, ComposerLyricist - Con Funk Shun, Producer, MainArtist - Garry Jackson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Felton C. Pilate II, ComposerLyricist - Con Funk Shun, MainArtist - Clarence Scarborough, Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Maurice Starr, Producer - Eumir Deodato, Producer - RON CAPONE, Producer - Felton C. Pilate II, ComposerLyricist - Con Funk Shun, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Scarborough, Producer - Nita Wells-Pilate, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
In the 1990s, the major label PolyGram released four hits compilations by the 1970s/'80s pop-funk band Con Funk Shun in the U.S., the full-priced The Best of Con Funk Shun and The Best of Con Funk Shun, Vol. 2 (both on the Mercury imprint) and the budget-priced Ffun (on the Special Music label) and Greatest Hits (on PolyGram Special Markets). (There was also an anthology with the self-explanatory title The Ballads Collection.) Now, this entry in Universal's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series presents a midline-priced Con Funk Shun best-of, so there's a compilation for every pocketbook. But there still isn't a Con Funk Shun hits album that contains all their major hits. Six R&B Top Tens the band scored between 1977 and 1983 are featured here: "Ffun," "Shake and Dance with Me," "Chase Me," "Got to Be Enough," "Too Tight," and "Baby, I'm Hooked (Right into Your Love)." (All six are also on The Best of Con Funk Shun, and the first five are on both Ffun and Greatest Hits.) But their final two, "Electric Lady" and "Burnin' Love," are not. Nor are these unusual omissions; "Electric Lady" has appeared only on The Best of Con Funk Shun, Vol. 2, while "Burnin' Love" has yet to be anthologized. One can only assume that the band disowns these later hits or that, since the tunes were outside songwriting efforts and the group does not stand to earn publishing fees, they would rather fill up their compilations with admittedly well-received album tracks like "Make It Last" and "Love's Train." Nevertheless, when an act has put out six compilations at various price points, you'd think that one of them (or even the bunch of them taken together) would contain all of its biggest hits.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:33
- Main artists: Con Funk Shun
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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