Track Listing 1. I Need It 2. Ain't That a Bitch 3. Superman Lover 4. Funk Beyond the Call of Duty 5. I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby 6. What the Hell Is This? 7. Real Mother For Ya, A 8. Love Jones 9. Miss Frisco (Queen of the Disco) 10. Telephone Bill 11. Gangster of Love
| Details | | Producer: | Shawn Amos (Compilation), Virginia Watson (Compilation) | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Recording information: 1976 - 1978. This best of collects a variety of vintage mid-1970s wide-lapel funk from the remarkably enduring career of Johnny "Guitar Watson," who first appeared on the R&B charts in the early '50s and was performing right up to his death in 1996. The jazzy hit "That Thing," with its Crusaders-type arrangement, and his classic "A Real Mother For Ya" are the obvious highlights, but the slow-burning "Funk Beyond the Call of Duty" and the humorous monologue of "Telephone Bill" are also minor gems--and you've got to love a guy who can call a slick, sophisticated slice of silk-sheet R&B "I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby."
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