Coming on DOUBLE-CD are 47 pioneering funk cuts from the '50s and early '60s, recorded by a.o. Edgar Hayes, Professor Longhair, Ike & Tina Turner, Roy Montrell, Jack McDuff, Chris Powell, Earl King, Bill Doggett, Mose Allison, James Brown, Vernon Harrel, Ahmad Jamal Trio, The Isley Brothers, Dolores Johnson, James Booker, Bobby Mitchell, Wallace Johnson, David Rockingham Trio and many others.