Title: Watts Funky Artist: Johnny Otis & Friends Label: Beat Goes Public BGP Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 029667514415 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2001-11-26 Number of Discs: 1
(2-LP set) 20 track compilation features rare titles created by R&B band leader Johnny Otis & his very funky friends. Made during Otis' most creative years in the late 1960s, these cuts appeared on Kent, Epic & Johnny's own Hawk Sound & Jazz World labels. Ignored or simply unknown for all these years, these tracks are now highly sought after by today's hottest DJs. Features Shuggie Otis, Preston Love, Barbara Morrison, Debbie Lyndsey, Vera Hamilton, Vibrettes, Slim, Delmar & Carla, Doug Wintz & Willie Jitterbug Webb. (Previously deleted:2/1/03. Original release date:12/7/01)
Tracks: 1.1 Spells and Incantations - Lyndsey, Debbie 1.2 But I Ain't No More (GSTSKDTS) - Hamilton, Vera 1.3 Country Girl - Otis, Johnny Show 1.4 Watts Breakaway - Otis, Johnny Show 1.5 Miss Pretty - Otis, Shuggie 1.6 Humpty Dump - Vibrettes 1.7 I Don't Understand It - Slim 1.8 Funky Disco Boogie - Delmar ; Carla 1.9 Good to the Last Drop - Otis, Johnny 1.10 Don't It Make You Feel Good - Otis, Johnny Show 1.11 Strawberry Letter 23 - Otis, Shuggie 1.12 Cool Ade - Love, Preston 1.13 Coming at Ya Baby - Otis, Johnny 1.14 Signifying Monkey - Otis, Johnny Show 1.15 Whelp - Wintz, Doug 1.16 Jaws - Otis, Johnny 1.17 Skunk Booty - Otis, Johnny Show 1.18 Hey Boy I Want You - Otis, Johnny Show ; Barbara Morrison 1.19 You Got to Do It Right - Webb, Willie 'Jitterbug' 1.20 If You'd Be Mine - Otis, Shuggie
