High on Music/Get Up & Dance

RELEASE
February 21, 2012
LABEL
Funky Town Grooves
GENRES
Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Disco

Album Review

The Funky Town Grooves label combines the first two albums the Memphis Horns recorded for RCA: High on Music (1976) and Get Up & Dance (1977), neither of which had been in print for years. The albums didn't exactly burn up the charts. High on Music didn't register, while Get Up & Dance placed three songs -- including the relaxed funk grooves "Get Up and Dance" and "What the Funk" -- on the R&B chart's lower rungs. Both A-sides are in the realm of Brass Construction, the Brothers Johnson, and the club-oriented side of MFSB, if not quite as prone to maximum rotation. Deniece Williams and D.J. Rogers appear as guest vocalists.
Andy Kellman, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Freedom Train
  2. High on Music
  3. Keep on Doin' It
  4. Get It Up
  5. 80 Proof Red
  6. Disco Party
  7. Crystal Mellow
  8. Move Your Feet
  9. Love's Mood
  10. Beale Street Shuffle
  11. Get Up and Dance
  12. Just for Your Love
  13. Waitin' for the Flood
  14. Love Is Happiness
  15. Memphis Nights
  16. What the Funk
  17. Country Soul
  18. No Go Betweens
  19. Don't Abuse It
  20. Keep on Smilin'