(R&B, Soul/Funk, Disco) VA - Mastercuts: Funk Divas (3 CD) - 2005, MP3, 320 kbps

01. Material feat. Whitney Houston - Memories (03:59)
02. Ann Sexton - You're Losing Me (02:20)
03. Linda Clifford - If My Friends Could See Me Now (07:58)
04. Ike & Tina Turner - Use Me (02:39)
05. Betty Harris - There's a Break in the Road (02:45)
06. Staple Singers - Funky Love (04:47)
07. Mavis Staples - Chocolate City (05:16)
08. Irma Thomas - Lady Marmalade (03:33)
09. The Fascinations - Girls Are Out to Get You (02:09)
10. Jean Knight - Jessie Joe (02:28)

01. June Conquest - Take Care (02:43)
02. Zilla Mayes - All I Want Is You (02:09)
03. Bette Davis - Hangin' Out In Hollywood (02:55)
04. Liz Lands - One Man's Poison (02:48)
05. June Conquest - All I Need (02:41)
06. Bobbi Humphrey - Baby Don't You Know (09:03)
07. Betty Harris - All I Want Is You (02:07)
08. Ann Sexton - You're Gonna Miss Me (03:04)
09. Betty Harris - Ride Your Pony (03:09)
10. Jody Gayles - You Gotta Push (02:46)

01. Betty Davis - No Good At Falling In Love (03:41)
02. The Jones Girls - Will You Be There (03:19.34]
03. Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham - Lover And A Friend (02:27)
04. Linda Clifford - Never Gonna Stop (04:35)
05. Mavis Staples - A Piece Of The Action (03:26)
06. Ethel Beatty - I Know You Care (05:35)
07. Deniece Chandler - It's You I Need (02:35)
08. The Jones Girls - If You Don't Start Nothing (02:38)
09. Ella Washington - If Time Could Stand Still (03:00)
10. Ike & Tina Turner - Golden Empire (03:34)

Not as riddled with abysmal re-recordings and poor-sounding live versions as some of the other compilations released by Mastercuts in 2005, Mastercuts: Funk Divas is a three-disc set that should come in handy for listeners who don't consider themselves experts of soul and funk from the '60s through the early '80s, but want to dig beyond the obvious classics. It's annoying that only 30 tracks are spread across the three discs (everything would've fit comfortably on two discs), but there's a decent if arbitrary assortment. A couple particularly notable inclusions: Material's "Take Care," featuring a pre-fame (and therefore pre-"Crack is wack!") Whitney Houston, and Ethel Beatty's "I Know You Care," an excellent (if hyper-repetitive) B-side from Roy Ayers' Uno Melodic label.~Review by Andy Kellman~Release of this 3CDs Set: 2005, October, 5 [CDs Mastercuts (UK), Cat.# MCUTCD07 / UPC: 876492009025]
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