Live & Early Singles

Live & Early Singles
Compilation album by Trouble Funk
Released	February 17, 2004
Genre	Go-go old-school hip hop
Length	1:56:28
Label	District Line
Producer	Robert Reed Tony Fisher
Trouble Funk chronology
E Flat Boogie (2000) Live & Early Singles (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
ARTISTdirect	[2]
musicHound R&B	(4/5) [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Live & Early Singles is a compilation album released on February 17, 2004, ^[1] by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. The album consists of a compilation of the band's earlier singles from the late-1970s to the early-1980s. ^[1]

Track listing

Disc 1: Live

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Part A"	Tony Fisher Robert Reed	14:02
2.	"Part B"	Tony Fisher Robert Reed	13:43
3.	"Part C"	Tony Fisher Robert Reed	14:56
4.	"Part D"	Tony Fisher Robert Reed	15:14

Disc 2: Early Singles

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Super Grit"	Chester Davis Tony Fisher Robert Reed Taylor Reed	10:18
2.	"E-Flat Boogie"	Chester Davis Tony Fisher Robert Reed Taylor Reed	5:26
3.	"Hollyrock"	Chester Davis Tony Fisher Robert Reed Taylor Reed	4:39
4.	"Roll with It"	Chester Davis Tony Fisher Robert Reed Taylor Reed	7:16
5.	"Latin Funk"	Chester Davis Tony Fisher Robert Reed Taylor Reed	5:03
6.	"Get Down With Your Get Down"	Tony Fisher Robert Reed	8:43
7.	"Trouble Funk Express (Trans Europe Express)"	Ralf Hütter Florian Schneider Emil Schult	6:46
8.	"So Early in the Morning"	James Avery Tony Fisher Robert Reed Taylor Teed	7:04
Total length:			1:56:28

Personnel

• James Avery – electronic keyboards
• Mack Carey – percussions
• Chester Davis – guitar
• Tony Fisher – bass guitar
• Emmett Nixon – drums
• Gerald Reed – trombone
• Robert Reed – keyboards, trombone
• Taylor Reed – trumpet
• David Rudd – tenor saxophone
• Daniel Hersch – remastering
• Bill Inglot – remastering

References

1. Prato, Greg. "Trouble Funk: Live & Early Singles". AllMusic . Retrieved January 26, 2017.
2. "Trouble Funk: Live & Early Singles". ARTISTdirect . Retrieved January 26, 2017.
3. Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Chang, Jeff (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp.  574–575. ISBN   1-57859-026-4.
4. Coleman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  824. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.

External links

• Live & Early Singles at Discogs