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    Strange Games & Funky Things Volume 5 - Compiled By DJ Spinna & BBE Soundsystem

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    • ned doheny – get it up for love
    • sylvia – sweet stuff
    • the ambassadors – i ain't got the love (of one girl on my mind)
    • richard evans – capricorn rising
    • sylvia st james – motherland
    • francisco aguabella – ramon's desire
    • family tree feat sharon brown – family tree
    • 1. ned doheny – get it up for love
    • 2. sylvia – sweet stuff
    • 3. the ambassadors – i ain't got the love (of one girl on my mind)
    • 4. richard evans – capricorn rising
    • 5. Starvue – body fusion
    • 6. sylvia st james – motherland
    • 7. the soul searchers – ashley's roachclip
    • 8. willie 'beaver' hale – groove on
    • 9. eddie senay – cameo
    • 10. the s.s.o orchestra – faded lady
    • 11. cal tjader – morning
    • 12. francisco aguabella – ramon's desire
    • 13. the philly armada orchestra – for the love of money
    • 14. family tree feat sharon brown – family tree
    • 15. the perfect circle – the hands of time
    • 16. war – war is coming war is coming
    • 17. hiroshi fukumura – hunt up wind
    • 18. wood brass and steel – always there
    • 19. c.k. mann & his carousel 7 – asafo beesuon / obaa yaa aye me bone (medley) edit
    • 20. merry clayton – gimme shelter
    • 21. bill summers – brazilian shelter
    • 22. ned doheny – get it up for love (unmixed)
    • 23. sylvia – sweet stuff (unmixed)
    • 24. the ambassadors – i ain't got the love (unmixed)
    • 25. richard evans – capricorn rising (unmixed)
    • 26. sylvia st james – motherland (unmixed)
    • 27. eddy senay – cameo (unmixed)
    • 28. cal tjader – morning (unmixed)
    • 29. francisco – aguabella (unmixed)
    • 30. the philly armada orchestra – ramon's desire (unmixed)
    • 31. family tree ft sharon brown – family tree (unmixed)
    • 32. the perfect circle – the hands of time (unmixed)
    • 33. war – war is coming, war is coming (unmixed)
    • 34. hiroshi fukumura – hunt up wind (unmixed)
    • 35. wood brass and steel – always there (unmixed)
    • 36. c.k. mann & his carousel 7 – asafo beesuon / obaa yaa aye me bone (medley) edit (unmixed)
    • 37. bill summers – brazilian skies (unmixed)

    The killer Strange Games… series which began in the summer of 1997 returns with volume five!!!!

    This essential compilation contains a wide variety of styles of tracks, from classic 70's Rare Groove, 80's Soul, Latin-Jazz-Funk dance-floor fillers as well as lesser known delights. A more accessible diggers delight if you wish with an emphasis on quality track and not just songs worth having for a 2 second sample.

    Featuring a much more worldly selection than its predecessors - tracks by the multi platinum selling War, to Sylvia ( Founder of Sugarhill Records) sit side by side with world music underground icons like C.K. Mann and Francisco Aguabella. Absolutely no fillers just pure killers on this one!

    Highly Recommended!!!

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