What are your thoughts on this 2 CD set? I think it's great. I wanted to pick up the original GCS albums, but they're so hard to find that I just decided to pick this up. There's a couple of good songs that are missing, like "I Believe in You" for example, but this is a well put together anthology, IMO. Full album versions that really showed how GCS freakin' rocked back in the day!

I know Larry Graham isn't the most popular guy in the world these days, but his work in the 70s and his influence on funk music can't be denied.

What do you think?

I love Graham Central Station and this is indeed a very good anthology.

I think the one disc Warner Brothers version would suffice as a jumping off for most people on this site.

G C S, the baddest group from east to west! lots of jams back in the day, my favs was My R-A-D-I-O and Happy to See You Again

Its a great set. Well worth getting.

Go ahead and do yourself a favor and get all of his LPs. It's well worth the purchase.

AAAH :OMFG: MAKE IT STOP!!!

I'm going to have to buy this Anthology anyway
because
I have yet to see ANYWHERE the GCS album "Mirror" anywhere on cd.. ("Entrow" is TOO DAMN FUNKY!)

From what I remember about the track listing, this anthology has most of the GCS essentials, but like I did with Earth Wind & Fire, The Isley Brothers & several others.. I ended up buying most of the catalogue anyway because these anthologies usually omit some really good songs, or songs that I like myself but weren't released as singles or whatever.


Then, what jtgillia said about Larry's influence is exactly correct & on point.

jtgillia said:

You havent got a tracklisting of this have you? I have the first four GCS albums and if this set has stuff from the other three i may purchase. Thanks!

mltijchr said:

I have Mirror on MP3 so it was released on CD at some point.

Tight Jams&enjoyed His Funky Cuts before He Mellowed out.for a Minute in the 70's GCS was on the Funk Pulse.

Yeah, his work from '73 through about '78 was like magic.

Does anybody have the Mirror and Now Do Ya Wanta Dance albums, and where the hell can I find them???!!! Now Do Ya Wanta Dance sounds like the perfect album to look for right now (a seamless flow of tight funk) but the damn thing is impossible to find. And it's gotta be on CD too, because I'm from generation Y!

mp3s are welcome too...

jtgillia said:

Hi there mate. I got mirror on MP3 orgnote me if you're interested and i'll hook you up with it. Im still looking for

Star Walk
My Radio Sounds Good To Me
Now Do Ya Wanna Dance

Ive not seen those albums about anywhere. Where they even released on CD?