Name: Definitive Collection
Brand: The Jimmy Castor Bunch

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

QROBIN59CDT

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5013929955929

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Total Cap

3 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Jimmy Castor Bunch

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

Robinsongs

The Jimmy Castor Bunch is an American soul/funk/disco group known for their occasional latin touch. Led by Jimmy Castor, the band also features Gerry Thomas who was simultaneously a member of The Fatback Band.
With their unique blend of genres, The Jimmy Castor Bunch has created a distinct sound that has captivated audiences worldwide. Their music combines elements of soul, funk, and disco, resulting in infectious grooves that are impossible to resist.
Jimmy Castor's leadership and Gerry Thomas' contributions have been instrumental in shaping the band's success. Together, they have crafted a musical experience that is both timeless and unforgettable. Whether you're a fan of soulful ballads or funky dance tracks, The Jimmy Castor Bunch has something for everyone.

Unique 3CD compilation of The Jimmy Castor Bunch. Featuring all of Jimmy Castor’s RnB chart hits. This package is jammed packed full of Funk. With sleeve notes by MOJO and Record Collector journalist Charles Waring.

Despite unashamedly injecting an infectious sense of fun and irreverence in his take on funk – as evidenced on early 70s hits ‘Troglodyte (Cave Man)’ and ‘Bertha Butt Boogie’ – Jimmy Castor was a serious musician who more than lived up to his nickname, “The Everything Man”. He could sing as well as play the saxophone, piano, vibraphone, and assorted percussion instruments, and if that wasn’t enough, he was also an accomplished bandleader, arranger and producer.

This package features the Top Ten Pop and RnB Hit and probably The Jimmy Castor Bunch’s most notable song ‘Troglodyte (Cave Man)’, an amusing story of a stone age man narrated by Castor over a searing funk groove, it was certainly a stylistic anomaly compared with the rest of the album. The track began with Castor saying, “What we’re going to do right here is go back – way back, back into time,” a famous intro that has been much-sampled by rap acts in the hip-hop age. The record was certified Gold.

Other notable tracks on the package, and there are a few, are ‘The Bertha Butt Boogie’, ‘Potential’, ‘King Kong’, ‘Supersound’, ‘Bom Bom’ and ‘Space Age’ 12” Disco Mix. Jimmy also liked to cover the hits of the day and set also includes Elton John’s ‘Daniel’, Roberta Flack’s ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ and The O’Jays’ ‘Love Train’ plus Jimmy’s tribute to Jimi Hendrix.

The Jimmy Castor Bunch’s music has been sampled approximately 296 times, the most popular of Castor’s tracks in terms of being sampled is ‘It’s Just Begun’, which has been plundered 145 times, by everyone from Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five and M/A/ R/R/S in the 80s to The Spice Girls in the 90s and Pharrell Williams in the 2000s.

Definitive Collection

Music GB