The Godfather of Soul’s swirling cape holds sway over all on this collection, commencing with the ominous horn figure and upright wah-wah on the Universals’ “New Generation.” In that pause between Mr. Brown’s systolic and diastolic beats, though, rose significant grit in the blood flow. James Knight & the Butlers (that’s Mr. Knight’s ’fro, seemingly deformed by ceiling, on the cover) steal the “Gloria” changes and ride them around soul-shouting out the windows and decamping at stoplights for choreographed hip-snaps.

Coke, who wanted the Man to sue them over them over their name, present a drum-bass-conga intro to stand down “Apache.” The Montereys’ “Get Down” boasts no lyrical content aside from the title phrased tossed off as though by hostages riding a roller coaster for the 5,000th time. Some of these people grew up to be KC and the Sunshine Band, while Blowfly never grew up.  But why play their familiar tracks again when you can play this thing for the first time?