Various Artists - The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club (2012)

The 6music show is popular and the man himself has done plenty of guesting out and about (includ- ing at Manchester’s legendary Hideaway Club).
So The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club album on Freestyle Records could be a decent listen.
According to the man himself: ‘This CD contains 19 rip snorting, bass drum banging, brass blaring booga-bloody-loo, big beats, bass lines and blooming brilliant vocals. From as far away as Australia with The Bamboo’s ultimate party starter Amen Brother, to The Excitements coming out of Barcelona – boy can she rattle your glasses! I bring you some cover versions that have surely got to be better than the real thing, like Nostalgia 77 & Alice Russell’s take on The White Stripes 7 Nation Army.
And T Bird and the Breaks ‘Clap Hands Song’, not to mention The Incredible Bongo Bands’ skin shredding version of The Rolling Stones ‘Satisfaction’. Bands like Smoove & Turrell from the northeast and The Haggis Horns from Scotland via Leeds prove that Britain’s response to the music laid down by legends such as James Brown, the hardest workingman in show business, has been truly remarkable.’
‘All these tunes are guaranteed to tear the roof off any venue festival or house party in the known universe. Enjoy and remember …no sleep till bedtime!’