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DJ Timmy Richardson
11-20-2003, 07:53 PM
Westbound was a soul label. It began about 1970, with distribution by Janus. In 1974 Janus acquired Chess, and the distribution was by Chess/Janus, which lasted until 1975, and a move to 20th Century for distribution. Westbound became part of the Atlantic distribution system in early 1977.

In the early days, Westbound had some fairly big-name stars, with Funkadelic and Ohio Players leading the way. They also had the folk-country-rock duo of Skip "Van Winkle" Knape and David Teegarden. Once these stars left Westbound for the major labels (Funkadelic to Warner Brothers, Ohio Players to Mercury, Teegarden and Van Winkle to Bob Seger's band on Capitol), the fortunes of the label waned. Their 1977 signing with Atlantic resulted in little success, as only one of the Atlantic-distributed Westbound albums even made the charts.

The early label design was one of the worst label designs ever, resembling a slab of vomit on a shaky blue background. By the time they signed with Atlantic, the label was changed to a smart-looking blue- grey label featuring a truck heading west, with the logo at the top of the label. The tracks listed for each album are in the order they appear, except for albums marked with an asterisk (*), where the tracks are listed alphabetically.

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WESTBOUND ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY

Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] (Chart) Contents

2000 series:

The Westbound 2000 series was distributed by Janus

WB 2000 - Funkadelic - Funkadelic [1970] (3-70, #126) Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?/I Bet You/Music For My Mother/I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody's Got A Thing//Good Old Music/Qualify And Satisfy/What Is Soul

*WB 2001 - Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic [1970] (10-70, #92) Eulogy And Light/Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow/Friday Night, August 14th/Funky Dollar Bill/I Wanna Know If It's Good To You ?/Some More

WB 2002 - For Free - Catfish Hodge [1970]

WB 2003 - Teegarden & Van Winkle - Teegarden & Van Winkle [1970] God, Love And Rock And Roll (We Believe)/Mona Sweet Mona/Ruth Colleen/Everything Is Going To Be Alright/Going Back Home//Eleanor Rigby/You Do/Homegrown/Okie From Muskogee

WB 2004 - The Assemblage Album - Assemblage [1971] Satisfaction/It's Not Easy/Dirty Gurty//Drink Deep/Lean On Me/Everything Is Going To Be Alright/Black And White

WB 2005 - Keep On Truckin' - Frut [1971]

*WB 2006 - Do Me Right - Detroit Emeralds [1971] (6-71, #151) Admit Your Love Is Gone/And I Love Her/Do Me Right/Holding On/I Can't See Myself (Doing Without You)/If I Lose Your Love/Just Now And Then/Lee/Long Live The King/Wear This Ring (With Love)/What You Gonna Do About Me/You Can't Take This Love For You, From Me

WB 2007 - Maggot Brain - Funkadelic [1971] (8-71, #108) Maggot Brain/Can You Get To That/Hit It And Quit It/You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks//Super Stupid/Back In Our Minds/Wars Of Armageddon

WB 2008 - Spoiled Rotten - Frut [1972] Ruby Baby/Sixteen Candles/You Can't Sit Down/Gimme What You Got/Sea Of Love/You Just Gotta Have What It Takes//Snatch N' Grabit/Send Me Down/Freckles On Her Butt/Peggy Sue/Save The Last Dance For Me/Prison Of Love

WB 2009 - Jonathon Round - Jonathon Round [1971] This album was issued with a die- cut round cover. In Quest Of The Unicorn/Don't It Make You Wanna' Go Home/Tolu/Sympathy For The Devil//To Love Somebody/Travelin' Mama Blues/And I Will Not Be Moved/Train-A-Comin'/Young Sadie (Dancing Lady)

WB 2010 - On Our Way - Teegarden & Van Winkle With Bruce [1972] Carry On (With You)/Midnight Rider/Movin' On Down The Highway/Going Down/Ride Away (With Me)//Ain't Love Grand/Stoned On The Love Of Jesus/Rueben Red/Arted Is My Last Name (Passing Gas)/If You Live/I Need You

*WB 2011 - What's Up Front That-Counts - Counts [1972] (7-72, #193) Bills/Pack Of Lies/Rhythm Changes/Thinking Single/What's Up From That-Counts/Why Not Start All Over Again

WB 2012 - Trapped By a Thing Called Love - Denise Lasalle [1972] (5-72, #120) Trapped By A Thing Called Love/Now Run And Tell That/Heartbreaker Of The Year/Good Goody Better/Catch Me If You Can//Hung Up, Strung Up/Do Me Right/The Deeper I Go (The Better It Gets)/If You Should Lose Me/Keep It Coming/It's Too Late

WB 2013 - You Want It, You Got It - Detroit Emeralds [1972] (7-72, #78) You Want It, You Got It/There's A Love For Me Somewhere/I'll Never Sail The Sea Again/Take My Love//Feel The Need In Me/I've Got To Move/Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)/I Bet You Get The One You Love/Till You Decide To Come Home

WB 2014 -

*WB 2015 - Pain - Ohio Players [1972] (3-72, #177) I Wanna Hear From You/Never Had A Dream/Pain (Part I)/Players Balling (Players Doin' Their Own Thing)/Singing In The Morning/The Reds

WB 2016 - On the Loose - Denise Lasalle [1973] A Man Size Job/What It Takes To Get A Good Woman/Harper Valley P.T.A./What Am I Doing Wrong/Breaking Up Somebody's Home//There Ain't Enough Hate Around (To Make Me Turn Around)/Your Man And Your Best Friend/Lean On Me/Making A Good Thing Better/I'm Over You/I'm Satisfied

WB 2017 - Pleasure - Ohio Players [1973] (2-73, #63) Pleasure/Laid It/Pride And Vanity/Walt's First Trip//Varee Is Love/Walked Away From You/Paint Me/Funky Worm/Our Love Has Died

WB 2018 - I'm in Love with You - Detroit Emeralds [1973] (4-73, #181) Shake Your Head/So Long/You're Getting A Little Too Smart/I Think Of You - You Control Me (Medley)//Whatcha Gonna Wear Tomorrow/Heaven Couldn't Be Like This - Without You Baby - I'm In Love With You (Medley)/My Dreams Have Got The Best Of Me

WB 2019 - Experimental Groundwork - Skip Van Winkle Knape & David Teegarden [1973] Audience Induction/Carol/Ain't I Good To You/Dancing In The Street/Don't Cry No More/Band (Audience) Dehypnotization//Band Induction (Partial)/Let It Roll/Dupries Dog/She's Alright/Sweet Thing/Lucille/Give Away None Of My Love/Band Dehypnotization (Partial)

*WB 2020 - America Eats Its Young - Funkadelic [1972] (6-72, #123) (2-LP set) America Eats Its Young/Balance/Biological Speculation/Everybody Is Going To Make It This Time/If You Don't Like The Effects, Don't Produce The Cause/Joyful Process/Loose Booty/Miss Lucifer's Love/Philmore/Pussy/That Was My Girl/Wake Up/We Hurt Too/You Hit The Nail On The Head

*WB 2021 - Ecstasy - Ohio Players [1973] (9-73, #70) Black Cat/Ecstasy/Food Stamps Y'all/(I Wanna Know) Do You Feel It/Not So Sad And Lonely/Short Change/Silly Billy/Sleep Talk/Spinning/You And Me

*WB 2022 - Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic [1973] (7-73, #112) Can't Stand The Strain/Cosmic Slop/Let's Make It Last/March To The Witch's Castle/Nappy Dugout/No Compute/This Broken Heart/You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure

1000 series:

The Westbound 1000 series was distributed by Chess/Janus.

*WB 1000 - The Americans - Byron MacGregor [1974] Amazing Grace (America The Beautiful)/America The Beautiful/Americans/Dixie/Eyes Of Texas/Gettysburg Address/God Save The Queen/How Good You Have It In America/Lincoln Lives On/Oh Canada/Star Spangled Banner/Stars And Stripes/The Strongest Americans

WB 1001 - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On - Funkadelic [1974] (9-74, #163) Red Hot Momma/Alice In My Fantasies/I'll Stay/Sexy Ways//Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On/Jimmy's Got A Little Bit Of Bitch In Him/Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts

WB 1002 -

WB 1003 - Climax - Ohio Players [1974] (11-74, #102) Sleep Talk/Ruffell Foot/Proud Mary/Climax//What's Going On/Food Stamps Y'all/Players Ballin'/Pack It Up

WB 1004 - Funkadelic's Greatest Hits - Funkadelic [1975]

WB 1005 - The Ohio Players Greatest Hits - Ohio Players [1975] (2-75, #92) Pain (Part I)/Pain (Part II)/Sleep Talk/Varee Is Love/Ecstasy//Funky Worm/I Wanna Hear From You/Pleasure/Walt's First Trip/Climax

200 series:

The Westbound 200 series was distributed by 20th Century Records.

W 200 - What We Do - Junie [1975]

W 201 - Alvin Stone (The Birth And Death Of A Gangster) - Fantastic Four [1975] (6-75, #99) Alvin Stone (The Birth And Death Of A Gangster)/Have A Little Mercy/County Line//Let This Moment Last Forever/Words/My Love Won't Stop At Nothing

W 202 - Soap Operas - Catfish Hodge [1975]

W 203 - Etta James - Etta James [1974]

W 204 - Melvin Sparks - Melvin Sparks [1975]

W 205 -

W 206 -

W 207 - Specialty of the House - Spanky Wilson [1975]

W 208 - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On - Funkadelic [1975] Reissue of Westbound WB 1001.

W 209 - Here I Am Again - Denise Lasalle [1975]

W 210 -

W 211 - Rattlesnake - Ohio Players [1975] (12-75, #61) Rattlesnake/Introducing The Players/What It Is/Rooster Poot/Gone Forever//Hustle Bird/Spinning/Hollywood Hump/Laid It/Varee (Is Love)/She Locked It

*W 212 - Finger Lickin' Good - Dennis Coffey [1975] (1-76, #147) El Tigre/Fame/Finger Lickin' Good/Honky Tonk/I've Got A Real Good Feeling/If You Can't Dance To This You Got No Business Havin' Feet/Live Wire/Some Like It Hot/Wild Child

W 213 - Get Out of My Way - Houston Person [1975]

W 214 -

*W 215 - Let's Take It to the Stage - Funkadelic [1975] (7-75, #102) Atmosphere/Be My Beach/Better By The Pound/Get Off Your Ass And Jam/Good To Be Earhole/I Owe You Something Good/Let's Take It To The Stage/No Head, No Backstage Pass/Stuffs And Things/The Song Is Familiar

W 216 - Funkadelic - Funkadelic [1975] Reissue of Westbound WB 2000.

W 217 - Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic [1975] Reissue of Westbound WB 2001.

W 218 - Maggot Brain - Funkadelic [1975] Reissue of Westbound WB 2007.

W 219 - Pain - Ohio Players [1976] Reissue of Westbound WB 2015.

W 220 - Pleasure - Ohio Players [1976] Reissue of Westbound WB 2017.

W 221 - America Eats Its Young - Funkadelic [1976] Two record set. Reissue of Westbound WB 2020.

W 222 - Ecstasy - Ohio Players [1976] Reissue of Westbound WB 2021.

W 223 - Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic [1976] Reissue of Westbound WB 2022.

W 224 - The Magic Man - King Errisson [1976] Conga Man/Every Day's A Holiday/Dance With Me/The Magic Man/Sleep Talk//Back From The Dead/Tight Rope/Listen To The Music/Last Chance To Date

W 225 -

W 226 - Night People - Fantastic Four [1976] Medley: Night People - Lies Divided By Jive/If I Lose My Job//Hideaway/By The River Under Tree/Don't Risk Your Happiness On Foolishness/They Took The Show On The Road

*W 227 - Tales of Kidd Funkadelic - Funkadelic [1976] (10-76, #103) Butt-To- Buttresuscitation/How Do Yeaw View You?/I'm Never Gonna Tell It/Let's Take It To The People/Take Your Dead Ass Home ! (Say Som'n Nasty)/Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic (Opusdelite Years)/Undisco Kidd

W 228 - Suzie Super Groupie - Junie [1976]

W-229 - A Whole Not Her Thang - Fuzzy Haskins [1976]


300 series:

The Westbound 300 and 6100 series were distributed by Atlantic Records.

WD 300 - Down Home - Dennis Coffey [1977] Funk Connection/Back Home/Free Spirit/Our Love Goes On Forever//High On Love/Boogie Magic/Wings Of Fire

WB 301 -

WB 302 - Feel the Need - Detroit Emeralds [1977] Set It Out/Take It Or Leave Me/Feel The Need//Wednesday/Love For You/Look What's Happened To Our Love/Sexy Ways/Love Has Come To Me

W 303 - The Best of the Early Years - Funkadelic [1977]

W 304 - The Best of the Early Years - Ohio Players [1977]

WB 305 - Cosmic Wind - Mike Theodore Orchestra [1977] (10-77, #178) Belly Boogie/The Bul/Cosmic Wind//Moon Trek/Ain't Nothing To It/Brazilian Lullaby/I Love The Way You Move

WB 306 - Got to Have Your Love - Fantastic Four [1977] She'll Be Right For Me/Mixed Up Moods And Attitudes/There's Fire Down Below/Ain't I Been Good To You//Cash Money/I Got To Have Your Love/Disco Pool Blues/Give Me All The Love You Got

WT 307 - L.A. Bound - King Errisson [1977] Disco Congo/Manhattan Love Song//Sal Soul Sister/Well, Have A Nice Day/L.A. Bound


800 Series:

800 - The Gospel According to the St. James Choir - St. James Choir

6100 series:

WT 6100 - Devil's Gun - C.J. & Co. [1977] (7-77, #60) Devil's Gun/We Got Our Own Thing//Free To Be Me/Get A Groove In Order To Move/Sure Can't Go To The Moon

WT 6101 - Let's Get Together - Detroit Emeralds [1978] Let's Get Together/Turn On Lady/(Call Me) Traveling Man//I Can't Seem To Forget/What's The Deal/Treat Her Like A Lady/I Just Don't Know About This Girl Of Mine/Have A Good Day

WT 6102 - Radio Active - Fuzzy Haskins [1978]

WT 6103 - Another Life - Caesar Frazer [1978]

*WT 6104 - Deadeye Dick - C.J. & Co. [1978] Beware The Stranger/Big City Sidewalk/Burning Drums Of Fire/Deadeye Dick/Hearsay/You're Still The Sweetest Thing In My Life

WT 6105 - A Sweet Taste Of Sin - Dennis Coffey Band [1978] A Sweet Taste Of Sin/Another Time, Another Place/Love Encounter//Someone Special/You Know Who You Are/Gimmie That Funk/Calling Planet Earth

WT 6106 - I Was Made For Love - Carlis Munro [1979] Big Time Fakers/I Was Made For Love/Use What Ya Got... Hot City Woman//Outside Looking In/Boogie Up, Rock Down... Ride A Funky Starship/Only An Angel/Plain Brown Wrapper

WT 6107 - Westbound Disco Sizzlers - Various Artists [1978] Medley: Night People-Lies Divided By Jive - Fantastic Four/Wings Of Fire - Dennis Coffey//Feel The Need - Detroit Emeralds/The Bull - Mike Theodore Orchestra

WT 6108 - B.Y.O.F. (Bring Your Own Funk) - Fantastic Four [1978] Super Lover/I Just Want To Love Ya Baby/Shout (Let It All Hang Out)//Cold And Windy Night/Sexy Lady/Realize (When You're In Love/B.Y.O.F. (Bring Your Own Funk)

WT 6109 - High On Mad Mountain - Mike Theodore Orchestra [1979] High On Mad Mountain/Wonder Man//Disco People/Dragons Of Midnight

WT-6110 - Crowd Pleasers - Crowd Pleasers [1979]

greg wilson
11-20-2003, 08:07 PM
There's a really good article about Westbound in the current issue of GrandSlam magazine, written by Dean Rudland from Ace Records, which has recently issued a compilation called 'Westbound Funk' on their Beat Goes Public subsidiary:

http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/images/westbound_funk.jpg
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/7438.html

http://www.gsmag.net/images/cover.jpg
http://www.gsmag.net/

sammyrock
11-20-2003, 09:20 PM
Oh lord,another great label,From "Manhattan Love SOng" to the "The Bull" this label is indeed an excellent disco label for sure.Thanks for the memories and knowledge again Timmy. smile.gif hail.gif

kelvy
11-20-2003, 11:56 PM
that Detroit Emeralds "Take Me In Your Arms" and "Feel The Need" are sureshot soul classics. hail.gif Fantastic Four's "Got To Have Your Love" is another westbound favorite as well..

actually, i like the somewhat psychedelic appearance of their early 70s label design; very distinctive...

kev
11-21-2003, 12:15 PM
http://www.stonerrockchick.com/images/cds/funkadelic-free_your_mind.jpg

djklas
11-21-2003, 12:20 PM
is there a 12" for Dennis Coffey "Wings Of Fire"?

Sharp Eye Washington
11-21-2003, 12:32 PM
Originally posted by djklas:
is there a 12" for Dennis Coffey "Wings Of Fire"? Yes,it does exist.

greg wilson
11-21-2003, 12:41 PM
Originally posted by djklas:
is there a 12" for Dennis Coffey "Wings Of Fire"? Wings Of Fire (Westbound 12" DSKO 94, 1977) - Tom Moulton mix

Further info here:
http://www.disco-funk.co.uk/c/DENNIS_C.HTM

Andrew Osborne
11-21-2003, 01:52 PM
I really like God, Love and Rock and Roll by Teegarden and Van Winkle. That used to get huge airplay on the Top 40 stations here in Winnipeg.

Am I the only one who likes CJ and Co? Free To Be Me Now is excellent and so is We Got Our Own Thing.

music
11-21-2003, 10:45 PM
devil's gun. that group got alot of nyc airplay.

happy holidays andrew.

[ November 21, 2003, 10:46 PM: Message edited by: music ]

The Compiler
11-22-2003, 03:01 AM
To REALLY understand what brought Westbound from a fairly low selling label to mainstream disco classic status I give you 4 words:

A TOM MOULTON MIX ('nuff said).

DJ Timmy Richardson
11-22-2003, 09:50 AM
Originally posted by The Compiler:
To REALLY understand what brought Westbound from a fairly low selling label to mainstream disco classic status I give you 4 words:

A TOM MOULTON MIX ('nuff said). Funkadelic were low selling?

Mike Johnson
11-22-2003, 11:36 AM
Funkadelic's "Cosmic Slop" = graemlins/thumbsup.gif graemlins/thumbsup.gif Just give a listen to "March To The Witch's Castle" a tale about the plight of soldiers returning home from the Viet-Nam war. Deep!

Ron la Rock
11-22-2003, 01:53 PM
graemlins/OLA.gif graemlins/OLA.gif
my older brothers were raking the stuff from the early funkadelics lps and Ohio players
and all the 45's in the house collection
a true must 4 the original BX Dj's from REal
FUNK 2 DISCO this labels history (and many other s) are a must 4 the record buffs
good 1 Timmy graemlins/respekt.gif

faves
MAGGOT BRAIN*****-FUNKADELIC
FREE YOUR MIND * YOUR ASS WILL FOLLOW-FUNKADELIC
ECTSASY_OHIO PLAYERS
PAIN_OHIO PLAYERS

Ron la Rock
11-22-2003, 01:56 PM
Originally posted by kelvy:
that Detroit Emeralds "Take Me In Your Arms" and "Feel The Need" are sureshot soul classics. hail.gif Fantastic Four's "Got To Have Your Love" is another westbound favorite as well..

actually, i like the somewhat psychedelic appearance of their early 70s label design; very distinctive... yes Kelvy you truly feel the FUNK
the label design was much flavor
all the labels back then had there own look and sound
wich trained us djs types 4 what to look 4 in labels wouldn't you say