It is, too.
The great Chicagoan soul singer in full effect over two decades.

Funk scorchers from the house band at FAME in 1969. Freeman Brown, Jesse Boyce, Clayton Ivey, Junior Lowe… Knockout sevens like Grits And Gravy and Turn My Chicken Loose — equal parts Meters, MGs, JBs — with a heap of top-notch stuff out here for the first time.

Geezers, this time, no groups or female singers. Old friends reinforced by series debuts from the likes of Herman Moore, Dan Brantley, Roy Lee Johnson and Anon, sticking close to the golden years, 1966-8.

This is the sublime, eleven-minute version, featuring vocalist Gavin Christopher.
Big Theo Parrish record.
Backed with the promo-only disco mix of Saturday Night, lavished with percussion by Sheila E.
Murders.

Hank Jacobs was an accomplished West coast keyboard player, who smashed it with So Far Away in 1964.
One of his four releases on Alton Scott’s LA-based Call Me label, the slamming Elijah Rockin’ With Soul is a Northern favourite; whilst the more sophisticated, cool, sunroof-down East Side is a Popcorn and Lowrider go-to.

The superb bebop pianist versioning the Jackson 5 — from his Greasy Kid Stuff LP in 1970, with Idris Muhammad, Lee Morgan, Hubert Laws and Buster Williams.
Sister Janie by Funk Inc on the flip — with James Brown’s Sex Machine its point of departure.

Superb, mid-eighties, soulful gospel, with popping bass and amazing singing; obscure but musically right up there with the Winans, DJ Rogers, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and co, from the same bountiful vintage.

Two disco classics — Groovin’ You’ and Till You Take My Love (with Merry Clayton) — and the blissed-out jazz-funk of Modaji, featuring Hubert Laws.