Various Artists - Sampled - Vinyl LP Record

Sampled is another deep-dive box set from the French titans at Wagram that traces the DNA of modern pop, hip-hop and electronic music back to its source. Spanning 60 original tracks across five LPs, this bumper collection pulls together the songs that shaped era-defining hits from artists like Fatboy Slim, Massive Attack, 2Pac, Drake, Moby and Amy Winehouse. From soul and funk to jazz, blues and Afro grooves, it features heavyweights including Betty Wright, Quincy Jones, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Nina Simone, Patrice Rushen and B.B. King. More than a compilation that's good in its own right, this is a crate-digger's dream packed with raw, influential recordings that continue to echo through contemporary music culture.

Track list:

Side 1

1. Billie Holiday – God Bless The Child

2. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven – Weary Blues

3. Dinah Washington – Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby (with Quincy Jones & His Orchestra)

4. Chris Connor – Time Out For Tears

5. Les Brown feat. Doris Day – You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)

6. Nina Simone – Rags & Old Iron

Side 2

1. Frank Sinatra – High Hopes

2. Thelonious Monk – Black & Tan Fantasy

3. Ella Fitzgerald – All Through The Night

4. Ferrante & Teicher – Theme From Exodus

5. Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet – Yesterdays

6. Cab Calloway – The Hi-De-Ho Man (That’s Me)

Side 3

1. B.B. King – Sweet Thing

2. Harry Belafonte – Jump In The Line

3. Ahmad Jamal – Angel Eyes (Live At The Alhambra)

4. Cal Tjader – Walk On By

5. Glenn Miller – Doin’ The Jive

6. Bobby Bland – Cry Cry Cry

Side 4

1. Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy

2. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell On You

3. Freeez – IOU

4. CB & Axe Gang – Rosie

5. Amant – Hazy Shades Of Love (12" Version)

6. Vera Hall – Trouble So Hard

Side 5

1. George & Gwen McCrae – The Rub

2. Johnny “Guitar” Watson – Looking Back

3. Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Darkest Light

4. Fire – You Don’t Know

5. Jackie Moore – Old Time Sake

6. Gwen McCrae – All This Love I’m Givin’

Side 6

1. Imagination – Just An Illusion

2. Silver Convention – Fly, Robin, Fly

3. The Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roachclip

4. Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch – Closer, Closer

5. Clarence Reid – Living Together Is Keeping Us Apart

6. Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm – Funky Mule

Side 7

1. Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots

2. Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman

3. Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache

4. Blowfly – Outro

5. T-Bone Walker – Hypin’ Woman Blues

6. Uncle Louie – I Like Funky Music

Side 8

1. Freedom – Get Up & Dance

2. George & Gwen McCrae – Mechanical Body

3. Leon Ware – What’s Your Name

4. Miami – Chicken Yellow (Let Me Do It To You)

5. Peter Brown – Burning Love Breakdown

6. Al Green – I’m Glad You’re Mine

Side 9

1. Quincy Jones – Soul Bossa Nova

2. Sister Nancy – Bam Bam

3. Sizzla – Solid As A Rock

4. Johnny Mathis – Come To Me

5. Syl Johnson – I Hate I Walked Away

6. Ini Kamoze – World A Music

Side 10

1. Ray Charles – I Got A Woman

2. Etta James – Something’s Got A Hold Of Me

3. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together

4. Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl

5. Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters – Soul Fire

6. Al Green – What A Wonderful Thing Love Is