This is not a bad cd. I gave it the two stars because I feel as though they are cashing in on the popularity of rare grooves comps and Northern soul reissues name to sell you mostly mid 70's up tempo synthesizer funk and dico influenced garbage. As an avid collector of Hi, Stax, Atco, etc, there's a reason I didn't recognize these songs. It wasn't their rarity, it was the fact that these songs didn't hail from the classic sessions that one thinks of when you think of soulful grooves. There are exceptions. The Erma Franklin rendition of "Light My Fire" is bananas!! That alone got this cd the two stars. But all in all, if you're into the funk, go for Funky 16 corners or Keb Darge, and if you're lookin for real soul grooves, think Dave Godin or the new comps from Kent. And Please would amazon start making audio clips available for cds costing more than 20 bucks?