It's been nearly fifteen years since the vinyl-only releases by the various ensembles helmed by Jay and Max Whitefield – also known as the Whitefield Brothers and the nucleus of the revered Poets of Rhythm – were collated onto an Original Raw Soul album. The last – 1997’s More Original Raw Soul – largely contained the duo’s heavy funk and soul… well before the aughts’ Deep Funk revival that one could argue began with these two German siblings’ earliest recordings. Their latest - Original Raw Soul III – contains sixteen tracks that span the gamut of forty years of musical innovation, recorded over the past twenty years, and presented anew today – and contains two previously unreleased songs by The Transgressors, which are released on a limited edition 7" single with original label-art by Lewis Heriz.