*Back Street Brit Funk is the latest compilation from Dave Lee aka Joey Negro released on the Z Records label. The double disc album features highly collectable tracks from the late 70’s through to the mid-80’s with sleeve notes from soul weekender veteran Mark Webster. This compilation will appeal as much to fans of labels like Soul Jazz as the usual Z Records collectors. *Brit Funk tells the story of the underground scene in the UK when punk and disco were giving way to a new blend of jazz, soul and funk, heavily influenced by the American big hitters of the day but re-worked by the UK pioneers for the British dance floors. *This is a unique selection of high quality music, which will have a shelf life lasting well beyond the currents trends and fads. All tracks have been Cedared and re-mastered to a very high standard and now sound better than ever before. *Joey Negro has also re-edited many of the tracks exclusively for this album, updating them with a fresh new approach. *A collection of rare and very sought-after underground British disco, funk and soul tracks avoiding the obvious hits that have been on a million cds already. Many of these tracks never went beyond a very small local release but have since become very collectable - buying this lot would set you back somewhere in the four figures. *Brit Funk History *Ain’t no doubt about it, when it comes to being at the cutting edge of clubbing culture, the Brits are always right there at the front of the queue, name on the door, dead fashionable boogie shoes on feet, ready for some dance floor actionJust as revolutionary as the clubber’s style was the music they were into - often provided by American musicians easily twice their British audience’s age and what’s more, very much from the American jazz establishment. Names such as Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, Donald Byrd and George Duke had already been around as dedicated jazzers, while groups such as Earth, Wind & Fire and The Crusaders were al