Craig Charles has been a soul & funk fan since his teenage years in Liverpool, going tosee local heroes The Real Thing live, and wearing out his shoe leather dancing in thecity’s many underground clubs. Craig has been sharing that passion for the music viahis 6Music and BBC Radio 2 shows and DJ nights for nearly 20 years.His brand new ‘Trunk Of Funk’ compilation series, blends up-tempo club classics, withfresh music from the cream of the crop from the contemporary soul and funk scene, andwill be Craigs very first vinyl release – a beautiful, double vinyl gatefold LP and he’scertainly excited about it, stating; “I can’t wait to bring you big beats, bass lines andbooga-bloomin-loo! Presenting The Craig Charles Trunk Of Funk Volume 1 as myfirst ever vinyl release has put a proper wiggle in my walk!”This collection of 21st century disco, soul, funk & afro grooves from includes tracks fromcontemporary heroes of the scene such as Monophonics, Amp Fiddler and TheJames Taylor Quartet, it’s also peppered with some old school classics and raregrooves from legends such as Roy Ayers, PP Arnold, Miriam Makeba and PatriceRushen. Craig has personally selected and sequenced this collection to take thelistener of a musical journey, the closest thing to having Craig visit and personally DJ foryou in the comfort of your own home!It also includes two ‘Trunk Of Funk Edits’ that are 100% exclusive to this compilationand not available anywhere else.

• 1. Soul a Go Go - Soul Messin Allstars Ft Josh Teskey
• 2. Superfly (Sam Redmores' Exclusive Trunk of Funk' Edit) - Amp
• 3. Boogie Down - Roy Ayers
• 4. Hold My Hand - Laneous
• 5. Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba
• 6. African Rhythms - Oneness of Juju (Exclusive Trunk of Funk'
• 7. Medicated Goo - Pp Arnold
• 8. Take a Shot - the Fantastics! Ft Sulene Fleming
• 9. Give Me the Night Ft Xantone Blacq - Juan Laya & Jorge Monti
• 10. Out of the Ordinary Ft Mike Keat & the Bevvy Sisters the Re
• 11. Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen -
• 12. People Get Ready Ft Natalie Williams & Noel McKoy - the Jame
• 13. Hangin' On - Monophonics
• 14. The Old Place - Nick Waterhouse
• 15. Victory! - Michelle David & the Gospel Sessions
• 16. Beggin' - Magnus Carlson
• 17. Telling You Lies Ft Jam Jam - Alex Opal
• 18. Help Me Ft Ian Whitelaw - Badge and Talkalot
• 19. The Only Difference - Beatchild & the Slakedeliqs
• 20. Clap Hands - Honeyfeet