Like volume one of , this features songs from the late '60s to the late '70s that have been sampled for productions. Whether that's the launching point of your interest in this material or not, it can be enjoyed as a crawl through some underexposed vintage music, some by fairly famous artists, some by unknowns. Actually, 's was a megahit, but that's the only track of the sort on the CD (though was a fairly big single). , , and are all heard from, though the tracks bound to arouse the greatest pique from collectors are the ones no one's really heard, like 's cover of Some of this is only average stuff for the style, to be honest, but there are more exciting tracks as well, like which will please anyone who liked even if it never got even a thousandth of the attention. and are decent obscure early-'70s workouts, of the kind that fill up those compilations of artists who worked with or produced, though didn't happen to collaborate with these folks. Detailed liner notes explain which used bits of these songs in later days, for those who are interested. [This U.K. import is not available for sale in North America.] ~ Richie Unterberger