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Vinyl Dogs Vol. 4

Listening notes

Vinyl Dogs Vol. 4 is a various artists compilation released in 1996 on Vinyl Dogs Records (2), carrying the catalog number BL-004. The release is formatted as a standard vinyl LP and sits across the genres of Funk, Funk / Soul, Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Rhythm & Blues, and Soul, placing it within a broad spectrum of Black American popular music traditions.

The record is organized across two sides, each closing with a track listed simply as "Bonus Beat." Side A opens with a lengthy-titled excerpt, "Popular Instruments (Drums - Bass + Bass Drum - Piano - Guitar) (Piano Theme) (Excerpt)," before moving through "Rubber Jam," "Stop And Check Yourself," "Josephine," and "Love And Happiness." Side B carries "Victory Strut," "Our Generation," "The Rock," "Disco Luna Module," and "Spectrum Suite - Keynote E: Yellow" before its own closing "Bonus Beat."

No track durations are listed in available documentation for this release. The compilation's placement in the fourth volume of the Vinyl Dogs series indicates it belongs to an ongoing sequence of releases under this imprint, though details regarding other volumes in the series are outside the scope of this entry. Artist and performer credits for individual tracks are not confirmed in currently available data and are omitted here accordingly.

The genre breadth catalogued for BL-004 — spanning jazz-funk, soul, and rhythm and blues alongside straight funk designations — is consistent with the eclectic multi-track format the compilation presents. Beyond these documented details, further claims regarding this record's background or significance await confirmation through additional sources.