As we pick through the vaults of Inner City Records, owner George Semper rattles off tales of recording funk 45s in the back of Oakland record stores, playing with Cheech & Chong, and chillin' with Al McKay of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. If his record deal with Imperial records hadn't gone sour we may not have been able to bring you these stories, and more importantly this compilation of mostly unreleased funk and soul music that he produced between 1969 and 1977.