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{{Infobox album
| name       = Thirty Years of Funk: 1969-1999
| type       = box
| artist     = [[Grand Funk Railroad]]
| cover      = Thirty_years_of_funk.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 29, 1999
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Hard rock]]
| length     = 03:43:52
| label      = [[Capitol Records]]
| producer   = Grand Funk Railroad, [[Terry Knight]]
| prev_title = [[Bosnia (album)|Bosnia]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[Live: The 1971 Tour]]
| next_year  = 2002
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=thirty-years-of-funk-1969-1999-mw0000237730}}</ref>
}}

'''''Thirty Years of Funk: 1969–1999''''' (also known as '''''The Anthology''''') is a 1999 [[box set]] by [[Grand Funk Railroad]], containing three new songs and several previously unreleased songs.

== Track listing ==
All songs written by [[Mark Farner]], except where noted.

=== Disc one ===
#"Getting into the Sun" — The Pack* — 4:45
#"Can't Be Too Long (Faucet)" — The Pack* — 6:00
#"Got This Thing on the Move" (Mono) — The Pack* — 3:17
#"Time Machine" — 3:44
#"High on a Horse" — 2:55
#"Mr. Limousine Driver" — 4:25
#"Sin's a Good Man's Brother" — 4:49
#"Aimless Lady" — 3:29
#"Mean Mistreater" — 4:27
#"[[I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)]]" — 10:00
#"Are You Ready" (Live) — 3:44
#"Paranoid" (Live) — 6:40
#"[[Inside Looking Out]]" (Live)* <small>([[John Lomax]], [[Alan Lomax]], [[Eric Burdon]], [[Chas Chandler]])</small> — 16:25

===Disc two===
#"[[Feelin' Alright?|Feelin' Alright]]" <small>([[Dave Mason]])</small> — 4:26
#"[[Gimme Shelter]]" <small>([[Mick Jagger]]/[[Keith Richards]])</small> — 6:20
#"I Can Feel Him in the Morning" <small>([[Don Brewer]], Farner)</small> — 7:14
#"I Can't Get Along with Society"* — 4:42
#"Upsetter" — 4:29
#"Loneliness" — 8:38
#"Trying to Get Away" — 4:11
#"[[Walk Like a Man (Grand Funk Railroad song)|Walk Like a Man (You Can Call Me Your Man)]]" <small>(Brewer, Farner)</small> — 4:05
#"Creepin'" — 7:02
#"[[We're an American Band (song)|We're an American Band]]" <small>(Brewer)</small> — 3:27
#"Hooray"* — 4:06
#"The End"* <small>(Brewer, Farner)</small> — 4:11
#"To Get Back In" — 3:56
#"Destitute & Losin'"* — 7:02

===Disc three===
#"Shinin' On" <small>(Brewer, Farner)</small> — 5:57
#"[[The Loco-Motion]]" <small>([[Gerry Goffin]], [[Carole King]])</small> — 2:47
#"[[Some Kind of Wonderful (Soul Brothers Six song)|Some Kind of Wonderful]]" <small>(John Ellison)</small> — 3:22
#"[[Bad Time (Grand Funk song)|Bad Time]]" — 2:55
#"Footstompin' Music" (Live) — 4:08
#"Rock 'n Roll Soul" (Live) — 4:00
#"Heartbreaker" (Live) — 7:26
#"Take Me" — 5:10
#"Sally" — 3:16
#"Love Is Dyin'" — 4:14
#"Can You Do It" <small>([[Richard Street]], T. Gordy)</small> — 3:17
#"Pass It Around" <small>(Brewer, Farner)</small> — 5:00
#"Crossfire" — 4:21
#"Queen Bee" — 3:14
#"[[We Gotta Get Out of This Place]]" (Live)* <small>([[Barry Mann]], [[Cynthia Weil]])</small> — 5:14
#"Pay Attention to Me"++ — 3:21
#"All I Do"++ — 3:30
#"In the Long Run"++ — 4:12

<nowiki>*</nowiki>: Previously unreleased<br />
++: Newly recorded for this release

== Personnel ==

* [[Mark Farner]] – [[guitar]], [[harmonica]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[vocals]]
* Craig Frost – keyboards, vocals
* [[Mel Schacher]] – bass guitar
* Dennis Bellinger – [[bass guitar]], vocals
* [[Don Brewer]] – percussion, [[drum kit|drums]], vocals, [[photography]]
* Jimmy Hall – harmonica
* Donna Hall – [[backing vocals]]
* David K. Tedds – compilation producer
* [[Grand Funk Railroad]] – [[record producer|producer]]
* [[Terry Knight]] – producer
* Lisa Reddick – producer
* John Rhys – producer
* [[Ron Nevison]] – [[recording engineer|engineer]], mixing
* John Hendrickson – [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* Jimmy Romeo – engineer
* Evren Göknar – [[audio mastering|mastering]]
* Sam Gay – [[creative director]]

== References ==
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{{Grand Funk Railroad}}

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