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The coolest funky 45 package we've seen yet from Peoples Potential – featuring Kurtis Scott's private press low-fi cosmic funk jams "If You Feel It" and "Get Up And Dance" – plus a booklet with a brief bio, black & white photos and the poetry of Curtis Futch Jr,... read more

Two great ones from the glory days of the Flying Dutchman label! "Lady Day & John Coltrane" is not only one of the catchiest grooves that Gil Scott Heron ever recorded – it's a tremendous tribute to the redemptive power of jazz, underscored by a great jazzy sound as well! ... read more

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Gift Of Gab joins the Shaolin Temple Defenders here – laying down a few rhymes on "Take It Slow", alongside lead vocals from the Lion Of Bordeaux! "I Know What It Is" is another great tune from the group – no Gift of Gab this time around, but still nice and funky!... read more

A mad mod number from Dee Dee Sharp – her own unique take on the Ben Tucker tune, and one of the most soulful tracks from her early years at Cameo Records! The cut's got that mod jazz vibe that always makes it great – but its Dee Dee's vocals that really send the whole thing soaring... read more

Nothing secret about this groove – as it bursts out with a joyous, positive energy it's very hard to miss! The young Dee Dee Sharp really sounds great on the cut – soaring with righteous Philly 60s backings – and "Good" is another tasty number – but one done with... read more

Includes the tracks "September Song", "Carioca", "Frenesi", and "Special Delivery Stomp".... read more

Includes the tracks "Nightmare", "The Blues", and "Shoot The Likker To Me, John Boy".... read more

Early Philly soul from Bunny Sigler – two Leon Huff tracks served up perfectly by the singer! "Girl Don't Make Me Wait" has these hard vibes that soar along with the groove – a whirling frenzy that really seems to bring out some great harmonies as Sigler's lead mixes with the... read more

Fierce funky electronics from Sign Of Four – a record that almost sounds like Malcom Catto's jamming with Jean Jacques Perry! "Jumping Beans" starts off with these really cool percolating moogy bits – but then drums come in and really kick things large – and the... read more

A funky funky version of "Hurts So Bad" – one that still carries all the familiar lyric of the tune, but which begins with this totally great intro that sets up a mad groove peppered with hard piano lines and guitar! The mix of the harmony vocals and the sharp groove is mighty darn... read more

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Two of the funkiest cuts from Ohio's legendary Kenny Smith! "Skunkie" is a wicked little groove that's every bit as great as you might guess from the title – an instrumental that's filled with heavy snapping drum bits, as well as a mad triplet piano bit that really gives the tune a... read more

One of the greatest tunes ever from the legendary Lonnie Liston Smith – a cosmic number for the dancefloor – with a bassline and conga bit that kick things off, then a keyboard line that soars to the heavens – all while the vocals stay righteous all the way through! "A... read more

A jazzy dancefloor classic from Pal Joey! During the late 80s, lots of UK producers and groups were working in a nu jazz mode – mixing older jazz styles with newer rhythms and production, in a mode that often was called acid jazz, but which also moved into other camps. In the US, though,... read more

A jazzy dancefloor classic from Pal Joey! During the late 80s, lots of UK producers and groups were working in a nu jazz mode – mixing older jazz styles with newer rhythms and production, in a mode that often was called acid jazz, but which also moved into other camps. In the US, though,... read more

A howling classic by The Sonics! "Psycho" will always be one of our favorite Sonics' tunes – a scorcher with an R&B influence – done with a maniacal proto-punk urgency. That sax honking behind those bugged-out vocals – it's absolutely essential! "Maintaining... read more

Ahh, "The Witch" – the tense, sax-backed, fuzzed out blast of genius that put The Sonics on the garage rock map! A stone classic by one of the greatest and first bands of their kind – pre-figuring punk and otherwise primitively rhythmic rock to come – but still with an... read more

2 rare tracks from the Super Funk series – making a debut on this sweet BGP 45! "Bending Soul" is a massive bit of funky soul – vamping and grinding with horns that seem as low as the bass on the beat – and vocals that shout out the tune, but step back nicely for a... read more

Heavy, hard grooving rare funk from Soul Dynamics! "Stay In The Groove" is a monster – with a powerful horn section bring some incredible heat over funky drums, rumbling bass and gritty vocals. Raw, intense and soulful funk of the first order!... read more

A stone funky gem that's mighty nice all the way through! The tune's got a popping, percolated drum part that's almost in "Tighten Up" territory – and other instrumentation leaps around beautifully, including cool thin organ lines, tightly blasting horns, and this backyard bassline... read more

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Like a lot of the Wand singles from this period, this one's got two versions of a single track – one disco and one soul. One of the bigger tracks from the South Shore Commission, with production by Bunny Sigler.... read more

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Amazing stuff from one of the coolest records ever! Both tracks were originally issued on the ultra-rare album Stark Reality Discover Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop – and both are some of the most tripped-out funk you'll ever hear! "Shooting Stars" has this mad slow funk approach... read more

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Tari Stevens really knocks it out of the park with "False Alarm" – a tune that's got a sing-song groove that's mighty nice – pure 60s Philly all the way through, but with these dips and turns in the vocals that really make for a compelling approach! "The Way I Feel About... read more

A sweet modern soul groover from Stevens & Foster – a tune that bounces and builds beautifully, but still stays lean and groovy in the end! There's a great groove to the bassline on the track – almost jazzy changes, mixed with a soaring female vocal lead – complicated at... read more

Sugarman Three take on The Standells – and serve up a killer Hammond/tenor version of their classic "Dirty Water"! The tune's got all the grit of the vocal original – but cooks in a really different way – a soul jazz gem we wouldn't have expected! "Bushwacked"... read more

These guys know how to use the word funky! Funky drums, funky guitar, funky organ, and funky bass – all jumping together in a monster groover that's even harder and heavier than any previous work by Sugarman Three! The cut's a killer – the kind that will make your jukebox jump right... read more

Funky soul from South America – groovy stuff from Usje Sukatma of Surinam! "Waiting For Your Love" is one of the rare few recordings he's sung in English, a sweet little stripped down disco styled number with guitar, bass, keys, drums, congas and more percussion – plus some... read more

Includes "Squeeze Me", "I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good", "It's The Talk Of The Town", and "My Silent Love".... read more

Includes "Memories Of You", "Deep Purple", "Moon Is Low", and "Reflections".... read more

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Tight guitars riff away beautifully on this one – picking up an nice groove right from the start, and giving the vocals of Emanuel Taylor an infectiously funky sound all the way through! Taylor dips and turns with the cut nicely – soaring one minute, snapping with the beat the next... read more

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Cinematic funky soul instros from Tee See Connection – and one of the best 45s yet from our friends at Colemine Records! "Black Mamba" is the charming, serpentine A-Side – a slow cooker with hypnotic trumpet and sax leading the instrumentation – with a steady, but... read more

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Includes the tracks "Wailin Blues", "Barrelhouse Stomp", "I Found A New Baby", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", and "There'll Be Some Changes Made".... read more

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Thievery Corporation's stellar "Cultural Of Fear" with Mr. Lif – plus the Kaleidoscope Jukebox remix on the flip! The original has a heavy bass groove, a propollent, though still funky tempo, and some strong, topical lyricism – nice stuff! The Kaleidoscope Jukebox remix has... read more

A wicked groove from Third Coast Kings – a cut that has the same title as an old Curtis Mayfield composition, but which comes across with a totally different vibe! The track begins with these sinister dipping horns, then quickly gets into gear and unleashes a badass female soul vocal over... read more

Raw late 60s grooves from Third Guitar – one sweet and one heavy funk! "Been So Long" is tender ballad by the group, but it's got a looseness and a gritty sound underneath the sweet lead and harmony vocals to give a really unique, completely great feel! The rawly recorded guitars... read more

Jimmy James has some great bass work going on "I Can't Dance" – a line that dips, turns, and grooves amazingly – all underneath vamping horns that set the stage for Jimmy's excellent vocal – spoken at first, then sung with a raspy, gritty kind of groove! "Waiting... read more

Two sweet bossa groovers from singer Pat Thomas – both of them with backings by Lalo Schifrin! The tunes were pulled from Pat's album of the same name on MGM – issued here in a pic sleeve by Verve, with "first vocal version in English" next to "Desafinado"!... read more

"Funky Hot Grits" is a funky monster – grooving choppily like other classics from Rufus' funky years. Lots of bass at the bottom, moving nice and regular with some tight drums – pushing and pulling in an itch scratch groove, as Rufus shouts the lyrics over the top! "Give... read more

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Three dudes, but pretty darn funky dudes at that – working together here on two razor-sharp instrumentals! "777" has mad bass and crackling drums – both recorded with a slightly muddy quality, so that they blend together beautifully in the groove – and leave plenty of... read more

A great bit of modern soul from Tolbert! The tune's got a hell of a lot of warmth – a glowing sort of glide that's completely seductive, and much more late 70s than you'd guess from the date of the cut. Tolbert's vocals break nicely with a southern soul crackle, making for a very nice... read more

Cosmic bedroom funk from The Trash Company – which is actually the solo project of one Max E Monroe – who sounds right at home on Peoples Potential! Max has purportedly been making music since the late 70s, and the spacey synth funk of "Pluto" sounds like it could have been... read more

14 smoking analog dubs from the mighty King Tubby – a killer 7 X 7 inch box set from the Dubmaster – culled from the version sides of Bunny Striker Lee's original 70s 7-inch releases and bonus cuts from the first four King Tubby albums! Benchmark dubs sourced from classic tracks by... read more

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2 of the funkiest tracks ever from this legendary group! "Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth" is the title track to the group's album of the same name – and it's got a slow, sinister bass/keys riff that you'll recognize instantly from a million samples! The original tune still sounds... read more

A wonderful indie groove from The Tymes – proof that these guys are well worth checking out at every point in their career! "Here She Comes" has this loping groove that's almost more Chicago than Philly – and a sing-song lyric that's sweetly punctuated by a vibes note in the... read more

Cool beans! This is the original US single version of this tasty cut by Piero Umiliani! "Mah Na Mah Na" is simply wonderful – a weird nasally vocal humming along while some female singers come around in back – organ bubbling, the whole thing sounding about as mad as it can... read more

"Breakaway" is a killer – a tune that leaps into the groove right at the start, and explodes with both super-tight instrumentation and soaring harmonies from The Valentines! The Ohio Players take off themselves on the flipside – in a groove that's more Detroit Northern Soul... read more

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A damn strong 3-track 7-inch EP Versis & Bagir-Ba – the former on the mic and the latter laying down the beats – on 3 tracks that are reminiscient of the classic craft of Tribe Called Quest, Stakes Is High era De La Soul! Charismatic rhymes, prominent funky beats and sunny keys in... read more

A rare gem from The Vibrations – some obscure Epic Records tracks from the 60s – a time when the group were one of the hippest things going on the Chicago soul scene! There's a great balance between tight harmonies and fiesty rhythms here – a two-sided pleasure pack on 7"... read more

"Watusi" is a classic groover from The Vibrations – a slowly dancing number with a hard-sock groove, one of the group's best early cuts! "Wallflower" is more uptempo, tighter harmonies and a smoother groove – kind of a sing-song playful number, with raw vocals on... read more

They mighty "Humpty Dump" by The Vibrettes – one of the all time greatest funky songs ever! "Humpty Dump" is one of those killers that we loved even before we'd heard of the funky 45 – an instantly catchy mix of scratchy guitar, heavy bass beats, and female vocals... read more

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A rare soul single from France – but one that's sung in English! "Her Name Was Sue" is a really weird little number – slow-building soul, with Hammond underneath Cliff Wagner's odd-tuned vocals – all put together in a really blue-tinged sort of way! "Red... read more

Rare R&B on a small Chicago label!... read more

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A sweet modern groover from James Wells – almost a stomping sort of groove, but in a disco way too – perfect for the way that Wells sets up the sing-song lyrics of the tune! "Double Dose Of Love" is also another clubby track – more disco than the a-side, but with a... read more

A cool groover from Ben Westbeech – one with this weird pulsating keyboard bit in the rhythms – wobbling in and out of tune in this excellent way – all while Ben holds things together vocally on top! Joey Negro gives the whole thing a bit more of a housey vibe on the flipside... read more

A gritty throwback to the raw 60s R&B from Montreal's Benny Westmore & His Private Numbers. "(I'm Gonna Live 'Til I'm) One Hundred Years Old" is a lively number, backed by some heavy drums, punchy brass and a nice bit of electric guitar. "Do The Monkey Tramp" also has... read more

Includes the tracks "Yellow Dog Blues", "Peggy O'Neil", "Lillian Gaspergou", and "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else".... read more

Annie Williams serves up a great answer to Ray Charles' "I Got A Woman" – done with a similar groove and re-gendered lyrics – and some great raw vocals that are almost grittier than Ray's! The cut's produced by the Lieber & Stoller team – as is "My Boy... read more

A Record Kick's 10th Anniversary split single – with a deep soul gem from Hannah Williams & The Tastmakers – backed by the rocksteady groove of Susan Cadogan! "I'm A Good Woman" is a heavy soul groove – thanks largely to Hannah's mastery of the powerhouse funky soul... read more

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One of the best singles in years from the lovely Nicole Willis – and that's saying a heck of a lot, given how much we always love her work! Both Nicole and The Soul Investigators seem to hit a new level with their work on "Tell Me" – a groove that's more mature than before,... read more

A really righteous little number from Nicole Willis – one that comes across with the funky sophistication of the best work on early 70s Curtom Records! Funky grooves from The Soul Investigators mix with a nice bit of strings on the track – elevating the tune from straight deep funk... read more

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Some great funky organ work from Reuben Wilson! "Cisco Kid" is Reuben's funky cover of the War track – done with that tightly rolling sound of the original, and made even better as an instrumental! "Groove Grease" is a tasty number too – lots of nice tight organ... read more

Mad vocals from Spanky Wilson – a great singer with a rough-edged style, sitting somewhere between soul and jazz, and nearly always backed by some really funky arrangements! These tracks are 2 of Spanky's most in-demand with funk fans – the hard-hitting "You", and a... read more

You'd be hard pressed to find a funkier combination than this! "Kissing My Love" is a monster break track from singer Spanky Wilson – one that starts with snapping drums, tripping organ, and a wangly guitar that makes the whole thing groove nicely – and all this before Spanky'... read more

Sublime soul from the Miami scene at the end of the 70s – a mellow groover that's totally wonderful, and done in a sound that's a far cry from the TK hits of earlier years! There's a solid stepping sophistication to the track that's totally great – a bit like Lew Kirton, but even more... read more

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Includes "O Katharina", "Shanghai Shuffle", "Alabamy Bound", and "By The Waters Of Minnetonka Melody".... read more