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Early 70s Afro Funk treasures by the Apostles on a stunning 45 – material mined in a joint effort by Academy & Voodoo Funk – both among of the most reverent and respectful diggers of rare African recordings around these days! The Apostles have a unique vibe of their own, though... read more

A classic bit of Chicago soul! "Stone Good Lover" is a mellow number from Jo – a warm bit of deep soul with a really great feel. The track was a real underground classic, and it's still one of the best records ever from this vastly under-rated singer. "Urge" is an... read more

Sweet southern soul, with some production help by George Kerr – but mostly in a manner that reminds us of material coming out of the Malaco studios in the mid 70s. "Give Me All" is the real winner here, as it's a mellow loping ballad with a great hook that works well for Chuck's... read more

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Great early stuff from Hank! "Sugaree" is a monster R&B track, with a wild sing-songy groove, and some excellent raw vocals. "Rain Down Tears" is a mellow one, with a real tear-jerking performance from Hank!... read more

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A pretty hip EP from Charlie Barnet – offering up his takes on some key jazz ideas – "The Duke's Idea", "The Count's Idea", "The Right Idea", and "The Wrong Idea" – the last of which features a rare vocal from Billy May!... read more

A sweet little pre-Philly single from Archie Bell! "Dancing To Your Music" is produced by Prince Phillip Mitchell, and it's got a lightly swinging groove that brings out a really soulful side of Archie. The group's got some excellent harmony vocals in the background, and there's still a... read more

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Recorded after he left Roy Ayers' group, and with a different feel than the stuff he did in the early 70's, this track is Edwin Birdsong's big funk hit, and a tough one to find, too! The cut's got a snapping groove that's in a tight rollerskate funk mode – very nice all the way through, and... read more

One of Art Blakey's first true moments of genius! This transitional version of the Jazz Messengers included two parts – Lee Morgan and Bobby Timmons – of the holy Morgan/Shorter/Timmons trilogy, and it's also got the added bonus of Benny Golson on tenor, who was at the height of his... read more

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A pair of numbers by Brooklyn soul great Charles Bradley backed by The Menahan Street Band – including a wonderful take on Neil Young's classic "Heart Of Gold"! The cover works incredibly well, with Bradley's gravely vocals carrying the emotion of Young's lyrics in really moving... read more

Pure wonderfulness from Charles Bradley – two killer cuts that really sum up his contemporary genius! "Strictly Reserved" has this slow funk groove that's nice and sinister – a stepping guitar riff that really sets up the groove right from the start – topped with these... read more

One of the funkiest tunes we've ever heard from Charles Bradley – thanks to some killer drums on the intro, and this wild psychedelic guitar as well! These instruments set a perfect scene for Bradley to really let loose on "Stay Away" – with these blistering vocals that have... read more

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Early stuff by this great Chicago band of young group singers. Best known for their hit "Love Jones" (which is still pretty tough to find), they're right in the pocket on this one, with two great mellow soul group ballads.... read more

2 of James Brown's best duets – on one original funky 45! "What My Baby Needs Now" is a sweet soul groove, with a nice swinging midtempo pace. "This Guy-Girl" is probably the most soulful version of the Bacharach track you'll ever hear! Both sides nice, and not on any... read more

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Popping jazz funk from Tom Browne, one of the hallmark tracks of the GRP label's early days, a huge crossover number that still sounds great today!... read more

The first funky outing we've ever heard from The Budos Band – but a really tasty funky set, with a raw and stripped-down feel! "Up From The South" is a chugging, churning mass of snapping drum breaks and scratchy guitar – topped by a well-crafted horn part that comes in as... read more

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A rarity from the early 90s funky underground by Bus People Express – who were alternately working as Soul Saints during this period – and they would soon trailblaze the contemporary funk scene as Poets Of Rhythm! "Augusta Georgia (Here I Come)" starts out with stripped-down... read more

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Funky Donald Byrd from his landmark Black Byrd LP – recorded with Larry Mizell at the production helm, and that cool spacey funky sound that made him a monster at the start of the 70s! Nice groove, mellow feel, and lots of funky trumpet!... read more

Great work from the man with the money on his suit! "Diff'rent Strokes" has a nice hard soul sound, with lots of vocals, and a sound that's very similar to Syl Johnson's big track of the same name. The real groover, though, is "The Charge", which has a raucous shouting sound,... read more

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A powerful single from the team of Chuck & Mac – and easily one of the deepest soul records we've heard on Twinight! "Powerful Love" has this beautiful slow-burning feel that's completely sublime – a stone mellow duet that has the vocals rising up together wonderfully... read more

Some of the deepest soul ever to be cut in Chicago. "That's How It Is" has stunning vocals by Clay, with production that sounds more like it's from Memphis than from the south side. "Show Place" is a pretty good hard uptempo groover, too.... read more

A funky groover lifted from Bootsy's Ultra Wave album – one of his last good records! "Mug Push" has a snapping bass and that compressed funky sound that always set Bootsy's work apart from the countless bands he inspired – catchy, with that late 70s P-Funk groove!... read more

Excellent early soul from Lou Courtney – very much in a Northern groove! "Do The Thing" begins with a rolling piano line, almost Motown – but Lou's vocals are rawer, and really make the track come on hard! "Man Is Lonely" is a vamping number with a catchy groove... read more

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Classic club track from Chantal Curtis – produced with a sweet disco sound, courtesy of Pierre Jaubert, and mixed here by Glen Black!... read more

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Sockin soul from one of the greatest 60s singers on Chess! "Soulful Dress" is a chunky dancefloor groover – Sugar Pie singing the lyrics nice and hard, as the track crackles along with a really catchy hook! "Use What You Got" is more of a bluesy tune – but still... read more

Excellent pre-GoGo funk from this east coast group. "Everybody Here Must Party" has a tight funky groove, and a very catchy hook in the chorus. There's an instrumental on the flip, so you can enjoy it both ways!... read more

Mindblowing punk and free jazz collision from Dissipated Face – with alto sax behemoth Daniel Carter blowing fiercely out front – a fast, brutal, yet defiantly musical quartet of songs recorded live in 1986 at the legendary Bowery club! This great 7-inch, 33 1/3 RPM EP has four killer... read more

A lost gem on the legendary Twinight label – and one of the few singles cut by this excellent falsetto soul singer! "Not Too Cool" is a sweet sad ballad with incredible strings and gentle production – but even better is "Nevermore" – one of those haunting... read more

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A stone classic! "More Today" is one of the all-time great jazz stepping tracks – and who'd have ever thought that Charles Earland could take a simple pop hit and turn it into a mighty groover like this! "Mighty Burner" is mighty nice, too – and is Charles' tribute... read more

Two great soul sides from Eddie & Ernie – heavy hitting work that's really beyond compare! "Bullets" was recorded in 1972, but never issued at the time – and is a tightly funky number with a really romping groove – one that seems to make the duo's vocals cook even... read more

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Heavy funk from the great Yvonne Fair! "Funky Music" is a tight little groover – bass and guitar dancing on the intro, riffing around hard and heavy, before horns and thumping drums come in with Yvonne's bad-ass vocals! "Let Your Hair Down" has some fake crowd noises at... read more

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Two Detroit gems – back to back on a single 45! "Set My Heart At Ease" is an upbeat groove from Mikki Farrow – produced perfectly by the Pied Piper team, who build things wonderfully in a very short space – and really out-Motown Motown with the groove! "I'm Coming... read more

Ahhhhhh . . . The genius of Fatback! "Groovy Kind Of Day" is a really sweet jazzy number from the group – laidback and breezy, with a skipping drum beat, a warm group vocal, and nice touches on flute and electric keys that really give the cut a unique feel! "Party Time"... read more

Funky Lee Fields – burning stronger than ever these days, it seems! "You Don't Know" is a fierce-romping little track that starts with some cool guitar getting all wangly over snapping beats – setting up a hip mod groove before Lee comes in, and belts out a catchy lyric that... read more

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A soaring stormer from Darrow Fletcher – a tune that grooves hard at the bottom, and makes great use of his amazing vocals over the top! "Misery" is easily one of Fletcher's best-remembered cuts from back in the day – and it's backed here by the totally anthemic "That... read more

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Although the hit here is Aretha's nice hard soul version of the Don Covay track "See Saw", the flipside is a real treasure, and is a sweet mellow non-LP cut that represents some of Aretha's finest southern soul output. And if you don't believe us, look it up in the back of Peter... read more

Includes "One Step Ahead", "Runnin' Out Of Fools", "Sweet Bitter Love", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody", "Cry Like A Baby", and "Evil Gal Blues".... read more

A tripped-out funky number that begins with some great guitar – scratching away in a Sly Stone mode, before the track rolls into vocals by Phil Flowers, with a weird heavy soul kind of sound. Kind of in the rock/funk mode – like other work on Epic at the time!... read more

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2 nice ones from Marvin! Both tracks are lesser-known than some of his bigger hits of the 60s, but they both have strong production – "Little Darling" by the Holland-Dozier-Holland team, and "Hey Diddle" by the great Harvey Fuqua. Gaye's voice is great, as always, and... read more

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Beautiful stuff. "Voices Inside" is a classic that never gets old – an incredible mix of styles from the Chicago scene, rumbling grooves in an Earth Wind & Fire mode, and a deep soulful interpretation from Donny! The flip's nice too – mellower, but really soulful.... read more

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Sweet English vocals from this overlooked Dutch singer – a jazzy session recorded in the early 70s, but issued here for the very first time! The tracks have a great blend of jazz and groovy – in ways that recall some of the cooler singers on the Scandinavian scene of the time –... read more

A definite beast from Ikebe Shakedown – easily one of the group's funkiest tunes ever! The groove on "Beast" is nice and slow – Afro Funk at a laidback pace, which makes the whole thing unfurl with even more drama than usual – and helps make each percussion punch mean... read more

Early funky work from Curtis! "Check Out" is one of Curtis' first really tripped-out cuts – with the kind of rolling feel that he'd later bring to his famous solo work on Curtom. The flip's a nice mellow ballad, of the type that the Impressions always made rule!... read more

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Late work by The JBs – but pretty darn nice! The cut begins with fast and soft guitar riffing – very fast, just going on and on like a record stuck in the groove, creating a very cool beat while another guitar starts picking its way across the top, and some other horns come into the... read more

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A great little box set of Syl Johnson sides from Numero's epic, jaw-droppingly far-reaching Complete Mythology package! The purpose here was not only put together a beautiful, more portable vinyl sampler of the amazing 6LP/4CD complete set, they also did it to represent the breadth of Syl's soul... read more

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A very cool remake of this cut from Sharon Jones – produced by Ticklah here with a sweetly dubby vibe! "How Long" still has plenty of soul here, but it also takes on a bit of a Kingston groove too – stepping along with a 60s rocksteady vibe that supports Sharon's vocals... read more

Sharon Jones does a wonderful job with this classic – getting some hard funky backings from The Dap-Kings, and soaring out over the top with the best reading of the lyric we've ever heard! There's a tasty sax solo in the middle of the track – and the instrumental flipside offers even... read more

Sharon's got her political agenda straight on this one – working with heavy heavy backings from the Dap-Kings on a hip message-oriented cut that ranks with the best of the early 70s! The groove's overflowing with tight wah wah guitar, topped off by some nice chromatic Willie Hutch-like work... read more

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A stormer! "Get Down" is a killer from the Kay Gees – a cut that begins with a Kool & The Gang type riff, and which grooves with a sweet ensemble funk sound all the way through! "My Favorite Song" is a winner too – with a similar funky feel, and a mad love-orien... read more

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