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A contemporary cut, but one with the older flavor you might expect from the cover – a sweet break-heavy rhythm with a nicely funky feel for the clubs – topped with keyboards and a soulful sampled spoken part! The non-Smoove version is actually our favorite here – even more... read more

Dawn of the 80s party rap from Kool DJ AJ! "Ah, That's The Joint" is notable as an early Terry Lewis production, but what's really great about it is how brilliantly it rocks a 70s funk vibe underneath the vocals. The bass groove is unstoppable and the the beat is incredible – with... read more

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Spacey funk from beats & synth wiz James Pants and guitarist and vocalist Vex Ruffin – working together as Krista – and it's a duo we hope to hear more from! "Space Tom Test" kicks off with that primitivist electro vibe we always dig from James Pants – before Vex's... read more

One of the sweetest tunes we've ever heard with "Money" in the title – a wicked groove from the duo of Terri Walker and Nicole Wray – set to this tippling piano bit that takes us back to a Barbara Acklin single on Brunswick! There's a perfect old school approach to the cut... read more

Jazzy grooves from reedman Timo Lassy – a 45 that almost feels more like a vintage European jazz EP! "Teddy The Sweeper" features full-on tenor, blown with some of Timo's most angular modes to date – over wickedly tight drum work and a bit of percussion! "Where's The... read more

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One of the funkiest tracks you'll ever hear from the legendary Michel Legrand – a blinding bit of bassline, riffing guitar, and this killer organ line that flies all over the top of the track – soaring out and creating a massive groove right from the get-go! "Onyx Bar" is... read more

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Real hip hop from a real MC – namely Lil Dap of the early 90s NYC legends Group Home – still sharp and still rhyming over timeless boom bap worthy of his Gang Starr Foundation roots! The production on "Real MC's" is by Freqnik and WDRE – kicking off with heavy beats and... read more

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Dubby funk with plenty of Jamaican undertones, but not exactly a reggae set – and instead the sort of wonderful criss-crossing of modes we've come to expect from The Lions! The group definitely owes a lot to the sound of 60s and 70s Kingston – yet their approach is different, too... read more

Messed up funky soul from the Chicago scene – a beautiful package of rare singles from Little Ed & The Soundmasters! The style here is a bit hard to describe – as Ed and crew were schooled in blues, but brought up during the 60s soul underground – and clearly managed to pick... read more

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A Little Willie John burner from his great years at King Records – a tune that echoes the vamping soul of "Fever", but which has a much more freewheeling feel – especially on Willie's unbridled vocals! "Don't Play With Love" is more of an all-out rocker –... read more

Rare mid 60s garage rock from Adrian Lloyd – the wild scream-punctuated/Bo Diddley beat inspired "Lorna" and the less manic, but just as great "Got A Little Woman"! The hard-to-find Charger Records single gets much-needed reissue here by Sundazed.... read more

The Groovers definitely earn their name here – coming up with a wicked rocksteady rhythm behind Lloyd's lead vocals and the sweet harmonies that really send the tune home! The Emotions aren't the American group, but have a great Jamaican soul approach on this cut – moving with vocals... read more

One of the funkiest cissies we've ever heard! Preston Love wails it loud and hard on this excellent number – guitars snapping over drums on a heavy popcorn groove, the whole band vamping like a line full of dipping birds in the window of a gift shop during an earthquake, Preston coming in... read more

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A funky treasure! The single features alternate versions of two funky funky tunes by the great Galt MacDermot – recorded in the late 60s with Idris Muhammad on drums! Side one features the sublime "Ripped Open By Metal Explosions", one of Galt's most sampled funky tracks –... read more

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A classic Maceo groove! Nice hard and funky – with lots of nice choppy bits – and with that crazy "boiiiiiiing" sound that James was using on a few of his tracks at the time!... read more

One of the harder to find singles on the People label – 2 numbers by Maceo! "I Can Play" is a sweet and mellow groover – soulful solo by Maceo, and drifting chorus vocals in the background. "Doing It To Death" is harder-hitting – the classic JBs tune, done... read more

A soaring groove from The Magicians – sweet "Faith & Understanding", served up with a bassline that bounces the whole thing along strongly – and some great vocals on the chorus that almost make the tune feel like a Metros number! "Rising Higher" is a tune that... read more

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An excellent harmony soul single by this lost sweet soul group from Chicago! The production and vocals have a real east coast style, with soaring sweet bits, and cool dope soulful arrangements that work beautifully in a Whatnauts/Moments kind of way.... read more

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A beautiful testament to the T-909 drum machine – and almost more of a book than a drawing! The package comes with two totally cool color flexi-disc, and a 20 page booklet that features exceprts from Joe's larger treatise on the rhythm phenomenon – with some great phtos and drawings... read more

A previously unreleased soul track from the legendary Manzel – a great little number that has a bit more of a soul feel than some of his other work! The track's got a nice raspy vocal in the lead, but it also still has plenty of keyboards too – used in a sly, slinky, slow funk way... read more

A killer clubby groove from Steve Marshall – the kind that reminds us of the best indie singles from the late 70s disco years! Steve plays alto sax here over a strutting, high-stepping rhythm that's got plenty of warm touches – really glowing with a sense of soul that's great, and... read more

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"One Eye Open" is a funky 45 classic! It's got a nice hard breakbeat on the intro, and then it leaps into a cool groover with a funny story that runs through the track. Nice stuff, and "Yaw'll" is pretty groovy, too.... read more

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A sweet funky 45 debut for these 2 great cuts! "Tramp" is the original instrumental backing for the Otis & Carla hit – vocals stripped off and funky drums up large in the mix – making for all the funking vamping madness that first made us love the cut. Love that ripping... read more

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One of the coolest, grooviest tunes we've ever heard from Jimmy McCracklin – a cut that begins with this totally awesome "uh-huh" vocal chorus – but recorded in a very echoey space, so that it sounds almost out of this world! Jimmy's own lead vocals are tremendous too –... read more

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Nice obscure one by this lost girl soul group from the 70's! The Jackson 5 wrote and produced "What's Your Game", and it's got a very tight mellow 70's soul groove, with almost a Curtom sound, and a feel that's surprisingly deep for The Jacksons at the time. Gene Page arranged the flip... read more

Surprisingly great arty work from this obscure combo – a definite New York downtown vibe, especially on the funky first track!... read more

Arizona funk from George Bowman and his Memphis Soul – recorded at Phoenix's Audio Recorders studio in the late 60s – completely unreleased until now by Numero! "Don't Down Me People" is purely funky on a couple levels, most notably via the JB-schooled vocals by... read more

A sweet little single from Menahan Street Band! "Lights Out" has this slow funk brilliance that's almost lifted off a rare 70s soundtrack – beats that are hard, but mellow too – topped by these snakey horns that really bring in a blue sort of feel to the music – almost... read more

Madly tripped-out grooves from the Menehan Street Band! "Wolf" is a number with a lot of Ethiopian elements in its groove – a cut that feels like it came from one of Mulatu's famous albums of the 70s – with lots of odd-stepping rhythms, offbeat horn parts, and this spacey bit... read more

A killer cut by The Metros – one of Detroit soul's best secrets in the 60s! The track is amazing – dipping, turning, and soaring with this groove that even knocks out most Motown classics – and it's backed here by an equally great number, making for one hell of a 45!... read more

A slamming bit of R&B from the great Amos Milburn – one of his lesser-known tracks – but mighty nice all the way through! "I Done Done It" is kind of an answer song to "Tutti Frutti" – at least in the rhythm and chorus – but the overall presentation... read more

Great Buddy Miles in a sweet soulful mood! Although you may know the man for his rocking drums of the 60s, "Just A Kiss" is a warm 70s stepper – a glowing groove that's surprisingly great in ways we never would have expected from Buddy! "Got To Find Ms Right" is... read more

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Includes the tracks, "Break It Down", "Harlem After Midnight", "Growl", and "Stuff Is Here".... read more

A sweet rarity from the lovely Mina – a great replica of one of her best singles from the early 70s – featuring the kind of amazing vocals that have always made her work unlike anyone else!... read more

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The Mocambo combo gets the Kenny Dope treatment – in a wicked cover of the hip hop classic "The Message"! The tune's an instrumental here, and the groove is played live – but it's got a nice similarity to the Grandmaster Flash original, complete with that vamping bit on the... read more

The Mocambo combo gets the Kenny Dope treatment – in a wicked cover of the hip hop classic "The Message"! The tune's an instrumental here, and the groove is played live – but it's got a nice similarity to the Grandmaster Flash original, complete with that vamping bit on the... read more

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Heavy funk from our friends at Colemine – great stuff from Cali combo Monophonics plus a different, but just as great psych funk styled cut by Destruments! "Like Yesterday" is solid as can be, a hard-hitting number with walloping drums, punchy horns, and powerhouse vocals –... read more

Ahh, we'd so love to see a bunch of killer Morricone numbers on funky 45s – but if that doesn't happen, we've got a really great one here!!! "Le Casse" is a moody bit of crime score funk, a killer beat under some harpsichord, strings and somewhat soaring atmospherics that pair so... read more

A rocksteady gem from Hemsley Morris – produced by Clancy Eccles! "Stay Loose" has a nice mood, with steady rhythm and some soulful, deceptively simply lyrics that sneak into your conciousness and really sink in! Joe Higgs is backed by The Dynamites on the flip "Don't Mind... read more

One of Morrissey's first big tracks as a solo act – backed her with a live version of "People Are The Same Everywhere" – all pressed up on a sweet limited edition picture 45!... read more

Includes the tracks, "Hello Lola", "One Hour", "Tailspin Blues", and "Never Had A Reason To Believe In You".... read more

The first single from Mr. Day's Dry Up The Sun set! "Forgotten Realms" is a nice one, with some retro R&B touches, but it's got a really unique vibe. Gritty lead vocals and nice chorus back up, handclaps on the beat, some really nice use of organ and an all around insistent groover!... read more

The two best cuts from Idris' first Prestige album, edited down to hot 45 takes, with tight funky drums, and an excellent instrumental groove! "Express Yourself" bounces the groove even more than the original Charles Wright version – and "Super Bad" punches the beat with... read more

The funky soul everlasting "Popstopper" from Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins! Georgia Anne's singing is leading light on "Popstopper", with Dudley Perkins back in MC mode with the assist. The song's got a timeless vibe and while it certainly isn't a pop song, it's... read more

Tight-stepping soul from the well-named Hank "Soulman" Mullen – a great groover that moves at a Northern pace, but has a deeper soul feel overall! Hank's vocals are totally great – warm and raspy, almost in the best Memphis tradition – and the rhythms of the track are... read more

A nice blend of gritty old school funk and breakbeat hip hop production on Cold Busted! "Blessing Da Funk" is a blessing, indeed – raw beats, irrepressive bass line, funky guitar grooves and sampled bits of party rockin' vocals. "Mr Scream" is another winner – with... read more

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A 7-inch single commemorating Willie Nelson's 80th birthday – and his faith in and use of a particularly herbal remedy! Includes the Heroes album version of "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die" with fellow aficionado Snoop Dogg, plus longtime friend and collaborator Kris... read more

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Great work from the British kings of the funky 45 – they turned out another doozy! "Nervous" grooves like a heavy duty funk track – drums kicking it up all over the place underneath, while guitar strings out the riff in a "I Know You Got Soul" mode, and horns blast... read more

Rare funk from the KPM vaults – the pulpy "Light Stakeout" credited to New York Trouble – a perfect slice of 70s crime soundtrack-styles grooves on killer funky 45! Part 1 starts off with a sinister bass line and drums, with some spare, kind of sneaky-sounding horn and flute... read more

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Nothing dixie about this classic groover from The Newports – as the tune's got a jagged rhythm on the bottom, and some sweet harmonies over the top – almost a jukebox mambo vibe, with maybe a slight touch of Crescent City – not to mention a sweet tenor solo near the end! "Don... read more

A really cool avant single that's unlike anything else! It's from Sierra Leone-born vocalist Sahr Ngaujah and collaborator Stuart Bogie of Antibalas – both of whom work in the Broadway production Fela! – but Sahr Ngaujah Vs Superhuman Happiness has in otherwordly approach that's more... read more

Nickodemus brings his Global Minute series to Beirut – Middle Eastern MCs and regional funk sounds fused masterfully with timeless, universal hop hop – a brilliant, uncompromising track! Here Nickodemus is joined by MCs Edd Fareeq L'Atrash, Yaseen, Malikah & Ram6 Al Hamorabi on the... read more

Take it from us, a record with "chicken" in the title is always worth checking out – because it usually means a nicely strutting groove! That's definitely the case with "Chicken Grabber" – a cool cut with mambo percussion, vamping sax, and some great chicken calls... read more

Nothing chilly about Nightchill – as the group's a great late Dave Hamilton project from Detroit – working in a style that echoes older soul modes, but set to a more modern stepping groove! Romeo & Juliet are from more than a decade before – but get great production from Dave... read more

A rare Turkish groove – and a totally cool little tune – really unlike most of the other Turkish work we've heard from the time! "Kiriakos" moves along at a pretty quick kind of pace – fast rhythms leaping around strongly, peppered with fast organ lines too, all driven... read more

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We're as puzzled as you why Non Phixion chose to release a song about Reagan-era politics and shooting the president so many years after the fact. That doesn't mean the record's not dope. Non-Phixion serve up some abstract lyrics about shooting the president, Stan Getz, Menachem Begin and more.... read more

Includes "It's Tight Like That", "My Daddy Rocks Me", "Sweet Lorraine" , "Sweet Sue, Just You" , "Oh Sister Ain't That Hot", and "King Joe".... read more

Includes "Ready For The River", "Forevermore", "Some Rainy Day" , "San" , "Let's Sow A Wild Oat", and "She's Funny That Way".... read more