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Great early work from arranger Manny Album -- Manny's entry in RCA's Jazz Workshop series -- a set of tunes that are shorter, and arguably a bit more modern than some of his later work -- tracks done definitely in that Jazz Workshop blend of west coast cool and east coast modern -- with players... read more

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A great indie single from the start of the 80s -- both sides great! "Keep Yourself Together" is a fast funk instrumental -- nice and cooking -- and "Dreams" is a sweet mellow ballad with an easygoing feel.... read more

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Veneral Disease never sounded so great! This rare single was written to promote VD awareness in the 70s -- and it's pretty amazing! Side one features "It's Free", a track co-written by Gylan Kain, of the Last Poets -- and one in a very Last Poets style by The Bishops Of The Holy Rollers... read more

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Original Stax single of this, one of Booker T's best late tracks, and a killer cut from the soundtrack to Uptight.... read more

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Great jump blues with vocals from Clarence Jolly. "Fog Horn" is an instrumental.... read more

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Tight tight tight choppy choppy choppy and funky funky funky! An undisputed classic, with a riff so fast you'd think it was played by a machine!... read more

Classic funkiness! This is a monster groover by The Godfather -- and one of those tracks you've got to take in 2 parts, because there's just too much sheer raw power for 1!... read more

The birthplace of all modern hip hop! "Funky Drummer" is one of the most classic break tracks ever, and although the spare drum part doesn't come until the very end of part 2, the whole single's an excellent one, and was never included on any of James' original albums! This is an... read more

Nice one! "Funky President" is one of James' best jams from the mid 70s -- a tightly snapping funky number that has James taking over the whole country, just to serve up his own brand of righteous government!... read more

Part two's of two great James Brown tracks! "Gittin' A Little Hipper" is one of our favorite instrumentals from JB late 60's period, and it's got a great rolling groove to it, with a very tasty sax solo by Pee Wee! "Let A Man Come In" is a real stormer from James, and one that... read more

Shouting storming uptempo funk from JB -- and a track that really hints at his work at the end of the 70s! The cut screams dancefloor all over the place -- and believe us, when James has bugs in his pants, he sure knows how to scream! Plus, this single also includes the oddly-numbered "parts... read more

Not to be confused with "Popcorn" -- this is the hard funky cut "Mother Popcorn", a real killer with a chanting vocal that goes "You've Got to Have a Mother for Me"! Served up here on a gorgeous original King 45, with a photo of The Godfather on the label!... read more

Excellent funk from the JBs! The single -- featuring parts 3 and 4 of the track -- is a perfect example of the "party" style that James would use in the studio. Side one cuts right into the band, who've clearly already been jamming for a few minutes before the record starts. Side two... read more

Nice stuff from James! "Public Enemy" is a wonderful track, with a long spoken monologue that shows a great side of James' progressive ideas. Nice message about heroin, and a good backing with a mellow feel. "I Got A Bag Of My Own" is pretty nice too -- a fast funky cut with... read more

Brother James tackles the modern music trends of 1980, with a tight funky groove that's got a TK Miami sound, with a little bit faster groove than his Polydor stuff.... read more

A 2 sided monster! Side one features James Brown's incredible Christmas tune -- one of our favorite ever, and a wonderful mix of swinging soul and catchy chorus -- a solid winner that still gets us every December! The flip's a rare instrumental -- bubbling and burning with some nice funky... read more

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Massive funkiness from the early 70s! "Jungle Fever" is one of those cuts that we never tire of -- with pounding slow funk drums that still send a shiver down our spine. "Cha Ka Cha" is a slow Latin groover -- with almost an LA Chicano funk sound.... read more

Very groovy -- and very goofy! "Tubular Bells" is a 3 minute version of the famous Mike Oldfield cut, compressed down, and made kind of dancey. There's some very nice electronics, and the famous "Exorcist" theme keeps coming up. The most amazing thing, though, is that the... read more

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Beautiful Chisoul harmonies! "Beginning Of My Life" starts with a catchy jangly guitar, courtesy of the Soul Crusaders Orchestra, then rolls into a great little groover with harmonies that soar and keep pace wonderfully with the song's positive message and great hooks! "Coming... read more

A nice one from this obscure west coast harmony group! "Ring Don't Mean A Thing" is as sweet as the title makes it sound -- a sad little slow number, with a heartfelt quality to make it ring true.... read more

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Dennis Coffey's classic breakbeat track, with an intro that's been sampled more times that we can count -- and a groove that's much harder to find on wax these days than it should be! Excellent stuff, with a choppy hard guitar groove, tight drums, and a nice rumbling conga that runs throughout the... read more

Funky stuff! "Taurus" is where Dennis went after he hit "Scorpio" on the Horoscope chart! The groove is similar, and the track's got lots of Dennis' trademark fuzzy guitar riffs!... read more

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A great groovy little soul number! The lyrics are kind of silly, but the cut jangles along at a great pace -- with some excellent guitar playing, all flanged out and kind of spacey, laid out over the tight drums of the rhythm section, and some other comping on a second guitar. The flipside's an... read more

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Funky Bill Cosby! "Funky North Philly" is one of Bill's best from the 60s -- a cut that has the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band backing him up, with a fast vamping funky sound that's just like their own work. Bill sings some silly lyrics -- as he does on the flipside, a version of "S... read more

2 tracks from Bill's Disco Bill album -- both with smooth funky backings by Stu Gardner, definitely in the disco style of the title. The game here is disco-parody -- which is the sound of "Slang", but which kind of falls on its face with that number. Much better is "Boogie In Your... read more

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One of the greatest cuts ever by Creative Source! Their version of Skip Scarborough's "You Can't Hide Love" is easily the best -- begins with some funky drums and clavinet, and has the group singing in a harmony style that gives the track a really righteous edge! "Lovesville"... read more

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Two jazz funk classics -- the ubiquitous title tracks to one of the Crusaders' most commercially successful LPs, featuring vocals by Randy Crawford, and a timeless cut that we never tire of, and the flip, a smooth jazzed out mid tempo cut, with a great propulsive beat underneath.... read more

Miles from the familiar hip hop you might find normally on Enjoy -- kind of a country boogie number -- a bit down home, but pretty polished too!... read more

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Two excellent cuts from the great John Davis -- one of the best mainstream disco arrangers, and a talent well deserving of his "monster" tag! Both sides are nice, with a good conga groove underneath, and strong instrumentation that never gets too cheesy. "Disco Fever" has some... read more

Arguably the biggest hit of the Dazz Band's career -- and a monster crossover funk track from the mid 80s! A super fat 80s groove pervades -- laid down by plenty of bass pedal riffing, and touched off with jamming guitars, electro keyboards, and a catchy falsetto vocal hook!... read more

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Killer funky soul from the great Lee Dorsey! "Working In A Coal Mine" is a familiar cut from Lee, but it sounds way better on 45 than it ever does on CD. And "Mexico" is a mad mad number that's wonderful, too -- and worth the price of the single. It's got kind of a crazy... read more

A totally great mellow soul track -- recorded during the late Curtom years, by a group that may or may not be the same one on Salsoul! "Yes I'm In Love" is a really heavenly little number -- a tune that builds and burns with a solidly soulful feel -- mature 80s soul at its best, really... read more

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Ah Patti, we love you -- and here's the reason why! Many folks recorded "Working On A Groovy Thing", but only Patti could mix together the right blend of sweet production and deeper soul -- taking the cut to levels we've never heard before, making us actually believe the overwrought... read more

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Quite an unusual record -- a jazz single, issued by Capitol in the 50s -- and billed as part of a "collector's item series" on the cover! The single features Ferguson's trumpet with the Stan Kenton band -- and comes in a very cool-looking duo-tone sleeve with cover art.... read more

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"Workin Out" is the one to check here -- a nice mod groover!... read more

A sweet little harmony track from Chicago -- begins with a horn flourish, and has the group singing together with a little break in their vocals, nice and sweet, soaring up after the hook, and settling down again nicely on the verses. Written by General Crook, who also produced!... read more

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"Master Of Eyes" is a nice dark soul track. Quincy Jones arranged and produced, and he brings a lot to Aretha's style.... read more

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Funky flute from Richard Fudoli! "Gwee" begins with a vamping Latinish beat -- lots of bass at the bottom, and Richard's flute popping over the top in a Roland Kirk mode. The track's got some nice breakdowns -- and really opens up as it grooves along! "Bossa Nova" has a... read more

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Later work by General Crook -- very different than his funkier sides of the 60s, but still pretty darn great! "Best Years Of My Life" is a wonderful ballad cut -- strings gently gliding as Crook's rich vocals come into deliver a sweet and sad lyric. "Testification" is more... read more

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A rough and raspy classic from Wilbert Harrison -- and a gem of a tune, too! The vocals are muddy, but totally wonderful -- and set to a simple strumming guitar, a very spare tambourine rhythm, and some occasional harmonica that spices things up nicely!... read more

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Classy supperclub vocals, with arrangements by Jimmy Jones, and some sweet polished singing from Bill Henderson. Most of the tracks are standards or pop -- and titles on this 7" EP include "My How The Time Goes By", "Never Kiss & Run", "Am I Blue", and "S... read more

Wonderful stuff from this mad soul genius! "Ceatrix Did It" is a hip slinky sax-driven instrumental -- with organ bubbling in the background, while the tenor blows the melody in a mellow soundtrack-y way. "What Fah" is even better, a cool instrumental -- with organ vamping... read more

A great early single by Monk! Both sides are instrumental -- and feature his lusty tenor work honking in and out of nice choppy funk grooves. "How Come?" has a good spacey sound, with great production and some really nice organ work. "Different Strokes" has a choppy vamp... read more

Mellow funk from Monk Higgins -- and both cuts are instrumentals, mostly. "Little Mama" has a nice slow rolling sound, almost a War-like groove, with some electrified harmonica that sounds nice and sweet! "Trusting You" has a vocal refrain on the chorus, and kind of a churchy... read more

A fantastic single from Monk Higgins! "Mister Luckee" is a spare slow hard-grooving single -- an organ/sax groover with a slow dance beat that's a bit like "Madison Time" (complete with calls), but pushed over the top by some wild instrumental soloing on organ, and by this... read more

Sweet falsetto soul from Eddie! "I'll Be There" has Eddie tweaking along in the same mode as "Hey There Lonely Girl" -- slowly stepping his way through some strings and vibes, offering comfort to a lady in the background. "Cause You're Mine" is a great one -- even... read more

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A pretty popular one from The Crusaders! "Way Back Home" is proof that Wilton Felder was one of the most melodic members of the group, as it's a well-written instrumental with moody emotional tone that's got these African overtones that fill the track with sadness and longing. "Jack... read more

Two rough-edged instrumentals!... read more