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Soaring 80s soul, bubbling electro grooves, and synthy funk galore -- Volume 11 in the epic Nighttime Lovers series of rare grooves and post disco funky club soul! Neon lit dancefloor ready sounds to be sure, but with a real soul and emotion, and a genuine tunefulness along with the spiraling ...

Hard hitting Spanish funk, soul, r&b and moddish gems - the second volume of Sensacional Soul from the late 60s and into early 70s, even better than the first volume and treasure from the folks at Vampi Soul! The Spanish soul sound here is rugged and raw, usually with furious drums, gritty, ...

A very weird little compilation -- one made up of the kind of funky, freaky, psychedelic tunes you'd find on the Finders Keepers label -- but mixed up a bit too! There's a very strong Andy Votel vibe going on with the package -- grooves from the kind of cool rare nuggets that Andy's dug up for ...

One of the best collections of funky porno grooves we've ever heard -- a really well-done compilation that gets past the kitsch and sleeze to find the tightest, funkiest tunes from this unique 70s soundtrack subgenre! The focus here is mostly on the music -- and there's loads of great numbers ...

Sublime soul work from the glory days of Atlantic Records -- and most of it unfamiliar too! As with the male volume in this great Unearthed series, this female volume is filled with amazing rarities from Atlantic -- 5 previously unreleased tunes by some of the label's best female singers, plus ...

The tenth entry in this hard-grooving series, and they're still going strong -- coming up with a really choice array of 80s grooves you'd be hard-pressed to find anywhere else! As before, the tracks here are all nicely aimed at the dancefloor -- heavy on beats and keyboards, but never with a cold ...

A great collection from the Soul Togetherness scene -- a name that can always be trusted to deliver a smoothly grooving tune! Most of the work here is contemporary, but the set includes a few classics too -- key cuts that help support the older-styled vibe that's present in the newer cuts here -- ...

A wonderfully wicked collection of tunes -- all solid 80s groovers from a variety of Italian groups -- most of whom we'd never heard before! The style here isn't the cheesy electronic Italian disco you might know from crossover chart hits -- but a bass-heavy, boogie-grooving, post-disco style that' ...

Dramatic themes from the martial arts underground -- a set of DeWolfe Sound Library tracks, all of which were used in Kung Fu films by the legendary Shaw Brothers! The work here is different than some other martial arts music you might know from the 70s -- not originally penned and recorded for ...

With music this great, it's easy to stay on the groove -- especially when the groove's so hard and funky! The set's a killer batch of work from the deep funk underground -- the contemporary scene that does a great job of recreating the sounds and styles of late 60s/early 70s funky 45s -- mostly on ...

A boogie and 80s groove spectacular -- filled with hard to find tracks from the post-disco years -- including a number that we haven't been able to track down in years! The sound here is very much in keeping with the bigger 80s groove artists of the time -- a tightly snapping rhythmic approach, ...

The Nightime Lovers are at it again -- bumping and thumping their way onto the dancefloor in a wave of beats, basslines, and keyboards! As with previous volumes, the selection here is all top-shelf 80s groove -- a fair bit of obscure singles from the time, mixed with hard to find tracks by bigger ...

Nighttime Lovers are mighty big groovers -- thanks to a fantastic selection of rare club cuts from the 80s! As with previous volumes, the cuts here go way past the obvious -- no over-reissued singles, nor too-poppy soul songs -- just tight-grooving numbers that show that there's plenty still to ...

The funkier side of disco -- and the later side too -- given that most of the material here is from the early 80s! The set follows strongly in the same wonderful sound as previous volumes -- heavy on boogie rhythms, stepping basslines, and electric instrumentation -- a blend of 80s groove, electro ...

80s club through and through -- easily one of the most dancefloor-oriented volumes of this excellent series! The tracks here are heavy on rhythms that run from midtempo to more upbeat -- often with drum parts and basslines that are somewhat bold, yet never get in the way of the sweeter vocals over ...

A mindblowing collection of 80s groovers -- 2 CDs worth of music, and overflowing with great bits from the Capitol Rare generation! The set really comes together wonderfully -- and features some lesser-known tunes by bigger artists, plus a few stone classics from the time, offered up in longer ...

A treasure trove of twelve inch singles from Solar Records -- the west coast powerhouse for uptempo soul! Most of the numbers here date from the early 80s years when Solar were totally on top of their game -- really dominating mainstream soul of the time in the same way Philly International did a ...

Stones Throw does it again -- with a massive batch of older funk rarities that tops most of the rest on the market! Cold Heat is a follow-up to the label's smoking Funky 16 Corners set -- and like that one, it's overflowing with great bits that have barely (or never) been heard by the rest of the ...

Wonderful work from the Wah Wah 45s label -- an imprint that seems to get better and better all the time! The music here is really top-shelf all the way through -- not just collected cuts from the label's other releases, but often tunes that are exclusive to this collection, or appearing on CD for ...

A massive musical treasure trove -- and some of the best modern funk ever recorded! This low-priced 2CD set draws on the now landmark work recorded by the Soul Fire label -- the company that rose from the ashes of funk powerhouse Desco, and which has gone onto shape the sound of countless other ...

A killer collection of jazzy grooves from Spain -- all work recorded at the end of the 60s and start of the 70s, as part of the legendary run of producer Antoliano Toldos! The tracks here are all pulled from Toldos' short-lived Calandria label -- clearly a hotbed of inventive recording, one that ...

A collection of Larry's classic mixes for Salsoul Records -- a long-grooving club tracks that have the definite Levan touch! The set's filled with classics, and include "I Got My Mind Made Up" by Instant Funk, "Handsome Man" by Sparkle, "First Time Around" by Skyy, ...

Need a new dance? There's no better place to start than the ever-growing catalog of Vampi Soul -- fast becoming one of the greatest sources on this planet for older grooves! This low-priced set offers a huge amount of rare groovers from the Vampi catalog -- 23 titles in all, and all picked with ...

A stellar mix of highlights from the Mr Bongo label -- from obscure funk, to rare Brazil, Afrobeat, cosmic beatcraft and global psychedelia -- a collection of some of favorite material they've put out over the yearss! Mr Bongo & Disorient have been instrumental in getting some of favorite ...

A soaring selection of Brazilian groove -- selected by the great Gilles Peterson -- one of the best collections ever assembled by the world famous DJ! Gilles goes way past the obvious for the sets, which are divided into two discs -- one for classic tracks (many of which are actually woefully ...

An amazing collection of funky work from Communist Hungary -- music that's really making us change our opinion about the Cold War! Back in the day, we used to think the Iron Curtain was in place to keep out Western forces -- but now we know it was there to keep in groovy music like this -- secret ...

Things definitely get plenty deep on this jazz trip -- a great run through the 70s catalog of Muse Records, and one that's filled with some incredible bits that we'd rank right up there with the best work of the time on labels like Black Jazz or Strata East! Muse always had a way of really letting ...

This is the kind of funk they've been hiding from you all these years -- the real deal, the heavy stuff, the type of work that's made driving around the country looking for rare 45s so worthwhile! This material's the kind that makes a trip like that happen -- super-rare funk from Texas, dug up by ...

70s Latin jazz mixed with some surprising gems from the 80s -- a real treasure trove of under-discovered genius from the Muse Records label, plus a few tracks from Landmark as well! The work here sits wonderfully in a space between genres -- not straight Latin, but also not typical fusion or jazz ...

Massively soulful work all the way through -- and one of our favorite entries so far in this all-great series! The CD's overflowing with modal jazz classics from the 60s -- key American tunes from the soul jazz underground, which marked a move away from simple rhythms into much more exotic ...

The legendary Gilles Peterson takes on the African sound of the 70s -- serving up the music at 2 different levels on this overstuffed set! Disc 1 features "The Soul" -- classic tunes from the Afro Funk years, brought together by Gilles with a real ear for an interesting groove -- and the ...

Amazing grooves from a completely unlike source -- Wales! With a strange language and a windswept location, one would hardly imagine the Welsh groove of the 70s to be anything of note -- but it turns out that the records coming out on the Sain label were even more mindblowing than some of the best ...

A really wonderful collection of older jazz and soul -- just the sort of compilation we used to get years ago from Gilles Peterson, but served up this time around by Japanese DJ Tomoaki Nakamura! Like Peterson, Nakamura's got a great ear for a soulful, spiritual groove -- and really does a great ...

One nation under a grave, not under a groove -- but a pretty darn groovy set nonetheless! Master mixter Andy Votel serves up a killer batch of oddities from around the globe -- psychedelic funk, global rarities, and other odd bits -- all brought together in a single, 75 minute mix that's exploding ...

Two very hip sets in the Southport Weekender series -- both of them much different than the usual club or house-oriented grooves! Jazzanova rule the scene on disc one -- blending together a great assortment of grooves from their own Sonar Kollektiv scene, plus a host of similar sounds that really ...

Amazing work from an under-discovered label -- Finland's longstanding Love Records, home to some really great grooves back in the 70s! Working way up north, Love Records hardly ever made it over to these shores back in the day -- so a set like this is almost a completely fresh discovery, and a ...

The Acid Jazz label may be best known for giving the world its namesake genre, but the company also cut some killer soul cuts along the way -- standing out as an early imprint that showcased the fresher side of underground soul on the London scene! This collection does a great job of bringing that ...

A cool sort of collection -- even though it's not exactly the kind of sweet soul that's usually prized by collectors! The package features some older tracks, and some newer ones -- almost all of which are mixed up nicely by the Soul Source team -- in a style that's similar to some of their older ...

Very cool compilation featuring a whole mess of great lost funk tracks from the legendary Westbound label -- including a few unreleased cuts! There's a number of tracks on here that we just about never see, and some more that you'll only find on rare funky 45s. Tracks include "Getting It ...

The combination of folk roots and jazz-based instrumentation -- a style that only flourished briefly in the US at the start of the 60s, but one that got much greater play in later years on the Scandinavian scene! This ultra-cool collection offers a great look at the genre from a Norwegian ...

80s groove lives again -- in an overstuffed set that blends together chart hits with tracks that were lesser-known club numbers from the time! And while there may be a few tracks on here you're not ready to revisit yet, there's more than enough to make up for those -- especially at this nice low ...

A mainstream collection, but a great one nonetheless -- as the CD presents a total of 18 numbers that nicely sum up the sound of 70s funk, and which includes a nice range of bits from a variety of different labels! Rare groove classics sit nicely alongside more successful numbers -- and early 70s ...

Early 80s funky grooves galore -- indeed with lot of funky stuff, but loads of bass and synth heavy dancefloor soul, too -- the second volume in the 80s Funk Anthology series from Boogie Times! Includes an underground classic or two, and some funky obscure bits from the US scenes and a UK gem or ...

The great collectors keep on grooving -- and it's pretty darn hard not to, given the strength of the music in this set! This 11th volume of the Boogie Times series goes even deeper than usual -- and features one previously unreleased track, mixed in with the usual rare singles -- all together in a ...

A huge batch of soul classics from Detroit -- not tracks from the 60s, as you'll find on other sets of this nature, but a wealth of 70s gems -- from labels that include Hot Wax, Invictus, All Platinum, Paramount, and other 70s indie soul powerhouse imprints! The tunes are all pretty darn fresh -- ...

Heavy funk from two different decades -- some real lost treasures from the 70s, stacked up here with some equally great work from recent years! The package is a massive second helping from the Truth & Soul family of labels -- one that not only shows their continuing dedication to the best in ...

70s jazzy grooves galore -- a great assortment of a dozen tracks that nicely sit in the space between electric jazz and modern soul -- tunes that are often served up with a bit of vocals in the mix, but which still feature plenty of heavy grooves and jazzy solo instrumentation! Titles include ...

One of the best compilations of 70s soul you'll ever buy -- a treasure trove of tracks from mid 70s Atlantic and Warner Brothers Records -- all recorded in the mighty soul capitol of Philly! The set does a great job of combining hit singles with a load of lesser-known Philly gems -- tunes recorded ...

Rare funk from one of the greatest labels in the business! King Records is known to many for its classic work with singers like James Brown, Hank Ballard, and Wynonie Harris -- but during the later years of the label, they also pressed up a great amount of excellent funky 45s, including many that ...

One of the greatest collections of mellow grooves we've ever heard -- way more soulful and way less cheesy than you'd expect from the title and the cover! Although there's certainly an "easy" vibe going on here, most of the work is pulled from the hipper end of the spectrum of Atlantic ...