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Killer early Motown work from The Marvelettes -- a set that's got a rougher edge than most of the other girl group work on the label -- almost with a tinge of R&B at times! The rhythms are plenty darn romping, and there's plenty of great dancefloor numbers on the set -- but all with a groove ...

A nice modern sleeper, some late 70s ensemble funk from Zafra, with fairly slick production and arrangements by Landy McNeal. Overall the sound makes nods towards the dominant sound of the time along the mainstream soul axis of EWF and the Brothers Johnson but Hugo and Luigi released the set, and ...

One of the heaviest albums ever made -- and a monstrous bit of organ funk that never gets old! The Mohawks were a one-off studio group led by arranger/keyboardist Alan Hawkshaw (the "hawk" in the Mohawk name), and they're working here in a mad London mix of beat group grooving, soul jazz ...

Long lost post disco soul from Trilark! Trilark keeps the tight, smoothed out and soaring groove of the late 70s club soul into the mix here, a really sweet and gleamingly funky batch. Every song here's got a great hook -- if the early 80s era was a bit more forgiving to groups that carried the ...

An excellent batch of soulful and funky instrumental tracks -- super-dope 70s work from funky arranger Monk Higgins! The album grooves in the best blacksploitation soundtrack mode -- as Monk plays tenor sax and organ in the set, over slinky stepping arrangements that feature Paul Humphrey on drums ...

A monster of a rare funk album -- recorded by a tight little combo who should have been huge! Raw Soul Express have a touch of jazz in their playing -- coming off here with a sound that reminds us of Wood Brass & Steel, and a rare few other funk acts of the time who knew how to do more than ...

A fantastic bit of tripped out funk! Cane & Able were one of the many groups that came out of the collective surrounding the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band in the early 70s -- and like that group, Cane & Able draw on a wide range of influences to create a heavy funky sound. The album mixes the ...

What can we say? This is one of the greatest soul soundtracks ever! In a market that was dominated by the big-selling Shaft and Superfly albums, Roy slipped in this masterful blend of jazzy vibes and wah wah funk that's easily one of the best-composed records of the blacksploitation genre! The ...

Funky keyboard tracks from Julius Brockington -- a mad early 70s figure who not only cut some wild funk, but who also ended up doing a fair bit of gospel work in later years. This set's a good bit of stoner funk tracks -- in the wilder mode of the Perception/Today label -- and it's got production ...

Damn, is this a great record! The album's not only one of the best blacksploitation soundtracks ever recorded, it's also one of James Brown's funkiest outings of the early 70s! Nearly every cut's a winner, and James gets some very funky help from The JBs, who groove hard on the best instrumental ...

One of the rarest and greatest Roy Ayers albums of all time! This one's a totally solid mix of soulful jazz and jazzy soul -- and it's wonderful all the way through. Includes the amazing track "We Live In Brooklyn", which has a slow sample bassline in the intro that's just incredible -- ...

Killer funky stoner soul from LA! This album is one of the best by Charles Wright and his legendary funky group -- and it features some straighter soul material, like the big hit "Loveland", or their mellow take on "Light My Fire" -- plus some great heavy funk numbers, like ...

Fantastic album of hardcore funky cuts, with a great jazzy tip on the righteous solos laid down by Maceo and the band. Recorded in the time that Maceo was away from James' band, with a crack lineup of players including Melvin Parker, Jimmy Nolan, Bernard Odom, and L.D. Williams. Nearly every cut ...

A pile of funky 45s -- stuffed into one glorious album! The record's the best-ever by The Packers -- a hip west coast combo from the 60s, with roots in the Memphis scene of the time! The sound here is kind of a variation on the Booker T & The MGs and Mar-Keys sound -- changed up in the rhythm ...

The second album by this great French funk collective! The album's tighter than the group's first one -- with lots of wah-wah guitar jamming, spaced out production, and some excellent soul vocals that must have been some of the best recorded in Paris in the 70s! The whole thing sparkles like a ...

One of the rarest funky records of all time -- the rare second album by Beginning Of The End! This West Indian combo hit it big with their first album on Alston, but this second set, for some strange reason, never really got distributed -- which is a damn shame, because it's every bit as funky as ...

A real killer from James Brown -- and one of his most open-ended LPs of the early 70s! The record's got tracks that kind of go a lot further than those on many of James' other albums (except maybe Payback, which has loads of long cuts) -- and it includes an extended 9 minute reading of "Hot ...

Reissue of JB's wildest album, with a crazy cover that shows him running away from the devil, and great gatefold inner photo with him standing amidst a bunch of declarations of "Hell". Weird mix of music, but includes the epic 13 minute version of "Papa Don't Take No Mess", as ...

One of the most legendary funk albums of the 70s -- a real gem through and through, and filled with the best range of sounds the east coast scene had to offer at the time! The Skull Snaps only ever cut this one album during the early 70s -- and it's a masterful blend of hard funk, sweet soul, and ...

A stunner of a funk album -- a must-have for any fan of all things funky! This is the one-and-only record cut by the Fabulous Counts, a version of the Counts before they recorded for Westbound -- and nearly every cut is a funky 45-type gem! The group's got a hard and heavy sound that mixed conga ...

Beautiful! This is one of The Moments' best albums from the early 70s, and it's a masterpiece of east coast group soul in the best New Jersey tradition! The trio of Ray, Goodman, and Brown sing together with perfect harmonies, and the production has a raw edge that makes their voices sound even ...

Verrrrry scarrrry stuff -- and pretty darn funky too! This is the original soundtrack for the classic blacksploitation horror flick starring the baaadest Dracula ever to grace the screen of all those shabby downtown theaters that were still around in the 70's -- a wicked batch of wah-wah tunes ...

A rare gem from Maceo Parker -- the second album cut with his King's Men group in the short time he was away from James Brown in the early 70s! The set was done for the Excello southern soul label, and it's got a bit of a different groove than his work for House Of Fox with the same group -- a ...

The rarest Meters record ever! This is one of the 3 classic funky albums they cut for the Josie label in their early years -- and it's about as hard and heavy and funky as you could get! The group's trademark scratchy guitar funk sound is firmly in place, and the rhythm section is nice, tight, ...

A great record -- by a group we know almost nothing about! Haze were an excellent little combo that had a clean and funky feel -- lots of guitar in the groove, giving their work a sweet little funky rock feel, made even more so by the group's nice use of heavy drums. Surprisingly, though, our ...

Nice one! This obscure blacksploitation soundtrack features a hip Monk Higgins score for a Pam Grier film that's supposedly "Hotter than Coffey and meaner n' Foxy Brown". Having seen the film, we don't know if we'd totally agree with that assessment, but the music's strong enough, and ...

One of the greatest albums of all time -- a masterpiece of moody soul, spacey vocals, and jazzy vibes -- all produced by the legendary Roy Ayers! Ramp take their name from the anagram Roy Ayers Musical Productions -- and in a way, the group's the summation of all the genius that Roy had been ...

Here's where it all happens! George Clinton lands the mothership, forges the space-funk image, and blows the P-Funk empire into an arena-filling mega-star act! The record's got some extremely tight numbers that mix the best of the group's new slick playing with the edginess and naughtiness of the ...

One of THE psychedelic funk masterpieces of the early 70s -- a guitar-heavy set with a very fuzzed up feel -- one that's halfway between the work of Fugi and some of the best early sides on Westbound Records! But more than just guitar-heavy funk, Midnight Movers also have a fair bit of a groove -- ...

Further genius from James Brown at the start of the 70s -- a record that's starting to show some of the more open-ended grooves he'd explore with the JBs on their own albums -- longer, stretched-out tracks that are way more than simple funk and soul! There's a sense of freewheeling energy here ...

The classic first album by The JBs -- James Brown's Fred Wesley-led backing band, and the force behind most of his greatest records of the early 70s! The set collects some of the group's best early singles, and includes all of the short little funky cuts that made them a legend right out of the ...

Possibly the greatest album ever by the legendary Chicago soul singer Terry Callier! Terry's rich mellow voice is mixed with superb arrangements from the Cadet studio team, with Charles Stepney at the head, and the result is completely sublime. The songs are longer than on earlier albums -- and ...

Curtis Mayfield's lasting classic -- and an album that the world will remember forever! Apart from being his hugely successful entry into the blacksploitation soundtrack field, this album's also a monster set of grooves that includes some of Curtis' funkiest work ever! The track list alone reads ...

A funky treasure -- finally unleashed! Bucktown was one of the best of the mid 70s indie blacksploitation films -- thanks to some great starring work from Fred Williamson and Pam Grier -- but for years, the soundtrack's never been available as an individual release. Now, this tasty heavy-vinyl ...

A bit sweet soul, a bit funky -- and a real indie soul classic from the early 70s! The album's the second from The Dynamics -- a group from Detroit, but one who work here with a style that's much more in the east coast mode of the All Platinum/Stang generation! The production is nice and mellow ...

Great stuff -- and the only truly funky album that Ike Turner ever recorded! This set's a batch of obscure funky instrumentals -- and sounds like a strong compilation of rare 45s, filled with hard funky drums, nice breaks, and plenty of super-tight grooves. Nearly every cut's a winner -- and ...

An undisputed funk classic -- even back in the days before anyone ever said the phrase "funk classic"! This album must have been deleted the day it came out -- because even though it's attained legendary proportions with groovers worldwide, it's always been hard to find -- even back in ...

An amazing batch of sophisticated soul tracks -- and a favorite with the righteous groove scene! On the surface, the record's a combination of jazz and soul tracks in the same mode that you'd find on some of Nancy Wilson's albums for Capitol during the same time -- but digging deeper, you'll find ...

A great double-length album from James -- filled with a wide range of cuts that are brought together only by his genius, creating an insane mix of grooves that's totally entertaining throughout! Features a long version of "Get On The Good Foot", plus other excellent bits like "The ...

An excellent early album from this massive soul collective! The album captures the group near the beginning of their career -- when they were sort of a funky soul army, featuring the instrumental talents of The Nite-Liters, the vocal strength of a number of excellent members, and the raw ...

A lost classic in the funky poetry mode of the 70s -- and right up there with the best work from the time by the Last Poets, Jim Ingram, or Gil Scott Heron! Bama's got a rough-edged voice that works very well with the funkier backings of the set -- handled by a team that includes Bernard Purdie on ...

Lost funky work from one of the soulful sisters of Aretha Franklin! Erma's got a hard-hitting style that's right up there with Aretha's best for Atlantic -- and on this album, she's working in Chicago with Johnny Pate, Sonny Sanders, and Willie Henderson -- for a harder-hitting sound than her ...

A great little album by James Brown -- and very different than his other work! He cut this one with the groovy Dee Felice Trio -- a jazz-based combo that he recorded on their own for King, on another very rare, very excellent record. The band's in similar form here, although not necessarily as ...

An excellent blacksploitation soundtrack -- and every bit as funky as any of Willie Hutch's work for other Motown soundtracks at the time! Larry Mizell and Dennis Coffey help out on the instrumentation -- giving the album an extra funky instrumental edge, one that takes it way past Edwin Starr's ...

A beautiful album that perfectly mixes both sides of Aretha -- the earlier hard-hitting soulster, and the developing vocalist with a rich talent for more sophisticated material. The album features the anthemic title cut in Aretha's famous version -- plus the sample favorite "Rock Steady" ...

One of the greatest blacksploitation soundtracks ever -- a massively beautiful record that goes beyond any cliches of the genre, and serves up a fantastically unique batch of tracks! Chisoul arranger Johnny Pate did the music for the film -- and (dare we say it?) it's even greater that Issac Hayes' ...

Fantastic! The lost link in the Chicago soul scene of the 60s was Baby Huey -- and he was a pretty darn big link too, if you've ever seen him in pictures! Weighing in at about 300 pounds, Baby Huey was sort of a rockin' soul star who played clubs on both sides of the city, to audiences of all ...

Tripped out funky soul from the great Edwin Birdsong -- a rare indie album released between his years at Polydor and Philly International! The set's got a wilder sound than any of his other work -- kind of a righteous funk set for the dancefloor -- recorded with lots of weird production touches, ...

What can we say? This is one of the greatest soul soundtracks ever! In a market that was dominated by the big-selling Shaft and Superfly albums, Roy slipped in this masterful blend of jazzy vibes and wah wah funk that's easily one of the best-composed records of the blacksploitation genre! The ...

One of those funk classics that was a funk classic even back in the days when nobody was talking about funk classics! Ripple were an obscure little group of southern players, and although they later went onto cut a disco record for Salsoul, this first album is still their most enduring legacy. ...