Funky Compilations — In Stock
Great compilations from labels like Soul Jazz, Ace, Numero, BBE, Vampi Soul, BGP, Luv N Haight, Harmless, Tramp, Jazzman, and others!
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500 Atlantic R&B & Soul Singles Vol 3 – 1965/
Atlantic (Japan), 1965/1966. Used Gatefold ... $34.99
Think you know the sound of Atlantic Records in the 60s? Think again – because this stunning series opens the vault to a huge amount of rare treasures from the legendary label! The package is amazing – and offers up rare tracks that were mostly only issued by Atlantic on singles ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
(Includes obi!)
Ace (UK), 1976. New Copy ... $11.99 18.99
A really cool collection, and one that's got a very special focus – an imaginary soundtrack for the record-breaking British summer of 1976 – a searingly hot time that really pushed the nation to the brink! Bob Stanley's given us some great collections on Ace Records before – ... read more CD
Z Records (UK), 1990s. New Copy 2CD ... $17.99 19.99
Killer club from the last decade of the 20th Century – a time when there was a huge, joyous uprising of new sounds for the dancefloor – a refinement of house, techno, and other clubby styles from previous decades – served up in ways that helped the music surge from the underground ... read more CD
Irma (Italy), 2024. New Copy 2LP ... $39.99 44.99
A great tribute to the longstanding sound of the Irma Records label – an Italian imprint who first rose up during the big years of acid jazz, then went on to deliver a range of different grooves over the past 30 years! The set focuses on work that really hits that old school Irma vibe – ... (New Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Four Flies (Italy), Mid 1970s. New Copy ... $18.99 23.99
A whole new world of grooves we've never heard before – music from a short stretch on the Italian scene when local artists were really taken with the new developments in Afro Funk, and started to serve up some fresh styles of their own! The music here is maybe a blend of West African sounds ... read more CD
Also available Africamore – The Afro-Funk Side Of Italy 1973 to 1978 ... LP 35.99
Four Flies (Italy), Mid 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $35.99 39.99
A whole new world of grooves we've never heard before – music from a short stretch on the Italian scene when local artists were really taken with the new developments in Afro Funk, and started to serve up some fresh styles of their own! The music here is maybe a blend of West African sounds ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Africamore – The Afro-Funk Side Of Italy 1973 to 1978 ... CD 18.99
Everland (Austria), Late 1970s/Early 1980s. New Copy ... $26.99 28.99
Great cuts from that special space where African funk comes into play with American club – a genre that was especially popular on European dancefloors in the late 70s and early 80s – a place where many of these tracks would have found a very welcome home! The music here isn't the raw ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), 2020. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $22.99 28.99
A really joyous collection of grooves selected by Alex Attias – work that's maybe even more uplifting than the first volume in this series – and we really liked that one a heck of a lot too! Most of the tracks are relatively contemporary – selected by Attias from the work of ... (New Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Death Is Not The End (UK), Late 1980s/Early 1990s. New Copy ... $22.99 26.99
A really cool record, and one that gets at the vibrancy of the UK soul scene at the end of the 80s and start of the 90s! The set's an unusual one – in that it pulls together tracks played live as part of soundsystems in Manchester, which means that they're all mixed up and linked with spoken ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BGP (UK), Mid 70s. New Copy ... $11.99 18.99
A tight collection of uptempo funk and disco-driven soul tunes – with a selection that goes way past the usual dancefloor favorites! We're not sure how to read the title (which seems to have some sort of "inside take" on black culture in America) so we'll write that off to the ... read more CD
Far Out (UK), 2008. New Copy ... $7.99 16.99
The hippest installment so far in the Brazilika series – a mad mix of musical styles from Finders Keepers mainman Andy Votel – all in a freaky, funky, fuzzy blend of sounds! The tracks here are much grittier than the work we're used to hearing from the Far Out label – as Votel's ... (Brazil, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Luv N' Haight, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $7.99 16.98
A way way deeper set than the first volume of Bay Area Funk – and a collection that shows that things got pretty heavy on the San Francisco and Oakland scenes of the 70s! A good number of the tracks here are instrumental, and show some wonderful interplay between the trippier sides of funky ... read more CD
Numero, Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $20.99 24.99
Fantastic female funk – a set of grooves that's way more natural than you might guess from the beehive in the title – the harder sound of 60s soul and early 70s funk – all pulled together from a host of rare 7" singles from back in the day! The set's got Numero breaking past ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Beehive Breaks (olive vinyl pressing) ... LP 21.99
Numero, Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $21.99 26.99
Fantastic female funk – a set of grooves that's way more natural than you might guess from the beehive in the title – the harder sound of 60s soul and early 70s funk – all pulled together from a host of rare 7" singles from back in the day! The set's got Numero breaking past ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Beehive Breaks ... LP 20.99
Ace (UK), 1960s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $11.99 16.99
A stellar collection of country soul by many of the greatest voices of any strain of soul music – Solomon Burke, Esther Phillips, Al Green, Bettye Swann, Percy Sledge, Little Milton, Candi Stanton and many more! A healthy portion of the material comes from the late 60s and early 70s – ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Universal (Canada), Late 1970s. Used ... $2.99
Includes music by Lipps Inc, the Village People, Kool & the Gang, Rose Royce, Gloria Gaynor, Sylvester, the Commodores, and more. CD
BGP (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $11.99 18.99
A heavy dose of funky jazz – and one that goes way past the obvious too – to include some real gems from the 70s that even we'd passed up! The package is filled with stellar jazz from the Fantasy Records family – Prestige, Pablo, Galaxy and Fantasy proper – choice numbers ... read more CD
Andale, Late 60s. New Copy ... $18.99 19.99
One of the hippest compilations of boogaloo work we've ever stocked – and one that goes way past the bigger names on Fania or Tico, into the underground of small labels from the late 60s! The tunes here are all especially rare – issued originally on labels that include Speed and Ghetto ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Andale, Late 60s. New Copy ... $18.99 19.99
The hippest side of the late 60s Latin Soul years – work from a number of tiny little New York labels – all of which are a good deal rarer than some of the bigger indies of the time! The collection here is totally great, and totally fresh – filled with numbers that were not even ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Rabbit Factory, 1970s. Used ... $9.99
A treasure trove of rare southern soul – and a brilliant compilation that finally gives the Birmingham scene its due! Birmingham may not have been as famous as other southern soul scenes like Jackson, Memphis, or Miami during the 70s – but thanks to the efforts of producer/studio owner ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Black Jazz/Real Gone, Early 70s. New Copy ... $16.99 18.99
A lost legacy of work from Black Jazz Records – the important 70s imprint that's best known for its groundbreaking albums of spiritual and funky jazz – and a company who also issued some rare 45s back in the day! The cuts here represent some of the coolest, funkiest tracks these ... read more CD
Unison (UK), 1970s/Early 1980s. Used ... $6.99 9.99
Music from The JB's, Alice Babs, Yusef Lateef, Joyce, The Cross & The Switchblade, Sterling Harrison, Bobby Womack, Jeannie Reynolds, Hard Cover, and The Chi-Lites. CD
(Out of print.)
Ace (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99
Blue-tinged work for those days when your heart is breaking and your soul is aching – a really wonderful batch of tracks that are heavy on those late 60s/early 70s moments when male singers were starting to open up a bit and let their emotions show! The vibe here is very different than Bobby ... (Rock, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Soundway (UK), Late 70s/1980s/1990s. New Copy 2CD ... $11.99 24.99
A great set that moves towards the farther reaches of the Caribbean scene in the 80s – music that's much more underground than some of the bigger soca and tropical hits of the time! As you might expect from the Soundway label, the work here is a very unusual, very well-done presentation of a ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Mr Bongo (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $27.99 29.99
Brazilian funk, Brooklyn style – and one of the hippest collections of Brazilian grooves we've ever heard! The collection was put together by New York DJs Sean Marquand and Greg Caz – and it's got a wickedly funky vibe that comes from plenty of 70s samba soul! The style here is really ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Tropicalia In Furs/World Psychedelic Classics, Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $7.99 17.98
A fuzzed out treasure trove of rare Brazilian psychedelia – wild stuff that's in many ways akin to the freewheeling sounds of the Tropicalia movement, but not necessarily taking on the cultural and political weight of that movement – and more about the boundless spirit of psychedelia ... read more CD
(Enhanced CD.)
Kindred Spirits (Netherlands), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $7.99 18.99
Amazing sounds from one of the greatest periods in Brazilian music – that heady late 60s/early 70s stretch when it seemed like everything was up for grabs – and new genres, new sounds, and new styles were being created all the time! This cooker of a collection focuses on the unique ... (Brazil, Funky Compilations) read more CD
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Breaker's Revenge – Original B-Boy & B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1970 to 1984 ... CD Soul Jazz (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2CD ... $21.99 22.99
A set with old school breakdancers on the cover, but one that features music from the generation before – a whole host of 70s funky nuggets, all of which might provide the right sort of beats and grooves for spinning on a piece of linoleum on the sidewalk! There's just a slight touch of hip ... read more CD
Also available Breaker's Revenge – Original B-Boy & B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1970 to 1984 ... LP 37.99
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Breaker's Revenge – Original B-Boy & B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1970 to 1984 ... LP Soul Jazz (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $37.99 39.99
A set with old school breakdancers on the cover, but one that features music from the generation before – a whole host of 70s funky nuggets, all of which might provide the right sort of beats and grooves for spinning on a piece of linoleum on the sidewalk! There's just a slight touch of hip ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Breaker's Revenge – Original B-Boy & B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1970 to 1984 ... CD 21.99
Era, 1960s. Used 4 CDs ... $14.99
... CD
(Out of print, please note that the outer box and book are not included. Four individual CDs in jewel cases with booklets, priced accordingly.)
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Brunswick Bubblers – Presented By Gilles Peterson ... CD Brunswick/Octave (Japan), Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $11.99 16.99
The legendary Gilles Peterson turns his magical ears to the catalog of Brunswick Records – and comes up with some of the label's hippest tunes of the 60s and 70s! Brunswick is best known for its famous soul hits of the late 60s and early 70s, but Peterson goes much deeper to come up with ... read more CD
Skye (Japan), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $8.99 24.99
Groovy jazz from 2 very cool labels – the related Skye and Gryphon companies of the late 60s and mid 70s, respectively – home to some very very cool bits! Skye's best known as the home of Cal Tjader and Gary McFarland in their post-Verve years – and the label's got a feel that's ... read more CD
BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $11.99 18.99
Damn funky work from the west coast scene of the late 60s and early 70s – just the kind of tracks to dispel the idea that too much sun or cannabis might have left the Cali scene a bit weak! Instead, these cuts are right on the money, stone funky throughout, and light years from any sort of ... read more CD
BGP (UK), Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $22.99 24.99
Spiritual sounds from the source – a host of incredible tracks from a time when jazz was really opening up into new dimensions – as players stepped forward in a wave of strong post-Coltrane energy to really push the music into the skies! The music here can be seen as a blueprint for ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Chess/MCA, 1950s/Early 60s. Used 2CD ... $14.99
Includes tracks by Sugar Boy Crawfor, Paul Gayten, Bobby Charles, Eddie Bo, Clifton Chenier, TV Slim, Rod Bernard, Clarence Frogman Henry, Earl King, and Reggie Hall – 44 tracks total. (Soul, Funky Compilations) CD
(Out of print.)
GDM (Italy), 1960s/1970s. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99
The title doesn't give you much to go on – but take it from us, this is a great little compilation – one that's filled with rare jazz work from a variety of European soundtracks of the 60s and 70s! The range of tracks here is really great – and wide enough to include a few ... read more CD
P-Vine (Japan), 2024. New Copy ... $28.99 38.99
A fantastic little set that looks at the huge wave of top-shelf AOR material recorded in recent years – part of a huge global re-awakening to the charms of the genre – often with results that are even groovier than the classic records of the 70s! One of the compelling things here is ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Clarence Reid Song Book – His Great Works 1968 to 1978 ... CD TK/Ultra Vybe (Japan), Late 1960s/1970s. New Copy ... $11.99 16.99
A much-needed collection of work – a set that focuses on the sometimes-overlooked work of Clarence Reid as a songwriter on the southern soul scene of the 70s – presented here with a range of contributions that really go past the material Clarence recorded on his own! Reid was ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Warner (UK), 1980s. Very Good+ 2LP ... $34.99
An excellent set of dancefloor grooves from the 80s – the kind of a set that makes you realize how much great music was crucially overlooked at the time! Most of the artists on the set are bigger names from the Warner and Atlantic catalogs, but they're served up here with some lesser-known ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the heavy inner sleeves.)
Easy Tempo/Temposphere (Italy), 2000. Used ... $6.99
Tasty modern Latin grooves – put together by the folks at Easy Tempo, but including selections from a number of other hip labels involved in the same sort of program. In a way, this stuff is similar to tunes on the New Latinaires series – with a core of traditional Latin grooves, all ... (New Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more CD
(Out of print.)
BBE (UK), Late 70s. New Copy 2CD ... $12.99 24.99
A whole new genre of disco – served up by one of the biggest club collectors in the world! Dimitri's the man who's guided us through so many other great sets of rare disco tracks over the years – and this time around, he's launching new look at the form! Cocktail Disco is a unique ... read more CD
Now Again/Stones Throw, Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... $18.99
A now-legendary compilation – an early effort to reissue funk on the Stones Throw label – and a set that virtually gave birth to all the fantastic projects they've done under the Now Again banner over the years! Compiler Egon has gone through a range of rare singles, masters, and demos ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
Ace (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $11.99 14.99
A far-reaching look at soul, R&B, funk and proto rock legends covering the Lennon-McCartney songbook – as diverse and impressively put together as Ace's great previous entry in the Black America Sings series that covered Dylan! Come Together comes together terrifically – with early ... read more CD
Right Tempo/Mono Jazz (Italy), 2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $40.99 46.99
A wealth of spiritual sounds from more recent years – served up in a killer compilation that focuses on all the great new sounds that have been emerging from different global scenes – a sublime blend of jazz, soul, Latin, and other modes – all at a level that gives us plenty of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Contempo/Soul Time (UK), Mid 70s. New Copy 3CD ... $18.99 28.99
A treasure trove of soul music from a famous London label of the 70s – almost all of it American work, but hand-picked with the kind of selection that made Contempo a strong precursor for later British reissue labels – like Ace/Kent, Charly, or Expansion Records! Contempo grew out of ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
BBE (UK), 2024. New Copy ... $16.99 19.99
Maybe the funkiest trunk that DJ Craig Charles has ever given us – a searing set of tracks that really expand upon the ideas of previous volumes! The set marks a shift to a new label, BBE – which may well also explain the extra-strong selection of cuts – tracks that span the ... read more CD
Also available Craig Charles Trunk Of Funk Vol 3 – 19 Soul, Funk, Disco, & Boogie Bangers ... LP 34.99
Soul Bank (UK), 2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $34.99 39.99
Maybe the funkiest trunk that DJ Craig Charles has ever given us – a searing set of tracks that really expand upon the ideas of previous volumes! The set marks a shift to a new label, BBE – which may well also explain the extra-strong selection of cuts – tracks that span the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Craig Charles Trunk Of Funk Vol 3 – 19 Soul, Funk, Disco, & Boogie Bangers ... CD 16.99
Soul Jazz (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2CD ... $21.99 26.99
A true revolution in Cuban music – not the familiar cha cha and pachanga modes of the pre-Castro years, but instead the huge wave of fresh styles and combinations that sprung up in the years to come! The tracks here aren't the kind of Cuban sounds that are locked in time by the all-star ... (Latin, Funky Compilations) read more CD
BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $11.99 18.99
A killer little set that's as heavy as it sounds from the title – a wealth of rare material pulled from the studio of Detroit producer Dave Hamilton – a good deal of it previously unreleased! Hearing this set is like finding a pile of rare 45s stuffed in the back corner of a long-lost ... read more CD
Kent (UK), Late 60s. New Copy ... $11.99 18.99
Rare Detroit soul from the archives of Dave Hamilton – the vast majority from the fertile late 60s period, plus a couple of later cuts – soulful Hamilton productions and featuring wonderful numbers by Bobby Dee, Priscilla Page, The Moderations, Frenchy & The Chessmen, Harry Reid, ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
De-Lite/BMG (UK), Early 1970s. Near Mint- ... $13.99
A really great collection of work from De-Lite Records – one that goes way way past the bigger hits on the label from Kool & The Gang and the Kay-Gees! Instead, this one really digs deep – and comes up with rare 45s for a host of artists that we didn't even know recorded for De-Lite ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Blue vinyl RSD pressing. Includes the printed inner sleeve.)
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Destination Crampsville – The Finest In Demented Rock & Roll, Rabid Rockabilly, & JD Pop ... CD Righteous (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy 2CD ... $16.99 20.99
We're always happy to take a trip to Crampsville – as the journey means that we not only get to live within the world of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy, we also get to discover a huge amount of obscure singles from the glory days of the indie 45! The Cramps built their music on building blocks ... (Rock, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Kent (UK), Late 1960s/1970s/Early 1980s. New Copy ... $13.99 18.99
A crucial collection of Philly Soul – all handled by the great Thom Bell, a studio genius who did as much for the music as Gamble & Huff at the time! Unlike that duo, who mostly made magic on their own labels, Bell had a hand in countless cuts for different companies – a really ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Edsel/Demon (UK), Late 1970s/Early 1980s. New Copy 2CD ... $31.99 34.99
Way more than just classic disco – hardly the hits package you might expect, and a really well-chosen batch of grooves that gets right down to the music that really mattered on the dancefloor back in the day! As you'd hear in the best clubs of the late 70s, the grooves here come from a range ... read more CD
Edsel/Demon (UK), Late 1970s/Early 1980s. New Copy 2CD ... $31.99 34.99
Don't worry about the discharge, and don't let the fever get you down – as this set's the cure, not the cause – a really well-done collection of disco gems from the glory days of the US scene – not pop cuts or radio hits, but the kind of underground tracks that kept things burning ... read more CD
Vinyl Masterpiece (Netherlands), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2CD ... $14.99 20.99
This great little series gets even better – as it breaks past the early 80s focus of previous volumes, to include some great 70s gems as well! As before, the focus is less disco than you'd expect – more uptempo soul, which includes some 70s mellow movers and early 80s boogie tracks ... read more CD
Vinyl Masterpiece (Netherlands), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2CDs ... $14.99 19.99
Great 80s grooves with some 70s moments thrown in as well – a double-length collection that features a host of overlooked gems from the past! The "giants" here aren't overplayed disco hits or classics that have been compiled too much – and instead, the set continues the great ... read more CD
Rebound, 1970s. Used ... $3.99
A dozen songs from the Trammps, Lipps Inc., theWeather Girls, Village People, Tavares, GQ, A Taste Of Honey, Chic, Hues Corporation, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Peaches & Herb, and Odyssey. CD
(Out of print.)
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Disco Non Stop Vol 4 ... CD RG, 1980s/1990s. Used ... $2.99
60 minute DJ mix featuring Babyface, UB40, Prince, and others. CD
Avco/Victor (Japan), Mid 1970s. Near Mint- 2LP ... $24.99
An unusual Japanese-only collection of American and Japanese disco material – heavy on Avco label tracks from the US – but with other odd material too! There's a lot of cuts by the Soul Sounds Symphony, and by Van McCoy – and the set also features work from Dooley Silverspoon, ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Japanese pressing – with obi! One label is Avco, the other Victor.)
BBE (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $9.99 18.99
One of the most fantastic collections we've ever heard from DJ Amir – a set that may well blow away his classic On/Off Track sets for the depth of its spirit and feeling! Amir's been well-known as a crate digger for many years – and while digging for funk, soul, and hip hop on the New ... read more CD
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2CD ... $12.99 16.99
A soaring batch of disco gems, club cuts, and undiscovered nuggets – all pulled together to make a set that's even better than the first entry in this Disco Wonderland series! DJ Andy Smith and associates bring together a great array of fresh tracks from back in the day – not massive ... read more CD
K7 (Germany), 2019. New Copy ... $11.99 12.99
Keyboardist Kamaal Williams has given us some great records under his own name – and here, he turns in a stunning set for the DJ Kicks series – a record that's overflowing with a mix of cosmic jazz, soul, and club from some of Kamaal's key contemporaries – mixed with a few great ... read more CD
Perfect Toy (Germany), Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $22.99 26.99
Great grooves from this always-wonderful series – a long-running lineup that has a fantastic way of delivering super-rare tracks in a uniquely delightful mix of funky rock and psychedelic soul! There's plenty of heavy drums and great guitar lines on the set – mixed with blue-eyed soul ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes unpublished photos with detailed liner notes, and a bonus download!)
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Drums – Edizioni Musicali ... LP Drums Edizioni Musicali/Mondo Groove (Italy), Late 1970s. Sealed 2LP ... $14.99
A heady serving of work from the Drums label – a small and short-lived imprint on the Italian scene in the late 70s, but one that served up some mighty nice club singles at the time! The records definitely bristle with the kind of drums you might expect from the record's name – not ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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East Wind – Revolutionary Japanese Jazz In The 70s ... CD East Wind/Universal (Japan), Late 1970s. New Copy 2CDs ... $29.99 32.99
A treasure trove of Japanese jazz from the 70s – all originally issued by the groundbreaking East Wind label – not the first Japanese company to focus on jazz, but one who definitely helped move the scene a few steps forward with killer recordings like these! East Wind came in at a ... read more CD
Easy Street/Demon (UK), Late 80s/Early 90s. New Copy 2LP ... $16.99 42.99
A really great label, getting a well-deserved 40th Anniversary celebration – as Easy Street was easily one of the best things going on the New York scene of the late 80s and early 90s! The company's always been way more than just another indie imprint – much stronger than the sorts of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Easy Tempo (Italy), 1998. New Copy ... $13.99 17.99
On the heels of their Sessomato Experience, Easy Tempo release this compilation of older Italian soundtrack grooves – by Luis Bacalov, Armando Trovajoli, Piero Umiliani, and Piero Piccioni – remixed by modern European mixologists – like Kid Loco, Jazz Brothers, Rainer Truby Trio, ... (New Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Temposphere/Easy Tempo (Italy), 1999. New Copy ... $13.99 18.99
Similar to the first volume, this one's got some groovy Italian soundtrack themes remixed by some of Europe's best handlers of the genre. The set features work by Piero Umiliani, Armando Trovajoli, Berto Pisano, Mario Migalardi, and Lesiman – all remixed and remodeled by the likes of Gak ... (New Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Easy Tempo (Italy), Early 70s. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99
Slammin's a definite good choice for the title of this one – as this 5th entry in the Easy Tempo series seems even funkier than the other volumes – a set that's got plenty of full-on grooves, hand-picked from the genius Italian soundtrack years of the 60s and 70s! If you're looking for ... read more CD
(Newly remastered edition!)
Easy Tempo (Italy), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $12.99 19.99
A long-overdue entry in this legendary series of compilations – one that taught us an awful lot about funky soundtrack music back in the day, finally back in action after a long hiatus! This time around, the groove has gotten even deeper – as the series has stretched to include some ... read more CD
Also available Easy Tempo Volume 11 – The Round Trip ... LP 26.99
Easy Tempo (Italy), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 39.99
A long-overdue entry in this legendary series of compilations – one that taught us an awful lot about funky soundtrack music back in the day, finally back in action after a long hiatus! This time around, the groove has gotten even deeper – as the series has stretched to include some ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Easy Tempo Volume 11 – The Round Trip ... CD 12.99
Numero, 1960s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 32.98
A huge document of work from LA's Consolidated Productions – a company you might not know by name, but one who issued work on a number of tiny indie labels – including City Lights, Simco, Space, Velvet, Angel Town, and many other labels! The set is heavy on 60s soul in a variety of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Eccentric Soul – Minibus ... LP Numero, Late 1960s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 32.98
Over a decade back, the Numero Group put out a groundbreaking set of funky 45s – 45 of the little 7" single gems, all packaged in a special case – and billed as the Eccentric Soul Omnibus! Here, the label revisits that limited and long-gone package, but in a Minibus version – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Eccentric Soul – Minibus (pink vinyl pressing) ... LP 27.99
Numero, Late 1960s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $27.99 34.99
Over a decade back, the Numero Group put out a groundbreaking set of funky 45s – 45 of the little 7" single gems, all packaged in a special case – and billed as the Eccentric Soul Omnibus! Here, the label revisits that limited and long-gone package, but in a Minibus version – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Eccentric Soul – Minibus ... LP 26.99
Numero, Early 70s. New Copy ... $8.99 16.99
A treasure trove of funk and soul from one heck of a great little label – Columbus, Ohio's short-lived Capsoul imprint – only around for 5 years in the 70s, but home to a great flurry of indie singles! We first caught onto the label's brilliance with their funky classics "Hot ... read more CD
Cuca/Numero, Late 1960s. New Copy 2LP ... $29.99 36.98
A treasure trove of overlooked soul tracks from the scenes in Wisconsin and Chicago back in the day! The legendary Midwest label Cuca is maybe best known for a string of great rock recordings in the 60s – searing instrumentals and raw garage tracks that firmly established their name with ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Numero, Late 60s. New Copy ... $8.99 16.99
That's a sweet image on the cover – and the grooves inside are equally dynamic too – a really wonderful collection that's easily one of the most compelling in Numero's Eccentric Soul series! The work here all hails from the tiny San Antonio scene of the late 60s – but much of the ... read more CD
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Eccentric Soul – The Shoestring Label ... LP Numero, Late 1970s/Early 1980s. New Copy ... $20.99 24.98
Numero's Eccentric Soul series focuses on a well-named label – the tiny Shoestring company, who must have operated on a shoestring budget – given that most of its work hardly made it out of the Southern Illinois scene in which they worked! Yet the label's home of Alton, Illinois was ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Tammy/Numero, 1960s/1970s. New Copy ... $20.99 24.99
Killer soul from a tiny label on a tiny scene – the small Tammy Records imprint, not to be confused with Motown partner Tamla – a really great indie from the Youngstown scene in east Ohio, and a company who cut some killer soul in the 60s and 70s! The label seem to have an especially ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Numero, 1960s/1970s. New Copy ... $21.99 26.99
Killer soul from a tiny label on a tiny scene – the small Tammy Records imprint, not to be confused with Motown partner Tamla – a really great indie from the Youngstown scene in east Ohio, and a company who cut some killer soul in the 60s and 70s! The label seem to have an especially ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Eccentric Soul – The Tammy Label ... LP 20.99
Numero, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2CD ... $12.99 26.98
The best look at Chicago's legendary Twinight label that we've ever seen – a massive 2CD set that goes way past the obvious hits, and really digs into the heart and soul of this unique little record company! Twinight is best known as the home of Syl Johnson during his legendary run of funky ... read more CD
Demon (UK), Mid 1960s. New Copy 2LP ... $46.99 49.99
That's a mod logo on the cover, but the set's an all-soul package all the way through – served up by the great Eddie Piller, who's brought us plenty of soul music over the years through his work at Acid Jazz Records! The 2LP set features 40 killers from back in the day – the kind of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Soul Jazz (UK), Mid 1980s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $37.99 39.99
Mighty nice work from a time when computers and aliens took over soul music – the glory days of the Linndrum beats and vocoder vocals – a special time in the 80s when the underground got really electrified, and helped build a bridge between street funk, hip hop, and the coming world of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Far Out Jazz & Afro Funk – The Definitive Brazilian & Heavy Afro Funk Collection ... CD Far Out (UK), Late 90s/2000s. New Copy ... $7.99 16.99
Heavy grooves from the Far Out label – a set of cuts from the company that don't just fall into their usual Brazilian bag – and which stretch out in a sweet array of styles that include funky fusion and African-inspired rhythms! Most of the artists here normally work in a Brazilian ... read more CD
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Far Out Spaced Oddyssey – Psychedelic Folk, Electronica, Jazz & Rock From The Out There Edges Of Brazil (2CD version with bonus tracks) ... CD Far Out (UK), 1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s. New Copy 2CD ... $7.99 16.99
Spacey Far Out Brazilian grooves from the stellar label's roster – some of the wilder, more tripped out and psychedelic sounds on the label – from leftfield dancefloor grooves, to psych rock inspired grooves, to some of the more experimental numbers by Brazilian music legends! The 2CD ... read more CD
Rewarm (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $41.99 44.99
A collection that's maybe unlike anything we've heard before – music that's acoustic, but groovy – easygoing, yet funky – served up by a really wide range of artists, but presented with a style that's a really unified whole! Just about every artist here is completely obscure, but ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Kindred Spirits (Netherlands), 2006. New Copy ... $7.99 18.99
Spiritual jazz both old and new – a collection that really gets past the obvious sides of the genre, and brings together a range of unusual work from the 70s onward! The tracks here are a great antidote to the well-traveled territory of labels like Impulse or Strata East Records – and ... read more CD
Freedom/Muzak (Japan), Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy 2CD Gatefold ... $8.99 24.99
A double-length dive into the killer catalog of Freedom Records – an imprint that recorded some of the hippest avant jazz of the late 60s/early 70s generation – and one that was not just an outlet for players who sometimes never got a chance to record that often, but also a place where ... read more CD
Now Again, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $21.99 24.98
The deepest of the deep from the American scene at the start of the 70s – groups so hip they weren't quite soul, weren't quite rock – and instead kind of a funky hybrid of both! After opening our ears to countless underground sounds from around the globe, the Now Again label turn back ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download!)
Universal (France), Late 1970s/Early 1980s. New Copy ... $9.99 16.99
A jam-packed set of funk classics from back in the day – maybe not as rare as the "collector" in the title might imply, but a package that's sure to please anyone who loves late 70s soul or early 80s grooves! There's a number of tracks here from Motown, mixed with others from ... read more CD
Funky Delicacies/Tuff City, Late 60s/1970s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $18.99 23.99
The funky side of New Orleans soul – from a series that has been giving us some of the best underground nuggets for many years, and at a level that goes farther than most of the 60s-centric collections of Crescent City funk! This time around, there's a great rare unissued track from Robert ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Funky Delicacies/Tuff City, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $18.99 23.99
A long-overdue return to form for this legendary compilation series – and one that presents a huge number of rare cuts, with a very cool approach! Side one is vocal, and side two is instrumental – and together, both sides serve up the kind of hard-edged material that make the New ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BGP (UK), Early 70s. New Copy ... $24.99 28.99
A killer little set that's as heavy as it sounds from the title – a wealth of rare material pulled from the studio of Detroit producer Dave Hamilton – a good deal of it never issued at the time! Hearing this set is like finding a pile of rare 45s stuffed in the back corner of a long-los ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Materiali Sonori/Spittle (Italy), Early 80s. New Copy ... $10.99 26.99
A great little set that takes off nicely from the classic Fuzz Dance work of Alexander Robotnick – a set that features some of his contemporaries on the Italian label of the same name, plus one of Alexander's own cuts too! The music here is great – early electro club, at a level that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
U Know Me (Poland), 2024. New Copy ... $16.99 29.99
A very cool assortment of contemporary groups from the Polish scene – served up here in a package that's different than some of the more avant Polish material that seems to get wider circulation – and delivered with a richness that's sure to have us looking for more work from each of ... (Jazz, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Verve, 1995. Used ... $0.99
Includes tracks by Booker T & The MGs, Us3, Medeski Martin & Wood, Morphine, Greyboy and John Lurie. (Soundtracks, Funky Compilations) CD
(Out of print, BMG direct pressing.)
Tuff City, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $25.99 32.99
A heady collection of funky soul from one of the labels we'd trust the most with music like this – the mighty Tuff City, a hip hop label from the old school years, but one that also had a great ear to the ground for vintage funky 45s! Given that Mark The 45 King recorded for Tuff City, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Ether (UK), 2005. Used 2 CDs ... $9.99
The crowning proof that Gilles Peterson may well be the most important DJ in the world today! Incredible work by a range of top-shelf artists – all recorded exclusively for Gilles BBC radio show – not just up-and-comers from the global groove underground, but also some surprisingly ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
Goldwax/Kent (UK), Mid 60s. Used ... $12.99
Northern Soul from a surprising source – and a killer batch of rare material from the mighty Memphis powerhouse of soul! Goldwax is probably best known for its deep soul work – most famously with James Carr – but in the mid 60s, the label cut some killer groovers that really ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
