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Cosmic Disco Machine (Italy), Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $32.99
Maybe not the complete roots of African funk, but a set that does a great job of bringing together a range of different cuts that show the new sounds and styles that were really hitting the scene as the 70s moved in – work from a wide variety of sources, but which all seems to share a sound ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Andy Smith – Diggin' In The BGP Vaults ... LP BGP (UK), Mid 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 24.99
A masterful set of old school funk & soul put together by DJ Andy Smith – who also worked some magic a few years back for the BGP label on the Northern Soul tip – this time out doing his thing with prime funk from the late 60s & early 70s! Smith does a excellent job of mixing ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Chi Sound/Demon, Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $46.99
A wonderful look at the later years of Chicago soul – a collection that brings together work from Chi-Sound Records, the imprint formed by producer Carl Davis after years of working with Windy City artists on labels like Okeh and Brunswick! Both Davis and the Chicago scene were reaching a ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Uno Melodic/Expansion (UK), Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $26.99 29.99
A fantastic tribute to one of the greatest soul labels of the 80s – the groundbreaking Uno Melodic imprint, started by soul legend Roy Ayers as a showcase for some of his more creative projects! The vibe here follows perfectly from Roy's classic late 70s work on Polydor – and his ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Use Vinyl Records (Italy), Mid 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $34.99 39.99
A really cool mix of cuts – a package that brings together American funk cuts with global touches, European tracks from the post-colonial years, and a few more surprising nuggets from other sources too – all to show the way that African rhythms entered the clubs during the 70s! Many of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Cafe Exil – New Adventures In European Music 1972 to 1980 ... LP Ace (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $29.99 36.99
A fantastic little collection – one that gets at a special side of the 70s European scene that wasn't quite prog, wasn't quite art rock, and wasn't quite experimental – but which definitely lay to the left of the mainstream during the decade and really helped set the tone for years to ... (Rock, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Cafe Exil – New Adventures In European Music 1972 to 1980 ... CD 12.99
Gospel Roots/Honest Jons (UK), Late 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $19.99
A really really beautiful little compilation – one with a sound that's every bit as powerful as the image on its cover! The music here all comes from the Gospel Roots label of Miami soul powerhouse TK Records – a key force in mainstream soul in the 70s, but also a company who issued ... (Gospel, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Cosmic Disco Machine Vol 4 – Some Other Kind Of Disco Grooves From 70s & 80s (white vinyl pressing) ... LP Cosmic Disco Machine (Italy), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $29.99 34.99
A really great little compilation, and one that looks at the big use of electronics on the Italian scene of the disco years! The groove here is almost an extrapolation of the sorts of electronics that were used in the German scene of the mid 70s, such as work done by Giorgio Moroder – but ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limitred edition on white vinyl!)
Soul Bank, 2021. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $14.99 29.99
A smoking set of funk and soul put together by Craig Charles – once an actor, now a long-running DJ on the BBC – where his ear for a tune has made him almost as important as John Peel and Gilles Peterson! Craig's got a wide-ranging appreciation for all things funky – which comes ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Big Crown, 2021. New Copy ... $7.99 22.99
A sweet little tribute to the great Sunny Ozuna – the soulful lead singer of The Sunliners, who were one of the best Texas soul groups back in the 60s! His original tunes virtually invented the concept of brown-eyed soul, and helped bridge communities in the process – and that spirit ... (Deep Funk, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition!)
Ace/BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 26.99
The reach of Miles Davis is plenty wide – as right from the start, the trumpeter was associating himself with some of the hippest young talent on the scene! Yet the apex of those associations may have come in the late 60s and early 70s, when the newly-electric Miles was experimenting in all ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Directions In Music 1969 to 1973 – Miles Davis, His Musicians, & The Birth Of A New Age In Jazz ... CD 12.99
Sdban (Belgium), 1970s/1980s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $29.99
A European disco world that's ripe for rediscovery – one that's much more obscure than better-known club work from Germany, France, and Italy – but which may well be even groovier than the work from those three scenes! The package is a great complement to some of the funk and jazz sets ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Discophilia Belgica – Next Door Disco & Local Spacemusic From Belgium 1975 to 1987 ... CD 19.99
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. Near Mint- 3LP Gatefold ... $29.99
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 LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $39.99
A great set of rare funk and jazz grooves – even if the concept for the album is a bit strange! Frederic Beneix is a wine expert, and had DJ Cam pick rare cuts from the years of a variety of recommended wines – but rather than focus on that aspect of the record, just dive into the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), 1960s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 29.98
Cool cuts from around the globe – all brought together in one wonderfully funky set! The music here all draws heavily from American funk and psych styles – and often uses some slightly different instrumentation, or more regional inflection – to make the usual psych funk styles ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Perfect Toy (Germany), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $13.99 29.99
A great set of work from a space between the genres – music that's often by rock groups, but who have a very soulful sort of sound – serving up tunes that are sometimes their own take on soul hits of the time, sometimes original material – and always with the sort of funk and soul ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download!)
Mr Bongo (UK), 1970s/2022. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $28.99 32.99
A really cool idea for a collection – a set that brings together vintage 70s tracks and more contemporary cuts – all with a globe-spanning ear for a groove, and an approach that's as heavy in soul as you'd expect from the title! This isn't your usual collection of sample tracks or funk ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available E Soul Cultura ... CD 11.99
Numero, Late 60s/Early 70s. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ... $19.99
The Numero Group takes a great step backwards – returning to the capital city of Ohio, Columbus – to mine the same soul and funk treasure trove of their Capsoul collection! The music here comes from the same scene – and often from Capsoul or related labels – and the set ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes insert and printed inner sleeves.)
Numero, Early 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $23.99 26.99
A glorious batch of unearthed soul and funk from the early 70s central Ohio scene – the storming singles of Prix label – culled from ultra rare 45s plus previous unreleased gems! Prix was the imprint started to release work captured at Columbus's Harmonic Sounds studios commercially ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited to 2000 copies.)
Ahma/Heavenly Sweetness (France), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $22.99 29.99
A seminal album of sounds from the groundbreaking Ethiopian scene at the start of the 70s – a full length collection of previous 45s from the excellent Ahma Records label – home to revolutionary sounds that continue to influence new generations of listeners! The music here represents ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Heavenly Sweetness (France), Early 70s. New Copy ... $22.99 29.99
A totally wonderful collection of Ethiopian sounds, circa 1972 – all pulled from a moment when the sound of the nation was really beginning to change in radical ways! The tracks here are sometimes funky, sometimes a bit more spiritual – and they showcase that bold new spirit that was ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Buda/Heavenly Sweetness (France), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $22.99 29.99
Amazing music from the golden years of Ethiopian Music – a set of tracks that will take you beyond the music of Mulatu, into a wealth of other talents from the scene at the same time! The sound here is incredible – a mix of heavy funk, spacey jazz, and other exotic touches all coming ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Soul Jazz (UK), Mid 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $34.99 39.99
Some of the most righteous sounds ever recorded at the legendary Studio One label in Jamaica – 70s music that marks a time when the company was moving into some of the more thoughtful, meaningful lyrics that rose to prominence during the rasta generation! The shift is no surprise, given that ... (Reggae, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Fire Over Babylon – Dread, Peace & Conscious Sounds At Studio One ... CD 19.99
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Full Spectrum Of Quadraphonic Sound ... LP Columbia, 1960s/1970s. Very Good ... $2.99
Features quadraphonic mixes of "Open Up Wide" by Chase, "Oye Como Va" by Santana, "Free The People" by Barbra Streisand, "You've Got A Friend" by Johnny Mathis, "Stop" by Bloomfield, Kooper & Stills, "Miles Runs The Voo Doo Down" by ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a bent corner.)
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!)
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Funk Soul Sisters Presented by SuperFunk – Classic & Rare Female Funk ... LP BGP (UK), 1960s/1970s. New Copy 2 LPs ... $18.99 22.99
Funky female soul galore – a killer set of rare tunes that's one of the best sets of this type we've ever stocked! The SuperFunk crew at BGP have gone through the rich array of labels handled by the company – pulling out some massive tunes that really push our understanding of female ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Funk Soul Sisters Presented by SuperFunk – Classic & Rare Female Funk ... CD 9.99
Swamp Fuzz, Early 70s. Very Good+ ... $24.99
A look at the lost LA funk scene of the early 70s – that completely underground territory that was working in a much hipper groove than most of the mainstream – all without the support of larger labels or bigger radio support! The grooves here are plenty darn gritty to earn the funky ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl has a very short click in one spot, but is great overall.)
MPS (Germany), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $21.99 26.99
The magic sunshine here is all from the legendary catalog of MPS Records – unusually groovy jazz tracks from the 60s and 70s, all hand-picked by the equally legendary DJ Gilles Peterson! Peterson first turned many ears onto MPS back a few decades ago – with his excellent Talkin Jazz ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Greg Belson's Divine Funk ... LP Cultures Of Soul, 1970s. New Copy Gatefold ... $22.99 25.99
A heavenly set of funky tracks from the indie scene of the 70s – titles that were all recorded as singles for the gospel market, but which have a fair bit of funk in the rhythms! These tunes all have massive appeal well beyond their spiritual message – heavy drums, amazing basslines, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Heavenly Sweetness (France), 1960s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $24.99 34.99
The definitely got the title right on this one – because the set is filled with some of the most heavenly tracks from the legendary Ethiopiques series – that legendary run of compilations that was the first introduction for most of us to the amazing music of Ethiopia! This package ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Eleven/Early Sounds (Italy), Late 70s. New Copy ... $26.99
They had us at "Italian", drew us in with "Erotic", and really won us over with the sounds in this sweet little set! The music here is all from the very small Eleven sound library – a smaller Italian imprint that cut these great grooves in the late 70s – at a time ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy LP & 7inch ... $36.99
A great assortment of rare jazz and soul – and a set that you can totally dig, even if you don't know the meaning of Klinkhamer! The title's a reference to a Dutch record shop, whose owners compiled these tracks – but the music here has a very universal appeal, especially if you dig ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $22.99 26.99
Funky funky funky – way more so than you might think from the hokey title! The set's overflowing with rare instrumentals pulled from the indie label and funky 45 underground of the late 60s and early 70s – very much in the spirit of the Super Funk compilations on BGP, but almost harder- ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Instrumental Explosion – Incendiary Funk & R&B Instrumentals 1966-1973 ... CD 9.99
Adarce (Spain), Mid 70s. New Copy ... $32.99 36.99
A set of sweet little grooves from the Spanish scene of the 70s – definitely with some of the bossa nova touches promised in the title, but delivered with an overall groove that's also different than the sounds you might hear coming from Brazil in the 60s! Instead, this is maybe post-bossa ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 500!)
BBE (UK), 2021. New Copy 3LP & 7 inch set ... $39.99 59.99
Funky sounds old and new – a great collection of cuts that are hand-picked by Jasper The Vinyl Junkie, and which have a way of bridging the best modes of the 70s and some of the best sounds from recent years! The work here all sounds very classic, even if some of it is contemporary – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ... $24.99
Deep, deep disco selected by Johnny "D" DeMairo – one of the more pivotal underground club music figures of the past couple decades, via his role in setting up the Henry Street imprint – here putting together an incredible set of the rare disco greatness! This is the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Theresa/Temposphere (Italy), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $24.99
A lost batch of soulful jazz from a massively overlooked source – the mighty Theresa Records, home to some really great recordings at the end of the 70s! Theresa was a tiny company formed in Oakland, CA at the end of the 70s – a spiritual heir to the sound of Impulse, Flying Dutchman, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Jugoton/Everland (Germany), 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $36.99 40.98
Fierce funk from behind the iron curtain in the 70s – a huge selection of tracks from the Yugoslavian record label Jugoton – most presented here to the western work for the first time ever! The music here isn't the usual American funk and soul of the decade – even though the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), Late 40s/1950s/Early 60s. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ... $43.99
A different groove than usual from Keb Darge – not the deep funk we're used to seeing associated with his name, but a killer selection of rare R&B and rockabilly work – co-compiled here with Cut Chemist! Turns out both Keb and Chemist are longtime fans and collectors of the genres, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Later pressing from 2013 in the black cover.)
BBE (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 32.99
A completely sublime collection of spiritual jazz numbers from the 70s – put together by the legendary Kev Beadle, one of the first cats to spin the music with Gilles Peterson on the UK scene! The package is a great mix of essentials from years back, plus some under-discovered nuggets from ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 34.99
Beat digging heroes Kon & Amir return with a diverse, funky treasure trove of rare dancefloor anthems, rarer disco soul and African boogie cuts – possibly the best yet in their Off Track series for BBE! The east coast duo have dedicated each title in the series to an NYC borough, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Detour (UK), Late 60s. New Copy ... $9.99
There's few folks we'd trust to take us into the mod underground of the 60s more than Rob Bailey – and this series of his always delivers the goods, and reminds us that we've got a heck of a lot more to learn about music like this! Tracks come from rare singles and unreleased acetates – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Athens Of The North (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $24.99 26.99
Igloo Records was a teeny tiny label on the LA scene of the early 70s – but all of its releases turned out to be killers – most handled by the hip-looking Leon Gardner on the cover! The music is often heavy with the kind of deep funk you'd expect from rare singles at the time – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Soul Jazz (UK), 1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s. New Copy 3LP ... $36.99 38.99
A really fantastic little collection – a look at the way that sounds from the Caribbean changed over nicely when brought to the UK scene – where immigrants from former British territory really helped to transform the sound of London in the 70s! The music here is served up in a range of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Life Between Islands – Soundsystem Culture – Black Musical Expression In The UK 1973 to 2006 ... CD 21.99(Includes download!)
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Living In The Streets – Wah Wah Jazz, Funky Soul, & Other Dirty Grooves ... LP BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 22.99
A great little collection that definitely lives up to the promise of "dirty grooves" in the title – as many of these numbers have a sharp edge and gritty side to their instrumentation – which means that even the familiar artists sound nice and heavy in this setting – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Living In The Streets Vol 3 – Busting Out Of The Ghetto ... LP BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 26.99
The funky third volume of the Living In The Streets series – and easily the best in this great series – a really hard and heavy batch of rare funk tunes that pushes past the cliches of the title to come up with an all-solid batch of tracks that's sure to please any fan of deep funk. ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Living In The Streets Vol 3 – Busting Out Of The Ghetto ... CD 9.99
BGP (UK), 1960s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 22.99
Stormin soul – and a killer set of upbeat 60s numbers! The package was put together for the UK mod scene, but it's a great batch of American tracks from the classic years of soul – not really Northern, not really southern – but kind of a hard-swinging approach to the music that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Lovin Mighty Fire – Nippon Funk Soul Disco 1973 to 1983 ... LP Ace/BGP (UK), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $29.99 32.99
Disco grooves from a source you might not expect – the Japanese scene of the 70s, which was home to a surprisingly strong array of records that were perfect for the clubs! In retrospect, maybe the music's not such a surprise – given that 70s Japan was also a hotbed of electric fusion, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
P&P, New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 19.98
Few folks might feel confident to lay claim to being the "master of the masterpiece" – but given the mighty talents of Patrick Adams, the title is certainly well put! Adams has a legacy that's mighty wide in soul music – from group recordings of the late 60s, to harmony soul ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Mighty Super Funk – Rare 45s & Undiscovered Masters 1967 to 1978 – Super Funk Vol 6 ... LP BGP (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 26.99
Our favorite kind of funk is Super Funk – and this fab entry to the long-running series definitely keeps up the groove! As before, there's plenty of rare tracks here – most pulled from obscure singles of late 60s/early 70s vintage – and some even from rare studio tapes that were ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), 2021. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $39.99 49.99
That's a David Bowie image on the cover, and the set is filled with David Bowie tunes too – a really great selection of contemporary remakes of work from the late, great one – done in a variety of styles that really make the record a heck of a lot better than so many of the "tribute ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Mood Mosaic Vol 19 – Free Form ... LP Mood Mosaic (Italy), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $34.99 36.99
The cover's a bit cheesy, but the grooves are great – very much what we've come to expect from this long-running series that always serves up some great funky tracks! Mood Mosaic's been around for a long time, and they've got a great reputation for mixing together tracks you might not ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Mood Mosaic Vol 19 – Free Form ... CD 16.99(Includes poster!)
Motown/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1960s/1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $37.99 41.99
They're not lying with the title – as this heavy set collects plenty of gems from Motown Records – some of the earliest Berry Gordy productions that set the tone for the label, through later tracks that still have the Motown flag flying strongly into the 80s! There's 33 tracks on the ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Mr Bongo (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $25.99 27.98
Mr Bongo reminds us once again why they've been one of our favorite labels of the past few decades – delivering a masterful collection of rare funky dancefloor grooves around the globe for their Record Club Volume 3! True to form, it's vintage rare funk, bossa, Afro Soul and underground ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Mr Bongo (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $25.99 27.98
Maybe the coolest entry so far in this excellent series – and proof that the Mr Bongo label has gone much farther in recent years than it ever did in the past! Years back, Bongo was known as a hotbed of Latin and Brazilian music – but the sounds here are also rare funk and soul, other ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Mr Bongo Record Club – Vol 4 ... CD 7.99
Perfect Toy (Germany), Mid 70s. New Copy ... $22.99 28.99
A really unusual take on the funky compilation – as DJ Roman Blocker isn't afraid to go very far in search of a groove – and has clearly turned up some of these tracks from records that most folks wouldn't have even thought of touching! The work is all funky soul, but it's clear that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Matsuli (UK), Mid 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $34.99
Tremendous sounds from the South African underground of the 70s – most of which never got global exposure at the time, and which were instead created by a small group of artists who found a home in the legendary Pelican nightclub in Soweto! The music is a fantastic fusion of American funk, ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Ace (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $29.99 34.99
A totally fresh take on French sounds of the late 60s – served up here with a sound that's as revolutionary as the image on the cover! This isn't the dreamy strings of familiar Paris in the Spring – but instead, the sound of change that happened in and around 1968 – as a whole ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Paris In The Spring – Presented By Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs ... CD 12.99
Tramp (Germany), 1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $24.99 32.99
A tremendous entry in this great series that seems to go out of its way to prove that you can't judge a book by its cover – as the whole thing has nothing to do with flowers in a field, and instead overflows with rare jazzy cuts from the 70s! There's a very special vibe to the Praise Poems ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Praise Poems 8 – A Journey Into Deep Soulful Jazz & Funk From The 1970s ... CD 14.99(Includes download and oversize insert of notes!)
Roundtable (Australia), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $36.99 39.99
A stunning discovery of Australian jazz in the 70s – and a long-overdue look at the deeper currents of that nation's overlooked scene! Aussie jazz is always pretty darn fantastic – inspired by the hippest American and European styles, but often something very much of its own – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Roundtable (Australia), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $36.99
A really great look at a scene that was incredibly strong in the 70s, but almost a secret to the rest of the world – given that most of the records here got wide distribution in Australia, but on labels who had no connection to the rest of the global market! Australian jazz had already ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Vampi Soul (Spain), 1950s/Early 60s. New Copy 2LP & bonus 7 inch ... $28.99
Killer work from one of our favorite labels of all time – the mighty King Records, home to some of the best R&B material of the 50s, and some of the best cuts of the early soul years! Apart from the label's great fame and big hits, they also recorded countless other singles that barely ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes bonus 45 – with tracks by Kenny Marty and Lulu Reed!)
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $26.99 34.99
The kind of record that makes us mighty proud to live in the Windy City – and a long-overdue look at the wealth of rare club, disco, and soul cuts bubbling in the Chicago underground at the end of the 70s! During the early part of the decade, the city was widely known for some super-huge ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Return Of Funk Soul Sisters Presented by SuperFunk – Super Rare, Slinky & Funky Female Funk ... LP BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2 LPs ... $18.99 26.99
Female funk galore – and one of the greatest all-girl compilations we've ever heard! The set's a brilliant follow-up to the first Funk Soul Sisters set on BGP – but we've gotta say that we like it even better than the first, and really appreciate the wide range of unusual tunes ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Sampled Jazz ... LP Wagram (France), 1940s/1950s/1960s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $33.99 34.99
A set that goes much farther back than the others in this series, and which has a much wider range of music, too – not just drumbreaks and basslines, but a mix of many different elements that have been sampled in recent years! Given that the package includes cuts samples by artists who ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Cultures Of Soul, Mid 80s. New Copy ... $9.99 25.98
Excellent work from the South African scene of the 80s – music that maybe provides a pathway to the new freedom to come, thanks to a joyous, upbeat sense of spirit – one that's equally wonderful all these many years later! The cuts here are all clubby, but less in the disco mode that ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Cosmic Disco Machine (Italy), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $36.99 38.99
A second great serving of grooves from the French scene of the late 60s and early 70s – a package that also includes some rare sound library material too, and which shows that if you know where to look, French records can be a real treasure trove of funky cuts! We loved the first volume, but ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition on yellow vinyl!)
Because (France), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $24.99 28.99
An amazing collection of some of the original tracks that Wu-Tang has sampled over the years! No over-used Puffy beats here – and the set's a great batch of rare soul tracks nicely pulled together! The set features 21 tracks – including "Trouble, Heartaches, & Sadness" ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Features a bonus CD of the entire album!)
Stag O Lee (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s. Near Mint- ... $24.99
Slow grinders and lots lots more – a sweet set of raunchy little numbers from the years in which teen pop and rock and roll were taking over the mainstream – but still left lots of space for the creation of nasty little singles like these! As with previous volumes, the music is a mix ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Soul Of Spanish Harlem – Beautiful Soul Music From The Heart Of New York's Spanish Harlem ... LP Fania/BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 28.99
One of the hippest sets we've ever seen on Spanish Harlem – a collection that goes way past the Latin Soul hits, to dig deep in the uptown underground at the end of the 60s! The package is compiled with gems from the Fania catalog, but rally moves past the obvious – going for some of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Soul Jazz (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $36.99 39.99
Sun Ra was one of the first 20th Century artists to soar off in space, and George Clinton followed his lead with the Mothership in the 70s – and after that time, there was a surprisingly huge legacy of funk and soul artists who also headed for the cosmos – as you'll discover in this ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Jazzman (UK), 2020. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $28.99 33.98
A tremendous entry in this wonderful series – a set that proudly proclaims its contents with the "NOW" on the cover! Back when the Spiritual Jazz series first started on the Jazzman label, the music was mostly relegated to material of the John Coltrane generation and the generation ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download! Please Note – these copies have a slightly dinged corner from shipping.)
Jazzman (UK), 2020. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $28.99
A tremendous entry in this wonderful series – a set that proudly proclaims its contents with the "NOW" on the cover! Back when the Spiritual Jazz series first started on the Jazzman label, the music was mostly relegated to material of the John Coltrane generation and the generation ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download! Please Note – these copies have a slightly dinged corner from shipping.)
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Super Bad Is Back ... LP K-Tel, 1973. Sealed ... $14.99
The second volume of this series was even better than the first, and contains more hard funky stuff, like "Jungle Fever" by Chakachas, "Doin' It to Death" by the JB's, "Theme from Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon, "Fencewalk" by Mandrill, and 16 other funky cuts ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed copy!)
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Super Breaks – Essential Funk, Soul & Jazz Samples and Breakbeats ... LP BGP/Ace (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 26.99
Way more than just a typical collection of rare funk and soul – as the selections here not only meet the stunningly high standards of the BGP label – but they've also been sampled in more recent years for hip hop records and other contemporary recordings! Essentially, you've got the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Super Breaks 3 – Essential Funk, Soul & Jazz Samples and Breakbeats ... LP BGP/Ace (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 26.99
More funky breaks than Evel Knevel after the Snake River Canyon jump! The groove hounds at BGP records were set loose on the Ace catalog – which includes holdings from Atlantic, Stax, Volt, Westbound, and other funky classic labels – and they managed to come up with a killer batch of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Super Funk – Rare Funk From Deep In The Crates ... LP BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 26.99
One of the best-ever compilations of funky work from BGP Records – and even better than their other Super Breaks sets! This one features some totally rare killers – not only from hard-to-find funky 45s, but also from obscure studio tapes that have never been properly issued! The set's ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. Near Mint- 2LP ... $22.99
A killer batch of rare funky tunes – pulled from a host of tiny labels, and put together with a quality level that would blow away a crate full of of funky 45s! This third volume in the Super Funk series seems to dig even deeper than the first two – and it also includes few incredible ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Super Funk Vol 3 – Still Rarer & Funkier Funk ... LP 18.99
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Super Funk Vol 3 – Still Rarer & Funkier Funk ... LP BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 24.99
A killer batch of rare funky tunes – pulled from a host of tiny labels, and put together with a quality level that would blow away a crate full of of funky 45s! This third volume in the Super Funk series seems to dig even deeper than the first two – and it also includes few incredible ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Super Funk Vol 3 – Still Rarer & Funkier Funk ... LP 22.99
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Super Funk Vol 5 – Super Funk Is Back – Rare & Classic Funk 1968 to 1977 ... LP BGP (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 24.99
One of the deepest-digging entries in the Super Funk series so far – a blistering batch of underground singles that serve up some of the roughest funk of their generation! We'll be honest in saying that we'd only heard a few of the tracks here before – and our hats are off to BGP for ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Cultures Of Soul, Late 70s/1980s/Early 90s. New Copy Gatefold ... $23.99 26.99
A really fantastic look at a scene we might never heard otherwise – served up here in a selection of cuts that have a really surprising vibe! Forget everything you know about Indonesian music, as the work here seems to draw most heavily from the European scene at the time – ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Tanamur City – Indonesian AOR, City Pop, & Boogie 1979 to 1991 ... CD 14.99
Buda/L'Arome (France), 1970s. New Copy ... $22.99 29.99
A stunning set of vocal recordings by Tlahoun Gessesse – one of the most important singers during the golden age of Ethiopian Music – caught here on a set of sides that sadly saw that period coming to an end! The tracks on the set are mostly from the early 70s, a time that saw great ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
How Do You Are, Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $29.99 31.99
An incredibly cool collection – one that offers up all sorts of weird and wonderful soul music covers of mainstream mellow 70s hits – new versions of the famous tunes that pull them strongly over to the world of R&B, often with results that are better than the original versions! ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Indie exclusive yellow & orange vinyl pressing – with download!)
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Tropical Disco Hustle Vol 2 – More Rare Carribean Disco ... LP Cultures Of Soul, Late 70s/Early 80s. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ... $49.99
The sound of disco left no corner of the world untouched in the late 70s – and the hipper side of the dancefloor mode had an especially strong impact down in the Caribbean! Of course, that's maybe not as much of a surprise – when you consider how much back/forth action was going on ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Z Records (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $31.99
Fantastic funky club from the late 70s underground – a set of tracks that are as groovy as they are rare – all hand-picked by Faze Action! The set's one of the best in this excellent series – as Faze Action goes for a slightly different vibe, one that's got a sharper crackle ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Z Records (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $31.99 34.99
A fantastic entry in this long running series – a batch of compilations that normally focuses on rare disco grooves, but which also features a fair bit of funky soul nuggets this time around! The groove is still mostly uptempo, but with all these wonderfully weird, wild funky elements in the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Under The Influence Vol 9 – A Collection Of Rare Boogie & Disco Compiled By Alena Arpels ... CD 16.99
Buried Treasure (Germany), Late 60s/1970s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $13.99 29.99
Nearly 20 years of work from some of the more obscure sound library labels on the European scene – served up here in a blend of modes that moves between heavy funk, jazzier grooves, and some more atmospheric keyboard-heavy tracks – all of which we're not sure we've ever heard before! ... (Sound Library, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Soul Brother (UK), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $29.99 34.99
A great little collection – and one that definitely gets the "soulful" in the title right! The cuts here are from some of our favorite mellow soul artists of the 70s – tracks that move, but in a nicely laidback way – with funky rhythms moving slower than on club cuts, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), 1970s/2022. New Copy 3LPs ... $39.99 48.99
A nice little collection, and one that definitely fits the sunny Cali look on the cover – as the set mixes together vintage jazz and AOR from the 70s, but also includes some cuts from the present as well – all with a timeless vibe that almost creates a new sort of genre unto itself! ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available We Are The Children Of The Sun – Compiled By Paul Hillery ... CD 19.99
BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $22.99 26.99
The title's almost redundant – as the words "Westbound" and "Funk" mean virtually the same thing! From the late 60s through the mid 70s, Westbound was one of the key record labels in the sound of raw heavy funk – working with hit groups like Funkadelic and the Ohio ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Westbound Funk – Masterful Funk From The Detroit Powerhouse Labels Of Eastbound & Westbound ... CD 9.99
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World Psychedelic Classics 3 – Love's A Real Thing – The Funky Fuzzy Sounds Of West Africa (with download) ... LP Luaka Bop, Early 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 27.98
A really mind-bending collection of African grooves – one that digs deep into the West African scene of the early 70s – and comes up with a massive batch of tunes that really opens up our understanding of the music! The sound here isn't just 70s Afro Funk – as the tunes include a ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download card too!)
BBE (UK), 1970s. New Copy 3LP Gatefold ... $29.99 32.99
Tremendous work from the 70s jazz underground – music that comes from a special place where freedom and rhythm walk hand in hand! Most of the artists here are ones with a legacy that includes some more outside performances – but the cuts here are all upbeat and grooving – often ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Four Flies (Italy), Mid 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... Just Sold Out!
A great entry in this very groovy series – one that shifts the title a bit from previous volumes, and which also moves the music a bit too – but all while staying pretty darn funky! The set's got much more of a 70s soundtrack vibe than some of the other entries – loads of great ... (Soundtracks, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Z Records (UK), 2022. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... Just Sold Out!
A great range of fantastic jazzy cuts – all of them upbeat and funky enough to warrant the "dance" in the title – and served up here in modes that are way more than jazz fusion too! The set's the third in this great series by DJ Colin Curtis – and it may be the deepest ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Jazz Dance Fusion Vol 3 – Presented By Colin Curtis ... CD 17.99
Z Records (UK), 2022. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... Just Sold Out!
A great range of fantastic jazzy cuts – all of them upbeat and funky enough to warrant the "dance" in the title – and served up here in modes that are way more than jazz fusion too! The set's the third in this great series by DJ Colin Curtis – and it may be the deepest ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Jazz Dance Fusion Vol 3 – Presented By Colin Curtis ... CD 17.99
Late Night Tales (UK), 2013. Near Mint- 2LP ... Just Sold Out!
Includes selections by Dustin O'Halloran, Darondo, Nina Simone, Schlohmo, Badbadnotgood, Airhead, Dorothy Ashby, Bill Evans, and others. LP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram vinyl. Includes the insert. Cover has a bumped corner.)
Now Again, Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP ... Just Sold Out!
Mellow soul heaven – and one of the greatest compilations of this style we've ever heard! This is exactly the kind of laidback, tripped-out soul we totally love – a host of rare ballads and love songs pulled from the 45 underground of the late 60s and early 70s – sometimes by ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download card – which also includes 80 page digital booklet!)
Mood Mosaic (Italy), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... Just Sold Out!
Don't be put off by the cheesy look of the cover – as the set's filled with cool, classy funk rarities – a really wonderful selection of tracks that features plenty of gems that work perfectly here together! The long-running Mood Mosaic series has been at it longer than most – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Mood Mosaic Vol 18 – Shape Of Things ... CD 16.99
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Paura – A Collection Of Italian Horror Sounds From The Cam/Sugar/Decca, 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... Just Sold Out!
A totally wonderful collection of music from the glory days of the Italian soundtrack scene – one that features some classic horror themes from the 70s, and also a fair bit of never-issued material too! The creepy image on the cover will give you a good idea of what you're in for here – ... (Soundtracks, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Personal Space – Electronic Soul 1974 to 1984 ... LP Chocolate Industries, Late 70s/Early 80s. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ... Just Sold Out!
A great document of the transformation of soul music in the 70s – a unique stretch when folks started experimenting with some of the new electronic elements that were surfacing on the market – using them to really change things up with a new groove! Key examples of this trend can be ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram black vinyl pressing. Cover has minimal wear and a bit of pencil inside the opening.)
