Funky Compilations — New Arrivals 
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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Ready Or Not – Thom Bell Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965 to 1978 ... CD 
Ace/Kent (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $14.99 19.99
Sublime soul from the great Thom Bell – one of our favorite arranger, producer, songwriters of all time – and a talent who really helped push the Philly soul scene much farther than most during the 70s! Bell was trained as a classical pianist as a kid – which might explain part ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
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Tears Of Technology ... CD Ace (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $12.99 18.99
Great tracks from the early years of the synthesizer in British music – or at least the early years of the form in mainstream styles – and not some of the colder, more academic modes of the past! Yet the music also mostly predates the big Brit electro pop explosion that would come ... (Rock, Funky Compilations) read more CD
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Mod Jazz Rides Again ... CD Kent (UK), Mid 60s. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
Sammy Davis Jr is looking pretty darn hip on the cover – and all the artists inside are sounding pretty darn hip as well – coming together during the glory days of soul jazz, at a time when blues, vocals, and R&B were also criss-crossing into other styles too! There's an upbeat, ... read more CD
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Westbound Disco ... CD Westbound (UK), Late 70s. New Copy ... $9.99 18.99
Fantastic funky club from one of the hippest soul labels of the 70s – Detroit powerhouse Westbound Records – home to Funkadelic, The Counts, and some other very hip artists! Westbound disco isn't the same as the grooves you'd hear from Philly and New York – because the label ... read more CD
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Let's Do The Boogaloo ... LP 
BGP (UK), Late 60s. New Copy 2LP ... $22.99 24.99
A set that really gets at the full spectrum of the boogaloo groove – not just the Spanish Harlem sounds of the Latin Soul generation – but also the deeper roots of the style from across the USA! "Boogaloo" is a term that most folks use to refer to that New York uptown fusion ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Let's Do The Boogaloo ... CD 9.99
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California Soul – Funk & Soul From The Golden State 1967 to 1976 ... CD BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $9.99 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
Also available California Soul – Funk & Soul From The Golden State 1967 to 1976 ... CD 7.99
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Nippon Girls Vol 2 – Japanese Pop, Beat, & Rock & Roll 1966 to 1970 (colored vinyl) ... LP Big Beat (UK), Late 60s. New Copy Gatefold ... $22.99 26.99
Mad sounds from the late 60s world of Japanese pop – a mindblowing, ear-opening batch of singles we never would have gotten our hands on otherwise! The music here feels like sounds coming out of some backroom jukebox in a Nikkatsu "new action" film – or maybe the kind of ... (Japanese, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Mod Jazz ... LP Kent (UK), 1960s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $24.99 29.99
One of our favorite compilations of all time – a smoking batch of soulful jazz from the 60s, with a slight bit of funk and blues thrown in as well! The set's exactly what's promised in the title – jazz cuts, but with an ultra-cool mod vibe – the kind of soulful sounds that played ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Mod Jazz ... CD 9.99
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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 ... $22.99 26.99
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
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This Is Flying Dutchman – 1969 to 1975 ... LP Flying Dutchman/BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $24.99 29.99
Funky nuggets galore – and a fair bit of righteous numbers too – all brought together in celebration of one of the hippest record labels of the early 70s! Flying Dutchman was around for just a bit over five years – yet during that time, the label recorded all sorts of really ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available This Is Flying Dutchman – 1969 to 1975 ... CD 12.99
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This Is Flying Dutchman – 1969 to 1975 ... CD Flying Dutchman/BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $12.99 19.99
Funky nuggets galore – and a fair bit of righteous numbers too – all brought together in celebration of one of the hippest record labels of the early 70s! Flying Dutchman was around for just a bit over five years – yet during that time, the label recorded all sorts of really ... read more CD
Also available This Is Flying Dutchman – 1969 to 1975 ... LP 24.99
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Fell From The Sun – Downtempo & After Hours 1990/Ace (UK), Early 90s. New Copy ... $12.99 18.99
A beautiful collection of modern mellow music – served up in a set that features very different territory than the usual sorts of compilations given to us by Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs – not the older music that they put together so well, but work from an early 90s moment when the duo ... (Rock, Funky Compilations) read more CD
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Westbound Funk – Masterful Funk From The Detroit Powerhouse Labels Of Eastbound & Westbound ... CD Westbound/BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $9.99 18.99
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 CD
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Stax Of Funk Vol 2 – More Funky Truth ... LP Stax/BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $22.99 26.99
A mountain of funk from one of the greatest soul labels of all time! Stax is known round the world over for their soulful work – by singers like Otis Redding or Carla Thomas, and instrumental tunes by Booker T & The MGs – but the label was also quite a funky powerhouse – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Super Breaks 3 – Essential Funk, Soul & Jazz Samples and Breakbeats ... CD BGP/Ace (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $9.99 18.99
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 CD
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Nippon Girls – Japanese Pop, Beat, & Bossa Nova 1967 to 1969 (coloured vinyl) ... LP Big Beat (UK), Late 60s. New Copy Gatefold ... $22.99 26.99
Groovy, moddish, magnificent and sunny girl pop from The Land Of The Rising Sun – pummeling drums, jumping arrangements and groovy vocals from the mid-to-late 60s Japanese scene! This is fantastic stuff, any kitch or novelty appeal you might be expecting is kind of muted by the exceptional ... (Japanese, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
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J&S Harlem Soul ... CD Kent (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... $7.99
Hard-hitting Harlem soul – a sweet selection of indie singles from the late 60s and early 70s – most of which are light years away from the mainstream! The sound of many cuts here is quite unique – elements of soul modes of the era, but swirled up and spit out in really fresh ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Also available J&S Harlem Soul ... CD 9.99
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Funk Soul Sisters Presented by SuperFunk – Classic & Rare Female Funk ... CD BGP (UK), 1960s/1970s. Used ... Just Sold Out!
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 CD
Also available Funk Soul Sisters Presented by SuperFunk – Classic & Rare Female Funk ... CD 9.99
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Lost In Sound – Rare Soul & Funk Essentials ... CD Perpetual, Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... $8.99
A really well-done collection – filled with enough funky gems to grab the ears of any sample-conscious listener, but also packing plenty of unusual numbers too – including a few Latin tracks that fit in perfectly with the spirit of the sound! A number of these cuts have definitely been ... read more CD
Also available Lost In Sound – Rare Soul & Funk Essentials ... CD 11.99
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Funk Soul Sisters ... CD Metro (UK), 1960s/1970s/Early 80s. Used ... $9.99
An excellent set that features hard and heavy female soul tracks that run from the late 60s to the early 80s – tracing an evolution of the genre over the course of two decades, and including some great little gems that we don't have on other reissues! There's a total of 16 tracks on the set, ... read more CD
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Pimps, Players & Private Eyes ... CD Sire/Warner, Early 70s. Used ... $4.99
An excellent primer for fans of blacksploitation soundtracks! The set was put together by Ice T as an homage to all the great black action films of the 70s that inspired his candy-ass gangster image – and it's a good selection of vocal hits from scores that may well be known more for their ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
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Heavy Flute – Funky Flute Grooves From The 60s And 70s ... CD Label M/Atlantic, 1960s/1970s. Used ... $6.99
Flutey! A great collection of funky flute tracks from the Atlantic label – probably the one record company that did the most for getting the flute into the funky jazz mainstream, thanks to work by its giants like Herbie Mann, Hubert Laws, and Roland Kirk. Titles include "Eboness" ... read more CD
(Case has some light wear including as mark through the barcode.)
Kevin Fingier Collective —
El Sonido De Fingier Records ... LP Fingier/Acid Jazz (UK), 2023. New Copy ... $22.99 24.99
A really cool collection of cuts that were originally issued as 7" singles in recent years, but which work perfectly together here as a full length set that introduces the world to the deeply funky talents of Kevin Finigier! Kevin hails from Argentina, but has a deep love of American soul and ... (Deep Funk, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available El Sonido De Fingier Records ... CD 13.99
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Crossover To Soul – More Crossover Soul From The 60s & 70s ... CD Backbeats (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... $8.99
Sublime soul all the way through – really tremendous little tracks that are just waiting to be discovered – and none of them the kind of mainstream grooves you might expect from the "crossover" in the title! Instead, these tracks have a power that really helps shift ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
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Kiss My Wami 2000 ... CD Wam (Australia), 2000. Used 2CD ... $4.99
Music from Three Orange Whips, The Sleepy Jackson, Avid Grey, Red Eyed Frogs, The Dirty Whittler, Boredumb, Greedo, Red Jezebel, Wax Tadpole, Team Jedi, and more – 36 tracks in all. CD
(Case has some age spots.)
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Ghana Special – Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968 to 1981 ... CD Soundway (UK), Late 60s/1970s/Early 80s. Used 2 CDs ... Just Sold Out!
A compilation of Ghana music like we've never seen before – and straight up beautifully put together by Soundway – 70s sounds that fused regional traditions with boundary free soul, rhythm & blues, and rock! Ghana in the 1970s was in a transition from a more prosperous, and less ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more CD
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Wax Poetics Japan Compiled Series – Spinel ... CD P-Vine (Japan), 2012. New Copy ... $16.99 24.99
A really great package of contemporary funky cuts – put together in collaboration between the folks at Wax Poetics Japan and P-Vine Records – and filled with an international assortment of artists that all lean very heavily on the best spirit of 70s funk and soul! We love the albums by ... read more CD
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They Call It Crossover – More Midtempo Soul Gems ... CD Back Beat (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... Just Sold Out!
They call it crossover, we call it great – a wonderful assortment of rare soul treasures from the late 60s and early 70s, most of them in a mellow midtempo groove! The term "crossover" isn't used as the way we'd use it here – in that these aren't commercial hits from the ... read more CD
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Chess New Orleans ... CD Chess/MCA, 1950s/Early 60s. Used 2CD ... $19.99
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, BMG music club pressing.)
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Greg Belson's Divine Funk ... CD Cultures Of Soul, 1970s. New Copy ... $6.99 15.99
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 CD
Also available Greg Belson's Divine Funk ... LP 22.99
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Saturday Night – South African Disco Pop Hits 1981 to 1987 ... CD Cultures Of Soul, Mid 80s. New Copy ... $6.99 15.98
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 CD
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Tokyo Nights – Female J-Pop Boogie Funk 1981 to 1988 ... CD Cultures Of Soul, 1980s. New Copy ... $6.99 16.99
A great look at the bright world of female soul in Japan during the 80s – a time when the nation was hitting some of its greatest heights of the postwar years – and was coming up with a magical musical groove to follow! While disco reigned in American clubs in the late 70s, the style ... (Japanese, Funky Compilations) read more CD
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Function Underground – The Black & Brown American Rock Sound 1969 to 1974 ... CD Now Again, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $7.99 17.98
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 CD
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Spiritual Jazz – Esoteric, Modal, & Deep Jazz From The Underground 1968 to 1977 (with bonus tracks) ... CD Jazzman/Now Again, Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
The Jazzman label hits a whole new level of brilliance – as they turn their funk-trained crate digging skills to the world of spiritual jazz! The collection's an amazing batch of ultra-rare tunes – tracks that take inspiration from the John Coltrane/Archie Shepp work on Impulse Records ... read more CD
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Midwest Funk – Funk 45s From Tornado Alley ... CD Jazzman/Stones Throw, Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $6.99 15.98
Quite possibly one of the greatest funk compilations ever – and we're not just saying that because we're from the Midwest! The genius compilers at Jazzman spent years scouring the smaller cities of the American hinterlands – tracking down obscure musicians, long-lost labels, and nearly- ... read more CD
Kevin Fingier Collective —
El Sonido De Fingier Records ... CD Fingier/Acid Jazz (UK), 2023. New Copy ... $13.99 14.99
A really cool collection of cuts that were originally issued as 7" singles in recent years, but which work perfectly together here as a full length set that introduces the world to the deeply funky talents of Kevin Finigier! Kevin hails from Argentina, but has a deep love of American soul and ... (Deep Funk, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Also available El Sonido De Fingier Records ... LP 22.99
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Blessing – Suburbia Meets P-Vine – Free Soul, Cafe Apres Midi, Mellow Beats, Jazz Supreme ... CD P-Vine (Japan), 1970s/2023. New Copy ... $19.99 24.99
A wonderfully genre-hopping collection – put together by Toru Hashimoto, the man behind such incredible Japanese series as the Free Soul, Cafe Apres Midi, and Suburbia compilations for many different labels! Toru really lives up to his legend here, and mixes music from different scenes and ... read more CD
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Diggin Groove Diggers – Best Of Tribe Records – Selected By DJ Muro (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD Tribe/P-Vine (Japan), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $19.99 24.99
A great presentation of work from the legendary Tribe Records of Detroit – all handled by DJ Muro, who's posed on the front in a way that recalls one of the label's rarest albums! The style here is different than other collections of Tribe Records material – as Muro goes for cuts that ... read more CD
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Ultimate Breaks & Beats Vol 21 ... LP Street Beat, 1970s/1980s. Very Good+ ... $23.99
Even into its 20s, the Ultimate Breaks series is still going strong – serving up a bunch of must-have funk tracks that not only form the blueprint for hip hop in the 80s, but which also stand nicely on their own! The selection is very hard and chunky on this one – lots of tracks that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(A nice copy!)
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Tudo Ben – Jorge Ben Covered ... LP Mr Bongo (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $27.99 32.99
A stunning tribute to the music of Jorge Ben – a host of classic covers from the 60s and 70s, all of which share Jorge's love for an upbeat, soulful groove! The set's exploding with life and energy – that new sort of groove that Ben first unleashed on Brazilian music in the 60s, which ... (Brazil, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Tudo Ben – Jorge Ben Covered ... CD 11.99
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Tudo Ben – Jorge Ben Covered ... CD Mr Bongo (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $11.99 12.99
A stunning tribute to the music of Jorge Ben – a host of classic covers from the 60s and 70s, all of which share Jorge's love for an upbeat, soulful groove! The set's exploding with life and energy – that new sort of groove that Ben first unleashed on Brazilian music in the 60s, which ... (Brazil, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Also available Tudo Ben – Jorge Ben Covered ... LP 27.99
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Mr Bongo Record Club – Vol 5 (pink vinyl pressing) ... LP Mr Bongo (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $27.99 35.99
The Mr Bongo Record Club just seems to get hipper and hipper as the volumes go on – to a point where this fifth edition in the collection is overflowing with tracks that we might never have heard otherwise! Plus, the scope of sounds here is really great too – a mix of styles from ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Mr Bongo Record Club – Vol 5 ... CD 11.99(Limited edition pink vinyl pressing!)
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Dusty Fingers Vol 2 ... CD Strictly Breaks, 1970s. Used ... $14.99
Second great volume in this excellent series of spare jazzy sample cuts. There's a lot of stuff on here that's got a sort of Tribe Called Quest feel, with nice spare moments, cool warm jazzy grooves, and nice instrumental passages. Sounds great as a rare funk comp, but with the added bonus of ... read more CD
(Long out of print on CD! Artwork has light age spots.)
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As-Shams Archive Vol 1 – South African Jazz, Funk, & Soul 1975 to 1982 ... LP As Shams (South Africa), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $32.99 39.99
A much-needed look at one of the greatest labels on the South African scene of the 70s – and maybe one of the coolest jazz companies in the world at the time too! The As-Shams/The Sun imprint served up some of the more groundbreaking jazz from the SA scene during the period – with an ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Southern Funkin' – Louisiana Funk & Soul 1967 to 1979 ... CD BGP (UK), Late 60s/1970s. Used ... $7.99
Heavy heavy funk from the Louisiana scene of the late 60s and 1970s – and a great collection that really gets past the dominance of the New Orleans sound! The set moves way past the Crescent City to uncover a wealth of great bits recorded in smaller studios located in Shreveport, Lake ... read more CD
Also available Southern Funkin' – Louisiana Funk & Soul 1967 to 1979 ... CD 9.99
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Touch His Soul – Jazz & Funk Recommended ... CD King (Japan), 1970s. Used ... $11.99
Includes 13 tracks by Johnny Hammond, Jeremy Steig, Lonnie Smith, George Benson, Hank Crawford, Paul Desmond, and the CTI All Stars. CD
(1994 Japanese pressing, booklet has some age spots.)
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Play The Game – The XL & Sounds Of Memphis Story Vol 2 ... CD Sounds Of Memphis/Kent (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... $7.99
Rare gems from the Memphis scene of the late 60s & early 70s – Kent UK's second volume in the XL & Sounds Of Memphis Story series – tunes that are diverse, trailblazing, and definitely deserving of some late love! The purpose of the series is to celebrate many the fantastic ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Also available Play The Game – The XL & Sounds Of Memphis Story Vol 2 ... CD 9.99
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Respect – Essential Argo/Charly (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... $9.99
Massively beautiful jazzy sounds from the Cadet studios of the late 60's – one of the most fertile places in the world for creative interaction between musicians from a wide variety of different backgrounds and cultures. The mix of tracks runs from funky jazz to spacey soul – and ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
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Freedom & Justice – Voices Of Black America 1956 to 2005 ... CD Soul Beat/P-Vine (Japan), Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... $9.99
A set that definitely takes its title seriously, and which is heavily focused on tunes from the most righteous years of soul music – very heavy on late 60s/early 70s gems from American indie labels, including some killer tracks from the Ronn/Jewel/Paula family of labels! As the title ... read more CD
(Includes obi.)
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Pierre Barouh & The Saravah Sound ... CD Saravah/We Want Sounds (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $17.99 19.99
One of our favorite record labels of all time finally gets its due – in a wonderful package that not only brings together some of the coolest cuts from the legendary French imprint Saravah Records, but also tells the story behind the company and it's groundbreaking approach to music! Saravah ... (French, Funky Compilations) read more CD
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Sharayet El Disco – Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassettes 1982 to 1992 ... LP We Want Sounds (UK), 1980s/Early 90s. New Copy ... $32.99 39.99
That's a pretty cosmic image on the cover, and the vibe of the album follows suit in a very nice way – mixing the best "future" modes of 80s music of the cassette generation with some more traditional funk and soul! The set opens our ears to a world we'd never have heard otherwise ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Tokyo Glow – Japanese City Pop, Funk, & Boogie Selected By DJ Notoya ... CD We Want Sounds (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $17.99 19.99
Beautiful grooves from the Japanese scene – most of them from a time when its singers and musicians were leaning heavily on influences from American funk and soul, and turning out some wonderful music of their own! Lyrics on most tracks are in Japanese, but there's a really universal vibe to ... (Japanese, Funky Compilations) read more CD
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Wamono A to Z Vol 3 – Japanese Light Mellow Funk, Disco, & Boogie 1978 to 1988 (180 gram pressing) ... LP 180g (UK), Late 70s/1980s. New Copy ... $28.99 34.99
A really fantastic entry in this really great series – one that shows just how strongly the spirit of invention continued in the world of Japanese music as it moved into the 80s! As with previous volumes, the work here is a unique hybrid of influences from American and Japanese sources ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Wamono A to Z Vol 2 – Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1970 to 1977 (180 gram pressing) ... LP 180g (UK), 1970s. New Copy ... $28.99 34.98
A fantastic document of the lost funk legacy of 70s Japan – music that's often different than the jazz and pop work of the decade that sees greater reissue, and which shows a very strong influence from the American scene! The rhythms here are wonderful – sometimes in the best funky ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Wamono A to Z Vol 1 – Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968 to 1980 (180 gram pressing) ... LP 180g (UK), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy ... $28.99 34.98
A fantastic dip into the world of Japanese funk during the 70s – a great place to start if you don't want to slap down big money for expensive imports – and a set that's also got a fair bit of obscure numbers in the lineup, even if you have some of the material from this time! The ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Hyperituals Vol 2 – Black Saint ... LP Black Saint/Hyperjazz (Italy), Late 70s/1980s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $38.99 42.99
From the end of the 70s onward, the Italian Black Saint record label offered up some of the most high quality spiritual and avant jazz of the time – really taking over where American record companies had dropped the ball, and allowing a huge wave of new energy from both older musicians and a ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Praise Poems 9 – A Journey Into Deep Soulful Jazz & Funk From The 1970s ... CD Tramp (Germany), 1970s. New Copy ... $12.99 14.99
A completely obscure batch of tunes – so much so that only two of the cuts here have been reissued – and a set that's every bit as wonderful as previous entries in this long-running series! Overall, there's probably a bit more soul than jazz – but every track within is on the ... read more CD
Also available Praise Poems 9 – A Journey Into Deep Soulful Jazz & Funk From The 1970s (with bonus download) ... LP 24.99
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WaJazz – Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol 1 – Deep, Heavy, & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968 to 1984 (180 gram pressing) ... LP 180g (UK), Late 60s/1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $39.99 45.99
An essential collection of work from the Japanese scene of the 70s – as set that really gets at the "something special" that made jazz from this generation so unique! Japanese musicians were early adopters of American modes – and the scene had great bop recordings from the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Prestige Groovy Goodies ... LP Prestige, 1963. Very Good+ ... $14.99
A real classic from the 60s soul jazz years at Prestige Records – an album of work by some of the label's best talents of the late 50s and early 60s, all edited down to shorter 45-type takes! There's a fair number of tracks on each side – but the work is all great enough to warrant the ... (Jazz, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono blue trident label pressing with Van Gelder stamp. Cover has some ring and edge wear, mostly split top seam and spine, some splitting in the bottom seam, and some tape remnants at the top.)
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Who Wants Some – A 1969/VP, Late 60s. New Copy ... $13.99 15.99
A set that might well also be titled "the birth of reggae" – as it pulls together some of the harder-edged cuts that were really starting to get the music going on the UK scene at the end of the 60s – work that had a leaner, meaner vibe than rocksteady and ska – with a ... (Reggae, Funky Compilations) read more CD
Tlahoun Gessesse —
Tlahoun Gessesse – Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol 4 ... LP Buda/Heavenly Sweetness (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
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Ethiopian Soul & Groove – Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol 1 (180 gram pressing) ... LP 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
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Heavenly Ethiopiques – The Best Of The Ethiopiques Series ... LP Heavenly Sweetness (France), 1960s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 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
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New Soul Woman ... CD Expansion (UK), Late 90s/Early 2000s. Used 2CD ... $11.99
A wonderful overview of contemporary female soul – none of it commercial, and nearly all of it from the mighty Expansion family of labels – home to some of the hippest Neo Soul around! Work here is from both American and overseas sources, and although a few tracks are issued under the ... (Neo Soul, Funky Compilations) read more CD
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Jazz A Vienne – Past & Future ... LP Heavenly Sweetness (France), Late 90s/2000s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $28.99 30.99
A wonderfully wide-ranging collection of work brought together in support of a long-running music festival in France – done here as a double-length set that offers up a "Past" disc of material recorded at the festival in previous years – and a "Future" disc that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Jazz A Vienne – Past & Future ... CD 16.99
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Ultimate Breaks & Beats Vol 11 ... LP Street Beat, 1970s/1980s. Very Good- ... $7.99
Original issue of volume 11 in the now legendary series. With the hard-to-get Honey Drippers "Impeach The President", The Headhunters "God Make Me Funky", Orange Krush "Action", Fausto Papetti "Love Theme" all with edited or extended breaks, and Lucy Hawkins ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing in a plain white sleeve. Labels have name in marker.)
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