Funk / Soul / Rare Grooves

 
Style: Rare Funk Smoothies

Format: 12"
Label: Uncle Junior

Year: 2004

Condition: NM/VG+

Kon & Amir bringing these ultrasmooth funk gems. A Kon edit of 100% Pure Poison's Windy C plus Leon Ware's California and a remix of said buttermilk sunshine track.

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Style: Soul Stepping in Miami

Format: LP
Label: Malaco

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/NM still ins shrink

The colours of the cover are a bit dull so this one is easy to be overlooked. I my self have done this for years. When I finally listened to Girl Overboard for the first time I pinched myself. If you are looking for Miami Funk, this one is not for you. But if your heart opens to incredibly sweet steppers with the extra dose of heartbreak this album is HEAVEN!

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Style: Teen Idol Grooves

Format: LP
Label: Decca

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+

Surprisingly great tuneage by the Bay City Rollers (!) guitarrero. Proper AOR Funk and something for dancing on the boat too!

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Style: Psych Funk

Format: 12"
Label: Mo Wax

Year: 2001

Condition: NM/NM

Heavy Fuzz meets heavy Funk! Meet the funkiest percussionist (right after Clyde Stubblefield) tripping behind the drumheads...

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Style: Soul Sisters

Format: LP
Label: RCA

Year: 1970

Condition: NM/VG+ cutout

Aretha's sister got it going on. Check her versions of Everybody's Talking and Put A Little Love In Your Heart and try to stop your soul from melting like chocolate in the sun.

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Style: Soulful Disco

Format: LP
Label: Wand

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/VG+  

Mid 70s Soul with a tendency to disco. Partly recorded in Philly.

That's where that LOFTY sound comes from...

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Style: Yacht Funk / TOTD

Format: LP
Label: Private Stock

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+  

One of my favourite albums ever.

Sleazy Yacht Funk for the dancefloors -

not lacking a little humour!

Check TOTD : ) and check these ...

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Style: Psych Funk

Format: 2LP
Label: Polydor

Year: 1972

Condition: NM/VG+

Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger - the dream team of british psychedelic funkrock delivers jam after jam, lighting fire after fire ...

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Style: Kiddie Breaks

Format: LP
Label: Pride

Year: 1973

Condition: NM/VG Punchhole

Foster Sylvers of the Sylvers backed by the Incredible Bongo Rock Band, King Errison and Harvey Mason. Breaks for days ...

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Style: Lo Fi FUNK

Format: LP
Label: Mo Wax

Year: 1995

Condition: VG+/VG woc on back

When Money Mark was not reparing keyboards or thinking back to playing all the keys on Ill Communication he made these insane lo fi funk pearls for Mo Wax. This one had a huge impact on me in 95!

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Style: Funk

Format: LP
Label: Dee Lite

Year: 1972

Condition: NM/VG seamwear

Original copy! Filled with hits like Love The Life You Live, Electric Frog, Soul Vibrations, etc etc. Essential album!!

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Style: Modern Soul

Format: 12"
Label: So Rich (Private)

Year: 198?

Condition: M/M sealed

Sincere two step with a wonderfully romantic touch. Backed by an incredible Modern Soul jam that I keep coming back for a decade now.

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Style:  Funk with a f

Format: LP
Label: A&M

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+  

Quincy Jones produced the Brother's first album and he did an amazing job. This album is filled with synthesized Funk jams as well as some irresistible beauties. Some cats had to sample these ;)  Come and join them on the way to the Land Of Ladies

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Style: Funk!

Format: LP
Label: Capitol Brazil

Year: 1979

Condition: VG+/VG

A fantastic collection of Funk jams for the disco.

Brasil only release with a great & loud sound.

Incredibly useful for people who play out...

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Style: 60s Funk

Format: LP
Label: Atlantic  (US)

Year: 1968

Condition: NM/VG+ small cut

The superfunky follow up to the groundbreaking Tighten Up. They're exploiting the tightest tunes ever to the max on this album. Covering a couple of early Curtis Mayfield penned beauties bring some balance to the dance party!

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Style: Sweet Soul and a high C

Format: LP
Label: Epic (NL)

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG

Cozy grooves, soulful disco and Minnie's heartbreaking "Huuuh".

Can you feel what I'm saying?

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Style: Angels Struck by Lightning

Format: LP
Label: EMI

Year: 1974

Condition: NM/VG

Julie, her synthesizer and a bottle of booze! And of course that electric angel watching over her. Fatback drums, fuzz guitars, weird synths and an almost exorbitant folk singer - what a GEM. DONT MISS!!!!

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Style: Crime Funk

Format: LP
Label: A&M

Year: 1971

Condition: VG+/VG ringwear on back

The inventor of orchestral crime funk strikes again. Theme From Ironside, Hicky Burr and a wonderful jazzy version of Marvin Gaye's What's Going on (with heavenly flute by Hubert Laws) are the outstanding tunes here. This copy plays with light background crackle here and there. Nothing for NM freaks but great to enjoy and play out. (Cleaned CD-r included)

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Style: Sweet Souls

Format: LP
Label: Motown

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+  

So so beautiful tunes by Stevie's ex. Gently produced by Leon Ware.

It's very hard to pick a fave from this magnificent album.

Check the clip and you know why...

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Style: Hot Buttered Soul

Format: LP
Label: RCA

Year: 1980

Condition: VG+/VG+

Sensual Soul as one would guess from the title. Some might want to call this Modern Soul because of it's superb late 70s / early 80s sound.

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Style: Instrumental Funk

Format: LP
Label: Stax (Ger)

Year: 1971

Condition: NM/VG+

By far my favourite Booker T album. I hold Hip Hug Her, Doin Our Thing and Universal Language very high but man I'm so damn hooked on the Melting Pot groove (a Larry Levan classic btw). And then there's L.A. Jazz Song. WTF - dominated by Duck Dunn and Al Jackson - the forefathers of Sly and Robbie. Goosebumps galore! An old Hip Hop head like me is taken straight back to 1990 when Edutainment was my daily bread

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Style: Hare Krishna Modern Soul

Format: LP
Label: Govinda (US)

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG tears

You won't stop dancing and romancing once you opened these doors...

So many Modern Soul beauties for your next Loft party!

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Style: Bayou Funk

Format: LP
Label: ATCO

Year: 1974

Condition: VG+/VG seamwear

More goodies by the New Orleans Funk connection. Listen Rite Away if you too Can't Get Enuff of that gritty stuff. Vinyl is close to NM and shows only a few inaudible hairlines from being being pulled out the sleeve.

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Style: Funky Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Power Exchnage

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+  white label TP

Mike Moran should be famous among library aficionados for his works on Themes International and Bruton. Dude was a busy studio musician (keys & synths) in the UK. Here's his only solo LP holding some incredibly mellow funk pearls... dancefloor-friendly of course!

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Style: Funeral Funk

Format: LP
Label: UNI

Year: 1971

Condition: VG+/VG+

"I'm not your average MC with the Joe Schmoe flow
If you don't know me by now, you'll never know"

This pops up in my head every time I put Badfoot Brown on. Soon you'll know why. Listen to these two sidefilling slices of relaxed jazz funk explorations and get DOWN!

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Style: Folky Soul

Format: LP
Label: Ariola

Year: 1972

Condition: NM/VG+

Sweet folky soul for snowless winter days.

Would someone call this happy hippie blues?

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Style: African Soul

Format: LP
Label: Reprise (Ger)

Year: 1970

Condition: NM/NM

Like new copy of this african soul pearl. We'll surely keep her in mind for gems like Measure In The Valleys, Lumumba and I Shall Sing.

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Style: Smooth Jazz and then some

Format: LP
Label: Compose

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+ still in shrink

Oh dude, I am so Programmed for that mesmerizing synth bass. The fact that it's bulding the base for a swett and humorous JAM of a JAM makes it one of my favourite slow jams ever (as featured on the slow jams tape vol.4 from 1996). If that isn't enough for you cehck Nital!

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Style:  Xian Funk

Format: LP
Label: Newpax

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+  

Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable..... Now that's hwat he thinks of himself. I wonder if this is considered upright and christian. I think he's right at least when we speak about Niniveh Noose. Massive synthesized Funk. You wouldn't have guessed!!

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Style: Wonderfulness

Format: 12"
Label: Island

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG

A wonderful song to play out!! Balloons everywhere :)

Including the mighty Folk Mix and the Paradise Ballroom version...

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Style: Aquarius in Argentina

Format: LP
Label: Philips

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

Don't pass on this mad rare argentinian only Pop album including that superfunky version of Aquarius.

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Style: Jazz Breaks

Format: LP
Label: JA Records

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+

Rufus Reid killing it on Le Miroir Noir.

Sounds like something Madlib would party hard!

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Style: Deep Soul

Format: LP
Label: RCA (Ger) NL89548

Year: 197?

Condition: NM/VG+ sticker

Okay the artwork is shit but didn't your parents tell you that it's the inside that counts? Let me tell you too! It's a compilation of her early 70s work and it's a deep as it gets. They didn't call her the high priestes of soul for nothing. I'm selling a lot of lovely music, but this is relevant!

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Style: Modern Soul

Format: LP
Label: Wind Song

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Heavenly sweetness all over this lovely platter.

Cozy grooves approved by the soul underground ;)

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Style: Break your bones

Format: 12"
Label: Stateside

Year: 1975 / 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Raw Street Funk at it's best!

Check out Part II for the majestic breaks...

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Style: Rare Funk

Format: LP
Label: Fine Music

Year: 1975 / 1997

Condition: NM/VG+

I remember seeing this record on the "walls" at record fairs in the mid 90s. Absolutely unreachable... and then came this Fine reissue, that I shared with many dancers. This is not my beat up copy ;) If you dig Mighty Ryeeders style funk jams by magnificent musicians ...

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Style: Space Funk

Format: LP
Label: Fantasy (US)

Year: 1976

Condition: VG+/VG+ upper seamwear

As a die hard Blackbyrds maniac I can only recommend you these guys. Enter In is one of my favorite Space Funk jams...

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Style: EasyLee / Silky Disco

Format: LP
Label: DRG

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/NM

I'm unsure if it's Easy Lee or Sleazy Lee.

But it's Peggy for sure and Easy Does It - so damn deep!!

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Style: Fame's dirty Funk

Format: LP
Label: Reprise

Year: 1973

Condition: NM/VG+

What a wonderful synthesized oddity from the one and only George Fame.  Georgie on synths and Brian Bennett on drums!

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Style: Cosmic Funk

Format: LP
Label: WB (Ger)

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+

Booker T. and his MGs playing some superb Booker T style space funk on this late 70s release. A couple of superb JAMS here. Check Sticky Stuff, Grab's Back and Tie Stick for a start!

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Style: Synthesized Krautfunk

Format: LP
Label: Erlkönig

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+

Synthesized Krautfusion in a funky late Release Music Orchestra meets AOR Disco style. Manne Rürup on synths...

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Style: Kool Funk

Format: LP
Label: De-Lite

Year: 1972

Condition: NM/VG+ (cutout)

Classic Kool & The Gang Funk including that almighty mellow jam North East South West and of course a whole lot of funky stuff!

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Style: All the ladies in the house say AAAAAAA

Format: LP
Label: Columbia

Year: 1978

Condition: VG+/VG

Of course including the mighty classic Got To Be Real but check out also that funky slow jam Come In From The Rain and the uplifting anthem You Saved My Day!

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Style: JB's Funk

Format: LP
Label: Black Note

Year: 199?

Condition: NM/NM

Rarest JB related gems compiled back in teh golden days of Rare Groove. Sureshots only by Bobby Byrd, Dee Felice Trio, Grodeck Whipperjenny, JBs Wedge, Hank Ballrd and Johnny Scotton.

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Style: Folk Funk / Psychedelic Blues

Format: LP
Label: CBS NL

Year: 1971

Condition: VG+/VG seamwear on the back 

Come and get some of this funky psychedelic stuff.

The intense late night hymn I'm Funky is just too good.

And don't forget about your Grandmother!!

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Style: FUNK

Format: LP
Label: Pickwick

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+

Foostomping funk from Memphis Tenessee! Gnarling rhodes, a powerful horn section and heavy drums make this (Disco) Funk  a winner on the floor!

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Style: Sexual Revolutions

Format: LP
Label: Libra

Year: 1974

Condition: NM/VG+  

This soundtrack to a sexual education play is pretty funny. I have been searching for that tune in the clip for ages after hearing it in a mix back in the 90s. Sit back and enjoy :)

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