Funk / Soul / Rare Grooves

 
Style: Jazz Funk behind the curtain

Format: LP
Label: Supraphon

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/NM

Highly recommemded czech Jazz Funk by Maria Rottrova and the Flamingo Group. Including the mighty Time Is A Rogue and Quasimodo's Dream. Make sure to check the psyched out second part of the latter.

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Style:  Soul!

Format: LP
Label: Tamla Motown (Ger)

Year: 1971

Condition: VG+/VG+

Everybody should have a copy of this album at home!!!

One of the most important soul records ever recorded.

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Style: Teutonic Funk

Format: LP
Label: Rockport

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

Saxophone down to the bone! These teutonics funksters know damn well how to lay down a solid groove.

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Style: Kool Funk

Format: LP
Label: De-Lite

Year: 1972

Condition: NM/VG+ (cutout)

Classic Kool & The Gang Funk incldung that mighty mellow jam North East South West and of copurse a whole lot of funky stuff!

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Style: Disco Funk

Format: 7"
Label: Arista

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/NM 

Mandrill! They didn't record a bad album... Here's the bad-ass disco banger from their We Are One LP

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Style: Northern Soul

Format: 7"
Label: EMI

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+  

Not going nowhere tonight? Here's a hand clapping Northern Soul anthem by the lady who brought us Tainted Love

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Style: Easy Grooves

Format: LP
Label: MPS

Year: 197?

Condition: NM/VG+

Vocal Pop from the Black Forest. Hast that easy touch, really mysterious grooves and some sick samples. First press!

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Style: We've lost Detroit now

Format: LP
Label: Pathé Marconi EMI

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+

This man is a genius. Without being a genius.

This record is a blast. From the first second the the ...

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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: 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: Psychedelic Cheese / Easy Fuzz

Format: LP
Label: Boccaccio

Year: 1969

Condition: NM/VG+

Grazy rare psychedelic cheese bits by some well known german library honks. Nicest vampyros style slow beat in Oh Yes and uptempo happyfuzz in Chicken Report, Pop Light a.o. It seems like only the Jack Hill (Hans Ehrlinger) tracks on this comp rule!

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Style: Fuzzy Funk

Format: LP
Label: Fan

Year: 1969

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Here's one of the rarest and most collectable FAN label LPs. Heinz Kiessling's Travel Guide. Offering a entertaining mix of lively bossa/latin and easy tracks with a slightly jazzy vibe. And of course that awesome soul-jazz groover "Golden State Freeway" which starts with a cool, funky bass & drum part followed by organ, guitar and horns! Let's ride ...

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Style: Poetry in Funk

Format: LP
Label: Arista

Year: 1981 / 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+

DM mastered version of this Gil Scott Heron classic. B-Movie alone makes it worth owning and don't forget to listen to it from time to time!

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Style: Fantasies In Satin Soul

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1982

Condition: VG+/VG+

Whoever your trying to seduce - if doesn't work straight, just call Marvin and he'll lubricate the engine ... (sorry I just had to */ )

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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: Aquarius in Argentina

Format: LP
Label: Philips

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

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

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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: Kraut Funk

Format: LP
Label: April

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/NM

Like new backstock copy of this sizzling Kraut Funk album. Including the unbelievably funky jam Knast Funk. This may be the funkiest piece of Krautrock ever...

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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: 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: Fusion / Modern Soul

Format: LP
Label: Biton

Year: 1981

Condition: VG+/VG wavy cover

Mindblowing Fusion partly with latin elements and a whole lot of modern soul.  Including these insane groovy killer-jams Sandpit Love Affair, One More Leaf and Guillermo. Au backe!

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Style: Deep Funk

Format: LP
Label: Finger

Year: 1973

Condition: NM/VG discoloration on back 

Deep down and nitty gritty funk for your funky ass party. Drifting off into modern soul territory with Boulder, Green & Jones. Scarce german issue on Finger!

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Style: Swiss Cheese, ummm Breaks

Format: LP
Label: Mabel

Year: 1969

Condition: VG+/VG+

Funky Hazy and his crew serving beatadelic delights. Among these grooves the mighty Tiger Walk stands out. Actually it sounds like that big cat was bitten by lesbian vampires, if you know what i mean...

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Style: Phili Funk

Format: LP
Label: Telefunken

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+

Please was a band that consisted of bunch of Filipinos located in West Germany during the 1970s that released two albums on German Telefunken label before vanishing into obscurity. The story does not tell how and why they were in Germany, but at least they did pretty good job when it comes to funky music.

Although the main focus of the album seems to be on sweet soulful tunes, there’s some discoid funk business too. There’s midtempo funky soul such as “I’m gonna take care of business” and “Good stuff”, uptempo disco’ish soul like “Flaming lady” and then there’s also uptempo disco funk tracks like “Please yourself” and “Ego trippin’, the latter having a nice break in the beginning and in the end. (Funkmysoul)

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Style: Scorpio Breaks

Format: LP
Label: Cetra

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+

Soffici on guitar and vocals. In the band: Oscar Rocchi on Piano and Rhodes, Baffo Banfi on Moog, Sergio Farina on guitar, Tullio de Piscopo on drums... superfunky!!

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Style: Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: Amiga

Year: 1979

Condition: VG+/VG+

There is some SERIOUS tripped out and synthesized Jazz Funk in this Meeting. Not what you'd expect from a group called Modern Soul Band recordering behind the iton curtain?

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Style: Chilling with Nina

Format: LP
Label: CTI (Ger)

Year: 1978

Condition: VG+/VG+

Serious mellow jams provided by the first lady in Jazz. the title track is such the gem! German copy with different artwork.

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Style: Blue Eyed Soul

Format: 7"
Label: EMI

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG

Hard to find 7" of of one of the funkiest blue eyed soul tunes out there.

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Style:  Soul

Format: 7"
Label: Motown

Year: 1976

Condition: VG+/ generic

DATE WITH THE RAIN!

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Style: P-Funk

Format: LP
Label: WB (Ger)

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+  Gatefold

Seminal Funkadelic! Just listen to Comin' Round The Mountain or the live version of Cosmic Slop and you know what's poppin!!

Highest recommendation. Even if you don't intend to buy this please listen to it for your soul's sake :)

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Style: Cosmic Funk

Format: 7"
Label: WB

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/VG+

All time classic cosmic funk tune.

One of the first in the genre!

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Style: Modern Soul

Format: 7"
Label: Metronome

Year: 1978

Condition: VG+/VG- 

It's all about When Can I See You - a wonderful modern soul grover that you wouldn't expect from the Munich Disco Tier. Plays with two or three crackles at the beginning!

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Style: Rock / Jazz / Fusion / JazzFunk

Format: LP
Label: Private

Year: 198x

Condition: NM/NM 

Check this obscure private comp that even made it onto Waxidermy ; ) Freaked out Wolfram Brunke Gary Pacific Fuzz Funk (yes, the sought after Blue Onions) and some funky Jazz  and Kraut Funk tunes here. Extremely hard to find...

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Style: Space Age Funk

Format: LP
Label: Activ

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+  

Epic breaks and sleazy Jazz Funk on this infamous release by swiss guitar king Pierre Cavalli.

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Style: Political Kraut Funk

Format: LP
Label: Bluff

Year: 1974

Condition: NM/NM 

If you dig critical left winged lyrics sung over tight and funky music this hard to find gem will please you to the max. Released in 1974 on the enthusiast microlabel Bluff. Featuring Placebo's drummer Garcia Morales, Claudio Szenkar on percussion, cosmic Wolfgang Maus on guitar and german jazz legend Helmut Kandelberger on bass.

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Style: Danish Delights

Format: LP
Label: ELSOUND

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+ little ringwear

Sought after pre Laid Back sleaze funk with prog injections and a whole lot of humor. Including the original printed innersleeve... raer!

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Style: Kraut Funk / Psychedelic Dance

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label / Private

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+

Music for dance exercises. There's quite a few of those dance exercise records out there. Some of them are actually good. This one's actually amazing. Extremely talented hobbyists on the paths of Rischka's Soul. Fuzzy, funky and partly psychedelic. Monstrous!

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Style: Dexter's Golden Girls

Format: LP
Label: PIR

Year: 1981

Condition: VG+/VG+  

A seminal Dexter Wansel production including the soothing Nights Over Egypt!!

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Style: Chaka!

Format: LP
Label: ABC

Year: 1974

Condition: NM/VG+  

So many beautiful songs on this album. Starting with Once You Get Started ending with Stop On By. Right in between the sentimental jam Packed My Bags that still gives me shivers. If you have kids you will understand... ALl in all their best!!

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Style:  Fusion / Funk

Format: LP
Label: Eye

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG tear

So lovely record by the former leader of Massada. Including the funky beauty New Morning as featured in my Myrrh Gold & Incense mix from a few years back.

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Style: Nothin But The Truth

Format: LP
Label: Arista

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/VG+

Gil Scott heron and Brian Jackson at their best. Spoken word slow jams meets these lightweight rhythms with heavyweight lyrics. I had the pleasure to meet this great man once and his warm and hopeful dark humour is one of a kind. So is his music!

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Style: Cannibal Funk

Format: 7"
Label: Yum Yum

Year: 197?

Condition: NM/VG+  

Slow and creepy funk by that one hit wonder.

Grab your legs and dance ...

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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: Instrumental Funk

Format: LP
Label: RCA (Ger)

Year: 1972

Condition: NM/VG+

From Shaft to the Wichita Lineman the Afro Strut - the Nite Liters got the funk. Deep, down and dirty!

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Style:  Royal Funk / Modern Soul

Format: LP
Label: WB (Ger)

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+  incl. printed inner sleeve

Prince's second LP. He's not into Raspberry Berets yet. Simply dropping some sweet and sticky Funk. Produced, Arranged, Composed & Performed by Prince only for YOU!

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Style: Funky Soul

Format: LP
Label: Curtom

Year: 1976

Condition: M/VG+  Sealed, CO

Sweetest Soul and Funk by master Hutson. Standout tracks for me are the slow jams like Let's Be Lonely Together and  Lover's Holiday, but there are tracks for the dancefloor as well...

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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: Medieval Funk

Format: LP
Label: Jay Boy

Year: 1969

Condition: VG/VG

When I first discovered this one many years ago it totaly blew my mind! The combination of medieval instruments and psychedelic funk still rules in my book ;) Make sure to listen!!

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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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Style: Sitar Funk & More

Format: 2LP
Label: UA

Year: 1973

Condition: NM/VG 

"Doldinger" is a seldom seen 2-LP compilation featuring the best tracks from Negresco, Motherhood's I Feel So Free, Blues Happening, The Ambassador and Doldinger's Motherhood same titled from 1970. Yes it has Sitar Beat on it!!

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Style: Memphis Soul Stew

Format: LP
Label: London (Ger)

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/NM 

Delicious slow cooked Memphis Soul. Chef Willie Mitchell practicing his magic on Syl "Is it because I'm black" Johnson's soothing voice. He made Raekwon cry tears of joy ...

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Style: Prime Soul

Format: LP
Label: Blue Thumb

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/NM 

The Pointer Sisters are having a party and Don't it drive you crazy that Premier sampled them for Execution of a chump? Well it's a monster of a track so why shouldn't he?

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Style: Umbrella Soul

Format: LP
Label: London

Year: 1974

Condition: NM/VG+  

Incredible Memphis Soul with a strong voice.

Produced by the legend Willie Mitchell.

Epic title track. German copy.

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Style:  P-Funk

Format: LP
Label: WB (US)

Year: 1978

Condition: VG+/VG+  small cutout

OG copy of this FUNK masterpiece. No matter if you dig Dam-Funk, Dr. Dre or Prince. This is where it's all coming from!

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Style: Kraut Funk

Format: LP
Label: Lotus (Private)

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+  

the self acclaimed king of Atlantis (nut) sings, library disco guru Roland Schneider arranges and members of Sioux and Hired Help Band care for the funk. It all culminates in the boogie-ish groover Wir sitzen all auf dem Pulverfaß (We're all sitting on the tinderbox).

Odd shit!!

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Style: Working Class Funk

Format: LP
Label: Pläne

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/VG+  including insert

Was Tun Band is a political combo coming from the Ruhrgebiet in Germany. An area that has been domiated by coal mining. Hard labour! "Was Tun" roughly translates "To Do Something / to become active". Even if they don't make you become active in a political sense, they'll make you move your lazy butt for SURE.

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Style:  Funky Chanson

Format: LP
Label: Le Chant Du Monde

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

Wonderful LP produced by Armand Fryman. Take a bit of chanson, a little Synth Pop, a little bit of Tropical Pop and Talila is what you get.

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Style: P-Funk / Ohio Funk

Format: LP
Label: Westbound

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/NM 

Open Minded and grown up Funk by the Ohio Player's mastermind. Seldom seen without  cutout or heavy ringwear!!

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Style: Kraut-Funk

Format: LP
Label: Cain

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

one of my favourite Kraut discoveries of the last years! Including the funky guitar track Coffee Cup that gets you STARTED within miliseconds as well as some tight and funky kraut-fusion gems

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Style: Mysterious Vibes

Format: LP
Label: Polydor

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/NM 

Phased drums and reversed guitars! Mysterious vibrations coming from the space age. Funky breaks meet orchestral jazz funk meet library style psychedelic cheese. Mysteries of the gods...

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Style: Schlager Funk!

Format: LP
Label: EMI

Year: 1970

Condition: NM/VG+  

Nice shirt, huh? Indeed some funky fuzzed out schlager moves on this album. And then there's this insane (almost) instrumental tune called Come On Babe. UH!

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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: Dee Lite

Year: 1972

Condition: NM/VG+  

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

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Style: Psyche Rock

Format: LP
Label: Philips

Year: 1967

Condition: VG+/VG(+)  

The most popular (!) album by one of the fathers of musique concrète. Jerky electronics meet eclectic rhytms made for Ballet dancing. I just tried dancing to it as a morning exercise and I can tell you it was big fun! (Neighbours forgive me ;) Vinyl shows light marks but plays GREAT , the OG 1967 heavy vinyl is almost indestructible.

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Style:  Funk

Format: LP
Label: Polydor

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+  

Tightest Ohio-Funk produced by a german for the german market. Sounds odd doesn't it? Well I guess it's because the german market wasn't already flooded with excellent Funk productions like this. Hot Ice is basically the same group as funksters Switch aka White Heat (Big Barry White's backing band) and of course they're PROS in the game. FUNKY SHIT!!

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Style: Funky French Pop

Format: 2LP

Label: CBS

Year: 1974

Condition: NM/VG++

Double LP with so many amazing Chedid tracks.

Of course "Hold Up" is among them.

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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: Dutch Funk

Format: LP
Label: CNR

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+

Here's more of the good stuff from funky Renee and her boys.

If you dug her Change The Style you'll love this...

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Style:  Blue Eyed Funky Soul? Dancing on the westcoast?

Format: LP
Label: Private Stock

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+ cutout

Incl. one of my favourite tunes EVER!

Moonlight is MORE than alright ; )

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Style: Soulful Reggae / Trojan

Format: LP
Label: Philips

Year: 1973

Condition: NM/VG+  

Holt got soul. And Holt got a whola lotta versions of classics here. My fave is the mighty reggae version of that certain Girl From Ipanema. Let's pretend it's summer already

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Style: Kraut Funk

Format: 7"
Label: Yum Yum

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+  (stamp on cover)

Great Kraut Funk two-sider recorded a year after their First Message album. The Governor is a strong Funk number with hard hitting horns and Just Another Song To Sing is a  mellow Northern Soul tune with some lovely vocals by Antonia Maass. This one reminds me of the beautiful Skylight album from Australia ...

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Style: Krautrock / Funk

Format: LP
Label: Meistersinger

Year: 1978

Condition: M/M

The Meistersinger mastermind's first solo LP. Sealed Copy!!

Incredibly funky Krautrock. If you dig fat pounding drums ->

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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:  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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