After playing for years on the Rock and Soul circuit in eastern Canada, New York, and England, Rick James finally made a hit solo career in the late 1970s. Borrowing…
I have definitely been coming up on a lot of things on my want list lately, and this I found cheap as well. Can You Feel It was S.O.U.L.‘s second album. It features…
Dead On The Heavy Funk is a collection of Brown’s work from the mid-1970s, just when his compositions began falling off. Five of the nine tracks are from 1975,…
The Chakachas were a group of Belgian studio musicians. Their self-titled LP was their second after their big hit with Jungle Fever. Unlike that record however, this…
This record is a trip. It’s six songs of nothing but drums. A producer could go nuts with this thing. For pure listening enjoyment the best songs for me are…
Goddamn if it didn’t take me a long time to get another copy of this record. I got my first about 4 years ago for a measly $6, came home only to find out that…
Flying Start was the last album to feature the original line-up of the Blackbyrds. Their mentor/producer Donald Byrd also hooked them up with session musicians like…
The Brothers Johnson were a family affair from LA who got their start backing up the likes of the Supremes. Quincy Jones got them a record contract of their own after…
The Commodores self-titled album is the one that contained their biggest hit Brick House. Their follow up slow jam hit song Easy is also on here. There’s also…
Damn Right saw the J.B.‘s at the height of their career. It starts off with James Brown talking about Are you somebody?” before the horns and bass lead…
I found this record in a dollar bin one summer in the suburbs of Chicago. It’s by far one of my best dollar finds. Melvin Jackson was from Chicago and the bassist…
The title track Falling In Love is suppose to be a slow jam grinder, but it’s a little cheesy and part of the melody sounds like a take off of the Taxi theme.…
This is another Meters compilation, this one put together by Island records in the mid-1970s. The record features the Meters’ top hits on the Josie label confirming…
Just a while ago I cataloged all of my records and found that about 20 of my pieces that I had bought years ago turned out to be re-issues. Since then I’ve been…
Rusty Bryant, Bill Mason, Leon Spencer, Wilbert Longmire and Idris Muhammad recorded yet another fine album for Prestige epitomized by the swinging funkiness of the…
Everybody Loves The Sunshine was the last really consistent record Ayers recorded in the mid-1970s. Besides the title track, one of my all time favorite songs, Everybody…
This record has been on my want list for oh so many years. Not only did I finally find a copy in a store, but for a great price as well. That’s the best kind…
With a title like Atmospheres you might be expecting some free Jazz, but instead what you get is a series of funky rhythm tracks that would make great loops. Clive…
Buying this record has been a long time coming. I first became familiar with guitarist Donald Austin through his 45s, all of which are contained on this album. The…
Today Etta James mostly plays on the Blues circuit, but she got started as one of the best Soul singers out of Chicago. Funk is from a session she did in Hollywood.…
