Essential Funk 45's

[DrWu]

Rufus Thomas- Funky Mississippi, The Funky Penguin, Itch and Scratch,
KATG- everything before 1977?
Jean Knight- Do Me on stax

 

[DrWu]

Lee Dorsey- Give it up, Everything I do Gone be fuhnky, four corners, ride you pony
Aretha- This the house that Jack Built, Rock Steady
this is like AM Gold and shit.

 

[NiteKrawler45]

cramp your style is a good call.

some more obvious ones...





Impeach the Pres


Synthetic Substitution


Trespasser

those I would have mentioned, however, I thought we were staying away from pricey & rarer pieces (for a new funk collector these are def considered rare)








Trespasser is my shiznit.

 

[Swayze]

Little Royal - Razor Blade

Great record--although I think it may also be an album cut? Have to check when I get home.
There is also a vocal version by Sebastian called "Living In Depression" on brown dog.

 

[Bapt]

Wait!!!!!!

Sharon Jones "Damn It's Hot" Part 1/2
Desco!

 

[bluesnag]

Rufus Thomas- Funky Mississippi, The Funky Penguin, Itch and Scratch,
KATG- everything before 1977?
Jean Knight- Do Me on stax

1976 is iffy for kool & the gang though. the only tune that is any good on the open sesame lp is the title track, and that's available on 12".

 

[octopus]

jimmy jones, im after some o this guys 45's on DEKE

 

[hobo_d]

lowell fulsom - tramp

cliff nobles - love is alright / the horse

robert parker - barefootin'

dyke and the blazers - let a woman be a woman let a man be a man

 

[pickwick33]

KATG- everything before 1977?

1976 is iffy for kool & the gang though.

1976 is iffy for funk in general, IMO. With precious few exceptions (like the P-Funk mob), thangs start getting kinda dicey after 1975.

 

[octopus]

lowell fulsom - tramp


dyke and the blazers - let a woman be a woman let a man be a man

 

[hobo_d]

KATG- everything before 1977?

would the kool & the gang b/w raw hamburgers 7'' classify as this



i thought of some more

jean knight - mr big stuff
otis redding - hard to handle
rufus thomas - the breakdown
bill moss - sock it to em soul brother
herbie mann - soul man
charles wright - express yourself
chuck brown - bustin loose

and

fabulous counts - janjan, lunar funk, scrambled eggs (there pretty cheap on the bay)

 

[pickwick33]

KATG- everything before 1977?

would the kool & the gang b/w raw hamburgers 7'' classify as this

its from 1969 so i guess it would

 

[The_Hook_Up]

bill doggett-honky tonk popcorn
eddie bo & inez cheatham-lover and a friend
ann sexton-youre losing me
jesse anderson-mighty mighty
kim melvin-doin the popcorn
dapps-bringin up the guitar

 

[DJPrestige]

charles wright- what can you bring me

 

[Jonny_Paycheck]

I don't think that the quality of the album from which it's drawn has any bearing at all on the essentialness of any 45; ten other shitty tracks just make the album less essential, it doesn't make the 45 any more so (though it certainly might make it more desirable).

I see what you are saying, but my view is that while the piece of music either is or isn't essential, regardless of the presence of ten additional schitty tracks, those ten tracks do impact what form it is essential for me to possess the piece of music in.
Perfect example (though not funk): Ray Bryant "Up Above The Rock"

 

[bluesnag]

charles wright- what can you bring me

and "must be your thing" is the hotness too.

 

[dig_this]

ann sexton-youre losing me

definitely.

also:

hip thang ?? the swordsmen
things got to get better (get together) ?? marva whitney
you gotta push ?? jody gayles
evidence ?? candi staton
peace begins within ?? bobby powell
nobody ?? hodges, smith, james & crawford

 

[DrWu]

ann sexton-youre losing me

definitely.

also:

hip thang ?? the swordsmen
things got to get better (get together) ?? marva whitney
you gotta push ?? jody gayles
evidence ?? candi staton
peace begins within ?? bobby powell
nobody ?? hodges, smith, james & crawford

Hip thang is so necessary and seemingly so slept on. I got a vg copy in the box for Nightowl.

Tramp is also required reading for all DJs. SHit always hits well on the dance floor

 

[Mike_Bell]

lowell fulsom - tramp


dyke and the blazers - let a woman be a woman let a man be a man

 

[Otis_Funkmeyer]

jimmy jones, im after some o this guys 45's on DEKE

"do what comes natural" is

I like "time and changes" also, though that is not on DEKE.