No serious Funk collection should be without "THE BEST OF SAM & DAVE", copious amounts of James Brown, and perhaps some Wilson Picket.
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Check this out Fred Wesley's amazing Trombone playing Cold Sweat Perhaps the only thing better is hearing Cold Sweat played by Bernard Purdie with his famous Psh Psh Psh on the hi-hat! |
The funk aroma has wafted over a pretty large area, here's a few i like that sprouted up along the fringes: The J.B's. Doin' It To Death ... (1973) James Brown does sing (or maybe more like talks you up) on this one, but this is the J. B's. record to stretch out on. It's not hard to see why the T.J. Kirk guys had to use You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight. The whole record is core material. Kristian Schultze Set/ Recreation ... (1972) It's got a weird 70"s kind of Euorpean humorous jazz cheese thing going that aged real good. Praxis/Transmutation,(Mutatis Mutandis)...(1992)Sometimes a little goofy, but you got Bootsy, Bernie Worrell, Buckethead and Bill Laswell smearing around a gorgeous high amplitude science fiction brand of funk that won't be denied after you hit play. Defunkt/ Defunkt (1980) This one kind of upped the game in the hyper kinetic chops dept., (blame Lester Bowie, Vernon Reid and Melvin Gibbs for that). Titles like Thermonuclear Sweat let you know what you're in for. Miles Davis/ On The Corner (1972) Apex achievement, this along w/ Herbie Hancock's Sextant pump out the some of the finest brain melting funk infused audio formations available. |
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charles wright & the watts 103ed st st. rhythm band (backing on early bill crosby albums, too) wild tchopitoulas (meters, toussaint-related) swamp dogg (jerry wiliams)--total destruction to your mind, rat on + others; legendary producer, composer, keys, etc w/b.b. king, irma thomas, ron wood, etc. dyke & the blazers war the undisputed truth bar-kays kool and the gang (early) eddie bo the gaturs wouldn't snooze on most of prince's catalog, either! |
I just picked up "Masterology(The Pioneers of New British Funk)" from The New Mastersounds on Sundazed Records.If you like Booker T. & the M.G.s type funk,you will love this album.Also,it's a very well recorded album. |
Deeper than deep: Al Wilson Bill Withers The Blackbyrds Blue Magic Bobby Womack The Chi-Lites Cornelius Brothers The Dells Donnie Ebert Donny Hathaway The Dramatics Eddie Kendricks The Emotions Foster Sylver The Free Movement Harold Melvin The Honey Cone Hues Corporation Isaac Hayes Isley Brothers Jimmy Castor Bunch Joe Simon Joe Tex Johnie Taylor Kool & The Gang Lamont Dozier Lou Rawls The Main Ingredient Manu Dibango MFSB The Moments The O'Jays O.V. Wright Ohio Players People's Choice The Persuaders The Stylistics War The 8th Day |
