Funk Yeah! Soul and Disco

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LCD Soundsystem was the project of James Murphy, the head of the always awesome DFA Records. Despite breaking up, they will remain massively important to dance-able indie music loosely classified, along with other luminaries like !!!, as Dancepunk. The influence of post-punk is definitely felt and Pat Mahoney’s drumming sounds even better than a 80s new-wave drum machine. “No Love Lost” is off a tour 7” single, and the B-side features the Arcade Fire’s “Poupee de Cire/Poupee de Son”. 2007.

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Ever heard funky oboes? Ever heard funky oboes in harmony? Now you have thanks to Marvin Gaye’s “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever” from his “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” album. Motown/Tamla 1968.

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Written by the legendary Van McCoy and relatively unknown Joe Cobb, “The Finger Pointers” was a song recorded by numerous artists associated with Van McCoy including David Ruffin and The Choice Four. David Ruffin, a few years after getting fired from The Temptations, started recording funkier solo albums for a floundering Motown. His albums featuring collaboration with Van McCoy display some of the finest disco full length album work of the 70s. Motown 1975.

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Keeping on with this Chicago Soul kick, here is a lady I mentioned the other day in association with The Chi-Lites. Barbara Acklin had her own solo career that included this perfectly bubblegum piece of heartwarming soul. “I’ll Bake Me a Man” should’ve been a classic on teen radio in the 60s alas it was released in 1973, a year jam packed with too much good music. Brunswick 1973.

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From the infamous Soviet Funk series on Secret Stash Records comes Pomogite, a supposed Soviet funk band from the 70s. Whether or not these tracks are actually Soviet funk, although it sounds more like progressive funky jazz, recorded by Pavel Sysoyev, they are still killer tracks that tread the line between funk and jazz. This particular track “Izvinite” has a bit of a disco touch to it as well! Secret Stash 2011.

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The Numero Group has released many, many awesome compilations and Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay does not disappoint. Think Caribbean-influenced funk with a highly rhythmic sense of soul. This particular track by Cyril Ferguson is especially funk flavored and it’s title, “Gonna Build a Nation”, is evocative of Parliament-Funkadelic. Numero Group 1975.

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Coming off the soundtrack to a failed Blaxploitation movies, this tambourine jam, “We Can Work It Out” , features great harmony singing by vocal funk group The Final Solution. After changing their name in the early 70s, the band was hired to record the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film never made: Brotherman. The soundtrack contains a great mixture of funky and smooth tracks as well as some stunning instrumentals. Numero Group 2008.

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Here is an awesome cover by Iron & Wine of The Four Top’s chart-busting hit “It’s the Same Old Song”.

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“Disco Party” by Mike Jackson and the Soul Provider’s lays down some deep funk contrary to the song title. Marketed as a soundtrack from a 70s movie, this album was produced by Gabe Roth, the head of Daptone. It was actually recorded and released in the 90s to some acclaim!

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James Brown Shoot Your Shot

propers to the lovely awordoraline

Great James Brown track I’ve been digging today.

Reblogged from HOLY SOUL

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