The Sylvers – The Sylvers Vinyl rip in high resolution FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Soul, Funk 1972 Pride Records || 2019 Mr.Bongo The early seventies were the heyday of “family” bands from The Jackson 5 to The Staples Singers to, um, The Partridge Family. But there many less famous groups like The…
Nat Turner Rebellion – Laugh To Keep From Crying Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | | Soul, funk Philly Groove Records, Chrysalis – PGRV101 The Nat Turner Rebellion – the musical act, not the historical event – was a promising group from Philly that imploded before they ever really got off the ground, featuring vocalists…
This was the first Fatback Band album after leaving Perception Records for a long stint with Polydor subsidiaries Event and Spring Records. It’s worth having just for the opening track, Mr. Bass Man, which is a funk classic.
Fat Larry’s Band – Off The Wall Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Funk, Soul, Disco 1977 Stax Records STX-41303 Two words: Peaceful Journey… I mean, the lead-off song Sparkle is fantastic: it’s about getting it on with an alien, so how could it not be? I like…
Bootsy Collins – Ultra Wave 1980 Warner Bros. Records BSK 3433 Since the end of summer I have been toiling away in a pretty consistent cloud of funk. Not the kind for which William Collins is famous either, but of the variety that leaves a person questioning their life choices while coughing through a miasma…
100 Proof Aged In Soul – 100 Proof 1972 Hot Wax HA 712 Vinyl transfer at 24-bit / 192 khz Classic soul here, on an album that has only been reissued on CD in Japan. Nice and warm northern soul arrangements and production values, pure pleasure from start to finish. The group was put together…
