Bootsy Collins – Ultra Wave (1980)
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…
100 Proof Aged In Soul – 100 Proof (1972)
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.…
Juan Formell y los Van Van – Vol. II (1974)
Los Van Van (Vol. II)
Egrem CD 0127
Series: Coleccion Juan Formell Y Los Van Van – Vol. II
Original release 1974
CD reissue 1995
Eddie Hazel – Rest In P (1994) (P-Vine Records PCD-2884)
Eddie Hazel – “Rest In P”
1994 P-Vine Records PCD-2884
Released in Japan
Eddie Hazel would have turned 70 years old in April of this year. This collection of rarities by Hazel is a delight for longtime fans and should impress the neophyte, though I wouldn’t recommend it for the totally uninitiated – those people should start with the first three Funkadelic albums, then Standing On The Verge of Getting It On, and then his solo album Games, Dames, and Guitar Thangs. (More comments below the break)
Manu Dibango – Africadelic (1973) (2006 Hi & Fly reissue)
Manu Dibango
Africadelic
1973 (Original release)
2006 reissue Hi & Fly Records HF00019
RIP Emmanuel N’Djoké Dibango, 1933 – 2020, a victim of COVID-19.
Ned Doheny – Hard Candy (1976) (2014 Be With Records 180g reissue)
Ned Doheny – Hard Candy
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | Art scans at 300 dpi
1.4801GB (24/192) | 714MB (24/96) + 238 MB (16/44) |
2014 Be With Records BEWITH003LP | Genre: Soul, Funk, Rock
I’m not sure that the release of Ned Doheny’s 1973 album sold enough copies to inculcate anything much in the way of expectations, but anybody who had happened to own that album could be forgiven for wondering if his second record in 1976 hadn’t accidentally been switched with the latest Vangelis when they first put it on the turntable. A full thirty seconds of slowly faded-in, droning synth chords opens the album before a splash of Ned’s acoustic guitar, chimes and eventually drummer Gary Mallaber laying down a rock-solid beat on the moody “Get It Up For Love.” The whole record is heavenly blue-eyed soul, folky funk, swimming pool dreaminess and about as Laurel Canyon 1976 as it could possibly be.