Jointz Of The Day
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The Contours rare disco funk 1979 Get In The Groove recorded for unreleased comeback album
Rare promo-only 1981 Chicago soul funk Southside Movement & Jackie Ross You Are The One That I Need
Jack Ashford rare disco funk 1977 Funk Brothers Lorraine Chandler This Ain't Just Another Dance Song
D.C. LaRue rare disco funk 1976 Ron Carter Steve Khan Sharon Redd - Overture (All We Need Is Love)
Rare funk 45 Clyde Stubblefield James Brown funky drummer instrumental Blume - Harold's Room (1974)
The Jones Girls - Hey Lucinda (1975) super funky 45 Curtom Records rare soul funk Curtis Mayfield
Mighty Sam McClain - Never Too Busy (1971) early Malaco rare soul funk Stax songwriter Joe Shamwell
Reuben Wilson - Got To Get Your Own (1974) Richard Tee Bernard Purdie Pee Wee Ellis rare soul funk
Rare Philly disco soul first T.K. Disco 12" (1976) Wild Honey - At The Top Of The Stairs Ron Kersey
Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign rare funk soul jam Wayne Henderson production - I Love You So Much (1973)
Shirley Wahls - powerful MLK tribute rare gospel soul masterpiece Remember Martin Luther King (1976)
Philippe Wynne - Breakout (1980) feat. Bernie Worrell P-Funk rare disco funk co-prod. George Clinton
Black Ivory - Daily News (1975) rare disco funk Leroy Burgess arranged Patrick Adams Charlie Calello
Willie Clayton - It's Time You Made Up Your Mind (1974) rare soul funk produced by Willie Mitchell
Commodores - Better Never Than Forever (1975) clavinet Hohner D6 powerful message funk B-side
Interpretations - Trippin' (1970) rare funk Earl Young Norman Harris Ron Baker Bobby Eli Philly MFSB
Rufus feat. Chaka Khan - Right Is Right (1974) funk jam co-written by Chaka album-only deep cut
Dan Hartman - Relight My Fire (1979) rare remix + interview with mixer John Luongo Loleatta Holloway
Honey & The Bees - Love Addict (1969) early MFSB soul funk co-written by Norman Harris & Thom Bell
Eddie Harris - Sham Time (1968) soul jazz funk jam w/ sax legends King Curtis David "Fathead" Newman
Fuzzy Haskins funk bomb - Love's Now Is Forever (1976) feat. Bernie Worrell Bootsy Collins P-Funk
Cloud One - Flying High (1982) rare Patrick Adams 12" boogie funk cosmic disco trippy jam (Part 1)
Little Sister - You're The One (1970) funk bomb Sly Stone production Family Stone backing vocalists
Jean Carne quiet storm Philly soul gem Don't You Know Love When You See It (1976) unsung T-Life PIR
Quincy Jones - There's A Train Leavin' (1976) Q-Funk soul funk B-side masterpiece feat Louis Johnson
Ruby Andrews rare soul funk - (I Want To Be) Whatever It Takes To Please You (1972) Zodiac Records
Sister Sledge - Love Ain't Easy (1975) rare early B-side funky disco soul co-written by Joni Sledge
Laura Lee - I Need It Just As Bad As You (1974) rare soul Unedited Version funky feminist anthem
Sweet Charles Sherrell funk bomb - Hang Out & Hustle (1975) JB's Fred Wesley co-written James Brown
Hamilton Bohannon - The Stop And Go (1973) ultra funk bomb Soul Train theme runner-up Wah Wah Watson