Rolling 70s Funky Crate-Digging R&B/Soul/Jazz/Disco Discovery Thread

When will I cease to be amazed by 70's-era Eddie Harris records???? Holy toledo, Is It In, from 1974, IS BLOWING MY TINY MIND.

I mean, I thought I Need Some Money was a revelation. And it is. But there are more cool ideas on the first side of this album then most people come up with in a lifetime.

anyway, i hear cool shit all the time, and i figured it might be handy to have a place to talk about them. or rave about them, in my case.

This thread is for all the funky people. anything that's been making you jump up and down lately. reissues. i don't care. i'm always thankful for some good tips.

this isn't a recent discovery and it's more well-known, but i find myself playing this album a LOT lately:

http://www.fingerbib.com/viker/images/finally.jpg

All the Soundway Records reissues (e.g., Nigeria Rock Special), and the two key Nigerian reissues from Strut Records -- Nigeria 70, Vol. I and Nigeria 70 -- Lagos Jump are mindblowing (and funky).

i was always on the verge of buying those on vinyl and there was always something equally pricey that i needed more. though i think maria has some of it on her computer via emusic or whatever. and what i've heard has sounded great indeed.

whenever i ask myself - and it isn't often - why i don't go to church, the answer is simple. god is alive and majik is afoot in the form of ramsey lewis's ARP Odyssey and going to church would be, like, redundant or something.

been rocking this today and it's also new to me. ("Spider Man"!!! Yeah!)

http://www.woundedbird.com/lewis_ramsey/3800.jpg

the only Eddie Harris I have is Silver Cycles - the title track of which is totally amazing, some of my favorite sax+echoplex playin ever. Rest is sorta bland, but I always keep an eye out for this guy.

definitely get I Need Some Money if you see it. And Is It In is worth it for the first side alone.

also get the reason why I'm talkin sh*t

if you like the sax+echoplex stuff

one funky eddie deserves another

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/2722389170_e8b65c0f3c.jpg?v=0

Not sure this is more funky or surf-y/psych-y, but the Roots of Chicha is fire.

http://www.sofoca.cl/pebre/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/chicha.jpg

this is henderson's best known album. both of these conjure spacey In A Silent Way style atmosphere over a medium-boil funk pulse. nice.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_toslU5iauJI/R_7ae-NWy8I/AAAAAAAAAVI/gjoifCBZrVA/s320/img004.jpg

fun fact: eddie henderson retired from jazz for awhile and became a psychoanalysist

psychoanalyst

another excuse to post this cover is always welcome :

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61XN4G8Z7QL._SS500_.jpg

its truly brilliant, and was reissued a few years ago, meaning copies should be easy to track down.

that cumbia thing looks very cool.

i love both those eddie henderson records. Sunburst was definitely one of those WOW! moments for me when i first heard it.

another semi-recent discovery for me (loved this):

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNTLg6uuBsg/SC29czNht1I/AAAAAAAAB18/xskK9bG59ZI/s400/rushen_patr_beforethe_101b.jpg

Patrice Rushen must be one of the most sampled women in showbiz.

xxxpost - Great cover! Tho I can't tell if that's meant to be the US Capitol or an aerosol spray can or what

These threads are always worthwhile

tho I can't tell if that's meant to be the US Capitol or an aerosol spray can or what

i believe its a water hydrant making a hot day a lot more fun for 2 kids.

OH! I almost forgot my fave discovery of the month. I don't even know what to say about this album. just, wow...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FN-abFwTntU/Rt71jAZDXKI/AAAAAAAAABE/ru_-cElIlHs/s320/miltonnascimento_minas.jpg

oh and it's by milton nascimento, if you've never seen/heard it. my brazilian pressing has a really dark blue cover. it's the coolest cover ever. anyway, it's just a journey, that record. so friggin' ambitious. i have another great album of his, but i need more. if anyone is a big fan, did he do stuff that is comparable? maybe it's not so much "funky", but i had to give it a shout-out. it's got so much soul.

i can't think of the name of the other solo milton i have. i'll investigate. i have this too and everyone should hear it if they haven't already:

http://www.1000recordings.com/images/artist-s/shorter-wayne-featuring-milton-nascimento-786-l.jpg

i'm no expert but this milton nasicmento album -- clube de esquina -- is awesome. mind-blowing brazilian pop/rock singles from the 60s/early 70s so it doesn't exactly fit this thread but it is really reallt good.

http://wakingupto.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/clube.jpg

this is the other milton i have (love it!)

http://www.sebododisco.com.br/imagens/1651.jpg

yeah, the one i just posted is volume 2. i want that other earlier one. love that cover too.

this one's produced by creed taylor, slightly americanized, but if you like his early jazzier work on CTI you'll love it

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IZsuFLnZYTA/SPU52UlUL_I/AAAAAAAAAQo/up5yQ0HTcw4/s320/o28501.jpg

i'm definitely a milton fan. need to search out all that 70's stuff. not always easy to find on vinyl.

'Milton' recorded in LA in '77 (?) with Herbie H and Wayne Shorter is the only Nascimento I have on vinyl apart from Minas, and it's pretty good: Minas is the shit though

Is this where I post H.P. Riot love?

This record is kinda nuts:
http://lh3.google.com/MyJazzWorld/RpnchIOJE_I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/Ogw6pg6d1RE/s288/DennisCoffey_GoinForMyself.jpg

i like that dennis coffey album a bunch.

been digging this album a bunch this week. oliver sain's blue max. seriously groovy funky disco action. the 2nd side bogs down into ballad country, but the whole first side is killer.

http://ring.cdandlp.com/fih/photo_grande/1318972.jpg

the Oliver Sain record I have on Abet is wicked funky .. what's it called ? 'Hot Thang' I think?

ha, ok wait, I googled ... 'Hot Thang' lp was Eddy Senay ... on Sussex the sound of success ... easy to get these guys confused sometimes. I think "Bus Stop" is the Sain jammer i was thinking of

NUMERO GROUP UNEARTHS NEVER-RELEASED ALBUM BY HEAVILY SAMPLED STAX GROUP 24-CARAT BLACK!

Originally released in 1973, 24-Carat Black's opus, Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth provided a bleak worldview in contrast to many of their label mates, or much of the world for that matter. Telling tales of the grim realities of inner-city existence, the album was released below the radar at the time, but later enjoyed somewhat of a revival as its tracks provided the samples for hits by Jay-Z, Eric B & Rakim, Digable Planets, Nas and many others. Due to a number of factors, subsequent recordings were never released, and sat in the basement of the group's engineer and keyboardist until now. Numero Group has done it yet again, and uncovered a slice of American soul music that has been lost for over a quarter of a century: Gone: The Promises of Yesterday are the last remaining songs by 24-Carat Black. Gone are the message-laden songs that they were known for, but these tales of love, either professed or lost, retain the uncannily catchy bass lines and haunting melodies that made the group famous in the first place.

Coincidentally, before seeing Stormy's post, I just stumbled on that Eddy Senay disc on eMusic, after locating the Dennis Coffee album (they're on the same label). Samples sound great.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bNy01y2CZik/SJ-tXqIHt_I/AAAAAAAAAFA/NltbvSFjF6k/s400/eddy+senay.jpg

This thread is a treat.

Wait, waht? Is that a new Numero Group full-length disc? I'm an annual subscriber, and I haven't received it yet.

i'll post to this thread in the morning when i'm more awake and less drunk

does this album fit the thread?i hope so: pre-disco but definitely soul/jazz dig-able. even songs w/lush string arrangements turn funky.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/101/306059385_f348b9b44c_b.jpg

can't stop playing The Floaters album, Float On. one of my fave songs when i was a kid, but the album has the 12 minute version and i can't get enough of it. i don't think i ever knew that there was a 12 minute version!

this footage is so great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvu2Sbz3ax4

can't find cheech & chong's parody "bloat on" on youtube though.

ya, i have this single. http://www.discogs.com/Floaters-Float-On/release/317007

for some reason i thought it was actually 14 minutes. it doesn't really matter though, because all they do is let the instrumental play for an extra however minutes. they don't solo over it or get all normal whitfield on that bitch and trip it out. kinda pointless :(

i love it. it's my trance track of the week.

but yeah it just repeats itself over and over.

The CTI stuff is all on emusic now due to the Sony/Columbia deal.

picked this up recently for a buck. Gap Mangione (Chuck's brother) album. most of it is pretty soft, but this last track just fucking kills it. check the fuzz bass in the middle.

http://www.robotsinheat.com/trax/LoveJAM.mp3

he's also got this one that was sampled by dilla for a slum village track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj04d1h0NUE

here's a great Lenny White track

http://www.robotsinheat.com/trax/Struttin.mp3

whoa... just downloaded gap mangione's "diana in the autumn wind" album, shares a bunch of songs with the national gallery's weirdo soft-rock "performing musical interpretations of the paintings of paul klee" album. think i prefer the NG stuff but this is still pretty nice, smooth tunes.

oh yeah, and CHUCK mangione was partly responsible for the national gallery album, apparently.

i think i'm in love. does deej have this album? or the rev?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueuy1etjh8I

This is in no way rare or obscure, but I think it's kind of slept on. I listen to it on the regular.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KqndcpjQSek/SwGZBtZBCcI/AAAAAAAAVME/2zMLOClxr1U/s400/The-Crusaders-Southern-Comfort-478055.jpg

side-long stairway to heaven/whole lotta love disco medley and i'm thinking i dig it better than the far corporation's epic cover.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_voilrPQeWXk/SaXDHO-4JbI/AAAAAAAABT4/gULF8demubo/s320/Stairway+To+Love.jpg

so much good music by the crusaders and i can't sell any of it. very sad.

There's a revived lineup of the Crusaders (Sample, Henderson, Felder) coming to my neck of the woods soon. Still love Crusaders 1 a ton, too.

hell yeah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRGSW9g7o9U

from Morning, Noon & Night's S/T debut from 1977. same album that has the immortal jam "bite your granny" on it.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjRpW1RlbC0/RfiEFWyAL5I/AAAAAAAAAd8/vJNT9vhdMqY/s320/f.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UjRpW1RlbC0/RfiEamyAL7I/AAAAAAAAAeM/Q-sy34eL_Oo/s320/b.jpg

morning, noon & night completists need both covers.

album i'm not really into: heatwave - hot property (epic - 1979)

album with one GREAT song and some not so great songs - gene chandler - get down (20th century fox - 1978) (title track is such a monster. worth getting the record for a buck. or better yet, the 12 inch for a buck.)

another album with one GREAT song...etc... - spinners - 8 (atlantic - 1977) ("i'm gonna getcha" is all kinds of awesome, but the rest just isn't as strong.)

album everyone should own - kool and the gang - the force (de-lite - 1977)

funkiest hard rock record or hardest rockin' funk album made in 1977 - mother's finest - another mother further (epic - 1977)

another one everyone should run out and buy immediately - side effect - goin' bananas (fantasy - 1977) (so cool. and i swear the yellow vinyl is, like, audiophile quality. massive sound!)

dud by a legend - david ruffin - who i am (motown - 1975) (zzzzzz.....)

group i love so much and that a lot of people - at this late date - have never even HEARD even though you can find their records easily enough and all their stuff is so great and their album Do It Your Way would easily make a top 50 list of my favorite albums of all time and they are just so friggin' essential if you ask me: crown heights affair

I just got that Heatwave album last week and have been playing it loads. It's not the classic that Central Heating is but there's plenty to enjoy on there.

I got that Crown Heights Affair album last year at the beginning of my obsession with that full length disco albums thread you started, yeah it's really good.

I've been in America for a month buying loads of 70's disco/funk/soul vinyls. I'm sure most people on here have already discovered most of the things I have but anyway here's a list of a few I picked up.

Brainstorm-Stormin, Journey Through the Past, Funky Encounter
Brick-Summer Heat, Waiting on you
Cymande-Cymande
Mandrill-Mandrill, Mandrill is
Love Unlimited-From a girl's Point of view, In Heat
Love unlimited Orchestra-Music Maestro Please, My Musical Bouquet, My Sweet Summer Suite
Barry White-The message is Love
West Wing-West Wing
Rufus-Rufusized, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
Bohannon-Bohannon, Keep on Dancin, Dance your ass off
Love & Kisses-How Much, how much I Love you
The Undisputed Truth-S/T
Beckett-Disco Calypso
Saint Tropez-Belle de Jour
Kleeer-Winners
B.T Express-Do it (Till Your Satisfied)
Gregg Perry-Smokin'

No idea how I'm going to get these all back to the UK but shopping for vinyl here is addictive.

that's great stuff! i was listening to love & kisses today. and i'm impressed that you managed to find all three brainstorm albums before you went home. kudos!

i love that beckett album and i haven't played it in years. i need to find mine.

"No idea how I'm going to get these all back to the UK but shopping for vinyl here is addictive."

the vinyl crop is plentiful here. sometimes records fall from the sky.

i'll be honest, jerry butler records usually bore the hell out of me, but i gotta give credit where credit is due:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCCmN70gAH0

Is that Jerry "Iceman" Butler who is currently a member of the Cook County Board of Commisionners, and thus a total thief? Just google some of the shit the Cook County Board has pulled since Iceman's buddy Todd Stroger took over the presidency. Exhibit A as to why Chicago politics are a joke.

it is indeed the same person.

he really likes ice.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_63w9728YzZ8/SImL1kGglYI/AAAAAAAABSQ/DRE0cd5F4r4/s320/iceman.jpg

He and his cronies should be locked up.

i have three crown heights affair records, 'dreaming a dream,' 'dream world' & the one w/ the hott chick on the cover
http://blog.tilos.hu/malestripshow/crown_he.jpg

was gonna throw this up on ebay - promo only 12-inch of over & over consistently sells for 50 and up - but man oh man its just such a fat mix! youtube has the long-ass album version up which is likewise great, but this disco mix by Rafael Charres is a true showstopper. especially the killer intro. Freestyle 1978 style. woohoo!

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20100106/300384189297.jpg

in other words, i might have to keep it...

got this Jimmy Castor joint the other day:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KqndcpjQSek/SsZxVF__pII/AAAAAAAATzQ/RIHMI0LE6e0/s400/Jimmy_Castor_Bunch-E-Man_Groovin.JPG and the title track is monstrous. speaking of monstrous, there's two songs about Dracula that are ridiculous and funky in equal measure. even the cheesy stuff, like "Everything is Beautiful to Me" is so damn convincing that yes, everything does become beautiful to me.

gave my buddy that sleeve for his bday in 2005. i dont think i ever had the record...

that's a great castor record. i tend to like most of them though.

here's two for tuesday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t16lJN55tQ&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aW3ABLa1b0&feature=related

also, while i'm at it, just can't get enough of this album:'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-_hj3GMM1k&feature=related

scott, yer srsly making me want to just rent a car and drive all the way up there and buy all your disco stock!

that Jimmy Castor album is dope - love "Space Age"

also digging this Charles Earland track, kinda in that Dexter Wansel cosmic groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLpiusdYlrI

sadly, i steal all my good disco stock. it doesn't move extremely fast around here, and if something hangs around long enough sometimes i break down and take it home. or sell it on ebay. i got kids to feed. i have one friend around here who deejays and he loves italo and euro disco and he has a pretty high tolerance for cheese too. which is good, because cheese doesn't always sell so well. i always have some good stuff around though. i've got decent dollar stuff that people barely look at. you could have an amazing starter collection of early 80's smooth soul records for like 50 bucks at my store. probably at most stores...but stll there is good stuff there.

dunno if this counts but this track strikes me as mad scott sewardish & im not sure what thread to post it in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giQEUSTkrjs

soooo slept on. im the only person ive ever heard talk about / play it, except for the dudes in the youtube comments

album is dope too, i have a hot 12" edit of 'darling i love you' that is worth tracking down

i am a fan of that album.

trying to upload "Ain't No" to youtube, but it just ain't working

picked this up recently. not the george michael group. Wham! white, soft rock disco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjCDqhAoQs

friend gave me this 7". stoked. Zell Black "Fly Me - Part 1"
http://gpa-goodmusic.blogspot.com/2010/01/zell-black-fly-me.html

anyone heard the shel silverstein album(s?) on bluenote? i think dr hook was his backing band. freaky deaky shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O5TTqiK9-c

and speaking of dr hook, this song is the jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV13cqMgeBM

here's some dope, synthed out jazz funk. looks like a corny new age album (in a good way)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQUjlOeSo8I

this sounds like something bohannon would have worked on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrjFa_LwPRE

niiiiiiiiiiiiice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbn7yjHQL4s

btw jaxon im going to NC tomorrow night, but i owe you caroline/bohannon/joni recs when we get back!

jaxon is goin in

klemmer is the bomb. his other, less funky albums are so delayed and tweaked out.

John Klemmer is a badass (a psych Jazz thread)

ya pete, whenever you're free.

i like that wham album. i play it once a year or so. great cover too. hey, isn't that direct current from the 80's? i think they were from philly. or the label was in philly. i think. i like that one too.

oh and deej i really like this album. and i don't know anyone else who likes this one. though they must be out there.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KqndcpjQSek/SdD-otbwZxI/AAAAAAAAOvU/vrCH6LSqFsE/s400/Jorge+Santana+-+It%27s+All+About+Love.jpeg

this is the album of the day though. everyone needs one. probably find it in a dollar bin somewhere. everyone needs every barrabas album. there is so much friggin' goodness on this album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfKb-4N9ew4

anyone heard the shel silverstein album(s?) on bluenote? i think dr hook was his backing band. freaky deaky shit

these albums were in serious dorm-room rotation when I was in college - really funny, brassy stuff

enjoying "little dove" from the rascals' peaceful world, featuring alce coltrane, hubert laws, and ron carter!

ive got that other santana too, i think i only really liked 1 track off it tho :( should revisit

There's going to be a lot of great discoveries in the

~~~ ILM 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS POLL ~~~