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  • Gene Dunlap ‎– Party In Me
    Gene Dunlap ‎– Party In Me
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    Hard-hitting and heavy Disco/Soul, ala Roy Ayers, from one of the most underrated percussionists of 70’s & 80’s. Label: Capitol Records – ST-12190 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The New Lee Dorsey – Working In The Coal Mine – Holy Cow
    The New Lee Dorsey – Working In The Coal Mine – Holy Cow
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    “Lee Dorsey epitomized the loose, easy-going charm of New Orleans R&B perhaps more than any other artist of the ’60s. Working with legendary Crescent City producer/writer Allen [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Fontella Bass – Free
    Fontella Bass – Free
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    “If Fontella Bass’ “Rescue Me” is the best soul single that Aretha Franklin never made, then Free is the lost classic that deserves space in any record collection housing [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Wilson Pickett – The Wicked Pickett [white label promo]
    Wilson Pickett – The Wicked Pickett [white label promo]
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    “A fabulous album, done when Pickett was in the midst of his best period at Atlantic. It had everything — great songs, wonderful production and arrangements, and a hungry, galvanizing [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely For So Long
    Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely For So Long
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    The Bessemer, AL native has his finest hour with this, his first and only album for Stax Records. The title track, co-written by his wife Posie, was his biggest hit […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Herbie Hancock – Sextant
    Herbie Hancock – Sextant
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    When Herbie Hancock left Warner Bros. in 1971 after releasing three musically sound but critically and commercially underappreciated albums — Crossings, Mwandishi, and Fat Albert Rotunda [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Pyrolator / Sharrock* / Samba* AS Every 2nd – Every 2nd
    Pyrolator / Sharrock* / Samba* AS Every 2nd – Every 2nd
    $6.00 | , Add to cart

    “Originally commissioned for the 1988 Seoul Olympic games, this one-off collaboration of Pyrolator, Linda Sharrock and Frank Samba (as Every 2nd) is an all too obscure gem of blasted [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Madelaine ‎– Who Is She..
    Madelaine ‎– Who Is She..
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    Amazing rewrite/cover of the Bill Withers track “Who Is He?”. Absolute smoker. Label: Chi Sound Records – CH-LA863H Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1978 VG+/VG+. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Various – The Chicago Boogie Volume 3: Set It Out
    Various – The Chicago Boogie Volume 3: Set It Out
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    “Chicago’s Boogie Munster Crew teams up with Star Creature for it’s third reissue compilation and it’s another major piece of work. Compiled by Tim Zawada and Kool Hersh, [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Skeme Richards – Jazz All Days
    Skeme Richards – Jazz All Days
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    Limited release directly sourced from the Nostalgia King Himself A true Jazz Funk Mixtape The Jazz All Days cassette released in conjunction with fRUITY Shop in Shanhai. The cassette is […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bobby Callender – Rainbow (promo)
    Bobby Callender – Rainbow (promo)
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    “This bizarre, Alan Lorber-produced psychedelic album appeared originally in 1969 on Boston Sound. Bobby Callendar was an incredibly gifted poet and lyricist whose complex texts could only [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
    The Chronicle Church* ‎– Mystery / Bionic Movement
    $72.00 | , , Add to cart

    Label: Pashlo Records – PH-1006, Pashlo Records – PH-1007 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Stereo, Rainbo Pressing Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Funk VG+ / GEN

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Tony Talent – Gotta Tell Somebody (About My Baby)
    Tony Talent – Gotta Tell Somebody (About My Baby)
    $15.00 | , Add to cart

    Label: Vando – VAN 3001 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1967 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul   Media Condition: G+ Some large marks & scuffs, […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Arthur K. Adams* – I’m Lonely For You
    Arthur K. Adams* – I’m Lonely For You
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    Label: Modern Records (2) – 45xM 1050 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Promo Country: US Released: 1967 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul Media Condition: VG Looks like G+ but […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Rose Hargrove – Once A Day
    Rose Hargrove – Once A Day
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    Label: AFCO Records – AFDJ-523 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1965 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Rhythm & Blues, Soul Media Condition: VG

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Gloria Gaynor – This Love Affair
    Gloria Gaynor – This Love Affair
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    Label: Polydor – PD 14472, Polydor – 2066 922 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Promo Country: US Released: 1978 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul, Disco Media Condition: G+ Looks […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Moments – You Really Got Me / Money Money
    The Moments – You Really Got Me / Money Money
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    Label: World Artists (4) – 1032 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Promo Country: US Released: 1964 Genre: Funk / Soul Media Condition: G+ Looks G+ but plays closer to VG

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Insights – Jumpshot / Falling
    Insights – Jumpshot / Falling
    $80.00 | , Add to cart

    Label: AMG – 6031-25 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Stereo Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Funk / Soul Media Condition: VG+ Looks VG, plays VG+

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Marvin Smith – Time Stopped / Have More Time
    Marvin Smith – Time Stopped / Have More Time
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    Label: Brunswick – 55299 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: Aug 1966 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul Media Condition: G+  

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Eddie Palmieri ‎– Spirit Of Love
    Eddie Palmieri ‎– Spirit Of Love
    $45.00 | , Add to cart

    Label: Epic – 8-50643 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Promo, Stereo, Mono Country: US Released: 1978 Genre: Latin, Funk / Soul Style: Disco Media Condition: VG+ Record plays low end […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The V.I.P.’s – Strange Little Girl / My Girl Cried
    The V.I.P.’s – Strange Little Girl / My Girl Cried
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    Label: Congress – CG-211 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Promo Country: US Released: 1964 Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop Style: Soul Media Condition:G+ Solid G+ with surface noise noticeable. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Freddie Gorman – Take Me Back / Can’t Get It Out Of My Mind
    Freddie Gorman – Take Me Back / Can’t Get It Out Of My Mind
    $15.00 | , Add to cart

    Label: Ric-Tic Records – RT-102 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Promo Country: US Released: Mar 1965 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul Media Condition: VG Looks very rough, close […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Pat Johnson – Love Brought You Here
    Pat Johnson – Love Brought You Here
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    Label: Win Or Lose – WL-221 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Promo, Stereo, Mono, SP Country: US Released: 1972 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul Media Condition: VG+ In between […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Pages – If I Saw You Again
    Pages – If I Saw You Again
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    Label: Epic – 8-50639 Format: 7″ Country: US Released: 1978 Genre: Funk / Soul Media: VG Notable light marks & label wear

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • El Coco – Afrodesia
    El Coco – Afrodesia
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    Label: AVI Records ‎– AVI-249-S Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Promo Country: US Released: 1978 Genre: Funk / Soul Media: VG+

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Willie Bobo – Always There
    Willie Bobo – Always There
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    Label: Columbia ‎– 3-10862 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Promo Country: US Released: 1978 Genre: Jazz, Latin, Funk / Soul Media: VG Light marks along both sides, and label wear.

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Prince Phillip Mitchell* – You’re All I Got In The World
    Prince Phillip Mitchell* – You’re All I Got In The World
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    Label: Atlantic – 3506 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Promo Country: US Released: 1978 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul Media Condition: VG+  

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Tommy Trojan ‎– Leo I Am / Love Has The Power
    Tommy Trojan ‎– Leo I Am / Love Has The Power
    $200.00 | , Add to cart

    Label: JC Records (3) – JC 100 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: Genre: Funk / Soul Media Condition:VG+ Some noticeable light marks, but plays through VG+

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Ann Fleming – Beside You / You’re Just One Man
    Ann Fleming – Beside You / You’re Just One Man
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    Label: Cookin’ Records (2) – 605 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Rhythm & Blues Media: G+ Noticeable scuffing and marks, along with […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bobbie Smith – Miss Stronghearted
    Bobbie Smith – Miss Stronghearted
    $125.00 | , , Add to cart

    Label: American Arts – AA-2 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1964 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul Media: VG A side plays low-end VG with some surface […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Patrice Rushen – Prelusion LP
    Patrice Rushen – Prelusion LP
    $30.00 | Add to cart

    Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series Reissue of Patrice Rushen’s 1974 Debut Album Prelusion on 180g LP. Available on Vinyl for the First Time Since Its Original Release 50 Years Ago. Mastered [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
    V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    A sonic snapshot of America’s steel capital, developed in the prosperous cavern between the departure of the Jackson 5 to Motown and the collapse of U.S. Steel, Skyway Soul is […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
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    After the fall of the Deep City label, Rocketeers bandleader Frank Williams set up shop under the name of his twin daughters Saadia and Giwada and got to work reinventing […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Ripple – S/T
    Ripple – S/T
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    Seminal rare groove funk and deep soul album originally released in 1973 on GRC Records now released 50 years later on Soul Jazz Records in this fully remastered edition of […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    On the same label that brought us that Pat Metheny “Zero Tolerance for Silence” ‘reissue’ last year…. Insane “private press” ultra-obscurity reissued for [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over You
    Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over You
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    Durand Jones’s Wait ‘Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter. It is the story of Jones’s life, his growth and revelations, the wisdom of his hometown […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Howard “Youngblood” Bomar – I Who Have Nothing
    Howard “Youngblood” Bomar – I Who Have Nothing
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    Howard “Youngblood” Bomar’s long overdue debut album finally makes landfall! Howard Bomar was a man who slipped through everybody’s fingers. But his artistry escapes that fate thanks to I, Who [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken (RSD)
    Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken (RSD)
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    Funky Chicken is the 1970 album from Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions. As evident by the name, it is infinitely danceable from the moment you press play. The band’s […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage (RSD)
    V/A – Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage (RSD)
    $36.00 | , Add to cart

    Compilation of Salsoul classic hits, legendary artists and deep cuts. Includes original Larry Levan remixes – currently unavailable and exclusive for RSD The cover artwork uses an iconic [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
    Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and “godfather of black cinema” Melvin Van Peebles only made one studio film. 1970’s Watermelon Man shattered [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
    East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
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    The only conceivable reason this 1973 album isn’t generally recognized as a soul-funk classic is because it came out on Bernard Purdie’s Encounter label, which mustered only five LP [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
    George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    This soul-funk nugget, released in the early ’70s on the uber-collectible Maple label, qualifies as a major find based on George Scott’s Wilson Pickett-meets-James-Brown vocal [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Archie James  Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
    Archie James Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    A masterpiece of the schooner rock variety, Black and White Raven is an album that emerged from Archie James Cavanaugh’s youthful dream of recording his own music while stuck in […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
    Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Kelly Finnigan’s debut solo album for Colemine Records represents the culmination of his 15 years of experience – in the studio as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
    V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
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    First ever compilation of the deep ’60s soul from Jetstar, including Alder Ray Mathis’ Northern Soul stepper ‘Take Me Baby’! Featuring previously unissued tracks from [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Sylk – S/T
    Sylk – S/T
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Sylk was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Aiken, South Carolina – Augusta, Georgia border area (better known as the CSRA) who released just one album in 1983. […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Quinn  Harris – Statements
    Quinn Harris – Statements
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    Born in Texas but raised in Riverside, California, Quinn Harris first started playing music in 1954 when he saved up his paper route money for an alto sax. At a […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bubbha Thomas – Life & Times…
    Bubbha Thomas – Life & Times…
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    Houston’s reputation for developing first-class jazz acts is well-established, as a stream of young players has been distinguishing themselves for decades…among those musicians and mentors who [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Lonnie Holley – MITH
    Lonnie Holley – MITH
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    The expansive American experience Lonnie Holley quilts together across his astounding new album, MITH, is both multitudinous and finely detailed. Holley’s self-taught piano improvisations [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Clarence Reid – On The Job
    Clarence Reid – On The Job
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    Clarence Henry Reid is also known by the stage name and alternate persona Blowfly Reid wrote and produced for artists including Betty Wright Sam & Dave, Gwen McCrae, Jimmy “Bo” [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Rip It Up: The Best Of Specialty Records
    V/A – Rip It Up: The Best Of Specialty Records
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    Craft Recordings is pleased to launch its 75th-anniversary celebrations of Specialty Records with a brand-new compilation, Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records. Available for pre-order now, [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • King Hannibal (featuring Lee Moses)  – Truth
    King Hannibal (featuring Lee Moses) – Truth
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    James Shaw (aka The Mighty Hannibal aka King Hannibal) was an American R&B, soul and funk singer, songwriter and record producer known for his showmanship and outlandish costumes. Several of [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bobby Story – The Storyteller
    Bobby Story – The Storyteller
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    Bobby Patterson’s (born 1944) life in music has had many facets. Whether as a DJ in Texas (he had a popular show at the Dallas-based radio station KKDA until 2012), a producer […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
    King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
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    On Cleveland’s late ‘60s gospel scene, the BOS label was the refined, professional ying to Boddie’s lo-fi yang, galloping to the fore bearing a torch for Curtis Mayfield’s robe-wearing roots. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chasman – Synth E Fuge
    Chasman – Synth E Fuge
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    “From the blown-out motherboard of West Philadelphia’s Master Control Programmers, Charles Grossman broke off to explore his own personal outer space experience. With just a DW-8000 to keep [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Richard Marks – Love Is Gone
    Richard Marks – Love Is Gone
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    “Previously unreleased soul and funk from legendary Atlanta guitarist/singer/songwriter Richard Marks, the companion piece to our Never Satisfied anthology. These songs, found on reels that [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Sequoyah Murray – Before You Begin
    Sequoyah Murray – Before You Begin
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    “At just 22 years old, Sequoyah Murray is crafting the kind of concise, singular musical statements that many artists strive for their whole careers. His mutant brand of modern soul […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco