Solid Funk LP\'s

[Hadrian Elephant]

My mate (yes it is a mate in this case - not me!) has a bit of spare cash and wants to buy some solid funk lp's.

He doesn't care if they are reissues or OG's. I wondered what your recommendations would be?

By solid, I mean more than 2 good tracks.

Aside from the obvious James Brown related bits (Marva Whitney on King, Mickey Murray on Federal etc) and Kool & The Gang's early LP's, I've put forward things like Bobby Williams, The Soul Searchers, Pazant Bros, but on the phone just now my memory ran out on me.

Can you help?

[LDJB]

First Funkadelic LP
The Meters first four or five
Magnum - Fully Loaded (reckon that'll have to be a reissue)
Parliment
and loads more....

[sermad]

I dont really collect black music like you guys so its going to be osts.

Willie Dynamite
Gordons War
Coffy
Trouble Man
Across 110th Street
Blacula
Brother on the run

All reished.

[TOWNY]

Fatback LP's on Perception
Donald Austin - Crazy legs
Rimshots - early LP's

blank mind......................

Any and all Odell Brown and His Organ-Izers on CADET.
1 OF THE MOST DOPE LABELS OF ALL TIME.

Tom Scott's HONEYSUCKLE BREEZE (Impulse)

There are many more

Jack

[LDJB]

First 4 Dennis Coffey lps but especially "Evolution" - how could I have forgotten?

[wayne]

Too obvious, but........

Funk Inc: 1st/'Chicken Lickin'
Cymande: 1st/2nd LPs
There's A Riot Goin' On: Sly Stone
Chambers Bros: Time has Come Today

Honeysuckle Breeze is brilliant, but is it funk? more 60s indo-jazz/exotica, surely?

[vibra]

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Honeysuckle Breeze is brilliant, but is it funk? more 60s indo-jazz/exotica, surely?

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On a funky Tom Scott tip I'd recommend the 'Tom Scott &amp; The LA Express' LP, an excellent LP overall but particularly the hot break 'Sneakin' In The Back' as sampled all over the place. And drummer John Guerin hits the skins hard on almost every track!

[Nick Cope]

All the way through players except for maybe one track:

Inner Feelings - Roy Porter Sound Machine
Mohawks - S/T
JBs - Food For Thought
Les Baxter - ####'s Belles OST

Blacula is not that good except for maybe 2 tracks
I've got an OG in VG+/NM if anyone wants it

J

[Motown67]

Best bang for the buck with straight Funk bands:

JBs/Maceo/Fred Wesley LPs
Nite-Liters LPs (all of them! Not a bad cut and great instrumental Funk)
Bar-Kays Gotta Groove
Black Heat - Black Heat
Brick - S/T
Julius Brockington - Sophisticated Funk
B.T. Express - Do It
Dennis Coffey - Early LPs
Lyn Collins - Think
Commodores - Machine Gun
Dave &quot;Baby Cortez&quot; - Isley Brothers Way
Counts - What's Up Front That Counts
Cymande - 1st
Betty Davis - 1st
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different
Manu Dibango - Makossa Man
Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
Dyke &amp; The Blazers - Funky Broadway
Earth, Wind &amp; Fire - S/T
Earth, Wind &amp; Fire - Another Time
Fatback Band - Perception LPs
Funk Inc - LPs
Funkadelic - LPs
Fuzzy Haskins - A Whole Nother Thang
Isaac Hayes - Shaft
Isaac Hayes - Tough Guys
Isaac Hayes - Truck Turner
Incredible Bongo Band - Both LPs
Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother
Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing
King Curtis - Instant Groove
Kool &amp; The Gang - Early LPs
Mandrill - Just Outside Of Town
Mandrill - Mandrilland
Mar-Keys - Damnifiknow
Mar-Keys- Great Memphis Sound
Mar-Keys - Memphis Experience
Curtis Mayfield - Take your pick
Gwen McCrea - Rockin Chair
Meters - Early LPs
New Birth - S/T
Ohio Players - Early LPs
Olympic Runners - First 3 LPs
Parliament - LPs (like Funkadelic depends on their tastes)
Politicians - S/T
Sir Joe Quarterman - S/T
Eddy Senay - Hot Thang
Eddy Senay - Step By Step
Sly &amp; The Family Stone - All the early ones
S.O.U.L. - Both LPs
Soul Searchers - We The People
Sound Experiences - Live
Southside Movement - S/T
Temptations - All Directions
Temptations - Cloud Nine
Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
Temptations - Puzzle People
Rufus Thomas - All
Ike Turner - Black Man's Soul
Ike &amp; Tina Turner - Take your pick there's so many good ones
Earl Van Dyke - Earl Of Funk

[Nick Cope]

Personally, I'm way fussier. Would include Black Man's Soul to my brief list though, oh and Melody Nelson, how could I forget that...

[Hadrian Elephant]

Thank you all for your suggestions!

I have forwarded them all on.

Cheers

[theeman]

sorry, a bit late on this one, but funnily enough i put together a 'top 40' of reissued killer funk LPs a month or so back. it's aimed at people starting out and those who know what's good in the mainstream stuff and want something a bit more obscure too.

http://www.blaxploitation.com/blax_recommends_5.html
all on CD.

recommendations include:
black heat (first two LPs)
the counts
roy ayers
average white band
blackbyrds
chocolate milk
manu dibango
earth wind &amp; fire
exit 9
funk inc
headhunters
kool &amp; the gang - ESSENTIAL!
lemuria
magnum
mandrill
meters
positive force
joe quarterman
ripple
SOUL
seawind (1st LP on CTI)
sly &amp; family stone
tower of power
charles wright

[Hadrian Elephant]

Thanks Eman

I'll pass em on