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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on March 09, 2005, 11:18:00 am
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Considering filling some holes in my DJ record bag and was wondering if this was a good place to start for 70s Soul... Also looking for Funk Collection recommendations. On my list for sure is a Sly & The Family anthology.
Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
On my list for sure is a Sly & The Family anthology.
word!
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my collection is severely lacking in this area as well, so i'll be interested to see the posts on this
a couple of suggestions that i have and love:
"al green's greatest hits" -- great one disc anthology
"otis! the definitive otis redding" -- amazing four disc set (not 70s, but essential)
"sly & the family stone greatest hits" -- perfect one-disc
and you already have the shuggie otis "inspiration information", that's probably my favorite soul album ... ive listened to it a bunch and keep finding more nuggets ...
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You absolutely need these:
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Get yourself some Sam Cooke.
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Herbie Hancock
Stevie Wonder (Superstitious)
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Herbie Hancock -- Fat Albert Rotunda
If only for the song Wiggle-Waggle. Excellent.
Curtis Mayfield -- Back to the World
Check out Right on for the Darkness. Probably a hard to find album.
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got stevie wonder covered, sam cooke died in 1964, and the P-Funk catalog is going to be a tough one to dig into because it's so huge. any good anthologies to start with?
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James Brown- "Startime"
James Brown Funky People 1-3
James Brown Original Funky Divas
The J.B's Anthology
The Complete Stax/ Volt Singles 1958-1968
Earth, Wind, & Fire- "Greatest Hits"
Mandrill- "Best of Mandrill"
Curtis Mayfield- "Curtis"
Curtis Mayfield-"Superfly"
Prince- The Hits 1-2 (stay away from the B-Sides)
Parliament- "Tear the Roof Off 74-80"
The Meters- "Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology"
Bar-Kays- "The Best of The Bar-Kays" (Stax Version)
The Isley Brothers- "3+3"
Barry White- "Greatest Hits"
Kool and The Gang- "Best of Kool and The Gang 69-76" (ignore anything they did after 79')
Funkadelic- "One Nation Under A Groove"
Zapp- "All the Greatest Hits"
The Gap Band- "Best of the Gap Band"
If you want the chart hits, get The Funk Box set, but it's missing a lot of key songs.
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Wild Cherry's greatest hit(s)....LOL
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Mother's Finest - Live
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anything by the jimmy castor bunch.
the two recently rereleased james brown collections are great ('in the jungle groove' and 'motherlode').
but yeah, sly & the family stone should be at the top of your list.
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Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch?
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since this is DC, throw some go-go into the mix. Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Rare Essence, Experience Unlimited...
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While both Sam Cooke and Otis are kings of Soul - and while we're on that subject get some Solomon Burke - neither lived let alone produced music in the 70's.
Two words Kosmo: Issac Hayes.
Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack
The Staples Singers
Lou Rawls
Chaka Khan
Bill Withers
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got some Issac.. the tempatations " Psychedelic Shack" is also on my list...
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
a couple of suggestions that i have and love:
"al green's greatest hits" -- great one disc anthology
"sly & the family stone greatest hits" -- perfect one-disc
as the great bruce mccullough said: greatest hits albums are for housewives and little girls.
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and for dj's with limited budgets...
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I've been listening to some Ohio Players recently!
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
a couple of suggestions that i have and love:
"al green's greatest hits" -- great one disc anthology
"sly & the family stone greatest hits" -- perfect one-disc
as the great bruce mccullough said: greatest hits albums are for housewives and little girls. [/b]
i love greatest hits albums of bands i'm not obsessed with ... especially bands that did their best work in singles, not albums
while i have most every other beatles album, their "past masters, vol. 2" is my third favorite disc of theirs
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Theme From S.W.A.T. -Rhythm Heritage
HikkyBurr(Bill Cosby Show Theme) -Quincy Jones
The Streetbeater(Sanford & Son theme) -Quincy Jones
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Music in just about every genre was all downhill after the 60's, anyway.
Originally posted by saco:
While both Sam Cooke and Otis are kings of Soul - and while we're on that subject get some Solomon Burke - neither lived let alone produced music in the 70's.
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my mom was really into 70s soul when i was growing up...the stylistics and the chi-lites always remind me of childhood. it's a great genre of music though and i'd probably start a collection with the Didn't it Blow Your Mind! 70s soul series...unlike the set you posted, these discs are sold in individual volumes. i think the tracks selections are better than the set you mentioned tho.
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I got a great 4 disc set last month called "Funk Box "....great selections, and great packaging...like 55 songs from 50 different artists...lots of variety
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Nobody has listed Ray Charles. Does he not count?
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I have, and love, DJ Spinna's Strange Games & Things 3 CD box set (1 mixed, 2 with the original tracks). It's a great mix of a lot of classic stuff. I picked mine up at Soundgarden in Fells Point years ago, but you can get it on Amazon for sure.
It's amazing how many things you can pick out that are sampled in the music those darn kids these days are listening to (heh)!
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some good suggestions on this thread. i'll keep it to the '70s. i second:
funkadelic/parliament (everything in the '70s is gold)
james brown (check out "the payback")
isaac hayes ("hot buttered soul")
jimmy castor bunch
sly & the family stone
solomon burke
al green
herbie hancock/the headhunters
stevie wonder
curtis mayfield/the impressions
the meters
bil withers
shuggie otis (essential!)
my additions to the list:
joe tex (atlantic soul)
graham central station (larry graham of sly's band; this stuff is essential)
brothers johnson
baby huey (was one of isaac hayes' back-up singers, put out one AMAZING record in 1970 called "the baby huey story")
betty davis (ridiculously over-the-top sexy/sultry vocals from mid-'70s diva)
terry callier
the o'jays (really, any gamble & huff production)
osibisa (african soul/funk/tribal drug rock)
if i can think of more, i'll post 'em.
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Looks like some great suggestions so far but I will add a few more
Booker T and the MG's
Slave
Rufus
Isley Brothers
Tower of Power
Rick James
Average White Band
Con Funk Shun
War
Bobby Womack
Chambers Brothers
Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes
Lakeside
Carla Thomas
Bar-Kays
Bootsy Collins
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Diggin for funk & soul breaks is probably the most addicting and time consuming record-related hobby I've ever had. There are three websites I would recommend looking through:
Soulman's World of Beats (http://www.worldofbeats.com/old_site/) Soulman is one of the most world renown beat collectors. His series of beat tapes are among the best I've heard, because no one's really fuckin with this man's crates except for maybe DJ Shadow, Jazzy Jay, Bambaataa or Evil Dee.
TurntableLab (http://www.turntablelab.com/index1.html) A great mail-order site. You can also hear clips & read reviews of the latest funk/soul reissues.
Funk45.com (http://www.funk45.com/) Clips galore!
SalsParadise, good call on jimmy castor bunch. The 45 version of "just begun" is just devastating! "In the Jungle Groove" is the best introduction to James Brown I can think of.
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Oh and Booker T & the MG's - Melting Pot is probably my favorite song ever.
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Well I had ulterior motives in starting this thread, see my list of what was spun at the private event. While I owned most of what was spun, it never hurts to get suggestion on what else is out there.
I have the UK compliation Sampled Vol. 2 which is a collection of the orginial Funk, Disco, Soul, etc songs sampled by current artists. Everytime I listen it I hear something new to dig on i.e The Fatback Band.... Got it orginially to get my hands on Blake Baxters "Brother Gonna Work It Out", which I didn't get a chance to spin last night. Maybe at the Phoenix show. Wish these comps were released in the states because they are nice to own but tres expensive.
Ended up getting the Essential Sly & The Family Stone collection yesterday, which was funking the commute. Also got "Pure Funk" which filled a couple holes, but had too much overlap with what I already owned.
I looked at the track listing for "The Funk Box" and while it looked like a good starting point, it suffers from the problem all mainstream/top forty compliation all have. For any given genre or era there appears be a limited pool of songs which end up on such things. Buy two or three of the sets and one starts getting serious overlap. For "The Funk Box" I'm better off sticking with group specific collections, as I already have several song in the collection. Rhino and other are guilty of the constant repacking of the same tracks. And it only gets worse everytime labels merge...
Get out of the mainstream and the flood gates open up wide... Very little overlap is found on the Northern Soul comps. I'm guessin' the same could be said for lesser known funk as well. The only problem is having to wade sometimes through 40+ tracks to find the gem that moves you.
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Mickey & Soul Generation is a totally groove-tacular and overlooked funk group from Texas. They have a sweet 2-disc discography thing; pretty rad.
Definitely get yourself some of those funky JB's.