70's Funk & Soul

[kosmo vinyl]

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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[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   On my list for sure is a Sly & The Family anthology.

word!

[HoyaSaxa03]

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 ...

[Bombay Chutney]

You absolutely need these:
 
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[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Get yourself some Sam Cooke.

[ggw]

Herbie Hancock
 
 Stevie Wonder (Superstitious)

[thirsty moore]

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.

[kosmo vinyl]

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?

[Joymonster]

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.

[Guiny]

Wild Cherry's greatest hit(s)....LOL

[Bartelby]

Mother's Finest - Live

[SalParadise]

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.

[ggw]

Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch?

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

since this is DC, throw some go-go into the mix.  Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Rare Essence, Experience Unlimited...

[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.  
 
 Two words Kosmo:  Issac Hayes.
 
 Donny Hathaway
 Roberta Flack
 The Staples Singers
 Lou Rawls
 Chaka Khan
 Bill Withers