 | New Orleans Funk by Various Artists
Buy used from: $12.49 Not only a fantastic selection of funk coming out of New Orleans but one of the best compilation cd's I have ever come across, every bloody tune is a corker and the onslaught continues on vol. 2
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 | What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977) by Various Artists
Buy new: $52.99 / Used from: $39.95 Diggin' the same vaults as the "Right On" & "Funk Drops" series, "What It Is" has the edge in selection and presentation and packs more solid funk than anything else you can buy, from box champs Rhino
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 | Midwest Funk by Various Artists
Buy used from: $18.98 Jazzman is the top rare funk reissue label around and Midwest Funk their best release so far, filled with ace tunes you didn't know, make sure you get their "Texas Funk" too
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 | Funky Good Time: The Anthology by The J.B. Horns
Buy new: $29.98 / Used from: $14.99 The JB's were James Brown's backdrop and apart from The Meters they had no contest, nothing but solid grooves on here, shame "Blow Your Head" is missing though
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 | Keb Darge's Legendary Deep Funk, Vol. 1 by Keb Darge
Buy used from: $128.79 Excellent selection from the UK's biggest funk DJ and the millionth cd with "Dap Walk" on, everybody loves Dap Walk!
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 | Wild and Peaceful by Kool & the Gang
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.94 Kool & The Gang's fourth and funkiest and no matter how deep dj's and collectors dig, they don't find a lot to match "Jungle Boogie", "Funky Stuff", "Hollywood Swingin'" or "This Is You, This Is Me"
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 | It's My Thing by Marva Whitney
Buy new: $57.99 / Used from: $10.00 Going for silly money on eBay today and sampled heavily in early hip hop (remember "The 900 Number"?), great vocals and JB's backdrop, the sort of funk God plays when he plays funk
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 | Star Time (4CD) by James Brown
Buy new: $37.47 / Used from: $29.12 "Papa Don't Take No Mess", "Funky Drummer", "The Payback", "Doing It to Death", "Give It Up or Turnit Loose", "Cold Sweat", "Stoned to the Bone", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" ...
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 | Harlem River Drive by Eddie Palmieri & Harlem River Drive
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $11.40 In 1971 Eddie & Charlie Palmieri got together with Bernard Purdie and Andy Gonzales to commit the funkiest slice of latin/jazz/soul fusion ever to wax, just get it now!
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 | Blue Break Beats, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $2.96 Ace series of jazzy funk and funky jazz culled from the Blue Note catalogue, I cannot recommend this strongly enough
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 | Florida Funk: 1968-1975 by Various Artists
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $9.99 Jazzman has done it again! "Do Right Man", "It's Gonna Be a Mess", "New Generation", "Soul Food", "Baby Don't Cry", it's all good, and well packaged
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 | Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology by The Meters
Buy new: $24.96 / Used from: $12.99 You can't have a funk list without The Meters and this is the one to get if you ain't buying their albums
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 | James Brown's Funky People, Pt. 2 by James Brown
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.50 Lots of crucial funk on James Brown's People imprint and you want to familiarise yourself with Lyn Collins, Vicki Anderson, Bobby Bird and Hank Ballard apart from JB's and Marva Whitney, start here!
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 | King Funk by Various Artists
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $51.48 Solid compilation of funk released on King and its subsidiaries, James Brown's presence is felt everywhere but this is not derivative MOR, not a bad tune in there
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 | Miami Sound: Rare Funk & Soul from Miami Florida 1967-1974 by Various Artists
Buy new: $22.98 / Used from: $12.99 Soul Jazz again, this time showcasing Miami with killers like Gwen McCrae's "90% of Me Is you" and Frank Williams' "You Got to Be a Man"
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 | Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.25 Excellent compilation on the unfailing Now Again label, this is not Soul Jazz type broad appeal dancefloor funk, these are the deepest grooves for the serious funk head
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 | The Hook and Sling by Eddie Bo
Buy used from: $17.99 Rare groove hero Eddie Bo and his irresistibly bouncy funk is well represented here with "The Thang", "Check Your Bucket", "Hook & Sling" - everybody got to join in and do it!
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 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.50 The most angry man in funk, Scott-Heron offers subversive views on solid funk backdrops, wait maybe Eugene McDaniels is more angry, get "Headless Heroes" too!
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 | Funk Soul Brothers by Various Artists
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $2.89 Very solid selection of funk that doesn't provide you a lot of rarities just great bone-moving funk
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 | Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)/Function at the Junction by B.T. Express
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $9.99 Has to be one of the best dancefloor funk albums ever unleashed upon man
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 | Stand by Sly & the Family Stone
Buy used from: $5.98 Sly and Funkadelic's hippie friendly rock funk has nothing on the above even though rock critics will tell you otherwise, Sly had his moments though and this album has a few more of them than "Riot"
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 | Southern Funkin': Louisiana Funk and Soul 1967-1979 by Various Artists
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $50.88 The sound is not very good on this album but it does feature several nice cuts, like the ill-mixed but fonky "Be a Man"
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| I'm a Good Woman: Funk Classics from Sassy Soul Sisters by Various Artists
Several labels have put out a "Funk Sisters" type compilation but this is the only really good one with Betty Moorer's "It's My Thing" leading a pack of class A grooves
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 | Strange Funky Games and Things by Various Artists
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $11.10 This is loungey funk of the sort certain London clubs can't play enough of, a cd with American Gypsy's "Inside Out" can't be bad though
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 | 45 Kings V.2 by Various Artists
Buy used from: $69.31 Wicked, deep grooves that don't wear with repeated plays, and much better than the first volume which was just another so-so funk compilation
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