Funk Revue

Tower Of Power - 50 Years of Funk & Soul: Live at the Fox Theater – Oakland, CA – June 2018 (2021) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Feb. 26, 2021

Tower Of Power - 50 Years of Funk & Soul: Live at the Fox Theater – Oakland, CA – June 2018 (2021)
FLAC tracks | 01:53:06 | 756 Mb
Genre: Jazz, Funk, Soul / Label: Artistry Music

Time waits for no one…right? While times and tastes change, every so often a group fine tunes a durable mix of musical firepower and showbiz glitz and manages to defy the years. This first call, horn section-turned-band, has solved the aging issue with a practical formula: get in a groove, write punchy horn charts, consistently whip up a high-energy funk revue where the jams blend together and viola, you have a band that is now celebrating the almost unheard-of milestone of a half century together! Tower of Power has a tradition of marking every passing decade with a live album and for their 50th anniversary in 2018 they brought the house—17 musicians and a full string section—to the Fox Theater in their original stomping ground of Oakland, CA, and filmed and recorded over 20 tracks in front of a partisan crowd that sounds appropriately stoked.

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Various Artists - South Texas Rhythm 'n' Soul Revue (2013) {Kent Soul CDKEND390 rel 1962-1973} Music

Posted by ruskaval at Dec. 25, 2019

Various Artists - South Texas Rhythm 'n' Soul Revue (2013) {Kent Soul CDKEND390 rel 1962-1973}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 190 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 129 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 37 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1962-73, 2013 Kent Soul / Ace Records | CDKEND 390
Rhythm and Blues / Soul / Blues / Funk / Texas Blues

The first of what's promised to be many trips into Huey P. Meaux's deep vaults, Ace's 2013 compilation South Texas Rhythm 'N' Soul Revue is an unfettered delight, collecting 24 sides released on the Jet Stream, Tear Drop, Eric, Cascade, Pacemaker, Boogaloo, and Trinity imprints between 1962 and 1973, adding three previously unissued numbers for good measure. Hits aren't the name of the game here, nor are there too many household names: Big Walter Price (not Big Walter Horton), Johnny Adams, Johnny Copeland, and Barbara Lynn (the latter represented with a demo of "You'll Lose a Good Thing") are the names that could possibly spark recognition, but even these are better-known by aficionados, not trainspotters.

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Various Artists - Motortown Revue - 40th Anniversary Collection (2005) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Oct. 17, 2023

Various Artists - Motortown Revue - 40th Anniversary Collection (2005)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 3:08:38 | 430 / 867 Mb
Genre: Funk, Soul / Label: Universal

Starting in 1962, Berry Gordy decided the best way to market his artists was to take them on the road, and for four years (1962-1965 and 1969), the label issued live Motortown Revue albums to capture the excitement. Except for the 1969 edition, none of these have been on CD, and they appear here with an awesome booklet featuring original artist bios and photos from the tour programs! Hear Smokey Robinson, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha & the Vandellas and more limited edition of 5000!

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VA - Daptone Super Soul Revue (2014) Music

Posted by aasana at Feb. 23, 2019

VA - Daptone Super Soul Revue (2014)
Soul, Funk | 00:37:07 | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 240 MB
Label: Daptone Records

DAPTONE RECORDS–that little indie label that could, would and certainly should–continues to bring you the tastiest, most delectable nuggets of Soul, Funk, Gospel and Afrobeat to be found on a vinyl platter. Armed with recipes culled from a former life as Desco Records, we at Daptone earnestly strive to serve only the finest music analog tape can offer.

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VA - Get On Up! Old School Soul Revue (2017) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at April 11, 2017

VA - Get On Up! Old School Soul Revue (2017)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 50:50 | 121 Mb
Genre: Funk, Soul / Label: 2016 Sunset Blvd.

"Old school." There’s something about that term that sums up what’s great about the classic ’60s and ’70s funk and soul jams. It has stood the test of time, and there’s still no better music for getting a party started and keeping people grooving through the night.

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Yacht Rock Revue - HOT DADS in TIGHT JEANS (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at Feb. 21, 2020

Yacht Rock Revue - HOT DADS in TIGHT JEANS (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 40:23 minutes | 896 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Yacht Rock Revue's first original record, Hot Dads in Tight Jeans, aptly embodies the band in both title and in essence. An album of ten songs inspired by the smoooooth sounds of the Seventies and Eighties, Hot Dads in Tight Jeans is as plush and shiny as Kenny Loggins' beard. Produced by Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Kaiser Chiefs, Gnarls Barkley), it returns Yacht Rock Revue to their roots in original music while paying homage to the genre that granted them esteem in a fresh, modern way.

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The New Birth Inc - Greatest Funk Classics (2001) Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Oct. 31, 2022

The New Birth revue's (the Nite-Liters and Love Peace & Happiness) potential went practically unfulfilled in the grand scheme of music. Talented and equipped with soulful vocalists such as the Wilson brothers (Leslie and Melvin), Londee Loren, Alan Frey, and Anne Bogan (who not only participated on some New Birth recordings, but also with Leslie and Melvin Wilson as Love Peace & Happiness, who recorded two RCA albums), the world should have been theirs for the taking. This compilation lives up to its name and is primarily funky. Culled from recordings by New Birth, the Nite-Liters, and Love Peace & Happiness, these are 18 gutbucket funky soul numbers. Tracks of note: "Con-Funk-Shun," whose title was adopted by another funk band; a gritty remake (even grittier than Bobby Womack's) of "I Can Understand It"; "Theme From Buck and the Preacher"; "Granddaddy"; "I'm Back"; and "Lonely Room" from Love Peace & Happiness' Love Is Stronger album. The most obvious omits are the plums: "It's Been Such a Long Time," "Wildflower," "Dream Merchant," and "It's Impossible." Even so, Greatest Funk Classics is a straight-up winner.

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Bobby Byrd - Help For My Brother: The Pre-Funk Singles 1963-68 (2017) {BGP CDBGPD309} Music

Posted by ruskaval at March 8, 2018

Bobby Byrd - Help For My Brother: The Pre-Funk Singles 1963-68 (2017) {BGP CDBGPD309}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 281 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 153 Mb
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© 1963-68, 2017 BGP Records / Ace Records | CDBGPD309
R&B / Funk / Soul / Boogaloo / Deep Funk

The R&B, soul and boogaloo sounds that make up the singles recorded by James Brown’s right-hand man. Together on CD for the first time. Without Bobby Byrd there would have been no James Brown, whose whole career stems from the moment he crashed into Byrd at a community baseball match in Toccoa, Georgia in 1953. Brown was an inmate of the Alto Reform School, a converted National Guard Armoury in the north of the state. Byrd’s family helped secure Brown’s release, and Byrd then let the youngster join his vocal group.

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VA - Changes: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Vol. 4: 1967-1980 (2018) Music

Posted by Pisulik at Feb. 3, 2018

VA - Changes: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Vol. 4: 1967-1980 (2018)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 306 MB | Digital Booklet | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 157 MB | 01:07:52
Soul, RnB, Funk, Oldies | Label: Omnivore Recordings

Throughout the '60s and into the '70s, it's apparent that Ru-Jac was intent on keeping its finger on the pulse of contemporary R&B;, to the point of mimicking current acts that were enjoying mainstream popularity. I can't pretend that the artists known as Gene & Eddie weren't an attempt to create another Sam & Dave, and the tight funk of their single "I Tell You" is a wonderful track, but an almost overly obvious nod to Stax's legendary duo. Likewise, Winfield Parker's "She's So Pretty" (from Volume 4) is a fantastic dancefloor stomper obviously inspired by Wilson Pickett singles like "Land of 1,000 Dances".

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VA - Lamp Records - It Glowed Like the Sun The Story of Naptown's Motown 1969-1972 (2019) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 22, 2019

VA - Lamp Records - It Glowed Like the Sun The Story of Naptown's Motown 1969-1972 (2019)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:30:45 | 486 Mb / 206 Mb
Genre: Soul, R&B / Label: Now Again Records

"Sometimes, all it takes is one man to recognize a city's potential for an industry. In Indianapolis, that man was Herb Miller, and his business was soul and funk. He came to prominence long after Indy's allure as a jazz destination waned. He founded LAMP Records in the late 1960s to wake Naptown from its musical slumber. Miller served a critical role in city's burgeoning soul and funk scene, providing not only financial backing, but acting as a one-stop, record-making shop for artists that had, to that point, been doing it all themselves. He's the Berry Gordy you've never heard of. His roster – national acts like the Vanguards and Ebony Rhythm Band alongside talented, regional acts such as the Moonlighters, Montiques, Pearls and the Words of Wisdom Truth Revue – rivaled that of any American independent and paved the way for the ascension of 80s and 90s hitmakers Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and Antonio 'L.A.' Reid, both of whom cut their teeth with LAMP alumnus."

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