Pop Funk

"Kick" is widely considered one of INXS’ greatest albums. The six-time Platinum masterpiece reached the Top Ten in Australia, the U.K., Germany and the United States. It includes the Top Ten singles, “New Sensation”, “Never Tear Us Apart”, “Devil Inside” and “Need You Tonight”. The recording is included in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. This instant-classic is one of the band’s finest releases.

When Instant Funk moved from Philadelphia International's TSOP label to Salsoul, all of the pieces fell into place for the band - both commercially and creatively. While its first album, Get Down With the Philly Jump, was decent but uneven, its second and third albums were generally excellent. For Instant Funk, switching labels didn't mean switching producers - the Philadelphians worked with Bunny Sigler at TSOP and continued to work with him at Salsoul. Sigler was the ideal producer for Instant Funk because he really understood what the band was going for: an unorthodox blend of Philly soul/disco and the type of hardcore funk that other cities were better known for. Sigler is a major asset on Witch Doctor, which was Instant Funk's second album for Salsoul and its third album overall. From the sweaty funk of "Bodyshine" (a major hit), "Slap, Slap Lickedy Lap," and "Witch Doctor" to the smooth ballad "I Had a Dream," Sigler does right by Instant Funk on this solid effort.

Instant Funk, the nine-piece funk unit discovered by Bunny Sigler, created a stir in 1979 when Salsoul released the single "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)." Swirling, screaming horns announce the chorus; hand claps, tambourines and a maniacal rhythm guitar battle the heavy bottom; and a woman delivers erotic lines for added impact. Salsoul followed the #20 pop and #1 R&B (for three weeks) hit with "Crying," a race horse whose relentless beat only subsides near the fade; Carmichael's vocal is passionate, almost deranged. "Never Let Me Go Away," a rare Instant Funk ballad, was so overblown the melody got buried. Spooky voices and haunted-house sounds wallpaper "Dark Vader"'s comic-book lyrics and funky hooks. Rolling horns pump "I'll Be Doggone" (not the Marvin Gaye hit), a cooker that rolls for seven minutes. Four of the eight tracks are killers; a pretty good average for a disco/funk group.

The ultimate 70s-80s classic city pop compilation now available in vinyl! Includes 14 tracks from the CD version released on March, plus 6 new tracks which add up to 20 tracks in 2 vinyl. Hitoshi Kurimoto, the author of 'The Basics Of City Pop Guide Book With 100 Discs' (Seikaisha Shinsho), is the planner, selected songs, and wrote the commentary for the product.

You are about to embark on a new intergalactic journey into black space, fuelled by funk, powered by computers. Soul Jazz Records’ new second collection of twisted hyperspace electro/funk ‘Space Funk 2: Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84’, continues its intergalactic journey. Featuring rare and off-the-wall space funk and electro rarities and obscurities, all released on small independent USA record labels in the late 1970s and 1980s. Artists on this release include Alien Starr, Bobby Demo, Maggatron, Mid-City Crew, Tribe, Junie, Rich Cason and the Galactic Orchestra and many more intergalactic space warriors! The 2xLP and CD album comes in striking deluxe artwork featuring the radical African-American model Pat Evans who graced numerous album covers for The Ohio Players in the 1970s. The space shuttle program has been altered, there are no star-wars – only electro jam joyriders in space! Reactors are reacting, boosters are boosting, the countdown has started. This is space age bionic funk, programmed to make you dance!!!

"We're an American Band" is the beloved 1973 classic by Grand Funk. Their genre-bending blend of funk, heavy rock and boogie led to their emergence as one of music’s most iconic rock bands. The album would be certified Platinum by the RIAA and includes the band’s massive hit singles “We’re an American Band” and “Walk Like a Man”. This album included on the National Association of Recording Merchandisers’ “Definitive 200 Albums of All Time”.

Two CD collection. B.T. Express, the hard-hitting funk juggernaut from Brooklyn, New York, took the R&B world by storm in 1974 with their immense debut single, the classic funk jam 'Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)', which topped the R&B charts and was only kept off #1 Pop by Billy Preston. Starting their recording career with Roadshow Records, initially distributed by Scepter Records, on the strength of the group's debut, before moving on to Columbia distribution, B.T. Express forged a formidable reputation as one of the world's best disco/funk outfits clocking up ten R&B hit singles and seven top 50 R&B albums during their highly-acclaimed career. BBR have distilled the very best of the group's recordings into a comprehensive two-disc anthology package selected from all seven of the group's studio albums. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) (74) and Non-Stop (75), both #1 R&B, provide the early funk bombs 'Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)', 'Express', 'Mental Telepathy', 'This House Is Smokin', 'Give It What You Got', 'Peace Pipe' and 'You Got It, I Want It'. Big Break Records is proud to present Give Up The Funk: The B.T. Express Anthology (1974-1982).

80 pop-tastic hits from the 70s across 4CDs, all packaged in an attractive card fold out digipck. Includes Abba, Electric Light Orchestra, Blondie, Rod Stewart and more!