The Adventures of Captain David Grief (1957) by Jack London

The poor man's Bootsy Collins, Captain Sky channels the sprawling cosmic-funk consciousness of Parliament-Funkadelic to create a slicker, more commercial version of their pioneering sound. As Xerox copies go, his debut LP, The Adventures of Captain Sky, isn't half bad, sacrificing the resolution and depth of the original but still managing to deliver some impressively heady space-cadet disco. Captain Sky (aka bassist Daryl Cameron) is no George Clinton but his outsized grooves and celebratory melodies are undeniably propulsive. With its bubbling bassline and blistering percussion breaks, the 12-minute epic "Super Sporm" (later sampled by everyone from Afrika Bambaataa to Boogie Down Productions) is an underground funk classic and for good reason, but the entire record makes for a surprisingly consistent and engaging listen.