Funk Generation

VA - California Funk: Rare Funk 45's From The Golden State (2010) Music

Posted by TmanHome at Feb. 3, 2016

VA - California Funk: Rare Funk 45's From The Golden State (2010)
Funk, Soul | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 64 min | 147 MB
Label: Now-Again Records | Rel: 2010

With 21 slabs of pure, joyous funk complete with huge drums, blistering horn charts, pulsing basslines, stacks of wah-wah fuzz guitars, and enough energy and rhythm to rearrange the stratosphere, this delightful set of rare and independent California funk releases from the late '60s and early '70s is as much a nonstop dance party as it is an affirming revelation. It never stops grooving from the opener, Water Color’s “All Bundled into One,” a release so rare only one copy is known to exist, to the closer, a cover of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” by Mr. Clean & the Soul Inc., this is one powerful document. None of these sides was a national hit, and most didn’t even crack the local airwaves, but it’s not because they lack quality. There is so much to marvel at here, including the above-mentioned tracks as well as Arthur Monday’s thundering and slightly spooky “What Goes Around Comes Around” and the charging horns and percolating guitar of J.G.D. & the New Breed’s “North Richmond Breakaway.” It’s joyous funk as deep as the ocean is blue. You can’t go wrong with this one.

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Faze-O - Breakin' The Funk (1979) (Atlantic Japan WPCR-27675 rel 2013} Music

Posted by ruskaval at Dec. 8, 2019

Faze-O - Breakin' The Funk (1979) (Atlantic Japan WPCR-27675 rel 2013}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 252 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 88 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 14 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1979, 2013 She Records / Atlantic / Warner Japan | WPCR-27675
R&B / Funk

Features 2013 digital remastering. Includes a description and lyrics. Breakin' the Funk is the third album by American funk band Faze-O, released in 1979. It was released on She Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. Wicked funk from Faze-O – a group who seem even tighter than before on this smoking album – yet still hold onto all the laidback modes that made them so great in the first place! There's a lean quality here that really prefaces the direction so many funk acts would take a few years later – a way of compressing everything down on the rhythm, to get past some of the excesses of too-large funk groups, or some of the overblown qualities of the disco generation!

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Roger Fakhr - Fine Anyway (Habibi Funk 016) (2021) Music

Posted by delpotro at April 9, 2021

Roger Fakhr - Fine Anyway (Habibi Funk 016) (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 284 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 104 Mb | 00:45:20
Folk | Label: Habibi Funk Records

I do not exactly remember when I heard the name Rogér Fakhr for the first time. It must have been around 2 years ago during one of these afternoons I spent at Issam Hajali’s jewelery shop on Mar Elias Street in Beirut. We had started working on the idea of re-releasing some of Issam’s music and he proposed his first album “Mouasalat Ila Jacad El Ard”; recorded before starting his band Ferkat Al Ard. As it happened, Rogér had colaborated with Issam in the process of working on the music and recording. They were both living in Paris for some time after each of them have had left Beirut sometime after 1976.

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VA - Florida Funk: Funk 45s from the Alligator State (2007) Music

Posted by Rtax at Nov. 5, 2022

VA - Florida Funk: Funk 45s from the Alligator State (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 363 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 MB
1:05:41 | Funk | Label: Now-Again Records

Funk45 label boss Jazzman Gerald and obsessive collector Malcolm Catto present 21 rare and unreleased slices of heavy funk from the Alligator State! Having spent the past 3 years travelling the length and breadth of Florida - trekking through the everglades, sampling the dubious delights of 'swamp deer' and snatching rare 45s from the jaws of 20ft gators - they escaped back to the UK with an amazing selection of music that highlights Florida as one of the funkiest states in the USA! From driving percussive instrumentals by obscure small-town groups, to heartfelt slabs of soul; from tropical Latin grooves to funk so raw that James Brown himself gave his personal blessing, Florida has a little bit of everything! All the tracks have been fully licensed from the original artists, and the CD (and double gatefold vinyl) come with previously unpublished photos and meticulous, in-depth liner notes from 100% original research telling the story of funky soul music in Florida.

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VA - California Funk: Rare Funk 45's From The Golden State (2010) Music

Posted by Rtax at Nov. 5, 2022

VA - California Funk: Rare Funk 45's From The Golden State (2010)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 379 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 147 MB
1:04:15 | Funk, Soul | Label: Now-Again Records

With 21 slabs of pure, joyous funk complete with huge drums, blistering horn charts, pulsing basslines, stacks of wah-wah fuzz guitars, and enough energy and rhythm to rearrange the stratosphere, this delightful set of rare and independent California funk releases from the late '60s and early '70s is as much a nonstop dance party as it is an affirming revelation. It never stops grooving – from the opener, Water Color’s “All Bundled into One,” a release so rare only one copy is known to exist, to the closer, a cover of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” by Mr. Clean & the Soul Inc., this is one powerful document. None of these sides was a national hit, and most didn’t even crack the local airwaves, but it’s not because they lack quality. There is so much to marvel at here, including the above-mentioned tracks as well as Arthur Monday’s thundering and slightly spooky “What Goes Around Comes Around” and the charging horns and percolating guitar of J.G.D. & the New Breed’s “North Richmond Breakaway.” It’s joyous funk as deep as the ocean is blue. You can’t go wrong with this one. – Steve Leggett

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Various Artists - We Got The Funk (1999) Music

Posted by Designol at Jan. 17, 2023

Funk came of age in the 1970s when a term used in jazz circles for the previous two decades crossed over to the dancefloor. Our 16 slices are served up by acts ranging from Parliament -one of the genre's undisputed trendsetters, led by the irrepressible George Clinton- to Afro-rockers Osibisa and Cymande, taking in acts as diverse as girl group Honeycone and legendary 'Hustle' hitmakers The Fatback Band. Chairmen of the Board are one of five artists featured from the Invictus/Hot Wax stable, founded by the writing/production trio of Holland, Dozier and Holland. They struck out on their own after scoring hits with innumerable Motown acts; you can hear a touch of Stevie Wonder in 'Finders Keepers'. From Detroit we travel to New Jersey for our collection's title track, performed by female vocal duo Positive Force, which wrote their name in the last UK chart of the decade. If it's dance music with a heavy bass line and layered guitar, keyboard and vocals you're after, look no further - 'We Got The Funk'!

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VA - The Masters Series: Jazz Funk (2009) Music

Posted by SuniR at Aug. 2, 2017

VA - The Masters Series: Jazz Funk (2009)
Mp3 CBR320 kbps | 70:31 min | 164 Mb (5% Rec.)
Funk, Soul, Jazz | Label: Sony Music

'The Masters Series: Jazz Funk Vol. 1' is a collection that strays beyond the beaten path and takes you to the dancefloor of the future age that would come to inspire many of the acid jazz generation. It includes songs like Idris Muhammad's 'Could Heaven Be Like This', which served as a direct inspiration to Jamiroquai's hit 'Alright'. But it doesn't shy away from vintage boogie-disco, either, with tracks like 'Spring High', composed by Stevie Wonder and performed by Ramsey Lewis or 'Doctor Jackyll And Mister Funk' by Jackie Mclean. Willie Bobo's rendition of 'Always There' is a definite floor-filler, while Herbie Hancock's much sought after Latin-disco classic 'Saturday Night' makes this a compilation you can't miss!

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VA - Supafunkanova - Badass Funk Classics From The Disco Boogie Era (2007) Music

Posted by Rtax at June 25, 2022

VA - Supafunkanova - Badass Funk Classics From The Disco Boogie Era (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 992 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 341 MB
2:12:03 | Soul, Funk, Disco, Gogo, Hip Hop | Label: Z Records

Wow! Amazing compilation of rare disco funk from unbeatable disco connoisseurs Dave Lee and Sean P! This two CD set has nothing but great tracks and you won't have heard of any of them! Twenty five tracks of the rarest and best disco funk from go go jams to boogie rap to jazz funk disco to straight up boogie! We highly recommend this CD! Tip!

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VA - Can You Feel That Beat: Funk 45s And Other Rare Grooves (2016) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Oct. 11, 2016

VA - Can You Feel That Beat: Funk 45s And Other Rare Grooves (2016)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:00:46 | 188 Mb
Genre: Funk, Soul, RnB, Pop, Disco / Label: Numero Group

Funk war der syncopierte Groove, der Mitte der Sechziger von James Brown oder Dyke & The Blazers eingeführt wurde. Es war eine natürliche Weiterentwicklung des Rhythm & Blues. Tausende Bands versuchten dem Erfolg James Browns nachzueifern und erschufen damit einen unendlichen Fundus an raren Singles und Albumtracks, der seit Jahrzehnten von DJs und Sammlern erforscht wird. Während diese 20 Tracks einen Tausende an Euros als Original kosten würden, ist das jedoch nicht der entscheidende Punkt hier, sondern die großartigen Grooves, die viele Funk-Fans nun erstmalig hören können. Die Compilation erscheint als eine von dreien, die ein Auge auf die afro-amerikanische Musikgeschichte durch die Brille der englischen Club-Kultur wirft. Zusammengestellt wurden sie vom DJ und ausgezeichneten Komplilierer Dean Rudland. Das beeindruckende Artwork stammt von seinen langjährigen Kollaborateuren The Unknown.

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Various Artists - Ghana Soundz 1: Afro Beat, Funk And Fusion In 70's Ghana (1966-1977) {Soundway SNDWCD001 rel 2002} Music

Posted by ruskaval at Aug. 8, 2017

Various Artists - Ghana Soundz 1: Afro Beat, Funk And Fusion In 70's Ghana (1966-1977) {Soundway SNDWCD001 rel 2002}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 324 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 153 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 34 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1966-77, 2002 Soundway | SNDWCD001
Afro-Beat / Funk / Fusion / African Traditions / Highlife / West African

Ghana was one of the centers of the music called highlife, but the Afro-beat and funk that came out of the country in the 1970s, in the wake of Fela Kuti's musical success in Nigeria, has largely gone undocumented – until now. Compiled from obscure 45s and albums, Ghana Soundz is the first of a three-volume series that will most definitely put Ghanaian funk on the map. Some of it is truly fabulous, like tracks by the Sweet Talks, the Ogyatanaa Show Band, and the Apagya Show Band, all of which do funk in the Afro-beat mold of interlocking parts over an infectious rhythm, giving room for improvisation. Others, like Oscar Sulley & the Uhuru Dance Band, take more of a jazz tack.

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