thanks for all the suggestions (especially War), listened to many, have made a CD-length playlist, for anyone interested it is:
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown Tramp - Lowell Fulsom Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose - James Brown Tighten Up - Archie Bell & the Drells Time Is Tight - Booker T & The MGs Here Come The Girls - Ernie K-Doe Thank You - Sly & The Family Stone Gimme Some More - James Brown Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield Doing It To Death - James Brown The Cisco Kid - War Cross The Track (we better go back) - Maceo and the Macks Low Rider - War Fight the Power - Isley Brothers Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give up the Funk) - Parliament Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry Le Freak - Chic Flashlight - Parliament Shack Up - A Certain Ratio Word Up - Cameo Dont Joke with A Hungry Man - Quantic
Lonnie Liston Smith - expansions Chocolate milk - actions speak louder than words The blackbyrds- doing it in the park
You been going through my record collection? (Actually, mate, The Blackbyrds track is called Rock Creek Park.)
I used to spend a fortune at record fairs on funk and soul, then dance to similar at Gilles Peterson's Sunday afternoon Dingwalls sessions. Key tracks of mine, apart from those three listed above, include (and again, maybe more jazz funk/soul then true down-home dirty funk):
Sweet Power - James Mason Dominoes - Donald Byrd Places & Spaces - Donald Byrd Shifting Gears - Johnny Hammond 2000 Black - Roy Ayres Lucky Fella - Leroy Hutson How Could You Break My Heart - Bobby Womack
Me and Baby Brother - War Galaxy - War Yum Yum (gimme some) - Fatback Band Street Dance - Fatback Band Wicky Wacky - Fatback Band Fire - Ohio Players Funky President - James Brown Funky Stuff - Kool and The Gang Tell Me Something Good - Rufus I Feel Sanctified - Commodores Hollywood Swinging - Kool and The Gang For The Love of Money - O'Jays Make It Funky - James Brown Thank You - Sly & The Family Stone Bertha Butt Boogie - Jimmy Castor Bunch
Various Parliament/Clinton/Collins tracks
Do It Anyway You Wanna - Peoples Choice Do It Til You're Satisfied - BT Express Mr.Big Stuff - Jean Knight Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright
Any of you soul funksters recognise which song these lyrics come from...its a record that keeps getting played on a classic soul station here in the ATL...
The Smaller the club, the bigger the party, there's something about this room The Smaller the club, the bigger the party, a dancefloor you can barely move.
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Cisco Kid
The World is a Ghetto
Gypsy Man
Why Can't we be Friends
Now that is funk my friend!
Fred Wesley and the JBs
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
Tramp - Lowell Fulsom
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose - James Brown
Tighten Up - Archie Bell & the Drells
Time Is Tight - Booker T & The MGs
Here Come The Girls - Ernie K-Doe
Thank You - Sly & The Family Stone
Gimme Some More - James Brown
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
Doing It To Death - James Brown
The Cisco Kid - War
Cross The Track (we better go back) - Maceo and the Macks
Low Rider - War
Fight the Power - Isley Brothers
Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give up the Funk) - Parliament
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Le Freak - Chic
Flashlight - Parliament
Shack Up - A Certain Ratio
Word Up - Cameo
Dont Joke with A Hungry Man - Quantic
I used to spend a fortune at record fairs on funk and soul, then dance to similar at Gilles Peterson's Sunday afternoon Dingwalls sessions. Key tracks of mine, apart from those three listed above, include (and again, maybe more jazz funk/soul then true down-home dirty funk):
Sweet Power - James Mason
Dominoes - Donald Byrd
Places & Spaces - Donald Byrd
Shifting Gears - Johnny Hammond
2000 Black - Roy Ayres
Lucky Fella - Leroy Hutson
How Could You Break My Heart - Bobby Womack
Galaxy - War
Yum Yum (gimme some) - Fatback Band
Street Dance - Fatback Band
Wicky Wacky - Fatback Band
Fire - Ohio Players
Funky President - James Brown
Funky Stuff - Kool and The Gang
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
I Feel Sanctified - Commodores
Hollywood Swinging - Kool and The Gang
For The Love of Money - O'Jays
Make It Funky - James Brown
Thank You - Sly & The Family Stone
Bertha Butt Boogie - Jimmy Castor Bunch
Various Parliament/Clinton/Collins tracks
Do It Anyway You Wanna - Peoples Choice
Do It Til You're Satisfied - BT Express
Mr.Big Stuff - Jean Knight
Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright
That'll do.......
The Smaller the club, the bigger the party, there's something about this room
The Smaller the club, the bigger the party, a dancefloor you can barely move.