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  • Willie Wright ‎– Telling The Truth
    Willie Wright ‎– Telling The Truth
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Born of Harlem doo-wop roots and refined by Boston’s counterculture scene, Willie Wright arrived in Nantucket in 1976 well worn by two decades of street corner and club performing, eager [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Etta James – The Second Time Around (Clear Vinyl)
    Etta James – The Second Time Around (Clear Vinyl)
    $22.00 | ,

    Etta James’ second album leans more toward pop than the fiery soul she’s known for, with lush orchestration by Riley Hampton and a repertoire of ’40s standards. Yet, her [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Earth, Wind & Fire ‎– Earth, Wind & Fire
    Earth, Wind & Fire ‎– Earth, Wind & Fire
    $35.00 | , ,

    “The debut for the nine-member Earth, Wind & Fire was as assured as that of any rock band from the ’60s and early ’70s. Already fluent with the close harmonies […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
    V/A – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
    $50.00 | , ,

    From 1958 to 1993, Thomas and Louise Boddie’s industrious Boddie Recording Company issued nearly 300 albums and 45s, recorded 10,000 hours of tape, and remained in operation longer than any […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Don’t Stop: Recording Tap
    V/A – Don’t Stop: Recording Tap
    $28.00 | , , ,

    In January of 2006, the Numero Group found itself sitting three-wide on a weight bench in a clammy Jacksonville, Florida, garage. Eight hours later, we peeled out of the driveway […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label
    $22.00 | , ,

    Where everything Numero begins. Three guys in a purple Saturn station wagon drove down to Columbus, Ohio, and came back to Chicago with a lost label—the rest is history. In […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
    $20.00 | , ,

    Three years we told the world about Columbus, Ohio’s secret soul history, Numero returned to the scene of the crime for further exploration. Victim: Clem Price and George Beter’s no-rep […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Home Schooled – The ABCs Of Kid Soul
    V/A – Home Schooled – The ABCs Of Kid Soul
    $16.00 | , ,

    The formula was simple: Merge bubblegum and soul with the crackling sincerity of an enthusiastic child, cross your fingers, and pray for airplay. Throw in a publicist, stylists, dance [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples
    $16.00 | , ,

    By 1967, East St. Louis, Illinois—once dubbed an “All American” city by the US Chamber of Commerce—had become St Louis, Missouri’s evil twin. Unemployment, drug addiction and vicious gang [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Local Customs: Downriver Revival
    V/A – Local Customs: Downriver Revival
    $18.00 | , ,

    Between 1967 and 1981, Detroit’s downriver neighbor Ecorse, Michigan, had its very own Moe Asch. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, electronics wiz, guitarist, and Ford plant foreman […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Soul Messages From Dimona
    V/A – Soul Messages From Dimona
    $16.00 | , ,

    Between 1975 and 1981, a group of American ex-pats brought the native sounds of their Detroit and Chicago homes across the Atlantic, combined them with the messages of the Black […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A ‎– Eccentric Soul – The Big Mack Label
    V/A ‎– Eccentric Soul – The Big Mack Label
    $26.00 | , ,

    Even though it rolled off of Detroit assembly lines, the Big Mack story is no Motown or Fortune or Revilot retread. Rather, it’s an examination of the Motor City sound’s […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A ‎– Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels
    V/A ‎– Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels
    $28.00 | , ,

    Nickel and Penny are twin sides of the same eccentric coin, and in the ’60s and ’70s that coin was being flipped by Chicago’s #1 Dusties DJ Richard Pegue. When […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A ‎– Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation
    V/A ‎– Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation
    $95.00 | , ,

    Operated by a pair of cutthroat radio promotion men, Chicago’s Twinight label made its strides via “friendola”—the trading of favors, not dollars, for local radio airplay. Much of the outfit’s [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A ‎– Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
    V/A ‎– Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
    $20.00 | , ,

    The genesis of our Good God! series, dedicated to divergent sounds from devout records, A Gospel Funk Hymnal explores injections of a profane funk into gospel music’s sacred beatitude. Completing [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A  ‎– Good God! Born Again Funk
    V/A ‎– Good God! Born Again Funk
    $22.00 | , ,

    Unofficially the third entry in our Good God! series of ecstatic worship, Born Again Funk picks up where A Gospel Funk Hymnal leaves off. Yes, the prodigal sons of Thomas […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A  – Eccentric Soul: A Red Black & Green Production
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: A Red Black & Green Production
    $65.00 | , ,

    While not manning knobs and faders for Gil Scott-Heron, Hugh Masekela, Soul Searchers, Van McCoy, and a host of major label also-rans at Edgewood Studios, Washington, D.C.’s most opulent [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A  ‎– Local Customs: Pressed At Boddie (Purple Marble Vinyl)
    V/A ‎– Local Customs: Pressed At Boddie (Purple Marble Vinyl)
    $20.00 | , ,

    The Boddie Recording Company would press any damn thing to vinyl—absolutely anything, from amateur garage rock to basement soul, from preachers’ sermons to minimal synth pop…even polka [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Tower Of Power ‎– Bump City
    Tower Of Power ‎– Bump City
    $20.00 | , ,

    “The second Tower of Power LP, Bump City was the first to make any impact. The group went to Memphis, cut their first great single in “You’re Still A Young […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Final Solution – Brotherman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    The Final Solution – Brotherman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    $45.00 | , ,

    Continuing a tradition that began with Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song and culminated with Shaft and Superfly, Brotherman was a blaxploitation film set to hit screens in 1975. Prior to the […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • The Impressions ‎– Finally Got Myself Together
    The Impressions ‎– Finally Got Myself Together
    $28.00 | , ,

    Features “Finally Got Myself Together (I’m a Changed Man)” Label: Curtom – CRS 8019 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1974 VG+/VG+. Light marks. Some edgewear to [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Meters ‎– Cabbage Alley (Promo)
    The Meters ‎– Cabbage Alley (Promo)
    $45.00 | , ,

    “Leaving Josie for Reprise did change the Meters, even if the change wasn’t necessarily for the better. They became slicker, jammier, and, in the conventional sense, funkier, even if [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Mighty-Might Evangelist Singers – Amaze And Grace (Rare Gospel-Soul from Georgia)
    The Mighty-Might Evangelist Singers – Amaze And Grace (Rare Gospel-Sou…
    $125.00 | , ,

    Killer gospel-soul album that sounds as raw & present as it does soulful Label: ASL (Atlanta Soul Liberation) – ASL-1092 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: VG+/VG. Sleeve high end […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Change Up The Groove (Light warp, DNAP)
    Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Change Up The Groove (Light warp, DNAP)
    $32.00 | , ,

    “Its misleading title notwithstanding, Change Up the Groove does little to alter the inimitable jazz-funk aesthetic Roy Ayers perfected on earlier LPs like He’s Coming and Virgo Red. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Ray Barretto ‎– Tomorrow: Barretto Live
    Ray Barretto ‎– Tomorrow: Barretto Live
    $16.00 | , ,

    “Over the years, Ray Barretto has commanded respect in two different genres: salsa and Latin jazz. Not surprisingly, his salsa recordings have been much bigger sellers than his Latin jazz [...]

    GENRE: Latin
  • Sly & The Family Stone ‎– Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I’m Back
    Sly & The Family Stone ‎– Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I’m Back
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I’m Back, Sly Stone’s ninth album for Epic, features a reunited Sly & the Family Stone. Sly’s previous album, the funk-filled High on You [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Sly & The Family Stone – A Whole New Thing (check condition, plays w/noise)
    Sly & The Family Stone – A Whole New Thing (check condition, play…
    $60.00 | , ,

    “Sly & the Family Stone’s debut album is more restrained and not nearly as funky or psychedelic as their subsequent efforts, owing far more to traditional soul arrangements. These [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Ghost Funk Orchestra ‎– An Ode To Escapism
    Ghost Funk Orchestra ‎– An Ode To Escapism
    $14.00 | , ,

    “Where will you hide when the world around you is closing in? On their latest LP, GFO invites you to close your eyes and take a dive into your subconscious. […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chuck Brown And The Soul Searchers* ‎– Bustin’ Loose
    Chuck Brown And The Soul Searchers* ‎– Bustin’ Loose
    $16.00 | , ,

    “In the 1980s many of go-go’s supporters insisted that it was going to become as big as rap. Regrettably, that never happened. Go-go was huge in Washington, D.C., where a […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Cochemea* ‎– All My Relations (Teal Vinyl)
    Cochemea* ‎– All My Relations (Teal Vinyl)
    $16.00 | , ,

    “Cochemea Gastelum is coming home to connect with his roots. After nearly 15 years of touring the world with Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, the saxophonist offers a deeply personal […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Boscoe ‎– Boscoe
    Boscoe ‎– Boscoe
    $35.00 | , ,

    Chicago’s South Side in the early ’70s was an epicenter of African-American musical creativity: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Phil Cohran’s Artistic Heritage Ensemble, and others [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Al Green ‎– Let’s Stay Together
    Al Green ‎– Let’s Stay Together
    $20.00 | ,

    “Prior to this album, Al Green never had a number one song. The title track, “Let’s Stay Together,” achieved that status and held it for nine consecutive weeks. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chicano Batman – Cycles Of Existential Rhyme
    Chicano Batman – Cycles Of Existential Rhyme
    $28.00 | , ,

    Heavy & solid Latin soul. Label: El Relleno Records – J-003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 2014 VG+/VG+. Light wear

    GENRE: Latin
  • Gal Costa – Gal Canta Caymmi
    Gal Costa – Gal Canta Caymmi
    $16.00 | ,

    GAL COSTA is an award-winning singer with an extensive solo discography and international experience. A fundamental presence in the Tropicália movement, she has been one of Brazil’s most [...]

    GENRE: International, Latin
  • Theatre West – Bow To The People
    Theatre West – Bow To The People
    $16.00 | ,

    Strut presents one of the most in-demand and significant albums from the archives of Jimmy Gray’s Black Fire Records, ‘Bow To The People’ (1976) by theatre collective Theatre West, based […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo – Planetário Da Gávea
    Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo – Planetário Da Gávea
    $19.00 | ,

    On a balmy Brazilian night in February, 1981, a crowd gathered in Rio de Janeiro’s Gávea neighbourhood under the iconic dome of the city’s Planetário (Planetarium). Alongside [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti – Poison Fruit
    Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti – Poison Fruit
    $15.00 | ,

    From an artist in their seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. But Brazilian drumming legend Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and innovating for the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Azymuth – Fênix
    Azymuth – Fênix
    $17.00 | ,

    Azymuth are back! With Fênix, their first album in five years, the Brazilian mavericks have recreated the energy of those spellbinding seventies’ sessions which would launch them into [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Agustin Pereyra Lucena – Puertos De Alternativa
    Agustin Pereyra Lucena – Puertos De Alternativa
    $17.00 | ,

    Far Out Recordings continues its reissue campaign of the late Argentinian guitarist Agustin Pereyra Lucena’s work with the first-ever vinyl reissue of his singular 1988 private press album, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Cymande – Promised Heights
    Cymande – Promised Heights
    $16.00 | ,

    “This year marks the 50th anniversary of Cymande’s ‘Promised Heights,’ a record that closed out a historic three-album run of seminal early 70’s Afro-soul that also included their 1972 [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Temprees – Lovemen
    The Temprees – Lovemen
    $30.00 | ,

    Produced by Josephine “Jo” Bridges and signed to her We Produce imprint, The Temprees were a Memphis soul vocal trio powered by one of the great falsettos in pop music, […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Emotions – Untouched
    The Emotions – Untouched
    $30.00 | ,

    Girl group greatness, courtesy of the Chicago-based Hutchinson Sisters (with Theresa Davis on this record) and co-producers Isaac Hayes, David Porter and Ronnie Williams! Recording at Muscle [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    $18.00 | ,

    The success of Shaft and Superfly ignited an explosion of films, many produced by small independent studios and filmmakers, whose soundtracks continue to provide rich fodder for turntablists, [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    $30.00 | ,

    The success of Shaft and Superfly ignited an explosion of films, many produced by small independent studios and filmmakers, whose soundtracks continue to provide rich fodder for turntablists, [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
    $15.00 | ,

    Cupid Deluxe is Dev Hynes’ second full-length release under the Blood Orange moniker. It shows a more expansive aural palate than its predecessor while retaining the pop sensibilities that [...]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Operated by a pair of cutthroat radio promotion men, Chicago’s Twinight label made its strides via “friendola”—the trading of favors, not dollars, for local radio airplay. Much of the [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Iris Chacón ‎– Iris Chacón
    Iris Chacón ‎– Iris Chacón
    $28.00 | , ,

    Groovy Latin funk from the Puerto Rican icon, Iris Chacón Label: Borinquen – AAD-1315 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Puerto Rico Released: 1977 VG/VG. Noticeable light marks. Sleeve [...]

    GENRE: Latin, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City
    $50.00 | , ,

    “Left unexplored by Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label were those narrow roads leading away from the misfits of FAMU’s Marching 100 band, out of Deep City, and into its […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Cool Million Feat. Glenn Jones – Tonight
    Cool Million Feat. Glenn Jones – Tonight
    $16.00 | ,

    “Cool Million by now is a household name, when it comes to the boogie funk style. They are deeply rooted in this musical genre, that we lost by the end […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Great White Cane – The Great White Cane
    The Great White Cane – The Great White Cane
    $20.00 | , ,

    Rick James soul-rock group from the early 70s. Label: Lion Records Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Die-cut Jacket Country: US Released: 1972 VG/VG Light marks/wear

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco