[Closed] Funk & Soul - where to start?

Go the BBE (barely breaking even) website, loads up there to chew on by some real headz Keb Darge DJ Shadow Bob Jones etc etc.

If you're near Milton Keynes I have 55gb of it you can have.

[url= http://www.mixcloud.com/categories/funk-soul/ ]http://www.mixcloud.com/categories/funk-soul/[/url]

that should keep you going for a few years

Cheers, I'll check out those sites.

Thanks for the offer fd3chris. Thankfully I'm in the west highlands rather than Milton Keynes though 🙂

TS

Parliament, Funkadelic, George Clinton. Motown.

[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00005B0HJ/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/280-8683798-2491137 ]this is a good place to start[/url]. Some classic funk!

Was just going to recommend the same compilation as Binners 🙂 Some great grooves on there, such as

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul.

4 awesome songs, this one being the standout for me.

like Parliament, Funkadelic, James Brown,

I also fell in love with all of Curtis Mayfield's stuff, Bobby Womack too.

Don't forget Roger Troutman/Zapp! Dammmm! He must've been the one to originally squirt Prince out of that Rifleguitar because listen

Mothership landing .do. I. smell. smoke?

Good suggestion from Binners above. I started my love affair with soul via Stax and Atlantic records - can't go wrong with Otis Redding, Booker T & The MG's, Sam & Dave, Wilson Picket for classic sixties southern soul.

Start at the start!

James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

And then 'Cold Sweat'.

This is a good compilation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Funk_%E2%80%93_A_Brand_New_Bag:_1964-1969

+1 for parliament and funkadelic. Check out Roy Ayres too.

+1 Roy Ayers

Often overlooked is Betty Davis, Miles' wife.

'War' too, they do have a few to throw in any party that must be some of the best latin funk

If you can get to see the original full version of Sly And The Family Stone's 'Higher and Higher' @ Woodstock freaking stupifyingly good. I can only find the snippet but worth it:

Get James Brown's funky people, all three volumes, some of the best funk there's ever been. For example

I will be testing you all tomorrow night - get working cos school starts now!

Get down!

Uh!

I love early Funkadelic/Parliament
Funkadelic - Funkadelic being a must own album IMO

Start at the start!

James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

And then 'Cold Sweat'.

This is a good compilation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Funk_%E2%80%93_A_Brand_New_Bag:_1964-1969

That's regarding funk, anyway. Soul appears more sneakily out of gospel and blues.

Proper.

Awesome! My ears are going to be busy :). Thanks everyone.

TS

subbed!

Some Jazz Funk for ya.

Taken from the album Rocks,Pebbles and Sand by Stanley Clarke.

I'm a long time listener of the funk and soul show. A good place to start is the Craig Charles funk and soul playlist on Spotify. When I play that at bbqs etc I get lots of approval

The Meters!!!

Something a little more modern, but still dripping with a bit of both: Vulfpeck - 1612

King Curtis

One of the coolest beginnings to any song

Www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Loy55z4GpA

I'm just going to drop this off and leave, okay...

Are people liking Gregory Porter?

As well as the classic stuff, its worth giving some of the Nu Skool stuff a listen too. This is an absolute belter...

[url= https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sound-of-the-nu-skool-vol.1/id318643245 ]Sounds of the Nu Skool Vol 1[/url]

Craig Charles on Spotify (big and varied selection) and then follow the stuff you like and see where it takes you.

Big Bill Withers:

Aaron Neville:

Doing in my brains last night trying to remember an essential Marvin Gaye epic. Surely a message for today as much as then.

DJ Andy Smith plays some good tunes and has some downloads on his site

First heard this when Craig was covering Steve Wright top tune

Spanky Wilson - Sunshine Of Your Love:

Malvern Rider +1.

Shameless self promotion but I post a funk/soul 45 up on Twitter everyday at: [url= http://twitter.com/45aday ]http://twitter/45aday[/url]

And I have some mixes up here: [url= https://soundcloud.com/45aday ]https://soundcloud.com/45aday[/url]

[url= http://www.mixcloud.com/JasperTheVinylJunkie/jasper-the-vinyl-junkie-the-vinyl-junkie-show-16012015-on-kane-fm-1037-wwwkanefmcom/ ] jasper the vinyl junkie[/url]

lucky enough to hear his show every friday on a local radio station. definitely worth a listen.

Just watched this on Sky Arts. Good stuff:

Thanks for this thread - sat in my hotel room, bought myself a Sony SRS X3 speaker, downloaded Spotify, am going to go through this thread and also look up Craig Charles!

Lovely

Ian Wright and jazzman Gerald for deeper stuff

https://m.mixcloud.com/search/?mixcloud_query=Ian+Wright

One of my favourite radio shows is [url= http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/jeremy-sole ]Jeremy Sole on KCRW[/url]

It's pretty eclectic but has a good scoop of soul and funk. I particuarly liked this tune on this week's show:
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Alexander - Love and Happiness[/url] It's original an Al Green track

LTJ Bukem produced 'Cookin Ingredients' series of albums is pretty funky

For soulful hip hop Common is good.

Recently listening to Gil Scott Heron and Northern Soul compilations. You can pick these up pretty cheap at the minute.