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See the Soul Patch section for the Funk 45 page as well as many others listing funky 45s (Soul Jazz, Mod Soul, Kid Funk, Fu Funk, New Orleans, Afro-Beat, Funky Gospel, etc.).
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1619 B.A.B.: World/For Your Love; Brown Sugar BS-2003; N $15 -- funk/jazz-funk; great place to start!; clean, cheap, good!
Abaco Dream: Life & Death in G&A/Cat Woman; A&M 1081; N- S? $40 -- funky rock/Moog funk
ADC Band: Long Stroke/That's Life; Atlantic/Cotillion 44243; 1978; N S $20 -- late funk/proto-rap in the P-funk vein, good!
Calvin Arnold: Funky Way/Snatchin' Back; Venture V-605 E- $30 -- funk; A-side is great, B-side is nearly as winning
Gary Atkinson: Wanderin' Soul/KB-2; Corillions 110; 1981 N S $150 -- country-funk; only 100 ever pressed & this is the end of them; the most-wanted record (1 of only 2 that are soul/funk) made by outsider-musician 
Kellogg's Presents the Banana Splits; Hanna-Barbera 34579; 1969; E- S $15 -- funk/kid funk/psyche; the better of 2 such EPs primarily for "Doin' the Banana Split" by young Barry White; the other 3 cuts are psyche; note that it's not the same as on the LP (different label), so you need both!; priced just for the clean A-side but the B-side isn't bad
Banzaii: Chinese Kung Fu/Chinese Kung Fu (Disco Version); Scepter SCE-12407; 1975; N- S $15 -- kung fu funk/disco; a cash-in on the popularity of "Kung Fu Fighting" but w/cheesy synthesizer instead of pathetic lyrics; plenty of chop and grunt sounds, tho!; nice break on the A-side
Barbara & the Uniques: There It Goes Again/What's the Use; Arden 3001; E $20 -- soul; prod. New Chicago Sounds
The Barrons: I'm So Lonely/Some Kind of Fool; Alithia 6049; 1973 (prod. Dollars & Cents); promo N S $25 -- soul/funk; NJ sweet-soul/vocal group; B-side is a little heavier funk, like Dynamics
Beau: Roller Skate Parts 1 & 2; It's a Thang AT-002; 1980; N $15 -- disco; wow! what a great little discovery from the Silver Spring, MD/DC area, and we have access to more (all new/unplayed)!; it's a good disco or "boogie" record, with cheery calls/rap and even a couple of breakbeats (at about nine minutes long, variations are expected); when you feel like playing this stuff and want something fresh that stands up to your well-worn favorites, this is a great pick; priced to put one in everyone's stocking and send us back for more--after all, "It's a THANG!!!"
The Blackbyrds: Do It, Fluid/Summer Love; Fantasy 729; N $10 -- A-side a stone killer, classic party groove ("I like to party...") every DJ needs; the B-side is yet another smash hit that's perfect for summer
Booker T. & the MGs: Chinese Checkers/Plum-Nellie; Atlantic/Stax 137; white label! N- $15 -- pair of first-rate yet lesser-known instrumentals by the masters; B-side especially fierce w/near-fuzz guitar
The Boys in the Band: [How Bout a Little Hand for] The Boys in the Band/Sumpin Heavy; Spring SPR-103; V+ $15 -- funk; B-side a nice, unusual chunky instrumental in the MGs/Soul Runners vein
Brenda & the Tabulations: Why Didn't I Think of That/A Love You Can Depend On; J/G/Top & Bottom 411; white-label promo N $15 -- Philly soul
Tina Britt: Sookie, Sookie/Key to the Highway; UA/Veep V-1298; 1968; V+ $20 -- funk; we knew the title track only from Steppenwolf's version and continue to be blown away by this monster (super funky); produced by Juggy Murray and also on a rare Minit LP (where it's the best cut by far); you'll want this despite a little noise: it's pure, loud, dancefloor-swampin', untamed, raw funk!
Vicki Anderson: I'll Work It Out/Answer to Mother Popcorn (I Got a Mother for You); King SK-6251; 1969; black/orange stereo E+ S $60 -- funk; legendary cut, looks clean but all copies play w/a little noise (even the LP comp JB made!)
[Vicki Anderson as] Myra Barnes: Super Good Parts 1 & 2 (Answer to Super Bad); King 6344; 1970; black label E- $25 -- funk; incredible hit, w/JB in the background; a few marks but plays well (just a couple of mild pops on Side 2)
Hank Ballard: Butter Your Popcorn/same; King 6244; 1969; promo N/E S $30 -- funk; stereo promo; one of his heavy rare grooves from the time of the legendary King LP tho this isn't on it!
Hank Ballard: Finger Poppin' Time/With Your Sweet Lovin' Self; People PE-606; 1972; purple label! V+ $40 -- super-rare original release!; ultra-funky A-side found only on a later Polydor 45 (also rare); B-side also on super-rare LP 1052 (unreissued)
James Brown & the Famous Flames: Night Train/Why Does Everything Happen To Me; King 5614; 1962 (rec. 1961 & 1957); N $15
James Brown: Out of Sight/Maybe the Last Time; Smash S-1919; 1964; N- $15 -- vocal; his huge hit for this label, not King! (the original LP was withdrawn within days bc of a new version of "I Got You")
James Brown & the Famous Flames: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Parts 1 & 2; King 5999; 1965; E $15 -- never hurts to have the original funk song on 45, esp. for the lesser-heard but jazzy Part 2
James Brown & the Famous Flames: Ain't That a Groove Parts 1 & 2; King 6025; N- $15
James Brown & the Famous Flames: The Christmas Song Versions 1 & 2; King 6064; 1966 (ballad); N $15
James Brown: I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)/There Was a Time; King 45-6144; 1967; yellow-label promo N- $20 -- awesome!
James Brown: Tit for Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)/Believers Shall Enjoy (Non-Believers Shall Suffer); King 6204; 1968; N- $15
James Brown: Funky Drummer Parts 1 & 2; King 6209; 1970/1969; orange/black E- S $20 -- one of his most-wanted singles, for good reason!
James Brown Plays & Directs: Soul Pride Parts 1 & 2; King 6222; 1969; yellow-label promo E S $25 -- terrific instrumental, scarce single; has the "A James Brown Production--The Sound of Success" logo
James Brown: Let a Man Come in & Do the Popcorn Part 1/Sometime; King 6245; 1970; black/orange N- S $20 -- funk; the A-side is a killer
James Brown: Stone to the Bone Parts 1 & 2; Polydor PD-14210; 1973; E S $10
James Brown: Living in America/Vince Dicola: Farewell; CBS/Scotti Bros.; 1985; picture sleeve E/N S $10 -- from Rocky IV; catchy tune & sleeve image
James Brown w/Bobby Byrd: I Need Help Parts 1 & 2; King 6323; white-label promo E- S $15 -- marred only by audible scratch at the very end (Pt. 2), otherwise
James Brown w/Bobby Byrd: Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Parts 1 & 2; King 6347; 1970; N- $25
Bobby Byrd: If You Don't Work You Can't Eat/same; King 6342; 1970; white-label promo w/Byrd's photo N $30 -- funk; monster track!; promo has faint pen mark 1 side only
Bobby Byrd: If You Don't Work You Can't Eat/You've Got to Change Your Mind; King 6342; 1970; N $25 (or E+ $20, specify) -- funk; monster A-side; B side w/JB
Bobby Byrd: I Know You Got Soul/It's Not I Who Love You (Not Him Anymore); King 6378; 1971; N $50 -- masterpiece!; perfection in King sleeve w/jukebox label (or N- $40, specify) (or white-label promo N $75, specify)
Lyn Collins: Don't Make Me Over/Take Me Just as I Am; People PE-633; 1974/1973-4; E- S $15 -- great hard funky B-side; priced low for some noise on the A-side ballad
Lyn Collins: Wide Awake in a Dream/same; People PE-641; 1974; white-label promo N- S $20
Lyn Collins & the Famous Flames: Baby Don't Do It/mono; People PE-657; 1975; white-label promo N- S/M $20
Nat Kendrick & the Swans: (Do the) Mashed Potatoes Parts 1 & 2; Dade 1804 (= Dade 5004); 1959; E+ $20 -- mod soul/r&b; one of the biggest hits for a JB protege; features the amazing sometime-collaborator King Coleman (shouting "mashed potatoes!")
Maceo & the Macks: Soul Power '74 Parts 1 & 2; People PE-631; 1973; N S $20 -- it's the one w/the kid crying, "open up the door," & other delights; not rare, just ideal
Soul East: Funky Lady Parts 1 & 2; Starday/DeLuxe 108; E+ $30 -- funk (funky chicken scratching); not a JB production but similar funky King label stuff prod. Bud Scott
[Fred Wesley &] The J.B.s: [Escape-ism Part 1]/[To] My Brother Part 2; People 2502; 1971; white label N $30 -- funk; to the eye it's identical to what it's supposed to be (My Brother Parts 1 & 2) but this is a [probably super-rare] mistake pressing, with Escape-ism as the A-side instead; either A-side is on "Food for Thought" but not the B-side!
Fred Wesley & the J.B.s: Rockin' Funky Watergate Part 1/Rockin' Funky Watergate Parts 1 & 2; People PE-643; 1974; E+ S $20 -- "live"; full-length B-side!
Marva Whitney: You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work-You Can't Eat)/I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late); King 6218; blue N $40 -- killer live A-side w/JB & the B-side is one of her strongest too
The Buena Vistas: Here Come Da Judge/Big Red; Marquee MQ-443; 1966; V $15 -- mod soul-funk from Detroit featuring the great Popcorn Wylie (see below); there was supposed to be an LP but it looks like it never made it (no record of it)
Burnett Bynum & the Invaders: Disco Fever/Black Foot; Cargo C-22377; 1977; V S $15 -- rare Phila. instrumental, jazzy, disco-funk; excellent but marks/noise
Tony Camillo's Bazuka: Dynomite Parts 1 & 2; A&M 1666; 1975; N- S $15 -- disco; a classic people still enjoy, thx to super-funky bass & horns (up there w/KC at his best), spacey Moog riffs, and heavy repetition by the chorus of "Dy-no-mite"; definitely fits into any "fu funk" set
The Capitols: Soul Brother, Soul Sister/Ain't That Terrible; Atlantic/Atco/Karen 1543; E- $20 -- funk/boogaloo; in trying to recapture the glory of "Cool Jerk" the group did score w/a few hip ones; both sides great!
The Capreez: Soulsation/Time; Sound SI-171; E+ $25 -- soul, blue-eyed?; we suspect this Detroit group is actually a rock group trying their hand at soul; no doubt rare
Carleen & the Groovers: Can We Rap/Right On; Jazzman JM-009; REISSUE N $10 -- funk (heavy)
Judy Carne: Sock It To Me/Right Said Fred; Reprise 0680; V $15 -- mod/soul twist/celebrity/dance rock; a bit of all right from the Laugh-In show, it's iconic, definitive dancefloor swingin' sixties fluff straight out of Austin Powers, except the other way round!..."I'm daring you...sock it to me!"; "You know if this is what they call funky, it's a bit of all right!"; some wear and noise but still sensational
Clarence Carter: Strokin'/Love Me With a Feeling; Ichiban 86-108; E+ $15 -- funk; the A-side was something of a big jukebox hit, as it's of a suggestive nature but not so offensive it couldn't get played a lot
Alvin Cash & the Registers: No Deposit--No Return/The Philly Freeze; Mar-V-Lus 6012; 1963; N* $15 -- terrific single (both sides), uncut, but the B-side is off-center, so the pitch is off; *we've priced it for the A-side only
Alvin Cash & the Registers: Do It One More Time (The Twine)/The Philly Freeze; Mar-V-Lus 6012; 1963; N $30 -- both sides were issued before (this may have been issued to compensate for earlier pressing problems), & even the # is recycled, but it's hard to fault--uncut!; Monk Higgins wrote the A-side
Alvin Cash/Scott Bros. Orch.: Keep on Dancing/instrumental; Toddlin' Town TT-111 E $30 -- funk; one of the hot later ones you need!
Jimmy Castor: Just You Girl/Magic Saxophone; Mercury/Smash S-2085; 1967; white-label promo E- (looks V but plays well) $20 -- great B-side, very driving and gritty vocal mod funk!
The Chevelles: The Gallop/Gloria Walker: Talking About My Baby; Flaming Arrow 45-FA-35; V+ $15 -- thanks to a recent reissue, people now know about the Chevelles funk LP (anything by them is rare), but this earlier "bongo funk" single, instrumental southern funk/Afro-Beat, is far better; Gloria Walker's is a narrated blues; presumably the Chevelles back her, as she was part of the group
The Chicago Cubs: Pennant Fever/Chicago Cubs Clark St. Band: Slide; Chess 2075; cutout N $20 -- mod soul/organ; A-side vocal's sporty & to the tune of "Fever" but it's the funky, funky B-side you need!
The Chubukos (Afrique): Witch Doctor Bump/House of Rising Funk; Mainstream/Red Lion MRL-5546; 1973; E+ S $20 (or less w/purchase of the LP too) -- funk/Afro-Beat/guitar/funk/novelty; A-side not on the Soul Makossa LP (not serious enough) but definitely of interest to the fan of the LP (sealed originals listed above); w/jazz-funk heavyweights Charles Kynard, Paul Humphrey, David T. Walker, Ray Pounds, Chino Valdes, King Errisson..
The Continental Four: Escape from Planet Earth/Take a Little Time (to Know Me); Jay-Walking JW-017; 1972; N $25 -- space-funk/soul; acclaimed soul group blasts off into deep space with awesome space-funk head-scratcher, "Escape from Planet Earth," an anthemic call to start a new [funky] generation, w/hip "soul" countdown, funky bassline, & Isley-esque phased guitars--FANTASTIC (like Undisputed Truth's "UFOs" only better)
Les Cooper & the Soul Rockers: Wiggle Wobble/Dig Yourself; Everlast 5019; N $10 -- soul rock
Les Cooper & the Soul Rockers: Let's do the Boston Monkey/Owee Baby; Enjoy 2024; V+ $20 -- mod soul/mod soul-rock; 2 great sides kick off a new funkier sound; wear but plays well
Ruth Copeland & New Play: A Gift of Me/The Music Box; Invictus IS-9072; S? E- $15 -- funky rock; from the Self-Portrait set; clean except scratch on Side 2 yields some brief background pops
General Crook: Gimme Some Parts 1 & 2; Down to Earth 73; N $30 (or E $20, specify) -- funk; prod. Walter & Burgess Gardner; his best!; uptempo, terrific stuff; we scored some as-new, unplayed store stock from Chicago (where the General commands) at a special low price we're passing on to you
General Crook: What I'm Getting Now & What I'm Used to, Ain't the Same/Get Over; Down to Earth 75; N- $50 -- psyche funk (fuzz guitar)/funk-rock; prod. Walter & Burgess Gardner; B-side rare, heavy, hard, with fuzz-guitar sound (A-side soul)
General Crook: What Time It Is Parts 1 & 2; Down to Earth 77; E- V+ $20 -- psyche funk (fuzz guitar)/funky rock; prod. Walter & Burgess Gardner; hard 'n heavy Chitown funk, w/fuzz guitar
General Crook: Fever in the Funkhouse/instrumental; Scepter/Wand WND-11276; 1974; E- S $20 -- psyche funk (fuzz guitar)/funky rock; hard 'n heavy Chitown funk w/fuzz guitar
Cathy Davis: Come Back Parts 1 & 2; Twelve O'Clock 1001; N- $15 -- funky Florida soul w/strings; probably the first on the label
Betty Davis: Steppin in her I.Miller Shoes/If I'm Lucky I Might Get Picked Up; Just Sunshine JSA-503; N S $20 -- funk
De La Soul: The Magic Number/Buddy; Tommy Boy/Big Life BLR-14; 1989; UK picture sleeve E+ S $20 -- rap; A-side samples the classic Bob Dorough "Three is the Magic Number" from Multiplication Rock; B-side features Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, Queen Latifah, Q-Tip
The Delights Orchestra: King of the Horse/Do Your Thing; Atlantic/Atco 6641; N $50 -- mod funk/drums; serious horn funk & killer breakbeats on the B-side!
Bo Diddley: Bo-Jam/Husband-in-Law; Chess CH-2134; 1972; E+ S $10 -- funk; A-side a heavy cut from one of his scarce funk LPs; priced low for a gentle warp but tracks fine
Doris Duke: Feet Start Walking/How I to Know You Cared; Canyon 35; N- $15
Dynamic Corvettes: Key to My Happiness Parts 1 & 2; Abet 9461; 1975; N $25
Yvonne Fair: Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On/Let Your Hair Down; Motown M-1306-F; 1974/1971-1973; E+ $20 -- funk; after several singles as a James Brown diva, she's now emulating funk queen Betty Davis!; B-side live; both sides great!; w/Funk Brothers Earl Van Dyke, Dennis
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The Family: Family Affair/Nation Time; North Bay NB-302; N $25 (or N- $20, specify) -- funk/guitar instrumental; Sly & the Family Stone!; prod. by Broadway Eddie--"A MIGHTY PRODUCTION"; A-side by Sly & Family, B-side by Gamble & Huff
The Family: Do the Robot Parts 1 & 2; North Bay NB-304; N $25 -- funk/guitar; Sly & the Family Stone!; prod. by Joey Jefferson & Stan Watson; instrumental guitar funk with baritone "Do the Robot" interjections on Pt 1
The Fatback Band: Soul March/To Be With You; Perception PS-520; 1973; E S $15 -- funk/soul; the moving, guitar-led instrumental A-side is where it's at for us, although the sweet-soul ballad B ain't bad, if that's your cup of meat; from their great rare LP that's VERY tough to get clean (here the funkier A-side is fine but the B pops a little)
Lee Fields: Let's Talk it Over/She's a Love Maker; London 190; 1973; E- $50 -- funk like JB; label sides reversed; tape, writing on label; pops at start of "Love Maker" heard in brief drum intro (not essential to start there)
Lee Fields: Meet Me Tonight/A Man Gotta Do What a Man Gotta Do; BDA 1141991; 1991; N S? $15 -- not quite up to his usual standards but it's LEE FIELDS! (see him in concert while you can)
Freddy & the Kinfolk: Blabbermouth/The Goat; Atlantic/Dade 45-1016; cutout N $25 -- goat funk!; similar to labelmates Nat Kendrick & the Swans (late-'60s mod funk); bah! bah!
Bobby Freeman: Four Piece Nitty Gritty Junky Band/Susie Sunshine; Double Shot 144; 1970; E $15 -- funk
Fessor Funk: Take Me to the River/mono; Roxbury RB-2007; 1975; white-label promo N- [S] $30 -- funk; from LA, a great interpretation of the Al Green hit
Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove Compact-33 (Parts 3 & 4); Warner Bros. BSK-3209 Special EP Sides 3 & 4; E $15 -- funk/funky rock; no doubt the rarest format for this title, and at over 17 minutes you get your money's worth; Maggot Brain/Chant (8:30) backed with Lunchmeataphobia/PE Squad/Doo Doo Chasers (8:56)
Ray Gant & the Arabian Knights: Chattanooga Walk/Night in Arabia; Jay-Walking JW-001; N- $30 -- funk/odd; 2 great sides; we love it!; A-side hip organ-led funk introducing a new Tennessee dance has a terrific James Brown reference; B-side Mid-East is moodier jazz-soul-rock ("Jungle Exotica" style) w/flute & drum solos
Cal Green: Trippin/Johnny's Gone to Vietnam; Mutt & Jeff 22 N S $100 -- funky soul-jazz guitar; perfect, stereo, rare single from a legendary, high-value LP; both sides are killers (best two tracks on the LP, except for one other)--great for DJs!; original tho "Mutt & Jeff" is in black, so it's a second printing (and better for it)
[Robert Parker: Barefootin'/]Jesse Gresham Plus 3: Shootin' the Grease; Jewel/Head H-1050; E- $25 -- funk guitar/breakbeat/New Orleans; of course it never hurts to have the famous A-side on 45, but it's the B-side that makes this special: begins with a clean drum breakbeat, and has a spare, psychedelic-funk guitar sound; hip stuff!
Willie Henderson & the Soul Explosions: Funky Chicken Parts 1 & 2; Brunswick 755429; 1974; N- $25 -- funk instrumental; in Brunswick sleeve, no less
The Hidden Cost: Bo Did It/Vibrations; Marmaduke M-4001; 1973; E+ $40 -- funk; heavy deep-bass vocal over bongo-funk A-side; B-side serious waka-funk instrumental
Hidden Strength: I Don't Want to Be a Lone Ranger/mono; United Artists UA-XW847-Y; 1976; promo E [S] $15 -- disco/funk; from after their 1975 LP, probably promo-only, rare, and quite possibly the last thing they ever did
Roy Hightower & Gant Green: False Advertising Parts 1 & 2; Number One 7777; N $30 -- funk/vocal; the "false advertising" is a woman's legs or something, heh heh; a truly great obscurity (we love it); rare, very limited dead stock brought back to life
Jimmy "Bo" Horne: Dance Across the Floor/It's Your Sweet Love; Sunshine Sound 1003; 1978; N S $15 -- disco classic
Howlin' Wolf: Tail Dragger/Evil; Cadet Concept 7013; cutout V+ $25 -- psyche funk/funky electradelic blues; best cuts from famous The Howlin' Wolf Album (Cadet Concept LPS-319) in high-gain 45!
[Michael Viner's] Incredible Bongo Band: Bongolia/Bongo Rock; Pride PR-1015; E+ w/"Joe" on label $15 -- bongo rock; incredibly loud, spacious sound; from "The Thing with Two Heads"
Incredible Bongo Band: Dueling Bongos/Let There be Drums; MGM K-14635; 1973; N $20 -- bongo rock; incredibly loud, spacious sound; original MGM sleeve
Incredible Bongo Band: Kiburi/mono; Atlantic/Pride PD-7601; 1974; E- S $20 -- funk vocal from "Return of the Incredible Bongo Band" (which is Afro-funky rather than bongo-rock)
The Interpretations: Soul Affection/Snap Out; Bell 757 (B side instrumental version of A); E+ $15
J.B. Pickers: Super Soul Theme/Kim & Dave: Nobody Knows; Amos AJB-157; N $30 -- funk instrumental A-side brief but w/legendary drum/breakbeat; both from the rare "Vanishing Point" ST (Super Soul is the groovy DJ in the '70s cult film); for the funk or hip-ST DJ, it's a great find
Jackie & Tut: 10-2 Double Plus/Hawaiian Punch; Chess 2008; cutout N- $75 -- steel-guitar funk; we gave it a rare "9"--it's that good!--plus you don't find too much steel-guitar funk (or mod soul) out there; A-side features vocal by Herb Kent; prod. Don Clay (w/Victoria Basemore)
Ernest Jackson: Love & Happiness/Hogwash; Stone 200; 1973; E $10 -- the classic cut
Jarvis Jackson: Something I Never Had/The Long John; Sims 291; E $25 -- funk/boogaloo; for the B-side only, which is a terrific, dance-floor packing mover
Fred Johnson: I Need Love (I Need Your Love)/Full Time Dream; Capri AL-1011; 1972; N $50 (or E $40, specify) -- funk; GREAT one by a funk legend (very expensive LPs!); this one's fairly scarce, and totally underrated (so far), but destined to be a DJ favorite); extremely useable
Syl Johnson: Is It Because I'm Black/Let Them Hang High; Twinight 125; N- $40 -- his best-known, greatest soul song at 1/10th of the LP price!
JOMO: Uhuru (African Twist)/Hangin' Out; Checker 1192; cutout E- $20 -- Afro-mod-soul-rock; both sides by Andre Williams (probably JOMO is Andre Williams)
Quincy Jones: Money Runner/Passin' the Buck; Warner Bros./Reprise REP-1072; E- $15 -- funk; instrumentals from the great Dollar ("$") ST (Money Runner is the big one)
Juggy Murray [Jones]: Buttered Popcorn/Thock it to Me Honi; Sue 14; E $25 -- funk; the legendary "Jerry-O"; you need this!
Juggy Murray Jones: Inside America Parts 1 & 2; Jupiter JUP-901; 1976; N- S $20 -- disco/funk; his classic from the period
Don Julian & the Larks: Shorty the Pimp Parts 1 & 2; Money M-607; 1973; V $15 -- funk; one of the heaviest funk bombs ever thrown at a great price (the bad news is it's got wear and noise)
Herman Kelly & Life: Dance to the Drummer's Beat/Easy Going; T.K./Alston 4409; 1978; N- S $20 -- funk/disco/percussion; recorded in Brasil & Miami (as the Percussion Explosion set), it's a classic sample ("Dance to the Drummer's Beat" has a famous drum break at least on the LP) & not a bad 45, especially clean
Freddy King: The Boosa Nova Watusi Twist/Look Ma, I'm Cryin'; Federal 12482; N- $15 -- uptempo funky blues guitar instrumental/vocal blues
King Solomon's Advisors: The Tight Rope/Back of My Mind; Ghetto GPS-001; N- $75 (or V+ $30, specify) -- funk/soul; 1st single on Joe Bataan's coveted, seriously rare label; A-side hip soul ballad, B-side uptempo funk mover
Johnny Kirk & Lilly Thomas: (HUMMmm) A Love Like Ours/Bitter with the Sweet; Cotique 3001; E- $100 -- soul, dance/crossover of the so-called "northern soul" flavor (B-side is the pick); oddly, it's on Cotique, the great Latin-soul label; rare & still unknown to most, so here's a chance for someone to get ahead of the pack [for a change]
Patti LaBelle & the Blue Bells: Down the Aisle/C'est La Vie (So Goes Life); King 45-5777; N $15 -- her only King single; perfect shape!
The Landslides: We Don't Need No Music/Music Please Music; Huff Puff 1001; E- $15 -- great Philly funk; B-side is the instrumental Part 2; prod. Gamble-Huff, local faves
The Last Poets: O.D./Black Thighs; Douglas ADS8; V+ $15 -- black-power rap; A-side an alternate (non-LP) version!!! (with Buddy Miles on organ!)
Laura Lee: Mama's Got a Good Thing/Love More than Pride; Chess 2068; cutout N $20
The Live Experience: Disco Joint Parts 1 & 2; E&B EB-8575; E- $20 -- NY funk
Lunar Funk: Mr. Penguin Parts 1 & 2; Bell 172; 1972; N $20 -- great hip vocal w/breaks
Milt Matthews: All These Changes/When Kids Rule the World; Bryan B-1007; 1974; E+ $15 -- soul; good stuff at a great price
Cash McCall: Stoop Down/instrumental; Jewel/Ronn 76; 1974; N- $15 -- white-label promo
Gwen McCrae: Rockin' Chair/It Keeps on Raining; Cat 1996; 1975; N- S $15
The Meters: Doodle-Oop (The World is a Bit Under the Weather)/same; Josie 1029; white-label promo N- $20 -- funky rock/New Orleans funk; marker on the label
Mickey & his Mice: Cracker Jack/Abraham, Martin, & John; Marti M-402; ORIGINAL pressing* N- $30 -- funk instrumental; A-side is THE classic hit from Baltimore: funky, funky with horns, some background party voices, and a great raw sound; famous hip spoken intro lays down the groove: "Ain't nothin' but the Popcorn with some sweet caramel on top"; *has all the high-gain (loud and proud), full, fat sound you don't quite get with the later pressing that may be offered elsewhere, and this one's clean!
Mickey & the Soul Generation: Football/Joint Session; Maxwell L-806; w/original Maxwell inner sleeve N $75 -- rare Texas funk that's all the rage lately & deservedly so
Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces: Hey Mr. D.J./Searching for My Love; Chess/Checker 1129; V $15 -- mod soul; TERRIFIC cut, great sound; disc looks like death (worn original pressing) but plays remarkably well; very little noise, just at the start, where they first call out "Hey Mr. D.J.!"
Jesse Morrison: Loving You/Shakey Pudding; Abet 9462; 1975; E+ S $30 (or E- S $20, specify) -- soul-jazz horns/funk/Moog (B-side with great synth); super funky NJ group recorded in Philly on the elusive Abet label; both sides great, but the B is super deep-funky manna for DJs; lesser copy has clean B (the important side), mostly clean A (if you care)
The Naked Truth: The Stripper/The Shing-A-Ling Thing; RCA Victor 47-9327; white-label promo E- $20 -- mod-soul-boogaloo; not Owen Marshall's Naked Truth but a good naked truth it is!; B-side positively STORMS with heavy bass and drums plus honking sax and other horns, piano, etc.
Olympic Runners: Do It Over/mono; London 45-202-DJ; 1974; N- [S] $15 -- funk; promo
Olympic Runners: Grab It/Let Your Fingers Do the Talking; London 5N-216; 1974; N S $20 -- funk; 2 top cuts, stereo
Opus VII: People/People-disco; Gramophone GRA-45702; 1976; V+ $10 -- disco-funk/funky disco; B-side's shot, but the A-side's hipper anyway; great breakbeat-ish intro, then hip funk & voice
Panic Button: Hitch it to the Mule/Lovin' Horns; Anita/Chalom 101; V $40 -- killer mod funk on both sides; rare and local!;
Panic Buttons: O-Wow/same; Gamble G-230; white-label promo V+ $25 -- funk instrumental from Virtue Studios; killer breaks, uptempo, horns, everything; the stock version has the throwaway "Lisa" as the B-side, so this is all you need; there's a chip out of the outer edge & other wear but 1 side plays fine
Brenda Patterson: Keep On Keepin' On/West Window Song; Epic 5-10599; 1970; white-label promo N $20 -- funky rock; promotes scarce LP featuring Redbone; heavy blues & Arkansan funky-gospel influences; think of Cold Blood's great Lydia Pense (although maybe even louder & stronger) & you about have it; prod. Larry Cohn; A-side rocks!
The People's Choice: I Likes to Do It/Big Ladies Man; Phil-L.A. of Soul 349; E- $18 -- classic Philly funk; heavy bass!
The People's Choice: The Wootie-Te-Woo/'Cause That's the Way I Know; Phil-L.A. of Soul 352; E S $15 -- funk; both sides fantastic, stone classics
The People's Choice: Let Me Do My Thing/On a Cloudy Day; Phil-L.A. of Soul 358; 1972; 2ndary pressing N $20 -- funk; scarcer than the earlier ones; see why the group was hot in the pre-disco years
The Persuaders: Thin Line Between Love & Hate/Thigh Spy; Atlantic/Atco 6822 E $15
Joe Quarterman & Free Soul: Thanks Dad Parts 1 & 2; GSF 6911; 1973; N S $30 (or N- S $25, specify) -- funk; prod. by Lloyd Price (who was doing his own funky things on the label) and Joe Quarterman; this is from the year after their collectors-item LP hit the racks, so if you have the LP, you know need this bonus, this little extra taste, and what a treat it is: nearly 8 minutes of top funk!
Clarence Reid (a.k.a. Blowfly): A Real Woman/same; Alston A-4608; 1972; white-label promo N- $10
Clarence Reid: Along Came a Woman/Something Special About My Baby; Tayster N $25 -- soul/funk; rare
The Rimshots: Do What You Feel Parts 1 & 2; Stang ST-5065; 1975; N- S $15 -- disco/disco-funk
Maurice Rock & Clyddie Brown: Give Me Your Love/Knock on the Door; Corillions 15; 1981 N S $75 -- country soul; only 100 pressed & very few left; the OTHER great, hip record by outsider-musician/genius 
D.J. Rogers: March On/mono; Shelter P-7326; 1972; N $20 -- funk vocal; lead cut from a great rare LP (that's funk/gospel funk); sounds totally like Sly & the Family Stone, w/elements of rock & gospel; rare & worthy!
Lee Rogers: Go-Go-Girl/I'm a Practical Guy; D-Town 1067 E $20 -- mod soul/boogaloo; great one! (both sides)
Timmie Rogers: Super Soul Brother/It Rolls Through Everything; Chess/Cadet CA-5685; V $15 -- A-side a hilarious rap over r&b/party funk; substantial marks & noise keep it low but still well worth it
Little Royal: I'll Come Crawling/You'll Lose a Good Thing; Starday-King/Tri-Us 913; 1972; N $20 -- soul
Little Royal: Soul Train/I Surrender; Starday-King/Tri-Us 915; 1972; N- $20 -- rare B-side not on LP; A-side funk name-drops music people such as Elvis
Oliver Sain: Scratch My Back/Soul Serenade; Nashboro/Abet 9447; 1972 E $15 -- from the collectors item" Main Man" LP!
Oliver Sain: London Express/Blowing for Love; Nashboro/Abet 9460; 1975 N $15
Harvey Scales & the 7 Sounds: Get Down/Love-Itis; Atlantic/Magic Touch 2007; V+ $40 -- funk; a great one
Lalo Schifrin: Theme from Enter the Dragon/mono; Warner Bros. WB-7735; 1973; white-label promo E $20 -- fu funk; fu funk is rare enough, but we're especially to have obtained this rarity (US originals of the LP and 45 both being scarce); see also beatnik-crime-spy page for Lalo Schifrin LPs
The Scott Brothers: Gotta Get Away from You/Side Tracking; Capri C-111; 1973; N $40 -- funk; B-side is the instrumental version of the A-side, so you're getting two great tracks by legendary Howard Scott act associated with Alvin Cash
George Semper Rhythm Committee: It's Your Thing/Don't Be Afraid; Rama Rama RR-7799; 1970; w/original Rama Rama inner sleeve N $75 (or E- $40, specify) -- rare organ-led funk by famous producer (rare LP on Imperial & own label Inner City Records); one of the best versions of the Isley classic (we like only Senor Soul's better)--definitely funky, upbeat, & a surefire floor-packer; even Side 2 is pretty good
Eddy Senay: Ain't No Sunshine/Hot Thang; Sussex SUX-230; 1971; E+ $15 -- funk/guitar from great but scarce LP; hot!
Billy Sha-Rae: Do It/Crying Clown; Spectrum 114; V+ $25 -- funk; rare, great, heavy one, wherein Billy incites you to do the popcorn, sock it to him, etc., a la JB
Shades of Joy: Flute in a Quarry/Together Douglas 7 ZS7-6505; 1970; white-label promo N S $40 -- soul jazz/out/funk; rare promo for Music of El Topo, the best LP on this enigmatic label and the second of only two by an obscure group we wish had made many more!; NOT the dismissable El Topo ST itself but Martin Fierro's far-out re-interpretation, prod. by Alan Douglas and Doris Dynamite; w/Hadley Caliman, Luis Gasca, Howard Wales..; superbly creative, hip, funky, out, w/breaks all over the place--TERRIFIC RARE GROOVE!
Joe Simon & the Mainstreeters: Theme from Cleopatra Jones/Joe Simon: Who was that Lady; Polydor/Spring SPR-138; 1973; picture sleeve N-/N- $25 -- hip theme from rare ST; gorgeous sleeve
Floyd Smith: Soul Strut/Getting Nowhere Fast; Dakar 604; V $15 -- funk; great one!; references to miniskirts and funky four corners; produced by Willie Henderson
The Soul Cop (Oliver Christian): I Keep Coming Back for More/Tribute to Girls; Norfolk International 10,001; V $10 -- soul/sweet soul from Norfolk, Virginia
The Soul Runners: Last Date/Charley; MoSoul 5103; yellow label E+ $15 -- one of the best of the several bands that led to 
The Soul Runners: Chittlin' Salad Parts 1 & 2; MoSoul 5104; E+ $20 -- one of the best of the several bands that led to 
The Soul Searchers: Think/1993; Sussex SUX-253; 1973/1972; in original Buddah sleeve N S? $40 -- MONSTER funk; James Brown's Think slammed hard into the tough, no-foolin' '70s; this version's hotter, faster, fresher than even any of the JB productions (or anyone else's cover); many consider it better even than Lyn Collins' vocal classic (this one has vocal callouts); finally, it's so good you'll definitely want it in the native 45 format; while it's also on LP, this has the livelier sound, by far; "Ain't it funky now...come on...get up uh...SOCK IT!!!"
Timmy Thomas: Why Can't We Live Together/Funky Me; T.K./Glades 1703; 1972; N- $15 -- an usual artist & sound, really minimalist in his use of organ & percussion (sounds like a primordial beatbox); "Funky Me" is the DJ pick; impeccable shape
Timmy Thomas: Stone to the Bone/Watch It! Watch It! Watch It! for Dudley Dudley Dorite (sic); T.K./Glades 1740; 1977; N S $15 -- funk; never seen the LP (& never this single before); comes w/jukebox title strip
Ultrafunk, featuring Mr. Superbad--Freddie Mack: Kung Fu Man/instrumental; Contempo 7701; 1974; N $25 -- Fu funk/fu disco; hip rap on the vocal side is great tho the funk is hurt a little by disco-era strings; still, in the limited world of "fu funk," it's a scarce & valuable asset
The Voices of East Harlem: Giving Love/New Vibrations; Just Sunshine JSA-504; 1973; promo(!) N S $25 -- funk/soul; super-scarce songs from their 2nd & rarest LP (JSS-7) on a nearly unheard-of clean stereo promo 45!
L.J. Waiters & the Electrifiers: Can You Deal with It?/instrumental; Phil-L.A. of Soul PH-377; 1976; white-label promo N $15
L.J. Waiters & the Electrifiers: If You Ain't Gettin' Your Thing Parts 1 & 2; La Shawn RM-5127; N $20
Watson & the Sherlocks: Standing on the Corner/Funky Walk; Soulsville SV-1015; N- $50 -- funk; one of the hippest on the label, for both sides (DJs will love); B-side is an uptempo mover a la the great Dyke & the Blazers song (but a different one & faster); So do you need it? No s**t, Sherlock!
Watts Line: Never Stop Lovin' Me/I Never Meant to Love You; Bullet 712; E+ $15 -- soul (female vocal)
The Wild Magnolias: Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke it Right)/Iko Iko; Polydor PD-14242; E+ $30 -- New Orleans funk; with Golden Eagles Chief Monk Boudreaux; A-side is the rare studio version (this single is it!) of the classic best cut from the live LP!; B-side also a non-LP cut!; YOU NEED THIS!
Andre Williams: Soul Groove/Pearl Time; Sport 105; 1967; V+ $20
Andre Williams: Rib Tip's (sic) Parts 1 & 2; Avin 103; N $20
Bobby Williams: Funky Superfly Parts 1 & 2; MTVH 3737; 1974; E $75 -- funk; light press bumps & some marks but plays; the full hi-fi sound you only get from 45s (always worth it for one of the rarest & hottest funk cuts going)
Tommy Wills "Man with a Horn": Born to Lose--I Can't Stop Loving You (tribute to Ray Charles)/Funky Sax; Airtown JB-2-004; N $20 -- instrumental; "Funky Sax" is great, funky mod jazz/mod soul
Wilmer & the Dukes: I'm Free/Heavy Time; Aphrodisiac 261; non pic-sleeve V $15 -- funk; good, scarce; B-side is the mover and plays fine, whereas the A-side has some noise (priced and graded low for that)
Popcorn Wylie: Funky Rubber Band/same or Part 2; Motown/Soul S-35087F; 1971; E $20 -- funk; heavy guitar-led funk by Richard "Popcorn" Wylie; B-side has the same timing and we're not sure if it's a mono/stereo deal or a Part 2 or just same-sided, but it sure is good!