This single is available in this CD collection: Singles 6: 1969-1970. It’s also available in this MP3 collection: .The Singles Volume Six: 1969-1970. Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn is more deep funky swing from the KING, the father of modern music, James Brown!. Sometime is a […]

1969 Starday King 45: Let a Man Come ...

This single is available in this CD collection: The Best of Bobby Byrd – Got Soul. The title says it all. Funky soul from the legendary Bobby Byrd. This groove cops a Stax sound but puts the JBs funky twist on top. James Brown on production.    

1967 King Promo 45: Bobby Byrd – Funky ...

This album is available on vinyl reissue here: Live and Lowdown at the Apollo (LP Record). An amazing must have recording by the great Marva Whitney. I have the vinyl reissue here as the original is an almost impossible record to find that gets big bucks on eBay. A lot […]

Polydor vinyl reissue of 1970 King LP: Marva ...

This single is available in this must have CD collection: Hot Pants! (The Amazing Bobby Byrd). It’s also available in this MP3 collection: I Know You Got Soul (Best Of) – Bobby Byrd. Bobby Byrd is the unsung co-inventor of funk. He was there every step of the way. He […]

1971 Brownstone 45: Bobby Byrd – Hot Pants ...

This single is available in this CD collection: Singles 9: 1973-1975. It’s also available in this MP3 collection: The Singles Vol. 9 (1973-1975). Reality is a chunk of super heavy funk; “This used to be called the Shakespeare now it’s called the streets of  starvation”. I Need Your Love So […]

1975 Polydor 45: Reality/I Want Your Love So ...

This single is available in this brilliant CD collection: Funky Good Time: Anthology. It’s also available in this MP3 collection: Funky Good Time: The Anthology. Another sure-shot on the People label. Can you do the Camel Walk?  

1976 People 45: The J.B.’s with James Brown ...

This single is available in this CD collection: Singles 6: 1969-1970. And this MP3 collection: The Singles Volume Six: 1969-1970. Deep low down dirty funk from 1969. Everybody was copping the sound of funk but JB and the band were refining the sound and making it as sharp as a […]

1969 King 45: I Don’t Want Nobody To ...

This album is available on vinyl reissue here: Reality(LP vinyl). JB brings not only the funk but a good dose of consiousness in this brilliant mid 70s record. The orchestration adds a dreaminess  to the lush James Brown production. Funky President is worth the admission price alone, but the whole album […]

1975 Polydor LP: Reality

You can get this single in this must have CD collection: Funky Good Time: Anthology. It’s also available in this MP3 collection: Funky Good Time: The Anthology. The funk don’t get more uncut than this. In ’73 the funk was starting to show up all over the place, but JB […]

1973 People 45: James Brown & the J.B.’s ...