30 Top Notch Funk/modern/soul 45’S – Some Great Prices (1-10)

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45's (1-10)

1)

Crystal’s Image — A friend/Cold crush theme (Legal re-issue mastered from original tapes by Numero /exact label copy) Mint £10

Very sought after 45! Benton Harbor, Michigan, is about as well known as the home of the Whirlpool kitchen appliance corporation as it is known as a hub of rioting, blight, and civic mismanagement. Despite a population that barely cracks five digits, the town's soul culture was fertile in disproportion to the size of its talent pool and corporate vortex. While in junior high, Frank Gillespie convinced his classmates Larry Scales and Richard Alexander to form Crystal's Image. The group agreed to a Washington, D.C., relocation, though Alexander soon returned home and was replaced by Derek Cortez Hill. After a few disappointing run-ins with unreliable managers and a poorly promoted debut single, Gillespie himself scheduled studio time at Silver Spring, Maryland's Track Recording in 1980. "A Friend" b/w "Crystal's Image (Cold Crush Theme)" was a creative triumph, but the sessions broke Gillespie financially, driving him back to the welcoming arms and spiraling eddies of Benton Harbor later that year.

LISTEN :

https://www.numerogroup.com/eccentricsoul/bands/crystalsimage.html

2)

Cosmos universal band — Third eye/back home together (Cultures of soul) Ex £7.50

The reissue of a $3000 masterpiece of a modern tune. A Butch favourite. What a tune !

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3)

Disco Dub Band - For the Love of Money

(Downstairs records) U.S. 7" VG+ £20 :

Holy grail dub funk 45 : An absolute classic !

LISTEN : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvdhc51P8g0

4)

Hott Snow — Let nature take it’s course mono/Stereo (Arcade) Ex £10

Slept on Deep funk OG 45 at a cheap price!

LISTEN :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KStNwShniiM

5)

The Projections — Groovin’ to the music we play/Same (BL&J) Ex DJ promo copy £15

Superb disco/modern X/O 45

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6)

Soul commanders - Funky Soul Music pts 1 & 2 — (Lifetime) Mint £7.50

OG’s of this rarity cost a fortune https://www.popsike.com/Funk-45Soul-CommandersFunky-Soul-MusicHEAR/270329682366.html

Grab this perfect repro with mastering from the original tapes meaning excellent sound and accompanying original label artwork for a fraction of the price. This in itself is a long deleted funk rarity.

7)

Third generation — mother nature/Love is gonna rain down on me (Prison soul)

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issue release from Numero taken from the original master tapes with original Label artwork

Mint £7.50

A pensioned high school art teacher with a strong social conscience, Ellis Haraka applied for an opening at Georgia Industrial Institute in 1974, a minimum-security prison camp in Alto, Georgia, to teach remedial reading and GED preparation. After selling the warden on converting the art room into a rehearsal space and rescuing gear from a defunct music program, Haraka watched Georgia Industrial's band form spontaneously. Inmates Roderick Willis, Linwood Moore, Michael Cody, Eugene Bostic, Willie "Shoeshop Slim" Zackery, Kenny Rewis, Eddie McCluskey, and Rufus Amis thus formed The Third Generation, rehearsing regularly with Haraka through 1977, who then painstakingly arranged for a field trip to Atlanta's Precision Studios. "Love Is Gonna Rain Down On Me" b/w "Mother Nature" was issued with the group's own PRISON SOUL banner, and over the next few years the group disbanded naturally, as members completed their jail time and rejoined civilian life.

Listen here : www.numerogroup.com/eccentricsoul/bands/thirdgeneration.html

8)

East Coast — The Rock /Same (Family records) Ex £10

Killer Disco jam not easy to get on 45 (I do have the 12” also for sale if interested)

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9)

Sentimental Souls — It’s party time with getting in the groove part 1/part 2 (P&P) Ex £5

This limited reissue was remastered by Pete Brown apparently : Save yourself £100 on this top party funk

10)

Betty Hibbs — I want some satisfaction/First come,first served (Geneva) Ex £5

Killer soul at a very low price!

https://www.popsike.com/php/detaildatar.php?itemnr=170933502100

Edited February 27, 2013 by Guest