About us
FunkMySoul’s only purpose is to spread Soul, Funk, R’& ‘B, Jazz/Funk, Soul/Jazz and related from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, almost exclusively from the original vinyl.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a collection of the most important artists and albums of these genres, a musical encyclopaedia if you will.
Our Passion
We hope that this passion can unify us all in our utmost respect for the purveyors of the music we love so much. Enjoy it and Bless you all Brothers and Sisters.
Latest Albums
with reviewsSkip Mahoaney And The Casuals – 1974 -Your Funny Moods
Heavenly harmony soul! Skip Mahoaney And The Casuals were one of the best vocal groups working in the independent soul market in the 70’s, and although they had a few small chart hits, most of their work on vinyl is always pretty darn hard to…
Read More/Download ›R.B. Greaves – 1969 – R.B. Greaves
The amazing debut of R.B. Greaves – a soul singer with a difference! RB struck big with this album on late 60s Atlantic Records – yet despite production at Muscle Shoals, and arrangements from Arif Mardin, the sound here is quite different than most of…
Read More/Download ›Lonnie Liston Smith – 1975 – Expansions
Whether it be a hard-edged slice of funk or subtle jazz infused keys this record has everything. I have been repeatedly blown away by this since getting hold of it. “Expansions,” with it’s bouncing bassline and searing keys is immediately infectious. Donald Smith has a…
Read More/Download ›Marc Sadane – 1981 – One Way Love Affair
A brilliant first album from Marc Sadane– an artist who never hit big at the time, but who really shines here in a set of mellow and modern soul tracks that’s completely sublime! Sadane gets great production help from the team of James Mtume and Reggie…
Read More/Download ›The Staple Singers – 1969 – We’ll Get Over
With the musical triumph of Soul Folk in Action the Staples decided to go for a somewhat different musical approch on their second Stax album. The overall sound and the band haven’t changed too much,except for the addition of Marvell Thomas (son of Rufus) on…
Read More/Download ›The Awakening – 1973 – Mirage
Amazing spiritual jazz / jazz funk lp by The Awakening, it became a classic album in the genre, essential stuff!! A jazzy sextet based in Chicago in the early seventies with Sunny Murray. This was their second and final effort from 1973 on the ultra…
Read More/Download ›Bobby Blue Bland – 1973 – His California Album
“His California Album” was a return to form for Bobby “Blue” Bland. Having turned his personal life round in 1971, he turned his career round in 1973. For the first time in nearly ten years, his album charted, spending nineteen weeks in the US Billboard…
Read More/Download ›Eddie Floyd – 1971 – Down To Earth
The bold, ambitious Down to Earth represents Eddie Floyd’s most daring break from the classic Stax sound. Produced and arranged in collaboration with the great Steve Cropper, its muscular soul sound draws heavily on psychedelic rock sensibilities, favoring extended jams, mutating tempos, and thick, bubbling rhythms. Cropper’s scorching guitar is…
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without reviewsThe Chambers Brothers -1969 – Love, Peace and Happiness
The brothers seemed to really believe in the title track’s message, and they earned style points by including white drummer Brian Keenan, making them one of the few racially mixed American bands. This album, originally released as a double LP, is half studio and half live….
Read More/Download ›Philadelphia International Records 12″ Singles
Groundbreaking soul, funk and disco moments from the supremely seminal Philadelphia records hit-factory of producers Gamble & Huff, Dexter Wansel, McFadden & Whitehead, and Teddy Prendergrass to name but a few. This compilation includes well-known faves such as The Jones Girls ‘Nights Over Egypt’ and…
Read More/Download ›Starvue - 1980 – Upward Bound
A rare, sweet clubby album from Chicago, filled with lost uptempo groovers from the post-disco years! Starvue have a very solid group soul feel, somewhere in the ensemble funk tradition that emerged from LA at the close of the 70s, but with a sound that…
Read More/Download ›The New Birth – 1972 – Birth Day
Birth Day is the fourth album by the now-solidified Louisville, Kentucky group New Birth. It released in 1972 on RCA Records, and it was produced by mentor Harvey Fuqua and his uncredited assistant Vernon Bullock, and was the album that put the group on the map. Consisting of the instrumental…
Read More/Download ›Mass Production - 1976 – Welcome To Our World
Absolutely top-notch funk/soul album without a moment of filler on it. From energetic stompers like “Welcome To Our World” and “Wine Flow Disco“, to the gentle cosmic ballad of “Galaxy“, this is a first-class production all the way. Funky, beautiful, and fun, this is an…
Read More/Download ›The Intrigues – 1970 – In A Moment
The Intrigues, a Soul vocal group out of Philadelphia (Alfred Brown, James Lee, James Harris and Ronald Hamilton) were active from the late 1960s through to about 1972, and although making the national charts three times in that span, are generally regarded as a One-Hit…
Read More/Download ›Timmy Thomas – 1972 – You’re The Song I’ve Always Wanted To Sing
A Miami soul masterpiece from start to finish – and a lesser-known record from drum machine hit maestro Timmy Thomas! The album’s got the feel of Timmy’s classic Why Can’t We Live Together album – but the overall sound is a bit fuller and richer,…
Read More/Download ›Leroy Hutson – 1976 – II
Leroy Hutson had an amazing start to his career as a solo artist.He kept churning out one fine LP after another,with this effort being no exception.In fact it could be argued that all his work for the the Curtom label is essential listening. The quality…
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