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 reviewsFirst Choice – 1977 – Delusions
Delusions was the groups fourth album and saw original member Joyce Jones leave the group to be replaced by Ursula Herring, joining original members Rochelle Fleming and Annette Guest to create what is often regarded as their best album. Delusions opens with the instantly loveable…
Read More ›Teena Marie – 1981 – It Must Be Magic
The last of Teena Marie’s four albums for Motown, It Must Be Magic found the songstress continuing to do all of her own writing, producing, and arranging, with magnificent results. Irons in the Fire proved that she didn’t need the input of a big-name producer in order…
Read More ›Don Julian & The Larks – 1974 – Super Slick
Don Julian & The Larks wrote one of what is considered to be the most seminal soul and funk albums of the 70s. Now, diggers can rest up, because this first ever reissue means it can be added to your shelves without having to remortgage…
Read More ›Roy Ayers Ubiquity – 1974 – Change Up The Groove
Its misleading title notwithstanding, Change Up the Groove does little to alter the inimitable jazz-funk aesthetic Roy Ayers perfected on earlier LPs like He’s Coming and Virgo Red. The record simply offers more of a very, very good thing, as a result remaining somewhat overlooked in the vibraphonist’s…
Read More ›The Chequers – 1976 – Check Us Out
This album is actually quite a treat from an obsure british group of Afro-Caribbean muscicians with impeccable taste and a knack for meldind island sounds with heavy dance floor Funk ans Disco. The stand out is a very funky cover of Bob Marley’s “Get up…
Read More ›Smokey Robinson – 1974 – Pure Smokey
Pure Smokey consolidates Smokey Robinson’s progressions on Smokey, retaining the adventurous maturity of subject matter — in particular, Robinson remains fixated on family, paying tribute to the sister who raised him on “It’s Her Turn to Live,” noting the passing generations on “She’s Only a Baby…
Read More ›Sly & The Family Stone – 1969 – Stand!
Stand! was Sly and The Family Stone’s best and most commercially successful album of their career. It went platinum in less than a year, eventually selling three million copies and spawning the #1 chart-topping “Everyday People.” The album is one of the defining pieces of…
Read More ›Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson – 1976 – It’s Your World
Although Gil Scott-Heron has created several strong studio albums, his best being “Pieces of a Man” and “Winter in America“, it’s on the It’s Your World album where the artist peaked in all aspects of the game. Divided equally between stellar studio tracks and killer…
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without reviewsThe Cult – 1976 – The Mail Must Go Through
One of the rarest West Coast Funk LP’s. A must for any serious collector. Super-rare Funk collectible from Las Vegas released on Starburst records in 1976 and although the label seems to have been based in Las Vegas the album was recorded at various studios…
Read More ›7th Wonder – 1980 – Thunder
A self-contained soul and funk group out of Alabama, 7th Wonder notched several dance hits in the mid- to late ’70s and early ’80s, and used the Seven Wonders of the World connection with little subtlety, borrowing the image of the pyramid at Giza as…
Read More ›Eloise Laws – 1977 – Eloise
Eloise Laws, Thom Bell, Linda Creed, that is a good as it will ever get. If you love old school R&B, sweet soul, you really need this album. It was originally released in 1978 during the big Saturday nite Fever, disco era, and was lost…
Read More ›Con Funk Shun – 1976 – Con Funk Shun
Con Funk Shun is an American R&B and funk band whose popularity began in the mid-1970s and ran through the 1980s. They were influenced by funk legend James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone. Signed to Mercury Records in 1976, Con Funk Shun enjoyed a decade of successful national and overseas…
Read More ›Bohannon – 1978 – Summertime Groove
Drummer/band leader/vocalist Hamilton Bohannon’s modus operandi was shuffling, syncopated grooves that made you boogie to the beats. “Summertime Groove” exemplifies the Bohannon sound, as does the funky, potent “Let’s Start the Dance,” featuring Carolyn Crawford on vocals. “Me and the Gang“, “The Street Dance” and the lesser…
Read More ›Brass Construction – 1975 – Brass Construction
By Craig Lytle Formed in the late 60s in Brooklyn as Dynamic Soul, the nine-piece group centred around British Guyana-born classically-trained flutist Randy Muller. With Jamaicans Wayne Parris and Michael Grudge in the band as well as Trinidadian Joe Arthur, the outfit blended African, Caribbean…
Read More ›George & Gwen McCrae – 1975 – Together
Two of Miami’s superstars from the 70s come together on this album, delivering soulful, sexy, smooth grooves made for each other. George McCrae was lucky to have one of those hits that have become iconic and timeless. Rock Your Baby led the way as the…
Read More ›The Marvelettes – 1967 – The Marvelettes
Perhaps the best studio album the Marvelettes ever recorded. The spotlight was shared between Horton and Young, and one can attest to the differences in their styles (Horton was earthier, Young the more pop-oriented). In addition to their classic hit “The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game” and what is the…
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