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Back catalogue: Funk
Juno's full catalogue of Funk
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Cat: BBE 179SLP2. Rel: 25 May 12
out of stock $9.56
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Cat: BBE 417ELP. Rel: 13 Oct 17
out of stock $13.79
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Review: Few can match BBE when it comes to the funk and disco compilation stakes - the label's been issuing killer compendiums curated by some of the finest and most eminently knowledgeable DJs and diggers since the mid 90s. Soul In The Hole sees them hand the controls to Sadar Bahar, Chicago based DJ described by BBE as the city's "best kept secret". Bahar began DJing in the early 80s, a historically important time for music in Chicago and states he was driven by an "unquenchable desire to create one of the best collections ever". This 12 track compilation demonstrates Bahar has achieved that with aplomb, traversing through a colourful range of funk, soul, disco and boogie, with Frederic Mercier's "Spirit" a real gem.
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Review: Singer Sandy Barber was just 22 when she recorded her one and only album, The Best Is Yet To Come, in 1977. At the time, it was largely ignored by most people within New York's dance music community, despite being packed with impeccable dewy-eyed soul moments and grandiose disco jams. Since then, it's become something of a must-have for disco collectors. Here the original album gets the BBE reissue treatment, allowing a new generation of disco heads to revel in its heartfelt simplicity. This deluxe, expanded edition includes a slew of unreleased and lesser-known Barber tracks recorded in the same period, plus alternative takes and remixes from John Morales and Al Kent.
… Read morePlayed by: Juno Recommends CD Albums
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Kev BEADLE / VARIOUS
The Best Of Inner City Records (gatefold heavyweight vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: BBE 335CLP. Rel: 21 Mar 16
Review: Founded in the early '70s by karaoke's accidental inventor Irv Kratka, Inner City Records's stamp on jazz was one of the strongest during its 15 year tenure. Paying respect to traditional and fusion, it caught the world's attention and admiration in a very special way. Super-Intendant selector Kev Beadle was one of its most influential pushers on this side of the pond, so he's the perfect man to select and secure the 14 label-defining classics you hear right here. A great starting point for any Inner City starter and a well-considered, dynamic collection for collectivists, this captures a unique moment in jazz that still sparkles and pops to this day.
… Read moreout of stock $30.11
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Kev BEADLE / VARIOUS
Cat: BBE 324CD. Rel: 06 Oct 17
Review: Three years on from the release of his last Private Collection compilation, British jazz survivor Kev Beadle returns with a third selection of little-known "independent jazz" from the 1970s and '80s. As usual, it's a pleasingly varied affair with a clear dancefloor focus. Beadle, a man with an enviable record collection, variously showcases South American jazz-funk fusion (see Banda Metalurgia's fantastic "La Em Guayaquil" and Francisco Mara Catlett's thrillingly upbeat, "Brazilian Love Affair" style smasher "Samba De Amor"), Nat King Cole style smoothness (the Leon Thomas voiced "Little Sunflower" by Louis Hayes Group), dazzlingly positive extended workouts (Clarice Lebbe and Charlie Hampton), heavy percussion jams (Finn Savery Trio) and confirmed jazz-dance classics (the soul-jazz stomp of Webster Lewis).
… Read morePlayed by: Mukatsuku Records Chart, Juno Recommends Jazz
out of stock $11.25
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Kev BEADLE / VARIOUS
Private Collection Vol 3: More Independent Jazz Sounds From The Seventies & Eighties (gatefold 3xLP)
Cat: BBE 324CLP. Rel: 06 Oct 17
Review: Three years on from the release of his last Private Collection compilation, British jazz survivor Kev Beadle returns with a third selection of little-known "independent jazz" from the 1970s and '80s. As usual, it's a pleasingly varied affair with a clear dancefloor focus. Beadle, a man with an enviable record collection, variously showcases South American jazz-funk fusion (see Banda Metalurgia's fantastic "La Em Guayaquil" and Francisco Mara Catlett's thrillingly upbeat, "Brazilian Love Affair" style smasher "Samba De Amor"), Nat King Cole style smoothness (the Leon Thomas voiced "Little Sunflower" by Louis Hayes Group), dazzlingly positive extended workouts (Clarice Lebbe and Charlie Hampton), heavy percussion jams (Finn Savery Trio) and confirmed jazz-dance classics (the soul-jazz stomp of Webster Lewis).
… Read moreout of stock $31.80
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Kev BEADLE / VARIOUS
Kevin Beadle Presents Private Collection Volume 2 : More Independent Jazz Sounds From The Seventies & Eighties (unmixed CD)
Cat: BBE 263CCD. Rel: 24 Jul 14
Review: Last year saw BBE call on Kev Beadle, a well respected digger, selector, radio host and label boss, to dust down his curation hat and put together Private Collection, his first compilation in almost two decades. Given the critical reception to that twelve track selection of independent jazz from the '70s and '80s it's little surprise to see BBE invite Beadle to dig through his personal archives for a second edition. Many of the tracks included here are the epitome of rare, given the fist airing outside the legendary club sessions that Beadle played back in the day and focuses more on the modal, spiritual and cosmic end of the jazz spectrum. A most enlightening collection from Mr Beadle.
… Read moreout of stock $11.82
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Kev BEADLE / VARIOUS
Kevin Beadle Presents Private Collection Volume 2 : More Independent Jazz Sounds From The Seventies & Eighties (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: BBE 263CLP. Rel: 22 Jul 14
Review: Last year saw BBE call on Kev Beadle, a well respected digger, selector, radio host and label boss, to dust down his curation hat and put together Private Collection, his first compilation in almost two decades. Given the critical reception to that twelve track selection of independent jazz from the '70s and '80s it's little surprise to see BBE invite Beadle to dig through his personal archives for a second edition. Many of the tracks included here are the epitome of rare, given the fist airing outside the legendary club sessions that Beadle played back in the day and focuses more on the modal, spiritual and cosmic end of the jazz spectrum. A most enlightening collection from Mr Beadle.
… Read morePlayed by: Scratchandsniff, Manu Archeo, Juno Recommends Jazz, BBE Records, Schema Records, BBE Records
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Review: With a sound that was honed in Las Vegas, there's a distinct showbiz flavour to west coast funk band Breakaway. Disbanded in 1980, this is the band's long-lost debut LP, and it's full of surprises and stunning moments of mesmerising production. For example; "My Symphony" comes on strong like an ABBA record while the track before it - "Everything's Been Said About You" - comes with a smoky Hendrix style riff while the track that follows it - "There's A New Group In Town" - is a psychedelic funk jam. With a tight sense of musicianship and funk throughout, Breakaway were truly unique and, thanks to BBE, their work is about to get the attention it deserves.
… Read moreout of stock $17.63
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Straight On To The Top! (remastered) (gatefold LP + CD with obi strip)
Cat: BBE 253ALP2. Rel: 25 Jan 14
in stock $15.48
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Review: Recorded in 1983 and '84 respectively, "Feelings" and "Sidiku Buari & His Jam Busters" were the last albums recorded by Sidiku Buari, a New York based musician who turned to music after a promising career as an athlete in his native Ghana. He initially rose to prominence making highlife and afro-disco, but by the early '80s Sidiku was in full-on Afro-boogie and electrofunk mode, offering up tracks rich in colourful synthesizer lines, punchy electronic drums and righteous vocals in his native tongue. There's much to set the pulse racing across both slabs of wax, from the squelchy, club-ready brilliance of "Music" and "Anokwar (Truth)", to the slap bass propelled flex of "Minsumobo", dub disco grooves of "Karambani" and flute-laden breeziness of "Rhythm Of Africa".
… Read morePlayed by: Juno Records Staff Picks
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Reflections (gatefold heavyweight vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: BBE 716ALP. Rel: 06 Oct 22
Played by: Juno Recommends Jazz
out of stock $29.38
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DJ SPINNA / BBE SOUNDSYSTEM / VARIOUS
The Best Of Perception & Today Records (unmixed 2xCD)
Cat: BBE 179CCD. Rel: 30 Mar 12
Review: With a collection that takes in everything from jazz, hip-hop, soul, funk and boogie to house, garage and broken beat, DJ Spinna is in an ideal position to assess the work of Perception and Today Records, two of New York's more interesting underground labels of the last 50 years. Here he picks out two discs' worth of highlights from the imprints' combined catalogues, presenting a fuzzy mix of blistering funk (see Debbie Taylor's "Too Sad To Tell"), quirky jazz (Dizzy Gillespie), heavy soul (Madhouse), Latin flavours (Astrid Gilberto), string-laden sweetness (Black Ivory) and piano-laden sunniness (Tyrone Washington).
… Read morePlayed by: Djouls (Paris DJs), The Jazz Meet
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The Best Of Perception & Today Records Vinyl Part A (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: BBE 179CLP1. Rel: 30 Mar 12
Review: BBE release this 14-track double LP containing some of Perception and Today Records' best tracks from the 60s and 70s. There are highlights aplenty: The Eight Minutes' "I Can't Get No Higher" opens proceedings with a soulful, mournful and infectious blend of Motown aesthetics, with the rough, raw production value and loose funk capturing exactly what Perception was all about. Elsewhere, The Fatback Band's "Njia (Njia) Walk" is characterised by a driving beat and climbing bass line, creating the illusion of disco trapped inside the mind of funk. Madhouse's "Get Some Of This" features some fantastic drum work, going at once from a sparse break to a rattling, break-neck cacophony of percussion. In a word, essential.
… Read moreout of stock $22.24
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The Best Of Perception & Today Records Vinyl Part B (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: BBE 179CLP2. Rel: 30 Mar 12
Review: Perception Records specialised in releasing music from Manhattan's black music scene in the 60s and 70s, and BBE have shrewdly chosen to re-release some of the highlights from that era. On Part 2 of the vinyl series, Black Ivory's "Surrender" is a highlight, with crashing percussion and a bass line that immediately captures your attention. Bartel's "Boogie" meanwhile opens with spectacular horn work, running rings around the rhythm, the drums subtly driving the beat along while impressive jazzy guitars flick away. Elsewhere, JJ Barnes' "Wishful Thinking" is a track that skirts the line between funk and Motown with aplomb - the trio of female harmonies stand behind the lead singer, a choir of soul adding gentle textures to a slow love song. Highly recommended.
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Strange Games & Funky Things 5 (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: BBE 157CLP. Rel: 24 Sep 10
Review: Some 13 years after the first volume we find ourselves at Volume 5 of Spinna's Strange Games & Funky Things series. Rare gems and well trodden classics of 70s rare groove, disco, funk and soul are all given a new lease of life; there's out and out floor fillers in the shape of Richard Evans' "Capricorn Risin" to Brazilian classics like ''Ramons Desire'' by Franisco Aguabella. Elsewhere you'll find string laden disco with ''For The Love Of Money'' by The Philly Armada Orchestra and jazz fusion with Hiroshi Fukumura's ''Hunt Up Wind'' and a barrage of lesser known classics .Sample spotters will have a field day whilst the rest of us will just immerse ourselves in two slabs of wax filled to the brim with sublime and classic grooves of days gone by. Essential!
… Read morePlayed by: Shantisan, Phuture Motion, Mukatsuku Records Chart, Ka§par, RUSTAM OSPANOFF., Valique, Craig Charles Funk And Soul, Pete Haigh, Pat Les Stache (Cabana Disco), Cro, Jeremy Underground, * Record Breakin' Music *, ASHLEY BEEDLE, Juno Recommends Funk, The Jazz Meet, Elephunkynow records, Señorlobo (Lovemonk)
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Strange Games & Funky Things 5 (2xCD (CD 1 mixed, CD 2 unmixed))
Cat: BBE 157CCD. Rel: 24 Sep 10
out of stock $16.05
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Cat: BBE 157CLPRE.
Ned Doheny - "Get It Up For Love"
Sylvia - "Sweet Stuff"
Richard Evans - "Capricorn Rising" (feat Linda Williams)
Sylvia St James - "Motherland"
Eddy Senay - "Cameo"
Cal Tjader - "Morning"
Francisco Aguabella - "Ramon's Desire"
The Philly Armada Orchestra - "For The Love Of Money"
The Ambassadors - "I Ain't Got The Love (Of One Girl On My Mind"
Family Tree - "Family Tree" (feat Sharon Brown)
The Perfect Circle - "The Hands Of Time"
WAR - "War Is Coming, War Is Coming"
Hiroshi Fukumura - "Hunt Up Wind"
Wood Brass & Steel - "Always There"
CK Mann & His Carousel 7 - "Asafo Beesuon/Obaa Yaa Aye Me Bone" (medley edit)
Bill Summers - "Brazilian Skies"
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Review: Singer/songwriter Katrina Blackstone first collaborated with DJ Vadim back in 2014, making a number of ear catching guest appearances on the veteran beat-maker's Dubcatcher LP. Since then, the pair has extensively toured together and here deliver their first join full-length. Blackstone, a formidable songwriter and distinctive vocalist, seems to have a knack of getting the best out of Vadim, because Double Sided contains some of his best production work for some time. More reliant on drum machines and synthesizers than the samples of old, the storied Russian lays down "riddims" that variously draw on digi-dub, dancehall, R&B, hip-hop-soul, skewed synth-pop and alien boogie, all the while putting Blackstone's brilliant voice front and centre.
… Read moreout of stock $11.25
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Review: Singer/songwriter Katrina Blackstone first collaborated with DJ Vadim back in 2014, making a number of ear catching guest appearances on the veteran beat-maker's Dubcatcher LP. Since then, the pair has extensively toured together and here deliver their first join full-length. Blackstone, a formidable songwriter and distinctive vocalist, seems to have a knack of getting the best out of Vadim, because Double Sided contains some of his best production work for some time. More reliant on drum machines and synthesizers than the samples of old, the storied Russian lays down "riddims" that variously draw on digi-dub, dancehall, R&B, hip-hop-soul, skewed synth-pop and alien boogie, all the while putting Blackstone's brilliant voice front and centre.
… Read morePlayed by: Yiannis 'Nova' Dorakis
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