GCS's 1st LP is killin'. One of my fave funk ballads is "Munchies For Your Love" by Bootsy. And there's way too many funk bands I love..Couldn't list just one. DAG was a great funk band in the 90's. They sounded like Sly, Marvin, Curtis and Prince (and these cats were white..they knew how to get down).

I grew up with the synth-funk of the 80's , so that's my main thang .

Some random choices besides the names y'all mentioned :

- ADC BAND
- AURRA
- AUTUMN
- BOBBY NUNN
- CHOCOLATE MILK
- DYNASTY
- EBONEE WEBB
- FREEDOM
- GAP BAND
- GENERAL CAINE
- GLASS featuring JOHN WILLIAMS
- GODMOMA
- HUMAN BODY
- JAKKY BOY & THE BAD BUNCH
- KIDDO ( from P-Funk bassist Donnie Sterling )
- KLEEER
- KWICK
- L.A. CONNECTION
- LAKESIDE
- MANTRA
- MARZ
- MIGHTY FIRE
- MTUME
- NEW HORIZONS
- ONE WAY
- OZONE
- PYRYMYD
- STARPOINT ( the early years )
- STEVE ARRINGTON's HALL OF FAME & SLAVE
- SUN & BYRON BYRD
- TEASE
- THE REDDINGS
- TYRONE BRUNSON
- WALTER "JUNIE" MORRISON
- WRECKIN'CREW
- ZALMAC
- ZINGA
- ZOOM
- etc .....

Lately i really dig deep to find 80's funk-albums on independent labels , like this one .... a 1982 album in the style of Rick James , but more raw .



The 70's funk is absolutly the bomb , but the underground-80's are my just roots .
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i watched the commercial for "Funkentelechy" on youtube.com

That is a great album

My personal favorite on that album is "The Placebo Syndrome"
How in the world did GC come up with that weird ass tune? It has funk, a latin tinge experimental and even a tinge of waltz to me in it.

How on earth do you know about Freedom? That was a local band in my city that had jams like "Get Up And Dance", "At The Party", and "Whodat". You get major points for knowing about this group. They were known for their kazoos. Grandmaster Flash's "Freedom" featured them. I don't know how the hell Grandmaster Flash heard of Freedom though. Maybe they went national?



Two great ones with that "Prince" sound. Ebonee Webb's sound was a dead ringer for Prince. They sounded more like Prince than he did.



Is that the same Glass that did "Bedrock"?



Great slow jam that everyone always forgets...."Too Lonely To Be Alone".



"You can do your thing, anything you choose....leave, leave, leave my thing alone".

Great group produced by Roger Troutman.



Everyone always remembers them for "Object Of My Desire" but my favorite is "Keep On It" from 1981 when they were on Chocolate City Records.
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I got that video. Its ok. She wearing the same kinda vest Sheena Easton was wearing in the Sugar Walls video

You know me. I'm gonna pimp the Old-School Soldiers...

James Brown
The Meters
Kool & The Gang
The Neville Brothers
Wilson Pickett
Booker T & The MGs
Rufus Thomas
The Isley Brothers
The Mar-Keys
The Bar Kays
The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Joe Tex

...an onanonan-ononnanon.


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theAudience said:

I was wondering if somebody would remember that Kool and the Gang were funky as hell before they went crossover.

I love Sly, Lakeside, Cameo, Ohio Players, etc, but strictly talking funk I'll say Pfunk. The number one song for me will always be One Nation.

My favorite band, WAR, is harder to classify because they did a little bit of everything. I love the hell outta them guys.

babynoz said:

You don't know me very well...



...Do you?


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vainandy said:

Hey vainandy ,
Thanx 4 your rap .

Yeah man , i was freekin'out when i heard this track from 1982.


I already had these albums , which are from 1981 and 1984
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I then started right away searching for a possible 1982 album .
I guess "Whodat" was an in-between-albums production .



This is another Freedom album i want to add to my collection .

Is the Malaco-Label also based in your area ?
There were some solid productions released by that company , like from the group POWER .
They had a flaming jam called "HOTT" , on their self-titled album from 1982 .

The album of POWER and a "Best Of" from FREEDOM were released on CD in Japan .
The Label is P-VINE which re-issues all kind of rare funk albums :
http://www.p-vine.com/app...n/gid/3018

The re-issues though , are released on a limited base .
So eBay would be another option to search for them .

vainandy said:

Flash , Afrika Bambaataa & Kool Herc from NYC were fanatic dj's who already sampled in the 70's all kinda stuff from pop to classical . I guess they must have been fanatic collectors too .
If Freedom-releases could reach the European borders , they shure must have been spread over the USA ?

vainandy said:

The synths all over Bobby's albums were tight .
For instance , "Sex Maniac" , from his 1983 album , has a nasty vocal+synth-bridge during the track

Assisted by his brother Billy Nunn , producer Winston Monesque and accompanied by the brass-section of OZONE .
Bobby and Billy used to have their earlier 70's group SPLENDOR , produced by Philip Bailey .
Bobby produced lately for female Philippine-singer Jhing at www.jhing.com
Billy lately plays in the STONE CITY BAND .



The falcetto's on Bobby's & Ebonee's albums are indeed very present .
The album above again got freaky jams , with some Bar-Kays flavour too , as this was produced by the late Bar-Kays producer Allen A. Jones .
The sleeve-photo has the same atmosphere as the 1984 album by Freedom .

vainandy said:

Straight out yeah ,
Man , this is in my TOP-list of 80's funk .
The synths are furiously raw , including serious funk-bass .
Released in 1983 on the independent HCRC label , located in Houston/Texas .

vainandy said:

I didn't listen that much to their ballads , but most of the time i play a few dazzling funkjams from this 1983 album ,
again produced by the late Allen A. Jones :

Recommended tracks :
- I'll Get You Back
- Stuck Up
- Will You

vainandy said:

Right on , from their debut album .
A talented group formed by the Thomas brothers . I saw drummer Bart Thomas play in a Zapp-Tourshow from 1988 .
I don't know if you have this album from 1984.

It contains slammers like :
- Dance Frite
- Get Ready Let's Party
- Searching For My Lady
- U Can Do ( Whatcha Wanna )
http://www.dustygroove.co...=12&GO.y=6

vainandy said:

These are my choices :

1981

http://www.vinyl-masterpi...%20Out.mp3

http://www.vinyl-masterpi...cts_id/570

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1982

http://www.vinyl-masterpi...e%20it.mp3
http://www.vinyl-masterpi...20back.mp3
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- Get Your Body Up
- Miracle Love
- Show Me
http://www.vinyl-masterpi...cts_id/473

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1983

- Behind Your Back
- I'm So Crazy 'Bout You
- Put Your Love On Me ( amazing intro sung by the late Renee Diggs )

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1984

They did a surprising funkbass-remake of "Use Me" from Bill Withers .
And the album-title opens the album very solid .
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100MPH said:

You're probably the only person, other than me, that have ever mentioned the group....




...Tease on this board.

Their only problem was they were too Time-like.
You can even see it in the way they're dressed.
The tunes weren't bad, especially The Note. Firestarter was their big hit.
They even had Chuckii Booker on the above album.


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theAudience said:

Tease you remember this 1

100MPH said:

mrwigglesdaw1rm said:

Can't say that I do.
The website is cool though.


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babynoz said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

They're alright. But nowhere nearly as good as HIM.

Novabreaker said:

Har har

The org has been acting up lately. I saw your complete post but the only part that showed up when I went to "quote" was the Starpoint parts at the end.

Anyway, I was commenting about Freedom. Malaco Records is in my city (Jackson, MS). The cover of that 1981 album was shot at a local disco at the time called Zoli's. I've worn that album out until I've got scratches on "At The Party". Their 1982 song "Whodat" was strictly a 12 Inch and never came on an album.

It's interesting that you mention that there is a "Best Of" in Japan. Back in the day, local radio used to promote the hell out of Freedom, as well as Sho-Nuff (another local group). Local DJs were always talking about Sho-Nuff and Freedom touring and being real big over in Japan. Of course, we all laughed and said "yeah right, like two Mississippi band are really big in Japan". In recent years, I've met one of the big wigs at Malaco Records and asked him when Freedom and Sho-Nuff was ever going to be released on CD. He said "You are taking me WAY back, I thought everyone had forgot about them". Then he went on to tell me how they were always touring Japan back in the day. I thought to myself "they are really keeping this sharade going after all these years". Now that I see your post on prince.org (and you aren't even from my state) about a "Best Of" CD in Japan, I see they were telling the truth all along.

Thanks for hipping me to the group Power. I can't remember them but I will definately be on the lookout for them.

Hey man , that's some cool story fo sho . Thanx 4 sharing that here


Okay , i just checked @ the net and found various sellers who have that cd in stock :
http://www.gemm.com/searc...REEDOM/CD/




Here's the POWER image

http://www.gemm.com/searc...R/SAME/LP/


Sho-Nuff ... DANG ! ... We always flip "Don't Use Me Up" here on the decks . ... that's a JAM !
Even this STAX-album from them below has been printed on Japanese CD .


In Japan the companies re-issue most of the time a series of albums .
The Sho-Nuff above was released together with an album from this STAX-group on CD :

mrwigglesdaw1rm said:

Hey Adience & Wiggles , thanx 4 your feedback .
That site is owned by two friends of mine . A good thang they started to share their knowledge on the net

This is the openig-track for that Tease-album from 1983 :

On that project , i hear a more their own distinctive sound .
Indeed , on the second album that Audience mentioned , the TIME-s influence was present .
Still , the jams are solid , and besides the infectious "Note", i sway on tracks too , like "Better Wild Than Mild" and "Baby Be Mine" and a slammin're-make of James Brown's "Body Heat".
I first found that 1986 album , and since then i followed all the stuff they did as solo-artists and as studio-musicians .
Lead-singer Kipper did a solo-album , the Organ brothers and Chuckii were support-act and backing-band for Janet's Rhythm Nation-Tour , to name some projects .

There was a third Tease album in 1988 , with one of my other favourite tracks from them : "Tingle" , produced by Mtume

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Damn, you know about Sho-Nuff too? I'm glad to see these groups made a little noise somewhere other than just here in Mississippi. "Don't Use Me Up" was definately their funkiest jam. "It's Alright" was pretty funky too. Sho-Nuff was most well known down here for two of their slow jams, "What Am I Gonna Do" and "Don't Be Lonely". One of the guys in that group had a falsetto so great that I thought it was a woman until I saw them perform live at a high school dance at a skating rink....yes, they did those too.

Another great local group we had was called Wynd Chymes but they weren't on Malaco, they were on another label. If you've heard of them, I think your ass has been down here in Mississippi. Also groups like Sparkle, The Rose Brothers, and Kyper.
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100MPH said:

That is a good site.

Baby Be Mine sound like they borrowed a bit from Knee Deep.

I saw them play once and 75% of their set was Prince tunes.


Better wild than mild. HIT ME!


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vainandy said:

ALAKAZAM !!!!!


AWYEAH ! , anotha Cameo-ish flava we play on tha decks :

- Body Rap
- Checking Out Your Stuff
- Stylin , Smilin & Profilin

And recently this ultra-rare 7inch single below



After the "Arrival"-project from 1982 a follow-up , produced by Larry Graham & his brother . U ever met them or seen concerts ?


Aiight , i'm on my way 2 the US with my Mrs. Sippi

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theAudience said:

U saw them once .....




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I always blow the 12-inch single LOWD through my speakers .
Those upbeats in that jam are so FLY !




Chuckii used the rap-line from "Better Wild Than Mild" in his newjack-jam "Niice 'n Wiild" ... this album's HOTT !

Funk on brother
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100MPH said:

Tease were locals here in L.A.


I've got Niice 'n Wiild on cassette.

Games was the jam.


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theAudience said:

Ever taped a show

theAudience said:

Ever heard this track ? ... it's got the Games-loop in it .



Here's another interesting teaser ...



As U can see here on the left , drummer Derek Organ ... the album was 2 years before the debut of Tease .
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100MPH said:

I need to get that tease album. I love chukki. "nice and wild" is the cut.

100MPH said:

Only saw Tease twice and never taped a show.
Heard the Mark Morrison tune with the Game loop

You've been coming up with some deep stuff. Never heard of Fifth Avenue.
Funny pix that look like they might have been going for the early Chic vibe.


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