Instrumental Explosion: Incendiary Funk and R&B Instrumentals 1966-1973
Here's an absolutely cracking selection of 20 funk instrumentals, including rare obscurities and sought-after classics. From the rare side is Ron Buford's follow-up toDeep Soul--More Soul, plusStuck In The Mudby Miles Grayson, Joe Tex Band'sChocolate Cherry, and the super-rare Detroit breakbeatRoly Poly Mickey Lolichby the Fans. From the sought-after side is the Detroit City Limits'98 Cents Plus Taxand Bernard Purdie's Beck-sampledSoul Drums. The cuts by the Untouchable Machine Shop, the Backyard Heavies and Louis Jordan'sBullittheme will have collectors salivating. Never before released cuts: an intense groove by Frank Armstrong, and some West Coast funk by Utopia.