Musical Episode #028 : Ridin’ High & Funky

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Welcome back everyone for another Musical Episode. Today’s podcast comes live and direct from my loosely collected box I’ve just labelled “Modern” which holds an assortment of Funk, Disco, Boogie and other records that felt like the were on the newer end of the spectrum.

Some of these records are later, more groove oriented, synth-littered tracks from soul artists you may be used to hearing on the site but I seem to be straying off topic a bit these days and that’s just fine.

Hope you enjoy the mix and we’ll see you Wednesday for a longer form 45 write up and another podcast next Friday.

Peace,
George / Snack Attack

Tracklist:
Booker T : Life is Funky (Epic, 1975)
Latimore : Qualified Man (Glades, 1976)
Ramsey Lewis : What’s The Name of This Funk (Spider Man) (Columbia, 1975)
Letta Mbulu : Kilamanjaro (MJS, 1981)
Blackwell : Give It All You Got (Butterfly, 1978)
Roger : I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Warner Bros, 1981)
Bobby McLaughlin : Freaky (Uptown Rulers, )
Bootsy’s Rubber Band : Bootzilla (Warner Bros, 1978)
The Billy Cobham / George Duke Band : Do What Cha Wanna (Atlantic, 1976)
Faze-O : Riding High (She, 1977)
The Spinners : Love Or Leave (Atlantic, 1975)
Four Tops : Catfish (ABC, 1976)
Alphonse Mouzon : When We Were Young (Highrise, 1982)
B.T. Express : Stretch (Columbia, 1980)
Funkadelic : (not just) Knee Deep (Warner Bros, 1979)
Denroy Morgan : I’ll Do Anything For You (Becket Records, 1981)

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