 | Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £6.46 This band, born from a 7" released from an MGM movie soundtrack, have produced some of the most heavily sampled bongo playing in the history of Hip Hop. Seriously out there, seriously 1972.
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 | Private Funktion by Skeewiff
Buy new: £9.98 Skeewiff are a funky retro band who operate purely on the pleasure principal. Upbeat, exuberant and sparky, there isn't a whiff of archness about these tunes that put the fun back into funk.
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 | Viva Bugged Out by Various Artists
Buy used from: £5.89 Jon Carter is criminally overlooked in the DJ stakes, he is fantastic live. This mix from a few years ago features some storming peak-time Tribal House and Techno cuts...Fantastique
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 | Motown Chartbusters Box 1 by Various Artists
Buy new: £25.98 / Used from: £19.95 Box set from the golden era of Motown of the 60's and 70's. All the classic tunes sounding totally timeless and essential for our knees up.
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 | 3 Feet High and Rising: Expanded Edition by De La Soul
Buy new: £4.72 / Used from: £4.26 Kings of the Daisy Age. De La Soul recaptured Hip Hop from the sexist macho types and gave us some fun. Old enough to be someone's dad and still fresh.
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 | The Todd Terry Trilogy: Past, Present & Future by Todd Terry
Buy used from: £47.34 Anthological triple CD from the archives of veteran US House DJ Todd Terry. Always a stormer, his newer stuff on the third album is really really powerful. Get down!
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 | 400% Dynamite: Ska Soul Rocksteady Funk & Dub in Jamaica by Various Artists
Buy used from: £10.00 Just one of a long list of classy compilations in the Xoo% series Soul Jazz records on a roll with this time-traveling Jamaican archive.
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 | Urban Underground Vol.1: Plump DJs by Various Artists
Fantastic double CD mixed by The Plump DJ's. This is pure hip breakbeat played with a surly bottom lip, and a cooler than cool stance. Fabbo.
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 | Rob Da Bank Presents Sunday Best: Mixed By Rob Da Bank by Various Artists
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £9.88 Compilation by known wag Rob Da Bank... eclectic frolic through totally unreasonable number of genres. Splendid fun.
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 | All Night Long: Mixed By Layo & Bushwacka by Layo & Bushwacka
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £10.15 Great mix by Layo & Bushwacka! from a few years back...still fresh as a daisy.Prog for fun.
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 | Carl Cox Non-Stop by Carl Cox
Buy used from: £1.48 Double CD mix by Carl Cox from way back... this is pure get-down-and-dirty party music...and time has been kind ... Coxy at his prime!
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 | Stax Gold: Hits 1968-1974 by Various Artists
From the label that was there at the birth of funk, a sample of gems from the back catalogue...yes even shaft is here...move ya butt.
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 | On the Run: Mixed By Future World Funk by Future World Funk
Buy new: £4.99 Future World Funk's latest offering... the usual dizzying trip round the world's dancefloors. From original Skank to Balkan dance bands...some real gems here.
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 | Blow Up Presents - Exclusive Blend 1 by Various Artists
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.49 Easy listening! Cool Hammond mixes with ultra tight sixties rhythm sections. Rare unearthed gems revived by Paul Tunkin, DJ at now legendary Blow Up Nights...kitsch splendour.
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 | Dynamite Dancehall by Various Artists
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.99 Soul Jazz records do the business again with this great irrepressiblle compilation of Jamaican Dancehall across the years... chock full of top tunes!
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 | Barry Myers Presents Scratchy Sounds (Ska, Dub, Roots & Reggae Nuggets) by Various Artists
Buy new: £3.70 / Used from: £4.03 Former resident reggae DJ for punk bands of the day (The Clash et al.) Scratchy recently relaunched his career with this cracking selection of Reggae and Dub gems...pure class.
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 | The Ultimate Cheese Party by Various Artists
Buy used from: £10.50 ...and if all else fails, stick in the earplugs, and put this one on!
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