 | Platinum Jazz by War
Buy used from: £9.98 first heard in a car on the way home from a club circa '86, sooo funky.. and the final track is sooo trippy.. the opening track is a funk masterpiece
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 | Mothership Connection by Parliament
Buy used from: £6.95 P-Funk, Parliament, Funkadelic albums usualy have a killer cut or three, this was my intro to the man Dr. Funkenstein, and check the video, crazy, 50 or so musicians TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER
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 | In the Jungle Groove by James Brown
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £3.21 The Godfather, how do you pick just one album, most of the musicians play with Dr. Funkenstein as well, these boys are on the ONE, did u see them on the grammys (2004), 60yrs++ and still doin it.
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 | Evolution: The Polydor Anthology by Ayers Roy
Buy new: £17.09 / Used from: £12.39 excellent, but pricey collection of this prolific vibraphonist grooves, one of the forefathers
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 | Places and Spaces by Donald Byrd
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.33 Donald Byrd, Blue Note, Changes, Dominoes, this was the definition of groove
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 | Expansions by Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
Buy new: £7.17 / Used from: £4.62 heard on pirate radio whilst crusin' on a saturday in search of tunes, FREE YOUR MIND and let the groove flow through you
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 | Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.48 if he had never called to say i love you or tinkled ivories with mcartney this man would be the President of all that is soulful and funky
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 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.39 also check 'Winter..', scary how some 25 years later alot of what this man raps about is still relevant..
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 | Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.99 famous for shaft, but thats just the tip, this man through his orchestration can take you to places beers and illegal substances can only hint at
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 | Curtis by Curtis Mayfield
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £6.03 move on up, 10 minutes or more of shake your booty bad asss bliss and as for the break....
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 | Psychedlic Soul by The Temptations
Buy new: £16.98 / Used from: £8.89 who would have guessed after all that cheesy 'my girl' that these boys could be sooo funky...
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 | Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis
Buy used from: £6.99 alledgedly this man was asked to join the rolling stones, and he turned them down!!
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 | There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & the Family Stone
Buy used from: £1.98 if JB is the Godfather then Sly must be the Prince! ohh no hold on thats someone else!!!
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 | Journey to the Dawn: Illuminating Jazz from Theresa Records by Various Artists
Buy used from: £24.49 a compilation of solid funky jazz fusion with plenty of space for Pharoah Sanders
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![Body Mind and Spirit [European Import]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31XR5FSPN6L._SL75_.jpg) | Body Mind and Spirit [European Import] by Black Renaissance
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £10.45 this used to be so rare, a crate diggers holy grail, now released on CD for all of us....
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 | What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
Buy used from: £0.64 if i could only take one cd with me, this would probably be the one (there is a 2 CD special edition i am trying to find with the original detroit mixes...)
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 | Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Buy new: £7.68 / Used from: £1.36 this shouldn't really be here, but after all that rump shaking, head nodding, foot tapping funky directions this is the perfect slice of heaven.....to sit back and enjoy a cuppa with....
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