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Stock List - Funky Rock & Folk 12s
White artists have been influenced by black music since Elvis’s appropriation of the R&B sound in the ’50s. This continued into the ’60s with The Beatles’ Motown-influenced songwriting style, right through to the seventies. Many of the most interesting rock bands had multi-ethnic line-ups. In the words of Norman Cook, “If they've got long hair and beards, and look like they smoke pot they’re likely to make better records. Especially those big bands with eight of them in; half white, half black and they look like they all take acid.” He’s not wrong.
The influences also went the other way, too, with both Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis bringing the flavour of rock into the black experience. The jazz-rock era produced a bewildering array of cross-pollinated sounds, styles and haircuts, as well as some great music. In the early days of discotheques in the US, before the birth of disco and the 12-inch single, many of the pioneering DJs would play soul 45s and obscure tracks from rock LPs which had the groove to make the people move. Funky rock tunes were often spun at legendary New York clubs and parties such as The Gallery, Tambourine and The Loft.
In recent years DJs and collectors on the rare groove scene, in their never ending search for music, have discovered and rediscovered many great tunes on rock and folk albums which have ‘The Funk’. And, of course, the hip hop and breaks DJs and producers have also done their own investigations into the realms of rock, jazz-rock and folk.
The selection you’ll find here is a mixture of artists from the folk, rock and pop arenas whose music will appeal to DJs or fans of black dance music. Taken out of their original context and placed alongside more traditional forms of R&B they make total sense. Although many of the songs here were probably not intended to be used as straight-up dancefloor fodder, they nevertheless take on a new and unexpected life when played from the perspective of a DJ.
Featured Funky Rock & Folk 12s
 | Lighthouse One Fine Morning US EVOLUTION LP - £12 Title track is a great funky jazzy tune from early 70's rock group!LOVE OF A WOMAN has been used on PEANUT BUTTER WOLF'S"Tale of Five Cities"    | |
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A.B.Skhy - A.B.SkhyUS MGM LP - £25
Big funky party sound on the instrumental CAMEL BACK
Ananda Shankar - Ananda ShankarUS REPRISE LP Promo - £40 lovely clean promo copy.1 small & neat piece of tape on seam
Funky sitar magic on JUMPIN'JACK FLASH & LIGHT MY FIRE
Ayers Rock - Big Red RockAUSTRALIA MUSHROOM LP - £15
Dope funky beat on CRAZY BOYS and I love this version of WEATHER REPORT'S BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ
Babe Ruth - Babe RuthUS HARVEST LP - £6
rock break on JACK O'LANTERN
Ballin'Jack - Buzzard LuckHOLLAND CBS LP - £10
Funk-Rock-Afro sound Inc. TELLING LIES / PLAYIN' THE GAME / I'M THE ONE YOU NEED / Etc..
Barrabas - BarrabasUS ATCO LP - £10
The latino funky rockers come with more good stuff like a cover of HI-JACK + MAD LOVE / CONCERT / TELL ME THE THING
Barrabas - BarrabasUS ATCO LP - £10 WOC / STOC
The latino funky rockers come with more good stuff like a cover of HI-JACK + MAD LOVE / CONCERT / TELL ME THE THING
Barrabas - BarrabasUS RCA LP - £25 Some light ring/cover wear
Original issue of the funky Spanish rockers lp - they scored a disco hit with WOMAN + the balaeric sounding WILD SAFARI!
Barrabas - BarrabasSPAIN RCA LP - £25
Original issue of the funky Spanish rockers lp - they scored a disco hit with WOMAN + the balaeric sounding WILD SAFARI!
Barrabas - BarrabasSPAIN RCA LP - £23 WOC - front - neat
Original issue of the funky Spanish rockers lp - they scored a disco hit with WOMAN + the balaeric sounding WILD SAFARI!
Big Jim Sullivan - Sitar BeatUS MERCURY LP - £22 EX
Cool funky rock with Sitar which works best on TALLYMAN
Buddy Miles Express - Electric ChurchUS MERCURY LP Promo - £10
Great funky rocky bluesy soul sound with break on DESTRUCTIVE LOVE
Cat Mother - The Street Giveth.. And Taketh AwayUS POLYDOR LP - £18
Inc. the funky rock hybrid Instrumental TRACK IN A which has a Lofty feel!
Cat Mother - The Street Giveth.. And Taketh AwayUS POLYDOR LP - £12 vg++ taped cover - ringwear
Inc. the funky rock hybrid Instrumental TRACK IN A which has a Lofty feel!
Circus Maximus - Circus MaximusUS VANGUARD LP - £18
sixties rock vocal LP
Cold Blood - SisyphusUS SAN FRANCISCO LP Gatefold - £10
Funky West Coast rock Inc. SHOP TALK
Cold Blood - LydiaUS WARNER BROTHERS LP - £10 Sealed
Funky West Coast jazz rock
David Amram - Subway NightUS RCA LP - £30
Inc. the brilliant MESSAGE TO THE POLITICIANS OF THE WORLD with spoken vocal over a funky groove!
Demis Roussos - SouvenirsUS BIG TREE LP - £8 Mint in shrink
MIDNIGHT IS THE TIME is pure class soulful disco
Dr. John - Desitively BonnarooUS ATCO LP - £12 Sealed
STEALIN' was stolen by L.L. COOL J 'ANOTHER DOLLAR'
Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The DarknessUS VERVE LP - £12
As used by BIZ MARKIE on 'ALBEE SQUARE MALL'
Henry Cow - Henry Cow ConcertsUK COMPENDIUM 2xLP Gatefold - £25 SOL
Holger Czukay - MoviesGERMANY HARVEST LP - £22 sticker on sleeve
Former CAN member gives us something very different with PERSIAN LOVE which was big at the LOFT!
Kerrie Biddell - Kerrie BiddellAUSTRALIA BOOTLEG LP - £15
Inc. cheesey funky club cover of SING A SIMPLE SONG
Linda Lewis - LarkUS REPRISE LP Promo - £15 WOL taped edges
Great lp from the UK's finest folk songstress with several good cuts especially WATERBABY
Lulu - To Sir With LoveUS EPIC LP - £12
Another early LULU LP with the funky hippy tune LOVE LOVES TO LOVE LOVE
Maria Muldaur - Maria MuldaurUS REPRISE LP Gatefold - £7 vg++
Inc. a lovely funky folksy female vocal version of MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS
Mom's Apple Pie - Mom's Apple PieUS BROWN BAG LP - £8
Rock lp with controversial sleeve which depicts 'Moms Apple Pie' being very pink inside - has a cover of COLD BLOOD 'I JUST WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU'
Neal Fox - A PaintingUS RCA LP - £10 vg+ Cover has top seem split
Great white singer doing a disco track with berimbau and percussion section IN THE JUNGLE!
Neil Merryweather John Richardson And Boers - Neil Merryweather John Richardson And BoersUS KENT LP - £30 Sealed
Rare rock with some funky Instrumental moments
P.K. Stevens - Your Love Is a Very Special Thing To MeUS GUINNESS LP - £25
Another obscure and rare lp from this tiny collectable label which brought us Carlos franzetti - Inc. the blue eyed soul tune LOVE YOUR MAN
Puzzle - The Second AlbumUS MOTOWN LP - £15
Inc. STATE OF MIND
Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends - Small Circle Of FriendsUS A&M LP - £40
Highly thought of & sought after laid-back pop psych LP from 1968
Santana - SantanaUS COLUMBIA LP - £6 Sealed
Inc. JINGO / Etc...
Shanti - ShantiUS ATLANTIC LP - £15
Some California hippies hook up with a couple of Indian musicians ZAKIR HUSSAIN & ASHISH KHAN - best cuts are the funky uptempo tune WE WANT TO BE FREE and the Indian psychedelic raga style tune SHANTI
Show Of Hands - Formerly AnthraxUS ELEKTRA LP Gatefold - £10
Nice clean copy Inc. a great version of MOONDANCE
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An EagleUS CAPITOL LP - £6
Title track has been used by many such as BIZ MARKIE/EPMD/NAS/PETE ROCK - also has TAKE THE MONEY & RUN
Sweet Smoke - Just A PokeHOLLAND EMI LP - £25
Wild funky rock tune with the longest insane phlanged drum break/solo's you've ever heard!
Sweetwater - Just For YouUS REPRISE LP - £15
Inc. their great version of COMPARED TO WHAT & title track has some bright moments with heavy latin percussion breaks!
The Keane Brothers - Taking OffUS ABC LP - £20
Quality blue eyed disco soul sound from 1979 produced by LAMONT DOZIER with several good cuts ONE THING ON MY MIND / DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT / YOU'RE RUNNING AWAY & a version of CANDY
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