Recommend 70s goodness along the lines of Curtis Mayfield and Sly Stone...

The Temptations!

― sexxyDancer, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 13:41 (8 years ago) Permalink

Stevie Wonder

― Beta (abeta), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 13:56 (8 years ago) Permalink

miles's on the corner

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 13:57 (8 years ago) Permalink

Shuggie Otis...?

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 13:57 (8 years ago) Permalink

Funkadelic!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 13:58 (8 years ago) Permalink

... and Parliament!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 13:59 (8 years ago) Permalink

Rose Royce!

― waxyjax (waxyjax), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:20 (8 years ago) Permalink

Marvin Gaye's I Want You...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:21 (8 years ago) Permalink

The Rapture.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:22 (8 years ago) Permalink

Jimmy Castor Bunch!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:28 (8 years ago) Permalink

Some Hot Chocolate, honest

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:30 (8 years ago) Permalink

Isley Brothers!

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:30 (8 years ago) Permalink

Graham Central Station (for Sly without the tears)

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:30 (8 years ago) Permalink

um, if sly were the rolling stones, and curtis mayfield were the beatles, philly soul stuff would be like the zombies or the byrds or something. if that seems interesting, check out the delfonics and the five stairsteps and MFSB. psychedelic soul, but in this totally different way than sly or curtis.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:36 (8 years ago) Permalink

"Ain't No Stopping Us Now"

― hexxy, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:43 (8 years ago) Permalink

Blowfly

― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:54 (8 years ago) Permalink

OHIO MF PLAYERS

― tk, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:55 (8 years ago) Permalink

Jimmie Castor Bunch is the Cake of 70's funk

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:58 (8 years ago) Permalink

The Temptaions' final Norman Whitfield-produced record "Zoom" is the mighty bomb, mes amis.

― sexxyDancer, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:23 (8 years ago) Permalink

Baby Huey & The Babysitters. (A bit of a ringer, because Curtis produced, but this is great.)

Isleys seconded. Hot Chocolate seconded.

― Iggy Bliss, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:25 (8 years ago) Permalink

Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

― Phillips, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:27 (8 years ago) Permalink

Yesyesyes to the above, plus
"Backstabbers" LP O'Jays
The Spinners 2-CD anthology on Atlantic
Wilson Pickett's Grt Hits Vol 2 esp. for "Engine, Engine Number Nine"
"Save the Children" Intruders
anything on Hot Wax/Invictus Records for psychedelic soul, or any Norman Whitfield production on Motown like Undisputed Truth or "Puzzle People" and "Psychedelic Shack" LPs Temptations
Chairmen of the Board anthology on Fantasy
Delfonics Greatest Hits
Stylistics Greatest Hits
Best of New Birth, Inc.
early Gil-Scott Heron like Winter in America
Harold Melvin& the Blue Notes w/Teddy Pendergrass
anything by Ann Peebles from before 1975
and of course AL GREEN...
there are too many great one-shot soul hits from this era, but I can't really recommend the Rhino series of comps. Well, I suppose they'll do but they don't sound great.

― lovebug starski, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:36 (8 years ago) Permalink

how did I forget "Hot Buttered Soul" by Isaac Hayes or "A Dramatic Experience" by the Dramatics?

― lovebug starski, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:41 (8 years ago) Permalink

I didn't mention Al Green because that seemed to obvious but WOW yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

...don't miss Johnnie Taylor (pre-"Disco Lady") either.

― lovebug starski, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

"Rags to Rufus"--first song is a Sly Stone ripoff and it's great

― 4kflka, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:47 (8 years ago) Permalink

On the Curtis side, two singers off the top of my head, and good songs by 'em:

Tyrone Davis - "Can I Change My Mind"
William DeVaughn - "Be Thankful For What You've Got"

― arch Ibog (arch Ibog), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:25 (8 years ago) Permalink

Hey, Bobby Womack!!!!!!!!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:35 (8 years ago) Permalink

If you are meaning Blaxploitation albums like Superfly:
(as mentioned) Bobby Womack/JJ Johnson - Across 110th Bridge
Willie Hutch - The Mack
James Brown - Black Ceasar
(of course) Issac Hayes- Shaft

Other Good 70s funk/soul albums:
James Brown - Hell, The Payback, There It Is
JB's Funky People Vol.1-2
The Meters - Fire on the Bayou, Struttin
War- Why Can't We Be Friends, The World Is a Ghetto, All Day Music

― earlnash, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:49 (8 years ago) Permalink

I'm curious about Bobby Womack cuz of the Sly connection, but I never know where to start with his albums. Anyone got any suggestions? Isn't there some stuff of his that Sly had a hand in (producing, arranging?)

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:50 (8 years ago) Permalink

"Communication" is the most Sly-like. His albums are pretty patchy. "Understanding" has killer stuff on it. A good compliation is prob'ly your best course of action.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:54 (8 years ago) Permalink

I second William DeVaughn, "Be Thankful..." aka "Diamond in the Back."
Bobby Womack and J.J. Johnson's Across 110th Street OST is very funky and has that Superfly vibe.

― Star Hustler, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:56 (8 years ago) Permalink

thought of some more 70s soul albums while supposedly working on something else.
The Staple Singers BeAltitude:Respect Yourself
Two Sides of Laura Lee
Dramatics: Whatya See is Whatya Get
Betty Wright: Danger: High Voltage
Willie Hutch: The Mack "When you're a big time player, the name of the game is played or be played on." It's a great, funky movie too.

Bobby Womack albums are dicey. Try the one-disc Best Of on Razor & Tie. I have a 2-disc United Artitsts thing that covers the 60s, too. To hear what a early 70s soul album recorded in the 80s sounds like, check out Womack & Womack's Love Wars.

― lovebug starski, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 17:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

Staple Singers absolutely

Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
Millie Jackson - Caught Up/ Still Caught Up et al

Numerous others

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 17:45 (8 years ago) Permalink

"When you're a big time player, the name of the game is PLAY or get played on."

― lovebug starski, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 17:51 (8 years ago) Permalink

Stevie Wonder presents...Syreeta

― Beta (abeta), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 19:01 (8 years ago) Permalink

J & H Productions

― HEXXXY, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 19:08 (8 years ago) Permalink

Timmy Thomas. "Why Can't We Live Together?" should surely be on any shortlist of great seventies soul songs.

― dialecticbricks (dialecticbricks), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 19:26 (8 years ago) Permalink

was that on that souljazz miami comp? whichever song that was is the only timmy thomas ive ever heard.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 19:31 (8 years ago) Permalink

J&H ha ha

― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 19:36 (8 years ago) Permalink

If the New Birth suits you, then branch further into adventures in harmony with Love Unlimited and Rotary Connection.

― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 20:19 (8 years ago) Permalink

The Bobby Womack UA 2-CD set is good, because it covers more of his Chips Moman American Studios stuff cut in Memphis late-'60s. Like "It's Gonna Rain" and "Arkansas State Prison." The Razor and Tie comp has all his sleeker hits. The UA is worth getting for the great liner notes/discography, which the Razor comp is sadly lacking.

Wild Magnolias and Wild Tchoupitoulas albums are both fine too.

Lee Dorsey's "Yes We Can" is excellent '70s funk.

Swamp Dogg's "Fuck the Bomb" comp also good, if a little spotty. "Total Destruction to Your Mind" is his best album-as-album.

The James Brown "Funky People" comps are also pretty essential, as is the 2-CD JBs best-of.

Something I'm into right now is this Mer-Da album on Janus, truly some of the most demented and thrilling '70s funk I've ever heard.

And post-"Disco Lady" Johnnie Taylor needs a good reappraisal...I think it's great.

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 02:36 (8 years ago) Permalink

Also, it's '60s, but the Parliaments' singles for Revilot are pretty amazing.

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 02:37 (8 years ago) Permalink

you could try a little leroy hutson solo - he was the vocalist who replaced mayfield in the impressions. you could also check the first couple of post curtis impressions records. i like Preacher man quite a bit.

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 02:46 (8 years ago) Permalink

I recently stumbled across a superb Leroy Huston track, "Never Know What You Can Do (Give It A Try)" and I need to hear more.
"Disco Lady" by JT is great (Bootsy, Bernie Worrell backing) but I didn't think it was soul, exactly. Same for P Funk, Lee Dorsey, but pitting funk vs. soul vs disco is splitting hairs. Eddie OTM.
Another recent discovery: "A Soulful Experience" by the Rance Allen Group from 1975. Lives up to the title.

― lovebug starski, Wednesday, 30 June 2004 09:43 (8 years ago) Permalink

bill withers. check out 'still bill'. its late 60s/early 70s, but check out the chamber brothers too, if you like sly's stand-era sound.

also: war, aretha (e.g - the young gifted and black album), early rick james (the come and get it album), willie hutch.

― dickvandyke (dickvandyke), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 10:01 (8 years ago) Permalink

donny hathaway!!

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 14:41 (8 years ago) Permalink

does razor & tie still exist? half of their stuff is out of print now, it seems.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 15:16 (8 years ago) Permalink

I think razor & tie is the evil genius behind the "Kidz Bop" albums of kiddie-chorus cover versions.

― lovebug starski, Wednesday, 30 June 2004 21:25 (8 years ago) Permalink

Patti Jo - "Make Me Believe in You" is my personal favorite.

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 30 June 2004 22:25 (8 years ago) Permalink

Betty Davis.

― Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 22:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

Gil Scot-Heron seconded, specifically Pieces of a Man.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 30 June 2004 22:47 (8 years ago) Permalink

re : bobby womack - new(ish) $tateside comp in the sales for £3.99 .. grabbed it cos of this thread .. fucking excellent stuff. ILM success once again. thanks.

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 22 October 2004 12:27 (8 years ago) Permalink

Shuggie Otis -- Inspiration Information (especially if you like "There's A Riot Goin' On")

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 22 October 2004 12:45 (8 years ago) Permalink