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I bought it in a 3cd box I think it was back in the 90s. Loved it from the moment I heard it. It is really funky.

And funnily enough, it doesnt sound dated at all unlike the 80s stuff.

Yup, its a 3xCD box of Headhunters,Man-Child and Future Shock. It's even on Spotify in this form.

that's an odd combo - Thrust seems like a more logical match for the others than Future Shock

Probably 2 well known albums in with a less well known one so it still sells.

me hungover earlier today with my signed! copy of HH; also enjoyed listening to Man-Child again this afternoon.

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I blame Sam for this trend

cheers jj

Hmm, for some reason I've never acquired a copy of Man-Child, even though I like it and I own all the other Herbie albums between Mwandhishi and Sunlight. I agree with Herman that it is very good, but I'm not sure if it's Herbie's funkiest... I'd say that title goes to Secrets ("Spider" off that album sounds like a theme to some lost blaxploitation flick), though Man-Child isn't far, and it's probably better as a whole than Secrets.

Secrets is that the disco one? or is that feets dont fail me now? I have both (got very cheap) but cant say I've played them in over 10 years

i dont have sunlight

heh

Feets Don't Fail Me Now (1979)

Herbie Hancock's electric records up until this point were marked by intelligence and adventure, even at their most earthy. But no, this one doesn't have an ounce of either. Herbie falls hook, line and sinker for the disco fad and submerges his personality underneath the plastic vocals and four-on-the-floor disco beat. Hancock's own gauzy vocals through a Sennheiser vocoder are embarrassing, and even his synthesizer work sounds coarse and gimmicky. This time, even the purists were right; this is of no interest to jazz listeners and it isn't even good disco. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Yeah, Feets Don't Fail Me is the disco one. It has a couple of awesome stompers on it. The reason I feel Secrets is the funkiest Herbie album is cause it puts so much weigth on the bass and rhythm guitar - basically it's a showcase for Wah Wah Watson.

Sunlight, alongside Lite Me Up and a couple of others, has been reissued by the French branch of Columbia, they're not part of Columbia/Sony's "Legends" series, that's why they're harder to find than most Herbie reissues. You should definitely check it out though, it has some lovely pieces of breezy vocoder disco, plus a weird, angular fusion piece with Tony Williams and Jaco Pastorius.

wah wah watson is on manchild though!

Yeah, but he's more prominent on Secrets.

They're all on Spotify, Tuomas. I might give them a go but I cant see me liking it. Not a big disco fan, it killed off a lot of funk, and I find that unforgivable! (i do like some early stuff, and next weeks bonus pick will be one of those, its smoking hot, funky as shit and an all-time classic, but that's all i'm gonna say)

Well, Sunlight is less disco than Feets, it's not that far from Man-Child except that it has a softer, sweeter sound and vocoder vocals.

xpost: Really? I've seen "Sunlight" around quite often over the last few years. I guess Sony's last bunch of CDs pressed went.

I love "I Thought It Was You" offa Sunlight. Agree with Tumoas, its worth checking (its on Spotfiy) - the disco/electro/vocoder/funk of "I Thought It Was You" and the closing "Good Question" which is like a improv-jazz jam on all the cool new funk and electro instruments Herbie was toying with. Basically everyone goes crazy and its great.

yeah I'm giving Sunlight a listen now, but I'm not a fan of vocoder really.

Not a big disco fan, it killed off a lot of funk, and I find that unforgivable! (i do like some early stuff, and next weeks bonus pick will be one of those, its smoking hot, funky as shit and an all-time classic, but that's all i'm gonna say)

hmmmm.... hope it's not something that 2 Live Crew sampled from.... I got that lined up.

but I'm not a fan of vocoder really.

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 7 May 2010 22:37 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

you're probably not gonna like my picks for when I'm due!

pm me with your picks funkybum! I'll let you know.

or email me at my username @ g mail
(not herman)

argh you didnt include email to reply to

oh i'll pm you that now!

got it (but i already had pm'd you here but i emailed you it too)

yeah got it. will think include the one I wasn't gonna if I can get a Friday bonus for the other one.

agree, the one I wasn't should be here!

friday bonus is all me me me! (its cuz i cant wait 2 months for another shot haha)

but feel free to email me suggestions for friday bonus, i might agree with you.

anyway email me back with what you plan.

Sunlight just washed all over me..

tannenbaum email me

gotcha, a swap is on

Sunlight didn't really do anything for me, i didn't hate it or anything, it just wasnt as good as what preceded it. It's no man-child.

Dare I listen to Feets again?

Sam you need to say which player Man-Child is.

What's Man Child again? Sorry, I'm running behind on all these polls this week. I blame ilx's own Clint Dempsey.

ew also called it a poll instead of a lc.

It's THE ILM FUNK LISTENING CLUB! Vol #3: May 3 - May 9 with Leon Thomas, Betty Davis and Herbie Hancock... (NOW WITH BONUS FRIDAY HERBIE HANCOCK - MANCHILD CONTENT) All ILXors and lurkers welcome.

What age Herbie is it? Because I've not really liked anything post-Sextant that I've heard so far.

you dont like Headhunters??

Man-Child is from 75

We've gone through this before- not really, no. It's all a bit too wanky souljazzcompilation for me.

you mentalist. You are fabianski

Not even denying it!

Anyway Man-Child is thoroughly funky and if you dont like it you are Sir Winston D'Voidoffunk

And be ready to post your albums at midnight
10/5 - a hoy hoy Winston
17/5 - Tannenbaum Schmidt
24/5 - Ismael Klata (Not a rangers fan honestly)
31/5 - funksclovetu
7/6 - Seandalai Funkify
14/6 - moka Funka
21/6 - Abbott The Bricklayer
28/6 - The Rev Funkenstein
5/7 - pfunkboy
12/7 - Turangalila Funkapus
19/7 - mbison the texan funkateer
26/7 - Shakey Mo Funkier
2/8 - Tom "Funkybutt" D
9/8 - Von Bootee!

ha, i'm at work at midnight. can i email you my picks and you post them?

sure, I would imagine you will be sleeping all day and not exactly wanting to post them when you get home.

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