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    Can You Feel That Beat: Funk 45s and Other Rare GroovesVarious

    J&D Records
      • 1. Mickey And The Soul Generation – Iron Leg
      • 2. Renaldo Domino – Let Me Come Within
      • 3. Sandy Gaye – Watch The Dog That Bring The Bone
      • 4. The Soul President – Get It Right
      • 5. Robert Moore – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
      • 6. The Young Disciples & Co. – Crumbs From The Table
      • 7. Creations Unlimited – Corruption Is The Thing
      • 8. Boscoe – Money Won’t Save You
      • 9. Duracha – Ghet-To Funk
      • 10. Pearl Dowell – Good Things
      • 11. Andrew Brown – You Made Me Suffer
      • 12. Clifton White – The Grade A
      • 13. Black Sunshine – The Electric Skunk
      • 15. Joyce Williams – The First Thing I Do In The Morning
      • 16. We The People – Function Underground
      • 17. Black Soul Express – Party Time
      • 18. Stormy – The Devastator
      • 19. Young Senators – Jungle
      • 20. 24-Carat Black Gone! – The Promises Of Yesterday

      Thousands of local bands tried to emulate Brown’s success, and in the process created a plethora of rare and sought after 45s and album cuts that have been mined by DJs and producers to fill floors or provide breakbeats. Here's the opportunity to listen to rare and magnificent grooves such as Mickey & The Soul Generations explosive ‘Iron Leg’, Andrew Brown’s blues tinged ‘You Made Me Suffer’ or the message music of 24 Carat Black.

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