• 1. It's All Imagination
      • 2. Functus
      • 3. Peace Gone Away
      • 4. Free Yourself
      • 5. Hey You
      • 6. People
      • 7. Funky Consciousness

      Heavy conscious funk from mid-70's Washington D.C outfit

      Seminal recording blending soul, jazz, and funk-rock, laying the foundation for Washington D.C.'s go-go scene. Experience unlimited had originally started out in 1973 when they met at Ballou Senior High School in South-East D.C. and came to the attention of Black Fire Records’ Jimmy Gray after winning a school talent competition. “Jimmy saw that we had a lot of potential and he put us into the studio,” remembers bandleader Gregory “Sugar Bear” Elliott. “That was our first experience recording - I remember that he just told us to be ourselves and we just gathered together and played.

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