Since it first appeared on the scene in 1999, Super Funk has become a market leader in the release of rare and previously unreleased cuts aimed firmly at the deep funk dancefloor.
Super Funk is back after three years absence, with its best volume musically and some of the scenes absolute rarest records. These are joined by some underplayed classics and an amazing eight unreleased monsters.
Of the rarities, the Uniques ultra-expensive Give Me Another Chance has been creating the most fuss. Only one copy of this record has been found and was snapped up by DJ Ian Wright for $3000 and is currently filling dance floors the world over. Hi Off Life by the Eternal Flames is almost as rare, with only a small handful of this excellent slice of Ghetto Funk ever having turned up. Produced by Fatbacks Bill Curtis, the band were a bunch of Queens teenagers aiming for their one shot at glory, which never came. Smithtonians Just Sitting, a glorious slice of hip hop-style funk, is so rare because it is the B-side of a record that only turns up as a one (A) sided promo; it is so sought-after because it is so good.
In the unreleased stakes we have cuts by Dyke and the Blazers, an alternate take of The Phillips Brothers super-rare Now single, as well as an unreleased Pt 2 and a whole new unreleased cut. DJ Snowboy has been going wild over our unreleased version of James Browns Mother Popcorn, whilst many more will go crazy for the brilliant 87Th Off Broadways Cant Get Enough, a discovery from some vaults in San Francisco. From the classics file we have Alvin Cashs super-funky 70s remake of Twine Time and Jackie Wilsons Shake A Leg, a track so full of life that you think Jackie has come back from the grave every time you hear it.
Track listing: Just Sitting - SMITHTONIAN Cant Get Enough - 87TH OFF BROADWAY Shes The One - THE DIPLOMATS Hi Off Life - THE ETERNAL FLAMES Home Brew - MILES GRAYSON Give Me Another Chance - THE UNIQUES I Got Hurt (pt 1) - THE PHILLIPS BROTHERS I Got Hurt (pt 2) - THE PHILLIPS BROTHERS Turn Around And Go - LEE BERNARD Let A Woman Be A Woman Let A Man Be A Man (alternate version) - DYKE AND THE BLAZERS Twine Time - ALVIN CASH Face To Face - THE EXPLOSIONS Shake A Leg - JACKIE WILSON Cant Buy Soul - HEBREW ROGERS Low Rider (Deuce and a Quarter) - SMOKEY WILSON Who Dun It? - BIG DADDY GREEN Mother Popcorn - MELLO MATICS Little Boy Blue - THE PHILLIPS BROTHERS Youd Be Good Enough For Me - JEANETTE JONES Hold On (3857.43) - LORENZO HOLDEN Free The Soul Man - LA MAY
