FUNK-O-RAMA records compiles in this first volume of "Hard to Find" a series of songs (all of these coming from 45s searched by DJs and collectors for years) that draw a possible horizon of the American Underground Funk between 1968 (Seven Souls) and 1975 (Jade). This first compilation of FUNK-O-RAMA records (selected by Carlo Coupé) checks out the old school funk and its different mixtures with soul (Soul Partners, The Deacons...), gospel (The Brothers & Sisters), JBs style (Soul Tornadoes, Maskman, Wee Willie...), blaxploitation (Caprell's) and modern soul (Jade). This period of funk's peak and decline coincides with the last splendour (The Deacons, Big Barney, Creative Funk...) & the agony (High Voltage) of the Hammond organ, an instrument that went out of fashion in the mid Seventies until its rebirth at the end of the Eighties.

 

"Hard to find and funky too -- just the right kind of compilation for our dusty ears! The set's a smoking batch of 16 obscure funky 45s -- a number of which have had a relatively strong second showing in the recent underground, thanks to stocks of clean copies that never sold back in the 70s, but which have been rediscovered and redistributed by funky collectors worldwide! There's no main unifying theme to the set -- save for all-out funky tunes that are linked together in their love of heavy drums, wicked guitar, and burning basslines. Modern funkster Carlo Coupe compiled the set himself -- and titles include "The Whole Thang" by Big Barney, "Sock It To Me" by The Deacons, "Spead" by Soul Partners, "Music Slave" by Jade, "Moon Walk" by King Solomon, "Groove In" by Seven Souls, "Moving World" by Creative Funk, "Baby Don't Leave Me" by Jerry Washington, "Music, I Like It" by Benny Sharp & The Sharpies, "Won't Nobody Listen" by Black Haze, "Here Comes The Streaker" by High Voltage, and "Every Day People" by Caprells." . Dusty Groove America.