The more I know about 70s music, the more I love complex symphonic strings orchestrations... Mozart, Beethoven would have arranged soul or disco if they were alive in the 70s..

Check this gemm: McKinsey Jackson and Paul Riser, possibly 2 of the most prolific composers of the 70s, arranged this monster track by soul artist Angelo Bond, who only did one LP, good from A to Z (so why only one LP?? good must be always rare?)

Anyway, I hope you will enjoy it too!

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Angelo Bond - what's bad about feeling good (1975)

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Super cool jazz funk track as I love them...Stanley Turrentine is not my favorite jazz funk artist, but here he rules...

check the funky cover..

Stanley turrentine - Black Lassie (1975)

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I love to undig forgotten and overlooked gems as you noticed. But what I love more is when someone gives these tracks a second life. I posted a few edits but good ones, like the Tod Terje takes on Crusaders, Chaka Khan but nothing is better when they are edits of track I pesonnally undigged on my blog..

So guess my joy when http://soundcloud.com/libra-music came up to me last week with a splendid edit of a super rare and obscure track I discovered many years ago from Brazilian artist Claudia. The original track is one of my all time favorite from the 70s, great dynamic, orchestration and deep brazilian voice, the perfect funky mix to me. The edit is superbe, putting the right emphasize where it is needed but not too much, keeping the original track feel untouched but also adding some more beat and energy for today's needs.

You can still find the original there: http://soundcloud.com/soundsofthe70sblogspot/claudia-ana-cor-de-cana-sounds-of-the-70s-blogspot, and the short note I then wrote: "My definition of funky brazil : Extract from this great 1976 RCA album by one of the greatest brazilian diva, Claudia, better known for here 1971 lp "Jesus Christo", a track that shows the very funky touch of this fabulous artist who always managed to get surrounded by edgy musicians."

Thanks Libra for your great great job, please keep on tapping into the tracks I posted for more edits !

Claudia - Ana cor de cana 1976 (Libra Discotheque edit)

My last JAZZ FUNK post was a hit... let's make better, this time with a touch of disco in it.

This is just AWESOME.... juge by yourself and comment if you liked

Wah Wah watson - Together (Whatever) 1976

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I love this track, soul with a BIG HEART

Benny Johnson - Baby I Love you (1973)

Jazz-funk forever !!

Ronnie Foster - Argentina (1979)

ok guys, this week is very cold in Europe, so I thought a special warm up was necessary

FIRST TIME EDIT ON THE NET courtesy of SOUNDSOFTHE70S

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Gloria Gaynor - Lock me up (1980)

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Monster Boogaloo track extract from one the most amazing LP of the decade, by Bobby Valentin 1971 on Fania records. The LP includes 3 huge boogaloo hits side by side, pure joy...

Bobby Valentin - Funky big feet (1971)

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Gladys Knight _ It's the same old song (1979)

Arranged by Gene Page

Super cool instrumental Disco track by this act produced by Michael and Brenda Sutton

Finished touch - Mighty good friends (1979)

Original motown vinyl rip

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Super cool and loving track by the magic couple (in life) Syreeta and G.C. Cameron

the entire lp is nice...

Syreeta & GC Cameron - let's make a deal (1977)

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super cool instrumental funky R&B track by this black and white band... Notice the Crusaders feel in it..

The memphis horns - Keep On Doin' it (1976)

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I discovered this track in the early 90s in London, a golden era in its own when the best DJs were starting to dig hard into the 70s music and revive it

This is a 70s soul jazz / free soul anthem that needs little comment, dated 1969

John Klemmer - Free Soul (1969)

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Initially released by the Yarbirds in 1965, this song was covered in 1978 by Chilly, a German Euro-Disco band.

Among the 00's edits made out of it, I find this one pretty good

Chilly - for your love (1978) - OOFT simple edit

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Splendid recent cover of this JORGE BEN (Brasil all time greatest singer / composer) track

Rosalia de Souza (2009) - Carolina Carol Bela (Jorge ben 1975)

Gospel inspired TRUTH only produced one album, that includes 2 disco gemms, this one and International Dancer (compiled by Joey Negro lately)

Truth - Coming home (1980)

Gilberto Gil - Palco (Edit) 1982

Here is the happy result of a partnership of SOUNDSOFTHE70S.BLOGSPOT and master editer DISCOTECH who performed this splendid dancefloor oriented edit of a track I supplied.

This song is a GEORGE DUKE production, no joke!

Thanks to Discotech for his amazing editing skills, hoping for more partnership.

A taste of honey - Rescue me (1980) Discotech edit

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Originally formed in 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Joneses were a five-piece vocal group whose members also played instruments. The group first achieved success in 1974 with the club hits Sugar Pie Guy and Hey Babe (Is The Get t in' Still Good?). Their debut album, Keepin up with the Joneses was released by Mercury in the same year.After the release of their debut, The Joneses briefly disbanded before regrouping in 1977, this time recording a self-titled album for the Epic label, with production and arrangements by Philadelphia International Records guitarist Bobby Eli.Recorded in Philadelphia s Sigma Sound Studios at the height of the Philly Soul era, this rare gem went on to become a staple of the Modern Soul movement and features the underground classics Who Loves You and Rat Race, among others.

The Joneses - Rat Race (1977)

this anthem was valid in the 70s, isnt it still now?

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I love to think that the 70s history is made of families who produced musical geniuses, the first of all being the Jackson family.

I discovered Edmund Sylvers recently in this nice LP. The Sylvers was a great 70s band but none of the brothers knew the success of the peer Jackson brothers... fate !

Here a super groovy track who could have been sung by Michal Jackson, don't you think?

Edmund Sylvers - At the top (1980)

From the super cool LP Double or Nothing by Lani Hall (1979),

here is an edit of a track that would perfectly fit into a Adult Oriented Rock (AOR) mix

Lani Hall - Magic Garden 1979 (Northern Rascal edit)

Wikepdia says:

"Davis Eli "David" Ruffin was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations from 1964 to 1968 (or the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known). He was the lead voice on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg. Known for his unique raspy and anguished tenor vocals, Ruffin was ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2008"

judge by yourself.. not to mention the splendid orchestra arranging in the background !

David Ruffin - Love can be hazardous (1975)

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let's go back to work in a good mood... here is my treat for you guys : a sublime pumped-up edit of this classic track from the all-time favorite THE CRUSADERS lp STREET LIFE of 1979

the editing job is just awsome, I wish there were more edits of this quality around..

The Crusaders - My Lady (Todd Terje edit) 1979

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Monster early 80s funk track to enlight your summer

Zalmac - Dreamin (1982)

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Ultracool and funky track by Joao Bosco, one of the biggest 70s Brasilian composer

Joao Bosco - Cobra Criada (1979)

Sunbear - Let Love Flow For Peace (1977)

Splendid soft funk track, full of amazing loops!

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One of my all time favorite track, by Arthur Verocai Brazilian 70s god

Arthur Verocai - Presente Grego (1972)

Trippy cover, but super good boogaloo !

Also appeared in compilation Big Ol Bag o Boogaloo

Latin blues band - Take a trip

Summer 1974 in NY city... do you feel it? "Electric" latin funk at its best

Cortijo & his time machine - La Verdad (1974)

Super cool disco funk rock by Earl Young (MFSB, Salsoul drummer)

Ripped with Accuphase HIFI 1979 equipment

The Atlanta Disco Band - I am trying (1975)