Originally released in 1985 on Arista Records. The Wootens formed a family band in the eighties. The Wootens are Victor, Roy, Joe, Regi and Rudy wooten. It was at one of the gigs that they came to the attention of Kashif. Later two members Roy (drums) and Joe (keyboards) toured with kashif. Kashif enlisted bassist Wayne Braithwaite and guitarist Ira Siegel as producer for this album. Other great names are: Kenny G, LaLa, Najee, Steve Horton and B.J. Nelson. This album has that typical Kashif sound.

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Funkateer Bootsy Collins is back after nine years with a brand new studio album which contains seventeen funk tracks. Collins Collins and his pals (including Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Bela Fleck and Samuel L. Jackson). Even Bobby Womack sings his longs out on 'Don’t Take My Funk' which is my favourite track on this album. This CD will be released on May 3, 2011. Read more for sound snippets.

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The Commodores third album 'Movin' On' was released in 1975 on Motown Records. In the early seventies The Commodores where a real funk band. The played real hard funk with lots of Horns and Bass. Later they crossed over to pop, adult contemporary r&b with songs like 'Three Times A Lady' and 'Still'. This album contains some real funk killers like 'Hold On', 'Free', '(Can I) Get A Witness', 'Gimme My Mule'. These tracks consists of great Horn Sections and great hooks. But they could record also great soul tunes, with lead vocalist Lionel Richie, like 'Sweet Love', 'Time' and the instrumental 'Cebu'. You can buy this CD on Vinyl-Masterpiece.com

Some of your favorite TDR artists are featured such as Blaktroniks, Opolopo, Personal Life, Positive Flow and SoulParlor. On the mic we have Amalia, Eneeks, Heidi Vogel, Lyric L, Pete Simpson, Sacha Williamson. And the winners of the label's remix

July 22, 2014 – New York, NY - Steve Arrington, 1980s hit maker and former front man of funk legends Slave, is back after a 20+ year hiatus from the music business. On September 29, 2014, Steve will release his new album Way Out (80-84), an album c omposed of unreleased material, re-mastered classics and much more via Tummy Touch Records.

	Gene van Buren's is one of the best kept secrets in black music with his one and only album "What's your pleasure" from 1982. In 82 Gene van Buren, or Eugene that was his birth name got a fine contract with the Motown owned Tamla label. In December 82 van Buren finally released his debut. One of the most impressive facts was that he wrote all the nine tracks and all the lyrics with just a few exceptions by himself. All the tracks were published by Jobete Music Co.
With a voice similar to Glenn Jones van Buren delivered a very strong debut with a mix of soul and funk. Among the fast tracks two fantastic smokers exceeds the rest by a far margin in "Enjoy yourself" and "Rock the house". Two fantastic songs with so much joy presented in a outstanding mix of soul and funk with the main weight laying on the latter. Buren stretches his voice to the very limit of his ability but it never get out of hand. The rest of the LP also includes dens and funky "Action" and likewise funky "I give you good love" with a touching song effort. Buren also manage to deliver three excellent ballads in "When is my turn" (with a short and blissful Toots Thieleman inspired passage), "I love you more (than I hate what you do)" and "One", all performed with sensitivity and finesse. Parts of Bio from Patriks Soul Funk Special Buy This CD From FunktownGrooves.com Now!

	One of the albums on my want list, for many years, was Gary Taylor's debut album from 1983 originally pressed on vinyl in the a&m records factory. But finally it's on CD. This CD contains as bonus the track 'On the line' in a long version. The other nine tracks are also on the vinyl version. Gary produced his debut album by himself with the help of Craig Ragland. Beside writing and producing Gary played the Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano, Synthesizers and does the Lead Vocals.
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New York Native Tom Browne best known from his #1 hit 'Funkin' For Jamaica' of 1980 releaesed this album on vinyl back in 1984 on Arista Records. This reissue from funkytowngrooves is remastered from the master tapes and is expanded with two long version bonus tracks of 'Loop' and the killer tune 'Secret Fantasy'. This album reached #49 on the Billboard R&B album chart. Some well known artists are credited on this album, such as Maurice Starr, Felton Pilate and Siedah Garrett. Check the sound samples on the album page
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Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, will release on 17 April 2012 A new collection of 15 seldom-heard deep album tracks and movie soundtrack songs by Luther Vandross. It will be released just three day’s prior to Luther’s birthday on April 20. The liner notes are written by Luthers collaborator Fonzi Thornton. The album was compiled in collaboration with Luthers Family. Epic was Luthers record label for 15 years. His first recording for Epic was the album 'Never Too Much' from 1981.

UK based Expansion records released on 23 may an album with 20 tracks by various artists featuring music written, produced or with members of Earth Wind and Fire. Track listing: Tequila Mockingbird - Dee Dee Bridgewater Got To Find My Way - Pockets The Boy I Left Behind - Deniece Williams Glow Love - Mighty Clouds Of Joy Let Love Groove Me - Sylvia St. James Love Uprising (Single Version) - Tavares Answer To My Prayer - Alton McClain & Destiny Let's Get Together - Paulinho Da Costa Dancin' - Grey and Hanks Angels - Flora Purim All For You - Ronnie Laws There'll Never Be Another Moment - The Emotions Sun Goddess (Single Version) - Ramsey Lewis City Lights - Valerie Carter Ancient Source - Caldera And I Do - Abraham Laboriel feat. Philip Bailey Lover's Touch - Chaka Khan I Waited - Blue Magic (Once In A Lifetime) Dream Come True - Starguard Theme for Relana - Gene Harris

Various Artists: Today’s Soulful Sound of Detroit

The Detroit Sound Returns. A follow up to the highly acclaimed release of the Classic Detroit Style R&B CD. “Today’s Soulful Sound of Detroit” takes us a step further back in time to The Golden Age of Detroit Music while at the same time propelling us into the future of Detroit music. Featuring eight songs from the British LP release, with five songs from a previous release, the additional songs include The Funk Factor’s slick and funky “Here We Come”, the sweet stepping “Physically Attracted To You” by Sterling Davis and ReNeda’s rousing “Be Free”. With so many great songs it’s hard to pick what to highlight, but “Come Inside” by Faschone and the remixed version of “Anytime You Need Love” by Forte with the sizzling vocals of Jose Hamilton take a prominent stand. The best suggestion, take your pick and choose your favorite selection. The Detroit Sound is Coming Back Strong.