Slave — Separated (1977). RIP Steve Washington, band leader of Dayton, Ohio funk band Slave. In the early '80s, he left the group and founded Aurra with other members of Slave, influenced by the smoother disco and boogie sounds emerging at the time. #vinyl

Total Contrast — Takes A Little Time (The Bandito Mix) (1985). Boogie find and cheap heat from the thrifts this weekend. Early production work by Scotsman Steve Harvey after recording for London Records a couple years earlier. #vinyl

George Benson and the Harlem Underground Band — Smokin Cheeba-Cheeba (1978). Blues funk from the legendary jazz guitarist, with vocals from Ann Winley, the daughter of label owner Paul Winley. Famous for its drum break as well. #vinyl

Michele Richard — Je Veux T'Aimer (1979). Digging deep for that French Canadian — Quebecois! — cover of Chic's disco hit I Want Your Love. #vinyl

The Undisputed Truth — I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love (1979). Soul music to warm your soul on a cold winter's day. #vinyl

Atlantic Starr — Circles (1982). OG 12" promo album cut/single edit bought this past weekend. The grooves are nicely spaced out so you can pump up the volume. #vinyl

Jorge Ben — Boiadeiro (1979). Funky Brazilian disco from the samba and bossa nova legend. I rarely seek out music from Brazil, but this album was filed in the shop's funk and soul section where I usually dig. #vinyl

Con Funk Shun — Body Lovers (1981). I celebrate this band's entire funk catalogue. #vinyl

Tracy Huang — You Belong To Me (1978). Prolific Taiwanese singer covers Carly Simon's blue-eyed soul hit, which was originally recorded by the Doobie Brothers the year before. The song was written by Simon and Michael McDonald composed the music. #vinyl

Ronn Matlock — Love City (1979). Dollar bin find over the weekend due to the record's VG condition. Still plays amazing. Also in the collection is his Let Me Dance singles on 12" promo and 7", including the soulful You Got The Best Of Me on the flip. Real soul heads know the deal. #vinyl

Hipnotic — Are You Lonely? (1983/2025). New arrival. Sought after Canadian soul/funk/boogie masterpiece gets a 7" edit without dropping the intro. Don't sleep. #vinyl

L.T.D. — Burnin' Hot (1981). Recently rescued from the dollar bins. Spreading the funk into 2026 and beyond. #vinyl

David Ruffin — Sexy Dancer (1979). By the late '70s, the former Temptations singer was well established as a solo soul artist, which suited his raspy voice. He also dipped into the disco scene, but was unable to hit the charts. #vinyl

Network — Out Of Danger (1985). Rare Canadian pressing of the extended version of this synth-boogie jam. The band only managed to release an album and two singles in the mid-'80s before going their separate ways. #vinyl

Pyrymyd — Shake It Down (1980). New addition to the collection to begin 2026. Obscure Memphis funk from a band which released one LP and this single to little fanfare. #vinyl

Pleasure — Celebrate The Good Things (1978). A great message to start the new year. #vinyl

Viola Wills — I Can't Stay Away From You (1981). Solid under the radar disco from the late vocalist, who began her singing career in the mid-'60s under a then unknown Barry White. #vinyl

R.J.'s Latest Arrival — Movin' On Up (1983). Fairly recent boogie funk addition to the collection. #vinyl

Eagles — Funky New Year (1978). Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year, discovering music new and old and vinyl large and small. #vinyl

The Boone Bros. — (Party People) Throwdown (1983). Instrumental electrofunk sole release from Detroit siblings Curtiss, Herschel and Everett Boone, who also wrote, performed and produced with other artists. #vinyl

Basic Black And Pearl — White Christmas (1975). The holiday radio staple goes disco soul, recorded as a studio project in Montreal. Merry Christmas and happy holidays! #vinyl

Jose "Chepito" Areas — Morning Star (1974). Bought this album two years ago, and revisiting it again. The Nicaraguan percussionist, who played with Santana for the better part of the 1970s, released this eponymous LP chock full of Latin music as well as this Chicano soul cut. #vinyl

Cold Magic — Love Christmas Love (1980). Stepping into the holiday spirit with this Canadian studio one-off Christmas version of the Erotic Drum Band's Love Disco Style. #vinyl

Don Covay — Money (That's What I Want) (1973). Friday 45 selection is this funky workout from the late soul legend. #vinyl

Doug Richardson — Night Talk (1977). Canadian jazz-funk from the late Toronto saxophonist, who played with short-lived Canuck rock band Motherlode while also guesting on other artists' records. #vinyl

The Jammers — Out To Get You (2025). Third compilation by @still_music_chicago of unreleased boogie and disco tracks, instrumentals, and demos from Richie Weeks, the man behind Weeks & Co.'s hit Rock Your World. Highly recommended. #vinyl

Funkadelic — Red Hot Momma (1975). Sometimes you just need to crank up Eddie Hazel's guitar on a cold Tuesday night in December. #vinyl

Phil Keaggy — Nobody's Playgirl Now (1982). Smooth Christian AOR track about a woman who found religion after working as a Playboy bunny. #vinyl

Réginald Policard & Le Caribbean Sextet — Décidé Ou (1989). Cool recent find while digging in the crates. Soulful with a hint of Balearic influences. #vinyl

Steve Bender — The Final Thing (1977). Listening to funky German disco on a Friday afternoon. #vinyl

Jack Tobi — Love To See You Dance (1978). Record show find on Sunday. Never seen nor heard of this album by the artist, who grew up in the South Bronx and later settled down in Toronto. #vinyl

Ozone — Strutt My Thang (1983). This album completes my collection of the funk band, their last LP before disbanding due to limited promotion by Motown. #vinyl

Aurra — Like I Like It (1985). Surprised I have yet to share this boogie jam – until now. From the Dayton, Ohio, band who are an offshoot of Slave. #vinyl

Marcus Miller — Lovin' You (1983). Two years after Roberta Flack recorded this song for the Bustin' Loose soundtrack, the bassman himself laid the funk down for his first solo album. #vinyl

Jimmy Cliff — Sitting In Limbo (1973). RIP to the reggae legend, who passed away earlier today. Jimmy Cliff's contributions to The Harder They Come, one of the most highly rated movie soundtracks of all time, were immense for the future of the musical genre. #vinyl

Rob McConnell — Pretty Woman (1982). West Coast/AOR/yacht rock/seafood restaurant jazz vibes from the Canadian trombone legend. #vinyl

Unknown Artist — Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eyes On The Sparrow) (1978). Hong Kong record I recently bought. There is no information on the release about who performed the '70s TV show covers, but the funk and grooves are undeniable. #vinyl

David Hudson — Just A Feeling (1987). Soul music on a rainy but relaxing Saturday night.

Buffalo Soldier — Too Late Mama (1983). British-Finnish B-side boogie bopper that's been hiding in my collection for the past year. #vinyl

Rendezvous — Give It If You Got It (1979). My favourite track from this sole album studio assemblage at the tail end of the mainstream disco era, masterminded by British producer Alan Hawkshaw. For Toronto heads, the cover was photographed at The Guild Inn Estate by the Scarborough Bluffs. #vinyl

Wayne Newton — You Stepped Into My Life (1979). The Bee Gees original from '76, covered by Melba Moore @melba1moore two years later before Mr. Las Vegas stepped into the disco scene. #vinyl

RAH Band — Slide (1981). An instrumental disco banger by British producer, arranger, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist Richard Hewson, and re-edited by Canadian club DJ Wally MacDonald. Hewson used his initials for the name of his disco studio project. #vinyl

Gil Scott-Heron — Home Is Where The Hatred Is (1971). Sharing this on a lazy Sunday morning while it is snowing outside. ❄️❄️❄️ #vinyl

Limmie Funk Limited — Soul Rules O.K. (1977). U.K. soul and disco band from the late 1970s which later evolved into the Nick Straker Band of "A Little Bit Of Jazz" fame. #vinyl

Billie Jean cover from an obscure Canadian record. That drum intro too 🥁🥁🥁 #vinyl

Boule Noire — Il Me Faut Une Femme (1979). Nearly seven-and-a-half minutes of funky disco, complete with horn stabs and handclaps, by the late Quebecois singer Georges Thurston. #vinyl

T.U.M.E. — Stone Cold Freak (1975). Bought this album a while ago, but didn't give it a proper listen until now. A great mix of funk and soul on this one album group, featuring Howard Huntsberry (of Klique fame) on drums and vocals, and Ron Kersey (Salsoul Orchestra/The Trammps) on keyboards. #vinyl

Bar-Kays — Do You See What I See? (1972). The prolific Memphis band regrouped following a plane crash in the late '60s, which took the lives of Otis Redding and all but two members of the group while they were employed as his backing band. #vinyl

Ojiji — Forgotten Dream (1979). Toronto jazz-funk and reggae album by Rupert Harvey, founder and lead vocalist of the band Messenjah. He and brother Carl Harvey emigrated to Canada from Jamaica and were soon signed by Columbia Records in the mid-'70s to a recording contract for Crack Of Dawn. #vinyl

Sandy Steele — Mind Your Own Business (1980). Canadian leftfield disco cover of the original by British post-punk and new wave band Delta 5. Not much is known about this artist, which may be a pseudonym used by prolific Montreal producer Jerry Cucuzzella for one of his studio disco projects. #vinyl