Silk — Midnight Dancer (1979). Funky 45 Friday. #vinyl

Bootsy's Rubber Band — Stretchin' Out (In A Rubber Band) (1976). Are you stretchin' out and hangin' loose in a rubber band? Are you spreadin' funk all across the land? I believe Mr. William "Bootsy" Collins will hit you with The One on the fun. #vinyl

Barbara Mitchell — Get Me Through The Night (1984). Under the radar boogie from the former lead singer of Motown disco group High Inergy. #vinyl

Horace "Ace" Davis and G & G Rhythmn Section — Funkadelic Funk (198?). Diving into a slice of Canadian – Toronto! – disco rap from the early '80s following the explosion of interest that the Surgarhill Gang sparked around the world with Rapper's Delight. #vinyl

Gonzalez — Peoples Party (1979). Went through my 45s this evening and selected this. A nice slice of funky disco on a major label that is not well known and doesn't get a lot of shine. #vinyl

Firefly — Love (Is Gonna Be On Your Side) (1981). Classic early Italo-disco that every disco DJ should have in their collection. #vinyl

Jaisún — Shackin' Up (1977). Soul singer Jaisún Johnson (also known as Jaisun McMillian) released this album and two singles in the '70s, which includes this funk track.

Orlando Johnson And Trance — Chocolate City (1984). Enjoying some heavy boogie funk on a Monday afternoon. #vinyl

Dunn And Bruce Street — Shout For Joy (1982). Boogie soul from the duo Dunn Pearson, Jr. and Bruce Gray. #vinyl

Fatback Band — Concrete Jungle (1980). Funk and disco perfection. The bass, synths and percussion do it for me. #vinyl

Conquest — Give It To Me (If You Don't Mind) (1981). Disco and funk band Conquest released four singles in a five-year span for Prelude Records and Epic Records. Unfortunately, the group didn't release an album's worth of material, which is surprising since their limited output was strong. #vinyl

Toney Lee — Reach Up (1982). The music world lost singer, songwriter and producer Toney Lee this week, known for this uplifting boogie slice of dancefloor grooves. RIP. #vinyl

Amra — Special Kind Of Love (I Need What You Got) (1983). Rare Canadian boogie originating from Montreal. #vinyl

A Taste Of Honey — Rescue Me (1980). The long search for this track on 7", produced by the legendary George Duke, is finally over. This disco song was immediately sampled by Sugar Hill Records rap group Funky 4 + 1 for their track That's The Joint. #vinyl

Asphalt Jungle — Freakin' Time (1979). Treated myself to some retail therapy today and came away with more records to the collection, including this 12" funk monster. #vinyl

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Inez Brooks — Chillin' Out (1981). Rare sultry soul on the West End label by a vocalist who only had one release before vanishing off the musical map. #vinyl

Sharon Redd — Love How You Feel (1983). While I already have the album version, the 12" finally found its way to my collection recently. A great uptempo disco boogie cut. #vinyl

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The Staple Singers — This Is Our Night (1984). Boogie heat that you should not sleep on from the legendary gospel and soul group. #vinyl

The Antilles — Let's Shake (1982). Starting my Monday morning with some Brit funk. #vinyl

Prince — Automatic (1982). Happy birthday to the once in a generational talent on what would have been his 68th trip around the sun. Of all his '80s releases, the synths on this song bring me back to my youth. #vinyl

Southroad Connection — Just A Little Bit Of Funk (1978). Just a little bit of funky music on Friday. #vinyl

Dexter Wansel — I Just Want To Love You (1978). Many lives well lived in the soul, funk and disco world have departed in recent days. Bassist Ronald LaPread of the Commodores, Foster Sylvers of The Sylvers, and vocalist Peabo Bryson. But real heads will recognize the musical genius of Dexter Wansel.

Foster Sylvers — Misdemeanor (1973). Adding my condolences to the Sylvers family following the passing of Foster Sylvers over the weekend. Foster was a member of the disco, funk, and soul family act The Sylvers from Los Angeles, who had hits with Boogie Fever, Hot Line, and High School Dance. #vinyl

The Crusaders — New Moves (1984). Was out of town this week to get my batteries recharged, which included snooping around for vinyl. This was one of many records I scooped up, disco and boogie heat on the cheap. #vinyl

Unknown Artist — Who's Making Love (1973). Hard-hitting instrumental cover of Johnnie Taylor's 1968 soul smash hit, played by the house band for dance instruction label Hoctor Records. #vinyl

Temper — No Favors (1984). Nice uptempo disco boogie crossed off my wants list, featuring Anthony Malloy and Cleveland Wright III, songwriters, singers and producers from New York City. #vinyl

Karen Silver — Nobody Else (1981). While a mixed bag of music, two songs that stand out for me on the Canadian vocalist's second and last LP are the title track and Nobody Else. #vinyl

Diane Richards — Forget About Your Lady (1983). Late night vibes. Grown folks music. Summer sounds. Hotter weather is upon us for a few days before temperatures dip later this week. I'm enjoying it while I can ☀️🌞🌅 #vinyl

Jenny B — Sexy Eyes (1988). U.K. street soul to mellow out to in the middle of a long weekend. #vinyl

Pegasus — Fly (1978). One-album disco group Pegasus was produced by the late Doors bassist Jack Conrad following the success of funky disco band The Bottom Line in the mid-1970s. #vinyl

Terry Garthwaite — Ticket To Chicago (1978). If I told you this was mainly a funk album, would you believe it? Jazz producer Orrin Keepnews assembled a veteran cast of musicians including Jay Graydon on guitar, Joe Farrell on trombone, and session drummer John Guerin to lay the groove down. #vinyl

FLB — Space Lady (1978). Feeling some space funk and disco breaks, courtesy of Fat Larry's Band. #vinyl

Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band — Son Of Scorpio (1972). Found this in a pile of easy listening boxes for 25¢ over the weekend. Vinyl is solid but the cover's bottom seam has a long split and two delete notches. Best quarter I have ever spent. #vinyl

Tom Hooker — Only One (Funky Version) (1986). One of several disco and boogie finds in the thrifts today. Found some records I've never heard nor seen before. #vinyl

Buddy Rich — Chameleon (1980). One of the first records I found digging in the crates at the thrifts was this live LP by legendary drummer Buddy Rich. Solid jazz-funk grooves on this Herbie Hancock cover from his groundbreaking Head Hunters album. #vinyl

Maxayn — Trying For Days (1974). Third and final LP by the funk and soul group named after vocalist Maxayn Lewis (AKA Paulette Parker), who also played piano, and arranged and produced the album. The featured track is a nearly seven-minute funk workout, complete with horn stabs. #vinyl

Richard Jon Smith — She's The Master (Of The Game) (1983). Excellent disco boogie, one of a few 12s of his in my collection. #vinyl

Prince Albert Orchestra — Try To Satisfy Me (1977). One-off funky disco release by French composer, keyboardist, and producer Albert Verrecchia, who used the alias Albert Prince. #vinyl

Kleeer — To Groove You (1978). The B-side cut to the disco groover Keeep Your Body Workin', this is one of those breezy soul songs which you don't think about flipping onto the turntable. #vinyl

Kano — Party (1981). This has to be the closest Kano ever got to laying down some P-Funk among their italo-disco output. #vinyl

Lee Gagnon — Les Passants Du Soir (1973). For the beat heads, some jazz funk from the Quebec saxophonist, flutist, arranger and composer. #vinyl

Rockie Robbins — You Finally Found The One (1985). Nice boogie track by the Minneapolis native. #vinyl

Gino Soccio — Turn It Around (1984). One of the few new songs that appeared on the Canadian disco legend's Remember album, which is mostly a compilation of his earlier work. #vinyl

Spice featuring Bunny Davis — Sweet Norma Jones (1974). Solid soul single from Philly, with disco legend John Davis – likely no relation – co-producing and providing string and horn arrangements. #vinyl

Caroline McKeon — Fit To Be Tied (1980). Cool compilation album released by a Tampa-area radio station of the best rock music by local acts. While the vast majority are straight ahead rock songs of the era, this great AOR track featuring some nice sax work found its way onto the LP. #vinyl

OVS — Crimes Of Passion (Remix) (1985). Oattes Van Schaik, formerly known as The Limit, are Bernard Oattes and Rob van Schaik. The Dutch duo released an album and a series of synth-pop, boogie and soul records in the 1980s. Can't say there are any misses among their recordings. #vinyl

Today's vinyl haul during Record Store Day. Apart from the 45s, the rest are minty sealed freshness that didn't break the bank or put a hole in my wallet. Amra was a longtime want while those Wynd Chymes 45s were a nice surprise. #vinyl

Strange Passion — Desire (1976). One of Canada's most prolific disco producers, Tony Green (Antonio DiVerdis-Mazzone) also wrote, arranged, mixed and on occasion play guitar. The group appears to be a studio assemblage which also recorded another single that year before retiring the name. #vinyl