This week in the stack we celebrate birthdays of Joe Sample and Rick James. RIP Sly Dunbar. It's forty years since Janet Jackson's Control dropped, so that's in the mix too...
Otherwise it's the usual - papering over the cracks between Brazilian boogie, Turkish psych, bit of Latin, jazz-funk, soul, whatever else made sense at the time. Three hours from the crates as usual.
the Crusaders - A Ballad for Joe
the Crusaders - Marcella's dream
Tom Scott & the LA Express - Sneakin in the back
Johnny Bristol - Rosebud
Joe Sample - Night Flight
Dennis Edwards - Don't look any further
Salt of the Earth - Love light II
Southern Energy Ensemble - Energy
Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek - Nem Kaldi
Vertical Hold - You Can't Go Wrong
Amp Fiddler, Sly & Robbie - Be alright
Blasck + Brown - 4V
Business Partner - Wrong
Late Nite Music Band - Sundace
Jordi Sabatos - Ocells Del Mes Enlla Part 3
Sarah Jane Morris & Mario Biondi - Back Together
Incognito - Running Away
Yuts And Culture - Back To Ma Funk
Janet Jackson - What have you done for me lately?
Gwen Guthrie - Peanut butter
Gwen Guthrie - Padlock
Rose Royce - Listen Up
Betty Wright - Get Biz-E
Paulinho Da Costa - Carioca
Homeboy and the C.O.L. - I saw you dancing
Brylho - Cheque sem fundos
Franklin - Future love
Darnell Williams - Take My Love
Carl Anderson - Got To Find A Way To Get To You
Pheeroan Aklaff - Fits Like A Glove
Rick James - Mary Jane (1981 Live in Long Beach)
GENA - Lead it up
Yazmin Lacey - Ain't I good for you