Calypso, blues, disco, funk, reggae, bruckdown, soul, folk — in the kitchen, Belizians would call it Boil Up. For the New York Post, ‘indispensable’; the Chicago Tribune’s ‘best reissue of the year’ (2006).

Seventies Caribbean soul and funk — one ear tuned in to nearby Miami, with reggae and jazz in the mix too — from Frank Penn’s Freeport operation.

Almost preposterous, this beautiful snapshot of a US expat community fetched up in Dimona, Israel, in the second half of the seventies, holding faith with its love of Chicago soul and spiritual jazz.

The South Londoners’ amazing 1972 LP debut, including Caribbean-funk classics Bra and The Message, the deep Santana vibes of Dove, the playful grounation of Folk Song…

Brand-new, pedigree r&b. Perforce nostalgic — heavy on the Paisley, dense like P-Funk, ecstatic like MPG — but a warmly recommended return.

This time coupled with an unedited version of his crossover modern dancer It’s No Mistake.

Hip dance sides and Lowrider ballads from Darrow’s Chicago years.
From his career-opening smash The Pain Gets A Little Deeper, via Northern dancefloor classics like My Young Misery, Infatuation and Gotta Draw The Line, and ballads like Sitting There That Night and My Judgement Day, through to the new social consciousness of Now Is The Time For Love, recorded in 1971 for his step-dad Johnnie Haygood’s Genna label.

Her amazing masterwork — the last word in raunchy hard funk, with Anti Love Song, of course, and three decent bonus tracks. Props to Sly Stone’s drummer Greg Errico, and Larry Graham. BD, so BaaaaD.