Breakbeats

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FMG-9 Betty Harris-The...

Betty Harris / Big John Hamilton - There's A Break In The Road / Big...

$ 12.00

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F-5411 Brother Soul-Tr...

Fraternity Music Group continues their impeccable track record of unearthing the finest in funk and...

$ 10.00

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FMG-12 Eastside Connec...

"Frisco Disco," originally released in 1978, is undisputed as one of the all-time top classic...

$ 14.00

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TR-150 Miss Hot Stuff/...

Clarence Reid (born February 14, 1939 in Cochran, Georgia) is probably better known as Blowfly. As Blowfly, he...

$ 14.00

TR-101 Nothin' But A P...

$ 15.00

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TR-1001 Soul Chicken -...

Bobby Allen was born in Crowley, Louisiana. In the early 1960s he started singing with different...

$ 15.00

{"id":3865347205,"title":"TR-140 Tony Grazette\/The Blue Rhythm Combo-Merry Disc\/The Blue Rhythm Combo-Black Water Gold","handle":"tr-140-tony-grazette-the-blue-rhythm-combo-merry-disc","description":"\u003cspan\u003eThe most popular group in the Caribbean was probably the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlue Rhythm Combo (BRC)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They were not only the most popular but definitely the funkiest band for sure. Not many bands had such a high-quality output of heavy funk 45RPM singles as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They released a couple of 45s on the local Merry Disc label during the early 1970s. All of them are extremely hard to find nowadays and, obviously, became sought-after collector items. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTake The Funky Feeling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Water Gold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have always been the favourite tunes from the Tramp Records crew. Thus a re-issue of those two tunes back-to-back on a 45RPM single was just natural. Watch out for more rare funk 45s coming from Germany's leading re-issue label Tramp Records.\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2016-03-02T10:51:00-05:00","created_at":"2016-03-02T10:53:02-05:00","vendor":"Tramp","type":"45's - 7inches","tags":["\u0026 Friends","45","45s","45s7inch","7inch","Deep Funk 45","Dopewax","Funk 45","kay-dee","KAYDEE","kaydeerecords","Kenny Dope","Tramp"],"price":1200,"price_min":1200,"price_max":1200,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":11471127749,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"TR-140 Tony Grazette\/The Blue Rhythm Combo-Merry Disc\/The Blue Rhythm Combo-Black Water Gold","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1200,"weight":43,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":""}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/5143\/products\/cover.jpg?v=1465438581"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/5143\/products\/cover.jpg?v=1465438581","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cspan\u003eThe most popular group in the Caribbean was probably the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlue Rhythm Combo (BRC)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They were not only the most popular but definitely the funkiest band for sure. Not many bands had such a high-quality output of heavy funk 45RPM singles as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They released a couple of 45s on the local Merry Disc label during the early 1970s. All of them are extremely hard to find nowadays and, obviously, became sought-after collector items. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTake The Funky Feeling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Water Gold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have always been the favourite tunes from the Tramp Records crew. Thus a re-issue of those two tunes back-to-back on a 45RPM single was just natural. Watch out for more rare funk 45s coming from Germany's leading re-issue label Tramp Records.\u003c\/span\u003e"}

TR-140 Tony Grazette/T...

The most popular group in the Caribbean was probably the Blue Rhythm Combo (BRC). They were...

$ 12.00

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TR-108 Oceanliners-Fun...

Best of their two releases under their own name the originals of this have remained...

$ 20.00

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