Article on Boogie + 100 Essential Tracks

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Thanks to SportCasual for making me aware of the 'best Boogie albums' thread. Here's the article I wrote for UK publication, Strobelight Honey, last year - The Building Blocks Of Boogie.Original piece included 50 Boogie Essentials, courtesy of Sean P (British Boogie aficionado). This list has been extended to 100 Boogie Essentials for my electrofunkroots website.Hope you enjoy:http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/articles/the_building_blocks_of_boogie.html

Bapt

Thanks for the link.

PATX

That article is essential reading, but we like lists so here goes:

Some of these you can't give away in NYC, others I don't think I'll ever see in the wild.

Gayle Adams - Stretchin Out is probably my favorite Prelude until the sax solo comes in Re-edit time.

Escorts - Make Me Over is a great one that could be on there?

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Al McCall 'Hard Times' (West End 12")
B.B.C.S. & A Band 'Rock Shock' (Sam 12")
B.T. (Brenda Taylor) ???You Can???t Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too??? (After Hour/West End 12???)
The Bobbettes ???Love Rhythm??? (Q-It 12???)
Bobbi Humphrey ???Baby, Don???t You Know??? (Uno Melodic 12???)
Bohannon ???Wake Up??? (Compleat 12???)
Captain Sky ???Super Sporm??? (AVI LP)
Carol Williams ???Can???t Get Away??? (Vanguard 12???)
Carole Sylvan ???Think??? (Sound Of New York 12???)
Cloud One ???Flying High??? (Heavenly Star 12???)
Clyde Alexander & Sanction 'Got To Get Your Love' (Heavenly Star 12")
Columbus Circle ???If You Read My Mind??? (Elektra 12???)
Convertion 'Let's Do It' (Sam 12")
Conway & Temple ???Love Lights??? (Old Town 12???)
Derrick 'Boogie Times' (Sunnyview 12")
D-Train ???Keep On??? (Prelude 12???)
D-Train 'You're The One For Me' (Prelude 12")
Eighties Ladies 'Turned On To You' (Uno Melodic 12")
Electrik Funk ???On A Journey (I Sing The Funk Electric)??? (Prelude 12???)
Evelyn King ???I???m In Love??? (RCA 12???)
Exodus ???Together Forever??? (Charlotte Amalie 12???)
The Fantastic Aleems, Featuring Leroy Burgess 'Get Down Friday Night' (Nia 12")
Fat Larry???s Band ???Act Like You Know??? (WMOT 12???)
Foreal People ???Love Begins With You??? (Tropique 12???)
Forrrce 'Keep On Dancin' (Phase II)' (West End 12")
Funk Fusion Band ???Can You Feel It??? (WMOT 12???)
Gayle Adams ???Stretch??? In Out??? (Prelude 12???)
Gene Dunlap ???Party In Me??? (Capitol 12???)
George Benson 'Give Me The Night' (Warner Bros. 12")
Gino Soccio ???Try It Out??? (Atlantic 12???)
Glen Adams Affair ???Just A Groove??? (Sam 12???)
Greg Henderson ???Dreamin?????? (Rain 12???)
The Gunchback Boogie Band ???Funn??? (Prelude 12???)
Halloween 'Come See What It's All About' (Mercury 12")
Heaven & Earth ???I Really Love You??? (WMOT 12???)
High Fashion ???Feelin??? Lucky Lately??? (Capitol 12???)
Hi-Gloss ???It???s Up To You??? (Prelude LP)
Hipnotic ???Are You Lonely??? (Street Level 12???)
Hi-Voltage ???Let???s Get Horny??? (One Way 12???)
Ingram ???Would You Like To Fly??? (Mirage LP)
Inner Life ???(Knock Out) Let???s Go Another Round??? (Salsoul LP)
Inner Life ???Find Somebody??? (Salsoul LP)
Inner Life ???I Like It Like That??? (Salsoul 12???)
Inner Life 'Moment Of My Life' (Salsoul 12")
Jagg 'Take Time' (Delirium 12")
The Jammers ???Be Mine Tonight???/???What Have You Got To Lose???/???And You Know That??? (Salsoul 12???)
Jeanette ???Lady??? Day ???Come, Let Me Love You??? (Prelude 12???)
K.I.D. ???Hupendi Muziki Wangu?! (You Don???t Like My Music)??? (Sam 12???)
Komiko ???Feel Alright??? (Sam 12???)
Kreamcicle ???Hold On??? (Sam 12???)
Lee Prentiss ???Love This Way??? (MSB 12???)
Lisa Hill 'I Am On The Real Side' (Cherry Hill 12")
Logg 'Logg' (Salsoul LP)
Mahogany ???Ride On The Rhythm??? (West End 12???)
Masurrati & Huey Harris ???Super-Duper (Lovin???)??? (Lioness 12???)
Michael Wilson 'Groove It To Your Body' (Prelude 12")
Michelle Wallace ???It???s Right???/???Tee???s Right??? (Emergency 12???)
Michelle Wallace ???Jazzy Rhythm??? (Emergency 12???)
Mike & Brenda Sutton ???Don???t Let Go Of Me??? (Sam 12???)
Montana Sextet ???Heavy Vibes??? (PSW 12???)
New Jersey Connection ???Love Don???t Come Easy??? (Carnival 12???)
Northend, Featuring Michelle Wallace 'Happy Days???/???Tee???s Happy' (Emergency 12")
Oneness Of Juju ???Every Way But Loose??? (Sutra 12???)
Peech Boys ???Don???t Make Me Wait??? (West End 12???)
Q ???The Voice Of ???Q??????(Philly World 12???)
Rahmlee ???Think??? (Headfirst 12???)
Raw Silk ???Do It To The Music??? (West End 12???)
Rhyze ???Do Your Dance??? (Sam LP)
Ritchie Family ???I???ll Do My Best (For You, Baby)??? (RCA 12???)
Rockers??? Revenge ???Walking On Sunshine??? (Streetwise 12???)
Rod ???Just Keep On Walking??? (Prelude 12???)
Rome Jefferies 'Good Love' (Rain 12")
Sanctuary ???I Am Going To Love Him??? (Montage 12???)
Sandy Kerr ???Thug Rock??? (Catawba 12???)
Sass ???Much Too Much??? (25 West 12???)
The Shades Of Love ???Keep In Touch (Body To Body)??? (Venture 12???)
Sharon Brown ???I Specialize In Love??? (Profile 12???)
Sharon Redd ???Beat The Street??? (Prelude 12???)
Sinnamon ???Thanks To You??? (Becket 12???)
Sinnamon 'I Need You Now '(Jive 12")
Skyy ???Here???s To You??? (Salsoul 12???)
Spirit Band 'Keep Your Love Alive' (Re-mix) (RSP 12")
Starshine ???All I Need Is You??? (Prelude 12???)
Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame 'Way Out' (Konglather 12")
Stone ???Girl, I Like The Way That You Move??? (West End 12???)
Stone ???Time??? (West End 12???)
The Strikers ???Body Music??? (Prelude 12???)
Tia Monae ???Don???t Keep Me Waiting??? (First Take 12???)
Toney Lee 'Reach Up' (Radar 12")
Tracy Weber ???Sure Shot??? (RFC 12???)
Universal Robot Band ???Barely Breaking Even??? (Moonglow 12???)
Unlimited Touch ???Happy Ever After??? (Prelude LP/12???)
Unlimited Touch ???Searching To Find The One??? (Prelude 12???)
Vicky ???D??? ???This Beat Is Mine??? (Sam 12???)
Visual ???The Music Got Me??? (Prelude 12???)
W.A.G.B. Band ???I Can Get You Over??? (Street Sound 12???)
The Whatnauts 'Help Is On The Way' (Harlem Int. 12")
Wizzard ???These Are The Eightys??? (Wiz-Song 12???)

Pony

Damn, no MJ?

Mondeyano

Thanks for the link.

Maxx Traxx - 'Don't Touch It' should be on that list.

tonyphrone

Damn, no MJ?

i was gonna say - doesn't some early Prince qualify as Boogie?

Scratch_n_Sniff

Good article, and thanks for the list. I've been wondering for a while what the disco-boogie connection was.

PATX

Damn, no MJ?

Not for the Grown&Sexy crowd.