Robinsongs 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Prolific American soul, disco and funk band Instant Funk - who were once Bunny Sigler's backup band - dropped an impressive five albums between 1976 and 1983 and they are all collected together here on a bumper five CD collection from Robinsongs. Every possible conceivable funk style is taken in here from the slow and sultry to the fiery and harder edged. The musicianship is next level and all of the band's biggest tunes are here from 'I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)' to 'It Ain't Reggae (But It's Funky)' via 'Philly Jump' and many more, all with comprehensive sleeve notes by MOJO's Charles Waring.

Review: Whether the 42 full-length tracks showcased on this four-CD set really are 'the greatest soul, funk and disco' 12" singles of the 1970s and 80s is open to debate, but there's no denying that it's a fantastic collection of classic cuts and dancefloor anthems from the pre-house era. Much of it will be familiar - see Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Boogie Wonderland', McFadden & Whitehead's 'Ain't No Stopping Us Now', Freeez's 'Southern Freez', Chic's 'Good Times' and so on - but there's no denying the quality. What it really delivers is an instant party-starting set of guaranteed floor-fillers from the 70s and 80s that touches not only on disco, soul and funk, but also jazz-funk, boogie and 80s soul. Plus, any compilation that features Hi-Tension's 'Hi-Tension' is alright by us!