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Check out these obscure funkies!
Just click on each song title/link to hear a Real Audio sample.

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featuring that Go-Go music straight outta DC. (That's Washington DC.) I'm not gonna even try to explain what exactly go-go is. The Go Go Page by Matthew Wharmby can do it much better than I can. The groovin' clips (straight from the 12" singles) below should help.

  • Untitled by Trouble Funk
    This is from the classic live 2-record set they put out in '81 on Jamtu records. It's called Trouble Funk Live--Straight Up Funk Go Go Style and it also features "Drop the Bomb." The whole thing is one long jam session with no breaks and, as you see, no song titles.

  • It's In the Mix by Slim
    Most folks who remember this great song refer to it as "Don't Touch that Stereo." Released on D.E.T.T. records, the premiere go go label, and produced by the boys in Trouble Funk. From either '81 or '82. This one is crankin'!

  • Meet Me at the Go Go by Hot, Cold Sweat
    This is the first go go I ever remembered hearing as a child (who happened to listen to the long defunct WAIL FM in New Orleans). Still sounds good. Again, released on D.E.T.T. and produced by Trouble Funk in the early 80s.

  • Bustin' Loose Pt. 2 by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
    This song is in no way rare, but this particular version is! Here are a few seconds from the extended disco 12" mix which features extra vocals and a complete instrumental on the flip side. And this is the one that put go go on the map! 1978, Source records.

  • Rock Yuh Butt by E.U.
    Here's a later one from Experience Unlimited. From the album of the same name, released in '88 by T.T.E.D. Ahh, make it mellow!

  • Trouble Funk Express by Trouble Funk
    Club classic from '80 or '81 that influenced (or is influenced by) Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force's "Planet Rock." Of course, this is on D.E.T.T.

  • Movin' & Groovin' by Redds and the Boys
    Does anyone else remember when they used to show this video on BET in '83 and the part when that huge dude is dancin' during the percussion break! Another D.E.T.T./T.T.E.D. gem.

  • Happy Feet by Mass Extension
    We'll end on a happy note with this bright, funky tune from '85. It was issued on T.T.E.D. after the label was distributed by Island records. I swear this was sampled for Salt 'n Pepa's "Shake that Thing."

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