Episode #168: Soul Constitution

I stumbled onto a couple of various-artist funk compilations that have been in my collection for, oh, I'd say about 10 or 15 years or so, that I probably haven't listened to in years. They're right between my personal copies of Johnny Mathis Sings Slade's Greatest Hits and Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Live and Uncensored! Most of the songs on this week's show come from two or three of those albums and were, at least at some point, distribution-challenged. This show probably won't change that, but neither has Spotify. Boom!

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Warm Excursion	Funk-I-Tus	1970	Watts USA
C.J. Leach	Branded	1969	Shelia
Sam Moultrie	Do Your Own Thing	1971	Warren
Kelly & Soul Explosions	Got a Gig On My Back	unknown	Dyna-Mite
Good Time Charlie	Rover or Me	1969	Pzazz
Zeke Strong & the Ladyetts	I Laugh and Talk (But I Don't Play)	unknown	Miss Lady
The Ripples	Cowgirls to Boys	1971	Apache
Set 2
Spanky Wilson	You	1970	BGP
Benny Gordon	Give a Damn (About Your Fellow Man)	1971	Phil L.A. of Soul
James Polk & the Brothers	Just Plain Funk	1969	Twink
Billy Young	Suffering With a Hangover, Pt. 1	1971	Joyja
Theron & Darrell	It's Your Love	unknown	Solo
Cold Fire	Kash Register	unknown	Kram
Family-Man Barrett	Soul Constitution	1971	Star Apple
The Young Sirs	There's Something the Matter (With Your Heart)	1969	Magic City
Set 3
The Geminiles	Don't Fight the Feelin'	unknown	Sandbag
The Raw Soul with Frankie Beverly	Open Up Your Heart	1970	Eldorado
The Rappers	Krunchberry Beast	1973	Roach
Tommy Bush	Skin It Back	1973	Cal State
Mickey & the Soul Generation	How Good is Good	1972	Mr. G
Harvey & the Phenomenals	Soul and Sunshine	1971	Da-Wood
Chamber of Commerce	Commerce Thang	1972	DCA
Talisman	Shady Side of Town	1971	Head Hunters
Set 4/Outro
Society, Inc.	Disc Jockey Jam	1974	Bet
Sir Mack Rice	Dark Skin Woman	1975	Truth
Sons of Slum	16 Miles of Plastic Ghetto	1971	Gamma
The Roman & Weston Expo	We'd Better Quit (While We're Ahead)	1975	Double Scorpion
Teddie Morrow	What's Your Sign	1976	Selbu
Arnold Albury & the Casuals	Thanks for Waiting	1970	Dade
Phyllis Smith	I Need Somebody to Love	1970	Yew
Apple & the Three Oranges	Free and Easy	1970s	Now-Again