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    Strange Funky Games And Things Solid Rare Grooves And Smoking Seventies Soul

    BBE
    • American Gypsy – Inside Out
    • Jay Dee – Strange Funky Games And Things
    • 4. The New Birth – You Are What I'm About
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    • 4. Barbara Mason – Give Me Your Love
    • 4. Michael Wycoff – Looking Up To You
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    • 11. Bill Conti – Reflections
    • 12. Eddie Hazel – California Dreaming
    • 13. Jay Dee – Strange Funky Games And Things
    • 15. Donald Byrd – Loving You
    • 16. Nature Zone – Porcupine

    Rare original copy of long deleted funky comp!

    Another superb compilation from the BBE camp featuring 3 slab's of vinyl filled to the brim with the as usual rare and hard to find choice cuts of soul, funk and disco!

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