FIVE FUNK AND SOUL CLASSICS TO TEST YOUR SYSTEM

Give your hi-fi a workout with these bonafide 1960s and ’70s soul classics

Sly & The Family Stone Trip To Your Heart A slice of upbeat funk with a melty sort of chorus. This one doesn’t have the social conscience of Everyday People or Stand! but that’s Sly Stone for you; one foot in progressive psychedelia, the other in the world of wedding floor-fillers. It does have a hell of a swing to it, and the tempo changes should prove a workout for any system. Marlena Shaw California Soul This sunshine-drenched paean to the music of the Golden State has some iconic orchestration, finger-snapping drums and of course, Ms Shaw’s wonderfully soulful voice. It’s a joyous celebration of soul music (“When you hear the beat you want to pat your feet…”). The strings give it a really cinematic feel, too. Hear it and…

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