Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 68-74 Vol. 1 2LP

This compilation presents a gritty snapshot of funk from 1968 to 1974, revealing the tension between exuberance and melancholy. Some tracks are so frenetic that you have to wonder how they remained buried under mainstream nostalgia for so long. Cold Heat reminds us that true rhythm often waits in the shadows; an intriguing proposition for a genre that's often too polished for its own good.