‘I’m Funky Now’ is guitarist Melvin Sparks’ great ‘lost’ album – an unreleased gem hauled from the Westbound vaults by Ace and delivered for the world to finally hear. The title track ‘I’m Funky Now’ is a brash, pounding slab of soundtrack style funky, ‘Disco Booty’ is more lighthearted with a great screaming Hammond threading here and there while the foot tapper ‘I’m Gonna Funk You Up’ says it all with the title – another track that belies the disco influence of the time but has a foot set firmly in the funk camp. A largely instrumental set the laid back dreamscape ‘Love Tones’ is a blissed out slice of slow, brassy soul while ‘You’re Gonna Make’ plays with various styles and directions in interesting ways.
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