Label: Peoples Potential Unlimited - All

Westwood / Cash

Psycho For Your Love / Work Those Joints

Recommended by: klen

Two killer electo funk tracks from Detroit 1983. Done by Danan Potts who also did the classic 1982 release as Superlife. At that time Danan was hangi... more...

• 1 psycho for your love (edit)
• 2 psycho for your love (vocal)
• 3 work those joints

California Flight Project

Hook With You

CALI~FLIGHT back again with some 80s offerings. George Clinton said it best, Jerry J is the Hook Master! Mastered from a cassette mixdown of the legen... more...

• 1 hook with you
• 2 waste no time

Bozemann & Roberts

Working Mama

Rare 1984 Boogie funk cleaned from dust by the Peoples Potential Limited folks. Great record!

• 1 working mama
• 2 grandma

Various Artists

Expression

Excellent collection of Go-Go tracks! Rare tracks of obscure artists that most likely did only a couple of records on small obcure 45's or compilation... more...

• 1 expresion (pt 1)
• 2 expression - release disco
• 3 mix-o-rapp - all party people
• 4 checker kabb - by my side (instr)

The Sonarphonic

Super Breaker

The Sonarphonic sound was pioneered by James McCauley aka Maggotron/DXJ/Basstech. Originally produced for Bound Sound records in 1984, this is one of... more...

• 1 super breaker (feat margarita thompson)
• 2 super breaker (instrumental)

Michael Soward

He's Alive

Recommended by: Charmaine

In 1985 Michael Soward and Shelby Hurns set out to create the new gospel sound with their self-released album entitled ''Real Love''. The LP was a pro... more...

• 1 he is alive
• 2 standing on the top
• 3 what are you gonna do?

Hill & Roshell Anderson

Delicate Rose / Wild Dreams

Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff

First in a series of split 12inch singles, PPU-019 features the rare 80s funk recordings of Durham North Carolinas Willie Hill and Milwaukee Wisconsin... more...

• a
• b

George Smallwood

Lady Disco Demo

Essential and unreleased material from Maryland’s Mr. Mellow, this basement demo was multi- tracked and recorded by Smallwood himself. It also feature... more...

• 1 lady disco demo
• 2 roller coaster demo

Loni Gamble Band

I Like The Way You Do It

Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff

Obscure but oh so good disco release that somehow never surfaced untill the sweet PPU label re-released it. Originally released in the 80s on sound mo... more...

• 1 i like the way you do it

Tri-Fire Volume Two

1983-1986

Recommended by: Beautiful Swimmers

Following the success of the Midnight Express single “Danger Zone”, Robbie M and Terry Patton continued to search for new sounds. Over the next few ye... more...

• 1 turn it out
• 2 rock island
• 3 down for love
• 4 terry jam number 2

California Flight Project

California Flight

Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff | Mudd | Legowelt

Two unreleased sides from California Flight Project. The group has been recording since the 70s but never released anything on vinyl until now. TIP!... more...

• 1 california flight project

Peoples Potential Unlimited

PPU Video Party DVD Compilation Vol 1

Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff | Still Serious Nic

The PPU VIDEO PARTY is out now! Region Free DVD of which only 300 copies have been made. Features some rare footage such as Mizz Mean live video perfo... more...

The Solicitors

Joyce

People Potential Unlimited partnered up with Leon Robinson of SAN-TON records to bring you this lost 80s love funk. Maxmillion Dunbar is on the flipsi... more...

• 1 joyce

The Pinch

Shot Out

Recommended by: Beautiful Swimmers

It all started in a local club in Pine Bluff Arkansas where Mojo and Spider played in their first group together Zodiac in the mid 70s. Spider played... more...

• 1 a
• 2 b

Various Artists

Family Album

Recommended by: Clone

Excellent collection of the nice Peoples Potential label located in the home town of GoGo washington DC. Rare and amazing Funk, Disco and Boogie track... more...

• 01 Live
• 02 Tasty Tune
• 03 Street Shuffle
• 04 Get The Feelin

George Smallwood

Lady Disco

Recommended by: Al Kent | Serge

Smooth disco soul tracks by George Franklin Smallwood! Great find of the Peoples Potential guys and the DCsoulrecordings!!

• 1 Lady Disco
• 2 Mr Sunshine

Tri-Fire Volume One

Unreleased Funk ep

Time for another lo-fi rider. 5 unreleased cassette demos from the founding members of Midnight Express, Robbie M and Terry Patton. This volume includ... more...

• 1 breeze up
• 2 tri-city connection
• 3 receiving end
• 4 terry jam

Dr Otto Gomez

Love Junky

Recommended by: Phran

Late 80s Florida funk production by Dr. Otto Gomez. You've already heard other work by Otto as a trumpeter. For several years he was a studio musician... more...

• 1 vocal
• 2 instrumental

4reel

One Life To Live

Recommended by: Simoncino | Al Kent

Incredible find again for the blokes of PPU! A record which was originally slated for the FEE records catalog, but never made the cut.. ''One Life To... more...

• 1 one life to live
• 2 b

Wavelength

Funk dreams

Recommended by: Duplex

This is a joint venture between Peoples Potential unlimited and Glydezone recordings. Direct from Cali... New productions from Wavelength. Electronic... more...

• 1 funk dreams
• 2 life turns

Ball Players

Universal Language

Recommended by: Simoncino | Legowelt

Back in the 1980s Lenny Randle and Thad Bosley spent some of their Major League earnings on studio time.. These pro-ballers met in Chicago and started... more...

• 1 american worker
• 2 bos music
• 3 universal language
• 4 jam with us

Sir Bentley/ Tom Noble

Street Shuffle

Late 70's disco piece by Sir Bentley thats so hot!! comes with a Tom Noble edit. Very good!!

• 1 sir bentley - street shuffle
• 2 tom noble - street shuffle

Cardell Funk Machine

Shoot your shot

Two tracks soaking with soul and funk. Recorded in Donald Burnside's studio and still as good as it was back then.

• 1 shoot your shot
• 2 its all over

Checker Kabb / Satellite Band

By My Side / Rejuvenate The Fonk

Recommended by: Jeremiah R

Split release between Checker Kabb (Baltimore) and the Satelitte Band from Oklahoma (with Rejuvenate) both delivering some hot synthesizer funk. Very... more...

• 1 checker kabb - by my side
• 2 satellite band - rejuvenate the fonk

J.P.'s Force

Time To Throw Down

Washington DC's JP force with this 2 80's disco funk burners. Pure boogie madness that gets the party going.

• 1 time to throw down
• 2 shake what you got