If It Rotates We Can Control It

From Italy to Poland to the USA, three examples of the groove that all funk fans are after.  The first track is by the Polish band Breakout, from their 70s album NOL on the Muza record label.  This is actually a killer LP, with several great tracks.  The one I chose, 'Sluchaj Rytmu', opens with a big open break before an opening that sounds like Beck could've sampled it.  Because they're a rock band, there's the requisite guitar solo, but still, the track's a winner:

Breakout - Sluchaj Rytmu

The second track is by a popular Italian duo Wess & Dori Ghezzi.  Actually, Wess was from the US originally, but was a big star in Italy.  He also put out some storming funk numbers as Wess and the Airedales, most notably that great cover of 'Vehicle' that was on the Kings of Digging comp.  Anyways, the track that I include here, 'Sentimento Sentimento' actually has a terrible chorus that really ruins the song, but the opening (and middle) is pretty sweet.  It would be nice to have an edit to cut out those parts... it's from a 1973 single on the Durium label.

Wess & Dori Ghezzi - Sentimento, Sentimento

Finally a dope track by the Left Rev. Eugene McDaniels, from his 1970 Outlaw LP.  He took a lot of heat for this LP, because it wasn't soul, or rock, or any kind of established genre.  This track, 'Cherrystones', like the track above, also has a chorus section that I'm not that fond of.  Unlike the Wess & Dori track, however, you can play this one out!

Eugene McDaniels - Cherrystones