Joni Adams and the Fenderman 70, Las Vegas (Zodiac)

One of our favourite funk 45s, Joni Adams absolutely nails this track (hit 'play' on the video below to hear for yourself). This Zodiac label is out of Miami, not to be confused with the Chicago label of the same name (home to the Creations, A Dream, another big Soulful Strut spin).

The track is taken from a rare, privately-pressed album called Miami to Las Vegas, featuring artists and songs from, you guessed it, Miami and Las Vegas.

Flip it over and you get an intriguing medley called Going Back to Miami by Dave Taylor and the Clique, also taken from the Miami to Las Vegas LP, which manages to sandwich a brief version of the Temptations classic Get Ready between a fairly pedestrian soul/r'n'b call-and-response workout.

We don't know if Joni recorded any other tracks, but if she did, it's hard to imagine her eclipsing this funk juggernaut ...

Lee Moses: A complete discography

"Got that will to learn / Gonna be a star one day."

With just eight 45s and one LP to his name, Lee Moses's star shone briefly but brightly. Below you can see the sum of his output, cutting sides for Lee John, Dynamo, Musicor, Front Page and Gates, as well as a 45 and nine-track LP for Maple. In fact he almost had as many labels as he had songs.

But fleeting as his contribution to soul music was, his records – which range from raw deep funk to achingly powerful deep soul – are some of the most startling examples of the genre we've heard. His complete discography is as follows:

Lee John 618
Diana (From NYC) / My Adorable One


Dynamo 115
Never In My Life / If Loving You Is A Crime (I'll Always Be Guilty)


Musicor 1227 (Lee Moses & the Diciples)
Reach Out For Me / Day Tripper


Musicor 1242
Bad Girl (Part 1) / Bad Girl (Part 2)


Musicor 1263
How Much Longer (Must I Wait) / I'm Sad About It


Front Page 2301
Time and Place / I Can't Take No Chances


Maple 1001
Got That Will / Free At Last


Maple 6001
Time and Place (LP)


Gates 1502
Dark End of the Street / She's a Bad Girl


For detailed information about Lee, and the songs above, check out this excellent and informative article at In Dangerous Rhythm: http://indangerousrhythm.blogspot.com/2005/10/lee-moses.html

Means of Persuasion, One Way Street (1972), C&J

It's been a while since the last 45 and counting ... To get things back on track, we're posting one of our favourite recent discoveries.

This seemingly un-Googleable 45, as far as we're aware, is pretty much as rare as they come. We have no information about it whatsoever, other than what we were told by George, the chap who sold it to us. According to George, the band cut an LP (although no one seems to have seen or heard it), and the flip to this 45, Be My Friend, despite being a bit shit, got some spins on the northern scene many moons ago. And that's it.

With such pitiful context to set the scene, perhaps it's best to let the music do the talking (click play on the video below to hear the track in full).

Mixtape #2 is in the wild ...

North may be the Soulful Strut's default setting when it comes to hanging our hat, but we're certainly not afraid to venture further afield in our quest to share rare, unusual and downright funky soul 45s with unsuspecting Londoners. This afternoon we headed east to deposit our second Anti Radar Funk mixtape at one of the capital's trendiest branches of Oxfam.

We can approvingly report that during our brief stay the plaid-shirted shop assistant gave Neil Young's On The Beach album a well-received outing on the in-store sound system. Sadly our dig through the 12"s and LPs proved fruitless, but we couldn't help smile at the thought of our little addition to Oxfam's family of unwanted cassettes nestling snugly between albums by Lenny Kravitz and the Charlatans, its destiny unknown.

Anti Radar Funk tapes are go !!

Analogue fans rejoice! The first batch of Anti Radar Funk mixtapes are complete. One could be winging its way to a charity shop near you (snail not included). Inside the case you'll find a high-quality Type II Chrome cassette packed with 90 minutes of killer funk & soul 45s mixed by the Soulful Strut. So set your EQ to 70 and get hunting!

Check out the video below to see the first tape-drop taking place at an Oxfam located somewhere in the capital.

Anti Radar Funk mixtape: coming soon to a charity shop near you ...

Behold London-based funk fans, thrift fiends and cassette nerds! The Soulful Strut Anti Radar Funk mixtape is coming to a charity shop near you. That's right, we're busy making cassettes of some of our rarest and most mind-blowing 45s and, over the coming weeks, we'll be dropping them at random in branches of Oxfam, Scope, Cancer Research etc around the capital. Each Anti Radar Funk tape features a different mix of original 45s, from psychedelic soul to break-laden jazz jams to deep funk holy grails. Keep your eyes peeled and you could be one of the lucky recipients of our guerilla tape-drop project. Watch this space for updates ...

Anti Radar Funk mixtape

Anti Radar Funk - by Thesoulfulstrut on Mixcloud

Back with another one of those block-rockin' jeeps! From the east coast to the west and back again, check your mirrors then head out on a high-octane, psychedelic funk-vinyl roadtrip. Forty minutes of Anti Radar Funk to take you over the county line!