Motown/early funk albums

[whitenoise]

Hey,

Can anyone recommend some good motown and early funk albums that I need to own as a bass player? Any suggestions are appreciated.

[flatwoundfender]

Marvin Gaye - What's Goin On
James Brown - In The Jungle Groove
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (any would do)
Booker T. and M.G.'s - a best of album would do the trick
Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (while this is more fusion it's got some funky, and awesome basslines played by Lee Sklar)
Tower Of Power - Bump City (Any would do)

[JimK]

Ones I wore out back in the day-

Stand!-Sly & The Family Stone
Psychedelic Shack-The Temptations
ABC-Jackson 5 (this is now packaged with their debut album)
Third Album-Jackson 5 (this is now packaged with their 4th album, Maybe Tomorrow)
That's The Way Of The World-EW&F
'White Album"-AWB
Cut The Cake-AWB
Looking Out For Number 1-Brothers Johnson

[JtheJazzMan]

Originally Posted by flatwoundfender

Marvin Gaye - What's Goin On
James Brown - In The Jungle Groove
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (any would do)
Booker T. and M.G.'s - a best of album would do the trick
Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (while this is more fusion it's got some funky, and awesome basslines played by Lee Sklar)
Tower Of Power - Bump City (Any would do)

+1

any stuff with james jamerson is great to listen to