10. The HeadhuntersSurvival Of The Fittest

Another Out Of The Past gem from 1988 – I paid £8 for this slice of history. As with many funk albums, I went into the store to buy a drum break, and came out with so much more. A massively varied album from one of the funkiest bands in history. Fat funk, psych rock-outs and meditational mellow soundtrack-style tunes all sit happily together. Mike Clark’s drums and Paul Jackson’s bass lock together like glue, Bill Summers comes over like a more African Airto and Blackbyrd McKnight’s guitar freak-outs take it somewhere else. Bennie Maupin’s wind instruments add more spice – check out the interplay between the bass guitar and the bass clarinet on ‘If You’ve Got It, You’ll Get It’. Filthy!