A detail from the cover of Minoru Muraoka's collaboration with Herbie Mann, Gagaku and Beyond. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Funk Archaeology The fruits of Egon's worldwide crate-digging: rare funk, soul, psychedelia and hip hop you won't hear anywhere else.
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Funk Archaeology
The fruits of Egon's worldwide crate-digging: Rare funk, soul, psychedelia and hip-hop.
Gimme Gimme Records in Manhattan's East Village, Egon's source for an affordable copy of Charles 'Cha Cha' Shaw's Kingdom Come. Sean O'Sullivan/flickr.com hide caption
Madlib (left) and Stanton Davis loading up the car. Eothen Alapatt hide caption
A sign for Bubbha Thomas' free jazz classes, taken in 1972. Courtesy of Bubbha Thomas hide caption
El Rego meets Miriam Makeba at Cotonou Airport in 1973. hide caption
A detail from the cover of Tom Zé's Grande Liquidāçao. Courtesy of Mr. Bongo. hide caption
Barış Manço, from the cover of his album Dunden Bugune. Courtesy of Guerssen Records hide caption
Lula Cortes, from the cover of his album Rosa De Sangue. Courtesy of Rozenblit/Time Lag Records hide caption
Versatile Creations was was the name of a screen-printing business in the Indian city of Pune, Maharashtra. But under the ownership of Russell Newby (foreground) and Fred Miller (right), it became a popular place for artists and musicians to collaborate and practice, while also partying at all hours. Fred Miller hide caption
Kieran Willem Campos Alapatt. Courtesy of Eothen Alapatt hide caption
Clarence "Sir Guy" Barron, in a promotional photo released by Norfolk, Va.-based D.P.G. Records. Courtesy of D.P.G. Records hide caption
