Records from USA
37 essential records from USA on Souldigs — soul, funk, jazz and rare grooves from Ahmad Jamal, Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes and more, spanning 1958–2026. Each with the story behind the record and where to dig it up.
Ahmad Jamal
At The Pershing
1958 · Jazz · Chicago, IL, North America
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Now
1968 · Soul · New York, NY, North America
Isaac Hayes
Hot Buttered Soul
1969 · Soul · Memphis, TN, North America
The Meters
The Meters
1969 · Funk · New Orleans, LA, North America
Pharoah Sanders
Karma
1969 · Jazz · New York, NY, North America
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis
1970 · Soul · Chicago, IL, North America
Syl Johnson
Is It Because I'm Black
1970 · Soul · Chicago, IL, North America
Minnie Riperton
Come To My Garden
1970 · Soul · Chicago, IL, North America
James Brown
Sex Machine
1970 · Funk · Augusta, GA, North America
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
1971 · Soul · Detroit, MI, North America
Al Green
Let's Stay Together
1971 · Soul · Memphis, TN, North America
Funkadelic
Maggot Brain
1971 · Funk · Detroit, MI, North America
Gil Scott-Heron
Pieces of a Man
1971 · Soul · New York, NY, North America
Bill Withers
Still Bill
1972 · Soul · Watts, CA, North America
Donny Hathaway
Live
1972 · Soul · Hollywood, CA, North America
Lyn Collins
Think (About It)
1972 · Funk · Abilene, TX, North America
Bobbi Humphrey
Blacks and Blues
1973 · Jazz · Marlin, TX, North America
Herbie Hancock
Head Hunters
1973 · Jazz · New York, NY, North America
Parliament
Mothership Connection
1975 · Funk · Detroit, MI, North America
Lonnie Liston Smith
Expansions
1975 · Jazz · New York, NY, North America
Earth Wind & Fire
That's The Way of the World
1975 · Funk · Chicago, IL, North America
Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Everybody Loves The Sunshine
1976 · Jazz · Los Angeles, CA, North America
Chic
Chic
1977 · Disco · New York, North America
Funkadelic
One Nation Under a Groove
1978 · Funk · Detroit, MI, North America
Chaka Khan
Chaka
1978 · Funk · Chicago, IL, North America
Sylvester
Step II
1978 · Disco · San Francisco, North America
Leon Ware
Inside Is Love
1979 · Soul · Los Angeles, CA, North America
Donna Summer
Bad Girls
1979 · Disco · Los Angeles, North America
Luther Vandross
Never Too Much
1981 · Soul · New York, North America
D'Angelo
Brown Sugar
1995 · Soul · Richmond, Virginia, North America
D'Angelo
Voodoo
2000 · Soul · Richmond, VA, North America
Lee Fields
Faithful Man
2012 · Soul · Plainfield, NJ, North America
Khruangbin
Con Todo El Mundo
2018 · Rare Groove · Houston, TX, North America
El Michels Affair
24 Hr Sports
2025 · Funk · New York, North America
Sparklmami
In This Body
2026 · Jazz · Chicago, North America
Lakecia Benjamin
We Dream
2026 · Jazz · New York, North America
Jalen Ngonda
Doctrine of Love
2026 · Soul · London, North America