For the listener who grew up on Stax, Motown, and the deeper grooves that followed: this page collects 184 funk, soul, and R&B CDs worth owning in a format that still sounds right on a good stereo.
The selection runs wide. Sly & The Family Stone appear three times over, with Greatest Hits, Life, and Backtracks all in stock. Sam Cooke's Best of on Sony Music sits alongside Otis Redding's Dock of the Bay on Rhino and Stevie Wonder's Definitive Collection on Motown. Earth, Wind & Fire's Greatest Hits is here, as is D'Angelo's Brown Sugar on Virgin Records. Tower of Power's Great American Soulbook covers the horn-section side of things. Amy Winehouse's Back to Black: 20th Anniversary arrives as a 3xCD anniversary set. Prince & The Revolution's Around the World in a Day is a 2xCD on Sony Legacy. For live recordings, Ray Charles's Live on Atlantic and The Meters' Live at the Great American Music Hall as a 2xCD both make the case for what these artists could do in front of a crowd. Jon Batiste's BIG MONEY on Verve and Zapp & Roger's All the Greatest Hits on Rhino round out a range that moves from gospel-rooted soul to funk to contemporary R&B.
Why buy from Relix
Relix has covered the Grateful Dead, Phish, and the wider world of American roots and groove music since 1974. That history shapes how we stock the store: the titles here are chosen by people who read the same liner notes you do, not by an algorithm optimizing for margin. Relix also produces the Relix Sessions series, live recordings produced by Relix and pressed to vinyl on the Relix Vinyl label, which reflects the same thinking about what a recorded performance should document. When we carry a catalog title or a new release, it is because it belongs in a serious collection.
Every CD in this collection is new and sealed. Pre-order titles display a street date and ship when the label releases them. CDs ship in protective packaging.
If you want to keep exploring, the Soul & R&B Vinyl & CDs collection crosses formats, and Funk, Soul & R&B Vinyl Records covers the same territory on wax. For live recordings specifically, Live Vinyl Albums & Records is worth a look, and the broader CDs Straight from the Vault page covers the full CD catalog across genres.