Les McCann - Talk to the People (Atlantic, 1972)

This here is my favourite Les McCann record and it is some funky, soulful shit. The title track is especially uplifting but the whole thing is just good, positive music. I hope that you can get as much good out of it as I have.

Here's what Richard at AMG has to say about it.
While Invitation to Openness was Les McCann's progressive statement of 1972, this was his populist sermon, with a title to match. With four vocals among the seven tracks, Talk to the People preaches earthily in the funky soul/jazz and R&B languages of the time, with some social comment besides. Having gone completely over to the Rhodes electric piano and Hohner clavinet, McCann became a fervent convert -- indeed, he and Stevie Wonder were the funky-butt champs of the clavinet in the 1970s -- and he could beat on them with the rhythmic snap of a conga drummer. "Shamading" may be the funkiest, hip-shaking thing Les has ever recorded; the cool, swaggering funkathon "North Carolina" runs a close second; and the best of the vocals is a very gritty and convincing treatment of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On." Although there are some weak links in this chain of tunes, the highs are sky-high, and they represent some of Les' peak studio performances.

Preview Talk to the People with this vid while you link up with a 320 rip of my original Atlantic vinyl here.