Commodores - Machine Gun (D5RS-7690-2)

Artist: Commodores
Title: Machine Gun
Catalog #: D5RS-7690-2
Label: Motown Records
Year: 1974
Format: LP
Condition: VG+

The Commodores' debut album is the rawest and funkiest entry in their catalog — a record that documents the group before the ballads took center stage, when they were primarily a lean, hard-driving funk band with a reputation as one of the tightest live acts on the circuit. Machine Gun, the instrumental title track, became one of their signature pieces and remains a staple of funk DJ sets to this day, its churning groove and horn stabs as effective on a dancefloor now as they were in 1974. For collectors interested in the group's full arc, the debut is essential context — the foundation on which everything else was built. This VG+ copy plays cleanly — a must for the funk, soul, or Motown collector.