Yeah, that style ain't quite for me, I've even tried other Soul / Funk albums, old and new, and haven't been able to dig into them. Glad it brings you back memories of your father tho, sometimes a piece of art is more relevant to us for such reasons than what it actually express.
Dunno if I've got any albums like that, I began listening to music seriously in my late teens with DT (hence why I'm still here lol). There are a handful of records that I loosely associate with a time period in my life, but that's about it.