John Lee Hooker - "It Serve You Right To Suffer (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)" 180g Heavy Vinyl LP Released on the Impulse! Records label in early 1966, this collection is a mix of new compositions and re-workings of tunes John Lee Hooker had previously recorded, including a cover of Barrett Strong's 1959 Motown hit "Money (That's What I Want)." Featuring Panama Francis on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, and Barry Galbraith on second guitar, the result is some of the best John Lee Hooker material with a band that you're likely to come across. Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. Verve Label Group; Verve; Jazz; Catalog
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- Lights On The Way
- Open Roads
- Rolling Gold
- Evergreen
- Sunlight Daze
- Radio Song
- Seeds Of Light
- La Mesa
- Wheels
- The Walls
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Rose City Band"s music is sun-kissed timeless country rock whose seemingly effortless momentum carries the joy of its creation without ignoring the darkness pervading our consciousness. Led by guitarist/vocalist Ripley Johnson, the music of Rose City Band is rooted in his love of private press records of the mid to late 70"s. The band, in addition to Johnson, features pedal steel guitarist Barry Walker, keyboardist Paul Hasenberg and drummer John Jeffrey who enmesh a keen sense of rhythmic drive and melody with gentler, sumptuous atmospheres. Nuanced performances and interplay between players unfurl like desert flowers splashing color onto an arid landscape. The ensemble"s buoyant moments still glide with ease, but there is room to revel in respite of the shade of a dark cloud. Across the album, Johnson"s tasteful guitar interjections and soothing voice are met in kind with the versatile playing of Walker, Hasenberg, and Jeffery, with special guest performances by synthesist/vocalist, Sanae Yamada. Album closer "The Walls" perfectly captures the band"s explorative and expansive songs, Hasenberg"s soulful organ driving the album to an emotionally cathartic conclusion. Throughout his prolific career with Wooden Shjips, Moon Duo and now Rose City Band, Johnson"s music has consistently centered around exploration and discovery. Sol Y Sombra imbues his penchant for space and resplendent tonality with a denser amalgam of his influences through a delicate balance of the somber and the serene, of subtle evolutions and familiar sounds, Sol Y Sombra makes for a holistically joyous experience, finding solace in both sun and shade.
Rose City Band"s music is sun-kissed timeless country rock whose seemingly effortless momentum carries the joy of its creation without ignoring the darkness pervading our consciousness. Led by guitarist/vocalist Ripley Johnson, the music of Rose City Band is rooted in his love of private press records of the mid to late 70"s. The band, in addition to Johnson, features pedal steel guitarist Barry Walker, keyboardist Paul Hasenberg and drummer John Jeffrey who enmesh a keen sense of rhythmic drive and melody with gentler, sumptuous atmospheres. Nuanced performances and interplay between players unfurl like desert flowers splashing color onto an arid landscape. The ensemble"s buoyant moments still glide with ease, but there is room to revel in respite of the shade of a dark cloud. Across the album, Johnson"s tasteful guitar interjections and soothing voice are met in kind with the versatile playing of Walker, Hasenberg, and Jeffery, with special guest performances by synthesist/vocalist, Sanae Yamada. Album closer "The Walls" perfectly captures the band"s explorative and expansive songs, Hasenberg"s soulful organ driving the album to an emotionally cathartic conclusion. Throughout his prolific career with Wooden Shjips, Moon Duo and now Rose City Band, Johnson"s music has consistently centered around exploration and discovery. Sol Y Sombra imbues his penchant for space and resplendent tonality with a denser amalgam of his influences through a delicate balance of the somber and the serene, of subtle evolutions and familiar sounds, Sol Y Sombra makes for a holistically joyous experience, finding solace in both sun and shade.
- A1: Satta Massa Gana-Ken Booth
- A2: Guiding Star-Horace Andy
- A3: Shame&Pride-Leroy Smart
- A4: Stick By Me-Dennis Brown
- A5: Can’t Get Me Out-Cornell Campbell
- A6: Riding For A Fall-John Holt
- A7: Once Upon A Time-Delroy Wilson
- A8: The Village-Gregory Isaacs
- B1: Ride On Girl-Johnny Clarke
- B2: Mighty King -Freddie Mcgregor
- B3: Whip Them King-Linval Thompson
- B4: Lead Us Jah Jah-Barry Brown
- B5: Everybody Needs Love-Pat Kelly
- B6: Alton Ellis - Play It Cool
- B7: Count Prince Millar - Mule Train
- B8: Owen Grey - Natty Bongo
The Sound System has become part of today’s musical/cultural heritage, playing the people’s favourite hits or just as important, breaking some new tunes.
But perhaps less known are the roots of the Sound System, which began way back when…in Kingston….
Around the late 1940’s the Sound System began to overtake the big bands that usually played at the dances in Kingston.
The American Rhythm and Blues records that were so popular at the time would find their way to Jamaica via the merchant sailors and migrant workers returning from their stints in America. For economical reasons alone it would pay to have a DJ on hand to play these hits rather than a 10 piece band that could eat and drink the promotor out of the house and on curried goat!!
The early Sound Systems were basic affairs built around a single record deck, a valve amp and a speaker.
But by the 1950’s they had grown to purpose built speakers the size of wardrobes that could be heard blocks away.
Record producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee would remember the time ‘Sound Systems was like our radio station…not many people on the island would own a wireless, so it was the way for the people to hear their music.
So this selection of Lovers, Ballads, Root’s classic’s made the Sound Sytems of Jamaica the place to be.
So sit back and enjoy the ride….SOUND SYSTEM ROCKERS …one and all
- The James Bond Theme - Ray Barretto
- The Silencers - Patti Seymour
- Mexican Flyer - Ken Woodman And His Piccadilly Brass
- Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Dick Hyman
- Lady Chaplin - Bobby
- You Only Live Twice - Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos
- The Ipcress File / John Barry
- The Liquidator / Sherley Bassey
- The Monkey Farm / Henry Mancini
- 99: Barbara Feldon
- Search For Vulcan - Ray Barretto
- Mission Impossible - Roland Shaw And His Orchestra
- Goldfinger Part1 - Jimmy Smith
- Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Santo & Johnny
Limitiert auf 500 Stk. – 100 Stk.
OSS! Spy vs. Spy! MI6! All operating in the shadows of darkness and danger... listen...underneath that double-trouble of uncertainty lays the groove. The exotic and the erotic sounds. 007! The music with a license to kill and thrill. When the clock strikes five and it is cocktail time, no man is a match for the soundtrack of the Femme fatale of the underworld. Shake that thing baby-don"t stir it....and the Martini too. The spy universe has been quite an inspiration for composers and orchestras. Lounge music, Exotica and symphonic, this record will have you spinning the globe hitting every longitude and latitude from Bangkok to Rio. So drop that needle and get on board this second volume as this jet is leaving the gate right on time.
Der Soundtrack zum Disney Kino Highlight ”MUFASA: DER KÖNIG DER LÖWEN”
Die Lieder des Films stammen aus der Feder des preisgekrönten Songwriters Lin-Manuel Miranda, produziert
wurden diese von Mark Mancina und Miranda, weitere Musik steuert Lebo M bei. Dazu sagt Miranda:
„Elton John, Tim Rice, Hans Zimmer, Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Beyoncé, Labrinth, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Beau
Black, Ford Riley, das wunderbare Musikteam von „Die Garde der Löwen“, und so viele weitere Künstler
waren in all den Jahren beteiligt: „Der König der Löwen“ bringt ein unglaubliches musikalisches Erbe mit
sich, darunter Musik von einigen der größten Songwriter aller Zeiten, und ich fühle mich geehrt und bin
stolz, Teil davon zu sein. Es war mir eine große Freude, zusammen mit Barry Jenkins zu arbeiten, und
Mufasas Geschichte zum Leben zu erwecken. Wir können es kaum erwarten, bis das Publikum diesen Film
endlich in den Kinos sehen wird.“
- A1: John Barry - Theme From The Persuaders
- A2: Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
- A3: Brian Eno - Fat Lady Of Limbourg
- A4: Limananas - El Beach
- A5: Carmel - Bad Day
- A6: Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
- B1: Joy Division - Atmosphere
- B2: King Creosote - Ankle Shackles (Edit)
- B3: Saints - No Time
- B4: Swansway - Soul Train
- B5: The Cure - The Hanging Garden
- B6: Julie Fowlis – Blackbird
- C1: Throbbing Gristle - United
- C2: Isobel Campbell - Willow's Song
- C3: Kath Williams - Electric
- C4: Roy Budd - Get Carter (Main Theme)
- C5: Jackie Leven - Another Man's Rain
- D1: Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl
- D2: Simple Minds - I Travel
- D3: Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells - The Copper Top
- D4: Anchoress, Featuring James Dean Bradfield - The Exchange
- D5: Python Lee Jackson Featuring Rod Stewart - In A Broken Dream
- D6: Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
Rough Trade Shops präsentiert mit "Behind The Counter with Ian Rankin" den zweiten Teil einer Reihe, in der Künstler eingeladen werden, die Musik zusammenzustellen, die sie am meisten beeinflusst hat. Der schottische Autor und Musikfanatiker Ian Rankin folgt auf den Komponisten Max Richter, der 2017 die erste Ausgabe kuratierte. Als langjähriger Vinylenthusiast gehören in Rankins Auswahl auch Songs, die als Titel seiner Bestsellerromane dienten, wie etwa Jackie Levens "Another Man's Rain" (aus dem "Another Man's Grave" wurde) und "The Hanging Garden" von The Cure. Beide Doppelformate enthalten je 23 Tracks mit Begleittexten.
- "Ich treibe mich immer noch in Plattenläden herum und lege Vinyl auf, und ich erstelle immer noch Playlisten, für den Fall, dass sich die Gelegenheit ergibt, hinter der Ladentheke zu arbeiten", sagt Rankin. "Hier ist ein Teil dessen, was Sie hören würden, wenn Sie die Tür aufstoßen und in mein Kaufhaus kämen, Tracks, die ich mir immer wieder gerne anhöre."
Freestyle Records drop another UK boogie 12" rarity from Eddie Capone's Treatment, this time the previously white label-only "Only You Know What I Like" from 1985. Limited to 300 copies worldwide.
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A mainstay of the UK's reggae, soul, funk & rock circuits since the early 1970s, Eddie Capone has played with a diverse and revered collection of acts; Chairmen of the Board, The Foundations, Black Velvet, The Elgins, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Arthur Lee's Love, Billy Preston and Edwin Starr to name but a few. Eddie was also part of short-lived group Casablanca, with David Costa & Barry Clarke of early 70's folk-rockers Trees, signed to Elton John's Rocket Record Company.
Eddie founded the Treatment band in the early 1980s bringing in a revolving cast of singers and players, and created the Treatment Records imprint out of his own Black Rock studio in South East London in 1982. Releasing a string of singles - with efforts from Eddie Capone's Treatment, a side-project with singer Beryl Marsden as Salt & Pepper, and a single from Norwegian group Wave - Treatment Records then followed this up in 1985 with the 12" release of "I Won't Give You Up" with Diane Jones brought in on vocal duties. This received solid support amongst DJs and radio at the time, and was quickly followed with this solid slice of white label-only UK boogie-funk that has since become a favoured deep cut on the selectors circuit.
Treatment Records continued through the 1980s through to early 1990s releasing Eddie's music, both as a solo artist and as part of collaborative side-projects, and Eddie has continued to write, perform and produce music from his home studio right through to the present day. As a committed community figure & activist in South East London, Eddie has since 2014 re-started Treatment Records under the name of 3G Treatment - bringing together three generations of people from the local area to ensure young artists & musicians have access to the expertise and experience of their elders for support and encourage successful careers in the industry.
Written and recorded in London at Abbey Road Studios, "Les Chansons de l'Innocence retrouvé", Etienne Daho's 11th studio album, is now reissued on LIMITED EDITION double LP. Two vinyl with 23 additional tracks on the double LP (live versions, alternatives...). " Les Chansons de l'Innocence retrouvé " is a free and out-of-fashion album written and produced with Jean-Louis Pierot. Cinematographic and epic, with a permanent tension oscillating between lightness, flamboyance and gravity. We meet the ghosts of Francis Bacon, the slums of Soho, William Blake and John Barry for the haughty beauty of the strings or David Lynch for a dizzying “L’homme qui marche”,Debbie Harry, Nile Rodgers, Dominique A, Jenny Beth, Yan Wagner, François Marry and Au Revoir Simone come to accompany Daho on this dense and Dionysian journey. A masterstroke.
- Aretha Franklin - Try A Little Tenderness
- Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World
- Marvin Gaye & The Vandellas - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
- Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine
- Ann Peebles - I Can’t Stand The Rain
- Aaron Neville - Hercules
- Al Green - Let's Stay Together
- Ben E. King - Stand By Me
- Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
- Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle
- Gwen Mccrae - 90% Of Me Is You
- Syl Johnson - I Hate I Walked Away
- Barry White - Ghetto Letto
- Stevie Wonder - Contract On Love
- Ray Charles - Unchain My Heart
- James Brown & The Famous Flames - Please, Please, Please
- Dionne Warwick - Don’t Make Me Over
- Timmy Thomas - Why Can’t We Live Together
- George Mccrae - Rock Your Baby
- Curtis Mayfield - She Don’t Let Nobody (But Me)
- Aloe Blacc & King Most - With My Friends
- Greyboy & Quantic Feat. Sharon Jones - Got To Be A Love
- Nostalgia 77 Feat. Alice Russell - Seven Nation Army
- Ibeyi - River
- Terry Callier & Paul Weller - Brother To Brother
- Al Jarreau - Ain’t No Sunshine
- James Brown - Please, Please, Please
- Marvin Gaye - My Funny Valentine
- Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
- Little Willie John - Fever
- The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
- Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem
- Al Jarreau - Tired Of Being Alone
- George Mccrae - Rock Your Baby
- Barry White - Lady, Sweet Lady
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
- Aaron Neville - How Could I Help But Love You?
- The Isley Brothers - Right Now
- Joe Tex - Blessed Are These Tears
- Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
- Stevie Wonder - Hallelujah (I Love Her So)
Released on the band’s own Golden Chariot Records label comes this lovingly rendered reissue of ‘The Decline of British Sea Power’, the band’s debut album, originally released in June 2003 to huge critical acclaim and available now on coloured vinyl for the first time.
Over the course of their 5 studio LPs and three award winning film soundtracks, British Sea Power have become a true British institution: Top 10, Mercury nominated LP, 3 UK silver discs and renowned for their astonishing live shows in unique and unlikely locations – National History Museum, Great Wall of China, Cutty Sark, Cern Hadron Collider, Chelsea Flower show, down a Cornish mine, up in the hills in the highest pub in England, Jodrell Bank and at the John Betjeman centenary with Nick Cave, Barry Humphries, Ronnie Corbet and Prince Charles – as well as hundreds of more traditional sell out tours and festivals around the world.
Cool Rasta is an album by The Heptones, which consisted of Earl Morgan, Barry Llewellyn, and Leroy Sibbles. Brought up in the Trench Town area of Kingston, their first successful record was “Fatty Fatty”, first released in 1966. Since then, they have had several hits including “Country Boy”, “Mama Say” and “Book Of Rules”. At the guiding hand of top producer, Harry Johnson they recorded Cool Rasta, which came out in 1976.
The title track of the album is a typical example of The
Heptones at their brilliant best.
Cool Rasta is available as a limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on orange coloured vinyl.
Their Satanic Majesties Request - ursprünglich in den legendären Londoner Olympic Studios aufgenommen, produziert von Glyn Johns und mit Streicherarrangements von John Paul Jones - enthält einige ihrer fantasievollsten Klanglandschaften, darunter afrikanische Rhythmen, Mellotron, ”gefundene Stimmen” und volle Orchestrierung. Es ist ein innovatives und experimentelles Stück, das von Coltrane, John Barrys Spionage-Thriller-Soundtracks und klassischen Komponisten ebenso beeinflusst ist wie vom Blues und R’n’B früherer Veröffentlichungen.
In Frank Herbert’s 1973 novel Hellstrom’s Hive, the Dune writer tells of a sinister narrative surrounding the maverick scientist Nils Hellstrom, who has created subterranean Hive of 50,000 insect-human hybrid life-forms. Ultimately his plan being for the inhabitants of the Hive to usurp humanity and take over the world. The decade thus far may not have seen anything quite so daunting, but it’s provided more than its fair share of challenges. Yet in such dystopian environments, Teeth Of The Sea flourish. This band has created a kaleidoscopic inner world all its own in Hive, their sixth and most outlandish album. Fundamental to Teeth Of The Sea’s mission thus far is that this band can go anywhere and make short work of any obstacles in their path. Inspiration flowed into Hive from all dimensions, with the band’s sphere of influence expanding to take in everything from Italo-disco to minimal techno, from dubbed-out studio madness to their most brazen forays thus far into pop songwriting. Here is a headspace where the psychic charges from records by Labradford, Nurse With Wound, Vangelis, The Knife, Nine Inch Nails and John Barry can happily co-exist. Hive is more than just a transformative force from subterranean origins. It’s an alchemical headspace where monochrome animates into vivid colour. It may not be a carefully ordered insectoid militia set to overthrow society, but it’s a transmission which transcends anything Teeth Of The Sea have thus far offered in their time on Earth. Step inside Hive, if you dare
- Cherokee/Koko (Ray
- Noble, Charlie Parker)
- Summertime (George & Ira
- Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
- Scrapple From The
- Apple/Ah Leu Cha (Charlie Parker / Arr. By John Beasley)
- I´ll Remember April (Gene Paul, Don Raye / Arr. By John Beasley)
- Confirmation (Charlie Parker)
- Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) Laura (David Raksin)
- Overture To Bird (Charlie Parker, Barry Harris, David
- Raksin, George Gershwin, Gene Depaul / Arr. By Magnus Lindgren)
- A1: Donna Summer - I Feel Love
- A2: Earth, Wind & Fire With The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland
- A3: The Trammps - Disco Inferno
- A4: Chic - Good Times
- A5: Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer
- A6: Tavares - More Than A Woman
- A7: Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You
- A8: Odyssey - Native New Yorker
- B1: Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
- B2: Village People – Ymca
- B3: Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
- B4: Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive
- B5: Grace Jones - I Need A Man
- B6: Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy
- B7: Kelly Marie - Feels Like I’m In Love
- B8: Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
- C1: Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
- C2: Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
- C3: Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
- C4: A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
- C5: Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)
- C6: Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
- C7: Labelle - Lady Marmalade
- C8: Diana Ross - Love Hangover
- E5: Mcfadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
- E6: The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
- E7: Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
- E8: Sheila & B Devotion - Singin' In The Rain
- F1: Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain
- F2: Boney M - Daddy Cool
- F3: Ottawan - D I.s.c.o
- F4: Village People - In The Navy
- F5: Viola Wills - Gonna Get Along Without You Now
- F6: Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
- F7: Lipps Inc - Funkytown
- F8: Space – Magic Fly
- G1: Dee D Jackson - Automatic Lover
- G2: Sarah Brightman And Hot Gossip - I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper
- G3: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
- G4: Meco - Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band
- D1: Melba Moore - This Is It
- G5: Leif Garrett - I Was Made For Dancin
- D3: Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out
- G6: The Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant
- D5: Patrick Juvet - I Love America
- G7: Kc & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It)
- D7: Elton John - Are You Ready For Love
- G8: Heatwave - Boogie Nights
- E1: Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything
- H1: Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night
- E3: The Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force
- H2: Dan Hartman - Instant Replay
- H3: Frantique - Strut Your Funky Stuff
- H4: Musique - Keep On Jumpin’
- H5: The Three Degrees - Givin' Up Givin' In
- H6: Sparks - Beat The Clock
- H7: Voyage - Souvenirs
- H8: Chic - Le Freak
- I1: Sister Sledge - We Are Family
- I2: Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer
- I3: Diana Ross - Upside Down
- I4: Earth, Wind & Fire - September
- I5: Candi Staton - Nights On Broadway
- I6: The Emotions - Best Of My Love
- I7: Amii Stewart - Light My Fire
- I8: Belle Epoque - Black Is Black
- J1: Amanda Lear - Follow Me
- J2: Patsy Gallant - From New York To La
- J3: Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around
- J4: Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
- J5: Rose Royce - Car Wash
- J6: Tina Charles - I Love To Love
- D2: Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After
- D4: Irene Cara - Fame
- D6: Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before
- D8: George Mccrae - Rock Your Baby
- E2: The Spinners - Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl
- E4: Edwin Starr - Contact
- J7: Cher - Take Me Home
- J8: Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
NOW Music is proud to announce NOW Presents…Disco, a stunning 5LP boxset featuring 80 of the greatest Disco classics ever!
Kicking off with the genre defining #1 from Donna Summer ‘I Feel Love’ followed by Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions and their timeless hit ‘Boogie Wonderland’, this boxset features the most enduring tracks from dance-floor legends, including Chic, Sister Sledge, Gloria Gaynor, Village People, and Grace Jones - together with Saturday Night Fever gems - ‘Disco Inferno’, ‘More Than A Woman’, and ‘If I Can't Have You’.
LP 2 opens with Amii Stewart’s stunning version of ‘Knock On Wood’, followed by Candi Staton’s ‘Young Hearts Run Free’ and Chaka Khan’s hugely successful debut solo single ‘I'm Every Woman’. Other massive debuts include ‘Boogie Oogie Oogie’ from A Taste Of Honey, Alicia Bridges’ ‘I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)’, and Cheryl Lynn’s ‘Got To Be Real’. Up next is the often-covered ‘Lady Marmalade’ together with Diana Ross’ ‘Love Hangover’ which lead into #1s from Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, (‘December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)’), Tina Charles (‘I Love To Love’), Odyssey (‘Use It Up And Wear It Out’) and Irene Cara (‘Fame’).
LP 3 Side A is packed with groovy and romantic chart-toppers from Elton John (‘Are You Ready For Love’), George McCrae (‘Rock Your Baby’), Barry White (‘You're The First, The Last, My Everything’), and The Spinners with their ‘Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl’ medley. Flipping over to the other side, we have the timeless smash from Baccara ‘Yes Sir, I Can Boogie’, Boney M. with ‘Daddy Cool’, and Village People’s ‘In The Navy’. Viola Wills’ Hi-NRG cover of ‘Gonna Get Along Without You Now’ and Gloria Gaynor’s ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’ bring LP 3 to a close.
Lipps Inc., Kool & The Gang, Frantique, and KC & The Sunshine Band keep the dance-floor energy levels high on LP 4 with ‘Funkytown’, ‘Ladies Night’, ‘Strut Your Funky Stuff’, and ‘That's The Way (I Like It)’. The disco-mania of the late-70s also saluted the late-70s craze for Space themed movies & tv with early Electro-pop-dance, and included here from Space and Dee D. Jackson, before Sarah Brightman’s debut with Hot Gossip, ‘I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper’, and Meco’s remake of the ‘Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band’ as a dance-floor classic… Giorgio Moroder productions for Sparks with ‘Beat The Clock’ and The Three Degrees with ‘Givin’ Up Givin’ In’ lead the side to a close with ‘Souvenirs’ from Voyage.
LP 5 is filled with truly monster sized dancefloor-fillers, beginning with a run of Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards productions: ‘Le Freak’, ‘We Are Family’, ‘Spacer’ and ‘Upside Down’ from Diana Ross. It wouldn’t be a Disco album without Earth, Wind & Fire’s ‘September’, the Bee Gees-written ‘Nights On Broadway’ covered by Candi Staton, and the Grammy award-winning ‘Best Of My Love’ from The Emotions, before another hit cover from Amii Stewart, ‘Light My Fire’. Side B features some fabulous European Disco, including Belle Epoque and Amanda Lear, and signature hits from Patsy Gallant and Vicki Sue Robinson before drawing to a close with Rose Royce’s celebrated ‘Car Wash’, and Cher’s biggest disco hit ‘Take Me Home’ – and the last dance is left to Thelma Houston with her defining anthem ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’.
NOW Presents…Disco – the perfect collection and collector’s item for every 70s Disco lover.
- Al Green - Let's Stay Together
- Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
- The Platters - The Great Pretender
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
- The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
- James Brown & The Famous Flames - Think
- Aretha Franklin - Try A Little Tenderness
- Ben E. King - Stand By Me
- Peggy Lee - Fever
- The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9
- Ike & Tina Turner - A Fool In Love
- The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
- The Impressions Feat. Curtis Mayfield - Little Young Lo
- Aretha Franklin - God Bless The Child
- Stevie Wonder - Contract On Love
- Al Jarreau - Ain't No Sunshine
- The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
- Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle
- O.v Wright - Let's Straighten In Out
- Esther Phillips - Release Me
- Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine
- Gladys Knight & The Pips - Every Beat Of My Heart
- The Supremes With Diana Ross - Your Heart Belongs To Me
- Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World
- Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
- Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
- Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
- Barry White - Ghetto Letto
- Curtis Mayfield - She Don't Let Nobody (But Me)
- Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
- Ray Charles - Unchain My Heart
- Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain
- Galt Macdermot - Coffee Cold
- Aaron Neville - Hercules
- Gwen Mccrae - 90% Of Me Is You
- Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem
- Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
- James Brown - Please, Please, Please
- Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry
- Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
- Lavern Baker - Love Me Right
- Syl Johnson - I Hate I Walked Away
- Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
- Nina Simone - Plain Gold Ring
Re-release Soul entwickelte sich gegen Ende der 1950er Jahre aus Rhythm"n"Blues, Gospel, Blues und Jazz. Im folgenden Jahrzehnt war Soul ein Synonym für schwarze Popmusik. Kennzeichnend dafür waren vor allem die Produktionen von Motown Records, zum Beispiel Diana Ross & The Supremes oder Sam Cooke. Seither sind herzergreifender Gesang und groovige Vibes die größten Stilmerkmale des Soul. Zu den weiteren Ikonen des Soul gehören Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Barry White, Sam Cooke, Al Green und viele mehr. Deren Erfolg ist eng mit dem Kampf der US-amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung gegen Rassentrennung und für Gleichberechtigung verbunden. 1969 benannte man die Rhythm"n"Blues- in Soul-Charts um. Der Soul-Orkan, der während der Sechziger in den Charts tobte, ebbte jedoch wieder ab, kam aber runderneuert in den 70ern als Phillysound wieder zu erneuten Hitparadenehren. 1982 änderte man die Chart-Bezeichnung von Soul in Black Music. Die vorliegende Kompilation vereint die legendären Stimmen des Soul mit ihren unvergesslichen Hits.
- A1: The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
- A2: Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
- A3: Syl Johnson - Ms Fine Brown Frame
- A4: The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
- A5: T-Connection - At Midnight
- B1: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
- B2: Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
- B3: B B. & Q. Band - On The Beat
- B4: Bobby Byrd - Back From The Dead
- B5: Change - You're My Number 1
- B6: Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
- C1: Shalamar - A Night To Remember
- C2: Midnight Star - Midas Touch
- C3: The Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau
- C4: Traks - Long Train Runnin
- C5: James Brown - Funky Men
- C6: Imagination - Music & Lights
- D1: Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
- D2: Gwen Mccrae - All This Love I'm Givin
- D3: Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know
- D4: George Mccrae - I Get Lifted
- D5: Barry White - Change
- A1: Ben E King - Stand By Me
- A2: The Platters - The Great Pretender
- A3: Ella Fitzgerald - Georgia On My Mind
- A4: Barry White - Lady, Sweet Lady
- A5: James Brown & The Famous Flames - Please, Please, Pleas
- A6: Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
- B1: Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World
- B2: George Mccrae - Rock Your Baby
- B3: Jimmy "Bo" Horne - Clean Up Man
- B4: Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y
- B5: Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
- B6: Mavis John - Use My Body
- B7: Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
- C1: The Isley Brothers - Right Now
- C2: Etta James - At Last
- C3: The Clovers - Love Potion No 9
- C4: Little Willie John - Fever
- C5: The Mar-Keys - Last Night
- C6: Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry
- C7: Aretha Franklin - God Bless The Child
- D1: Gwen Mccrae - 90% Of Me Is You
- D2: Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - Gypsy Woman
- D3: Booker T & The Mg's - Green Onions
- D4: Bobby Byrd - Back From The Dead
- D7: Nina Simone - Work Song
- E1: Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day And John Coltrane
- E2: Ray Charles - Unchain My Heart
- E3: Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
- E4: Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart
- E5: Mary Wells - The One Who Really Loves You
- E6: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You Really Got A Hold
- F1: Diana Ross & The Supremes - Your Heart Belongs To Me
- F2: Ike & Tina Turner - I'm Jealous
- F3: Doris Duke - Woman Of The Ghetto
- F4: Solomon Burke - Cry To Me
- F5: The Marvelettes - Please Mr Postman
- F6: Gladys Knight & The Pips - Every Beat Of My Heart
- F7: Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
- G1: Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova
- G2: Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
- G3: Esther Phillips - Release Me
- G4: The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
- G5: Latimore - Let's Straighten It Out
- G6: Aretha Franklin - Try A Little Tenderness
- G7: Marvin Gaye & The Vandellas - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
- H1: Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine
- H2: Aaron Neville - Hercules
- H3: Rufus Thomas - The Dog
- H4: Sir Joe Quaterman & Free Souls - (I Got) So Much Troubl
- H5: Lavern Baker - Love Me Right
- D5: Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Expansions
- H6: Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
- H7: Al Jarreau - Ain't No Sunshine
- I1: Ibeyi - River
- I2: Aloe Blacc & King Most - With My Friends
- I3: Kimberose - I'm Sorry
- I4: Terry Callier - Running Around (Fug City Mix)
- I5: Jamie Lidell - Building A Beginning
- I6: Asa - The Beginning
- J1: Selah Sue - This World
- J2: Cunnie Willams Feat Monie Love - Saturday
- J3: Cookin' On 3 Burners Feat Kylie Auldist - This Girl
- J4: Alice Russell & Nostalgia 77 Seven Nation Army
- J5: Greyboy & Quantic Feat Sharon Jones - Got To Be A Love
- D6: Stevie Wonder - Contract On Love
- A1: The Bo Street Runners – Bo Street Runner (Single Version)
- A2: The Others – Oh Yeah
- A3: David John And The Mood – Bring It To Jerome
- A4: Mickey Finn And The Blue Men – I Still Want You
- A5: Ronnie Jones And The Night-Timers – I Need Your Loving
- A6: The Second Thoughts – Seventh Son
- A7: James Royal – Work Song
- A8: Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated – Taboo Man
- A9: The Trendbender Band – Unchain My Heart
- B1: The Syndicats – Crawdaddy Simone
- B2: The In Crowd – Things She Says
- B3: The Boys Blue – You Got What I Want
- B4: The Rocking Vicars – It’s Alright
- B5: The Artwoods – I Take What I Want
- B6: The Favourite Sons – That Driving Beat
- B7: The Moody Blues – And My Baby’s Gone
- B8: The Stormsville Shakers – Number One
- B9: The Union – See Saw
- C1: Rod Stewart – Shake
- C2: Laurel Aitken And The Soul Men – Last Night
- C3: Barry St John – Gotta Brand New Man
- C4: The Soul Brothers – Good Lovin’ Never Hurt
- C5: Lucas & The Mike Cotton Sound – Ain’t Love Good, Ain’t Love Proud
- C6: J.j. Jackson – But It’s Alright
- C7: Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede – Something For Nothing
- C8: Wynder K Frog – Turn On Your Lovelight
- D1: The Spencer Davis Group – Looking Back
- D2: Double Feature – Baby Get Your Head Screwed On
- D3: Scots Of St. James – Tic Toc
- D4: The Attraction – She’s A Girl
- D5: John’s Children – But She’s Mine
- D6: The Drag Set – Day And Night
- D7: Rupert’s People – Hold On
- D8: The Action – Look At The View
Modernists loved the latest R&B, blues and soul sounds coming from US cities such as Chicago, Memphis and Detroit and when British groups started playing their own interpretations in clubs and dancehalls they gained their own mod followings, their music remaining popular on the mod scene today.
Side 1 of this bespoke collection spotlights the British R&B scene and features a founding father of British blues Alexis Korner with the rare ‘Taboo Man’ alongside ace mod tracks from The Bo Street Runners, The Others, Mickey Finn and The Blue Men (featuring a youthful Jimmy Page on harmonica) and more.
Side 2 starts with British R&B groups developing their own sound by turning up their guitars, employing distortion, feedback and fuzz pedals to take the music in a new direction. Highlights include the Joe Meek produced ‘Crawdaddy Simone’ by The Syndicats (described as proto punk because of its ferocity), The In Crowd’s snarling ‘Things She Says’ and The Artwoods’ fuzz drenched mod favourite ‘I Take What I Want’ featuring future Deep Purple organist Jon Lord on organ.
Denny Laine (later of Wings) sings with The Moody Blues calming things down with some soulful beat.
Side 3 focuses on UK soul music - Rod ‘the mod’ Stewart backed by The Brian Auger Trinity takes on Sam Cooke’s ‘Shake’, the godfather of ska Laurel Aitken proves he’s also a natural soul man with his floor filling version of The Mar-Keys’ ‘Last Night’ and the amazing Barry St. John sings the funky ‘Gotta Brand New Man’. Popular club acts Lucas & The Mike Cotton Sound and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede would regularly bring the house down at mod clubs and also feature.
Side 4 includes mod club dancefloor smashes from The Spencer Davis Group and Rupert’s People (AKA mod group Fleur De Lys) while mod heroes The Action go psychedelic with ‘Look At The View’. A moonlighting Jeff Beck of The Yardbirds plays on John’s Children’s ‘But She’s Mine’ and there are brilliant singles revered by freakbeat and psych collectors such as Double Feature’s ‘Baby Get Your Head Screwed On’ and The Drag Set’s ‘Day And Night’.
Rarities from The Trendbender Band and The Union (featuring Elmer Gantry) appear on vinyl for the first time.
- Theme From "The Warriors" - Barry Devorzon
- Nowhere To Run - Arnold Mcculler
- In Havana - Kenny Vance With Ismael Miranda
- Echos In My Mind - Mandrill
- The Fight - Barry Devorzon
- In The City - Joe Walsh
- Love Is A Fire - Genya Ravan
- Baseball Furies Chase - Barry Devorzon
- Re Movin' Too Slow - Johnny Vastano
- Last Of An Ancient Breed - Desmond Child
- Wonder Wheel (Main Title)
- Graveyard
- Night Run
- The Orphans/Turnbull A.c.'s Pt. 1/Riff Boss
- Turnbull A.c.'s Pt. 2/Molotov Cocktail
- March To Station
- Luther Shoots Cyrus/Train Walking
- Baseball Furies Chase/The Fight
- Into The Tunnel
- Skater/Men's Room/The Fight (Alternate)
- 11: Riff's Learn Truth/Platform/Warriors & Rogues
- 12: Platform (Alternate)/Warriors & Rogue (Alternate)
The long-awaited repressing of THE WARRIORS. This deluxe double LP features the re-mastered 1979 original soundtrack, in addition to, the vinyl debut of the complete film score by Barry DeVorzon.
Directed by Walter Hill and based off the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick of the same name, THE WARRIORS is the absolute definition of an influential cult-classic film. THE WARRIORS has permeated the landscape of pop culture, music, film, fashion, comics, and video games.
Waxwork worked directly from the original master tapes of both the original 1979 soundtrack and film score to bring audiences a brand-new transfer of every musical cue heard in the movie, for the very first time on vinyl.
Features artwork by Marvel Comics artist Dave Rapoza, Double LP 180 gram “Warriors” red and rust vinyl, printed insert, and deluxe packaging.
- At Peacehaven
- Media Res
- Côte D'adur
- A Submersible
- A Whole House
- Service Stationed
- Construction Site/Summer_22
- Trauma Mosaic
- Riddley Scott Walker
- The Common Cold
color LP[15,55 €]
Mit einer #1 in den UK-Vinyl-Single-Charts und der Ankündigung ihres vierten Albums festigen JOHN 2023 ihren Ruf als kompromisslose Post-Hardcore-Kraft. Mit Barry Adamson (The Bad Seeds, Magazine) und dem preisgekrönten Schauspieler Simon Pegg als Gäste vereint 'A Life Diagrammatic' Schlagkraft und Intensität ihrer atemberaubenden Live-Shows mit den zunehmend strukturellen, cineastischen und expressiven Sensibilitäten der Band. Für die Abmischung wurde Seth Manchester (Big Brave, Battles, METZ) engagiert, während Frank Arkwright (Mogwai, Arab Strap, Squarepusher, Autechre) das Mastering in den legendären Abbey Road Studios übernahm. Das Ergebnis ist ein reichhaltiges und eindrucksvolles Hörerlebnis einer fesselnden und genreübergreifenden Band.
Mit einer #1 in den UK-Vinyl-Single-Charts und der Ankündigung ihres vierten Albums festigen JOHN 2023 ihren Ruf als kompromisslose Post-Hardcore-Kraft. Mit Barry Adamson (The Bad Seeds, Magazine) und dem preisgekrönten Schauspieler Simon Pegg als Gäste vereint 'A Life Diagrammatic' Schlagkraft und Intensität ihrer atemberaubenden Live-Shows mit den zunehmend strukturellen, cineastischen und expressiven Sensibilitäten der Band. Für die Abmischung wurde Seth Manchester (Big Brave, Battles, METZ) engagiert, während Frank Arkwright (Mogwai, Arab Strap, Squarepusher, Autechre) das Mastering in den legendären Abbey Road Studios übernahm. Das Ergebnis ist ein reichhaltiges und eindrucksvolles Hörerlebnis einer fesselnden und genreübergreifenden Band.
- Trying To Catch A Fly
- La Grabuge (Pop Theme)
- Agent No. 1
- Opetanie Five
- Saved From Oblivion
- Tajemnica Enigmy
- W Instyucie
- W Pustiny I W Puszczy
- The Dziekanka Student's Hostel (Part Ii)
- Landscapes
- Losy (Mid-Beat Theme)
- Third Part Of The Night Czolownica
- Diabel
- La Grabuge 2 (Orch Pop Theme)
- Rosa Rosa (With Arp Life)
- Bossa Nova (Feat Ewa Wanat)
- The Dziekanka Student's Hostel (Part I)
- Lapanka
- La Grabuge 3 (Orchestral Theme)
- Losy 2 (Mid-Guitar Theme)
- Trying To Catch A Fly (Reprise)
- Wszystko Na Sprzedaz Taniec
Twenty-two rare and unreleased vintage tracks from the secret vaults of one of the most enigmatic composers in 60s/70s/80s European cinema. Originally recorded in the best studios in Poland, Italy and France for experimental film, political allegories, lost television shows, sound libraries and radio – these tracks have been hidden behind the Iron Curtain on lost master tapes and film reels until now! »Secret Enigma«, the first ever dedicated anthology of this great composer’s work, is now back in print.
Originally released exactly 30 years ag In artistic cinema Andrzej Korzyński’s unique experiments with jazz, pop, rock, orchestral and electronic music make his name synonymous with the most praised (Andrzej Wajda) and the most provocative (Andrzej Żuławski) Polish filmmakers (counting many more in between). As an early patron of the Polish New Wave and a key exponent of the development of conceptual Polish pop music his expansive portfolio has remained commercially unreleased and untravelled (like many of the original socialist era Polish made films) and has yet to find its deserved place next to the work of Ennio Morricone, François de Roubaix and John Barry. Now enhanced by a renewed interest in vintage art house film and a subculture of open minded music collectors many Easter European artists, such as Krzysztof Komeda (Poland), Zdeněk Liška (Czechoslovakia) and now Andrzej Korzynski,have finally begun to earn their place alongside their Central European peers.
For lovers of film music and experimental pop this debut anthology and appraisal of Andrzej Korzyński.
- A1: Imagination - Just An Illusion
- A2: Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
- A3: Bobby Byrd - Back From The Dead
- A4: Johnny Guitar Watson - Superman Lover
- A5: Barry White - Change
- B1: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
- B2: The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
- B3: Gwen Mccrae - All This Love I'm Givin
- B4: Syl Johnson - Ms. Fine Brown Frame
- B5: Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
- C1: Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
- C2: James Brown - Funky Men
- C3: The Salsoul Orchestra Feat. Loleatta Holloway - Runaway
- C4: Traks - Long Train Runnin
- C5: First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
- D1: Fat Larry’s Band - Act Like You Know (Radio Mix)
- D2: Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
- D3: Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (Original 7” Version)
- D4: Positive Force - We Got The Funk
- D5: Imagination - Music & Lights
- D6: The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
All the essential tracks of Funk, sung by the greatest legends of the genre, gathered in a double vinyl, with :
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Imagination - Grandmaster Flash - James Brown - Loleatta Holloway - The Whispers - First Choice - Barry White - The Sugarhill Gang - Syl Johnson...
SUPERB NEW ALBUM BY STRAWBS. FEATURING DAVID
COUSINS, BLUE WEAVER AND JOHN FORD.
• RADIO COVERAGE, REVIEWS IN NATIONAL PRESS, CLASSIC
ROCK, UNCUT, MOJO, RECORD COLLECTOR AND PROG
MAGAZINES PLUS WEBSITES AND FANZINES.
Vinyl LP edition of ‘The Magic Of It All’ by Strawbs,
recorded in Cape Town and featuring David Cousins, Blue
Weaver, and John Ford from classic 1970s line up joined by
some of the finest musicians and singers in South Africa.
Strawbs were high in the charts with ‘Grave New World’ and
‘Bursting At The Seams’ 50 years ago which coincided with a pivotal
moment in the struggle for freedom in South Africa, when students
and workers launched a new wave of resistance against so-called
“resettlement”. The resistance in South Africa identified with
Strawbs songs, especially ‘Part Of The Union’, ‘Lay Down’, and
‘New World’.
Recognising this, South Africa documentary maker, Niel van
Deventer, approached David Cousins with the idea of producing a
documentary about Strawbs and the band’s influence around the
world. Niel wanted to film while new songs were being recorded in
a Cape Town studio. David Cousins came up with a bunch of his
finest songs; Blue Weaver flew over to produce the sessions and cowrite some of the material, while John Ford joined in with his
contribution to the songs from New York.
Featuring brand-new songs recorded at the Academy Of Sound
Engineering in Cape Town, with engineer Peter Pearlson worked
with Paul Simon when he was recording South African musicians for
the ‘Graceland’ album. The South African musicians on this album
include Mauritz Lotz, Schalk Joubert, Kevin Gibson, Byron
Abrahams, Simangele Mashazi, Marzia Barry and Luna Paige.
Cathryn Craig and Nicole Tee joined the singers from the UK. The
documentary The Magic Of It All will be released later this year.
Penguin Cafe kündigen heute ihr fünftes Studioalbum Rain Before Seven... an, das am 7.Juli 2023 bei Erased Tapes erscheinen wird.
Eine zuversichtliche Grundstimmung durchzieht das fünfte Studioalbum von Penguin Cafe, Rain Before Seven…, wobei es sich keinesfalls um jenen extrem selbstbewussten, fast schon prahlerischen Optimismus handelt, sondern eher um so eine auf bescheidene Art hoffnungsvolle Grundhaltung, die man den Menschen auf der Insel ja häufiger nachsagt. Auch wenn alle Anzeichen das Gegenteil behaupten, spürt man hier sofort diese Gewissheit, dass sich alles doch noch irgendwie zum Guten wenden wird. Vermutlich zumindest.
Der Titel des Albums geht auf eine alte Bauernregel zurück, wobei die gereimte Vorhersage – „… fine before eleven“: ab 11 Uhr also wieder alles klar – auf ein baldiges gutes Ende hindeutet, vollkommen unabhängig davon, was die Wissenschaft sagt: „Ich habe diesen Spruch in einem Buch entdeckt. Davor hatte ich ihn noch nie gehört“, erzählt Arthur Jeffes, der Kopf von Penguin Cafe. „Er hat so einen dezent optimistischen Beigeschmack, und das gefällt mir sehr. Man verwendet ihn heutzutage kaum noch, aber der Reim beschreibt tatsächlich Wetterphänomene in England, die vom Atlantik aus über die Insel ziehen.“
Angefangen beim leinwandgroßen und schwärmerischen Eröffnungstitel „Welcome to London“, der mit einem Augenzwinkern auf Morricone anspielt, bis hin zum „Goldfinch Yodel“, jenem „Maibaum-Banger“ (um es mit Arthurs Worten zu sagen), mit dem das neue Album ausklingt, zieht sich ein angenehmes Gefühl von Leichtigkeit und Lebensmut durch den Longplayer, unterfüttert mit der Ausgelassenheit exotischer Rhythmen. Alles wirkt spielerisch und verspielt, und selbst der Titel ist eine Anspielung – auf A Matter of Life… aus dem Jahr 2011, der letzten Veröffentlichung, deren Titel in eine Ellipse mündete Jenes Debütalbum von Penguin Cafe diente einst als Bindeglied und Brücke – zwischen dem legendären Penguin Cafe Orchestra, das einst Arthurs Vater Simon Jeffes leitete, und dem gefeierten Nachfolger, als dessen Mastermind seither Arthur verantwortlich zeichnet.
„Ich glaube, das wirklich Neue an seinem Ansatz bestand darin, spannende und schräge Ideen zu nehmen – und dann seltsame Dinge damit anzustellen“, meint Arthur, „dabei aber konstant im Blick zu haben, dass es hinterher auch schön klingt und emotional ansprechend bleibt.“ Dieses Ethos lebt weiter in der Musik von Penguin Cafe: „Dazu haben wir uns entschlossen, als ich daran anknüpfte, schließlich spielen wir die Sachen meines Vaters und machen dazu auch neue Musik, die im selben Klanguniversum angesiedelt ist. Das bedeutet, dass ich gewissermaßen moralisch dazu verpflichtet bin, den ursprünglichen roten Faden im Auge zu behalten – und dafür zu sorgen, dass wir nicht plötzlich in Richtung Thrash-Metal abbiegen.“
Dennoch waren die rhythmischen Elemente, die zum Teil sogar an elektronische Sounds erinnern, noch nie so präsent und tonangebend wie auf Rain Before Seven…, was durchaus auch dem Co-Produzenten Robert Raths geschuldet ist. „Find Your Feet“ etwa hat ein Beat-Fundament, das weit über einen bloßen Pulsschlag hinausgeht. Abgemischt von Tom Chichester-Clark, blitzt an Stellen wie diesen etwas auf, das Arthur selbst als „fast schon elektronischen Vibe“ bezeichnet, um dann ganz aufgeregt zu ergänzen: „Es geht vor allem auch einfach ums Spaßhaben, was auf den letzten drei Alben nicht so zu hören war.” Extrem ausgelassen klingt auch „In Re Budd“, das dem verstorbenen Ambient-Urgestein Harold Budd gewidmet ist. Arthur erfuhr von dessen Tod an jenem Tag, als er diesen feierlichen Ohrwurm komponierte, dessen Synkopen deutlich komplexer sind, als sie auf den ersten Blick wirken. Auf einem präparierten Klavier gespielt, wobei die Filzstücke dem Track zusätzlichen Bounce verleihen, setzt Jeffes hier auf einen Afro Cuban Cafe-Vibe – was wunderbar zum widerspenstigen Geist des verstorbenen Budd passt.
Und schließlich wäre da noch das bereits erwähnte „Welcome to London“, das seinen Titel erhielt, als sich die Welt gerade wieder zu öffnen begann und die Menschen auch wieder Fernreisen antreten durften. Jeffes, der somit nach langer Zeit endlich wieder einen Fuß auf britischen Boden setzen konnte, war sofort beeindruckt von filmischen Soundtrack-Qualitäten (à la John Barry) dieses Stücks, als er mit dem Taxi von Heathrow nach West-London fuhr und zur Musik die opulente, in Dämmerungslicht getauchte Metropolenkulisse auf sich wirken ließ. Hier kann man deutlich die eingangs erwähnte Zuversicht raushören – und dazu vielleicht auch einen Hauch von bissiger Ironie: „Robert Raths hat der Sache noch eine Nuance hinzugefügt, die ich interessant finde, weil doch so viele Londoner ursprünglich gar nicht aus London stammen. Man schlägt also in London als Zugezogener auf, man weiß noch nicht, zu welchem Lager man sich zugehörig fühlen soll, und dann wird man auf der Straße überfallen und ausgeraubt – und in dem Licht betrachtet, hat dieses ‘Welcome to London’ doch einen eher sarkastischen Beigeschmack.“
Gordon Haskell gained recognition as bass player for the Fleur de Lys in 1966, and subsequently spent a short period in King Crimson at the time of the recordings of In The Wake Of Poseidon. He released his second solo album It IsAnd It Isn’t in 1971, which features King Crimson-bassist John Wetton.
The album has guest appearances from various top session musicians (Dave Spinoza, Alan Barry & Bill Atkinson a.o.) and it was produced by Arif Mardin, who, at the time, was moving into some much more profitable and visible projects with the Bee Gees that went in a completely different direction.
On this album, Mardin melts Haskell’s pop-progressive sound with the clean, sharp mixes that King Crimson of that era were known for.
It Is And It Isn’t is available as a limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on green coloured vinyl.
Penguin Cafe kündigen heute ihr fünftes Studioalbum Rain Before Seven... an, das am 7.Juli 2023 bei Erased Tapes erscheinen wird.
Eine zuversichtliche Grundstimmung durchzieht das fünfte Studioalbum von Penguin Cafe, Rain Before Seven…, wobei es sich keinesfalls um jenen extrem selbstbewussten, fast schon prahlerischen Optimismus handelt, sondern eher um so eine auf bescheidene Art hoffnungsvolle Grundhaltung, die man den Menschen auf der Insel ja häufiger nachsagt. Auch wenn alle Anzeichen das Gegenteil behaupten, spürt man hier sofort diese Gewissheit, dass sich alles doch noch irgendwie zum Guten wenden wird. Vermutlich zumindest.
Der Titel des Albums geht auf eine alte Bauernregel zurück, wobei die gereimte Vorhersage – „… fine before eleven“: ab 11 Uhr also wieder alles klar – auf ein baldiges gutes Ende hindeutet, vollkommen unabhängig davon, was die Wissenschaft sagt: „Ich habe diesen Spruch in einem Buch entdeckt. Davor hatte ich ihn noch nie gehört“, erzählt Arthur Jeffes, der Kopf von Penguin Cafe. „Er hat so einen dezent optimistischen Beigeschmack, und das gefällt mir sehr. Man verwendet ihn heutzutage kaum noch, aber der Reim beschreibt tatsächlich Wetterphänomene in England, die vom Atlantik aus über die Insel ziehen.“
Angefangen beim leinwandgroßen und schwärmerischen Eröffnungstitel „Welcome to London“, der mit einem Augenzwinkern auf Morricone anspielt, bis hin zum „Goldfinch Yodel“, jenem „Maibaum-Banger“ (um es mit Arthurs Worten zu sagen), mit dem das neue Album ausklingt, zieht sich ein angenehmes Gefühl von Leichtigkeit und Lebensmut durch den Longplayer, unterfüttert mit der Ausgelassenheit exotischer Rhythmen. Alles wirkt spielerisch und verspielt, und selbst der Titel ist eine Anspielung – auf A Matter of Life… aus dem Jahr 2011, der letzten Veröffentlichung, deren Titel in eine Ellipse mündete Jenes Debütalbum von Penguin Cafe diente einst als Bindeglied und Brücke – zwischen dem legendären Penguin Cafe Orchestra, das einst Arthurs Vater Simon Jeffes leitete, und dem gefeierten Nachfolger, als dessen Mastermind seither Arthur verantwortlich zeichnet.
„Ich glaube, das wirklich Neue an seinem Ansatz bestand darin, spannende und schräge Ideen zu nehmen – und dann seltsame Dinge damit anzustellen“, meint Arthur, „dabei aber konstant im Blick zu haben, dass es hinterher auch schön klingt und emotional ansprechend bleibt.“ Dieses Ethos lebt weiter in der Musik von Penguin Cafe: „Dazu haben wir uns entschlossen, als ich daran anknüpfte, schließlich spielen wir die Sachen meines Vaters und machen dazu auch neue Musik, die im selben Klanguniversum angesiedelt ist. Das bedeutet, dass ich gewissermaßen moralisch dazu verpflichtet bin, den ursprünglichen roten Faden im Auge zu behalten – und dafür zu sorgen, dass wir nicht plötzlich in Richtung Thrash-Metal abbiegen.“
Dennoch waren die rhythmischen Elemente, die zum Teil sogar an elektronische Sounds erinnern, noch nie so präsent und tonangebend wie auf Rain Before Seven…, was durchaus auch dem Co-Produzenten Robert Raths geschuldet ist. „Find Your Feet“ etwa hat ein Beat-Fundament, das weit über einen bloßen Pulsschlag hinausgeht. Abgemischt von Tom Chichester-Clark, blitzt an Stellen wie diesen etwas auf, das Arthur selbst als „fast schon elektronischen Vibe“ bezeichnet, um dann ganz aufgeregt zu ergänzen: „Es geht vor allem auch einfach ums Spaßhaben, was auf den letzten drei Alben nicht so zu hören war.” Extrem ausgelassen klingt auch „In Re Budd“, das dem verstorbenen Ambient-Urgestein Harold Budd gewidmet ist. Arthur erfuhr von dessen Tod an jenem Tag, als er diesen feierlichen Ohrwurm komponierte, dessen Synkopen deutlich komplexer sind, als sie auf den ersten Blick wirken. Auf einem präparierten Klavier gespielt, wobei die Filzstücke dem Track zusätzlichen Bounce verleihen, setzt Jeffes hier auf einen Afro Cuban Cafe-Vibe – was wunderbar zum widerspenstigen Geist des verstorbenen Budd passt.
Und schließlich wäre da noch das bereits erwähnte „Welcome to London“, das seinen Titel erhielt, als sich die Welt gerade wieder zu öffnen begann und die Menschen auch wieder Fernreisen antreten durften. Jeffes, der somit nach langer Zeit endlich wieder einen Fuß auf britischen Boden setzen konnte, war sofort beeindruckt von filmischen Soundtrack-Qualitäten (à la John Barry) dieses Stücks, als er mit dem Taxi von Heathrow nach West-London fuhr und zur Musik die opulente, in Dämmerungslicht getauchte Metropolenkulisse auf sich wirken ließ. Hier kann man deutlich die eingangs erwähnte Zuversicht raushören – und dazu vielleicht auch einen Hauch von bissiger Ironie: „Robert Raths hat der Sache noch eine Nuance hinzugefügt, die ich interessant finde, weil doch so viele Londoner ursprünglich gar nicht aus London stammen. Man schlägt also in London als Zugezogener auf, man weiß noch nicht, zu welchem Lager man sich zugehörig fühlen soll, und dann wird man auf der Straße überfallen und ausgeraubt – und in dem Licht betrachtet, hat dieses ‘Welcome to London’ doch einen eher sarkastischen Beigeschmack.“
First Ever Vinyl Reissue (released in collaboration with the Numero Group)
180g BLACK vinyl limited to 500 copies (w/obi strip). Non-Returnable.
Little is known about the mythical band ‘Heart-Soul & Inspiration’ and their band leader, L.A. drummer and producer Vince Howard…The crooning Howard got his start in 1957 on Herb Newman’s Era label where he released a bunch of excellent Doo Wop, Funk & Soul singles. Over the ensuing decade Howard slowly began piecing together his “Orchestra” consisting of bassist Jimmy Soul, guitarist Ron Carr, and pianist John True.
Howard’s Heart-Soul & Inspiration Orchestra cut their self-titled (and only) album in 1974 for John Spriggs’ Los Angeles-based Viscojon concern under the watchful eye of R&B godfather Johnny Otis.
The result was the birth of an astonishing piece of art filled with playful sexy moans, climaxing grooves and soulful hooks. One of the many highlights on the album (and clocking in at an epic eleven minutes), Vince Howard’s “I’m Gonna Love You More” is a tantric reimagining of Barry White’s 1973 sexually charged classic. Where White was content delivering a subtle and syrupy innuendo, Howard transformed the break-heavy track into a meandering funk workout.
Sadly, after their Barry White/Isaac Hayes facsimile LP failed to gain traction, the group released their final recordings—“Funk on Down” b/w “Fallen Angel”—for Viscojon in 1975 which became a hit among prominent DJ’s in the nightclub circuit. This ushered in the end for Howard’s Heart-Soul & Inspiration project.
Heart-Soul & Inspiration was a true example of a bright light burning out way too quickly. Thankfully we are left with the unique (and very rare) document that is their self-titled album. Almost impossible to get ahold of…a well-deserved reissue has been long overdue. This is an album that deserves a prominent place in every serious Funk & Soul enthusiast’s record collection!
- 1: Helplessly - Moment Of Truth
- 2: After You've Had Your Fling - The Intrepids
- 3: Welcome To The Club - Blue Magic
- 4: I Can't Move No Mountains - Margie Joseph
- 5: Supernatural Thing Part 1 - Ben E King
- 6: Mellow Me - Faith, Hope & Charity
- 7: Georgia's After Hours - Richard "Popcorn" Wylie
- 8: Date With The Rain - Eddie Kendricks
- 9: Just As Long As We're Together - Gloria Scott
- 10: Wendy Is Gone - Ronnie Mcneir
- 11: Got To Get You Back - Sons Of Robin Stone
- 12: Night Of The Wolf (Tema Del Lupo) - Ivano Fossati
- 13: Good Things Don't Last Forever – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
- 14: Tell Me What You Want - Jimmy Ruffin
- 15: Keep It Up - Betty Everett
- 16: Free & Easy - Satyr
- 17: Each Morning I Wake Up - Major Harris
- 18: It's The Same Old Story - Act I
- 19: You Can't Hide Love - Creative Source
- 20: The Whole Damn World Is Going Crazy – John Gary Williams
- 21: If That's The Way You Feel - White Heat
- 22: Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes
Before there was Saturday Night Fever there was underground disco. DJs across America went out and found the music to play; dancers went out and found the clubs. At this point, in the early seventies, the disco was the venue and not a genre of music.
By the time Nik Cohn’s short story Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night was published by New York magazine in June 1976, disco was the biggest genre of music on the charts and was about to get bigger still, becoming an all-enveloping cultural phenomenon. Cohn sold the film rights to Robert Stigwood, and his classic club yarn became Saturday Night Fever.
“Tribal Rites Of The New Saturday Night” is the soundtrack to Cohn’s story, where disco began; a 1975 score for the underground clubs of Brooklyn and Queens that played R&B, soul and Latin beats to people who lived for the weekend.
Bob Stanley has put this collection together, sourcing what was actually played in Brooklyn discos in 1974 and 1975. Only a few specific records were mentioned in Cohn’s feature, but two of them – Ben E King’s ‘Supernatural Thing Part 1’ and Harold Melvin’s ‘Wake Up Everybody’ - were cosmically great and both are included here, alongside underground favourites like Moment Of Truth’s Four Tops-like ‘Helplessly’ and Gloria Scott’s Barry White-produced modern soul classic ‘Just As Long As We’re Together’. Ivano Fossati’s incredible ‘Night Of The Wolf’ has fans in northern soul, disco and prog circles.
Without Cohn’s original story, it’s quite possible that disco would have remained an underground phenomenon – “Tribal Rites Of The New Saturday Night” paints a scene in full flower. Saturday Night Fever would eventually, if unintentionally, wreck the underground nature of this scene, and clubs like Studio 54 would destroy the democracy of the party, but for two or three years the scene was largely undocumented and magical. This album is the sound of disco before it was captured.
Repress!
Leeds soul and funk label ATA Records are proud to announce the new single from The Sorcerers. Available on 7" vinyl and Digital Download from Friday 30th March, this single is a driving Ethiojazz track aimed squarely at the dancefloor, backed by the Yorkshire Film & Television's original recording of "The Anderson Spectrum" (Later re-recorded and re-named by The Sorcerers as "The Viking Of 5th Avenue")
Taking influences from Ethiopiques Ethiojazz as well as the soundtracks to the European horror films of the 60s and 70s, The Sorcerers seamlessly blend these disparate elements into one cohesive package. Based in ATA Records' home of Leeds, The Sorcerers are made up of the cream of the city's jazz and world scene. Forming the backbone of the ATA Records house band they incorporate bass clarinets, flutes, and vibraphone alongside bass, guitar organ and drums, providing Ellingtonian textures on top of a solid rhythmic foundation.
Initially inspired by the work of Ethiopian composer Mulatu Astatke, The Sorcerers have developed their sound from the foundations laid out on their debut LP "The Sorcerers"."In pursuit of Shai Hulud" eschews the atmospheric textures of their previous material, replacing them with driving percussion and propulsive bass. Organ and flute tear into the melody as temple blocks beat out an insistent rhythm throughout.
The B-Side ("The Anderson Spectrum") is the original track from The Yorkshire Film & Television Orchestra that The Sorcerers re-recorded and re-named "The Viking Of 5th Avenue" when they recorded it for their debut. Tremolo-fuzz guitar and heavy brass place the track firmly in the sonic realm of 1960s British Library Music, bringing to mind the work of John Barry and Portishead rather than Mulatu Astatke.
- A1: A World Without Love – Peter & Gordon
- A2: Wishin’ And Hopin’ – Dusty Springfield
- A3: Don’t Throw Your Love Away – The Searchers
- A4: Beat Girl (1993 Remaster) – The John Barry Orchestra
- A5: Starstruck – The Kinks
- A6: You’re My World – Cilla Black
- B1: Wade In The Water (Live At Klooks Kleek) – The Graham Bond Organisation
- B2: I’ve Got My Mind Set On You – James Ray
- B3: (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave – The Who
- B4: Puppet On A String – Sandie Shaw
- B5: Land Of 1000 Dances – The Walker Brothers
- B6: There’s A Ghost In My House – R. Dean Taylor
- C1: Happy House – Siouxsie & The Banshees
- C2: (There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me – Sandie Shaw
- C3: Eloise – Barry Ryan
- C4: Anyone Who Had A Heart – Cilla Black
- D1: Last Night In Soho – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
- D2: Neon (Soundtrack Edit) – Steven Price
- D3: Downtown (A Capella) – Anya Taylor-Joy
- D4: Downtown (Uptempo) – Anya Taylor-Joy
Complimenting the release of the new Supafunkanova Vol.3 album by Woody Bianchi is this extremely badass 7” for all those that like it at 45. Two very rare, choice cuts from the album, one of which doesn’t feature on the Vinyl version of the Compilation.
First up is the Together Band with their falsetto boogie funk track ‘Calif. Curl, Calif. Girl’ sitting somewhere between Slave & One Way with it’s killer guitar groove, disco toms and synth swells.
On the flip is The Firebolts - Firebolt Hustle an extremely hard to find cut on 7” featuring legends such as Bernard Wright and Barry Johnson. A pure badass Funk track from the Disco-Boogie era indeed!
- A1: William Goldstein & The Magic Disco Machine Midnight Rhapsody (William Goldstein)
- A2: Azymuth Young Embrace (Um Abraco Da Mocidade) (José Roberto Bertrami)
- B1: Herb Alpert Rise (Herb Alpert, Randy Badazz)
- B2: Claudja Barry Love For The Sake Of Love (Jorg Evers, Jurgen S Korduletsch)
- B3: The Durutti Column Sketch For Summer (Vini Reilly)
- C1: Roger Gravel Avec Flashback Un Habit En La Bémol (Roger Gravel)
- C2: Marta Acuma Dance Dance Dance (Patrick Adams, Lonnie Johnson)
- C3: Sine Chimi (Patrick Adams, Richard Adler)
- D1: Timmy Thomas Africano (Noel Williams)
- D2: Gina X No G D.m. (Dedicated To Quentin Crisp) (Gina Kikoine)
- D3: Dunn Pearson Jr Groove On Down (Dunn Pearson Jr.)
The double vinyl containing the OST of music inspired by the docu-film "I RAGAZZI DEL COLUMBUS", these tracks just want to
tell the true story of an unrepeatable Era, of clubs, DJs and the generation that gave birth to the socio-cultural revolution which, starting in Italy between 1974 and 1985, it then spread throughout Europe, all with a passion for afro / disco /
funky music, which from the "Columbus" square in Riccione then spread everywhere. Thanks to djs and clubs
Entertainment icon Olivia Newton-John’s legendary career immortalised in 32 star-studded duets with her dear friends. Sonic gems spanning five decades of classic hits including “I Honestly Love You” with Jim Brickman and “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” with Paul Anka, as well as brand new fan favourites like “Window in the Wall” featuring Olivia’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi. Olivia’s duet partners include Mariah Carey, Jon Secada, Barry Gibb, John Travolta, Marie Osmond, Dolly Parton and many more.
On Garden Party, Rose City Band"s country psychedelic rock evokes the wide-open spaces of the American west and free spirits who call it home. Led by acclaimed guitarist and vocalist Ripley Johnson, Rose City Band are some of the best players in contemporary rock: pedal steel guitarist Barry Walker, keyboardist Paul Hasenberg, bassist Dewey Mahood (aka Plankton Wat), drummer Dustin Dybvig, and features Sanae Yamada of Moon Duo on Synthesizer. Garden Party is both a celebration of summer and all it brings: friends gathering at backyard BBQs, cold beers on a hot porch, 12-foot sunflowers, and an exaltation of the value and respite of a moment of calm; the pleasures of time in the garden to appreciate the beauty of a contorted carrot, or a morning on a stoop watching a hummingbird. Freedom, contentment, and joy were the sources for the songs; they certainly bring the listener right there. From the soaring guitar solos to the driving rhythms, the elegant pedal steel lines to the organ grooves, Garden Party has a live band"s energy captured in exquisite detail. Garden Party is an invitation, a welcoming hand extended, and a joyous ride. Like all great music, the album taps into the listeners" emotional center and takes them to their happy place - their sunny spot. Recorded at Center for Sound, Light, and Color Therapy in Portland and mixed by John McEntire, the band"s sounds surround and embrace you. Garden Party"s last two tracks feature special guest Sanae Yamada (Moon Duo) who added some synth magic to the final two tracks. Ripley says it best "I always like when an album starts in one place and ends in another" What a beautiful journey it is!
On Garden Party, Rose City Band"s country psychedelic rock evokes the wide-open spaces of the American west and free spirits who call it home. Led by acclaimed guitarist and vocalist Ripley Johnson, Rose City Band are some of the best players in contemporary rock: pedal steel guitarist Barry Walker, keyboardist Paul Hasenberg, bassist Dewey Mahood (aka Plankton Wat), drummer Dustin Dybvig, and features Sanae Yamada of Moon Duo on Synthesizer. Garden Party is both a celebration of summer and all it brings: friends gathering at backyard BBQs, cold beers on a hot porch, 12-foot sunflowers, and an exaltation of the value and respite of a moment of calm; the pleasures of time in the garden to appreciate the beauty of a contorted carrot, or a morning on a stoop watching a hummingbird. Freedom, contentment, and joy were the sources for the songs; they certainly bring the listener right there. From the soaring guitar solos to the driving rhythms, the elegant pedal steel lines to the organ grooves, Garden Party has a live band"s energy captured in exquisite detail. Garden Party is an invitation, a welcoming hand extended, and a joyous ride. Like all great music, the album taps into the listeners" emotional center and takes them to their happy place - their sunny spot. Recorded at Center for Sound, Light, and Color Therapy in Portland and mixed by John McEntire, the band"s sounds surround and embrace you. Garden Party"s last two tracks feature special guest Sanae Yamada (Moon Duo) who added some synth magic to the final two tracks. Ripley says it best "I always like when an album starts in one place and ends in another" What a beautiful journey it is!
- A1: Laissez-Nous Rentrer Dans Vos Coeurs
- A2: Tina
- A3: L'homme Au Grand Chapeau
- A4: Une Vie Moderne
- B1: French Kiss
- B2: Telstar
- B3: Zazou Sur La Piste
- B4: La Ballade Des Cardiaques
- C1: La Noosphere, La Noosphere
- C2: Rue Merlan
- C3: Le Retour De L'homme Au Grand Chapeau
- C4: Anyhow For The Tennis
- C5: En Hommage A Pop Corn
- C6: Les Ergs N°1, 2, 3 Et 4
- C7: Outpop
- C8: Drone E. M
- D1: Tina Blues
- D2: Telstar Jungle
- D3: Zazou Sur La Piste
- D4: Sequences S.i.r
- D5: Night Tonight
- D6: Love In Loops
- D7: Some Never Fired
- D8: The Gause Mask Serves A Purpose
After the experience of Camizole, Dominique Grimaud began a new (and different) adventure in 1979 with Monique Alba. Alongside Gilbert Artman (Urban Sax), Guigou Chenevier (Etron Fou Leloublan), Jean-Pierre Grasset (Verto) and Cyril Lefebvre (Maajun), Vidéo-Aventures is composed of instrumentals capable of reconciliating Captain Beefheart, Henry Cow, Suicide and... John Barry. All with the backing of Rock In Opposition, which enabled this Musiques pour garçons et filles to become known worldwide.
“Let us enter your hearts”: is the request made by Vidéo-Aventures, and how can we refuse? Especially as Musiques pour garçons et filles, recorded by Dominique Grimaud and Monique Alba fifty years ago along with handpicked colleagues, is as fresh as ever.
1979: having improvised a huge amount (and how!) with Camizole, Grimaud tried his hand at composition and studio recording with Alba. Their first instrument was the AKS synthetiser, with which the duo recorded the instrumental tracks that were then offered to their comrades Guigou Chenevier (Etron Fou Leloublan), Gilbert Artman (Lard Free, Urban Sax), Jean-Pierre Grasset (Verto) and Cyril Lefebvre (Maajun).
At the end of the year, they all came into the studio for a week to record the eight tracks of this mini- album that Chris Cutler would issue a few months later on his label, Recommended. In France it was the beginning of the agitation around Rock In Opposition, to such a point that Musiques pour Garçons et Filles would rise to second place in the NME independent Charts. And this is hardly surprising...
For these instrumental miniatures (here with the bonus of rare archives, some of which are previously unpublished) are uncontrollable: electronics augmented by lap-steel guitar (“Tina”), cunning pop (“Zazou sur la piste”), mechanic sound (“Une vie modern”), street piano (« French Kiss »), disturbing atmospheres (“La ballade des cardiaques”) or something like a TV theme tune capable of adjusting all the colours (“Telstar”)... With such promising ingredients, why stop Vidéo-Aventures from entering?







































