LAST LISTENED TO this week
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT pretty good
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And yet another funky 45. My head is certainly full of them at the moment and a good thing that is too. Especially in the fight against winter gloom.
This one is a recent re-issue by the always excellent Jazzman Records. It was recorded some time probably in the early 70s for the British library music label Chappell. Due to the nature of library music, this tune was never given an actual release and only become known to collectors during the explosion of interest in library music in the 90s. Needless to say, this was one of the rarer and much sought-after recordings.
The track starts with a drum and bass figure that is quickly joined by a flute. Things soon set up a gear with a lovely drum roll, top wah-wah guitar and brass. The flute soon re-joins before another break and a futher change up, this time introduciing strings and an organ. By now what had started out as a fairly spare piece, has become quite crowded. Here it reaches a crescendo, before quickly dipping back into the original drum, bass and flute figure.
It's a very simple track and therein lies it's appeal. Nothing especially fancy happens here, but what does happen is well played and well contructed and happens at a nice, laid-back pace.
Apparently it has become a very popular sampling-ground and there's no suprise in that.
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