Bruton cds!

[sermad]

Got a pile of CD's sent from Zomba today. Very very very interesting.

One was called 'Classic Rare Grooves' BRH92 from 1997!

The tracklisting is killer - loads of funky library jazz which is all PEER PIL stuff. I need some help filling in the blanks to where the songs come from.

1) Chicano Chaser - Ian Langley (From 'Reggae For Real' Peer PIL9023 - Been a holy grail for years - NEED the OG)

2) Five Plus Four - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

3) Hole In One - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

4) Injury Time - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

5) Beat Norm - Johnny Scott (I think this is from Big Hammer - Havent got it to hand - NEED the peer issue - Had the southern and spanish issues)

6) Shifty - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

7) Back To Front - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

8) Riffin' - Claude Bolling (From 'Dreaming & Dancing' Peer PIL9020 - I had written this lp off but this track is well smart&#33

9)The Paunch - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

10) Safari Park - Roger Roger (From 'Mindbender' Peer PIL9013)

11) Rolling - Johnny Scott (I think this is from Big Hammer - Havent got it to hand)

12) Rough Ride - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

13) Heavy Lift - Johnny Scott (Pretty sure this is from Big Hammer - Havent got it to hand)

14) Photo-Finish - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

15) Zenith - Barry Forgie (Fron 'Zenith' Peer PIL9014)

16) Hunted - Barry Forgie (From 'Mindbender' Peer PIL9013 - I had never bothered with a side to Mindbender before...wow this is good)

17) False Start - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

18) Late Summer - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

19) Face To Face - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

20) Late Start - Al Newman (From '5+4' Peer PIL9029)

21) Al's Blues - Barry Forgie (??? - This is excellent! Kind of perky saxy/flutey wah wah)

22) Whispering Giant - Barry Forgie (??? - Again really good.)

23) Soul Thing - Sven Libaek (From 'My Thing' sorry cant remember the cat. Only got the southern issue. NEED the Peer issue).

I'll list up more later!

[LDJB]

Any chance of a dub of that Serms?

[sermad]

Yes mate!

The rest are new takes on funky library - havent got round to them yet.

The only other reissue one is '1970's Crime Drama' - BRJ47. Seems to be all Bruton gear - Drama Montage and all that.

[Lord Thames]

Quote[/b] (sermad @ June 09 2004,15:50)]21) Al's Blues - Barry Forgie (??? - This is excellent! Kind of perky saxy/flutey wah wah)

22) Whispering Giant - Barry Forgie (??? - Again really good.)

'Al's Blues' is from 'Hit Man' (PIL 9037) - on the LP all the tracks are credited to 'Sound Prospect'. Interesting to find out who they were! I suspect the Al the track refers to is Al Newman.

'Whispering Giant' is from 'Confrontation' (PIL 9024), played by the Frank Sterling Big Band and is easily the best track on the LP.

I didn't know about this CD, actually - I'll have to get a copy!

[sermad]

cheers Lord T!

I can run you off a copy too if you like?

Bugger. I passed up Hitman twice already thinking it was crap.

Confrontation Ive never seen. Whats the cover like?

[bionic boy]

I have the Rare Groove one, Hustle and Easy Listening TV Tunes. Drama Montage, ets were featured heavily on BRCD 16 drama/Crime 2.
Happy to dub if anyone wants any.

[Yemsky]

Quote[/b] (bionic boy @ June 09 2004,21:08)]I have the Rare Groove one, Hustle and Easy Listening TV Tunes.  Drama Montage, ets were featured heavily on BRCD 16 drama/Crime 2.
Happy to dub if anyone wants any.

I am still waiting on my copy of the Hustle, but I doubt whether my source will supply it eventually. So, I'd be interested in a copy of that and the Rare Groove.
I can supply a copy of the Sound Stylistics and the Old School Classics for trade.

Does anybody know whether this is worth tracking down: bruton CD BRH110 power funk ???

[Lord Thames]

Quote[/b] (sermad @ June 09 2004,19:55)]Confrontation Ive never seen. Whats the cover like?

'Confrontation' has a blue and red striped cover, incorporating a photo of the trombone section of the Peter Dennis Orchestra (from the cover of the Telefunken 'Back To The Bands' LP) and 'Confrontation' written in the Kojak font.

'Hit Man' has three good tracks on it, all three of which turned up on a compilation of somewhat dubious legality, 'The Audio Blue Collection vol 1' - 'Hit Man', 'Latin A-Go Go' and 'Al's Blues'. Nice cover too, though I've only got a minidisc copy of the LP, alas!

[spiralbeat.]

Funny how they've taken every tune off 5+4!!! I believe there is also a commercial release of this under the Powerhouse name.

The three J. Scott tracks are indeed Big Hammer. You may be able to get a butchers at the Confrontation cover (PIL 9024) on cdandlp.com, under the Black Music/Euro Grooves section (page 3). It's been up there for a while and is the red/blue trombones sleeve.

Good luck on that Langley Group LP. Been after that for years and never had a sniff. Chicano Chaser is a cracking tune though.

[sermad]

Cheers dude. 45 Euro is waaaay steep for 'confrontation'. No wonder its been up there a while!

Yeah 'Reggae for real' is killing me. I think the nutsons got it off ebay for £10 or something ridiculous. This was while I was on holiday I think.

[bionic boy]

'Power Funk' are all by Steve Byrd, so likely to be new compositions. a 'Various Artists' is a good cue to archive stuff. Are there are any other good archive CDs that have been out recently? Have KPM done any since their 60's & 70's comps?

[Lord Thames]

KPM seem to have done just the four - The Sixties, The Seventies, and Sounds of the 60s & 70s vols 1&2

Bruton's 'Tribute to the 70s vol 1' has some good disco and synth-funk tracks on it, plus some modern ones from John Fiddy (under the alias 'Jean Pierre Fabien&#39 which are pretty convincing - the lad's still got it! Vol. 2 is all modern stuff, alas, but it does feature some tracks by Bruce Foxton of The Jam!!

The Primrose library are also putting out some interesting obscure Italian stuff - I've got 'Delirium 1973' and 'Italiana Cocktail' which are both pretty good.

And the JW library have done a series of CDs called 'Cheesy Listening' (UGH&#33 with tracklistings that look positively mouthwatering....shame I can't get my hands on 'em!

[sermad]

Quote[/b] (Lord Thames @ June 10 2004,14:37)]And the JW library have done a series of CDs called 'Cheesy Listening' (UGH&#33 with tracklistings that look positively mouthwatering....shame I can't get my hands on 'em!

Why can't you get them?

Who owns JW these days? Just get them sent to the station mate. Or is there something else going on here?

[Lord Thames]

It's something I've often thought about trying, actually - trouble is I'm only a newsreader, and if they find out I'm not likely to use them, they might want them back!

Actually, would I be able to get hold of them as a freelance (which is what I am)? I suppose if I sex up my CV a bit.......

[sermad]

Write them a mail from your radio station email address. Saying you are putting together a programme and need x cd's. Worth a try.