Pete Moore's Solid Rockin' Brass (1974)

A truly brilliant album, a treat from start to finish, it features a blend of funky, brassy arrangements of pop classics from the 50s to the 70s with a couple of funky originals thrown in, too, one of which (as featured below) is called Solar Wind, which is simply a rearranged take on The Jackson 5's I Want You Back!

This one has been out there before courtesy of Lemoncat's rip of a few years ago, but I was so pleased to be able to add the vinyl of this one to my collection, and it sounds in extremely good condition!

Don't miss this one, as there is a great deal of Pete Moore available on all the usual download retail sites, and so this could be on there soon!

I hope you enjoy it and please comment if you do!

Album Preview - Solar Wind

 

Dancing Easy - Various Artists (ELW Original Compilation)

I do hope you enjoy this a much as I enjoyed making it!

Most of the tracks have appeared on, or are planned to appear on Easy Listening World on their respective albums, they are a blend of popular disco classics given Easy arrangements, standards brought into the 70s, and funky Easy disco originals.

Please leave a comment if you have enjoyed this collection!

Album Preview - Sweeney II Theme (Tony Hatch Orchestra)

Dancing In The Dark / Disco Greats - Enoch Light And The Light Brigade (1977)

Probably the very last original album put out under Enoch Light's name while he was still alive (he died in 1978), it contains 10 excellent tracks, all of which you could best describe as Easy Disco. 

Smooth and funky, my highlights are the marvellous version of Gonna Fly Now from Rocky, The Devil's Gun, and from the sadly missed Donna Summer, a fine cover version of I Feel Love.

Like many albums of its time, it is a mixture of vocal and instrumental, but do not let the vocals put you off, they are not at all overpowering to the wonderful Easy Disco arrangements from Jeff Hest, who also plays some great ARP synth on the record too.

It is always pleasing to find a record like this in such fine condition from a charity shop, as many are not even stocking donated vinyl anymore!

I hope you enjoy it and please comment if you do!

Album Preview - Theme From Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)

Girl Talk - Button Down Brass / Ray Davies

I do not normally post CD compilations, but after the comments on my recent Button Down Brass library LP post, I thought it would be good to post this very nice collection of the Pye years of Ray Davies.

All the great Button Down originals are here, such as Heavy Water, Mach 1, Hadrian's Wall, Martinique, and Truckin', with some nice covers, too.

It was previously posted on Lounge Legends, but the link has expired, so for Mindy, who left a very kind comment, here it is!

It has had to be hosted at Mediafire, as my access to Megaupload appears to have been curtailed at the moment.

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