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Alan Hawkshaw/Brian Bennett/John Fiddy-Hot Wax-'76 Electronic,Jazz,Funk-NEW LP
Various – Hot Wax
Label:
Be With Records – BEWITH043LP
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, 180g
Country:
UK
Released:
16 Nov 2018
Genre:
Electronic, Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:
Funk, Easy Listening
Tracklist
A1 –Brian Bennett Capital City
A2 –Brian Bennett / Alan Hawkshaw Wallop
A3 –Brian Bennett Full Throttle
A4 –Brian Bennett / Alan Hawkshaw Dossier
A5 –Brian Bennett Big Haul
A6 –Brian Bennett / Alan Hawkshaw Name Of The Game
B1 –John Fiddy Taste For Living
B2 –John Fiddy Fresh Start
B3 –John Fiddy Hot Boppin
B4 –John Fiddy All Time Greats
B5 –Brian Bennett Bop On The Rocks
B6 –Brian Bennett / Alan Hawkshaw Corn Ball
Notes
"The latest trends in production music"
Remarks :
Track A1 - Prestigious exciting main titles or action.
Track A2 - Exhilarating pounding rock.
Track A3 - Very fast excitement.
Track A4 - Tense intro to dramatic main titles.
Track A5 - Heavy vehicular movement.
Track A6 - Tense masculine underscore.
Track B1 - Effervescent, lively.
Track B2 - Lively, open air.
Track B3 - 'Honky Rock' piano feature.
Track B4 - Exhilarating, exciting.
Track B5 - Funky, humorous.
Track B6 - Bright, energetic, humorous boogie.
This album is one of the "KPM 1000 Series" twelve inch long playing transcription discs produced especially for the film, television and radio industries, to the highest professional standards. The music contained herein is copyright of KPM Music Ltd., and licence must be obtained prior to usage. Stereo and Mono tapes are available from KPM and their world wide agents.
Previously released "Various - Hot Wax" (1976)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 4260544825934
Alan Hawkshaw / Brian Bennett / John FiddyHot WaxLP
Hot Wax is an assured KPM masterclass from a dream team line-up of Brian Bennett, Alan Hawkshaw and John Fiddy. Here we’re treated to what happens when all three decide to explore “the latest trends in production music”. The latest as of 1976, of course.
John Fiddy’s numbers are sumptuous, string-led and light. Floaty soft-psych underpinned by a solid groove, particularly on “Taste For Living” and "Fresh Start". If you're into Koushik and those early Manitoba/Caribou records - and you should be - you’ll appreciate these.
For us, the Bennett and Bennett/Hawkshaw stuff is on another level. “Capitol City” oscillates between driving funk and downbeat sentiment. “Name Of The Game” is tough, smokin’ funk, famously sampled in 2007 by Madlib for Percee P’s “Who With Me”. “Bop On The Rocks” knocks hard and “Full Throttle” features a guitar solo with some of the nastiest, about-to-explode fuzz you’re ever likely to hear.
As with all ten re-issues, the audio for Hot Wax comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. We’ve taken the same care with the sleeves, handing the reproduction duties over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity.
And don’t worry! Those KPM stickers aren’t stuck directly on the sleeves!
Be With has worked with the hallowed KPM to re-issue ten of our favourites from across the KPM 1000 Series and the Themes International Music catalogue, currently under KPM stewardship.
Whether it’s killer soul-funk, sweet jazz-samba, skuzzed-up guitars or accidental Balearic beauty, these records include some of the most innovative work from some of the most talented composers and musicians of the 20th century.
These records were never readily available, being originally released as a ready-made, affordable alternative to commissioning music for television and radio. Consequentially the originals have been unobtainable for decades by all but the most dedicated collectors.
The audio for all ten re-issues comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. We’ve taken the same care with the sleeves, handing the reproduction duties over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity. And don’t worry! Those KPM stickers aren’t stuck directly on the sleeves!
But we didn’t just get a bit giddy and find ourselves re-issuing classic work from Alan Parker, Alan Hawkshaw, Brian Bennett, Nick Ingman, James Clarke, Francis Coppieters, Keith Mansfield, David Snell and John Fiddy. In the middle of the project KPM also asked Be With to be responsible for the vinyl version of Full Circle, an entire LP of new material from Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett. Who were we to refuse.
So that makes eleven records in total, all released on the 16th of November, and available for pre-order ordering now.