Madeline Bell - Comin' Atcha


1973 RCA album
Led Zep's John Paul Jones co-wrote all tracks,played keyboards and produced the whole thing
The title track is an absolute killer piece of mellow funk

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Pete Winslow and the King Size Brass- Girl On The Test Card


A BBC Roundabout album from 1973,which has little to do with the actual test card music
I initially picked this up because of the sleeve,and didn't expect much,but stuck with it and was very pleasantly surprised
The final track 'Space Chariots' is a fantastic wah wah & fender rhodes funk workout clearly based on Deodato's version of Also Sprach Zarathustra

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Turning Point - Silent Promise


Quality british jazz/rock album from 1978
Pepe Lemer's vocals on this remind me of Norma Winstone,and the album overall is reminiscent of Ian Carr's Nucleus
'Mirror Mirror' is available here

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Seraph - Musical Messenger

Rare Psychonauts mix limited to only 50 promo vinyl copies
A very inventive and eclectic mix produced for a London fashion show
The music includes samples from Aphrodites Child,Grand Funk Railroad,Minnie Riperton,Lee Hazelwood,New Order and many others,all mixed into one long piece
A really unique album
You can hear a sample here

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Hugh Hopper/Elton Dean/Alan Gowen/Dave Sheen - Rogue Element

Excellent live set from the 1978 Soft Head french tour
Continuing in the same jazz vein as later Soft Machine
This rare album was released on limited blue vinyl on the highly collectible Ogun label


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Jo-Ann Kelly & Tony McPhee - Same Thing On Their Minds

Great british blues album released 1971 on the budget Sunset label featuring Tony Mcphee of the Groundhogs
The tracks are taken from the 'Me & the Devil' & 'Gasoline' sets recorded in 1968-69
The duets are particularly strong,highlighted on 'Oh Death' available here

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Carlo Rustichelli - Il Ragazzo Che Sorride


Great Rustichelli score to an obscure 1968 italian flick
The album was released on the highly regarded Cinevox label
There are some groovy tracks with some great titles like 'Ogle','To Unknit' and 'Unceasing' which is posted here
Essential for soundtrack collectors

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Freakpower In Dub - The Fried Funk Food EP

Rare 6 track white label promo only released 1994
There are some real chilled out mellow instrumentals here
Norman Cook created a little known nugget with this ep
I've never seen another copy of this,please let me know if you have more info on it

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Biting Tongues - Feverhouse the soundtrack


Industrial soundtrack to a Factory Records/Ikon independent film centred around a mental institution.Heart warming stuff eh?
The 1983 vinyl soundtrack is a Factory mega rarity
There are elements of Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire in the music and if you're into that kind of thing,it's consistently interesting throughout
Personally I think Part 5 sums it up

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