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Various - Snowboy Presents New Vintage (BBE)

Written By 1 - October 15 2012

Available Here on CD, Here on 2LP

"If I'm known for anything it will probably be as a Latin Percussionist, Band Leader, Recording Artist and a DJ of different permutations and era's of Jazz, Latin, Funk and Soul, so no one was more surprised than I when Wayne Hemingway MBE contacted me and offered me a job as a curator at the inaugural and enormous 'Vintage' festival at Goodwood on the Sussex Downs in 2010. I've been a music writer, reviewer and CD compiler for years and have even written a music history book (“From Jazz Funk And Fusion To Acid Jazz”). I have a very varied 30,000 piece record collection which started in earnest in the early 1970's. I am just one of these boring people that just retains all kinds of musical facts and figures that make people glaze-over when I talk to them, so it's great to put that knowledge to some use at last. So here I am now at 'Vintage': the curator of 1940's music and entertainment in the 2,000 capacity 'Torch Ballroom'. On my journey as a musician over the last 30 years I've met many artists and musicians, and it recently occurred to me that I know virtually everybody on this compilation. It is a very small world indeed. I'm very excited that BBE have given me the opportunity of doing this album as it's something I've wanted to do for years. There are so many artists around making amazing period-influenced music that I thought it would be great to see a compilation mixing it up. This would have been the first time it'd been done but I got pipped to the post by the very friendly US Vintage connoisseur, promoter and musician, David Gasten (his CD 'This Is Vintage Now' introduced us to the delights of Caro Emerald infact), but nevertheless, I have a different take on it. With a backlash against bleak, sterile chart music, it excites me to see the huge worldwide public interest in artists such as Amy Winehouse, Imelda May, Kitty Daisy and Lewis, James Hunter, Sharon Jones, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed, Caro Emerald and (don't shoot me) even Paloma Faith in places. She was very, very ingrained in that whole underground vintage burlesque world. No one can deny that. Through their influence and exposure it means that there's a chance that thousands of other similar dedicated artists may get noticed too. That's the thing with this compilation: what I love about mixing these era's of music by current dedicated groups playing classic music is that it's the same principle as Wayne Hemingway's Vintage festivals, from a musical point of view. It's Swing, R&B, Funk, Northern Soul, Rockabilly, Mambo and Rock and Roll all on one CD/record to be discovered and enjoyed by everyone, after all, there's only one degree of separation, at most, between all the styles of music on here. You may buy this for Imelda May's track but then discover the James Taylor Quartet or vice versa. Perfect." SNOWBOY

Track List & Soundclips

01 Darrel Higham & The Enforcers Baby, Take Me Back clip
02 Laura B & The Moonlighters That's A Pretty Good Love clip
03 Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings She Ain't A Child No More clip
04 Speedometer Ain't Going To Thursford clip
05 Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & The Trueloves The Satisfier clip
06 The Perceptions feat. Fred Wesley Running The Risk clip
07 James Hunter Kick It Around clip
08 Snowboy & The Latin Section feat. James I've Got To Learn To Mambo clip
09 Ray Gelato & Kai Hoffman That Old Black Magic clip
10 Ondrej Havelka & His Melody Makers Sing, Sing, Sing clip
11 Si Cranstoun Dynamo clip
12 Imelda May Stop Whistlin' Wolf clip
13 Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers Teddy Boy Rock And Roll clip
14 Rich Clifford & The Saddows Find Me A Golden Street clip
15 The Rapiers Green Jeans clip
16 Kitty, Daisy and Lewis Don't Make A Fool Out Of Me clip
17 The James Taylor Quartet Blow Up clip
18 Steve Hooker Sugar Devil clip
19 Big Boy Bloater & The Limits Big Fat Trap clip
20 Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet From Now On clip
21 Kings Go Forth One Day clip

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