VA - One Way Glass, Dancefloor Prog, Brit Jazz & Funky Folk 1968-1975 [2017] (3 x CD's)

ONE WAY GLASS

VA - One Way Glass, Dancefloor Prog, Brit Jazz & Funky Folk 1968-1975 [2017] (3 x CD's)

One Way Glass is a very different kind of RPM compilation. Instead of the usual cross-section of '60s collectables, this unique release takes a fresh look at British music from the late '60s through to the mid-'70s, with an eye on overlooked dancefloor-friendly finds. The rhythmic backbone of One Way Glass lies in progressive rock outfits who - every so often - would emulate their jazz heroes and record funky sides tucked away on albums or B-sides. Many of these tracks (Jonesy, Hardin & York) have been known to collectors of Funky Breaks for years. In addition, One Way Glass boasts some excellent funky Folk tracks which lighten the load for the listener - tracks by Alan James Eastwood, Bridget St. John, Dana Gillespie, Joan Armatrading and Melanie, for example. More typical funk rock selections come from Hanson (featuring future Bob Marley & The Wailers mainstay Junior Marvin on guitar) and Curtis Knight Zeus (fronted by Jimi Hendrix's old bandmate and featuring future Motorhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke). Maybe it all started - in terms of breaks and hip hop culture, at least - with DJ Kool Herc, who would spin key segments from old rock records to create the funky break. Ever since, fans of funky music have been crate digging to find any tunes which have that infectious shuffle, regardless of their musical heritage or background. In some ways, One Way Glass is the next chapter in the musical story told on previous RPM box sets, Looking Back, Keep Lookin' and Night Comes Down, which documented British artists who made music inspired by black America, aimed squarely at the clubs. Now, instead of borrowing from R&B and Soul, the prog-era bands took a leaf from American jazz and funk artists (Amazon)

Great compilation of funky tracks from "unfunky" bands. The compilation shows that you should never write off a band just because you think that they don't play music in your favourite style. There's an awful lot of bands here that were new to me but any student of late 60's early 70's music will be pleased with this. Forget all that stuff about "you can't dance to that" - there's some real undiscovered dance floor fillers on here. This is one of the very best early to mid 70's compilations I've heard.  Definitely a favourite music acquisition. Intelligent concept, excellent sound, nice presentation, many forgotten treasures. A really great surprise.

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Track lists

CD1

01    Trifle    One Way Glass    4:29
02    Colosseum    Elegy    3:11
03    Curtiss Maldoon    Man From Afghanistan    3:33
04    Paul Brett Sage    3d Mona Lisa    3:18
05    Quicksand    Home is Where I Belong    4:57
06    Second Hand    Somethin' You Got    2:56
07    Paladin    Get One Together    2:37
08    Fat Mattress    Cold Wall of Stone    2:38
09    Hard Stuff    Libel    4:01
10    Gravy Train    Sanctuary    4:00
11    Web    City of Darkness    3:09
12    Patrick Campbell-Lyons    Out of Nowhere    2:07
13    Gasoline Band    The Bitch    5:06
14    Pentangle    I Saw an Angel    2:53
15    Jonesy    Ricochet    4:05
16    Edwards Hand    Revolution's Death Man    4:03
17    Bond & Brown    Macumbe    3:38
18    Cmu    Henry    4:43
19    Knocker Jungle    Sunburnt Virgin Trousers    2:06
20    Climax Chicago Blues Band    Cubano Chant    5:34
21    Open Road    Shes My Sister    2:46
22    Crazy World of Arthur Brown    The Lord Doesn't Want You    3:04

CD2

01    Melanie    I've Got My Mojo Working    3:36
02    Blue Mink    Eyeballs    4:57
03    Chillum    Celebration    6:06
04    John Kongos    Confusion About a Goldfish    4:15
05    Skin Alley    Sin Valley    3:43
06    Jody Grind    Little Message    4:41
07    Dana Gillespie    Werent Born a Man    4:06
08    Hardin & York    Drinking My Wine    4:44
09    Juicy Lucy    Shes Mine    5:42
10    Burnin Red Ivanhoe    Aves    4:43
11    Demon Fuzz    Message to Mankind    3:52
12    Alan James Eastwood    Close to the Truth    3:16
13    Siren    Wake Up    3:35
14    Curtis Knight Zeus    The Devil Made Me Do It    2:38
15    Atlantic Bridge    Hillary Dickinson    2:33
16    Blue Beard    Sly Willy    3:26
17    Joan Armatrading    Mean Old Man    2:34
18    Spencer Davis Group    Funky    6:50
19    Foundations    In the Beginning    4:05

CD3

01    John Kongos    He's Gonna Step on You Again    4:25
02    Paladin    Bad Times    6:50
03    Tremeloes    Instant Whip    4:37
04    Atomic Rooster    The Rock    4:31
05    Fat Mattress    Margarita    4:14
06    Soft Machine    Gesolreut [Live]    6:18
07    Bridget St John    Some Kind of Beautiful    3:11
08    Audience    House on the Hill    4:05
09    Noir    Indian Rope Man    3:35
10    Skin Alley    So Many People    5:59
11    Trifle    Alibi Annie    4:58
12    Juicy Lucy    Im a Thief    3:47
13    Hanson    Travelling Like a Gypsy    6:11
14    Fair Weather    Looking for the Red Label    4:11
15    Web    Im a Man    3:30
16    Pesky Gee    Pigs Foot    4:38
17    John Schroeder Orchestra    One Way Glass    4:05


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