Midnight Special (Vinyl LP) Hip Hop

Midnight Special (Vinyl LP) Hip HopIts a testament to Jimmy Smiths volcanic creativity that the Hammond B3 organ firebrand recorded not one but two soul jazz classics Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack in a single day when he entered Van Gelder Studio on April 25, 1960 with Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums.

thanks to club singles like "Preacher Man

A very strong second LP by BEP - and one that does a surprisingly great job of mixing soul-based production with more hip-hop oriented modes

True innovators of the punk era

not surprising considering that Lawes' first production was in conjunction with Thompson

usually playing his cello and effects boxes off stage as the choreographers’ pieces were performed

From the achingly beautiful opener "To Build A Home" to the finale

'Grandma's Hands' and 'Better off Dead' where you can hear the intensity and maturity of Bill's delivery

before he started recording at Studio One

'Party Time

where singer Ali Howard stoically battled the early stages of morning sickness for the daughter she would go on to have with the band’s lead songwriter

X O Surf and the X O Surf Remixes

and completed to the backdrop of Brexit in 2016