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Jazz
Vinyl
Classic library breaks and beats set of super-heavyweight espionage-funk. One of two be with forays into the archives of revered british library institution conroy we present one of our favourites on the label
The super in-demand background action from sammy burdson originally released in 1975. Rare and sought-after for many years now this is one of those cult library lps that rarely turns up on even the deepest dig. Sammy burdson was one of the many many aliases of the mighty austrian composer arranger and conductor gerhard narholz. Founder of adored library label sonoton in 1965 and a classically trained composer his work runs from easy listening through pop jazz and electronic to avant-garde. Background action s first side is all blaxploitation wah-wah funky clav and heavy heavy drums. It s top-quality takes on the sort of hard-knocking psychedelic sleuth-funk that the library labels gave us in spades. However we think the real killers are over on side b. Styles upon styles upon styles is what we have. The trio of swish water pollution variations are pure gold. The two-part mid-tempo b-boy drumathon news background is nothing short of epic whilst the sensational kabul trip a and kabul trip b are two different takes on some tough funk street jazz style with some dope organ bass and drum sounds. In short this is a must for both djs and producers. The british library label with those instantly recognisable orangey-red sleeves conroy began releasing productio...
