Various Artists

• 2CD DIGIPACK SET

Brilliant funky instrumentals from the UK Cavendish Sound Library – a company who could sometimes recorded more staid music, although that certainly wasn't the case with the gems on this collection!

The music is by a handful of British studio talents of the time – most of whom come from the jazz scene in earlier years – and provide a great update of their earlier talents with some very sweet electric touches! Many of these tunes have some really great keyboards – Fender Rhodes or even moogier elements – and many also have wicked basslines next to the funky drums, which really make things kick throughout.

These tunes are vastly undiscovered – at least in comparison to better-known sound library funk from companies like KPM or DeWolfe – but we'd put these grooves right up there with the best of that bunch too.

Titles include"Milky Way" and "Star Voyage" by John Scott, "Two Bars" and "The Scape Goat" by Pete Moore, "The Big Score" by John Cacavas, "One Way Trip" by Sam Fonteyn, "Smile Of A Stranger" by Dominic Sands, "Riff Raff" by Geoff Bastow, "Come Cuban" by Edward White, "Kaleidoscope" by Tony Kinsey, "Funk" and "Rock" by Chris Barron, "Equation" and "Mad Mendoza" by Trevor Duncan, "Leagueliner" by Ray Davies, "Diraffe" by Bob Adams, and "Self Deception" by Tany Turens – and lots of titles by Dennis Farnon that include "Night Shade", "The Rally", "Southbound", "Snowmobile", "Night Driver", "The Trackers", "Lady Killers", "Soul Type Blues", "Shanghai Caper", "Cocoanut Cocktail", "Bass Bits", "Chameleon", "Crazy Legs", "Blues For Boo", "Baltic Caper", "Test Drive", and "Nuremberg Ring".

TRACKS:

• CD ONE
• 01. Southbound ..... Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 02. Snowmobile ..... Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 03. Funkrund ..... Trevor Duncan (1975)
• 04. Milky Way ..... John Scott (1979)
• 05. Star Voyage ..... John Scott (1979)
• 06. Kaleidoscope ..... Tony Kinsey (1979)
• 07. The Trackers ..... Dennis Farnon (1972)
• 08. Two Bars ..... Pete Moore (1974)
• 09. The Scape Goat ..... Pete Moore (1974)
• 10. Riff-Raff ..... Geoff Bastow (1975)
• 11. The Big Score ..... John Cacavas (1973)
• 12. Come Cuban! ..... Edward White (1971)
• 13. The Rally ..... Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 14. Pardon ..... Dennis Farnon (1970)
• 15. Night Driver ..... Dennis Farnon (1972)
• 16 Border Incident ..... Dennis Farnon (1972)
• 17. Lady Killers ..... Dennis Farnon (1972)
• 18. One Way Trip (Warm Version) ..... Sam Fonteyn (1971)
• 19. One Way Trip (Cool Version) ..... Sam Fonteyn(1971)
• 20. Night Shade (Long) ..... Dennis Farnon (1973)
• 21. Night Shade (Short) ..... Dennis Farnon (1973)
• 22. Smile of A Stranger ..... Dominic Sands (1973)
• 23. Graphics Pt. 2 ..... Dennis Farnon (1972)

• CD TWO
• 01. Leagueliner ..... Ray Davies (1972)
• 02. Test Drive ..... Dennis Farnon (1973)
• 03. Tournament ..... Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 04. Mad Mendoza ..... Trevor Duncan (1972)
• 05. Baltic Caper ..... Dennis Farnon (1972)
• 06. Giraffe ..... Bob Adams (1981)
• 07. Nuremberg Ring ..... Dennis Farnon (1980)
• 08. Organ Grinders Swing ..... Parrish/Mills/Hudson (1972)
• 09. Self Deception ..... Tany Turens (1975)
• 10. Crazy Legs .... Dennis Farnon (1980)
• 11. Lip Glow ..... Dennis Farnon (1973)
• 12. Footprints ..... Dennis Farnon (1968)
• 13. Traffic Jam .....Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 14. Blues For Boo ..... Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 15. Ad-Lib No 6 _ Dennis Farnon (1972)
• 16 Cocoanut Cocktail Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 17. Bass Bits ..... Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 18. Travelling Light ..... Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 19. Ad-Lib No 2 ..... Dennis Farnon (1972)
• 20. Jazz for Humanoids - Equation ..... Trevor Duncan (1968)
• 21. Chameleon ..... Dennis Farnon (1968)
• 22. Graphics Part 1 ..... Dennis Farnon (1972)
• 23. In Pursuit Dennis Farnon ..... (1969)
• 24. Night Walk ..... Dennis Farnon (1969)
• 25. Soul Type Blues ..... Dennis Farnon (1970)
• 26. Shanghai Caper ..... Dennis Farnon (1972)
• 27. Speed Clean ..... Dennis Farnon (1973)
• 28. Motor-Cross ..... Dennis Farnon (1974)
• 29. Funk (h) ..... Chris Barron (1986)
• 30. Rock (b) ..... Chris Barron (1986)