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Post by jk on Mar 22, 2020 15:19:33 GMT
Every forum worth its salt needs an instrumental thread! I'll start with my all-time favourite, featuring an old friend of ours, Steve Douglas. Duane Eddy's "Peter Gunn" has to be heard on vinyl, in mono, or not at all:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 22, 2020 15:31:45 GMT
Every forum worth its salt needs an instrumental thread! I'll start with my all-time favourite, featuring an old friend of ours, Steve Douglas. Duane Eddy's "Peter Gunn" has to be heard on vinyl, in mono, or not at all... Great version! I always liked this song; I remember it from the TV series. There've been several covers of "Peter Gunn" through the years. I think my favorite version might be the original by Henry Mancini.
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Post by jk on Mar 23, 2020 11:45:13 GMT
This is one I discovered in a Hoffman topic about Russian music, where Messer Chups were described as a surf band. "Magneto" is certainly a surf tune but I find it hard to imagine the beach while listening to their version. The banks of the Neva perhaps? (MC hail from St. Petersburg.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messer_Chups
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Post by jk on Mar 31, 2020 21:31:36 GMT
Reading about Traffic and the late Chris Woods, I was reacquainted with the wonderfully named Wynder K. Frog (born Mick Weaver). I then remembered this club favourite from 1968, his Hammond B3-driven take on the old Jim Lowe US #1 "Green Door": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Weaver
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Post by jk on Apr 1, 2020 12:15:57 GMT
Frank Zappa created scores of top-notch instrumentals. The wondrous "Canarsie" is the first in this topic but not the last, I guarantee you. FZ—lead guitar (solo probably from "Easy Meat", Hammersmith Odeon (UK), 19 Feb 1979) Warren Cuccurullo—electric sitar Patrick O’Hearn—bass Vinnie Colaiuta—drums
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 3, 2020 14:46:49 GMT
How about this beautiful (and impressive, guitar-wise) little number by James Elkington? Fans of acoustic British folk (with some almost ragtime and blues elements) may well enjoy, but there are some very interesting harmonic things going on throughout that are really left-field for all of those forms. I only just heard of him and it today, but bought the album and am enjoying it. More on that in the New Music thread shortly.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 6, 2020 18:36:05 GMT
"Cold Bear" by the Gaturs, which I first heard from the great collection Saturday Night Fish Fry: New Orleans Funk and Soul. Very cool tune from (I think) 1971.
Also, "Cold Bear"? Seems like it has to be a joke or error for Beer but...? No idea.
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Post by bellbottoms on Apr 6, 2020 19:10:01 GMT
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Post by jk on Apr 10, 2020 9:13:37 GMT
Eek. Forgot an important one. I found André Brasseur's "The Kid" a short while back after trying to identify it for over forty years! The mid-sixties "pirates" * used to give it heavy rotation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Brasseur* Ships moored off the UK and elsewhere (but in international waters) broadcasting pop music day and night. This was in the days when the Musicians' Union had BBC Radio in its grip and big bands and the like played their versions of the latest hits.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 10, 2020 13:50:53 GMT
"Cold Bear" by the Gaturs, which I first heard from the great collection Saturday Night Fish Fry: New Orleans Funk and Soul. Very cool tune from (I think) 1971.
Also, "Cold Bear"? Seems like it has to be a joke or error for Beer but...? No idea.
That is a cool song. Never heard of The Gaturs, but did a quick search and apparently they and their leader, Willie T were pretty influential.
This is an oldie from 1959, "Red River Rock" by Johnny & The Hurricanes. I'm impressed by the guitar work; this rocks for 1959! "Red River Rock" reminds me of a early Beach Boys' instrumental, circa Surfin' U.S.A/Surfer Girl ("The Rocking Surfer" maybe?). Obviously, the video isn't from 1959...
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Post by jk on Apr 20, 2020 20:21:09 GMT
This is an oldie from 1959, "Red River Rock" by Johnny & The Hurricanes. I'm impressed by the guitar work; this rocks for 1959! "Red River Rock" reminds me of a early Beach Boys' instrumental, circa Surfin' U.S.A/Surfer Girl ("The Rocking Surfer" maybe?).
"Red River Rock" was the first pop tune I learned to play on the piano (with the guitar rhythm in the bass). Ooohh, that was a while ago. This is so smooth! Not sure "Raunchy" was an appropriate title but there you are. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Justis
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Post by jk on May 14, 2020 12:14:16 GMT
Here's a great surf instrumental, "Fiberboard Jungle", by the Crossfires, who much to my surprise later morphed into The Turtles:
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Post by jk on Jun 30, 2020 10:00:16 GMT
The overpowering "And I Will Kiss" (a quote from The Tempest) features the UK outfit Underworld with Dame Evelyn Glennie on percussion and almost 1000(!) drummers together with a choir, an orchestra, a brass band and a steel band. It accompanied the jaw-dropping "Pandemonium" section of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. Give it a couple of minutes to get going--it's well worth the wait! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_I_Will_Kiss
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 1, 2020 22:57:03 GMT
In 1968 Mason Williams recorded "Classical Gas", with backing by The Wrecking Crew. The song went to No. 2 on Billboard, No. 1 on Cash Box, and won three Grammy Awards. An AM radio staple for many years and one of my favorite instrumentals:
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Post by jk on Jul 3, 2020 10:44:16 GMT
The gorgeous guitar sound in part one of "Her Face Forms In Summertime" from FSOL's 1996 album Dead Cities is vaguely reminiscent of that on "Albatross" or "Sun King" but takes it a stage further: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future_Sound_of_London
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