Ray Davies & The Button Down Brass – Themes From The Exorcist & Flashpoint (1974-75) [Reissue 2017]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 63:50 minutess | Scans included | 2,87 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,23 GB
Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Label: Vocalion # CDSML 8526
Two great albums from Ray “funky trumpet” Davies – not the lead singer of The Kinks, but a heck of a groovy British bandleader from the 70s! First up is an album of Themes From The Exorcist and other films – all familiar movie themes from the early 70s, penned by artists like Michel Legrand and Lalo Schifrin – but served up here by Ray’s Button Down Brass in a very cool style – compressed funk, ala the best crime/cop modes of the time – but with lots of individual touches that make the songs very different than the original versions! Titles include “Point Blank”, “Enter The Dragon”, “Klute”, “French Connection”, “Tubular Bells”, “Cops & Robbers”, and “Beyond Tomorrow”. Flashpoint continues with some great film themes again served up in the magic Ray Davies mode – a funky big band approach that makes the record every bit as compelling as the American Cop Shows album from Henry Mancini – but maybe groovier, too. Titles include “Kojak”, “Big Boss”, “Man With The Golden Gun”, “Mr Majestyk”, “Magnum Force”, “Fist Of Fury”, and “Airport 1975”.
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