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Since the 2015 release of volume one of_Back To The Beginning – The Brian Auger Vinyl Anthology, it’s fair to say that a whole new audience of fans and taste makers have joined the massed ranks of music lovers who were already aware of this great mans incredible, pioneering music and career that now spans over 50 years. After more sell out tours of the US, UK and Europe in the last 12 months, magazine features and an epic, 2 hour interview with_Gilles Peterson_on_BBC 6 Music_– more people than over now grasp what a genre busting, pioneering artist Brian is.
This second volume brings together not only remastered classics from Brian’s’ career, but also super rare, and previously unreleased tracks packed in a_beautiful double LP, gatefold sleeve_–_specially selected_for the vinyl version – the finger snapping, dance floor focused material for DJs & collectors who want their grooves pressed on wax!
Check out his blistering jazz piano tracks from the early 60’s including_Poinciana_and_Work Song, the barely known, late 60’s Hammond organ & big band versions of jazz standards_Moanin’, Sister Sadie, and the incredibly gritty version by_The Trinity_of_Jimmy McGriffs’ MG Blues, and the_Big John Patton_penned_Funky Mama!
As well as_Oblivion Express_perennials such as_Straight Ahead, Inner City Blues_and_Happiness Is Just Around The Bend_(Brians original composition, made famous by Cuba Gooding Seniors_The Main Ingredient) there is also the cosmic, soul-jazz instrumental_Light On The Path, from Brians’ 1973 genre busting_Closer To It_album – pressed onto vinyl for the first time in decades.
You will also be swept away by_Ella, the rare track Brian wrote and dedicated to his wife of nearly 50 years – and you will no doubt be up on your feet when checking out brand new, previously unreleased live version of_Freedom Jazz Dance, featuring original_Oblivion Express_vocalist_Alex Ligertwood_– recorded on 2015’s epic and triumphant European tour and released here for the very first time.
Back To The Beginning..Again_is a fantastic collection that demonstrates why Brian Auger is considered legendary.
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