{"title":"Be With Stock FEB2026","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"keith-mansfield-vivid-underscores","title":"Keith Mansfield - Vivid Underscores","description":"Genre: Electronic\/Space-Funk\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP BEWITH092LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEAN: 4251804123440 \u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 18 Mar 2022 (back in)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey Say: “Contemporary scores for visual effect”.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe say: Synth-heavy, low-slung space-funk masterpiece.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat Notes: 2021 re-issue, 180g vinyl, remastered audio from the original tapes.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe creator of the romping tunes that became the iconic themes to the BBC’s Grandstand programme and their televised Wimbledon Tennis Championship coverage, Keith Mansfield was perhaps KPM’s most prolific artist from the mid 1960s right the way through the 1980s. As well as the sort of pop orchestral sound that is all over these classic library records, he could also turn his hand to raw, edgy rock and funk. Quentin Tarantino is a big fan, going as far as including some of Keith’s work on the soundtracks to Kill Bill and Grindhouse.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is it. This is THE ONE for us: Keith “The Man” Mansfield’s Vivid Underscores from 1977. A sample freak’s wet dream and one of Be With Rob’s favourite ever KPM records. A must for fans of Brian Bennett’s Voyage (yes, THAT good). And no, we’ve no idea either why it took us this long to get round to tackling this monster of a record. But then again some things are worth waiting for.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAttention! Calling all crate diggers, DJs, beat heads, Hip Hop junkies, MF DOOM fans! Behold! Vivid Underscores makes sampling easy. Prepare to be up all night, every night, chopping, looping and splicing these endless grooves and spacey synths. The highlights are too many and too mind-blowing so we’ll pull out a few particular highlights. Trust us, this library LP is just jaw-dropping.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“High Velocity” sets the tone with its aggressive horns, wah-wah guitars, funky baseline and wobbly synth refrain. So good and so hypnotic that Memphis Bleek just had to swipe the ominous, frazzled intro for “What You Think of That” featuring Jay-Z. Also, for real drama, the 1985 Lakers retrospective “Return to Glory” used it to soundtrack the footage from the legendary game five of the NBA finals at the Forum. Heady days. “Crash Course” - Stetsasonic horn refrain? Beautiful - jazzy chase-funk, amazing warm keys, percussion and funky horns - all action.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe more restrained “Matter Of Urgency” is an utterly amazing, brass-heavy underscore. The grandiose, uplifting “Dawn Of Aquarius” still sounds like the future with its tense, thundering drums, killer bassline and swirling synths. Version II loses the drums and percussion but is no less startling. “Staying Power” closes the first side with a relentless, pounding groove which *will* snap your neck. Be warned.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Trucking Company” is a pacey, synth-and-string masterpiece and its accompanying parts (a–c) mess with the formula to great effect. Part (a) adds echo delay to really dazzle and part (c) plays the breezy, beautiful middle section without the tension. “Hot Cargo” and “Espionage” are both tense spy-funk themes par excellence. “Interplay” is a quiet killer, with flutes over a glistening piano refrain just waiting to be looped. The intro to the menacing “Omen” might’ve been sampled by 7L \u0026amp; Esoteric for their classic “So Glorious” but the entire 5 minute track is a mini-drama masterpiece, one only Mansfield could create.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEven though its a mix of short themes in-and-amongst longer, full-length tracks, Vivid Underscores is still thoroughly listenable from start to finish. That’s not something that can be said of all library records and it still manages to serve as rich resource to keep even the keenest samplers busy for a while.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs with all of our KPM re-issues, the audio for Vivid Underscores comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. And as usual, the sleeve reproduction duties were handed over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* Tracklist: \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 A1 - High Velocity (02:26)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 A2 - Crash Course (02:40)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3 A3 - Crash Course II (00:14)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 A4 - Crash Course III (00:10)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5 A5 - Matter Of Urgency (02:37)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6 A6 - Dawn Of Aquarius (02:50)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7 A7 - Dawn Of Aquarius II (02:50)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8 A8 - Staying Power (03:28)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9 B1 - Trucking Company (02:32)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10 B2 - Trucking Company (a) (01:03)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11 B3 - Trucking Company (b) (00:50)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12 B4 - Trucking Company (c) (00:38)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13 B5 - Hot Cargo (02:25)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14 B6 - Espionage (03:08)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15 B7 - Interplay (01:55)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16 B8 - Omen (05:17)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17 B9 - Perpetual Motion (03:30)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Be With Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41209047941276,"sku":"BEWITH092LP","price":24.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/BEWITH092LP_1162ad80-a733-489d-95cd-6b1f65fadecb.jpg?v=1636793875"},{"product_id":"arthur-russell-another-thought-2lp-1","title":"Arthur Russell - Another Thought [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2LP\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: BEWITH108LP\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 4251804125437\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 07 Dec 2021\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Avant Garde\/Post-Disco\/\/Ambient\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2026 VINYL REPRESS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother Thought was the first collection of Arthur Russell’s music to be released after his death in 1992. Released in 1993 on Point Music it marked the beginning of nearly 30 years of work to let the world hear the enormous archive of unreleased recordings Arthur left behind. Be With revisits this first compilation for a new gatefold double vinyl version and a triple-fold digipak CD reissue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth versions of Be With’s 2021 reissue of Another Thought have been mastered by Simon Francis and the vinyl cut by Pete Norman. The original artwork has been restored and tweaked at Be With HQ for the gatefold sleeve and the triple-fold digipak, with the essential help of Janette Beckman. Each version comes with an insert reproducing the liner notes and lyrics from the original CD release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether with Calling Out Of Context, Soul Jazz’s World of Arthur Russell, and much of the ongoing work of Audika, Another Thought is absolutely essential for even the most casual Arthur Russell collection. In fact we’d argue it’s essential for any fan of non-obvious pop music. This is the only place where you can hear some of Arthur’s most recognisable tunes and it’s an album that absolutely deserves to be kept in press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe’ll assume that by now you’re all at least a little familiar with the story of Arthur Russell, the farm boy from Iowa who moved to 1970s New York. Arthur Russell the genuine musical genius who died just 40 years old, leaving behind a wealth of music that dwarfed the few 12\"s and LPs that were released during his short life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Arthur had been working on an album for Rough Trade during his last years, with the label no-longer operating it was Point Music (Philip Glass and Michael Riesman’s label set up together with Philips) who stepped in to help Arthur’s partner Tom Lee start working out exactly what Arthur had left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom suggested that Arthur’s friend Mikel Rouse was the right person to make the first catalogue. Working in Tom and Arthur’s apartment he had only two weeks to go through what turned out to be around 800 tapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Tom explained “at the end of each day he would generally wait for me to come home and I would, to the best of my knowledge, name and identify pieces in question from that day’s work. As he worked Mikel compiled about a dozen cassettes that he thought would present the most finished sounding songs for Don\/Point to use. As Don listened he would then suggest and ask me and thus we collaborated on the choices.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon is Don Christensen, Another Thought’s producer. With a final selection of songs from recordings made between 1982 and 1990, including sessions with some of Arthur’s regular collaborators Peter Zummo, Steven Hall, Mustafa Ahmed, Elodie Lauten, Julius Eastman, Jennifer Warnes and Joyce Bowden, it was then Don’s job to turn these into a finished album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother Thought is a little different from the compilations of Arthur’s music that came out since. In our conversations with Steve Knutson (who founded Audika Records and who manages Arthur’s estate together with Tom), he explained that “more than any project released by Arthur during his lifetime or posthumously by Audika, ‘Another Thought’ is the most worked over. The material was significantly edited and rearranged from the original source tapes”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the aim was to release a comprehensive exploration of every facet of Arthur’s music, from the most avant-garde of his avant-garde compositions through to the most disco-not-disco of his disco-not-disco tunes then the project was a spectacular failure. But as a coherent album of non-obvious pop music Another Thought is wonderful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting with the sparse voice-and-cello of the title track, A Little Lost adds some guitar along with the sneaking suspicion that we’re listening to something nowhere near as simple as it first sounds. By the time we get to This Is How We Walk On The Moon - it could be the moment you notice the congas, or the percussion that’s been building behind them, or maybe it’s that blast of trumpet and trombone - we realise we’ve gone from splashing around to being completely submerged in the musical world of Arthur Russell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom here the album heads off on its journey around the sounds of the left-field contemporary classical music of the time, re-directed towards pop ears, with minor detours through the swirling woozy disco of the half-remembered night before on In The Light Of The Miracle and My Tiger, My Timing. Whether it’s just Arthur, his cello and some bleeps on Just A Blip, or whether he has some vocal help as he does on the bounding Keeping Up, this is difficult music made so, so easy. And through it all is Arthur’s voice and cello. Sometimes drowned in distortion and sometimes clear as a bell, but always there somewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Sudden Chill finally returns us to the calmer waters we started in and this last track closes the album with a melancholy that’s not surprising given how soon after Arthur’s death the album was put together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhilst Another Thought holds together with the consistency of a proper album, there’s still no getting away from the fact that this was put together from audio recorded in different ways, in different places, with different people at different times. Those with keen ears will hear traces of tape hiss, the occasional blown-out note and some digital fuzz, all fingerprints of those original recordings as well as of the 1990s digital equipment that was used to piece Another Thought together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdd to this Arthur’s obvious pleasure in making music from the sort of sounds that can make microphones, speakers and ears uncomfortable, it’s no surprise that Another Thought isn’t glossy and pristine. Don Christensen’s productions have been careful to not scrub up those original recordings so much that they lose their original vibe, understandable given that Arthur wasn’t around as a guide. We’ve applied a similarly light touch with the mastering for these Be With versions, just working to make sure they sound like they should on both the vinyl and the CD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the Discogs rumours, Another Thought was never originally released as an LP. So when it came to the sleeve for this Be With vinyl version we took the original CD artwork as a starting point to come up with something that looks like it could have been in the record racks back in 1993.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe have to thank Janette Beckman for helping us reproduce her iconic photograph of Arthur in his newspaper boat hat. One of many photographs she took of Arthur, Janette shot this in her New York studio back in 1986 for a short article in the January ’87 issue of The Face Magazine. Those with eagle-eyes will notice we’ve used an ever-so-slightly different shot from the one that appeared in The Face and then again on the original cover of Another Thought. The original has long since been lost so we’ve worked with what is left in Janette’s archives. 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Originally released on Vertigo in 1974, Under The Sun was never re-pressed and of course those original copies are now very tricky to score. Like all the Nucleus records, it’s aged ridiculously well and this Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. And the music has stayed relevant. To steal a line from a recent review of our re-issue of Roots, when it comes to anything Nucleus “it’s basically already hip-hop”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder The Sun opens with the crisp, medium tempo “In Procession”. It’s a typically inventive Carr track with layers of dramatic, riff-led themes and repeating brass blasts. Bryan Spring’s “The Addison Trip” is a moody funk piece, with Kieran White guesting on wordless vocals. Roger Sutton contributes some fine bass guitar on this track, particularly the great solo at around the two minute mark. The excellently-named cool, jazzy ballad “Pastoral Graffiti” paints bucolic pictures with its mellow sonics, plaintive horns and Bob Bertles’ flute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSutton’s superb, bass-driven “New Life” brings a different dynamic. Horns, guitar and electric piano swirl over the head-nod bass motif and a killer Ken Shaw guitar solo. A false fade out halfway through brings in a new bass riff that’s picked up by the whole ensemble as Carr wah-wah noodles over the top. It’s full-on. The gorgeous, laidback “A Taste of Sarsaparilla” is exactly that - closing out the first side with a cute blast of what is to come over on the killer flip.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe whole of Under The Sun’s second side is a suite of three “Themes” written by Ian Carr. The uptempo first theme “Sarsaparilla” is comfortably one of Nucleus’ best. What would’ve been a cluttered mess in the hands of most is instead an effortless lesson in clarity and zing. 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It features eleven timeless grooves, with a blend of beat ballads and undeniable dancers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album’s centrepiece is undoubtedly the iconic, brooding minor-key masterpiece “A Love That’s Worth Having”. The album’s most recognisable track, it's a towering ballad drenched in stylish, sliding horns and elevated by its stunning backing vocalists. It was famously sampled by Madlib to augment his soundtrack for Stones Throw’s Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton as well as 9th Wonder for the Murs classic “Dreamchaser”. Whilst one can understand these iconic beatmakers for leaning on the work of a master, you really need to own the track in its full, unedited glory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHorn-heavy opener “Ain’t Gonna Stop” is a funk-fuelled monster, Hutch's fatback vocal aided by a vicious drum ‘n’ conga rhythm whilst the bumping uptown soul of “You Can’t Miss Something That You Never Had” anticipates the Motown-vibe that Hutch went on to create. Supple guitar licks propel the loping, head-nod breaks of “Good To The Last Drop” whilst “That’s What I Call Lovin’ You” features gospel piano and plaintive, tender vocal turn. Rounding out Side A, the blazing horns of “You Gotta Try” hints at the Blaxploitation that was to come. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUshering in the flipside, the thundering proto-70s-Motown rhythm of “Let Me Give You The Love You Need” segues neatly into the bouncing Northern Soul favourite “Lucky To Be Loved By You” whilst Hutch’s gutbucket guitar stylings are all over the smouldering \"Keep On Doin’ What You Do\". “Your Love Keeps Liftin’ Me Higher” is not a rendition of the Jackie Wilson classic; rather, it’s a powerhouse original that indicates where Hutch would take his sound on The Mack. Closing the album, the anthemic “Do What You Wanna Do” name-checks contemporary dance fads before instructing the listener to just get up and dance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly supported by a heavy roster of studio cats who combined to create a winning combination of horns, strings, and gorgeous female background vocalists, Soul Portrait is as complete a soul album as the decade’s very best. Tricky to find for a number of years, this lovingly produced reissue is certainly welcome. 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His raps often deal in boasts, jokes and good times but also cover his beefs, his trials and his trauma. Partying and pain, all mixed up. DJing and producing hype beat tapes from age 14, Quik’s tracks blended the languid funk and rubbery synths of Zapp and George Clinton with a gangsta aesthetic, creating a more danceable foil to Compton’s more typical nihilistic hedonism. Ultimately, his records sound custom engineered to drift out over sun-soaked barbecues.\u003cbr\u003eReleased in 1998 on Profile, Rhythm-Al-Ism was the closest Quik ever got to making a commercial splash. “You’z A Ganxta” and “Hand in Hand” made radio waves across the country and the less radio-friendly tracks like “Medley For A ‘V’” were bumping out of car stereos. Combining his soulful, jazzy P-Funk\/G-Funk beats with his effortlessly smooth flow, Rhythm-Al-Ism was the quintessential West Coast Party. 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Up next, the staggering, near 8-minute laconic, lounge-y sax-rap of “Whateva U Do” cools things down and smooths things out with its flute wrapping around a sample of Smokey Robinson’s “So In Love” and some oh-so-classy lounge-piano tinkling. And speaking of smooth, things don’t get much smoother than the blissfully melodic glider-anthem “Thinkin’ ’Bout U” riding that ace flip of SWV’s “Use Your Heart”. Exceptional.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe exquisite funky-flute-slapper “Medley for a ‘V’ (The P***Y Medley)” opens the fourth and final side, with star turns from Snoop Dogg and a typically suave Nate Dogg. It’s followed by the supremely skanked-out “Bombudd II”, a beautifully sweet reggae-fuelled ode to the herb. “Get 2Getha Again” is slick funk. Stunning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 2022 Be With double LP re-issue has been mastered for vinyl by Simon Francis, cut by Pete Norman and pressed at Record Industry. Unusual for the time, Rhythm-Al-Ism was originally pressed as a double and we’ve reproduced the original LA vibe picture sleeve and insert to match.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs that original front cover says, this is “over 70 minutes of commercial free music” and it’s absolutely perfect from start to finish. There are no stand-out tracks here. 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A beautiful and vital debut album, it was first released on Vertigo in 1970. Original copies are now very tricky to score and, like all the Nucleus records, it’s aged ridiculously well. This Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. And the music has kept relevant. To steal a line from a review of our re-issue of Roots, when it comes to anything Nucleus “it’s basically already hip-hop”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe very title Elastic Rock could be regarded as the group's MO, describing a melting point between their rock and jazz impulses. Indeed, housed in a memorable gatefold jacket designed by Roger Dean, the die cut molten teardrop shape on the front sleeve opens to reveal a fiery volcanic crater. On the back, Dean's drawing has Carr with saxophonist Brian Smith, guitarist Chris Spedding, drummer John Marshall, bassist Jeff Clyne and sax, oboe and pianist Karl Jenkins in a circle, the central core of a movement and the basis for its activity. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRecorded over four days in January 1970, Elastic Rock didn't sound like any other British jazz album. Exploding out the gate, \"1916\" opens with Marshall's frantic pounding before melancholic horns enter. The smooth title track, \"Elastic Rock\" is just a gorgeous electric blues track. Light drums, gentle melodic horns, piano and a solid bassline serve as the perfect bed for Spedding's graceful bluesy guitar melodies. The serene \"Striation\", a Clyne and Spedding collaboration, is led by bowed bass and is the epitome of calm before the late night laid back vibe of \"Taranaki\" breezes along sweetly and smoothly with great trumpet and tenor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe truly emotional \"Twisted Track\" is elegant with horns, while guitar is gently played with drums and bass. Initially deeply soothing, it gradually builds with various solos and duets. \"Crude Blues (Part 1)\" features an excellent oboe part by Jenkins with laconic guitar helping out. \"Part 2\" is livelier, with a heavy backbeat and great wind parts. \"1916 (Battle Of Boogaloo)\" features a steady bassline and great call and response parts from the horn section. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe highly-charged centrepiece of the record, the mesmeric epic \"Torrid Zone\" features an hypnotic bassline and hi-hat with some of the ensemble's best soloing. Brilliantly encapsulating the jazz fusion aesthetic so desired by the group, the rhythm section is rock-influenced but magically retains a laid-back jazz vibe. Just perfection. Spacey jazz in the style of In a Silent Way, the semi-ambient \"Stonescape\" features smooth, muted brass, warm, smokey keys and a barely-there rhythm section. Heavenly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bubbling, fragile restraint of \"Earth Mother\" partially utilises the \"Torrid Zone\" bassline but takes the energy in a different direction with Marshall's frenetic drumming and Spedding's unpredictable riffing. Next comes the very idiosyncratic drum solo track by Marshall in the appropriately-titled \"Speaking for Myself, Personally, in My Own Opinion, I Think.\" The album closes with the raucous \"Persephones Jive\", a track that ends the album frantically, riotously, just as it began. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Be With edition of Elastic Rock has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Cicely Balston's cut at AIR Studios to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings. 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Incredible jazz-funk from 1973, it's been largely overlooked for decades, and unfairly so. This is just sensational music - a crate digger's delight. It's super funky throughout, with lots of layers, jazz breaks for days, dripping with style and gritty class. This is the first reissue of what has been a hard to find record for many years; it's long \u003cbr\u003eoverdue. Joyous music for mind, soul and body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCleveland Eaton was a revered bassist who played an active role in the backing of Count Basie, the Donald Byrd Quintet, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Terry Callier and Minnie Riperton; amongst many, many others. Half And Half was the first album released under his own name, initially released as a private press record on his - awkwardly named - Cle An Thair Records. It was then \u003cbr\u003epicked up by Gamble \u0026amp; Huff for Gamble Records. Varied, string-adorned and with stupid funky grooves, it's just exceptionally good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst Half And Half is treasured for its famously brilliant interpretations of gold funk-soul standards, Eaton proves an imaginative composer in his own right. Indeed, the album opens with a striking original; the earthy, laconic jazz-guitar-funk fusion of \"Keep It Funky\". Cleveland and co. do exactly that. Up next is a properly moving cover of Aretha Franklin's eternal \"Day Dreaming\". The flute and guitar combo truly achieve celestial greatness here. \"Here Comes Funky Lou\" rides a bassline from the Gods and a driving soul-jazz groove allows the track to go off in all sorts of directions. Serene guitar soul of the breezy variety one moment, crazy hectic violin-driven wig outs the next, courtesy of Ed Green who played with Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis blistering two track salvo of Stylistics covers to close out this A-Side of A-Sides will leave your jaw dropped, and they're likely the reason you're here for this. And why not? \"Betcha By Golly Wow\", which uses a bed of acidy synths and harmonica to create a unique atmosphere, is on some next level business. Melancholic, wistful, beautiful. \"People Make the World Go Round\" is so good, dripping in wonderful horns and ace percussive breaks, it could even be regarded as the definitive version. Seriously!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpening Side B, War's gigantic \"Slipping Into Darkness\" is tightly tailored to Eaton's funky flute fusion arrangement whilst the insistent \"Missing You\" is a swaggering horn-heavy version of Luther Ingram's track from the Dilla\/Ghostface-linked LP, I've Been Here All The Time. The creeping, screeching guitar-drenched original \"John's Groove\" features more fantastic horn lines and neck-snapping percussion whilst \"The Love Gangster\", written by Bill Wyman and Stephen Stills for his seminal Manassas LP, contains a heavy break with slick drums high in the mix and fuzzy guitars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album closes with two more Eaton originals. Written with Johnny Guitar Watson, \"Lie\" is one hell of a funky string and guitar-driven gem whilst the wild, celebratory \"Ah Movin' On\" cleverly quotes \"Wade In The Water\" (which he'd recorded with Ramsey Lewis in 1966) folding it into his new free-jazz composition. 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FINALLY! Alan Tew's Drama Suite Part II. What can we really say? Honestly? We guess the first thing that strikes you is how clean the drums are. Almost impossibly slick but dripping so, so heavy with the neck-snapping funk you'd expect from perhaps the most sought-after library funk set of them all! The cheapest on Discogs is, currently, £1300+. Now's your chance to remedy that. If you know, you know. And we think you know...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Rub\" is a cool, low-slung heavy-funk roller with relaxed brass and alto flute phrases. Up next, \"Money Runner\" is another edgy funk glider, its easy-tempo moving in harmony with slinky rhythmic riffs and featuring a seemingly ad-libbed electric piano solo. Strutting along after, \"White Elephant Walk\" is another laconic, deeply stoned walking theme with electric piano and alto flutes. There follows a couple of brief \"walking\" links before the brilliantly tense \"Master Plan\" slowly builds. Expectancy grows to the main theme around a minute in and then a melodic theme builds slightly to the 3 minute mark before floating down gradually and elegantly to its climax. It's utterly fantastic. The smoky, after-hours \"Night Watch\" is a slow, cool gem featuring alto flutes and synths. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow we're talking, \"The Fence (a)\" is just sensational and worth buying this album all on its own. It's likely the reason you're here, anyway. Another impossibly funky, slow and easy tempo with a bass riff to die for, dramatic guitar with gorgeous electric piano and alto flute phrases. It was sampled for \"Action Satisfaction\" by J5, way way back. \"The Fence (b)\" is a slower, more deliberate version of the previous heater, but it's no less essential. Indeed, it's absolutely jaw-drooping. Closing out this remarkable side, \"Surveillance\" is another horizontal masterpiece of relaxed yet dramatic jazz-funk. 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It's decidedly non-rhythmic! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe're then onto 14 (!) different half-minute \"Scenechanges\", all jazzy and funky, some cool and dramatic, some slow and rhythmic. All ace and groove-fuelled. The aptly-titled \"Final Statement\" closes proceedings, a slow, pensive theme on guitar joined by cool brass and a solo trumpet to its climax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs with all of our KPM re-issues, the audio for Drama Suite Part II comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. And as usual, the sleeve reproduction duties were handed over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity. 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A favourite of Madlib, it goes without saying that this is one magnificent record. Originally released on Vertigo in 1973, Labyrinth was never re-pressed and of course those original copies are now very tricky to score. Like all the Nucleus records, it’s aged ridiculously well and this Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. 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Originally a live performance by an augmented Nucleus, some of the expanded cast were brought back for the recording sessions, including vocalist Norma Winstone. So as the front cover of the finished album says, this is literally “Nucleus Plus”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabyrinth is presented as a suite, based on the ancient Greek legend of the Minotaur with musical instruments representing the various elements of the mythology. According to the LP’s original sleeve notes, the bass clarinet represents the tragic element, the trumpet represents the heroic element and the voice represents the human element. The rest of the musicians represent the two societies of Athens and Crete and their comments on the story as it unfolds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album opens with the experimental, sumptuously dissonant “Origins”. Teasing strands of atmospheric bass clarinet introduce the first theme before swiftly fading out with a startling blast of staccato fanfares and big drums. Heavy. The album soon finds its rhythm as it alights on the spell-binding and groove-friendly “Bull-Dance”, showing off the best Nucleus has to offer: subtle trumpet melodies, compelling rhythms, a psych-rock vibe and tight soloing. And of course there’s Norma Winstone’s stunning wordless vocals, that also take the lead in the next track “Ariadne”, a spacey-jazz song with beautiful piano, flute and clarinet, and the only recognisable lyrics on the album. You might recognise a snatch of it being looped by Madlib on Quasimoto’s “Astro Travellin”. The first part of the improvised “Arena” closes out the first side of the album, a short experimental piece with piano and horns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver on the flip-side, the powerful second part of “Arena” introduces a new theme. It swiftly builds, with vocal melodies, piano and horns all pronounced over the thick drums snapping your neck. It comes on like an alternate take on “Bull-Dance”, noisier, with a looser rhythm. 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He sent over 7 stunning tracks and, over breakfast one winter morning with my two sons, Rocco and Bruno, the 3 of us selected the track that made us bounce the most while chomping on our cereal. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn deep fall of 2023, myself and Steven (The Funky Paramedic™) had the great pleasure of visiting Tony Henry, leader of the legendary Manchester 80s soul-funk act 52nd Street (those who \"put the dance into Factory\") to speak some more about a forthcoming retrospective that's been in the works for 5 years now. Fear not - it's coming! Anyway, we went into Tony's amazing studio and he played us the track you hear, here. A demo originally meant for Phyllis Hyman (I mean, come on!), he's very kindly let us use it for this record. A thousand thank yous. It's sensational. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A closes out with an elegant exclusive from our favourite Japanese duo, Coastlines, a tropical jazz-funk-fusion track that only they can so effortlessly craft. 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His solo work practically defined the sound of the Balearic DJs of the 1980s, and thus the more sophisticated sound of dance culture thereafter. He was one of the Compass Point All Stars (with Sly and Robbie, Barry Reynolds, Mikey Chung and Uziah \"Sticky\" Thompson), the in-house recording team of Compass Point Studios responsible for a series of albums in the 1980s recorded by Grace Jones, Tom Tom Club, Mick Jagger, Black Uhuru, Gwen Guthrie, Jimmy Cliff and Gregory Isaacs. Badarou's keyboard playing could also be heard on albums by Robert Palmer, Marianne Faithfull, Herbie Hancock, M (Pop Muzik), Talking Heads, Manu Dibango and Miriam Makeba. He also produced Fela Kuti. Phew!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we asked Wally about the significance of this collection's title, he explained: \"These are \"Simple things” that everyday’s life seems to build upon. The simplest are the harder to describe, but when satisfactorily described i.e. with simple words, they are the more genuine and authentic to express and share. I’ve immersed myself in other classic song lyrics, something I hardly did before, just to appreciate the genius behind the simple words they were made of, and had a great time studying how powerful they were in expressing complex ideas such as love.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecording was twofold: first, most of the backing tracks were recorded in 2001, in Wally's studio in Normandy, mostly using hardware synths and Yamaha digital consoles. Then, he fine-tuned the melodies and wrote the lyrics in late 2023, then added some overdubs and sang them all during summer 2024. States Wally, \"Digital Performer was and remains the DAW I’ve been using throughout, ever since the 80s.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWally's sophisticated synth textures and expressive keyboard runs are so full of character, so full of life, that this work of art transcends any easy genre categorisation. Meticulously remastered and cut by both Simon Francis and Cicely Balston respectively, it has been pressed to the highest possible quality at Record Industry in Holland. Sometimes, the simple things are the most extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist:  A1 It Couldn't Be You 5:57 A2 You Can't Hide Always  4:22 A3 We'll Make It Again            4:23 B1 Walk Straight Ahead. 4:19 B2 Painting My Life Blue 4:00 B3 Just Two Lovers              5:13\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Be With","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45293374537884,"sku":"BEWITH187LP","price":31.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/BEWITH187LP.jpg?v=1757613391"},{"product_id":"jeb-loy-nichols-the-music-maker-2lp","title":"Jeb Loy Nichols - The Music Maker [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2 x LP\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: BEWITH188LP \u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 4251804186537\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 21 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Folk\/Country\/Soul\/Blues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst time vinyl collection of the cream of Jeb's stunningly soulful music, as Be With see it; deluxe gatefold 140g double vinyl, remastered audio with specially commissioned artwork by Jeb Loy Nichols himself. 500 copies for the world only! NON-RETURNABLE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* “The high priest of country cool” - Rolling Stone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I like him very much. He’s very special. He’s singing with a voice I never heard before” - Townes Van Zandt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A conscious, soulful brother” - Horace Andy \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“He’s a brother to me - one of the best singer\/songwriters I’ve ever met” - Adrian Sherwood \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Unearthed mine of gems from inner Wales - a songbook of ideas - that's Jeb!” - Gilles Peterson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeb Loy Nichols is a bonafide Country (Got) Soul legend. The Music Maker presents 21 incredibly deep, grooving and soulful songs from the cream of Jeb's catalogue; from its earliest days to his latest unreleased gems via countless rare and unbelievably good lost-classics. This 2LP set is presented in a gatefold sleeve complete with freshly commissioned artwork courtesy of Jeb himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn collecting these uncut, under-heard gems, we hope to do justice to Jeb's jaw-dropping artistic brilliance. A man who, in working with Adrian Sherwood, Dennis Bovell, Dan Penn, Larry Jon Wilson and countless other legendary characters, has crafted some of the most deeply affecting folk, country, soul, funk, blues, dub, reggae, gospel, rap and electronic music, ever heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpener \"countrymusicdisco45\" is a song Jeb wrote about how his crew lives, tucked up blissfully in the hills: \"House parties full of country folk dancing to disco, reggae, soul, country, hip-hop. All night. I recorded it at home under the influence of Stevie Wonder.\" It's one of the funkiest records you'll ever hear. \"Sometimes Shooting Stars\" was recorded in Nashville and mixed by the legendary Dennis Bovell. It's deep, dubby, majestic. A thing of fragile, melodic beauty. The party ramps back up again with the undeniable groove of \"Short Cut Home\" before the profoundly moving \"Disappointment\" arrives. One of many songs he's recorded with good buddy Benedic Lamdin (aka Nostalgia 77): \"We were going for a Leon Thomas meets Richard Brautigan meets Alice Coltrane kind of thing\". We think they nailed it. \"Days Are Mighty\", like a lot of the tracks on this collection, \"started life as a demo, an attempt to get something down while it was fresh. No frills, nothing fancy, just feel.\" And what feels! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe irrepressibly funky \"Don't Dance With Me Tonight\" is a deeply moving, slow-mo organ-drenched head-nod-funky country-ballad. Next up, the breezy \"You Got It Wrong\" was recorded in Wales with some of Jeb's good friends and neighbours, The Westwood All Stars, featuring Clovis Phillips and Will Barnes. Skanking fiddle-flecked gem \"Ring The Bells\" was the first thing Jeb recorded when he moved to Wales. A combination of all his loves; country, reggae, soul. It's followed by \"Let's Make It Up\", a truly sumptuous string-drenched emotional groover. \"When Did You Stop Loving Me\" is another Nashville track, written and recorded during a time Jeb was spending a lot of time with the Muscle Shoals crew, Donnie Fritts, Spooner Oldham, George Soule and Dan Penn: \"It shows, I'm sure, their influence.\" Oh, you bet it does!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe swaggering country-funk of \"Just Beginning\" should grace many groove-focused DJs' sets whilst \"Wintering Of The Year\", again made with Clovis, is pastoral, campfire soul. The glacial, gorgeous \"Let It Rain\" is from an unreleased record Jeb made with the great British jazz bass player Andy Hamill and \"We Tell Each Other Who We Are\" is freaky country-soul made by a man with a love for strutting, wonky hip-hop stylings. Rounding out the side, \"Trip To You\" is pure, uncut amphetamine-propelled drum-machine soul. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe spare, beautiful \"Dirt\" is from an EP Jeb made with Julian Moore in his house in South London: \"All first takes, straight to tape.\" Swoon! \"Heaven Right Here\" was a very minor league hit in America: \"It was produced by the brilliant and much missed Wayne Nunes. It was started in the countryside of Missouri, finished in the countryside of Wales, and recorded in the countryside of Sussex.\" Double swoon! \"If Later Ever Comes\" is electronica meets J.J. Cale business whilst \"Remember The Season\" is truly wonderful and breezy guitar soul. \"A Little Love\" was made with Wayne Nunes as well, after a night of listening to Studio One and Northern Soul. Bouncy dub closer \"Weary Traveller\" was written by Bill Monroe, the hero of Jeb's youth: \"Monroe's music was heavily influenced by black southern churches; I've tried to keep some of that feral feel.\" This was the final recording by Jeb's 1990s Country-Dub band, Fellow Travellers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name of this compilation comes from a time when Jeb lived in Peckham, south London and he used to DJ and sometimes perform at a local bar: \"The owner of the bar, a Jamaican named Count Percy, once asked me what I called my music. I told him I wasn't sure, I guess just pop music. He thought about it for a minute and then said, 'no, more like mom and pop music'. Rather than call me a country singer or a folk singer he always referred to me as The Music Maker.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the long overdue deluxe overview of his beloved music, we hope to finally shine a light on the unheralded genius of Jeb Loy Nichols. RIYL Larry Jon Wilson, Townes Van Zandt, Bobby Charles, country got soul artists, dub, deep soul, disco, dancing, heartbreak. This deluxe collection, spellbinding from beginning to end, should hopefully go some way to ensuring Jeb reaches an ever bigger, ever more appreciative crowd of followers. Mastering for this special double vinyl edition was overseen by Be With regular Simon Francis and it was cut by the esteemed Cicely Balston at Abbey Road Studios to be pressed in the Netherlands by Record Industry. The artwork has been lovingly put together by The Music Maker, himself, Jeb Loy Nichols. \"Be With is the perfect home for this mongrel music. 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