Vicennial: 20 Years of the Hot 8 Brass Band

VicentennialJust what the title says. The twentieth anniversary album sees key tracks from the back catalogue with a little leavenig from the New Orleans brass band repertoire to pad things out. 

Hughesy's assessment: Rap style vovalising isn't my thing, but I deny anyone with an ounce of inclination towards tapping a toe or two to remain unmoving while those drums syncopate and the horns blare. How the hell can they get this feel, even live in the studio? Outstanding.  

Track listing:What's My Name? (Rock With The Hot 8) (20th Anniversary Version); Sexual Healing (20th Anniversary Version); Get Up (20th Anniversary Version); Royal Garden Blues; Papa Was A Rolling Stone; Rasta Funk (20th Anniversary Version); Take It To The House (20th Anniversary Version); It's Real (20th Anniversary Version); Just My Imagination; We Shall Walk Through The Streets Of The City; New Orleans, After the City (20th Anniversary Version)

Classics:  Sexual Healing (20th Anniversary Version); Papa Was A Rolling Stone; Rasta Funk (20th Anniversary Version);

Amost There: What's My Name? (Rock With The Hot 8) (20th Anniversary Version); Take It To The House (20th Anniversary Version); Get Up (20th Anniversary Version)

Worthwhile: Royal Garden Blues;  It's Real (20th Anniversary Version); New Orleans, After the City (20th Anniversary Version)

Solid: Just My Imagination; We Shall Walk Through The Streets Of The City


© Ian Hughes 2015