Spanners (Vinyl LP) Soul Funk & Disco

Spanners (Vinyl LP) Soul Funk & DiscoOriginally released in 1995, Spanners is the second album from The Black Dog and their first for Warp Records. In 2017 it was selected by Pitchfork as one of The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time. The reissue is the first time the vinyl is available since its original pressing in 1995. After this release the original trio of Ed Handley, Andy Turner and Ken Downie went their separate ways Handley and Turner formed Plaid, whilst Downie carried on with The

soaring strings

Club Soul classsic backed with one of the ultimate heavily hammond organ injected Mod Jazz smashers on nicely priced and great sounding reissue 45

experimental

Continuing in the quest to make some ridiculously rare records available again

Both Evans and Hall had introspective and harmonically advanced styles along with roots in hard-swinging bebop

with only Roach and singer Abbey Lincoln heard throughout

The album was inspired by a journey Susanne made in a bid to re-connect

More Pure The Stream Flows

Orange Peel

On the Trad Vibe label

Cecil Payne (Baritone sax) and the unsung Neal Creque (keyboards)

the beautiful title track and his stunning reading of skip james' 'i'd rather be the devil'