VA - Return Of The Instro-Hipsters Vol. 2 (2007)

Tracklist:

01. A Quick One For Sanity - D. Cordell's Tea Time Ensemble
02. Discotheque - The 4 Instances
03. Simba - The Rodger Coulam Quartet
04. The Hipster - Harold McNair
05. Floppy Ears - Music Through Six
06. Night Cry - Sounds Sensational
07. Fried Scampi - The Masked Phantom
08. LuLu's Theme - The Johnny Harris Orchestra
09. Soul Thing - Tony Newman
10. Beach Bird - The Tony Evans Band
11. Hum Drum - Kenny Clare
12. Funkology - The Sharks
13. Black Boots - The Sharks
14. The Brooke Bond Beat - Cliff Adams
15. Jugger Tea - Oliver Bone
16. Peter Gunn - Thunder Poad
17. Fuzz Duck - Jerry Allen
18. Blue & Groovy - Paraffin Jack Flash
19. Ton Up - The Helmut Zaccharias Orchestra
20. More Ning - Ning


Nick Saloman of the Bevis Frond once again invites us to join him in the obscure pleasures of little-known pop, R&B, and jazz instrumental sides of the '60s and '70s with this collection. A number of the selections featured on Return of the Instro-Hipsters are so obscure that even Saloman isn't sure just who is responsible for them (though he offers some educated guesses on the artists behind such names as Sharks, Oliver Bone, and the Masked Phantom), but there are a good share of solid grooves and kicky melodies to be found here from a number of gifted little-knowns. If you went to the movies in the '70s, "Soul Thing" by Tony Newman will sound familiar, while flautist Harold McNair solos over a Dave Brubeck-influenced piano groove on "The Hipster," Jerry Allen demonstrates new uses for game calls on "Fuzzy Duck," Thunder Road's synthesized version of "Peter Gunn" beats Art of Noise's variation on the theme by more than 15 years, "The Brooke Bond Beat" by Cliff Adams may be the most swingin' tea commercial ever, and the Outer Limits serve up some tough, moody rock, appropriately titled "Black Boots." While there's a bit of "Space Age Bachelor Pad" ambience to this set, it's more a matter of evoking a period than obsessing over a particular sound or style; the disc doesn't wallow in camp for its own sake, with solid instrumental chops and strong songwriting the order of the day. Another solid offering from what's becoming one of the most consistently interesting reissue labels operating today. -- Mark Deming ~

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