Published
Mon, Aug 20, 2007, 23:00
- Big beat pioneer Fatboy Slim dusts off his seventies reggae, soul and funk collection for the latest volume in the 'Late Night Tales' series.
Big beat pioneer Fatboy Slim dusts off his seventies reggae, soul and funk collection for the latest volume in the 'Late Night Tales' series.
Norman Cook is an avid collector of vintage vinyl and he's never been shy about dipping into his collection. Many of the catchy hooks and vocals on his biggest singles have been lifted from seventies funk and soul originals: the surf guitar on 'Rockafeller Skank' was taken from the Just Brothers 'Sliced Tomatoes' while the catchy vocal on 'Praise You' is from Camille Yarborough's 'Take Yo Praise'. His most recent single 'Guanguanco' also centred around an Afro-Cuban rhythm from the rumba.
Cook's 'Late Night Tales' compilation treads a similar path. The single CD includes twenty-five cuts of classic reggae (Dave & Ansel Collins, Paul Davidson), soul/funk (Sly Stone) and RnB (Angie Stone). There's also Hollywood actor Robert Mitchum singing Calypso, sixties rock legends Velvet Underground and (surely a first for the series) Kenny Rogers. The compilation also includes two new cuts: a spoken word track from P-funk star Bootsy Collins as well as a Fatboy Slim cover of Kraftwerk's 'Radioactivity'.
Tracklist
01. Mink Deville – Spanish Stroll
02. Jonathan Richman – Roadrunner
03. Nick Lowe – I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
04. Paul Davidson – Midnight Rider
05. Hopeton Lewis – Express Yourself
06. Dave & Ansel Collins – Monkey Spanner
07. Rupie Edwards – Ire Feelings
08. Trinity – Three Piece Suit
09. Angie Stone – Wish I Didn’t Miss You
10. Little Beaver – I Can Dig It Baby
11. Syreeta – Your Kiss Is Sweet
12. Ben Vereen – Keep A Light In My Window
13. Oscar Brown Jr. – Brother Where Are You
14. Yoro Kery Goro – Mary
15. Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus & Lucy – The Peanuts Theme
16. Kenny Rogers – Just Dropped In
17. Senor Soul – Don’t Lay Your Funky Trip On Me
18. Fatboy Slim – Radioactivity (exclusive cover version)
19. Velvet Underground – Who Loves The Sun
20. The Sandpebbles – Zombie Jamborie
21. Robert Mitchum – From A Logical Point Of View
22. Taj Mahal – Satisfied N Tickled Too
23. Sly Stone – My World
24. Tom Jobim e Orquestra – Tema da Desilusao Garota de Ipanema
25. Bootsy Collins – Everything Is Everything
'Late Night Tales' mixed by Fatboy Slim is released on Azuli on October 15, 2007.