HAMMOND, Johnny - Gambler's Life (reissue) - Vinyl (LP)

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Johnny HAMMOND

Gambler's Life (reissue)

Soul Brother

LP Cat: LPSBCS 9
Rel: 7 Nov 22
Funk/Rare Groove Side 1 - Track 1. Gambler's Life Side 1 - Track 2. Rhodesian Throughfare Side 1 - Track 3. This Year's Dream Side 1 - Track 4. Star Borne Side 2 - Track 1. Back To The Projects Side 2 - Track 2. Yesterday Was Cool Side 2 - Track 3. Virgo Lady Side 2 - Track 4. Call On Me

Johnny Hammond was a prolific organist, composer and multidisciplinary artist active throughout the USA for the majority of the 20th Century. By the time the lesser-known LP and meditation on devilish excess 'Gambler's Life' was released in 1974, Hammond's sound had grown unusually cacophonous and was noisy to a kind of perfection that could only be described as an acquired taste. That doesn't deter us, though: this reissue from Soul Brother carefully pays homage to the late great's 28th album, with the broken wonk of 'Rhodesian Thoroughfare', the voluptuous funk of 'Star Borne' and the melismatic virtuosity of 'Virgo Lady' all tempting us back towards the broad gate.