John Cameron Jazzrock LP 1972 KPM 1097 library UK funk groove
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John Cameron Jazzrock LP 1972 KPM 1097 library UK funk groove
Original UK pressing on KPM with Australian market stickers
The UK’s KPM library (especially its green “1000 series” of the 60s and 70s) is easily one of the most legendary sources of library funk. KPM music has been sampled by the likes of Jay-Z, DOOM, Madlib and Guilty Simpson, Dangermouse, Action Bronson, and even turns up in the opening of Quentin Tarantino’s film Kill Bill (via the Grindhouse promo spot which uses Kieth Mansfield’s “Funky Fanfare”).
John Cameron (born 20 March 1944, Woodford, Essex, England) is a British composer, arranger, conductor and musician. He is well known for his many film, TV and stage credits, and for his contributions to "pop" recordings, notably those by Donovan, Cilla Black and the group Hot Chocolate. Cameron's instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", became a hit for his group Collective Consciousness Society and, for many years, a version of Cameron's arrangement was used as the theme music for the BBC TV show, Top of the Pops.
Cameron's career in music began at Cambridge University, where he was Vice-President of the Cambridge Footlights comedy club and performed on the local jazz scene. After leaving Cambridge, Cameron began working as an arranger for folk-pop artist Donovan; his credits include Donovan's number-1 U.S. hit "Sunshine Superman" (co-arranged with Spike Heatley). He became Donovan's music director, touring with him and arranging hit singles "Jennifer Juniper" and "Epistle to Dippy", the albums Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow, as well as Donovan's music for the 1967 Ken Loach film Poor Cow.
In the early 1970s Cameron formed Collective Consciousness Society (C.C.S.), a jazz-funk group that included Cameron, Mickie Most, Alexis Korner and Herbie Flowers; they scored four UK hits—an instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" (UK #13), a version of which was also used as the theme music for Top of the Pops from 1971 to 1981; the Donovan songs "Walkin'" (UK #7); and "Tap Turns On The Water" (UK #5) and "Brother" (UK #25), both written by Cameron and Korner.
Cameron had further success as pop arranger with UK soul-funk band Hot Chocolate, working on all their hit singles "Emma", "Heaven Is In The Back Seat Of My Cadillac", "You Sexy Thing" and "Every One's A Winner".
A Dramatic Suite Of Themes, Montage, Sequences And Generics
A1 49th Street Shakedown 3:26
A2 Brass Monkey 1:35
A3 The Great Escape 2:10
A4 Chicago Sidewalk 3:32
A5 Four O'Clock Earthquake 2:47
B1 Underlying Expectancy 4:14
B2 The Prowler 3:32
B3 No Place To Go 2:52
B4 Regular Progress 2:52
B5 Smokey Joe's Dilemma 4:22
CONDITION:
SLEEVE: VG+ Laminate good, back grubby with writing & stickers
RECORD: VG++ a few fine scuffs & hairlines, writing on label
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