Alan Hawkshaw • Mo'Hawk

Like many an active British session player in the 1960s and 1970s, Alan Hawkshaw, in addition to playing on many records by stars, did some recording as part of studio-only bands and for music library albums. Mo'Hawk selects 20 such tracks from 1967-1975, emphasizing ones that put his soul-rock-jazz Hammond organ to the fore. Some were credited to bands when first released -- four to the Mohawks, one to the Salon Band, and one to Rumplestiltskin. But the rest evidently come from music library albums for Keith Prowse Music (though the liner notes don't give precise details on the origination of some tracks), which were heard by few back when they were recorded, and not always even used in TV or cinema. Hawkshaw is a very good organist, but this material does betray its origins as pieces that were, after all, often hastily composed for cheap budget albums or as incidental background music to be considered for movies and television. As a consequence, it's largely generic party music from various phases of Swinging London, albeit gutsier and more soulful than much other such music that made its way into period films. And while Hawkshaw plays his parts with some aplomb, when you have this sort of material (mostly written by Hawkshaw, alas), it isn't going to give Georgie Fame sleepless nights. Various shades of easy listening, soul, funk, jazz, and pop-psychedelia make their way into the tracks, none of the songs standing out as work that transcends the background context for which they were originally crafted.

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Como muchos de los músicos de sesión británicos de los años 60 y 70, Alan Hawkshaw, además de tocar en muchos discos de estrellas, hizo algunas grabaciones como parte de bandas sólo de estudio y para álbumes de bibliotecas musicales. Mo'Hawk selecciona 20 temas de este tipo de 1967 a 1975, destacando los que ponen en primer plano su órgano Hammond de soul-rock-jazz. Algunas fueron acreditadas a bandas cuando fueron lanzadas por primera vez - cuatro a los Mohawks, una a la Salon Band, y una a Rumplestiltskin. Pero el resto evidentemente proviene de álbumes de la biblioteca musical de Keith Prowse Music (aunque las notas del forro no dan detalles precisos sobre el origen de algunos temas), que fueron escuchados por pocos cuando se grabaron, y no siempre se usaron en la televisión o el cine. Hawkshaw es un muy buen organista, pero este material traiciona sus orígenes como piezas que fueron, después de todo, a menudo compuestas apresuradamente para álbumes de bajo presupuesto o como música de fondo incidental para ser considerada para películas y televisión. Por consiguiente, es en gran parte música de fiesta genérica de varias fases del Swinging London, aunque más audaz y más conmovedora que mucha otra música de ese tipo que se abrió camino en las películas de época. Y aunque Hawkshaw interpreta sus papeles con cierto aplomo, cuando tienes este tipo de material (escrito en su mayoría por Hawkshaw, por desgracia), no le va a dar a Georgie Fame noches de insomnio. Varios tonos de easy listening, soul, funk, jazz y pop-psicodelia se abren camino en las pistas, ninguna de las canciones destaca como trabajo que trasciende el contexto de fondo para el que fueron creadas originalmente.

 

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Track Listing:
1. Senor Thump
2. Beat Me 'Til I'm Blue
3. Move Move Move
4. Girl At The Top
5. Hastle
6. Millionairess
7. Beat Boutique
8. Piccadilly Night Ride
9. Dr Jekyll And Hyde Park
10. Sweet Motion
11. Blue Note
12. Girl In A Sportscar
13. Dave Allen At Large
14. Raver
15. Drive On
16. Action Man
17. Rocky Mountain Roundabout
18. Powerboat
19. Rumplestiltskin
20. Hawkwind And Fire

Credits
Compiled By – Kieron Tyler, Mark Stratford
Design, Artwork – Lora Findlay
Producer – Kieron Tyler, Mark Stratford
Written-By [Co-written] – Alan Parker (tracks: 3, 4, 16), Keith Mansfield (tracks: 7, 8)
Written-By, Composed By – Alan Hawkshaw

Notes
Original recordings (p)1967-1975, licensed from KPM/EMI Music Ltd, Bruton Music Ltd, Shel Talmy Productions/Rpm Productions Ltd, Alan Hawkshaw.
this compilation (p)&(c) 2003 RPM Records, a division of Cherry Red Records Ltd.

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