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The Harold Wayne Collection, Vol.12
The Complete Tape Music of Dick Raaijmakers [Box set]
Twice as Nice: Be Music/Dojo/Kamins/Baker Productions
We Praise The Most High - Volume 2
The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow [Original recording remastered]
Tomás Luis De Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories (Chants For The Holy Week)
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It's often hard to discern where the Beautiful South's sound comes from. Their own brand of darkly witty white-soul-cum-country sounds like many things. But what makes them tick? We find out with Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs. Cover albums are tricky. The band take a risk with "Don't Stop Moving" and "You're the One That I Want", aware of the fans (often their own) who may not appreciate the radical reinterpretations offered here, slowing them down and treating them as near-jazz pieces. Similarly ELO, Blue Oyster Cult, Lush (!), and the Ramones (!!!) get the treatment. Some of it works--"Don't Fear The Reaper" loses its riff but gains smoky Latin overtones--while some of the rearrangements may be considered a little arbitrary. The breadth of taste is to be applauded, as is the adventurous spirit, but this might be one that appeals more to the most loyal of fans. --Thom Allott