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Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:57 pm
by Mala591
OK, let’s kick this off with ‘Wade in the water’ by Ramsey Lewis
https://youtu.be/u2TakQkTl-M
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:02 pm
by jdrobbo
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:03 pm
by boatshed bill
"Seven Steps To Heaven" by Miles Davis.
Cool
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:07 pm
by blsclaret
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:09 pm
by ClaretLoup
Deodato - Also sprach Zarathustra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJKsp9_L24Q
Used in the film "Being There" when Peter Sellers emerges from a stately home into the middle of a beat up ghetto.
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:09 pm
by dougcollins
I caught a bit of an animated version of 'The Addams Family' yesterday and Lurch was playing this on the organ, with a solo from Thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cO ... dutchmanmm
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:12 pm
by gawthorpe_view
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:14 pm
by IanMcL
Albatross
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:20 pm
by ClaretAndJew
IanMcL wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:14 pm
Albatross
Was going to say this. Great song.
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:20 pm
by JanetM
Stranger on the Shore - Acker Bilk
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:23 pm
by Devils_Advocate
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:30 pm
by Blatherwickstattoo
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:46 pm
by Pearcey
Overplayed but still great. Allman Brothers.
https://youtu.be/yRDivUb5EeA
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:53 pm
by SalisburyClaret
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free - Billy Taylor Trio
Older posters will know it as the theme to the Film review series with Barry Norman
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:55 pm
by conyoviejo
Apache...The Shadows.
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:59 pm
by Middle-agedClaret
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:06 pm
by Funkydrummer
IanMcL wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:14 pm
Albatross
For your delectation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXeKi6ZkbOw
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:09 pm
by Funkydrummer
Jeff Beck - A Day In The Life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHHY3eRUMsM
Off to see him at Manchester Apollo tomorrow and this is last on his setlist.
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:12 pm
by gawthorpe_view
The harmonica player on Mr Bloe Ian Duck, also played the theme tune for Last of the Summer Wine.
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:16 pm
by CoolClaret
https://youtu.be/Q4AJ3HhPYTk
Steve Vai - The Animal
Incidentally he’s playing at the Ritz in Manchester on Sunday which I’m going to!
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:20 pm
by ClaretLoup
Featuring Johnny Depp on vocals & geetar(?)
Best of luck
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:21 pm
by chorleyhere
Mason Williams - Classical Gas (1968) Brilliant Youtube with him playing all the parts.
https://youtu.be/3NE6X4IQNA4
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:24 pm
by Bosscat
Was gonna say with Groovin Mr Bloe too but....
Booker T and the MG's and Green Onions is a banger
https://youtu.be/_bpS-cOBK6Q
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:28 pm
by A.Claret.Fan
My first ever curry at the Koh-i-Noor they played The Shadows greatest. The pick of my fav's...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVIOn-wc6RM
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:31 pm
by Funkydrummer
ClaretLoup wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:20 pm
Featuring Johnny Depp on vocals & geetar(?)
Best of luck
Yeah, I believe he cropped up at the Royal Albert Hall the other Day. Hope he doesn't
rock up tomorrow, I've not paid £65 to watch that prat.
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:34 pm
by northeastclaret
Alan Pace and Bad Company ‘ The Sound of Silence ‘
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:34 pm
by IanMcL
Not my fave (see Albatross above), however, for a bit of nostalgia, the very, very first record I bought as a very young boy, was Side Saddle by Russ Conway.
Number one for weeks!
Even that has a link!
https://youtu.be/MNrJ6To5yWQ
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:35 pm
by Juan Tanamera
Wonderful Land - Thè Shadows.
https://youtu.be/S1dmBUBu9P4
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:37 pm
by Guppyspotter
From those posted Green onions and the shadows followed by Telstar
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:42 pm
by Tricky Trevor
blsclaret beat to it with Dave Edmunds..Sabre Dance. Outstanding.
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:52 pm
by Vintage Claret
Time is tight -Booker T and the MG's
https://youtu.be/50xx1_CbJTI
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:56 pm
by elwaclaret
Selecter - The Selecter
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:58 pm
by BabylonClaret
Simple Minds - Theme for Great Cities
Duel.of the Fates from Phantom Menace
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 12:07 am
by BabylonClaret
Oops forgot this one...
Los Endos Genesis
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 12:11 am
by yTib
hideaway. a freddie king song and he did many insane versions but clapton did it so good on the beano album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xes9UV ... yall-Topic
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 12:26 am
by Swizzlestick
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
https://youtu.be/InFbBlpDTfQ
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 12:57 am
by FCBurnley
Hurricane Rock. Johnny and the Hurricanes
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 1:26 am
by The Enclosure
Dave Brubeck- Take Five
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 1:49 am
by GordonvaleClaret
This used to be played during the adverts at the pictures interval.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nOqPq-8g7U
Spanish Armada, Les Reed Combo.
Note: "pictures" is where we went to watch films in the 1960s.
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 2:22 am
by Chester Perry
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:39 am
by yosserhughes
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:52 am
by yatesybase
Simple Minds - Themes for Great Cities from 1981
https://youtu.be/6FfCxLvV2nc
A Awesome Bassline from Derek Forbes Flowless Guitar from Charlie Burchill & Keyboard/ Synth sounds to blow you away from Mick McNeil - Mind blowing and ahead of there time back in 81 !
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:00 am
by THEWELLERNUT70
Soul Limbo - Booker T And The MGs
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:12 am
by Cabbage
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:35 am
by Hipper
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:36 am
by northendsoul
All Turned On - The San Remo Strings
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:02 am
by Sozturf7
Dueling Banjos
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:02 am
by Ptangyangkipperbang
Could be plenty to choose but the first from the top of my head
AP special by Augusta's Pablo
Rumble by Link Wray
Handling the big jets by the Members
And anything by Brian Eno
Oh and most of Bowie's Low and Hero's
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:20 am
by boatshed bill
"Sisters" off Passion and Warfare, is very good IMO.
Re: Favourite instrumental record...
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:44 am
by Firthy
So many great instrumental tracks.
A few not mentioned so far.
Six by Six - Earl Van Dyke
Love's theme - Barry White Orchestra
The Hustle - Van McCoy
Walk in the NIght - Junior Walker
Aria - Acker Bilk
But ther best of all has to be.
Samba Pa Ti - Santana