The Bottom Line:
Sampling done right
Tracks well chosen and all relevant information for DJ's is present.
John Cale proves to be an excellent neighbour and the Fania All-Stars must be Island's answer to Santana.
Clarifying back cover text:
"This disc represents a compendium of highlight tracks from the pick of Island's 1975 releases to date. It is intended purely as an aid to programming and is not for sale or available in any other form. All the artists featured are to be the subject of an extensive summer repromotion -thus "Summer '75"- so please keep it and use it to our mutual advantage."
| Track table | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nr | artist | track | time | provenance |
| A1 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Lively Up Yourself | 5:11 (sleeve 5:29) | Natty Dread ILPS 9281 Jan 1975 (in fact 24 Oct 1974) |
| A2 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | So Jah Seh | 4:25 | Natty Dread ILPS 9281 Jan 1975 (in fact 24 Oct 1974) |
| A3 | Phil Manzanera | Frontera | 4:02 | Diamond Head ILPS 9315 May 1975 (in fact Apr 1975) Sung by Robert Wyatt |
| A4 | Phil Manzanera | Miss Shapiro | 6:25 (sleeve 6:40) | Diamond Head ILPS 9315 May 1975 (in fact Apr 1975) |
| A5 | Bad Company | Feel Like Makin' Love | 5:12 | Straight Shooter ILPS 9304 Mar 1975 (in fact 2 Apr 1975) |
| A6 | Bad Company | Weep No More | 3:59 | Straight Shooter ILPS 9304 Mar 1975 (in fact 2 Apr 1975) |
| B1 | John Cale | Mr. Wilson | 3:15 | Slow Dazzle ILPS 9317 (11 Apr 1975) |
| B2 | John Cale | Heartbreak Hotel | 3:10 | Slow Dazzle ILPS 9317 (11 Apr 1975) |
| B3 | John Martyn | Root Love | 4:30 | Sunday's Child ILPS 9296 (24 Jan 1975) |
| B4 | John Martyn | Spencer The Rover | 4:05 | Sunday's Child ILPS 9296 (24 Jan 1975) |
| B5 | Kevin Ayers | City Waltz | 3:30 | Sweet Deceiver ILPS 9322 (Mar 1975) |
| B6 | Kevin Ayers | Once Upon An Ocean | 3:27 | Sweet Deceiver ILPS 9322 (Mar 1975) |
| B7 | Fania All-Stars | Viva Tirado | 5:17 | Fania All-Stars ILPS 9331 (Apr 1975) (also as Latin-Soul-Rock, 1974 Fania Records SLP 00470) |
| B8 | Fania All-Stars | There You Go | 3:06 | Fania All-Stars ILPS 9331 (Apr 1975) (also as Latin-Soul-Rock, 1974 Fania Records SLP 00470) |
Total playing time
side 1 29:35 (sleeve says 29:47),
side 2 30:51 (sleeve 30:20) so it is a long compilation.
Mold numbers
ISS 1 A-1U and JONZ - TRIDENT. (referring to sound engineer John Dent, 1954-2017, who worked at Trident at the time)
ISS 1 B-1U and .J
sitenotes:
The release date is an estimate based on the dates from the contributing albums.
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