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There are so many instrumentals I love with a passion but I'll put this ambient classic by the genius that is Brian Eno that I can listen to on repeat endlessly
Gotta say my absolute number one already posted —- Summer Madness by Kool & The Gang is seminal and my music equivalent of the first Swallow Closely followed by Love Unlimited Orchestra which is superb.
Coming in at number three would be this ditty
Followed by this absolute chunk of funk
But then there’s so many others of the soul and funk genre like Light of The World numbers and others.
Not even scratching the surface of things like Paul Hardcastle (Rain Forest), Herbie Hancock or vast vast vast amounts of house and trance numbers.
Before I’d go I’d give two honourable mentions to tracks that meant a lot to me growing up. First up this one which is an instrumental unless you include the “ermmm, waiter?” within it.
Madness and the whole Ska scene were a massive part of my early years and I absolutely loved them as my interest in music that wasn’t MOR took hold.
Then this….
One of my very early memories is this, and other tracks, being played by the man with the finest music taste in the world, on his reel to reel set, my Dad aka Big Dave. He got me hooked on music and I was fascinated to ear wig in on his convos with his mates about bands like The Who, Joe Brown etc who had played when he was “working the doors” around West London. I was in total awe as a nipper and he still comes out with new tales to this day which have me grinning from ear to ear.
Cherish and enjoy life.... this ain't no dress rehearsal
Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore.
At the age of 20 I was listening to a lot of bluesy guitar music. Here's one of my favourite tracks by one of my favourite artists at the time. It actually put me off learning guitar as it was so impossible to imagine myself getting anywhere near being able to play it :-)
Was glad you stuck this on here . A monster of a song when they were one of the coolest bands around . Check out Soundtrack for every heaven from the New gold dream sessions. Stunning.
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Written by The Shadows' drummer no less. Never a hit must must have made him a shit ton of money down the years. He's a bit of a prolific composer of library music and TV themes also doing Robin's Nest, Rugby Special, Ruth Rendell Mysteries amongst others.
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