Name: Mystery Movie
Brand: James Clarke

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BEWITH049LP

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Remastered.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-11-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

4260544825996

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

James Clarke

Genre US

Funk / Soul

Label US

Be With Records

Reissue of James Clarke’s Mystery Movie, originally released in 1974 as “modern, small group compositions in various moods, ideally suited to the new Americanised style of T.V. and cinema film where music is used to create the mood and carry the action”.

Mystery Movie is best known for the slick drum breaks underpinning the top-notch jazz-funk chase theme “Car Patrol”, the fuzz riffing and ARP soloing of “The Heavies” and the slow-mo strut of “Mystery Moll”. “Study In Fear” and “Empty Streets” are horror soundtrack fodder of the finest sort.

The understated, plaintive pieces are just as rewarding. Ambient feels and strung-out fried-folk treats, full of cyclical naïve melodies. Music that evokes the ‘downlifting’ Ronnie Lane and Ron Wood instrumentals from their great Mahoney’s Last Stand LP, as well as the beautiful soundtrack work of Jack Nitzsche and Ry Cooder. You might also recognise “Waiting Game” from being sampled by melodic downbeat masters Express Rising.

Check “Relaxed Theme”, “Quiet Girl”, “Routine Procedure” and “Quietness Sustained” for a melodic, melancholic set, with the last three performed on just acoustic guitar and harp. Gorgeous work.

The audio for Mystery Movie comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With Records regular Simon Francis. The same care has been taken with the reproduction of the original sleeve artwork.

Mystery Movie

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