Name: Hot Wax
Brand: Various Artists

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BEWITH043LP

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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

4260544825934

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Total Cap

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

Artist

Various Artists

Genre US

Funk / Soul

Label US

Be With Records

Reissue of 1976 album<i> Hot Wax</i> by the dream team line-up of Brian Bennett, Alan Hawkshaw and John Fiddy. Here we’re treated to what happens when all three decide to explore what was, at the time, “the latest trends in production music”.

 John Fiddy’s numbers are sumptuous, string-led and light. Floaty soft-psych underpinned by a solid groove, particularly on “Taste For Living” and “Fresh Start”. If you’re into Koushik and those early Manitoba/Caribou records – and you should be – you’ll appreciate these.“Capitol City” oscillates between driving funk and downbeat sentiment. “Name Of The Game” is tough, smokin’ funk, famously sampled in 2007 by Madlib for Percee P’s “Who With Me”. “Bop On The Rocks” knocks hard and “Full Throttle” features a guitar solo with some of the nastiest, about-to-explode fuzz you’re ever likely to hear.

The audio for <i>Hot Wax</i> 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.

Hot Wax

Music US