The Story Of Alan Hawkshaw!

[Videoskooter]

Maybe his name is not as familiar as the ones from Cerrone and Costandinos, but the man has made great contributions to their sound and is a legendary composer and musician. Discover the man and his soundz:

Vulture interviews...

[needlefingers]

There was no mention of Here Comes That Sound by Love Deluxe.

That was a monster hit, and had a remake just a few years ago.

http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/1819_0_2_0_C/

[Videoskooter]

Yep, I noticed that too, a pity!

Needle, can you do me a favour?

Can you go to the "Honey, I shrunk...."-thread and listen to the Alan Hawkshaw entry there. It's the same vid but mashed up with a Discogroove and I don't recognize it!!!! Thx!

[needlefingers]

Nice, but I don't know the song. And I also do not have the Love DeLuxe lp.
I only have a bootleg re-issue of the long version of Here Comes That Sound.

It may be one of the songs on the flipside. Or something all together different.

Anybody else?

[Disco Funk]

Thanks for the link to the video. The track 'The Champ' was a hip hop samplers favourite back in the day. It was a generic remake of Lowell Fulsom's The Tramp, although I think it was more based on the Otis Redding version. I still think they say 'Tramp' in the Mohawks studio recording, but they changed the title to avoid being sued. I didn't think Hawkshaw played all that great in the video. It sounded like he hadn't played anything for a number of years.

Disco Funk

[totouk]

I didn't know anything about him before other than him playing on some of the disco albums and Love DeLuxe. It was quite an eye opener to read.

toto

[SandraDee]

The interview doesn't seem to mention that Alan composed the theme music to Channel 4's 'Countdown'! Obviously not a classic piece of music but it must've earned him alot of pennies over the years.

[darrens]

Originally Posted by needlefingers

Nice, but I don't know the song. And I also do not have the Love DeLuxe lp.
I only have a bootleg re-issue of the long version of Here Comes That Sound.

It may be one of the songs on the flipside. Or something all together different.

Anybody else?

I have the LP - and very good it is too. Here's my review of it, including the artwork:
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/3559_0_2_0_C/

And I can confirm that the track in the youtube video is not on this LP.

[LazyDisco]

He also did great job with Miquel Brown, on her "symphony of love" album 1978 ...

[Videoskooter]

Originally Posted by darrens

And I can confirm that the track in the youtube video is not on this LP.

Thx Darrens for clearing that up! Anyone who knows the track???? Is it a Hawkshaw track?????

JohnLeslieFedup, I know you're a member here Help us buddy! Log in!

JLF-Version: (So you don't have to search for it in the other thread)