Norman Cook Collection - Fatboy Slim

Norman Cook really first arrived on the music scene by developing his dj'ing skills on Brightons club scene at the early age of 18 whilst he was studying at the University of Brighton. A little while on in 1985 a friend of Cook's named Paul Heaton had a new guitar group called the Housemartins, but unfortunately they had just lost their bass player, so Heaton then contacted Cook who agreed to be their new bass player. The Housemartins had a few ...
...this track is produced by Norman Cook alone who is soon to become the god of Big Beat music! But i do love the trumpets used in the later part of this track and im sure you will to. Finally Tribute To King Tubby by Beats International features as the last track on the album and is also composed solely by Norman Cook. There are pleanty of fun vocal samples in this track and a nice beat pattern paired with a solid bassline, again I feel that this ...

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...compilation cd features tracks from Norman Cook's early days. Granted, most of the tracks are from Beats International, but this is for the simple reason that they are very good. Check out the first track, Wont Talk About It. Funky guitars and high pitched vocals both provided by Billy Bragg. Its a very simple track with the drums sounding like a Yamamha keyboard, but all adds to the effect. Then we pass through his excellent remixes, like Wildchild's ...
...of A Little Bit Of This. Then, towards the end comes James Brown, the final mixdown. This is back from the late 80's when he was frequently featured on UPFRONT albums. Its sample packed, and very good. Finally, comes Tribute to King Tubby, a happy reggae inspired track that ends the cd very well. Check out the keyboards! At the end of the day, its not very Fatboy Slim, but is just as good in a different way. ...

billdaily 16.10.2000 · Read full review
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