it will change it will stay the same

Right, I’m going to keep it short this week, primarily cause it’s a gorgeous nuclear October day and I want to get out on my bike. First up two 45 King sure-shots featuring Lakim Shabazz on rapping duty. It seems wrong, that despite having only one dodgy instrumental hip-house excursion, Shabazz’s Pure Righteousness LP doesn’t get much props. If you’ve ever danced to the 900 Number in a club AND you own a copy of Paid In Full then you should probably dig out this record. Gentle Giant on the other hand are more of an acquired taste, personally I’ve found myself listening to the Power and the Glory on a relatively regular basis. And the proto-hair metal of the last third of the track I’ve ripped from Three Friends is just hilariously endearing. Alright words dun, to the music.

LAKIM SHABAZZ “Getting Fierce” from Pure Righteousness (Tuff City 1988)

THE 45 KING featuring LAKIM SHABAZZ “The Red The Black The Green” (Tuff City 1989)

GENTLE GIANT “Proclamation” & “Aspirations” from The Power and The Glory (WWA Records 1974)

GENTLE GIANT “Peel the Paint” from Three Friends (Columbia 1972)

…..and to make a sunny sunday even better, I just walked into the kitchen to retrieve my cheese on toast from the oven, and low and behold Babe Ruth’s The Mexican was coming out the DAB radio, god bless BBC6 Music, sometimes.