Re: Brian Auger Trinity?

kevin kiernan (mrfliz@interport.net)
Thu, 17 Aug 1995 23:25:20 -0400


>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 09:37:58 +1000
>From: SHANNON BRIGGS <sbriggs@enterprise.powerup.com.au>
>Subject: Re: Brian Auger Trinity?
>To: Jon Jung <jjung@mail.summer.hawaii.edu>
>cc: ACID-JAZZ@UCSD.EDU, groove-b3@netcom.com
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>> Auger's Oblivion Express but I saw a disc yesterday of Brian Auger Trinity.
>> Are the two line-ups comparable? The record had some funky sounding
titles but
>> the overall packaging was kind of rock-ish. recommendations?
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>funny, because i have heard quite a bit of the trinity but are still yet
>to hear the oblivion express..
>any way, my 2 trinity albums are: 'Highlights' (check out the track
>'finally found you out'..exteremly funky in a jimmy smith kinda way), and
>'Definitely What' (recomendation: 'John browns Body')
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>it's funny because my mum, of all people, turned me on to brian Auger and
>jools Driscol many years ago.. back then, i thought it was so
>funky with so many unsampled potential breaks.. (well that was then)..
>some of my favourite jools and auger tracks would have to be 'Season of
>the witch' (simply beutiful), 'Indian Rope Man' (funny how Acid Jazz
>took to this.. Mother earth sampled this and it makes a real nice mix..
>Phaze's version just doesn't even come close), and 'Light my fire' which
>organised konfusion sampled on thier new album.
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>shannon 'frenzie' Briggs
>Spinning Wheel

i'm working with a group that sampled brian auger's version of "tramp" in
their version of "once in a lifetime" waaaaaay funky.. comes out 10/3

mr fliz