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Keith Mansfield - Contempo [BEWITH093LP UK 2021 24-Bit FLAC]

Best known in the UK for composing the theme tune to the BBC's Grandstand Saturday afternoon sports marathon and a whole bunch of other sporting TV themes, Mansfield also turned out a significant number of albums for the KPM label, including his incredibly funky Contempo long player which was first released back in 1976.

Mansfield is also the name of an unremarkable English town in Nottinghamshire, best known for its brewing of warm English beer and coal mining, but you already knew that and this record is much more interesting.

A1 The Fix
A2 What's Cooking
A3 Cut To Music
A4 Man Alive
A5 Funky Footage
B1 Breezin'
B2 Good Vibrations
B3 Sun Goddess
B4 Love Deluxe
B5 Snake Hips

Comments

  1. senser648 January 2022 at 04:26

    yap, really breezin' > you sparked interest > I went looking for more :)

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  2. Jake Sniper8 January 2022 at 09:54

    You could find KPM records in most charity shops in the 80s, I really regret not buying them. They are a wonderful collection of music, still putting out albums today. https://www.bewithrecords.com/products/seahawks-island-visions-kpm-lp

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  3. Martyn Alner9 January 2022 at 21:24

    I have an old MP3 version of the original album - KPM1188 for those playing at home. Nice to get an upgrade.

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  4. gnihtytterp13 January 2022 at 22:29

    Many Thanks once more!!

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  5. Anonymous25 August 2022 at 05:33

    Thanks so much for this - it's a real grower....and a very fine rip, of course.

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