Chewing The Fat

Blue Rondo A La Turk - Chewing The Fat

Ripped from a well worn vinyl album released on Diable Noir Recordings (V 2240) in 1982 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. Excuse the light crackle in places but here's Blue Rondo A La Turk's fine pop-tinged debut which was one of the albums to spark the London latin jazz dance scene of the mid-eighties. Blue Rondo had come and gone by the time The Wag Club scene had peaked, so perhaps missed the credit they deserved. 

A1 Change
A2 I Spy For The F.B.I.
A3 Coco
A4 The Heavens Are Crying
B1 The Method
B2 They Really Don't
B3 Sarava
B4 Klactoveesedstein
B5 Carioca

Blue Rondo A La Turk - The Heavens Are Crying

I upped a few Blue Rondo 7" singles recently and somebody asked about this. I don't normally do requests, but felt I needed to give this 8 minute epic a post of it's own.

What starts off as a pretty ordinary jazz-pop ditty develops into a monster latin percussion jam much akin to Candido's (or maybe even Santana's) Jingo. It's not as commercial and catchy as the previous two singles but it does show the band to be fairly competent in their trade.

The Heavens Are Crying : ripped from a 12" vinyl single released on Diable Noir Recordings / Virgin Records (VS 516-12) in 1982 to high quality lossless FLAC audio.

A. The Heavens Are Crying

B. The Cities Are Dying

Blue Rondo A La Turk - 2x7" Singles

I've been threatening to post these for some time. ;-) Superb & silly East End London Latin pop, all dressed up in big suits, sharp shoes and hideous moustaches. Thirty years on and we still don't know what Klactoveesedstein means.

Klactoveesedstein : ripped from a 7" vinyl single released on Virgin Records (VS 476) in 1982 to lossless FLAC Audio.

A. Klactoveesedstein

B. Klacto (Part Two)

Hear

I still think this is the better single though Klacto was a "nearly hit" and this did little. A great party song which should be played loud at every opportunity. Quite unlike anything else of their time and very likely since, apart from Kid Creole, Blue Rondo A La Turk (well some of them) were eventually to fine pop fame under the Matt Bianco moniker.

Me And Mr. Sanchez : ripped from a 7" vinyl single released on Virgin Records (VS 463) in 1982 to lossless FLAC audio.

A. Me And Mr. Sanchez

B. Sarava

Enjoy