Manhattan score

SIDE B

Mid summer night

Mythical and highly collectible 7-inch

This mythical and highly collectible 7 inch released on the EGG label in 1968 is one of the best exercises in vocal jazz with funk and soul tendencies to come out of France.
The track Manhattan score alone makes for a dancefloor sensation in its own right.
A great moment of epic groove, expertly led by pianist Burt Blakey and inhabited at every turn by Vic Upshaw's magnificent spoken word and the unbridled backing vocals of the delectable Silvets.
With its impeccable beat, dynamic bass and luminous scat, here we have the perfect archetype of the ultimate jazz/pop track that the word's most skilled crate diggers throw themselves into hunting out from the dusty 7 inch depths.
It all winds down on the B-Side with the enchanting and intense Mid Summer Night, slow and hypnotic downtempo drift possessed by the voice of a weightless angel.
A slow haute-couture, its place among the clouds. Not content with whipping our every sense into a frenzy, this rare record courts perfection from start to finish to finally hit us hard.
Manhattan Trio, a mysterious and miraculous coming together, where rhythm rhymes with class.