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Format: CD (8 disc)
Release Date: Nov 26, 2021
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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick's top-tier acid jazz band, Always There is a boxed set of eight discs and almost as many purposes. The first three discs function as a primer of sorts. (Consider that the band's back catalog contains 19 studio albums averaging well over an hour in length.) Discs one and two are designated "the greatest hits," while disc three spotlights Incognito's featured singers -- such as Jocelyn Brown, Maysa, and Pamela Anderson -- though some of those cuts were big, too. Tracks from Incognito's phase-one singles, all archetypal Brit-funk grooves circa 1980-1981, lead the way to selections from their early-'90s return and mainstream peak. Included are the Top 20 U.K. hit versions of "Always There" (Ronnie Laws, Side Effect) and "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" (Stevie Wonder), along with "Everyday," the band's highest-charting original. They're all part of an even-handed overview that extends into the latter half of the 2010s. Disc four, "unreleased tracks + rarities," doesn't provide as much as anticipated and is titled somewhat misleadingly for its inclusion of album tracks. It's followed by a set of instrumentals that, like disc three, contains some of the band's best-known material -- "L'Arc en Ciel de Miles" and "After the Fall" for starters. The sixth disc is a straight reissue of Last Night in Tokyo, a Beneath the Surface-era live recording previously released only in Japan. Maunick then calls upon BBC DJ Gilles Peterson to choose two discs' worth of remixes. A long-standing supporter and friend (and partner in STR4TA), Peterson made Incognito the flagship act on his Talkin Loud label for just over a decade, and likely handpicked some of the remixers. It's no surprise that the round of choices is ideal, and that the majority of the remixes -- executed by DJs/producers ranging from Danny Krivit and Masters at Work to Pete Rock, Carl Craig, and Maunick's son Daniel -- sound like proper creative collaborations rather than exertions of ego. Always There: 1981-2021 has much to offer for everyone but the most serious Incognito collector. ~ Andy Kellman
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Parisienne Girl
2 - Summer's Ended
3 - Shine On [Live Capital Session]
4 - Incognito [12" Remix Version]
5 - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
6 - Still a Friend of Mine
7 - Deep Waters
8 - I Hear Your Name
9 - Everyday
10 - Shade of Blue
11 - Roots (Back to a Way of Life)
12 - Talkin' Loud
13 - Change [Bluey Remix]
14 - Colibri
15 - Spellbound and Speechless [Radio Edit]
Disc 2:
1 - Always There [David Morales Remix]
2 - Givin' It Up [Roger Sanchez Uplifting Edit]
3 - Night Over Egypt [Masters at Work Main Mix]
4 - Out of the Storm [David Morales Radio Edit]
5 - Morning Sun
6 - Listen to the Music
7 - It's Just One of Those Things
8 - That's the Way of the World [Short Version]
9 - Step Aside
10 - Lowdown
11 - Goodbye to Yesterday
12 - Silver Shadow
13 - Just Say Nothing
14 - After the Beat Is Gone
15 - You Are in My System
Disc 3:
1 - Crazy for You
2 - Good Love
3 - Labour of Love
4 - Always There
5 - Fountain of Life
6 - Where Did We Go Wrong?
7 - Cut It Loose
8 - Stay Mine
9 - On the Road, Pt. 2
10 - Night's Over Egypt [Bluey's Mix]
11 - Inside Life
Disc 4:
1 - Feels So Good
2 - Neon Mountain
3 - That's the Way It's Gonna Be
4 - Passenger
5 - Stay
6 - All That You Want Me to Be
7 - Celebrate Your Life
8 - Freedom Train
9 - Glide
10 - Port Louis
11 - Release Yourself
12 - Samba to Coda
13 - Step into My Life
14 - Padded Duke
15 - Pick Up the Pieces [Live]
Disc 5:
1 - Fearless
2 - Jacob's Ladder
3 - After the Fall
4 - Need to Know
5 - Dark Side of the Cog
6 - Arc en ciel de Miles
7 - Love Is the Colour
8 - One Step to a Miracle
9 - Tribal Vibes
10 - Rivers Runnin' Black
11 - Millenium
12 - Black Rain
13 - Solar Fire
14 - She Wears Black
Disc 6:
1 - She Rises in the East [Live]
2 - Solar Fire [Live]
3 - Labour of Love [Live]
4 - I Love What You Do for Me [Live]
5 - Talkin' Loud [Live]
6 - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing [Live]
7 - Out of the Storm [Live]
8 - Dark Side of the Cog [Live]
9 - Beneath the Surface [Live]
10 - Colibri [Live]
11 - Deep Waters [Live]
12 - Everyday [Live]
13 - Roots [Live]
14 - Always There [Live]
15 - Still a Friend of Mine [Live]
Disc 7:
1 - Always There [Masters at Work Remix 96]
2 - Pieces of a Dream [Roger Sanchez Samba Sensation Remix]
3 - On the Road [Danny Krivit Re-Edit]
4 - I Can See the Future [Ski's Main Mix]
5 - It Ain't Easy [Tom Middleton Cosmos Remix]
6 - Fearless [Blaze Shelter Mix]
7 - I Hear Your Name [Roger Sanchez Factory Dub]
8 - Everyday [Masters at Work Everydub]
9 - Jacob's Ladder [Nu Yorican Dub]
10 - Good Love [C. J Mackintosh's Dub]
Disc 8:
1 - Out of the Storm [C's Planet E Special Mix]
2 - Still a Friend of Mine [Gilles Peterson & Paul Martin's Singing Loud Remix]
3 - Can You Feel Me [Dealt with Bass Remix]
4 - Roots [Pete Rock Remix]
5 - Wild and Peaceful [K-Dope Remix]
6 - Get into My Groove [Jazzanova Remix]
7 - Castles in the Air [IG Culture Remix] [Dreamers Schemers Re-Rub]
8 - Nights Over Egypt [MJ Cole Remix]
9 - Slow Down (Get a Grip) [Groove Chronicles Remix]
10 - Barumba [Daniel Maunick Remix]
11 - Reach Out [Alex Attias Straight Funk Dub Version]
1 - Parisienne Girl
2 - Summer's Ended
3 - Shine On [Live Capital Session]
4 - Incognito [12" Remix Version]
5 - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
6 - Still a Friend of Mine
7 - Deep Waters
8 - I Hear Your Name
9 - Everyday
10 - Shade of Blue
11 - Roots (Back to a Way of Life)
12 - Talkin' Loud
13 - Change [Bluey Remix]
14 - Colibri
15 - Spellbound and Speechless [Radio Edit]
Disc 2:
1 - Always There [David Morales Remix]
2 - Givin' It Up [Roger Sanchez Uplifting Edit]
3 - Night Over Egypt [Masters at Work Main Mix]
4 - Out of the Storm [David Morales Radio Edit]
5 - Morning Sun
6 - Listen to the Music
7 - It's Just One of Those Things
8 - That's the Way of the World [Short Version]
9 - Step Aside
10 - Lowdown
11 - Goodbye to Yesterday
12 - Silver Shadow
13 - Just Say Nothing
14 - After the Beat Is Gone
15 - You Are in My System
Disc 3:
1 - Crazy for You
2 - Good Love
3 - Labour of Love
4 - Always There
5 - Fountain of Life
6 - Where Did We Go Wrong?
7 - Cut It Loose
8 - Stay Mine
9 - On the Road, Pt. 2
10 - Night's Over Egypt [Bluey's Mix]
11 - Inside Life
Disc 4:
1 - Feels So Good
2 - Neon Mountain
3 - That's the Way It's Gonna Be
4 - Passenger
5 - Stay
6 - All That You Want Me to Be
7 - Celebrate Your Life
8 - Freedom Train
9 - Glide
10 - Port Louis
11 - Release Yourself
12 - Samba to Coda
13 - Step into My Life
14 - Padded Duke
15 - Pick Up the Pieces [Live]
Disc 5:
1 - Fearless
2 - Jacob's Ladder
3 - After the Fall
4 - Need to Know
5 - Dark Side of the Cog
6 - Arc en ciel de Miles
7 - Love Is the Colour
8 - One Step to a Miracle
9 - Tribal Vibes
10 - Rivers Runnin' Black
11 - Millenium
12 - Black Rain
13 - Solar Fire
14 - She Wears Black
Disc 6:
1 - She Rises in the East [Live]
2 - Solar Fire [Live]
3 - Labour of Love [Live]
4 - I Love What You Do for Me [Live]
5 - Talkin' Loud [Live]
6 - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing [Live]
7 - Out of the Storm [Live]
8 - Dark Side of the Cog [Live]
9 - Beneath the Surface [Live]
10 - Colibri [Live]
11 - Deep Waters [Live]
12 - Everyday [Live]
13 - Roots [Live]
14 - Always There [Live]
15 - Still a Friend of Mine [Live]
Disc 7:
1 - Always There [Masters at Work Remix 96]
2 - Pieces of a Dream [Roger Sanchez Samba Sensation Remix]
3 - On the Road [Danny Krivit Re-Edit]
4 - I Can See the Future [Ski's Main Mix]
5 - It Ain't Easy [Tom Middleton Cosmos Remix]
6 - Fearless [Blaze Shelter Mix]
7 - I Hear Your Name [Roger Sanchez Factory Dub]
8 - Everyday [Masters at Work Everydub]
9 - Jacob's Ladder [Nu Yorican Dub]
10 - Good Love [C. J Mackintosh's Dub]
Disc 8:
1 - Out of the Storm [C's Planet E Special Mix]
2 - Still a Friend of Mine [Gilles Peterson & Paul Martin's Singing Loud Remix]
3 - Can You Feel Me [Dealt with Bass Remix]
4 - Roots [Pete Rock Remix]
5 - Wild and Peaceful [K-Dope Remix]
6 - Get into My Groove [Jazzanova Remix]
7 - Castles in the Air [IG Culture Remix] [Dreamers Schemers Re-Rub]
8 - Nights Over Egypt [MJ Cole Remix]
9 - Slow Down (Get a Grip) [Groove Chronicles Remix]
10 - Barumba [Daniel Maunick Remix]
11 - Reach Out [Alex Attias Straight Funk Dub Version]