Various Artists - Early Works, Vol. 2: Music from the Archives

ATA Records

£23.40

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: ATA026
Barcode: 5050580782099
Release Date: 24 Jun 2022
Genre: Soul Jazz

01: Bus Stop Boogie - The Harmony Society
02: Bang Bang Boogaloo - The Joe Tatton Trio
03: Lunartics - Ivan Von Engelberger's Asteroid
04: Secret Universe - Earl Dawkins
05: Heading Towards Catastrophe (Instrumental) - The Magnificent Tape Band
06: Help Me - The Disarrays
07: The Hardest Day - The Mandatory Eight
08: In Pursuit of Shai Hulud - The Sorcerers
09: When I Saw You (Instrumental) - The Magnificent Tape Band
10: Anaesthise Me - The Disarrays

ATA Records is pleased to announce the release of Early Works 2: Funk, Soul & Afro Rarities From The Archive, a compilation of tracks recorded in the fledgling days of the label paired with some rediscovered treasures from more recent years. While the majority of the album is previously unreleased material several tracks have appeared on different formats.

This is a rare chance for listeners to experience the birth of the ATA's enduring concept and recording techniques from the comfort of their own home.

In 2020 label founder and musician Neil Innes decided to destroy the studio he had spent 14-years building, destroy it and rebuild it from the ground up.

Once the studio began to take shape again and Innes was finally able to take a breath he began rooting through the label's archives, pulling out reels that had been propping up tables, holding open doors and generally lurking in nooks and crannies for years.

His trip down memory uncovered a wealth of dusty musical treasures and also got him thinking about tracks from newer artists, nuggets to compliment the archive gold.

Along with the first airings of tracks by The Harmony Society, The Disarrays this 11track comp includes appearances by studio favourites: The Magnificent Tape Band, The Sorcerers, The Mandatory Eight, Ivan Von Engleberger's Asteroid and long time collaborator Chris Dawkins (recording under Earl Dawkins).Also on the comp is Joe Tatton's Bang Bang Boogaloo, previously only released on 7 inch and greatly desired by record diggers everywhere.