Another Late Night: Zero 7 [Late Night Tales]

Tracklist:

A1. Yesterdays New Quintet - Sunrays
A2. Quasimoto - Real Eyes
A3. Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope) (Walworth Road Rockers Dub)
A4. Slum Village - Jealousy
A5. Joy Zipper - Christine Bonilla

B1. The Cinematic Orchestra - Channel 1 Suite
B2. Jim O’Rourke - Ghost Ship In A Storm
B3. Souls Of Mischief - ‘93 ‘Til Infinity
B4. Da Lata - Pra Manha

C1. Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde (Herbert’s Fred & Ginger Mix)
C2. Shawn Lee - Happiness (Ashley Beedle’s West Coast Mix)
C3. Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away

D1. Don Blackman - Holding You, Loving You
D2. Leroy Hutson - Cool Out
D3. Zero 7 - Truth & Rights
D4. The Stylistics - People Make The World Go Round 

An ocean of water has passed under the Zero 7 bridge since we originally released this collection of music. In 2002, when it was first issued, they had been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for their brilliant debut album Simple Things, as well as being nominated for Best New Artist at the 2002 BRIT Awards. Their third album, The Garden, was nominated for a GRAMMY in 2007.

Since then, Zero 7 have become an active live touring band, created amazing music, and curated carefully considered remixes, such as Terry Callier’s Love Theme From Spartacus. Their old RAK Studios colleague Nigel Godrich once told them: “Your great records become the Sistine Chapels of music in a sea of affordable housing.” It’s fair to say they’ve got a few Sistines under their belt.

The selection is compiled perfection, and you seem to agree. Such is the desire for the original vinyl edition that it now sells for over one hundred pounds. You can expect to find the classic soul of The Stylistics, People Make The World Go Round, and the Roy Ayers-produced rare groove gem You Can’t Turn Me Away by Sylvia Striplin. Also featured is Holding You, Loving You by Don Blackman. This track was sampled by Slum Village on Go Ladies, who are also featured here with Jealousy, as is Herbert’s boompty-boomp remix of M. Gainsbourg’s Bonnie & Clyde.

All this for how much?! Bargain! Keep the rest of the money for a float tank session, one of the best ways we can think of consuming this vinyl edition. As they say in football: “form is temporary, class is permanent.” Zero 7: class personified.