Father Of All... (Coloured Viny LP) Soul Funk & Disco

Father Of All... (Coloured Viny LP) Soul Funk & DiscoFive time Grammy Award winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day unleash their thirteenth studio album. It serves up 10 tracks in 26 breathless minutes. It's like a pocket history of rock and roll, pinballing between influences Punk, Glam, Motown, Soul and R&B. From the Little Richard via Hamburg era Beatles rush of Stab You in the Heart to I Was a Teenage Teenager's cartoony chorus, there is a joyous bordering on deranged air to the

Grammy winning album

Or as Mike puts it with characteristic distinction: "it's really just a rap duets album

there is no getting around it - Yard Act have written a soap opera

Ronnie Beck

Tracks sampled include "Can You Feel It" (by Penthouse Players Clique)

Some notes from Sharon Van Etten on this release:"Dear Reader

Clement Dodd's Sir Coxsone The Downbeat Soundsystem ruled Kingston's dancehalls during this era and these recordings strongly reflect the influences of American rhythm and blues and jump jazz on Jamaican music fans

Here's to the many hard working crate diggers that are willing to take the plunge

pressed in small quantities

and lyrics evoke a soft sorrow

Marché Noir

Originals on both songs sell for £50 each