Hopper Tunity Box
Finally the definative CD release of former Soft Machine member Hugh Hopper's: "Hopper Tunity Box" the 1977 fuzz bass classic!!! The folks at Cuniform Records gave this awesome prog rock gem the proper remastering that it truly deserves!!! No more annoying skip(during the late Elton Dean's beautiful sax work)on the track "The Lonely Sea And The Sky",voila,after all of these years(over 30 to be exact,and thousands of album and CD copies!)it's gone for good,groovy baby!!! Hugh Hopper(On bass,guitar,recorders,soprano sax,and percussion,wow,this dude is talented to the max!!!) leads an all star cast which includes,Richard Brunton(guitar),Mark Charig(cornet,tenor horn),the late Elton Dean(alto sax & saxello),Nigel Morris(drums),Frank Roberts(electric piano),Dave Stewart(organ,pianet,oscillators),Mike Travis(drums),and the late Gary Windo(bass clarinet,saxes). This Cuniform CD remastered for the first time from the original master tapes literally blows away the original CD by Culture Press that was only avalable as a high priced import that was mastered from vinyl no less,and had that annoying skip that I mentioned earlier!!! So the choice is crystal clear,why have flank steak when you can have a Porterhouse,right?! Great booklet too,with new 2006 and old 1977 notes,and some cool repoductions of the origial handwrtten music scores,all provided by the Hughman himself!!! Yes, it does have new cover for 2007,but dont be alarmed,the back of the booklet has the original 1977 cover!!! Don't miss out on this great "Hopper-tunity"!!! All in all a 5 out of 5 star release!!! Two thumbs up!!! A+
Hopper Tunity Box
Finally the definative CD release of former Soft Machine member Hugh Hopper's: "Hopper Tunity Box" the 1977 fuzz bass classic!!! The folks at Cuniform Records gave this awesome prog rock gem the proper remastering that it truly deserves!!! No more annoying skip(during the late Elton Dean's beautiful sax work)on the track "The Lonely Sea And The Sky",voila,after all of these years(over 30 to be exact,and thousands of album and CD copies!)it's gone for good,groovy baby!!! Hugh Hopper(On bass,guitar,recorders,soprano sax,and percussion,wow,this dude is talented to the max!!!) leads an all star cast which includes,Richard Brunton(guitar),Mark Charig(cornet,tenor horn),the late Elton Dean(alto sax & saxello),Nigel Morris(drums),Frank Roberts(electric piano),Dave Stewart(organ,pianet,oscillators),Mike Travis(drums),and the late Gary Windo(bass clarinet,saxes). This Cuniform CD remastered for the first time from the original master tapes literally blows away the original CD by Culture Press that was only avalable as a high priced import that was mastered from vinyl no less,and had that annoying skip that I mentioned earlier!!! So the choice is crystal clear,why have flank steak when you can have a Porterhouse,right?! Great booklet too,with new 2006 and old 1977 notes,and some cool repoductions of the origial handwrtten music scores,all provided by the Hughman himself!!! Yes, it does have new cover for 2007,but dont be alarmed,the back of the booklet has the original 1977 cover!!! Don't miss out on this great "Hopper-tunity"!!! All in all a 5 out of 5 star release!!! Two thumbs up!!! A+