Deodato - Prelude

Back in around 89/90, I used to finish late shifts on Mondays at 10pm, and me and some work chums would make our way down from Whitechapel to the Bass Clef in Hoxton to bear witness to Norman Jay’s Original Rare Groove Show, as packed, smoky and sweaty a club night as you could ever hope for.

Hoxton, though not very far in actual distance, was really tricky to get to and a fucking stabby wasteland. This was before it became the epicentre of east London’s shitification.

Anyway, I tell you this because Norman Jay started his set with Also Spracht Zarathustra from this album and it is etched onto my brain. Genius DJ-ing.

The rest of the album veers towards lounge-latin in places.

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