Lee Mason And His Orchestra – Music By Lee Mason

Madlibもサンプリングした名曲収録。英国ライブラリー音楽の秘宝『Music By Lee Mason』が新リマスターで初の公式再発!!

1971年にChappell Recorded Music LibraryからリリースされたPete Mooreの作品『Music By Lee Mason』が、半世紀ぶりに初の正式アナログ再発として復刻。本作はファンキーかつシネマティックな全11曲で構成され、とりわけ“Shady Blues”はLootpackの“Answers”にてサンプリングされたことでも知られます。今回の復刻盤では音源を新たにリマスターし、音楽ジャーナリストKevin Le Gendreによる新規ライナーノーツを収録。英国ライブラリー音楽が持つ高度な作編曲技法と独自の音響美を示す重要作として、改めて注目を集めることになります。

A1        Top Gear    2:48
A2        Yorkville    2:58
A3        The Hunter    2:44
A4        Summer Girl    3:01
A5        Free And Easy    2:24
A6        Blue Bird    2:22
B1        Big Game    3:20
B2        Heat Haze    3:12
B3        Hot Pants    3:19
B4        Shady Blues    3:42
B5        Bootsie    3:12

HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER 1971 UK LIBRARY MUSIC ALBUM BY LEE MASON, FEATURING THE CULT GROOVE “SHADY BLUES” SAMPLED BY MADLIB REISSUED ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME. NEWLY REMASTERED WITH LINER NOTES BY KEVIN LE GENDRE.

Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the reissue of Music By Lee Mason, the cult classic from the Chappell Recorded Music Library, originally released in the UK in 1971. Credited to Lee Mason & His Orchestra, the album is in fact the work of renowned British composer and arranger Pete Moore—best known for composing the iconic “Asteroid” theme in 1968 for the Pearl & Dean cinema advertising company. One of the funkiest library albums of its era, blending cinematic tension, funky grooves, and jazzy undertones, Music By Lee Mason features the track “Shady Blues,” famously sampled by Madlib. Newly remastered and featuring liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre, this long-overdue reissue brings a lost classic back to vinyl for the first time since 1971.