Willie Hutch - Season For LoveA monumental force firmly rooted in the soul canon, Willie Hutch is most notable for recording two of the best Blaxploitation soundtracks, The Mack and Foxy Brown. Yet his legacy is much greater. Outside of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, Hutch was arguably Motown's top male solo artist of the 70s. Prior to his association with Gordy et al, Hutch crafted his opening statements for RCA, two vital LPs that Be With Records is honoured to

nothing is off the table if music sounds right

James Asher

is the most vital difference between the old and the new: he no longer sees his own story as a tragedy

and reworks them into something that is as sensitive and finely-observed as it is visionary

to dig a little deeper

Mick Jones of The Clash was keen to get involved as producer

Quincy Jones

Samuel Fuller and Don Cherry (who would later score 'The Holy Mountain')

LP on Liminal Noise Tapes

robotic voices intoning

Their last album Medway Wheelers came out on Damaged Goods in 2005

Ear Dreamin' - Yoshiaki Ochi