Tommy Stewart: Tommy Stewart

Reviewed by GRAHAM REID

Herald rating: * * * *

Seventies disco-funk is pretty easy to parody: get the wah-wah working over a funky groove-bass, bring in the strings and girlie-singing bits, add slivers of horns, and make sure the whole thing is pretty repetitious and slightly detached despite the "oh baby I want you" lyrics.

But as any good cook will tell you, the recipe is only the guide. Stewart knew the whole damn cookbook, if this long-out-of-print reissue is to be believed.

He makes "Fulton country line" one of the sexiest choruses you've ever heard and the other tracks on this mid 70s lost-in-the-ozone 38-minute album are Bump and Hustle Music, Get of Your Seats, Make Happy Music, Atlanta Get Down, Riding High and Disco Hop. Got the picture?

The multi-tasking composer, arranger, producer worked to a familiar recipe but was a gourmet chef in his sweaty, flavoursome kitchen. A reissue for 70s buffs, Venus Flytrap fans, tacky-taste people and DJs everywhere. Git down wit it.

(Luv N'Haight/Flavour)