Suncut レコード& CD

Review: Back to 1975 for this insanely rare four-figure-ticket funk piece. With a groove so lavish it spills over into two parts, everything about this tickles the right spot. Shrilling horn fills, thumping breaks, swooning harmonies on the chorus and an open top vibe that's so tangible you can feel the breeze. Spotted passing hands for over 2000 quid in the past, this reissue is long, long, long overdue. Easy does it!

Review: Suncut's latest release offers up an affordably priced reissue of obscure US outfit, Pages' "Heartaches & Pain", a sought-after seven-inch single from 1979. Given that copies of the Sunstruck Records original regularly change hands for several hundred pounds a time, you could argue that they've done soul and funk DJs a massive service. The title track, which was apparently recorded in 1971 by producer Travis Biggs and the obscure Pages, is something of a breezy soul treat - a two-and-a-half minute slab of sweetness rich in attractive vocals, rising horns and a bustling bottom-end groove. Arguably even more impressive is Blaxploitation funk style flipside "Mack", where flanged guitars, punchy horns, sample-ready drum breaks and down-low vocals combine with devastating effect.