THE LINK QUARTET: Beat.It

The Link Quartet

Beat.It

© 2002 Hammondbeat ASCAP (826556000123)

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Serious hammond B3 organ drenched 60's style instrumental beat for the 21st century and not afraid to show their teeth. A funk and groove music revolution from the makers of HAMMONDBEAT.

tracks

1 Strudel Girl
2 Be Yourself
3 Alfa Romeo Duetto
4 An Evening With Linda Lovelace
5 Beat.It
6 Crosstown Traffic
7 Somebody Stole My Thunder
8 Little Italy Serenade
9 Happy Boys Happy
10 Gianni Fuso Nerini
11 If I Could Only Be Sure
12 Marshall Jim 100
13 Theme From Hammondbeat

notes

"Beat.It" is raw 60's drenched fuel to feed a world dominated by an otherwise anemic and bland soundscape. How Hammond organ funk is meant to be heard.

"Beat.It" is also the sound for the 2004 motion picture "Wilson Chance" (Bunzendahl Brothers Productions), which provided 5 songs to sit side-by-side with a fresh score by 007 guitar legend Vic Flick. And if that wasn't enough, the meeting of the Link Quartet, Hammondbeat, and Wilson Chance has resulted in a special soundtrack album ("The Sound of Danger", March 2, 2004) featuring over 70 minutes of new music, also available at CDbaby!

The Link Quartet have arrived! Following their second US tour in June 2004 (capped by the massive ModChicago event) and the completion of their next album, the boys are taking the summer off and preparing a revamped live set with the new record front and center. Watch for the "early years" album "Evolution" and brand new EP "Decade" from Hammondbeat in the autumn of 2006.

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www.linkquartet.com

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THE HAMMONDBEAT CATALOG
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HBR008 "The Erotic Cakes of Stoned Soul Picnic" [Oct 2006]
HBR007 Phat Fred "Don't Spoil The Soup!" [Oct 2006]
HBR006 The Link Quartet "Evolution" [Oct 2006]
HBR005 The Yards "Wit"
HBR004 The Special Agents "Bulletproof Beat"
HBR003 The Link Quartet "Italian Playboys"
HBR002 various artist "Wilson Chance: The Sound of Danger"
HBR001 The Link Quartet "Beat.It"

HBL006 The Dansettes "Boomerang" [EP] [Aug 2006]
HBL005 The Link Quartet "Decade" [EP] [Aug 2006]
HBL004 Baron Samedi E.S.Q. "Feed A Fever"
HBL003 Screamin' Retro "Scream On!" [mini album]
HBL002 Fil Lorenz Soul-tet "Stinky Stinky" [EP]
HBL001 The Dansettes "Oh My!" [EP]

reviews

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  • Somebody Stole My Thunder Lost Gem of the 70s
    author: Caiman Creek

    I ain't gonna lie to you, the whole CD rocks, but I can't listening to Thunder (Somebody Stole My Thunder). Even Walmart (Canada -- and now U.K as well, I'm told) have revived it under the original Georgie Fame release (wow!) to promote their George's line of clothing. This tune should've done much better and didn't. It was too strongly jazz for its time. Thank goodness it's been picked back up. but give a spin to any tune on the CD though and you'll love these guys. Mama Mia! Hot!

  • Somebody Stole My Thunder Just Won't Die
    author: Rip Penn

    I'm amazed that "Thunder" is still kicking ass 30-something years after I first heard it in London in the 70s. Georgie Fame had a so-so hit with it and I thought then that it deserved better. It's the big gun on this CD, for me, but the whole damned CD rocks.

  • Non-stop drive in the fast lane
    author: Jimi Hendrix Information Management Institute

    Organist Paolo "Apollo" Negri leads the quartet on an uptempo excursion of "Crosstown Traffic", guitarist Giulio Cardini laying down a wah-wah driven funk groove. It's a high-energy, non-stop drive in the fast lane.

  • Hot Track: Strudel Girl
    author: DJ Funkalicious

    Let's be frank here, I mean come-on, who doesn't like Strudels and who doesn't like girls? This song has got that mod 60's kinda groove that hits the spot dead on. We're talking Lambrettas, suits with thin ties, and gogo boots. I wish I were that hip dangit!

  • Wish I could see these guys live!
    author: John from Windsor

    Very rarely does recorded music of this type capture the true spirit and feeling of the genre. The Link Quartet has done it, though. I promise you WILL be happy with this CD. Only minor disappointment was on "Little Italy Serenade" when the band makes what I consider to be an ill-concieved departure from their sound. But nontheless the rest of this CD is simply outstanding. Put it in your player, turn up the volume, and enjoy. This disc is definately a top-shelf choice!

  • Driving organ sound throughout the dozen funky inst. tracks
    author: Garage and Beat

    It is not mere coincidence that the band released an album on a label called Hammond Beat. The driving organ sound is key throughout the dozen funky instrumental tracks. There have been a number of bands mining the groove of old Booker T and the MGs records lately and this one is every bit as tight and fun as the others. The band is from Italy, but being as how there are no pesky vocals to muck things up it doesn't really make a heck of a lot of difference where they hail from. Half of the songs are covers and the band is just at home getting funky with Jimi Hendrix as they are with the Small Faces. The drumming is a little too precise and heavy handed, but the overall vibe is cool.

  • I love, love, love this disc!
    author: Highronimus

    A modern instrumental quartet transforming retro hammond funkiness into an earthshaking neogroove! Every single note these guys impart is, for lack of a better homemade superlative, outfunkstanding! There's no small amount of organ grinding on this record (an organ that must have been pounded into pudding) but, as an added bonus, the guitar is just as much a funky electric dynamo! "Strudel Girl", "Crosstown Traffic" (a Mr. Hendrix cover), and "Somebody Stole My Thunder" are supremely groovy tunes - though, honestly, my favorites from BEAT.IT are in a constant state of flux. I love, love, love this disc!

  • A dozen triumphant organ-centric chunks of solid groove
    author: Odysseyzine

    I've always wished that more bands would bring the organ back into their songs, and wouldn't you know? Someone in Portland runs a label with a near-religious devotion to the Hammond B3. The Link Quartet share that devotion, and check in with a dozen triumphant organ-centric chunks of solid groove. These guys are touring-mates of The Diplomats of Solid Sound, and you can tell that they draw from the same book of influences -- the Meters, Booker T & The MGs, etc. But, you can maybe detect an affinity with the space age sounds of Hugo Montenegro or even Esquivel. It's very stylish and cosmopolitan, and doesn't get so retro that you feel like you need to be in costume. This is just great stuff -- especially if you love the sound of an organ.

  • author: Valeria from Italy

    Beat.it drives me crazy, it's absolutely amazing and full of energy!!!!! I tell everyone to pick up a copy and dance, party wild party wild party wild! I'm waiting for the new album, hope it will be available soon....!

  • It really is the time of the groove revolution.
    author: Mohair Sweets

    It really is the time of the groove revolution. The world over you can find smokin' combos hittin' it hard with massive organ grooves and super-funky beats modelled on the innovators and originators of the 50s, 60s and early 70s. We're not talkin' total retro though, but livin', breathin', hard-workin' musicians with keen eye's for style, substance and community. Italy's Link Quartet are one of these thoroughly modern and exciting combos and their debut (for Hammondbeat at least) is a marvellous (funky) walk of Hammond, wah-wah'ed Cropper mutated guitar licks and juicy rhythm section finery. You couldn't beat it if you wanted to so drop on in to the excellent Hammondbeat site and order a copy today!

  • Classic 60's English Beat!
    author: The Hammond Grounds

    This is the real thing! Even though these guys are from Italy, they have that Beat down, and play it like their lives depend on it. No filler, just straight butter baby!

  • Great Party Music!
    author: Rick Fowler

    The way to get your grooooove on! I love the groovy organ and funky bass, and it makes me wanna dance! You need this!

  • Perfect party music. Instrumental madness, that makes you want to speed through
    author: Damon Geraldo Vanderhoffen, III

    Perfect party music. Instrumental madness, that makes you want to speed through the hills on a moonlit night with the top down, a martini in your hand, and your lover sitting shotgun. Drinking and driving is bad, but with Beat It playing, it’s super-bad!

  • Lock up your daughters... THE LINK QUARTET'S IN TOWN!!!
    author: Martin Lovegrove

    I personally will give hard cash money to anyone who resists the urge to dance their backside off upon hearing this corker from the Link Quartet. Like an ultra rare 60's soundtrack to a movie never made, Beat.It will have you grinning like a cheshire cat within seconds of hearing 'Strudel Girl' right up until the mind blowing skill-fingered work on 'Theme From Hammndbeat'. I know it sounds naughty... IT IS!!!!!!

  • Be the coolest person you know!
    author: Alan O

    Since obtaining this CD I've become the coolest person in my Town.You will also become the coolest person in YOUR town (Unless you live in my town) when you pick yourself up a copy of this album. Your friends will be jealous that you're the coolest townsperson with the coolest Album - but thats their problem.Every Town needs a cool person-and that person should be you...........Buy this album and enjoy some of the best Hammond Quartet action you'll ever here!

  • Very Cool, great for helping get through long commutes!
    author: Bernie Southerton

    Very cool and very interesting. Kind of a something old, something new etc. feeling. Very cool sounds, crosses many boundaries!

  • Extroverted Hammond beat of the first order
    author: Nick Rossi (The Nick Rossi Set)

    There is a feeling – a timeless groove, for lack of a better word – that some bands (the good ones at least) spend countless hours / days / years to tap into to. It is hard to put into words, but you know it when you hear it. BEAT.IT certainly taps into this groove and, man, can you ever hear it! The Link Quartet boasts the solid sound of four excellent musicians who have obviously put in the time, done their homework, and are capable of delivering the goods. Their sound is extroverted Hammond beat of the first order and in Paolo Negri; they possess one of the best organists on the scene today. There are, of course, the obvious touchstones: the James Taylor Quartet, the Small Faces, Booker T. & the MGs, and the ubiquitous Brian Auger. But add to that the unmistakable Italian flair of cinematic sense and take away the fear many groups on the scene have of sounding “contemporary” and you can begin to get a sense of where this disc is at. Each of the tracks shifts from sound to sound, but when the smoke clears you know that the Link Quartet have found their own sound. And, man, it sounds good!

  • Hip swinging,super groovy funky hammond jazz!!!
    author: Matt Lines

    Sheer class from strudel girl to the cover of crosstown traffic this really is a must have cd if you are a fan of the B-3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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