New CD from Hank!

[Tigerdaisy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukq8xcwKUPU
Is this the version I wonder. If so it could be very good using a bass to provide that backing skat.

[chippy71]

doctor who! oh god no! i wont be buying it!

[MikeAB]

Yep it's a 'Sales Preventer' as we used to call dodgy Sales Reps when I was young enough to work - or care.

Dr Who may turn out to be a great track but it's presence on the track list will make browsing older Hank fans think 'has it really come to that', and young Who fans - well sorry Mr ''Marketing Man who decides such things '' they will never see the track list anyway.

[Gary Allen]

I heard Hank recorded the Dr Who theme for the fans that are in a time warp....

[JimN]

Sci-fi TV series of the past could be a source worth mining for Hank Marvin album tracks.

How about...

Lost In Space (original theme from 1965):

Blake's 7:

Out Of This World:

And that's without even looking at "Star Trek"...

[Fenderman]

I'm waiting fot him to record The Flumps theme tune next!

[cmwatts67]

I could not help and notice that iTunes has a preorder price of £4.99 and to my surprise can preview all the tracks.

I thought you all might be interested in having a look.


Best wishes
Chris

[MeBHank]

Be fair, gents! It seems we're criticising Hank's latest work before we've even heard it!

Some might find a track's selection rather obvious and therefore somehow disappointing, but how much nicer is it to see a track listing boasting famously rich melodies than one filed with market research-chosen tat that's been pretty much forced on Hank, such as happened with 'Guitar Man' (I'd like to throttle the person who pushed him to record You're Beautiful, Patience and Light My Fire). In the past some tracks have been saved by Hank's ability to come up with new riffs and classy improvisations.

I felt far more enthusiasm went into making 'Hank' than 'Guitar Man'. I get the impression Demon Music Group are far more flexible and co-operative than Universal. In one of Hank's recent Facebook videos he made a joke over the word 'personal', repeating it over and over again, saying how personal this album is to him because he was recording tunes that mean a lot to him. What a far cry from 2007, when he had to explain the track selection process on television as an excuse the bewildering inclusion of songs that were already crap (even with their lyrics)!

I liked 'Hank', but I already prefer the track listing here. There are some great choices for instrumentals on this album, and no real duds ('Hank' did have a couple). I'm looking at the list and I can't see one piece that immediately leaves me cold. No-one's yet mentioned that there's a high percentage of tunes that were instrumentals originally: a third, in fact. That speaks volumes.

This may well be Hank's best album for a long time. I cannot bloody wait to hear Theme from 'Poirot'!

J

[Twilight Ranger]

I'll have to hear some of the music on the new CD before I buy it. I haven't played Hank ten times yet.

[Hank2k]

Listening to the samples on iTunes there doesn't seem to be much echo being used. Very dry sound