Mario Bradley's second CD.1.Hey baby 2.Bip bop baby 3.Hep to the boogie 4.Whoo! I mean whee! 5.Spellbound 6.Metronome mama 7.Take a ride 8.Boo hoo 9.Long time gone 10.Rhythm train 11.Mabel 12.Baby doll 13.Beale Street 14.Hip hip baby 15.Bye bye boogie 16.Bip bop baby (alt).
Mario Bradley
This is Mario Bradley's second CD. Mario is a kind of blend of Hardrock Gunter and Bo Diddley, as he slaves away in his studio creating his own brand of rhythm, relying heavily on slap-back echo."But finally, the brand new 'Rhythm Junction' is out and delivers the same scientist mixes, the same receipt which had made the savour of the first. Fault finders will be able to reproach this second opus for being a kind of carbon copy of the first and they will not be wrong but Mario overcomes so well this difficult combination between various styles and compositions (12 out of 16 titles of which some are co-signed with Volker Houghton) that I again let myself embark with the first title 'Hey Baby', a wild, and violent rockabilly haunted by the cavernous vocal of Mario which always remind Hardrock Gunter one of its most obvious influences and to which he pays a vibrating homage with the cover of 'Whoo! I Mean Whee!'. And with Mario there's no time to rest or have a nap: all the titles are pure energy and it is not with 'Bip Bop Baby', 'Spellbound', 'Metronome Mama' or 'Rhythm Train' (which can make you think of a band like 'Johnny Bach and his Moonshine Boozers') that you’re gonna stop of boppin'. The Jump-Blues and Jivers as 'Hep To The Boogie', 'Mabel', 'Beale Street' or 'Bye Bye Boogie' are also effective to make you dance. The only 'cool' one with a country flavour is 'Long Time Gone'. An excellent album for those which are not afraid to maltreat their ears, stomp their feet and wet their shirt!" David 'Long Tall' Phisel