Customer Reviews
Williams-Fairey Band - lovebox weekender!!! - By: Beyondskin, 25 Jul 2007 
I'd never heard of this band before the Lovebox Weekender. I like most types of music, so happily sat down to listen...they were playing "old skool" house music!!! I wasin my element!!
Absolutely excellent, which is why I am now on this site about to purchase their album!!!
Seen it, heard it, love it! - By: Stephen Hunt, 11 Oct 2006 Acid House meets brass band seems weird, but really works. I saw the Williams Fairey band playing an Acid Brass set at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival a few years ago. No amplification necessary: they were LOUD. Some of the peoplein the audience obviously thought it was a joke ... until the band started to play. A lot of the brass-band followers weren't quite sure what to make of it, but the acid house crowd loved it. One of the most enjoyable live gigs I've ever been to.
Don't play itin the background, wind up the volume & revelin the sheer power & musicality of one of the best brass bandsin the country playing music you actually want to hear.
What a winner! - By: , 28 Mar 2005 My boyfriend & I first heard 'Voodoo Ray' playing as some ambient background musicin 'Loungelover'. After finding out that it was by the Williams Fairey Band I decided to buy it for my boyfriend as a bit of a "Do you remember this from Valentine's Day?" novelty gift. He loved it & has played Voodoo Ray back to back for what seems like an eternity! As if this isn't enough he is now trying to convert all of his mates - & they are coming round, slowly.
It is a truly great cd. If you weren't to know the tracks they sound like great melodies, well played, by a brass band. Ideal for a bit of background music when you've got mates over for dinner. Better still don't tell them what it is as when it finally dawns on them 'I know this track' the look on their faces is pricesless...
Pacific 202 is a winner if you're layingin bed,in the dark. Try it sometime!
Quite Bizzare - By: , 01 Dec 2004 
I bought this as a present for someone & it was one of the most bizzare things I have ever heard.
Old club anthems from my youth where I frantically waved my arms around, blowing my whistle suddenly became melodic & strangely relaxing.
I recommend this to anyone who wants to hear a new slant on those ACCCCIIIIIIIDDDD days.
I want them to produce a Happy House Brass next with classic anthems such as Gat Decors Passion & Shine On!!
Wonderful - By: Dr. D. J. R. Atkinson, 09 Nov 2004 Oncein a while something comes along that you reckon must be well worth getting "for a laugh". I bought this album for that sole reason. Hell, the thought of Cubic 22 blasted out by a colliery band? Truly beautiful.
But then something happened - I listened to the full album & realised that it wasn't just a laugh, it is something else. It's wonderful. Eighties house anthems played with real power & emotion by a brass band. An album of tracks that reminds us that music isn't all about being genre specific, that the ludicrous record store racks of categories & sub-categories serve only to create legions of music fans that grow up blinkered to a true love of music. This album isn't about cynically combining two over hyped genres to broaden demographic appeal & shift more units (nothing personal Limp Bizkit...). It's about timeless melodies receiving fresh interpretation through the power & emotion of brass.
It's been a long time since I've listened to anything that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up & a shiver go down my spine. The cover of KLF on this album did just that. Don't buy this album because it's a surreal novelty. Buy it because it's great!
