Brass Construction interviews, articles and reviews from Rock's Backpages

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 24 February 1976

I'M NOT prone to making rash statements (as most readers of B&S of any long-standing will bear witness) but I am going to predict that ...

Brass Construction

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, December 1976

IT WAS with a great deal of anticipation and curiosity that everyone waited patiently for the second Brass Construction album on U.A. Perhaps no one ...

Brass Construction: Brass Construction II (United Artists) ****

Review by Davitt Sigerson, Black Music, January 1977

JEFF LANE'S BC passed the BTs in sales with their first, platinum, album. They did it with compulsive, highly syncopated and relentless disco music which ...

Detroit Spinners, Brass Construction: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 7 May 1977

A FIASCO is when you put too much showbiz into soul biz. ...

The Brains Behind Brass Construction

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 24 May 1977

B&S SuperEd, John Abbey, goes a-rappin' with BC's Superleader, Randy Muller... ...

Brass Construction: Brass Construction III (United Artists UAS 30124)

Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 31 January 1978

WELL, THE question in hand for this album is simply this — are you fed up with the Brass Construction sound yet? If so, you'll ...

Brass Construction, Rokotto: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 3 June 1978

...CLIFF WHITE sounds his Funky horn about what he sees as a lack of critical perspective... ...