You might have caught The Edge LP by multi-instrumentalist Medline all the back in January on which he covered eleven classic tracks by a variety of jazz, funk and soul artists from the 60s, 70s and 80s. And if you did, you’ll know that ‘cover’ doesn’t really – well – cover it and the phrase ‘lovingly recreated’ was perhaps more apt. Also, while Medline’s versions were every bit as rich as the originals, they were – when played back-to-back with them – subtly different. Of course, there is a school of thought that any cover worth its salt should aim to reinterpret the originals in an unexpected way but that was no more Medline’s stock in trade on his most recent LP than it is on the two cuts on this single – to wit: covers of Donald Byrd’s Wind Parade and another of The Stylistics’ People Make The World Go Round with Roni Alkekengi supplying the vocals on each. However, you have to set against that two facts. Firstly, that the Franco-Chilean’s work struck enough of a chord with Japanese label Jet Set that they’ve planned five X 7″ series of Medline re-releases all lifted from 2012 Medline LP, People Make The World Go Round (of which this is the second) and secondly, that the bundle of this single and it’s predecessor have already sold out on Medline’s Bandcamp page while the bundle of this and The Edge LP only have 5 available copies left. Wind Parade/ People Make The World Go Round appears in a limited run of 300 copies.
(Out 10 October on Jet Set)