{"product_id":"rhythm-the-complete-countdown-recordings","title":"Rhythm! The Complete Countdown Recordings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe original outfit of the Charlatans' bass player. But it would be the wrong way of looking at it, because Makin' Time were unique in their own right. In the mid-80s the mod revival scene had left a distinct trail behind it. On the one hand some pined for the power pop guitar chords of the Jam, the Purple Hearts and Secret Affair, but others had followed the more soulful line typified by the Style Council. Some felt that this lead to over smooth anodyne music but Makin' Time took a classic rock band format - Martin Blunt on bass, Fay Hallam on organ, Mark McGounden on guitar and Neil Clitheroe on drums - and added to it soulful influences. This is the first reissue of this material, culled from the band's three singles and album for the Countdown label. The songs stand up for themselves, whilst the booklet has the group's story told by Chris Hunt, now an experienced journalist who regularly works for both Mojo and Q, but at the time an early champion and friend of Makin' Time who published his own fanzine 'Shadows and Reflections'. Chris talked to all four members of the band for their reminicenses on those times (it is, we believe, the first time that Martin Blunt has agreed to this in years), and provided access to the photographs that 'Shadows and Reflections' had had taken at the time by their photographer Caron Malcolm. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ace","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50437955322187,"sku":"1126077","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8bda70eb-f215-4308-974a-2453c7ecdb19_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726936702","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/rhythm-the-complete-countdown-recordings","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}