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The Mohawks: Pepsi
From: Pepsi/Mony Mony (KPM, 1969)

Back with some more library flavour today. Not just any old library sound either but a group of session musicians fronted by a legend among library musicians, Mr Alan Hawkshaw.

Most famous for the sampled to death The Champ, the Mohawks produced an album's worth of heavy Hammond organ funk in the sixties which rivals many of the big name artists of the day and there's no better example of their sound than on the follow up to The Champ, Pepsi.

Pepsi comes at you like a whirlwind of hammond funk. Check out the sublime bass and bongos introduction before Hawkshaw's trademark organ playing takes over proceedings. The rising horns then help build the songs momentum until it becomes an absolute dancefloor monster. What really gets me every time with this track though is the brilliantly sparse use of the vocals, these guys were funking hard but enjoying it immensely.

Originals of this cost around $400 so thank god for the reissue of this killer piece of funk. You now have no excuse not to buy it.