One For The Weekend: The Night Trains

The Night Trains' "Lovesick" – a fave track of Acid Jazz chiefs Dean Rudland & Eddie Piller – gets an overdue 7" release.

Here's the scoop...

‘This could be my favourite record that Acid Jazz have ever released’ 

- Dean Rudland, Acid Jazz Records 

When Acid Jazz was in its mid-1990s pomp, it released a lot of great records. Sometimes they flew past at such a pace, we had moved on to something else before we realised how good they truly were. ‘Lovesick’ by the Night Trains is one such record. 

A phenomenal mixture of a distinctive sample turned into a un-ignorable groove, an unforgettable melody (and the soulful vocal from Marcia Johnson), weaved around a Miles-like trumpet. It should have been a hit. But it wasn’t. Instead, it is a cult classic, which we are being fully indulgent in releasing on a 7-inch single. 

Night Trains were the brain child of DJ/bassist Hugh Brooker, and they released the first ever acid jazz single in 'Open Channel D’, appearing on early groundbreaking Acid Jazz compilations. It resurfaced on the label in 1993 with the ‘Sleazeball’ album, from which Lovesick was the lead single. Hugh has in many forms kept the group going until the present day. A testament to persistence and good taste, in the face of industry indifference. Hugh is one of the originals and we are proud to still work with him to this day. 

This is the first time that ‘Lovesick’ has appeared on a 7", and it is flipped with the previously-unreleased on vinyl ‘Only Know About Love' on the B-side. 

Limited to 500 copies and presented in a new colour version of the new Acid Jazz geometric housebag, with the classic label. The Night Trains' "Lovesick" single is out November 29th but you can pre-order a copy via Bandcamp right here. Watch a Night Trains performance of "Lovesick" below.