Hot Butter 1475742 225869512 2008-07-15T19:57:11Z Scottandrewhutchins 1550996 Typo is in the orginal, which is why it's bracketed as it is. [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 225838774 by [[Special:Contributions/65.201.198.2|65.201.198.2]] ([[User talk:65.201.198.2|talk]]) {{Unreferenced|date=May 2008}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | Name = Hot Butter | Img = | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = | Genre = pop, synthesizer | Years_active = 1971-1978 | Label = [[Musicor]]<br>Dynamo | Associated_acts = | URL = | Current_members = | Past_members = [[Stan Free]]<br>Dave Mullaney<br>John Abbott<br>Bill Jerome<br>Steve Jerome<br>Danny Jordan | Notable_instruments = }} '''Hot Butter''' was an [[instrumental]] [[cover band]] fronted by the [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]] player [[Stan Free]]. The other band members were [[Dave Mullaney]], [[John Abbott(musician)|John Abbott]], [[Bill Jerome]], [[Steve Jerome]], and [[Danny Jordan (musician)|Danny Jordan]]. ==History== The liner notes to the CD reissue do not indicate who played what, aside from Free at the [[Moog synthesizer]]. Indeed, the notes say the band was Free and "a bunch of fellow players". Based upon the photograph and the sound of the album, the group had two additional keyboardists, two [[percussionist]]s, and a [[guitarist]]. They are best known for their 1972 cover of the [[Moog synthesizer|Moog]] [[synthpop]] [[instrumental]] "[[Popcorn (instrumental)|Popcorn]]", originally by [[Gershon Kingsley]] in 1969. The group released two albums, ''Hot Butter'' (Musicor MS-3242; 1972) and ''More Hot Butter'' (Musicor MS-3254; 1973), primarily of [[Cover version|covers]], on LP by [[Hallmark Records]]. The two albums were compiled on CD as ''Popcorn'' by [[Castle Music]] in 2000 (with a cover from the 1974 Australian release of ''More Hot Butter'' titled ''Moog Hits'', depicting the five other band members immersed in melted [[butter]] produced by Free's synthesizer), though several tracks, including [[Roger Whittaker]]'s "Mexican Whistler", were deleted. The only tracks written by members of the band were "At the Movies" (the [[B-side]] of "Popcorn") and "Tristana", by all the band members except Free, and "Space Walk", by Dave Mullaney and his brother. "The Silent Screen (Hot Butter)" is credited to all the members except for Free, but it is actually an arrangement of the main theme of the first movement of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s [[Symphony No. 40]]. Among the other artists covered by the band were [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]], [[Jerry Lordan]] and [[The Shadows]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[Joe Meek]] and [[The Tornados]], [[Neal Hefti]], [[Serge Gainsbourg]], [[Robert Maxwell (songwriter)|Robert Maxwell]], [[Piero Umiliani]], [[Jean-Joseph Mouret]], [[Billy Joe]] and [[Emile Ford|The Checkmates]], [[Joe Buffalo's Band]], [[Teo Macero]], [[Leroy Anderson]], [[Danny Flores|Chuck Rio]], and [[Norman Petty]] and [[The String-A-Longs]]. Mullaney and Abbott did most of the arranging. The Jeromes, Jordan, and [[Richard E. Talmadge]] produced the albums with [[MTL Productions]] for [[Musicor]]. After "Popcorn", their best known track is probably [[August Musarurwa]]'s "[[Skokiaan]]", which was included on [[RE/Search]]'s compilation, ''[[Incredibly Strange Music]]''. Follow-up singles included The Shadows' "[[Apache (instrumental)|Apache]]", Chuck Rio's (Danny Flores) "[[Tequila (song)|Tequila]]", Billy Joe and the Checkmates' "Percolator", Joe Buffalo's Band's "Slag Solution", and Gene Farrow With G.F. Band's "You Should Be Dancing".<!--not the Bee Gees song--> ==Discography== ===Popcorn=== *Musicor MUS 1458 (US); Pye International 7N.25583 (UK), July 1972 '''Side 1''' # [[Popcorn (instrumental)|Popcorn]] ([[Gershon Kingsley]]) (2:30) '''Side 2''' # At the Movies (Abbott, Mullaney, Jerome, Jerome, Jordan) (2:31) ===Hot Butter=== *Musicor MS-3242 (US); Pye International NSPL.28169 (UK), 1972 '''Side 1''' # [[Popcorn (instrumental)|Popcorn]] ([[Gershon Kingsley]]) (2:30) # [[Godspell|Day by Day]] ([[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]]) (3:44) # [[Apache (instrumental)|Apache]] ([[Jerry Lordan]]) (2:50 # At the Movies (Abbott, Mullaney, Jerome, Jerome, Jordan) (2:31) # Tristana (Abbott, Mullaney, Jerome, Jerome, Jordan) (3:29) # Song Sung Blue ([[Neil Diamond]]) (3:54) '''Side 2''' # [[Telstar (song)|Telstar]] ([[Joe Meek]]) (2:34) # Tomatoes ([[Neal Hefti]]) 2:27 # [[Amazing Grace]] (Trad. Arr. Abbott, Mullaney) (2:37) # [[Je t'aime... moi non plus|Love at First Sight]] ([[Serge Gainsbourg|S. Gainsbourg]]) (2:38) # Song of [[The Nairobi Trio|the Narobi Trio]] ([[Robert Maxwell (songwriter)|R. Maxwell]]) (2:13)<!---"Narobi" is the spelling given on the album--> # [[Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)|Hot Butter (The Silent Screen)]] (Abbott, Mullaney, Jerome, Jerome, Jordan) (2:04) ===Apache=== *Musicor 7N.25598, 1972 '''Side 1''' #Apache '''Side 2''' #Hot Butter ===Tequila=== *Musicor 12 469 AT, 1972 '''Side One''' #Tequila (1:47) '''Side 2''' #Tomatoes (2:21) ===Percolator=== *Musicor SMU-88678; Pye 7N.25609, 1973 '''Side 1''' # Percolator '''Side 2''' # Tristana ===More Hot Butter=== *Musicor MS-3254; 1973 '''Side One''' #Percolator #Slag Solution #Sounds #Wheels #Skokiaan #[[Pipeline (song)|Pipeline]] '''Side Two''' #Space Walk #The Masterpiece #Tequila #Syncopated Clock #[[Makizushi|Kappa Maki]] #Mah-Na, Mah-Na ===Slag Solution=== *Musicor 1481, 1973 '''Side One''' #Slag Solution '''Side Two''' #Kappa Maki ===Popcorn with Hot Butter=== '''Side One''' #Popcorn #Day by Day #Apache #At the Movies #Tomatoes '''Side Two''' #Pipeline #Hot Butter #Telstar #Tristana #Song of the Nairobi Trio #Amazing Grace ===Moog Hits=== *Musicor Records, L34954, 1974 (Australia) '''Side One''' #Slag Solution #Sounds Simple #Wheels #Skokiaan #Russian Whistler '''Side Two''' #Space Walk #The Masterpiece #Tequila #Syncopated Clock #Mah-Na, Mah-Na #Mexican Whistler ===You Should Be Dancing=== *12" 45 Dynamo DS 12-DS-603-8, 1977 '''Side One''' #You Should Be Dancing (Warren/Farrow) (5:13) Hye Fye Music Ltd '''Side Two''' #You Should Be Dancing (Track without lead vocal) ([[Chris Warren|Warren]]/[[Gene Farrow|Farrow]]) (4:42) Hye Fye Music Ltd Arranged by [[B.K. Bowie]] Produced by [[Jerry "Swamp Dog" Williams, Jr.]] ===Popcorn (CD)=== *Castle Music ESMCD907 (UK), 2000 # [[Popcorn (instrumental)|Popcorn]] ([[Gershon Kingsley]]) [[Bourne Music]] # [[Godspell|Day by Day]] ([[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]]) [[Valando Music]] # [[Apache (instrumental)|Apache]] ([[Jerry Lordan|Lordan]]) [[Francis Day & Hunter]] # At the Movies (Abbott, Mullaney, Jerome, Jerome, Jordan) [[AMRA]] # Tristana (Abbott, Mullaney, Jerome, Jerome, Jordan) [[AMRA]] # Song Sung Blue ([[Neil Diamond|Diamond]]) [[Ardmore & Beechwood]] # [[Telstar (song)|Telstar]] ([[Joe Meek|Meek]]) [[Ivy Music Ltd]] # Tomatoes ([[Neal Hefti|Hefti]]) [[Famous Chappell]] # [[Amazing Grace]] (Trad. Arr. Abbott, Mullaney) [[ARTAL]] # [[Je t'aime... moi non plus|Love at First Sight]] ([[Serge Gainsbourg|Gainsbourg]]) [[Shapiro Bernstein]]/[[Britico]] # Song of [[The Nairobi Trio|the Narobi Trio]]<!---"Narobi" is the spelling given on the album--> ([[Robert Maxwell (songwriter)|Maxwell]]) # [[Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)|Hot Butter (The Silent Screen)]] (Abbott, Mullaney, Jerome, Jerome, Jordan) [[ARTAL]] # [[Mah Nà Mah Nà|Mah-Na-Mah-Na]] ([[Piero Umiliani|Umiliani]]) [[Carlin Music Corp]] # [[Masterpiece Theatre|Masterpiece]] ([[Jean-Joseph Mouret|Mouret]], Parnes) [[September Music Corp]] # Percolator (Bideu, Freeman) <!--no publishing information provided on album--> # [[Skokiaan]] ([[August Musarurwa|Kusarurgwa]]) <!--it is spelled with a K on the album cover, but if the "Skokkian" page is correct, it is an error-->[[Peter Maurice Music Co Ltd]] # Slag Solution (Morgan, Ranzzano) [[Copyright Control]] # Sounds ([[Teo Macero|Macero]]) [[Warner Chappell Music Ltd]] # Space Walk (Mullaney, Mullaney) [[Copyright Control]] # [[The Syncopated Clock|Syncopated Clock]] ([[Leroy Anderson|Anderson]], [[Mitchell Parish|Parish]]) [[EMI Harmonies Ltd]] # [[Tequila (song)|Tequila]] ([[Danny Flores|Rio]]) [[MCA Music Ltd]] # Wheels ([[Norman Petty|Petty]]) [[Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd]] [[Category:1970s music groups]] [[de:Hot Butter]] [[fi:Hot Butter]] [[sv:Hot Butter]]