JIMMY SABATER – TO BE WITH YOU (AL KENT EDIT)

Most of our readers are no doubt aware of the ongoing battle between BBE and Harmless to become the reigning champ of essential rare disco re-issues. This one-upmanship cuts both ways – it heightens the unfortunate likelihood that you'll be hearing that ultra-rare salsoul 12 inch you paid 100 quid for on ebay when you next visit to Pret but maybe that's a fair price to pay when one looks at the staggeringly good tunes they're bringing back into the spotlight.

Exhibit A: Jimmy Sabater's relentless disco-latin-funk extravanganza "To Be With You" as rediscovered and re-edited by Glaswegian disco supremo Al Kent for BBE. This tune has it all – relentless pace, a wall of bongos, funk guitar right out of Shaft and sick keyboard lines. That's without mentioning the panicky strings, jazzy sax breaks and a blissed out chorus that is one hell of a pay-off. Dope.

Jimmy Sabater – To Be With You