With Paolo taking over the band from retired founders Link Cardini and Tony Face he recruited Majo (guitar), Pato (drums), and Arnaldo (vocals) who’ve given not only the solid skills always central to a Link Quartet album, but also bring a fresh style necessary to stand riff-to-riff with their retro-contemporaries. French soul lyrics, hard-rock guitar energy, jazz drummer work ethic, body rumbling bass, and blistering organ riffs all come together into a socially conscious “power to the working man” party. HB DEBUT:2002
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Hammondbeat Hi-Fi Sessions, Volume 2
2011 | DIGITAL | HBB.027 | PRICE: DIGITAL ONLY
Digital compilation of the the Hi-Fi session b-sides: Leslie Overdrive, Low Fidelity Jet-Set Orchestra, The Futuro Seven & Captain Hammond, Tony Face Big Roll Band, Phat Fred, Paolo "Apollo" Negri, The Link Quartet, and Euro Cinema. OUT NOW!!
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Hammondbeat Hi-Fi Sessions, Volume 1
2011 | DIGITAL | HBB.026 | PRICE: DIGITAL ONLY
Digital compilation of the the Hi-Fi session a-sides: Leslie Overdrive, Low Fidelity Jet-Set Orchestra, Captain Hammond & The Futuro Seven, Tony Face Big Roll Band, Phat Fred, Paolo "Apollo" Negri, The Link Quartet, and Euro Cinema. OUT NOW!!
THE LINK QUARTET
4
2011 | CD+DIGITAL | HBR013 | PRICE: $15.00
From vintage soul to their own unique brand of funk-jazz-rock, but squeezed into the raw, hyperactive, live-band genius of The Link Quartet. This is modern power-pop combined with R&B rock sensibility.
THE LINK QUARTET
Fast Girls & Sexy Cars b/w Drummore
2009 | 7INCH+DIGITAL | HB7-07 | PRICE: $9.00
PRICED $2.00 OFF THRU FEB 14 "Whether it is accenting the beat or spewing buckets of fuzz and distortion in your face it is always heavy as hell and FUNKY for days.”
TONY FACE BIG ROLL BAND
Lady Day and John Coltrane b/w Bulldog
2008 | 7INCH+DIGITAL | HB7-04 | PRICE: $9.00
PRICED $2.00 OFF THRU FEB 14 The Gil Scott-Heron classic done here with raspy female vocals from Yo Kalb. Instrumentation includes Hammond and Fender Rhodes from Paolo Apollo Negri -- who also plays on the flipside's great funky cover of The Beatles' "Hey Bulldog".
THE LINK QUARTET
Long Live The Link
2007 | DIGITAL | HBB.012 | PRICE: DIGITAL ONLY
Link Quartet LIVE! Now available from Hammondbeat Digital. Please note that the exclusive Japan CD version has 2 additional songs!
THE LINK QUARTET
Evolution: 1997-2001
2006 | CD+DIGITAL | HBR006 | PRICE: $15.00
Evolution compiles every recording from the first 5 years of LQ, before their righteous "Beat.It" came into being. No collection should be without these hardly humble beginnings.
THE LINK QUARTET
Decade
2006 | CD-PROMO+DIGITAL | HBL005 | PRICE: $5.00
Celebrating 10 years of recording, and the final release with Tony Face who left the band this year to pursue other opportunities. This disc also comes free with the CD version of EVOLUTION: 1997-2001.
THE LINK QUARTET
Evolution: 1997-2001, Vol.2
2006 | DIGITAL | HBB.006 | PRICE: DIGITAL ONLY
Part 2 of Evolution available worldwide from digital resellers.
THE LINK QUARTET
Evolution: 1997-2001, Vol.1
2006 | DIGITAL | HBB.005 | PRICE: DIGITAL ONLY
Part 1 of Evolution available worldwide from digital resellers.
THE LINK QUARTET
Keep It Moving! - Gran Turismo Soul
2006 | CD+DIGITAL | PCD-22272 | PRICE: $20.00
Direct from Japan: the first hits package for LQ, featuring tracks from their first 45 all the way thru the Decade EP. All instrumental genius.
THE LINK QUARTET
Mile High Mayhem
2005 | CD-PROMO+DIGITAL | HBB.004 | PRICE: $25.00
Extremely rare! Made exclusive and distributed free at the 2005 Mile High Mayhem scooter ralley in Denver Colorado. This item is shipped without inserts, but you can print them by visiting the Link Quartet download page on Hammondbeat.
THE LINK QUARTET
Italian Playboys
2004 | CD+DIGITAL | HBR003 | PRICE: $20.00
Instrumental Hammond organ funk-psychedelia-jazz-soul - 70's groove for the moderne world. QUANTITY LIMITED!
THE LINK QUARTET
Strudel Girl vs The New Acid Wave
2004 | CD-R+DIGITAL | HBB.003 | PRICE: CD-R NOT AVAILABLE
Extremely rare bootleg release. Much of the material was reissued on Mile High Mayhem (also extemely rare), but there remain a few exclusive gems for those that believed us when we said it would be put out of print quickly!
THE LINK QUARTET
Italian Playboys International
2004 | CD-R+DIGITAL | HBB.002 | PRICE: CD-R NOT AVAILABLE
Link Quartet's 2004 US tour EP was produced as a burn-on-demand CD-R, of which less than 100 are in existence. A few tracks have been released in Japan, but the complete edition is long, long gone.
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Wilson Chance: The Sound of Danger
2004 | CD+DIGITAL | HBR002 | PRICE: $13.00
With a label like Hammondbeat, you know what's in store... lots and lots of hammond grooves that just ooze with fun and confidence!
THE LINK QUARTET
Beat.It
2002 | CD+DIGITAL | HBR001 | PRICE: $13.00
Sixties music is a thing for rogues or real artists, and if you hold this album in your hands you already know into which category The Link Quartet belong.
