(JPN / MERMAID / VIL-28060 / 1986 / 見本盤 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:VG+ 取り出し口内側にテープ 剥がれ)
80’S NEO SWING / NEO JIVEバンド唯一のフル・アルバム!ネオアコ/ファンカラティーナ、初期ACID JAZZ好きもチェックを!
JOE JACKSON’S JUMPIN’ JIVEやDIZ & THE DOORMENなどでも活躍するサックス奏者PETE THOMASを中心に、ギターでRICHARD THOMPSON、ピアノでSIMON WALLACE、コンガでLARRY TOLFREEなどが在籍した80’S NEO SWING / NEO JIVEバンド。彼等のテーマ・ソング的な「DEE SEA JIVING」に始まり、EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRLのようなネオアコ/ギターポップ好きにも触れてもらいたい「SECRET BOSSA NOVA (ONLY LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE SAMBA)」、ファンカラティーナ〜ACID JAZZしている「QUIERE COMER SOLAMENTE (SHE ONLY WANTS TO EAT)」、トボけたヴォーカルも◎なノヴェルティ・スウィング調の「HOLLYWOOD WAKE UP」、痛快な「BANANAS」に「REAL FINE LOVER」、「NIGHT TRAIN」カヴァーも含む全12曲。
JOE JACKSON’S JUMPIN’ JIVEやDIZ & THE DOORMENなどでも活躍するサックス奏者PETE THOMASを中心に、ギターでRICHARD THOMPSON、ピアノでSIMON WALLACE、コンガでLARRY TOLFREEなどが在籍した80’S NEO SWING / NEO JIVEバンド。彼等のテーマ・ソング的な「DEE SEA JIVING」に始まり、EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRLのようなネオアコ/ギターポップ好きにも触れてもらいたい「SECRET BOSSA NOVA (ONLY LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE SAMBA)」、ファンカラティーナ〜ACID JAZZしている「QUIERE COMER SOLAMENTE (SHE ONLY WANTS TO EAT)」、トボけたヴォーカルも◎なノヴェルティ・スウィング調の「HOLLYWOOD WAKE UP」、痛快な「BANANAS」に「REAL FINE LOVER」、「NIGHT TRAIN」カヴァーも含む全12曲。
TRACKLIST
A1 DEE SEA JIVING
A1 DEE SEA JIVING
A2 SECRET BOSSA NOVA (ONLY LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE SAMBA)
A3 QUIERE COMER SOLAMENTE (SHE ONLY WANTS TO EAT)
A4 RAPTURES
A5 TRY AGAIN
A6 HOLLYWOOD WAKE UP
B1 REAL FINE LOVER
B2 BANANAS
B3 NIGHT TRAIN
B4 LAST TRAIN TO SAN FERNANDO
B5 (DO THE) WAPPING HOP
B6 LOVE BITES
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PHONOGRAPHIC COPYRIGHT ℗ – MERMAID RECORDS (2)
COPYRIGHT © – MERMAID RECORDS (2)
PUBLISHED BY – SEABED MUSIC
MASTERED AT – CBS STUDIOS, LONDON
PRESSED BY – CBS PRESSING PLANT, ASTON CLINTON
RECORDED AT – ELEPHANT STUDIOS
RECORDED AT – HILLSIDE SOUND STUDIOS, IPSWICH
RECORDED AT – THE GREEN STUDIO
RECORDED AT – GATEWAY STUDIO, LONDON
MIXED AT – JACOBS STUDIOS
MANUFACTURED BY – VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
BACKING VOCALS – JACKIE DAVIS (TRACKS: A1, A3, A5, A6, B1, B2), PHIL OVERHEAD (TRACKS: A1), RUTH BITELLI (TRACKS: A5, B2), SIMON WALLACE (3) (TRACKS: A2), STEPHANIE (17) (TRACKS: A1, A3, A5, B1)
BASS GUITAR – RUTH BITELLI (TRACKS: A1 TO A3, A5, A6, B1 TO B6)
BONGOS – PHIL OVERHEAD (TRACKS: A2)
CELLO – RACHEL MAGUIRE (TRACKS: A4)
CONGAS – LARRY TOLFREE (TRACKS: A1)
DRUMS – GERRY CONWAY (TRACKS: A1 TO A3, A5, A6, B1 TO B4, B6)
DRUMS [DRUM KIT OVERDUBS] – GERRY CONWAY (TRACKS: B5)
EFFECTS [BUBBLES] – PETE THOMAS (TRACKS: A1)
ENGINEER – NICK ROBBINS (TRACKS: B2), SIMON TASSANO, VIC KEARY (TRACKS: A1)
FINGER SNAPS – PETE THOMAS (TRACKS: A1)
FLUTE – PETE THOMAS (TRACKS: A2, A5)
GUIRO – DAWSON MILLER (TRACKS: A2)
GUITAR – PETE THOMAS (TRACKS: B4), RICHARD THOMPSON (TRACKS: A1, B3, B5)
HANDCLAPS – DAVE DEFRIES (TRACKS: A6), RUTH BITELLI (TRACKS: A6)
HANDCLAPS, TAMBOURINE – PETE THOMAS (2) (TRACKS: A6)
KEYBOARDS – SIMON WALLACE (TRACKS: A1, A3, A5, B1 TO B2, B4, B6)
LACQUER CUT BY – TIMTOM
LEAD VOCALS – RUTH BITELLI (TRACKS: A1 TO A3, A5, A6, B1, B4, B6)
LINER NOTES – KOICHI HANAFUSA
MIXED BY – PETE THOMAS (2) (TRACKS: B2 TO B4), SIMON TASSANO (TRACKS: A1), WILL SHAPLAND* (TRACKS: B1 TO B4)
ORGAN – GRENVILLE HARDING (TRACKS: B3)
PERCUSSION – DAWSON MILLER (TRACKS: A3), GERRY CONWAY (TRACKS: A5)
PHOTOGRAPHY BY – JULIA MALOOF, LUCINDA FORSHAW
PIANO – SIMON WALLACE (3) (TRACKS: A2, B1, B3, B5)
PIANO, MIXED BY – PETE THOMAS (2) (TRACKS: B1)
PRODUCER – PETE THOMAS (2)
SAXOPHONE – PETE THOMAS (2) (TRACKS: A1 TO A4, A6, B1 TO B6)
SAXOPHONE [TENOR SAXOPHONE] – LEE ALLEN (TRACKS: A6, B5), BIG MARTIN WINNING* (TRACKS: A3)
SLEEVE, DESIGN – Q?A!
TRUMPET, BACKING VOCALS – DAVE DEFRIES* (TRACKS: A2), RAUL D’ OLIVIERA* (TRACKS: A2)
VIOLA – JOCELYN POOK (TRACKS: A4)
VIOLIN – ANNE STEPHENSON (TRACKS: A4), SALLY HERBERT (TRACKS: A4, B4)
VOCALS – PETE THOMAS (2) (TRACKS: A1, A6, B1, B4, B6)
WRITTEN-BY – DAVIS* (TRACKS: A1), THOMAS* (TRACKS: A1 TO A6, B5, B6), BITELLI* (TRACKS: A2, A3, B1, B6), WALLACE* (TRACKS: A5)




