Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park (LP) (1981) - €7,00

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The Nick Straker Band were an English pop music group from London, England, led by musician and vocalist Nick Straker, who had earlier gained experience by playing in Dennis Bovell’s Matumbi, a dub and roots reggae band.

Several members of the band were also in New Musik, and the band’s line-up consisted of Straker along with Tony Mansfield, Tony Hibbert, David McShera, Pete Hammond and Phil Towner.
Their song “A Walk in the Park” (released June 1979 Pinnacle label) peaked at No. 20 on the UK Singles Chart in 1980, having previously been a substantial hit in Continental Europe in 1979.
Their most successful song in the US was “A Little Bit of Jazz”, which spent one week at No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart in 1981.

Side A

A1.  A Walk In The Park - 3:50

A2.  Don’t Come Back - 3:40

A3.  Another Night In Jail - 3:38

A4.  Sleeping Alone - 3:42

A5.  Leaving On The Midnight Train - 3:17

Side B

B1.  A Little Bit Of Jazz - 5:24

B2.  The Last Goodbye - 3:12

B3.  Come Over - 4:00

B4.  Modern Music - 3:44

B5.  Magazine - 3:37

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Tycho Musical Productions Ltd.
• Made By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.
• Recorded At – TMC Studios
• Published By – Lynton Muir Music Ltd.

 Credits

• Artwork – Centrum Graphics
• Bass Guitar – Tony Hibbert
• Bass Guitar, Engineer – Peter Hammond
• Design – Nicolas Marchant
• Drums – Phil Towner
• Drums, Percussion [Superb] – Fernando Bustamante
• Guitar – Dave McShera, Tony Mansfield
• Guitar, Bass Guitar, Engineer – Andy Gierus
• Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Backing Vocals [Some], Percussion [Some] – Nick Straker
• Photography By – Robert Elsdale

Notes

Release: 1981

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Disco

Label:  Killroy Records

Catalog#  KIL 21021 KL

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (G)

Prijs: €7,00