Blue Rondo - Bees Knees & Chickens Elbows (1984) (vinyl Lp) - €5,00

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Blue Rondo à la Turk was an early 1980s British musical ensemble, whose music featured elements of salsa, pop and cool jazz. 

The group placed two songs on the UK Singles Chart (1981's "Me and Mr. Sanchez", and 1982's "Klactoveesedstein"), but is perhaps better known in retrospect for launching the careers of several players who went on to form the sophisticated jazz/Latin/samba/pop group Matt Bianco.

Blue Rondo à la Turk was a floating collective of jazz and salsa oriented musicians, created by singer/lyricist Chris Sullivan who arrived in London from Merthyr Tydfil in the mid 1970s. 

His stated goal for the band was "to bring back show biz". 

In the band’s first interview, Sullivan said of their sound: “Call it Latin American jazz with funk and African leanings – plus a few others because all of us have adventurous musical tastes.” 

Sullivan co-wrote most of the band's original material; he also painted the distinctive cubist art that adorned most of the band's releases. 

Accompanied by new singles ‘Slipping Into Daylight’ (a club favorite at the time) and ‘Masked Moods’ (revealing a mellower vibe than their earlier incarnation), Blue Rondo delivered a wonderful second album entitled Bees Knees And Chicken Elbows. 

The LP landed during the height of what the press labeled ‘New Jazz’, with significant success for contemporaries such as Sade, Carmel, and Working Week.

Side one

1.  Samba No Pé - 6:59

2.  Slipping Into Daylight - 5:18

3.  Manifesto - 3:55

4.  Masked Moods - 4:46

Side two

1.  Smoking Dynamite - 5:13

2.  And Then The Rain Came - 5:14

3.  Hot Corner - 4:33

4.  Are You Satisfied - 6:36

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Printed By – Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH
• Published By – Copyright Control
• Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Published By – Heath Levy Music
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
• Published By – CBS Songs Ltd.
• Published By – Bruce Woolley Music Ltd.
• Published By – Rondor Music (London) Ltd.

Credits

• Cover – Chris Sullivan 
• Photography By – Chris Duffy 

Notes

Release: 1984

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Pop, Latin Jazz

Label:  Virgin

Catalog#  206 419-320

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Lichte Gebruikersspopren (G)

Prijs: €5,00