Members Rare OZ White Label Test Press LP NM '82 Going west Newwave Ska Island
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Members Rare OZ White Label Test Press LP NM '82 Going west Newwave Ska Island
Rare OZ White Label Test Pressing LP released in 1982 on Island Records. Cat: IL37930. The Australian release here states Island records where I have seen other listing with a Liberation Records label and number for the Australian release. Also it has the UK track listing not Australian… I can find no reference to this album having an Island Records release anywhere world wide and also the Cat. number seems unique!!This record is part of a recent collection bought from a Festival Records Rep. Stunning condition, many never played….
The punk-orthodoxy view of the Members is that after a string of promising reggae-tinged singles, the septet released one fine album in 1979's At the Chelsea Nightclub, then lost the plot completely with the follow-up, 1980: The Choice Is Yours, after which they're ignored with an embarrassed throat-clearing. In point of fact, however, the Members rebounded after their second album (which itself is actually not nearly as bad as many would have you believe, sort of the Members' own version of Sandinista! in its appealing looseness and lack of consistent focus) by ridding themselves of any lingering punk associations and going for a complete sonic makeover. The band joined up with producer Martin Rushent (Human League, Altered Images, the Go-Go's), who was a master of making unpromisingly non-commercial bands have big shiny hit records without losing their souls in the process. Rushent nailed it immediately with the Members, concocting the utterly delightful "Working Girl." A mixture of snarky lyrics about the joys of freeloading and a genuinely transcendent chorus, "Working Girl" is a classic '80s pop single and despite the protestations of the punker than thou -- easily the best thing the Members ever did. Yes, including "Solitary Confinement." Sadly, the rest of Uprhythm Downbeat doesn't reach the same heights, but the good outweighs the bad, including an inspired reggae version of Kraftwerk's "The Model," the self-celebrating "The Family" and "Boys Like Us," and another minor hit, "Going West."
Tracks: Working girl/ The family/ The model/ Chairman of the board/ Boys like us/ Going west/ radiodub/ Fire (In my heart)/ you and me against the world/ We, the people.
There are a few light Spindle marks on labels. Record is in Near Mint condition.
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