Formed in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, in 1978, the band were originally known as Art Nouveau, a four-piece avant-garde group, with Nick Beggs on bass guitar, Steve Askew on lead guitar, Stuart Croxford Neale on keyboards, and Jeremy "Jez" Strode on drums. Art Nouveau released a track called "The Fear Machine", which sold a few hundred copies and enjoyed airtime on John Peel's show. In spite of the song's success, the band failed to secure a record deal during this period.
In 1981, Art Noveau advertised for a new lead singer. They ultimately auditioned and choose Christopher Hamill, who then went under the stage name Limahl (an anagram of his surname).
The group renamed themselves Kajagoogoo, a name coined phonetically from ga ga goo goo, the first sounds that many infants make.
White Feathers is the debut album, released on 18 April 1983 and the only album by the band to-date to feature lead vocalist Limahl.
It was produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and Colin Thurston, who was Duran Duran's producer at the time, except for track #5, the self-titled "Kajagoogoo", an instrumental (with some lyrics sung only in live performances), which was produced by Tim Palmer and the band.
This self-titled song was featured in the John Hughes movie Sixteen Candles as the film's opening title song in 1984. The album contains their most successful single "Too Shy", a UK Number One hit in February 1983, as well as two other UK Top Twenty hits; "Ooh to Be Ah" and "Hang on Now".
Side A
A1. White Feathers - 3:27
A2. Too Shy - 3:43
A3. Lies And Promises - 2:51
A4. Magician Man - 3:41
A5. Kajagoogoo (Instrumental) - 3:13
Side B
B1. Ooh To Be Ah - 3:14
B2. Ergonomics - 3:11
B3. Hang On Now - 3:25
B4. This Car Is Fast - 3:32
B5. Frayo - 4:14
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd.
- Copyright (c) – EMI Records Holland B.V.
- Published By – Tritec Music
- Recorded At – Chipping Norton Recording Studios
- Recorded At – Utopia Studios
- Marketed By – EMI
- Manufactured By – EMI
- Distributed By – EMI
- Printed By – EMI Services Benelux B.V.
Credits
- Art Direction, Design – Shoot That Tiger!
- Lyrics By – Limahl (tracks: A2 to A4, B1 to B5), Nick Beggs (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
- Management – Paul Ryan (2)
- Music By – KajaGooGoo
- Other [Hair By] – Toni & Guy
- Photography By [Front Cover] – Ian Hooton
- Photography By [Liner Sheet] – Eric Watson (3)
- Producer – Colin Thurston (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B5), Nick Rhodes (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B5)
Notes
Release: 1983
Format: LP
Genre: Synth-pop
Label: EMI Records
Catalog# 1A 064-07728
Prijs: €10,00
Vinyl: Good
Cover: Good
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