november 30, 2020

Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park (1981) - €5,99

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The Nick Straker Band were an English pop music group from London, England, led by musician and vocalist Nick Straker. 

Straker joined his first band, called Stonehenge, in 1969. The band changed its name in 1971 to Matumbi, a reggae band signed to Trojan Records, but Straker left in 1974. 
Along with his friend, guitarist Dave McShera, Straker joined Pete Hammond (bass) and Phil Towner (drums) in a dance band playing working men's clubs and weddings. 
They then met American soul singer Limmie Snell, and the band became Limmie Funk Limited with Andy Gierus on guitar. They played discotheques around the country and toured the Netherlands and Sweden in early 1978.

Tony Mansfield, later the lead singer and songwriter with New Musik, joined, originally as roadie, but eventually he and Straker formed a collaboration that led to the recording of a successful UK single, "A Walk in the Park", in 1979. A year later, the track was re-recorded and released, and made number 20 in the UK Singles Chart.

Their song "A Walk in the Park" 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, "A Little Bit of Jazz", 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


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Release: 1981
Format: LP
Genre:  Dance, Disco
Label:  Killroy Records
Catalog#  KIL 21021 KL
Prijs:  €5,99

Vinyl:  VG
Hoes:  VG

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