i knew of "hangin' on a string" and "emergency (dial 999)" but not this, when i first came across it. i did a double take and dismissed it, only to find out later how good it was. yeah, i didn't buy it! next time around i bought it and have bought it on sight every time i've seen it since. it's got to be the only discosoulboogiefunk record i know with a banjo on it. the credits on the back make no mention of the banjo player, only the three people in the picture. carl mcintosh, jane eugene and steve nichol. this was their 2nd record, "in the sky" being the first. i'll cover that in another post. the picture is supposed to show them arriving but i'm sure they've just sneaked onto the airfield and ran in front of the nearest helicopter to get the shot. anyway, the mix engineer is mark berry who's been at the controls on loads of top 80's records. gwen guthrie's "ain't nothin' goin' on but the rent" being a prime example. there's currently a few for sale on discogs and cdandlp but the price seems a bit inflated. maybe more people are getting on to it but i struggled to sell a copy for £15 last november. it eventually went for a tenner. this copy has a tatty cover and the original price sticker on it (£1.99 from beggars banquet in hogarth road, earls court, london). fingers crossed i'll find another one soon...or will you get there first?
