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Jona Lewie – Heart Skips Beat (1980–82) (24/96 Vinyl Rip)

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Jona Lewie – Heart Skips Beat (1980–82) (24/96 Vinyl Rip)

Jona Lewie – Heart Skips Beat (1980–82)
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Vinyl LP | Stiff 6.24988 | New Wave | UK

Review from RateYourMusic:
This is not a rushed job. It's been four years since his last album. Since when his crazy little songs have given him a chart hit or two. All the hits and more are here – the gorgeous and eccentric "Stop The Cavalry" ; "Kitchen At Parties" on a free single ; the extremely strange "Re-arranging The Deckchairs On The Titanic" ; and the unexciting "I Think I'll Get My Hair Cut", his latest 45. Boasting a list of producer credits as long as a line of Laker creditors, this is a composition of one man's singularly peculiar view of pop music. Long may he stay peculiar.
Biography by Steve Huey on Allmusic:
While he wasn't one of the biggest names on Stiff Records, Jona Lewie was one of those irrepressible characters who gave the pioneering British indie label its utterly unique flavor. Born John Lewis, Lewie got his start in the early-'70s pub rock scene, playing keyboards for the Sussex group Brett Marvin & the Thunderbolts. Bizarrely, the group enjoyed its greatest success under the Lewie-helmed alias Terry Dactyl & the Dinosaurs, scoring a U.K. Top Five hit in 1972 with "Seaside Shuffle." However, subsequent releases under the name failed to duplicate that success, and Lewie departed the band. He resurfaced on Stiff in 1978 as a solo artist, singing pub rock and new wave tunes in a dry, deadpan, Ian Dury-ish voice. Most distinctive was his simultaneous taste for musical nostalgia (British music hall, skiffle, etc.), as evidenced on several cuts from his debut album, On the Other Hand There's a Fist. Lewie also participated in the 1978 Be Stiff package tour (the label's second). In 1980, Lewie scored a Top 20 U.K. hit with the self-effacing single "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties," which, according to legend, was backing vocalist Kirsty MacColl's first session for the label. Lewie trumped it several months later with "Stop the Cavalry," a strange blend of anti-war protest, brass band arrangements, and Christmas sentiment. Surprisingly, the single hit the Top Five and became something of a Christmas standard in the U.K., where it was trotted out every holiday season and featured on numerous Christmas compilations. Stiff rushed out another album, 1981's Heart Skips Beat, to capitalize, but lightning would only strike twice, and Lewie issued his last single in 1983.
Tracks
01. I think I'll get my hair cut 02:53
02. Cream Jacqueline strawberry 02:16
03. Stop the cavalry 02:54
04. Ab-ra-cad-ab-ra 02:37
05. Louise 04:06
06. For seed that always died 03:37
07. Heart skips beat 02:07
08. What have I done 02:46
09. Yo-go 03:29
10. Guessing games 03:51
11. Rearranging the deckchairs of the Titanic 03:25
Total time: 33:56

Musicians
Jona Lewie: vocals, piano, synthesizer, polymoog, bass, drum computer, rhythm box, accordeon, claves, harpsichord, penny whistle
Stevie Lange: vocals
Steve W. Taylor: vocals, saxophone, arabic flute
Ali Ray: guitar
Juan Martin: spanish guitar
Kevin Godley: vocals, drum computer
Lol Creme: vocals, ukulele, guitar
Rupert Hine: vocals, drums, trombone, marimba, percussion
Don Snow: piano
Davey Payne: saxophone
Steven Lipson: hi-hat
Bob Andrews: synthesizer, tubular bells, cymbals
Keith Trussell: zob stick
John Randall: washboard



Record Player: Dual CS 630 direct drive
Pickup: Ortofon OMB 20 ellipsoid diamond
Pre-/Amplifier: Kenwood KR 5030
A-D converter: MacPro onboard
Sound editing: Adobe Audition