The
Electric Chairs continued to tour, and in September 77 they eventually
signed to SAFARI RECORDS ending a long spell of music business caution
and indifference, possibly due to the nature of Wayne/Jayne and
the band, or a lack of a sense of humour.In November 77 the band
released the tongue in cheek classic F**K OFF/ON THE CREST
7 inch single on SWEET F.A. RECORDS which was actually a SAFARI
RECORDS production.
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F**K OFF 7"
SWEET F.A. RECORDS
(cat no. w.c.1.)
Released Nov 77 |
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The
single also featured unaccredited piano by, an up and coming, JOOLS
HOLLAND, who had been hired for the session. The single was
pretty successful, selling out the initial pressing of 30,000 within
a couple of weeks.
Jools Holland comments about the session at Later with Jools, on the
BBC website |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/jools_tenthings.shtml
Jools
Hollands first recording |
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EDDIE
& SHEENA 7"single
(cat no. safe 1.)
Released: Feb 78 |
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The
release of
F**k off was followed by more gigs and the recording of
the second single,
EDDIE & SHEENA / ROCK & ROLL CLEOPATRA
which was released in February 1978
(cat
no. safe 1.)
Safari Records
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THE
ELECTRIC CHAIRS LP
SAFARI RECORDS (cat no. long 1)
Released: Feb 78 |
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The
first album
THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS LP also released in February
1978, contained the tracks:
(side one)
EDDIE & SHEENA, BAD IN BED, HOT BLOOD, WORRY WART, 28 MODEL T,
OUT OF CONTROL
(side two)
MAX'S, ON THE CREST, PLAIN OF NAZCA, BIG BLACK WINDOW, TAKE IT,
and ROCK & ROLL RESURRECTION.
The album was retitled, BLATANTLY OFFENZIVE (which it wasn't) by ATTIC
RECORDS who released it in CANADA, (cat no. LAT 1056).
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these records are obtainable at musicstack.com |
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To
promote the album and single, the band embarked on the intensive, EDDIE
& SHEENA U.K. TOUR, through January 1978 and for the whole of
March 1978, playing venues of diverse shapes and sizes with the grand
finale on the last night of the tour at the MUSIC MACHINE,
now called THE CAMDEN PALACE in London.
Around
this time, after the recording and release of Eddie & Sheena and the first
album, former THE
POLICE guitarist, HENRI PADOVANI, joined the band
which continued to tour as a five piece.
Then
unfortunately, founder member GREG VAN COOK, had to leave the band which
seriously changed the musical chemistry of the Chairs, being replaced
by ELLIOT MICHAELS from Brooklyn, New York. Elliot was a former BACKSTREET
BOY'S member, along with GREG VAN COOK, which was WAYNES former band back
in New York, around 1974- 1975
The
Punk Rock Movie
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Available
in USA and Canada only
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Wayne
County and The Electric Chairs appear in Don Lett's Punk Rock Movie
(1978) performing the tracks, 'Fuck Off ' and 'You make me cream
in my jeans' at The Roxy Club, London.
Most
of the bands were filmed at the Roxy club in London, where Don Letts
worked as a DJ. Letts filmed the bands very simply with a Super-8
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April
1978 saw the new line up recording tracks at the MARQUEE STUDIOS for the
second album which was entitled,
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THE GATES OF HEAVEN
(side
one)
STORM THE GATES OF HEAVEN, CRY OF ANGELS, SPEED DEMON, MR NORMAL
(side two)
MAN ENOUGH TO BE A WOMAN, TRYING TO GET ON THE RADIO, I HAD TOO
MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT, TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY.
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LP
STORM THE GATES OF HEAVEN (cat no. good 1.)
Released Aug 78 |
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album was also released in Germany on CRYSTAL RECORDS, (cat no. crystal
064 cry 61847.) and released in Canada by ATTIC RECORDS,( cat no.
LAT 1064 ) but retitled to MAN ENOUGH TO BE A WOMAN, ( just to make
things more confusing). |
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