Captain Sensible ORIG OZ Promo LP Women and captains first NM ’82 A&M Damned
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Captain Sensible ORIG OZ Promo LP Women and captains first NM ’82 A&M Damned
Original OZ Promo debut LP released in 1982 on A&M Records. Cat: L37897.This record is part of a recent collection bought from a Festival Records Rep. Stunning condition, many never played….
Captain Sensible (aka Ray Burns) was always the biggest joker in the Damned, the brashest boys of the first wave of British punk, and when he launched his solo career in 1982, it seemed to many like a grand prank, with a punch line even the Good Captain never expected -- his first album on his own, Women and Captains First, was a genuine hit, with his synth pop cover of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Happy Talk" going all the way to number one on the U.K. singles charts. Sensible certainly isn't afraid to aim for a good laugh on Women and Captains First, but part of the idea behind the album was to show he could do more than just straightforward punk rock, and there's no arguing he succeeded. If the proto-rap of "Wot" and the domestic squalor of "A Nice Cup of Tea" are comic, they're also well-crafted pop tunes that deliver the goods, and two numbers written with Robyn Hitchcock, "Croydon" and "Brenda, Pts. 1 & 2," are smart and atmospheric with a faint psychedelic edge (and "Croydon" reveals a subtle but clear John Lennon influence). And if "Happy Talk" sounds a bit like the afterthought it was, the trad jazz arrangement of "Nobody's Sweetheart" is an effective bit of retro fun and Sensible carries off the vocal with élan.
Tracks: Wot/ A nice cup of tea/ Brenda part 1/ Brenda part 2/ Yanks with guns/ Happy talk/ Martha the mouth/ Nobody’s sweetheart (what d’ya give)/ The man who’s gotten everything/ Who is Melody Lee, Sid?/ Gimme a uniform/ Croydon.
There are a few very light spindle marks on labels. Record is stunning, like new and is in Near Mint condition. Cover has a few tiny marks and is in Excellent condition.
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