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Released
  
1981

Drivin' Hard (1981)
  
Night Birds (1982)

Release date
  
1981

Label
  
Polydor Records

Length
  
45:16

Artist
  
Shakatak

Producer
  
Nigel Wright

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Recorded
  
Majestic London & Strawberry South

Genres
  
Jazz-funk, Crossover music

Similar
  
Shakatak albums, Jazz-funk albums

Shakatak late night flight


Drivin' Hard, released in May 1981 on the Polydor label, is the first album by Shakatak.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by William Sharpe except where indicated

  1. "Livin In The U.K." - 5:54
  2. "Into the Night" - 4:36
  3. "Toot The Shoot" - 4:00 (Roger Odell)
  4. "Lumiere" 4:14
  5. "Late Night Flight" - 3:58
  6. "Waves" - 1:38
  7. "Steppin'(Live)" - 6:27
  8. "Covina" - 4:46
  9. "You Never Know" - 5:10
  10. "Brazilian Dawn" - 6:33

Personnel

  • Bill Sharpe - Bosendorfer Grand Piano, Keyboards
  • Steve Underwood - Fender Bass & Fender Amplification
  • Roger Odell - Sonor Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Roto/Toms & Synthdrums
  • Keith Winter - Yamaha & Fender Guitars, Fender Amplification & Ovation Acoustic
  • Nigel Wright - Fender Rhodes, Sennheiser Vocoder OBX Synth, keyboards and synthesizers
  • Jill Saward - vocals
  • Jackie Rawe - vocals

    • Formats

  • LP : Polydor POLS 1030 [47'08] (May '81, red label)
  • LP : Polydor 2383 635 (1981, Netherlands), extra track A1 'Easier said than done'
  • MC : Polydor POLSC 1030 [47'08] (May '81)
  • CD : Polydor 823 017-2 [47'11] ('84, track 7 is in fact the studio version of "Steppin'" [5'50])
  • CD : Victor VICP 64131 (2008, Japan), bonus tracks 'Feels like the right time' and 'Killing Time'

    • Songs

    1Livin' in the UK5:58
    2Into the Night4:39
    3Toot the Shoot4:02

    References

    Drivin' Hard Wikipedia
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