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Dumb Waiters

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Released
  
1 July 1980

Producer
  
The Korgis, David Lord

Length
  
36:33

Recorded
  
October 1979 - March 1980

Genre
  
Pop, New Wave, synthpop

Label
  
Rialto Records (UK) Asylum Records (U.S.)

Dumb Waiters is the second studio album by English pop band The Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1980.

Contents

The album includes the singles "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", UK #5, U.S. #18, Australia #18; "If It's Alright With You Baby" UK #56; "Dumb Waiters" and "Rover's Return".

Dumb Waiters was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999 but is currently out of print.

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Silent Running" (Warren) - 3:05
  2. "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (Davis) - 3:29
  3. "Perfect Hostess" (Davis) - 3:21
  4. "Drawn and Quartered" (Warren) - 3:20
  5. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 4:24 (N.B. 1999 CD edition includes alternate version)

Side B:

  1. "Intimate" (Davis) - 3:08
  2. "It's No Good Unless You Love Me" (Warren) - 3:24
  3. "Dumb Waiters" (Warren) - 2:42
  4. "If It's Alright With You Baby" (Warren) - 4:06
  5. "Rover's Return" (Davis) - 3:34

Personnel

  • James Warren - lead vocals, background vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
  • Stuart Gordon - acoustic guitar, violin
  • Andy Davis - electric guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Phil Harrison - keyboards, percussion
    • Additional personnel
  • David Lord - percussion
  • Stephen Paine - programming
  • Jo Mullet - background vocals
  • Ali Cohn - background vocals

    • Production

  • The Korgis - producers
  • David Lord - producer, sound engineer
  • Nick Heath - direction
  • Tim Heath - direction
  • Jeffery Edwards - cover painting
  • Tim Simmons - photography
  • Nick Heath George Rowbottom - art direction
  • Julian Balme - art direction
  • Recorded at Crescent Studios, Bath, Somerset, England from October 1979 to March 1980.

    • Release history

  • 1980 LP Rialto Records TENOR 104 (UK)
  • 1980 LP Asylum Records 290 (US)
  • 1999 CD Edsel Records EDCD 622

    • Single releases

    Format: 7" unless otherwise noted

  • "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" / "Dirty Postcards" (Rialto TREB 115, April 1980)
  • "If It's Alright With You Baby" / "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (TREB 118, July 1980)
  • "If It's Alright With You Baby" (Remix) - 3:46 / "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (12" TREBL 118, July 1980)
  • "Dumb Waiters" / "Perfect Hostess" (TREB 122, October 1980)
  • "Rovers Return" / "Wish You A Merry Christmas" (non-album track) (Warren/Harrison) - 2:53 (TREB 131, December 1980)

    • References

    Dumb Waiters Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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