Holger Czukay – Snake Charmer
Label: |
Island Records – IMA 1 |
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Series: |
Mini LP 33•3 |
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Vinyl
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UK |
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Genre: |
Funk / Soul |
Style: |
Jazzdance |
Tracklist
| A1 | Snake Charmer | |
| A2 | Hold On To Your Dreams | |
| B1 | It Was A Camel | |
| B2 | Sleazy | |
| B3 | Snake Charmer (Reprise) |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Fallout Shelter
- Mixed At – Fallout Shelter
- Mixed At – Sarm West Studios
Credits
- A&R, Coordinator [A&r Co-ordination] – Belinda Pearse
- Art Direction – Bruno Tilley
- Backing Band – Invaders Of The Heart*
- Bass, Vocals – Jah Wobble
- Engineer [Second Engineer] – Stephen Street
- Engineer [Second] – Stephen Street
- Engineer, Producer [Assistant] – Paul "Groucho" Smykle
- Illustration – Paul Wearing
- Keyboards – Ollie Marland
- Lacquer Cut By – Graeme*
- Percussion – Neville Murray
- Producer – Francois Kevorkian*
- Written-By – Marland* (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)
Notes
Label variation: A-side has black Island logo and bottom rim text. B-side has blue Island logo and red bottom rim text. For all black, see Snake Charmer.
Front cover reads: "Francois Kevorkian presents Jah Wobble, The Edge, Holger Czukay." Labels and spine omit Francois Kevorkian.
Recorded & mixed at The Fallout Shelter, London, except 'Sleazy', mixed at Sarm West.
Invaders Of The Heart Band: Ollie Marland, Animal, Neville Murray.
Special Thanks: Chris Blackwell, Ashley Newton, Hazel Charik, Suzette Newman, Ollie Marland.
Front cover reads: "Francois Kevorkian presents Jah Wobble, The Edge, Holger Czukay." Labels and spine omit Francois Kevorkian.
Recorded & mixed at The Fallout Shelter, London, except 'Sleazy', mixed at Sarm West.
Invaders Of The Heart Band: Ollie Marland, Animal, Neville Murray.
Special Thanks: Chris Blackwell, Ashley Newton, Hazel Charik, Suzette Newman, Ollie Marland.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): IMA 1 A - 1U - 1 - 1 - GRAEME
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): IMA 1 B - 1U - 1 - 1 -
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Snake Charmer (LP, Mini-Album, Stereo, Specialty Records Corporation Pressing) | Island Records | 90151-1-B | US | 1983 | ||
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Snake Charmer (LP, Mini-Album) | Island Records | 205 969-270 | Europe | 1983 | ||
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Snake Charmer (LP, Mini-Album) | Island Records | IMA 1 | Canada | 1983 | ||
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Snake Charmer (LP, Mini-Album) | Island Records | 818 010-1 | 1983 | |||
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Snake Charmer (LP, Mini-Album) | Island Records | IMA 1 | Italy | 1983 |
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Reviews
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This is something That I’ve known for years but never bothered posting until I played it recently: I have both this UK version IMA 1 and the US Specialty Records Corporation Pressing 90151-1-B. The versions of A1 are completely different on both. The UK has the full vocal version while the US has an instrumental one with a few talking lines by JW. They both clocked at the same time: 6:12 -
Hold On To Your Dreams male backing vocals sound like it may be uncredited Arthur Russell. Hard to tell with the effects but it’s would make sense being that he was the lyricist
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Let’s calm down with the repress demands. It’s 15-20 quid. If it got reissued, it would be a £24 wav on sunburst orange vinyl with a limited screenprint of czukay’s flugelhorn. Juno would try to sell the last few copies for £40. Yes juno, we see you.
Leave it to be discovered. That’s part of the fun.. Dig! Dig for glory! -
I dunno. I think allure of this album is solely due to the personnel performing on it. Generally, it's pretty corny and dated. 80's in a bad way. Considering you would think whatever these dudes came up with would sound like the future. But this does not.. It sounds like a third tier 80's dollar bin album. The type of album you throw on once and never listen to again.
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Some of this is way cool, and some of it sounds like a mix of break dance party and the soundtrack to Miami Vice.
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R.I.P. Holger Czukay. Gracias por tu música. Tanta creatividad solo está al alcance de los genios. -
I imagine this will be reassessed post haste now that we've lost both Jaki and Holger. This was an accidental score for about 4 dollars many moon ago in a favorite record store...picked up because of the ridiculous amount of talent on one ep...instantly moved me and has been a favorite ever since. That was 10 years or so ago.
SOMEONE REISSUE THIS SO EVERYONE HAS THE CHANCE TO HEAR THESE AMAZING TRACKS! -
anyone know what house track sampled hold on to your dreams (vocal loop "your the one your the one, hold me") -
Agreed with majordeegans comment. How is it possible that no re-press have been made? This is essential "disco no disco"-music of the 80's. The best works of both Czukay and Jah Wobble in my opinion. Deep, trippy leftfield disco at it's best!
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