Snips- Work: The Solo Years 1978-1981

Features former Sharks and Baker Gurvitz Army singer Steve ‘Snips’ Parsons’ 1978 debut solo album ‘Video King’ and it’s 1981 follow up ‘La Rocca!’, both forgotten new wave gems ripe for rediscovery. Packaged with associated singles and BBC recordings. ‘Video King’ is released on CD for the first time. Includes 31 previously unreleased recordings including the never before issued songs ‘Taxi’ and ‘Kustom Car Kommandos’. 27 of these unissued recordings are BBC live in concert and session tracks. CD 1 focuses on Snips’ first solo album ‘Video King’ that was recorded with his band The Video Kings who included bassist Jackie Badger formerly of cult prog rock band Mother Superior, co-produced by Snips with Steve Lillywhite and originally issued by Jet Records. The songs on this new wave pop album are all written by Snips except the excellent ‘Walking’ which is a co-write with his fellow former Sharks member Chris Spedding. Other highlights include the single ‘Waiting For Tonight’ and ‘Love Is Blind’. CD 2 features Snips’ second album ‘La Rocca!’ originally released on MAM Records that contains the radio hit ‘9 O’Clock’ on which Midge Ure plays guitar and synth, Jackie Badger plays bass and Steve Young from Holly And The Italians is on drums. Unfortunately, not enough copies of the single were pressed, shops ran out and by the time it was re-pressed all momentum had been lost so it was never the huge hit it should have been. Midge Ure was also part of Snips’ band for the March 1980 BBC In Concert included on CD3. ‘La Rocca!’ also includes the singles ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Tight Shoes’ and a cover of Larrry Wallis’ ‘Police Car’. Snips’ version of the Holland / Dozier/ Holland penned ‘You’re A Wonderful One’, originally recorded by Marvin Gaye is a bonus track. CD3 is comprised of previously unreleased BBC recordings and shows that Snips was a consistently great live act.

Track List

1. Love Is Blind
2. Film Club
3. Walking
4. Under Suspicion
5. Eat It Up
6. Waiting For Tonight
7. Video Kings
8. Dracula
9. Stravinsky’s Shoes
10. Babaloomah
11. Animal Century
12. Smash Your T.V. (B-side) SNIPS AND THE RADIO KINGS
13. Radio Kings (Re-record)
14. Dracula (Re-record)
15. Babaloomah (Re-record)
16. Taxi
17. 9 O’ Clock
18. Video Kings
19. Stravinskys Shoes
20. Eat It Up
21. Flow My Tears
22. Babaloomah
23. Love Is Blind
24. Walking
25. Music Breakout
26. Nine O’Clock
27. La Rocca
28. Skies of England
29. The Rain
30. Dark Outside
31. Backs of Millions
32. Police Car
33. Happy Sometimes
34. Tight Shoes
35. Work
36. Telepathy
37. What Is Pop?
38. What’s Your Number
39. You’re A Wonderful One (A- side)
40. Mr Dillinger (B-side)
41. Lolita (B-side)
42. Tight Shoes (Tight Mix) (A- side)
43. Noise (B-side)
44. Flow My Tears
45. Music Breakout
46. Nine OClock
47. Twelve OClock
48. Work
49. Mr Machine
50. I Am The Line
51. What Is Pop?
52. Rat Catcher
53. Lolita
54. Police Car
55. Tight Shoes
56. Work
57. La Rocca
58. Happy Sometimes
59. Dark Outside
60. Skies of England
61. Kustom Car Kommandos

UPC > 5013929786202

Format > New CD

Label > Lemon Records Uk

Release Date > Release Date: 8.22.25

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