"Dirty
Water/Danger Zone"
SGL
- Radarscope Records ADA 44 - 1979
SGL - Soho Records SH7 - 1978
Side
A
Dirty Water
Side
B
Danger Zone
Musicians
Peter
Gunn -
lead
guitar
John Bull - drums
Ben Donnelly - bass
Tony Oliver - rhythm
guitar
Bill Hurley - vocals
Recorded at Jackson's, Rickmansworth. Logo and sleeve by Phil Smee. Again produced by The Ultimate Pub Rock Sound Engineer Mr. Vic Maile!
The release on Soho Records comes gatefolded. Words from the cover:
"When manager Ron Wilson asked me to endorse The Inmates, I demanded to see the evidence. And here, in this sleazy bar over countless evenings, I did. I am now convinced that these boys are making a substantial contribution to musical sanity.
Like its sister Rock 'n' Roll, R&B has never been really away, but every few years it reminds us more forcefully of its existence. In the late 50's we had evangelists like Chris Barber and Alexis Korner, plus the Pye 'red-and-yellows'. There was the 'beat boom' of the early 60's, the sneakers-and-blue-jeans blues of Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack a few years later, Dr. Feelgood in the early 70's. The Inmates are undoubtedly the leaders of the current revival: with a catholic repertoire embracing both classic Chess numbers and more recent soul high- lights, plus an ever-increasing body of originals, they are offering the most energetic, danceable, thrist-inducing night on the town.
Soho
Records, nipping in quick before the band moves on to
a substantial deal with Radar, now release a dynamic Vic
Maile-produced re-working of The Standells'
garage-punk classic "Dirty Water",
so strong an interpretation as to satisfactorily efface memories of the
original. The Inmates are
going to be very big indeed, and they'll making their name not with gimmicks
or musical extremism, but by straightforward and expert revitalisation
of a classical musical form. I'll have that drink now, Ron, in twelve
bars...".
- John Collis