[2018-05-25] Sailor "The Albums 1974-78" 5CD box set (7T's UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:05 pm

Description
59 track five CD clam shell box set featuring all of Sailor’s albums recorded for Epic Records between 1974-78.

The band’s self-titled debut is on Disc 1 and includes the ‘Traffic Jam’ and ‘Sailor’ singles which hit No’s 4 and 2 respectively in Holland.

Disc 2 is the “Trouble” album which hit No.45 in the UK National Charts and includes the mega selling hits ‘A Glass Of Champagne’ (UK No.2, Germany No.3, Holland No.5) and ‘Girls Girls Girls’ (UK No.7, Germany No.2, Holland No.2).

The third disc features 1976’s “The Third Step” album with the ‘Stiletto Heels’ (Germany No.12) and ‘One Drink Too Many’ (UK. No.35, Germany No.2) singles.

Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys produced Disc 4’s “Checkpoint” album which includes the German No.24 single ‘Down By The Docks’.

The fifth and final disc is 1978’s “Hideaway” album which includes the German Top 40 hit ‘Give Me Shakespeare’.

The detailed booklet includes sleeve notes by the official Sailor website alongside pictures of the relevant singles.

Mastered from the original Epic Records tapes by Alan Wilson.

Previous Sailor CD’s on 7T’s have all been well received and we expect a positive response for this release.

[tracklisting][CD1: A Far Out Disc]
1. Traffic Jam
2. Blue Desert
3. Sailor
4. The Girls Of Amsterdam
5. The Street
6. Let’s Go To Town
7. Josephine Baker
8. Blame It On The Soft Spot
9. Open Up The Door
10. Sailor’s Night On The Town
Bonus Tracks:
11. Harbour
12. Blue Desert (7” Version)
13. Sailor (7” Version)

[CD2: Trouble]
1. Girls Girls Girls
2. Trouble In Hong Kong
3. People In Love
4. Coconut
5. Jacaranda
6. A Glass Of Champagne
7. My Kind Of Girl
8. Panama
9. Stop That Man
10. The Old Nickelodeon Sound

[CD3: The Third Step]
1. One Drink Too Many
2. Give Me La Samba
3. Cool Breeze
4. Two Ladies On The Corner
5. Dancing
6. Stiletto Heels
7. Out Of Money
8. Hanna
9. Quay Hotel
10. Melancholy

[CD4: Checkpoint]
1. Stay With Me Now
2. Romance
3. Keep Off The Streets At Night
4. Checkpoint Charlie
5. Joe’s Pianola
6. Down By The Docks
7. Put Your Mouth Where The Money Is
8. My Girl (She Knows What To Do)
9. Istanbul 6.25
10. Nothing Has Changed
Bonus Tracks:
11. Down By The Docks (7” Version)
12. Romance (7” Version)

[CD5: Hideaway]
1. Give Me Shakespeare
2. Stay The Night
3. Stranger In Paris
4. Ashes And Diamonds
5. Jamaica Girl
6. One Life One Love One Day
7. When It Hurts You
8. Pyjama Party
9. I Wish I Had A Way With Women
10. Machines
Bonus Tracks:
11. All I Need Is A Girl
12. Copacabana
13. Give Me Shakespeare (7” Version)
14. The Runaway[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C8Q589X/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07C8Q589X/?tag=imwan-21

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

it blows my mind when thing like this come up....5 CD's and i have listened to, read about, and paid very close attention to music for over 50 years and i never heard of this band!

smokin.joe · 01 Aug 2008

Never heard of the band either. After listening to some Sailor songs on YouTube, I can't imagine why anyone would want 5 CD's of their music. To each his own I guess.

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

They had a couple of hit singles in the UK. “A Glass of Champagne” is a terrific pop record, very much in the style of early Roxy Music.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

I remember seeing their vinyl albums in the import section in the 70's in NJ & NYC.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:27 pm

This was my first exposure to Sailor, on the UK music programme Supersonic doing "A Glass Of Champagne". The Sailor sound was built around the old-fashioned nickelodeon keyboard:

[2018-05-25] Sailor "The Albums 1974-78" 5CD box set (7T's UK)

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