🎵 AotW 9 Below Zero - DON'T POINT YOUR FINGER (SP-4859)

[LPJim]

9 Below Zero
DON'T POINT YOUR FINGER
A&M SP-4859

Dennis Greaves - lead vocals, guitar
Mark Feltham - vocals, harp
Peter Clark - bass
Stix Burkey - drums

SIDE ONE

One Way Street (Greaves) 3:43
Doghouse (Greaves, M. Turner) 2:20
Liquor Lover (Greaves, Turner) 2:50
Helen (Greaves) 3:45
Ain't Comin' Back (Greaves, Turner) 2:53
I Won't Lie (Greaves) 3:40

SIDE TWO

Treat Her Right (R. Head) 2:23
Three Times Enough Greaves, M. Burkey) 1:58
Sugar Mama ( C. Burnett) 5:06
Don't Point Your Finger at the Guitar Man (Greaves, Turner) 2:40
Rockin' Robin (J. Thomas ) 2:20
You Can't Please All the People All the Time ( Greaves) 5:15

Glyn Johns - producer, engineer
Sean Fullan - assistant engineer
Michael Ross - art direction
Janette Beckman - photography
Marco Ropes - cover drawing

Recorded at Olympic Studios
Released in 1981 and also on green vinyl
Reissued on CD in 2009 by Zed Records in the U.K.; available via amazon.com


JB

 

[Mr Bill]

Dennis Greaves later went on to lead I.R.S. act The Truth. He often works with the two leaders of another recent AOTW, Squeeze's Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook...

 

[A&Mguyfromwayback]

Was this a particularly active time for British acts on A&M? I know all eyes were on the UK at this point in pop music with New Wave taking over and all, but it sure seems like a ton of English artists (most of which I'm not familiar with) were showing up on the label....

 

[Mr Bill]

Was this a particularly active time for British acts on A&M?

I think so. With the whole punk/new wave thing happening (which started in the UK) it was natural. Squeeze, Joe Jackson and The Police seemed to spearhead it for A&M. By 1983/84 there was a similar push toward Australian music with (non A&M act) Men At Work and A&M's Split Enz. A&M even created an imprint called OZ Records. The imprint fizzled when the Australian music boon never materialised as predicted.

--Mr Bill

 

[Rudy]

The imprint fizzled when the Australian music boon never materialised as predicted.

--Mr Bill

I blame Vegemite.

 

[Mr Bill]

Vegemite. I tried it when I was in Australia. The closest thing I can think of to describe the taste is: earwax...

--Mr B

 

[Harry]

Saw it on the store shelves in Australia, but wasn't tempted in the least to try it.

Harry