🎵 AotW Jim Diamond - DOUBLE CROSSED (SP-5029)

[LPJim]

Jim Diamond
DOUBLE CROSSED
A&M SP-5029

A1 Double Crossed 3:51
A2 I Sleep Alone At Night 4:57
A3 After The Fire 4:06
A4 I Should Have Known Better 4:06
A5 Stumblin' Over 4:15
B1 New Generation 5:04
B2 Co-Operation 5:58
B3 She Is Woman 4:32
B4 I'm Yours 4:50
B5 Impossible Dream 4:35

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – A&M Records Ltd.

• Acoustic Guitar – Graham Lyle (tracks: A4, B4)
• Artwork By [Art Direction And Design] – Michael Ross
• Bass – John McKenzie
• Drums – Simon Kirk*
• Guitar – Colin Pincott, Earl Slick (tracks: B2, B5)
• Guitar [Additional Guitar & Guitar Solo] – Pip Williams (tracks: A5)
• Keyboards – Chris Parren, Wix
• Organ [Hammond] – Zoot Money (tracks: B4)
• Percussion – Martin Ditcham
• Photography – Brian Griffin
• Photography [Back Cover Photo] – Tobi Corney
• Photography [Inner Sleeve] – Paul Cox
• Producer – Pip Williams
• Remix – Eric Thorngren
• Saxophone – Dick Morrissey (tracks: A1, A3, B3)
• Vocals – Jim Diamond
• Written By – C. Parren* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B5), G. Lyle* (tracks: A4)
• Written-By – J. Diamond*

Recorded at Chipping Norton. Remixed at Compass Point, Nassau.
(P) & (C) 1985 A&M Records Ltd.
Made in Holland

Here's a link to the website of the Scottish singer who passed away in October 2015 at age 64:



http://jimdiamond.squarespace.com/

JB

 

[jfiedler17]

Never heard this one, but the liner notes you just posted make me really curious to go out and find a copy. I recognize a lot of the names in the credits. Simon Kirke, of course, was the longtime drummer for Free and Bad Company. Graham Lyle was one-half of the (very underrated) A&M duo Gallagher and Lyle in the '70s (Breakaway isn't easy to find these days but is worth picking up) and would go on to write many a hit for Tina Turner during the '80s (including the massive singles "What's Love Got to Do with It" and "Typical Male.") Earl Slick played on many a David Bowie album, as well as John Lennon's Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey, and, during the '80s, was also a member of the bands Silver Condor (of "You Could Take My Heart Away" fame) and Phantom, Rocker & Slick (alongside two of the three Stray Cats). Wix would go on in '89 to join Paul McCartney's band as keyboardist and has been playing with Sir Paul ever since. And Zoot Money, I believe, was a former member of Eric Burdon and the Animals. Cool cast of players on this one!

 

[Rudy]

Never heard this one, but the liner notes you just posted make me really curious to go out and find a copy.

This place can be dangerous to your (financial) health sometimes.

 

[Rudy]

Hailing from Scotland, singer-songwriter Jim Diamond first broke through on the UK Top 5 with the 1982 hit “I Won’t Let You Down,” as part of the group PhD (featuring keyboardist Tony Hymas and drummer Simon Phillips). On 1984’s Double Crossed, our album of the week, the track “I Should Have Known Better” became a Euro-pop UK …

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