''Working Nights'' is the debut album by the British jazz dance band Working Week, that was released by

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in 1985. Allmusic Review: ''Working Nights''accessed 14 October 2017 The album reached #23 in the UK album charts in April 1985. ''Working Nights'' was reissued in 2012 as a remastered 2-disc Deluxe Set by

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Simon Booth and

Larry Stabbins Larry Stabbins (born 9 September 1949 in Bristol) is a British jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer. Biography Larry Stabbins learned clarinet at school from the age of eight, when his musical idol was Acker Bilk. He started playing saxophone a ...

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Inner City Blues "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", often shortened to "Inner City Blues", is a song by Marvin Gaye, released as the third and final single, and the climactic song from his 1971 landmark album, '' What's Going On''. Written by Gaye and Jam ...

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Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...

James Nyx Jr. James Nyx Jr. (May 3, 1914 – July 16, 1998), sometimes credited as James Nyx, was an American songwriter for the Motown label. He co-wrote " Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", which became a #9 hit for Marvin Gaye in 1971. Nyx was born in ...

) – 5:44 # "Sweet Nothing" (Booth) – 3:39 # "Who’s Fooling Who" – 5:04 # "Thought I’d Never See You Again" – 6:26 # "Autumn Boy" – 6:33 # "Solo" – 4:40 # "Venceremos" (Booth) – 4:41 # "No Cure No Pay" (Stabbins) – 8:28

2012 Cherry Red Records reissue

;Disc 1 # "Inner City Blues" (Gaye, Nyx Jr.) – 5:44 # "Sweet Nothing" (Booth) – 3:39 # "Who’s Fooling Who" – 5:04 # "Thought I’d Never See You Again" – 6:26 # "Autumn Boy" – 6:33 # "Solo" – 4:40 # "Venceremos" (Booth) – 4:41 # "No Cure No Pay" (Stabbins) – 8:28 # "Stella Marina" (Main Mix) (Stabbins, Jalal) – 11:04 # "Storm of Light" – 6:40 # "Bottom End" (Booth) – 5:45 # "Venceremos (We Will Win)" (Jazz Dance Special 12" Edit) (Booth) – 4:08 ;Disc 2 # "Venceremos (We Will Win)" (Jazz Dance Special 12" Version) (Booth) – 10:17 # "Afochê" (Stabbins) – 10:17 # "Murphy’s Law" (live previously unissued) (Stabbins) – 7:37 # "Pepe’s Samba" (live previously unissued) (

Chico Freeman Chico Freeman (born Earl Lavon Freeman Jr.; July 17, 1949) is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist and trumpeter and son of jazz saxophonist Von Freeman. He began recording as lead musician in 1976 with ''Morning Prayer'', won the New York Jazz Award ...

) – 8:39 # "Inner City Blues" (Urbane Guerrilla Mix) (Gaye, Nyx Jr.) – 5:45 # "Storm of Light" (Instrumental) – 3:24 # "Who’s Fooling Who" (Dance Version) – 4:45 # "Sweet Nothing" (Instrumental) (Booth) – 3:41 # "Where’s the Bridge" (Longer Mix) (Booth, Stabbins,

Juliet Roberts Juliet Roberts (born 6 May 1962) is a British jazz, Rock music, rock, Soul music, soul and house music singer of Grenada, Grenadian descent. Career Roberts was born in London, England. She originally recorded as Julie Roberts in 1982, and per ...

) – 5:09 # "Venceremos" (We Will Win) (7" Bossa Version) (Booth) – 4:42 # "Stella Marina" (Full Rap)" (Stabbins, Jalal) – 8:35

Personnel

;Working Week *

– vocals * Simon Booth – guitars *

– tenor and soprano saxophone and flute with: * Kim Burton – piano * Mike Carr – organ (disc 1, track 10; disc 2, track 6) * Roy Dodds – drums (disc 1, tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 9; disc 2, track 11) * Nic France – drums (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4) * Mark Taylor – drums (disc 1, tracks 1, 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) *

Louis Moholo Louis Tebogo Moholo (born 10 March 1940), is a South African jazz drummer. He has been a member of several notable bands, including The Blue Notes, the Brotherhood of Breath and Assagai. Biography Born in Cape Town, Moholo formed The Blue ...

– drums (disc 1, track 9; disc 2, track 11) *

Ernest Mothle Ernest "Shololo" Mothle (2 December 1942 – 2 May 2011) was a South African jazz musician (performing in double bass, electric bass and vocals) and composer. Life and work He attended St. Peter's College in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, li ...

– bass (disc 1, tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 9; disc 2, track 11) *

Chucho Merchán Jesús Alfredo Merchán (born December 24, 1952)), known professionally as Chucho Merchán, is a session jazz and rock bassist and guitarist. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge University in 1980. He has performed with Nucle ...

– bass (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) * Dawson Miller and Bosco De Oliveira – percussion (disc 1, tracks 2, 5-9, 12; disc 2, tracks 10, 11) *

Martin Ditcham Martin Ditcham is an English drummer, percussionist and songwriter. Ditcham is a prolific session musician, working with artists such as Henry Cow, Status Quo, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Roger Daltrey, Sade, Mary Black, Nik Kershaw, Chris ...

– percussion (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4) *

Robin Millar Robin John Christian Millar, CBE (born 18 December 1951) is an English record producer, musician and businessman, known variously as 'The Original Smooth Operator', 'The man behind Sade', and 'Golden Ears' Boy George. He was born in London to ...

– additional guitar (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 5) * Leroy Osbourne – backing vocals (disc 1, track 2) *

Tracey Thorn Tracey Anne Thorn (born 26 September 1962) is a British singer. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything but the Girl from 1982 to 1999. She was a member of the band Marine Girls between 1980 and 1983 and since 2007 has been ...

– guest vocals (disc 1, track 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) *

Robert Wyatt Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is a retired English musician. A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming para ...

– guest vocals (disc 1, track 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) *

Julie Tippetts Julie Driscoll Tippetts (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress. Career Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's " Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger and ...

– guest vocals (disc 1, track 9, 10; disc 2, track 11) *

Jalal Jalal (Arabic: جلال) is a masculine given or family name. The name or word Jalal means majesty and is used to honor and venerate. When the Arabic language spread across non-Arabic regions, Jalal has also become a name for some Arabic-speaking ...

– guest vocals (disc 1, track 9; disc 2, track 11) * Claudia Figueroa – guest vocals (disc 1, track 7, 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) *

Guy Barker Guy Jeffrey Barker, (born 26 December 1957) is an English jazz trumpeter and composer. Early life Barker was born in Chiswick, London, the son of an actress and a stuntman. He started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, and within a year ...

– trumpet and flugelhorn (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4) * Stuart Brooke – trumpet (disc 1, track 1) *

Harry Beckett Harold Winston "Harry" Beckett (30 May 1935 – 22 July 2010) was a British trumpeter and flugelhorn player of Barbadian origin. Biography Born in Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados, Harry Beckett learned to play music in a Salvation Army ...

– trumpet (disc 1, tracks 2, 5, 11; disc 2, tracks 6, 8) * Paul Spong – trumpet (disc 1, track 6) *

Annie Whitehead Lena Annie Whitehead (born 16 July 1955 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is an English jazz trombone player. Career Whitehead learned the trombone in high school and participated in rock and jazz bands. When she was 16, she left school to become ...

– trombone (disc 1, tracks 2, 6, 8, 9) * Malcolm Griffiths – trombone (disc 1, track 4) * Paul Nieman – trombone (disc 1, track 1) *

Chris Biscoe Chris Biscoe (born 5 February 1947, East Barnet, Hertfordshire, England) is an English jazz multi-instrumentalist, a player of the alto, soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, the alto clarinet, piccolo and flute. Biscoe is most notable for hi ...

– alto saxophone (disc 1, track 3) *

Ray Warleigh Raymond Kenneth Warleigh (28 September 1938 – 21 September 2015) was an Australian alto saxophonist and flautist. Biography Ray Warleigh was born in Sydney, Australia, and migrated to England in 1960, where he quickly established himself as an ...

– alto and baritone saxophone (disc 1, tracks 1, 3) * Dave Bitelli – clarinet and baritone saxophone (disc 1, track 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) *

Nick Ingman Nicholas Ingman (born 29 April 1948) is an English arranger, composer and conductor in the commercial music field. His collaborators include Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Björk, and the British X-factor. Born and educated in London, Ingman moved ...

– string arrangements

Charts

Album charts

References

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