''Walking Back to Happiness'' is the third album by
John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet, who first became famous as a " punk poet" in the late 1970s. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums. Around this time, he performed on stage with se ...
, originally released on 10" clear vinyl in 1979,
Walking Back To Happiness (1979)
. JJC official site; 13 December 2009 and long out of print. All tracks were recorded live, with the exception of the final track, "Gimmix", was re-recorded in studio and became a UK top 40 hit that year. The penultimate track refers to ''The Marble Index
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'' a 1969 album by Nico
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Track listing
All tracks written by John Cooper Clarke
#"Gaberdine Angus" - 1:15
#"Majorca" - 2:28
#"Bronze Adonis" - 2:22
#"Spilt Beans" - 2:22
#"Twat" - 2:24
#"The Pest" - 2:16
#"Nothing" - 0:42
#"Limbo" - 4:21
#"Who Stole the Marble Index?" - 1:22
#"Gimmix Play Loud" - 3:26
Personnel
*John Cooper Clarke – vocals
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with:
*The Invisible Girls
The Invisible Girls were a British rock band, formed in Salford, Greater Manchester in 1978, to provide a musical backdrop to the recorded output of Salford punk poet John Cooper Clarke. The band's nucleus was Joy Division and New Order produc ...
- music on "Gimmix Play Loud"
Notes
External links
John Cooper Clarke Home Page
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John Cooper Clarke albums
1979 live albums
Albums produced by Martin Hannett
Epic Records live albums