Thought this was telling...Walter brought enough to a song or project as a producer that he would have been within his rights to request a songwriter's credit. I also thought it was telling that for the particular song discussed here, King in a Catholic Style off of the 1985 China Crisis album Flaunt the Imperfection, the thing that Walter—renowned guitar and bass player—brought was a keyboard riff to really tie the song together. Easy for me to forget that Walter was no slouch on keys, and did the majority of his composing, both solo and with SD, on a keyboard/piano.
Ah well. They are appearing this year but with Kim Wilde as the headliner. Don't know how that works. I'll be sitting that one out.
Thanks. I thought - hoped - it was going to be re-re-issued as part of the campaign that saw the re-release of Flaunt the Imperfection so I could get it for a reasonable price. There seems to be quite a bit of their stuff that you have pay over the odds for (as an example, I'm listening to their rather good Autumn in the Neighbourhood right now - mp3 only, alas). Having aid that, next time they're in my neighbourhood, I'm there.
|I know there's been a few China Crisis reissues with expanded versions; anyone know if Diary of a Hollow Horse (complete with the Becker versions) will be re-released?
When I saw Steely Dan play for the first time at The Liverpool Pops , Aintree Liverpool in 2007, the guys from China Crisis were in the audience, and Walter gave a shout out to them