Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982) (vinyl Lp) - €7,00

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“Spring Session M” is the debut studio album by American rock band Missing Persons.

It was released on October 8, 1982, by Capitol Records. The title of the album is an anagram of the band’s name.

Produced by Ken Scott with the songs written by Terry Bozzio, Dale Bozzio, and Warren Cuccurullo, Spring Session M is a new wave rock album with elements of synth-pop.

Although it got lost in a flood of new romantic/new hairstyle dross at the start of the ’80s, there is far more substance to Missing Persons’ official debut, Spring Session M, than the likes of A Flock of Seagulls or Classix Nouveaux could ever hope to muster. 

Sure, there were cheesy synthesizers aplenty and a slick production that threatened to strangle the band’s melodic flair, but in singer Dale Bozzio, Missing Persons had a natural star. 

Bozzio’s sugary hiccup vocal style was both alien and alluring, going on to inform the styles of bands like No Doubt, theStart, and the Sounds. The pivotal song on the album — the title of which is an anagram of the band’s name — is “Walking in L.A.,” which became a minor hit on the back of the group’s glossy magazine visibility.

Four singles were released from the album: “Words”, “Windows”, “Destination Unknown”, and “Walking in L.A.” All singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Words” and “Destination Unknown” both reaching #42, and the music videos also received regular airplay on MTV.

Side one

1.  Noticeable One - 3:22

2.  Windows - 4:59

3.  It Ain’t None Of Your Business - 2:55

4.  Destination Unknown - 3:34

5.  Walking In L.A. - 3:59

6.  U.S. Drag - 3:36

Side two

1.  Tears - 4:22

2.  Here And Now - 3:26

3.  Words - 4:25

4.  Bad Streets - 3:41

5.  Rock And Roll Suspension - 2:34

6.  No Way Out - 2:45

Missing Persons

• Dale Bozzio – vocals
• Terry Bozzio – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion
• Warren Cuccurullo – guitar, vocals
• Patrick O’Hearn – electric and synthesized bass; keyboards, synthesizers
• Chuck Wild – synthesizer, keyboard

Production

• Ken Scott – producer, engineer
• Brian Leshon, Phil Jost, Ralph Sutton – assistant engineers
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Glen Wexler – photography, art direction, design
• Kurt Triffet – artwork and design

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Produced For – KoMos Productions
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Copyright © – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
• Published By – Private Life Music
• Published By – Life After Music
• Published By – Private Parts Music
• Recorded At – Chateau Recorders
• Mastered At – A&M Mastering Studios

Notes

Release: 1982

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  New Wave, Synth-pop

Label:  Capitol

Catalog#  064-400132

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (G)

Prijs: €7,00