The Saints - Paralytic Tonight Dublin Tomorrow

Original Release Date

1980

Release Information

Australia 7" 1980 (Lost - PRS-2773)

1 Simple Love 3:45
2 (Don't Send Me) Roses 3:50
3 On The Waterfront 3:20
4 Call It Mine 4:50

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France 12" 1980 (New Rose - NEW 1)

1 Simple Love 3:40
2 (Don't Send Me) Roses 5:22
3 Miss Wonderful 4:20
4 On The Waterfront 3:18
5 Call It Mine 4:52

Chart Placings

None

Credits

7":

Produced by alcohol
Recorded at The Orchestra Pit by Les Lambert on the wonderful TEAC eight track "The saviour of modern rock n roll"

Ivor Hay - drums
Barrington - guitar
Cub Calloway - guitar
Janine Hall - bass
Chris Bailey - vocals, guitar

Reviews & Opinions

TROUSER PRESS: Chris Bailey re-emerged in 1979 with an all-new band of Saints, and debuted the group on the French-only Paralytic Tonight Dublin Tomorrow EP, the first-ever release on the now mighty New Rose label. There's hornwork on several of the five tracks, but the rip-roaring energy drive finds these Saints working into something like punked-up Chicago blues.

SAINTS.COM: The very first New Rose release, and the first Saints release without Kuepper and Hay, was the five song 12" EP Paralytic Tonight Dublin Tomorrow, which came out in 1980. By this time, UK punk was a spent force, and the scene there had splintered in a million futile directions of synthesised bands more worried about haircuts than music. The EP, which included Barrington Francis on guitar and Mark Birmingham on drums, was a solid collection of rock/poPSoul songs that was far from the punk rock roar of the first two albums, but was a lot more of a rock and roll record than 'Prehistoric Sounds' had been. It didn't fit into any of the slots that were available in London, and it sank from sight without a trace. Listening to it now, the guitar sound is quite strong, but a more generic style of playing than Kuepper's work. Bailey's voice is becoming more tuneful:the flat croak he used to use starting to be replaced by a more soulful approach. And he continues the use of horns. None of these tracks are what you'd call smash hits, but they are all solid and hold up even today. Especially "On The Waterfront", a particularly nice slice of soul recalling Wilson Pickett or Otis Redding with its long acoustic intro that builds into a huge horn driven center.

Additional Notes

The 12" version is basically the same as the 7", except it adds 'Miss Wonderfull'. This song was re-recorded for The Monkey Puzzle. Issued on CD in its entirety as part of The Greatest Cowboy Movie Never Made.

Images

Australia 7" 1980 (Lost - PRS-2773). Sleeve #1. Click here for more

Australia 7" 1980 (Lost - PRS-2773). Sleeve #2. Click here for more

France 12" 1980 (New Rose - NEW 1). Click here for more

 

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