JoBoxers - Essential Boxerbeat (1996) Reissue 2006
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 515 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 213 Mb | Scans included
New Wave, Pop/Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul | Label: Sony BMG | # 82876791862 | 01:12:17
JoBoxers were briefly famous in 1983 for the hit singles 'Boxerbeat', the perfect pop of 'Just Got Lucky' and the 'On The Waterfront' homage, 'Johnny Friendly'. This release includes all the original (and only) album 'Like Gangbusters' together with the double A-side single 'She's Got Sex / Jealous Love' (which was also strangely covered by Samantha Fox!). Dig Wayne's R&B vocals lead a rousing stomp through a strange, infectious mix of Northern Soul. Formed from the remains of the punk band Subway Sect, JoBoxers sadly broke up before releasing the follow album 'Skin And Bone'. This release also includes tracks recorded for the aborted follow up LP and is the only place to find the brilliant extended mix of 'She's Got Sex'. Highly, highly recommended.
For a short time in 1983, JoBoxers looked like they would be a successful British pop band in the soul-dance style popular at the time. By the end of the year, however, the group's appeal had begun to fade. Four of the five band members, all natives of Bristol, England, came together in 1981 as a new backing band for singer Vic Goddard called, like his previous units, Subway Sect: guitarist Rob Marche (b. Oct 13, 1962); keyboardist Dave Collard (b. Jan 17, 1963); bassist Chris Bostock (b. Nov 23, 1962); and drummer Sean McLusky (b. May 5, 1961). Goddard and the band made one album together, Songs for Sale (1982), and toured but then split up. The four musicians were running a second-hand clothing stall in a street market when they met American expatriate Dig Wayne (b. Jul 20, 1958), who was running his own stall; he joined them as lead singer, and the band was complete. Adopting a working-class look complete with caps, suspenders, and work shoes, JoBoxers got their first break appearing on the BBC television series Oxford Roadshow and were then signed to RCA Records. Their debut single, "Boxerbeat," a catchy, upbeat song with horns and crowd sounds, entered the British charts in February 1983, peaking in the Top Five in April. The more soulful "Just Got Lucky" followed in May, reaching the Top Ten in June. The funk-inflected "Johnny Friendly" barely scraped into the Top 40, and the band's debut album, Like Gangsters, released in September, peaked in the Top 20. In the U.S., "Just Got Lucky" reached the Top 40, and Like Gangsters made the Top 100. With "Jealous Love," which barely made the British charts in November, the band had traced a steadily declining pattern in its singles releases, and after their 1985 album, Skin and Bone, missed the charts, they broke up. Wayne then launched a solo career; his back-up band, including Collard, releasing Square Business in 1987.
02. Crosstown Walk Up (03:02)
03. Curious George (03:23)
04. She's Got Sex (03:00)
05. Hide Nor Hair (03:14)
06. Crime Of Passion (02:46)
07. Johnny Friendly (05:05)
08. Fully Booked (03:22)
09. Not My Night (02:29)
10. Just Got Lucky (04:43)
11. Don't Add Up (02:41)
12. Is This Really The First Time (You've Been In Love) (03:45)
13. Dead End Streets (03:26)
14. One In A Million (03:20)
15. Some Kind Of Heart (03:14)
16. Strictly Business (03:02)
17. Don't Keep The Ladies Waiting (03:42)
18. Jealous Love (03:09)
19. Johnny Friendly [Dub Version] (04:00)
20. She's Got Sex [Extended Mix] (06:52)Download link:
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