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  Joe Jackson - Body And Soul [IR-030 USA 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Body And Soul was Joe Jackson's seventh studio album when released on A&M Records back in 1984 - it is the third and final of my rips of the Intervention Record represses. Mastered expertly onto a double 45rpm edition by Kevin Gray from the 'original digital files', this version does sound really rather good and should make a fine antidote for anybody feeling damaged by my previous post. Best known for the albums big-band soul hit  You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) , this release also features minor hits Happy Ending and the delightfully ironic  Be My Number Two .  At the time, Jackson professed this was his album for the new era of compact disc, however Gray has worked his magic mastering these digital recordings onto an analogue media and the choice of 45rpm cuts makes this a highly pleasing sonic experience. Enjoy. A1 The Verdict A2 Cha Cha Loco B1 Not Here, No...

  Joe Jackson - Night And Day [IR-006 USA 2016 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Conceptually a tribute to the Cole Porter style of songwriting, Night And Day was Joe Jackson's fifth and biggest selling album. Laden with social commentary on early eighties New York, the album also delivered his biggest hit single,  Steppin' Out .  Originally released in 1982 on A&M Records, this version was released a few years back on high quality reissue label, Intervention Records who gave the tapes to Kevin Gray who cut it all analog. Record Technology International dealt with the pressing matters. A1 Another World A2 Chinatown A3 T.V. Age A4 Target A5 Steppin' Out B1 Breaking Us In Two B2 Cancer B3 Real Men B4 A Slow Song

  Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! [IR-005 USA 2016 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Likely the most famous white winkle-pickers ever to adorn an album cover, Joe Jackson's debut long player, Look Sharp! was first released in 1978 on A&M Records.  This was to have fitted in neatly after last week's Elvis Costello debut, however I am getting pulled from pillar to post with real life matters right now. There was also the decision on how much post-processing was required to produce an enjoyable rip ...but more about that later. Jackson and his band were dispatched to Eden Studios in London to record Look Sharp! Punk was over by 1978 and Jackson hit the studio just as the new wave of British music was developing early shoots, hence the obvious Elvis Costello comparisons. This is an album conceived in London and delivered by A&M for a North American audience, where Jackson became more successful than Costello.  Most tracks were recorded in one take with little or no overdubs, giving th...