It Bites – Once Around The World
(Virgin Records 1988 V2456)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve & Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– still in original shrinkwrap
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
It Bites are an English progressive rock and pop fusion band, formed in Egremont, Cumbria, in 1982 and best known for their 1986 single “Calling All the Heroes”, which gained them a Top 10 UK Singles Chart hit.
Once Around the World is the second album by British progressive pop/rock band It Bites.
Released in 1988, Once Around the World was recorded at Manor Hill Studios in Oxfordshire. The first five of the album’s nine tracks (on vinyl or cassette, the first side of the album) were produced by Steve Hillage and mostly feature the more single-driven pop approach preferred by the band’s label, Virgin Records. One of these tracks, “Black December”, was a re-recorded single b-side. The remaining tracks (including the almost fifteen minute title track, the band’s longest composition) were produced by It Bites with Mark Wallis and showcase their progressive rock influences.
The album produced three singles (“Kiss Like Judas”, “Midnight” and a drastic edit of “Old Man and the Angel”) and saw the band embark on a tour of the UK, US and Japan.
Track listing
- Midnight (4:04)
- Kiss Like Judas (4:08)
- Yellow Christian (6:29)
- Rose Marie (3:33)
- Black December (3:50)
- Old Man and the Angel (9:21) The UK vinyl release had a shortened version of this track (3.59)
- Hunting the Whale (4:46) CD only
- Plastic Dreamer (3:53)
- Once Around the World (14:46)
Personnel
- Francis Dunnery – guitars, vocals
- John Beck – keyboards, backing & harmony vocals
- Dick Nolan – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Bob Dalton – drums, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Mark Wallis – producer, engineer and mixer
- Nick Davies – engineer
- Nick Froome – engineer
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