MADNESS – ONE STEP BEYOND LP – Nr MINT STIFF 2 TONE SKA

Madness – One Step Beyond
(Stiff Records  1979  940822)
French Press Vinyl – Sleeve Portugal

Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some slight wear to edges & sticker mark in top right corner
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality – there’s a nasty looking mark across side 1 but it’s not audible)

Madness are an English ska band from Camden Town, London, who formed in 1976. One of the most prominent bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s 2 Tone ska revival, they continue to perform with their most recognised line-up of seven members.

One Step Beyond… is the 1979 debut album by the British ska group Madness.

Track listing

1. “One Step Beyond” – 2:18 (Campbell)
2. “My Girl” – 2:44 (Barson)
3. “Night Boat to Cairo” – 3:31 (Barson, McPherson)
4. “Believe Me” – 2:28 (Barson, Hasler)
5. “Land of Hope and Glory” – 2:57 (Foreman, Thompson)
6. “The Prince” – 3:18 (Thompson)
7. “Tarzan’s Nuts” – 2:24 (Barson)
8. “In the Middle of the Night” – 3:01 (McPherson, Foreman)
9. “Bed and Breakfast Man” – 2:33 (Barson)
10. “Razor Blade Alley” – 2:42 (Thompson)
11. “Swan Lake” – 2:36 (Tchaikovsky arr. Barson)
12. “Rockin’ in A♭” – 2:29 (Wurlitzer; Bazooka Joe cover)
13. “Mummy’s Boy” – 2:23 (Bedford)
14. “Madness” – 2:38 (Campbell)
15. “Chipmunks Are Go!” – 0:51 (Smyth)

Personnel

• Suggs – lead vocals
• Mike Barson (Monsieur Barso) – keyboards
• Chris Foreman (Chrissie Boy) – guitar, vocals on track 7
• Mark Bedford (Bedders) – bass
• Lee “Kix” Thompson – saxophones, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 5, 7 and 10
• Daniel Woodgate (Woody) – drums, percussion
• Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth) – backing vocals, fancy footwork, lead vocals on tracks 1 and 15

Additional personnel

• John Hasler – minder