SPANDAU BALLET – JOURNEYS TO GLORY LP – EXC+ UK NEW ROMANTIC INDIE ELECTRONICA

Spandau Ballet – Journeys To Glory
(Chrysalis Records  1981  CHR1331)
Matrix No’s: A3/B3 – UK Pressing

Embossed Sleeve in Excellent condition
– small sticker mark in top right corner, fingerprints on top left corner and small crease in bottom right corner
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(Would be Nr MINT but there’s a mark at the start of both sides that gives some noise/crackles for one revolution, apart from this it’s perfect)

Spandau Ballet are an English band formed in London in the late 1970s. The band were inspired by, and an integral part of, the New Romantic movement. They became one of the more successful groups to emerge during the New Romantic era. The band’s classic line-up features brothers Gary and Martin Kemp on guitars, vocalist Tony Hadley, saxophonist Steve Norman and drummer John Keeble.

Journeys to Glory is the first studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released on 6 March 1981 by Chrysalis Records, just ten days after its recording at Trident Studios. The first editions of the vinyl version had an embossed cover.

Track listing

All songs are written by Gary Kemp.

1. “To Cut a Long Story Short” – 3:20
2. “Reformation” – 4:54
3. “Mandolin” – 4:07
4. “Musclebound” – 5:06
5. “Age of Blows” – 4:09
6. “The Freeze” – 4:35
7. “Confused” – 4:38
8. “Toys” – 5:48

Personnel

Musicians

• Tony Hadley – vocals, keyboards
• Gary Kemp – guitar, keyboards
• Steve Norman – guitar
• Martin Kemp – bass guitar
• John Keeble – drums

Production

• Richard James Burgess – producer
• John Etcham – engineer (Jam)
• Stephen Short – engineer (Trident Studios)
• Andy Jackson – engineer (Utopia)
• Hugh Padgham – engineer (The Manor)
• Marlis Duncklau – engineer (The Manor)
• Graham Smith – design and photography
• Lee Andrews – hair
• Simon Withers – lighting