THE BEAT – I JUST CAN’T STOP IT LP – Nr MINT A4 UK SKA 2 TONE SPECIALS

The Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It
(Go Feet Records  1980  BEAT1)
Matrix No’s: A4/B4 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
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)

The Beat (known in North America as The English Beat and Australia as The British Beat) are a 2 Tone ska revival band founded in England in 1978. Their songs fuse ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock, and their lyrics deal with themes of love, unity and sociopolitical topics. Band members were Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), and Saxa (saxophone).

I Just Can’t Stop It is the debut album by UK 2 tone band The Beat. The album was released in 1980 via Go Feet Records in the UK. It contains the singles “Mirror in the Bathroom”, “Hands Off…She’s Mine” and “Can’t Get Used To Losing You”.

Track listing

All songs written by The Beat, unless otherwise noted.

Side One

1. “Mirror in the Bathroom” – 3:10
2. “Hands Off…She’s Mine” – 3:01
3. “Two Swords” – 2:19
4. “Twist & Crawl” – 2:35
5. “Rough Rider” (Prince Buster, arranged and adapted by The Beat) – 4:52
6. “Click Click” – 1:28

Side Two

1. “Big Shot” – 2:34
2. “Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret” – 3:51 (Whine and Grine by Prince Buster, Stand Down Margaret by The Beat)
3. “Noise in This World” – 2:19
4. “Can’t Get Used to Losing You” (Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus) – 3:04
5. “Best Friend” – 3:01
6. “Jackpot” (George Agard, Sydney Crooks, Jackie Robinson, The Beat) – 4:19