Deaf School - Full Studio Discography [3 CD] (1976-1978)

Deaf School are an English rock band, formed in the mid 1970s and hailing from Liverpool. Their style is somewhere in between pub rock, punk, glam rock and art rock. The journalist, author and founder of Mojo, Paul Du Noyer, described them thus: "In the whole history of Liverpool music two bands matter most, one is The Beatles and the other is Deaf School. If that seems like a sweeping statement then consider this: after the pop revolution of the 1960s led by The Beatles and other Merseyside groups, it looked as if the city's music scene had dried up forever. But in 1975 there came a motley band of Liverpool art students called Deaf School…"

Emerging from the Liverpool College of Art as winners of the Melody Maker Rock Contest in 1975, they made three LPs between 1976 and 1978 and were one of the most popular live acts of their time. The fact that they were invited to record three sessions with John Peel at the BBC is testimony to their quality.

Guitarist Clive Langer became one of the foremost record producers of the 1980s and 1990s producing Madness, Morrissey, David Bowie, Dexy's Midnight Runners and Bush amongst others. Steve Lindsey formed the hit band, The Planets, scoring a Top of the Pops appearance with his song "Lines". Enrico Cadillac (real name: Steve Allen) joined Ian Broudie (former member of Big in Japan) to form The Original Mirrors who released two albums.

Reformed for a legendary series of gigs in 1988 (recorded and released on CD and DVD), Deaf School also played two series of concerts in 2006 and 2007 when they showed how great a live act they still are. They played ten gigs in 2009,a number in 2010 and the good news is they are planning more gigs for 2011.

Tracklist (Amazon samples)

1976 - 2nd Honeymoon


01. What a way to end it all [02:58]
02. Where's the weekend? [03:13]
03. Cocktails at 8 [03:07]
04. Bigger splash [03:32]
05. Knock knock knocking [03:29]
06. 2nd honeymoon [04:54]
07. Get set ready go [02:46]
08. Nearly moonlit night motel [04:24]
09. Room service [03:59]
10. Ho Jo hi [02:24]
11. Snapshots [05:00]
12. Final act [04:07]
13. What a way to end it all (bonus track - BBC session) [02:50]
14. Where's the weekend? (bonus track - BBC session) [03:00]
15. Knock knock knocking (bonus track - BBC session) [03:24]
16. Final act (bonus track - BBC session) [04:02]

Total time 00:57:09

1977 - Don't Stop The World


01. Don't Stop The World [03:14]
02. What A Jerk [03:43]
03. Darling [03:19]
04. Everything For The Dancer [01:09]
05. Capaldi's Cafe [04:52]
06. Hypertention Yeah Yeah Yeah [02:57]
07. It's A Boy's World [03:27]
08. Rock Ferry [02:49]
09. Taxi [03:29]
10. Operator [02:08]
11. Last Night [04:28]
12. It's A Boy's World (BBC Session) [03:42]
13. Capaldi's Cafe (BBC Session) [04:26]
14. What A Jerk (BBC Session) [03:30]
15. Hypertention Yeah Yeah Yeah (BBC Session) [03:05]

Total time 00:50:18

1978 - English Boys / Working Girls


01. Working Girls [03:15]
02. Golden Shower [02:47]
03. Thunder and Lightning [02:56]
04. What a Week [03:16]
05. Refugee [02:55]
06. Ronny Zamora (My Friend Ron) [03:45]
07. English Boys (With Guns) [03:33]
08. All Queued Up [03:06]
09. I Wanna Be Your Boy [03:20]
10. Morning After [03:50]
11. Fire [02:48]
12. O Blow [02:39]
13. Working Girls (BBC Session) [03:24]
14. All Queued Up (BBC Session) [02:44]
15. English Boys (With Guns) (BBC Session) [03:29]
16. Ronny Zamora (My Friend Ron) (BBC Session) [03:34]

Total time 00:51:21

Personnel:
Steve Allen - vocals;
Bette Bright - vocals;
Clive Langer - guitar, piano;
Max Ripple - keyboards, accordion;
Steve Lindsey - bass, piano, vocals;
Timothy Whittaker - drums;
Ian Ritchie - sax;
Eric Shark - vocals;
Paul Pilnick - guitar, accordion, bass, banjo.

Originally Released by Warner Bros. Records. This release by Strange Days Records Japan (British Rock Masterpiece, part 8).