Grace Jones recorded her fourth album, a new wave inspired departure from her Seventies disco recordings, in Jamaica with a stellar set of musicians known as the Compass Point Allstars. The musicians included Jamaican chart toppers, Sly & Robbie, keyboardist and silent member of Level 42, Wally Badarou, guitarists Mikey ‘Mao’ Chung, Barry ‘White’ Reynolds and percussionist Uziah ‘Sticky’ Thompson all under the direction of Island Records founder, Chris Blackwell and in house label pr...
Grace Jones recorded her fourth album, a new wave inspired departure from her Seventies disco recordings, in Jamaica with a stellar set of musicians known as the Compass Point Allstars. The musicians included Jamaican chart toppers, Sly & Robbie, keyboardist and silent member of Level 42, Wally Badarou, guitarists Mikey ‘Mao’ Chung, Barry ‘White’ Reynolds and percussionist Uziah ‘Sticky’ Thompson all under the direction of Island Records founder, Chris Blackwell and in house label producer, Alex Sadkin. The first in a trilogy of LPs recorded in Nassau, the album reveals a new musical direction mixing rock, R&B and reggae together creating that unmistakable Compass Point sound.
To celebrate Universal Music UK‘s upcoming box set re-issue we are hosting an event at the amazing Eagle London home of Horse Meat Disco!
For this event we will be joined by none other Horse Meat Disco’s Luke Howard and the legendary Princess Julia hrh who’ll be sharing with us their memories and love of all things GRACE!
As one of the original Blitz kids alongside Marc Almond and Boy George she became an iconic figure of London’s nightlife featuring in the music video for Visage’s ‘Fade to Grey’. She was also resident DJ at the legendary Kinky Gerlinky clubnights and now acts as Culture Correspondent at iD Mag.
As part of London’s Horse Meat Disco Luke Howard has been an important part of bringing disco music back into clubbing culture through their weekly parties at The Eagle, as well as residencies and guest appearances around the world.
The upcoming box set can be ordered via Umusic UK.
https://store.udiscovermusic.com/*/*/Warm-Leatherette-Deluxe-Edition-Limited-Tote-Bag/54MW0000000
Full details and tickets are available via our site here:
http://classicalbumsundays.com/cas-oslo-presents-grace-jones-nightclubbing/