Name: Glad To Know You – The Anthology 1980-1986
Brand: Chaz Jankel

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CRCDBOX104

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-11-27

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Cherry Red (ADA)

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5013929110403

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5 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Chaz Jankel

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New Wave / Post Punk

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Cherry Red

Chaz Jankel is a British musician born in 1952 in London. He began his career as a keyboard player and guitarist for Ian Dury and the Blockheads before embarking on a successful solo career in the early 1980s. With several club and chart hits to his name, he also made appearances on various soundtracks. Notably, his son Lewis has followed in his footsteps and now produces and records music under the name Shift K3y.

Cherry Red is a British label that was founded by Iain McNay in 1978. Also known as Cherry Red Records, this label has become associated with the company Music and Media Group. With the label code LC 6730, Cherry Red has made a name for itself in the music industry. It is important to note that this label should not be confused with the US label of the same name.

Having originally played guitar in prog-rock group Byzantium and (briefly) in Jonathan Kelly’s Outside, Jankel rose to prominence as Ian Dury’s sidekick and musical director in Ian Dury and The Blockheads. He was the musical mastermind behind debut New Boots And Panties and its follow up Do It Yourself.

Jankel’s solo career was launched with the song Ai No Corrida, which appeared on his self-titled debut album, but was mainly known via the version recorded by Quincy Jones on his The Dude album, which was a worldwide hit in 1981 (#14 UK, #28 US).

The follow-up album, Chasanova (Questionnaire in US) was notable for the big US club hit Glad To Know You, which went to #1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, staying there for seven weeks. It was the biggest selling 12-inch single of 1982. It was one of several collaborations between Jankel and Ian Dury, who wrote the sardonic lyrics to the song.

Several of the tracks for Chazablanca were recorded at Chris Blackwell’s Compass Point Studios, where Chaz worked with legendary Jamaican sound engineer Steve Stanley (Kendall Stubbs also contributed bass to this album). Several of the songs on Chazablanca and Questionnaire were co-writes with Laura Weymouth, sister of Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads /T om Tom Club.

Chaz’s final album for A&amp;M, Looking At You, included the club hit Number One, which was included on the soundtrack for BratPack comedy Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer. This was also another co-write with Ian Dury.

All the albums demonstrate both Jankel’s keen ear for melody but also his willingness to experiment with rhythms, forms and styles, from the Kraftwerkian 3,000,000 Synths to criminally underrated R&amp;B of Tell Me Tell Me.

Included in the package are five CDs, which comprise the four solo albums originally released on A&amp;M of which only two; Looking At You (released in Germany) and Chaz Jankel (released in the UK in 2005) ever came out on CD.

There is a bonus CD which includes various dance remixes, single edits and bonus tracks from 12-inch releases over the period 1980 – 1986. The vast majority of the material here has never been available digitally anywhere before. The bonus CD was compiled by acclaimed DJ and writer – Bill Brewster – and this gorgeous package also includes a Bill Brewster penned essay, detailing the career of Chaz taken from extensive interviews with the author.