Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Nighthawks - Skank It Up (1980)

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This is a brilliant album that was sent to me by Andreu:

It's the Nighthawks one and only full length from 1980 but they did have 4 singles. I'm pretty sure though that all of their singles (including b-sides) are on the album. I could be wrong (although I never have been before). There was a "Belle Blue" maxi single and I cannot find what the other tracks on that are.

Guitarist/vocalist Oliver Stephan is currently playing in The Stimulators.

1 Sophisticated Woman
2 Jo'Burg Jive*
3 Johnny Too Bad
4 Shanty Town
5 Carry Go Bring Come
6 Patsy Girl
7 White Shoes
8 Here Comes the Nighthawks
9 Blood is Thicker than Water
10 Cocktail Blues
11 Belle Blue

(link has been removed at the request of the band because they plan on re-releasing their music)

Thank you Andreu!!!

*The track "Jo'Burg Jive" has a voice at the beginning that is a tag for the editing software that was used. It's a bit annoying, but it doesn't really interfere with the song too much.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good to have you back.

Andreu said...

hi! andreu here. i promise to send a better ripping from that track. do you recommend a good program?

Mothership said...

Great to find the Nighthawks again :))
This Munich band had a great clubhit with the last track (Belle Blue). I've seen them quite a lot in all the local clubs that are noted in the lyrics - always a great show!
thanks a lot for sharing this

Oliver Stephan said...

Hi, and thanks a lot. I've just put up a myspace page for the Nighthawks, with more info and pics, discography to follow!
Cheers from Munich,
Oliver

Anonymous said...

Hi there. Just listening to that amazing album for the first time after a long time, found it between other records upstairs. We used to listen to the Nighthawks in the beginning 80s...what a weird time. Thanks for keeping up the memories...
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