Grace Jones Slave To The Rhythm
1985 Vinyl
Synth-pop
Downtempo
Go-Go

Main image
ZTT, Island Records
alto saxophone [for zttbbc] Jamie Talbot
alto saxophone [for zttbbc] Phil Todd
arranged by [for zttbbc] Richard Niles
artwork [front cover] Jean-Paul Goude
backing vocals [for zttbbc] Tessa Niles
baritone saxophone [for zttbbc] Andy MackIntosh
bass guitar, percussion, vocals [vocal hi-hat] Luis Jardim
bass trombone [for zttbbc] Geoff Perkins
choir [for zttbbc] The Ambrosian Singers
chorus master [choir master, for zztbbc] John McCarthy
drums [wash them go go] Ju Ju
engineer, programmed by [synclavier] Stephen Lipson
featuring The Strictly Unreasonable Zang Tuum Tumb Big Beat Colossus
featuring The Wall Of Men
featuring Wash Them Go Go
featuring [the wall of men] Gary Maughan
featuring [the wall of men] Glenn Gregory
featuring [the wall of men] John Sinclair
french horn [for zttbbc] John Pigneguy
harp [for zttbbc] David Snell
interviewer Paul Cooke
interviewer Paul Morley
keyboards Andy Richards
keyboards, guitar, backing vocals Bruce Woolley
lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards Stephen Lipson
leader [string leader, for zttbbc] Gavyn Wright
tracks b1 to b4 mastered by [dmm] Barry Woodward
tracks a1 to a4 mastered by [dmm] Copperman
percussion [for zttbbc] Frank Ricotti
percussion [wash them go go] Little Beats
percussion [wash them go go] Timothy Glover
photography by [back cover] Anton Corbijn
producer Trevor Horn
producer [assisted by] Stephen Lipson
read by [extracts from penman's - annihilation of rhythm] Ian McShane
rhythm guitar J.J. Belle
sleeve [sleeve edited], design XL Design
sleeve [sleeve edited], design ztt
tenor saxophone [for zttbbc] Dave Bishop
tenor saxophone [for zttbbc] Stan Sulzmann
trombone [for zttbbc] Pete Beachill
trumpet [for zttbbc] Guy Barker
trumpet [for zttbbc] John Thirkell
trumpet [for zttbbc] Stuart Brooks
vocals [breath, blood and voice] Grace Jones
written-by Bruce Woolley
written-by Simon Darlow
written-by Stephen Lipson
written-by Trevor Horn
Lacquer Cut At The Town House
Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Island Records Ltd.
Published By Perfect Songs Ltd.
Published By Unforgettable Songs Ltd.
Published By Bruce Woolley Music
Published By CBS Songs
Pressed By EMI Records
Slave To The Rhythm
a biography
Contents The Rhythm In 8 Bits

An inevitable inspirational Island/Zang Tuum Tumb co-production recorded April-August 1985 (A.S. 16)

Interviews: (Acknowledgement to Capitol Radio)

℗ + © Island 1985

Additional Notes:
This original ZTT / Island pressing features a different mixdown and interviews that were edited out of later issues.
Titles on the album do not always relate to the same-titled, or similarly-titled, tracks on the Slave To The Rhythm 7 or 12 recordings.
Matrix / Runout: GRACE 1 2̶ A-1U-1-2 COPPERMAN-TOWNHOUSE (Runout side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: GRACE 1 B-1U-1-1- Barry Woodward (Runout side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: GRACE 1 2̶ A-1U-1-1- D COPPERMAN-TOWNHOUSE (Runout side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: GRACE 1 B-4U-1-1- D Barry Woodward (Runout side B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: GRACE 1 2̶ A-1U-1-2 (unknown digit) D COPPERMAN-TOWNHOUSE (Runout side A, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: GRACE 1 B-4U-1-1- (unknown digit) D Barry Woodward (Runout side B, variant 3)



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