
Arthur Kay & The Clerks The Night
I Came Home
(Released
on Grover Records - Germany) A
local band from Cologne joins forces with a legendary Londoner for a top-class
ska album. Thats only one of the extraordinary tales written by the international
ska community these days. In this here story,
the Freedom Sounds festival (based in Cologne) plays a major part. With much patience
and persuasion, its promotors were able in 2016, to haul Arthur Kay out of retirement
back onto the stage, in Germany. For those who dont know: Arthur Kay is
an Original rude boy, who started his career already in the 1960s as a session
musician for the Trojan label. In the 1980s, he spread his Cockney charm on a
number of albums whose production unfortunately couldnt live up to Arthurs
qualities as a fascinating storyteller. What
followed was a long downtime. Until last year, when Arthur showed up in finest
thread, supported by The Clerks who had offered to be his backing band for a weekend.
Arthur Kay was so blown away by their shared performance that, as soon as he was
back in England, he sat down to write new songs and vowed to record them with
The Clerks. The resulting album, which was
mixed by Nico Leonard in the Belgian Pum Pum Hotel, comes with an air of the local
pub. Its a knockout how Arthur delivers catchy slogan refrains like in Dont
Give A Damn, and then again takes the listener on the intricate ways of
his story in Wide Boys & Cowboys. And between all that, The Clerks
seem to always find the best musical expression, from soundscapes to stompers.
The Clerks proof their status as the most complete, versatile ska band far and
wide, when they shimmer effortlessly between serious reggae and merry ska. Thats
top class. Arthur Kay is the artiste name of
the singer songwriter Arthur Kitchener, who has also released various albums as
a wordsmith musically different from his legendary Ska performances with THE
ORIGINALS and most recently with the Geman ska band THE CLERKS. Other
bands Arthur has worked with are: Second Hand, The Next Collection,
Artur Kay's Originators. Arthur Kay and the Originals went for nearly
thirty odd years on and off. At their height, they were Judge Dreads
backing group. Unfortunately, Arthur thinks the band died with Judge Dread death. Arthur
suggests the difference between his legendary band The Originals and other
Ska bands was our influences. His influence was Rock and Roll, Dion, Fats Domino,
all those sort of guys. Later on, Bruce Springsteen. The Originals was
more a cross between the East Street Band and The Specials. It had all
that power with the Hammond organ. Arthur's Ska albums are not three cord tricks.
Theyre engineered in their arrangements. Arthur
is now recording and perfoming with the Geman band The Clerks, and what
a great album "The Night I came Home" is Buy
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Track list: Vinyl LP (A & B Sides) A1 The Last Of
The One Named Singers (A. Kitchener)
A2 The Night I Came Home (A. Kitchener - Scamp Music)
A3 (I Was) Born To Cry (Dion Dimucci) A4
Wideboys And Cowboys (A. Kitchener) A5 ReggaenSka (Clerks)
A6 Sunlight Of The Spirit (A. Kitchener - Scamp Music)
B1 The Count Of Clerkenwell (A. Kitchener - Scamp Music)
B2 It's the Hatton Garden
Job ((A. Kitchener) B3 The Last Of The Summer Ska (Ronnie Hazlehurst
- Cherry Red songs / Kassner) B4 Don't Give A Dam (Clerks) B5
Trying To Make A Living ((A. Kitchener) B6 Mardi Gras On A Saturday
Night (A. Kitchener)
Track list: Compact Disc CD1
The Last Of The One Named Singers (A. Kitchener)
CD2 The Night I Came Home (A. Kitchener - Scamp Music)
CD3 (I Was) Born To Cry (Dion
Dimucci) CD4 Wideboys And Cowboys (A. Kitchener) CD5 ReggaenSka
(Clerks)
CD6 Sunlight Of The Spirit (A. Kitchener - Scamp Music)
CD7 The Count Of Clerkenwell (A. Kitchener - Scamp Music)
CD8 It's the
Hatton Garden Job (A. Kitchener) CD9 The Last Of The Summer Ska (Ronnie
Hazlehurst - Cherry Red songs / Kassner) CD10 Don't Give A Dam (Clerks) CD11
Trying To Make A Living (A. Kitchener) CD12 Mardi Gras On A Saturday
Night (A. Kitchener) | Arthur
Kay & The Clerks. CD & Vinyl release on Grover Records Germany 
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