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This live favourite is released only on enhanced CD (we say
only, though the extra value for money implications of including the video
are obvious, not to mention the thrill of seeing Claudia riding a horse
in her swimsuit - more on this later. All you need is a computer and CD
ROM player as we're sure you know.)
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One hard-bitten A&R Senior Executive was moved to remark that the chorus
was the best he'd heard in ten( yes, ten) years. We wanted to tell him
to get out a bit more but the flattery was sufficient to prevent this.
So what about the verses, eh? Not good enough for you? Needless to say,
the A&RSE was fired soon afterwards...
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The sound? Petula Clark meets the Beach Boys (well, she probably
has for all we know - maybe they would have had a little sing-song 'round
the old joanna, a bit of a West Coast knees-up, and ended up sounding
a bit Gaminesque.) By the way, Westport Lake is in Stoke. Which is where
our top lyricist, Bill " I was a star once, me" Pritchard, lives. By now
you'll have gathered that we're not talking about the dodgy French rock
band, but a new and beautiful thing.
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Anyway, we got a bit carried away and did a dance remix with
heavenly choirs, trumpet solos and all that kind of nonsense. And the
night before mastering, Gamine decided to record "Checkmate", with their
'characterful' old piano completing the broken-down jazz mood to perfection.
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Did we mention the video? Well, we made it ourselves for the
price of a cup of tea and a jam sponge and custard, but the 70's Italian
porn look is entirely accidental. Of course.
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