{"id":11681,"date":"2020-04-21T05:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11681"},"modified":"2020-04-18T14:47:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T14:47:52","slug":"one-the-juggler-destination-planet-blue-album-clockwork-kitty-new-single-real-vision-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11681","title":{"rendered":"One The Juggler – \u2018Destination Planet Blue\u2019 Album\/\u2018Clockwork Kitty\u2019 New Single (\u00a0Real Vision Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Just when I needed reminding; life can bring you pleasant surprises. Music continues to ease me along life\u2019s bumpy road, and when I saw that One The Juggler were to release a new song, I was amazed. It\u2019s been a while. It will be available as a separate download, but is also included on the re-release of their rare \u2018Destination Planet Blue\u2019 album, previously released in 2007 on CD. A collection of unreleased tracks, it passed me by, so I am doubly pleased.<\/p>\n

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New song \u2018Clockwork Kitty\u2019 was recorded by original members Sham Morris (vocals\/guitar), Colin Minchin (guitar\/b.vocals), and Jerry T Jones (bass\/b.vocals), with Dave Lowe on drums. It\u2019s pleasingly sleazy, as they wait in the Korova Milk Bar for said seductress. Lyrically not what I expected, as Sham hasn\u2019t overtly referenced iconic literature before, but the melody and backing vocals put it clearly in OTJ territory.<\/p>\n

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The second extra track on the album, \u2018Passenger\u2019, is an absolute corker. I\u2019m baffled as to why it wasn\u2019t included anywhere before. Though, I have no information on when these tracks were recorded, so maybe it wasn\u2019t possible at the time. Still, it\u2019s got everything you want from the classic OTJ sound; an insistent melody, weird middle eight, great backing vocals. I\u2019m immediately transported back to the first time I heard \u2018Nearly A Sin\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The majority of the ten other songs here are strong enough to have been on \u2018NAS\u2019 or \u2018Some Strange Fashion\u2019. I often puzzled as to why their first album sounded more like the Spiders From Mars than the second one did, which was produced by Mick Ronson. Pressure of time? \u2018Conversations\u2019 is a strong (original) opener. One of their strengths was always the importance of balancing both electric and acoustic rhythm parts, which ties most of these songs together. My first impression was of INXS, which gave way once the melody came in. It\u2019s almost euphoric; \u201cit\u2019s good news week, let me see you smile\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Body And Soul\u2019 is a snappy number, hand-claps and \u201cdoo-doo-doo\u201ds all present and correct. \u2018Here Comes A Man\u2019 is like two different songs; a slower, grinding riff gives way to a more complex chord sequence. The backing vocals are great throughout, but this does sound unfinished. \u2018One Day At A Time\u2019 should have made the grade, the sax under the vocal really lifts the song. A bright, optimistic tune.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Hallucination\u2019 is simple, but effective, with the bouncing bass line urging it on. This is another common feature that separated them from their peers; quality and attention to detail. \u2018The Party\u2019 has a suitably woozy ambience, it sways along, a bit like \u2018Bend It\u2019 by Dave Dee, e.t.c, until the middle eight becomes more dramatic.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Get Up\u2019 sounds like it might work better live, and does have more of a demo quality. But, \u2018We Don\u2019t Want No Love, \u2018 The Sacred Thing\u2019 and \u2018One Hello\u2019 are worth the admission fee. Reminiscent of Mott and Badfinger, but the spirit is pure OTJ. It\u2019s a pleasure to hear these songs for the first time, and if One The Juggler meant anything to you, this is an essential purchase.<\/p>\n

Author: Martin Chamorette<\/p>\n

Real Vision Records<\/a><\/p>\n

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