Description
Down on the Street is the fifth studio album by the London jazz-funk band Shakatak, released in 1984. The album peaked at no. 17 on the UK Albums Chart, and produced the band’s second top-ten UK single “Down on the Street“, which peaked at no. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. The album produced two other singles: “Watching You” and “Don’t Blame It on Love”
Secret Records are releasing a re-issue of the classic 1984 Shakatak album Down On The Street with four added bonus tracks.
Following the success of the new Shakatak album “˜On The Corner’, we are now releasing “˜Down On The Street’ as a CD with four added bonus tracks; “˜Down On The Street (Dance Mix)’, “˜Don’t Blame It On Love (Extended Mix)’, “˜Down On The Street (Extended Mix)’ and “˜Holding On (Extended Mix)’. A great addition to the record collections of the many Shakatak fans out there!
Video: Shakatak – Down on the Street (1984)
Tracklist:
| 1 | Shakatak | 03:22 | ||||
| 2 | Shakatak | 04:34 | ||||
| 3 | Shakatak | 04:26 | ||||
| 4 | Shakatak | 04:26 | ||||
| 5 | Shakatak | 03:25 | ||||
| 6 | Shakatak | 04:25 | ||||
| 7 | Shakatak | 05:22 | ||||
| 8 | Shakatak | 05:01 | ||||
| 9 | Shakatak | 03:12 |
Bonus Tracks:
10. Down On The Street (Dance Mix)
11. Don’t Blame It On Love (Extended Mix)
12. Down On The Street (Extended Mix)
13. Holding On (Extended Mix)
Credits:
- Backing Vocals – Tracy Ackerman
- Bass Guitar – George Anderson Junior*
- Brass, Strings, Arranged By – Chris Cameron (tracks: A1, A3 to B5), Nigel Wright (tracks: A2)
- Cover – Jeremy Luff
- Drums – Roger Odell
- Engineer – Nick Smith (4)
- Executive-Producer – Les McCutcheon
- Guitar – Keith Winter
- Keyboards – Bill Sharpe
- Mastered By – Arun Chakraverty
- Percussion – Simon Morton
- Producer – Nigel Wright
- Saxophone, Flute – Chris White, Martin Dobson
- Saxophone, Soloist – Dick Morrissey (tracks: A2, B5)
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Bill Eldridge, Stewart Brooks
- Vocals – Gill Saward*
