A Sailor in, every stocking

Rip It Up, Issue 17, 1 November 1978, Page 2

A Sailor in , every stocking

Pacifica Amour, Hello Sailor’s new album is due out for Christmas. Writing from the heat of the Hollywood Hills, Sailor’s manager, David Gapes, says the band is very pleased with the sound of the 10 tracks. The track listing is “Disco’s Dead,” "On Parade (for the hell of it),” "Tube ’n’ Train,” “Tears of Blood,” "Chained all Round,” “The Boys in Brazil,” "Blackpool,” “I’m a Texan,” “Do the Silver Jive,” and “Dr Jazz.” In Los Angeles, Hello Sailor report a good response to early gigs at The Rock Corporation in Van Nuys, the UCLA campus, the

Wooden Nickel in Lancaster, and at the prestigious Starwood in Hollywood. Sailor say the standard of musicianship around town is uniformly high, but few bands are doing anything new. An exception was Talking Heads. Sailor caught Heads at the Roxy and were “knocked out”.

Meanwhile, they have been performing in the company of Mother Goose and exchanging pleasantries with Red Mole, Kevin Borich, and Chris and Neville McCarthy of the Inbetweens, who were passing through town. “The band is in excellent shape," says Gapes, "running every day, doing exercises and getting suntans. Everybody is healthier and stronger than they’ve been in a long time. The strength has come through in the performances.”