STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - GENERAL PUBLIC - ALL THE RAGE

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Good morning vinyl junkies and welcome back to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember  Ranking Roger, vocalist and member of the bands The Beat and General Public, on what would have been his 57th Birthday. He passed away in March of 2019, from lung cancer. His partner in General Public, Dave Wakeling, celebrated his 64th Birthday Wednesday, and as a nod to both of them, we spotlight General Public's debut album, All The Rage.  All The Rage is a new wave album released January 28, 1984 on I.R.S. Records. It was produced by Colin Fairley, Gavin MacKillop, and General Public. It peaked at #26 on the Billboard and gave birth to one single, "Tenderness" (#11 Canada, #27 US) which was featured in the John Hughes comedy,  "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".

"Hot You're Cool" - 3:47 
"Tenderness" - 3:34 
"Anxious" - 4:19 Never You Done That" - 4:08 
"Burning Bright" - 4:30 
"As a Matter of Fact" - 5:22 
"Are You Leading Me On?" - 3:09 
"Day-to-Day" - 3:28 
"Where's the Line?" - 4:09 
"General Public" - 4:22 

General Public :

Dave Wakeling - vocals, guitar
Ranking Roger - vocals, bass, keyboards, drums
Mickey Billingham - keyboards, vocals
Kevin White - guitar
Horace Panter - bass
Andy "Stoker" Growcott - drums

Mick Jones - guitar (on “Tenderness”, “Where’s the Line”, “Never You Done That", “Hot You’re Cool”, “As a Matter of Fact”)

With:

Gary Barnacle - saxophone
Michael "Bami" Rose - saxophone
Vin Gordon - trombone
Steve Sidwell - trumpet
Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton - trumpet
Bob Porter - horn
Justine Carpenter - backing vocals
Alicia Previn - violin