Sad Cafe - Fanx Ta-Ra (1977)

Sad Cafe - Fanx Ta-Ra (1977)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Babylon"   3:41

2. "Shellshock"   3:14

3. "Hungry Eyes"   5:29

4. "Shadow on the Wall"   3:48

5. "Black Rose"   4:38

6. "The Further Adventures of Mad Alan"   1:47

7. "Fanx Ta-Ra"   3:05

8. "Flingus' Holiday"   2:11

9. "Immortal"   3:29

10. "Sail On"   2:56

11. "Clumbidextrous"   3:54

12. "I Believe (Love Will Survive)"   4:33

 

Sad Café Band Members / Musicians

Paul Young – lead vocals, percussion

Ashley Mulford – lead guitar

Tony Cresswell – drums, percussion, backing vocals

John Stimpson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Vic Emerson – keyboards

Ian Wilson – guitar, backing vocals

Lenni Zaksen, Chris Gill – saxophones

Dave Hassle – cabasa, bell tree

John Punter – engineer, producer

Vic Emerson – strings arrangement and synthesisation

Gered Mankowitz – photography

Fanx Ta-Ra is the first studio album by the English band Sad Café. It was produced and engineered by John Punter and released by RCA Records in September 1977. The album charted at number 56 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was not released in North America; however, a compilation of the band's first two albums was released there in late 1978, titled Misplaced Ideals.

Sad Café are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1976, who achieved their peak of popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for the UK top 40 singles "Every Day Hurts", "Strange Little Girl", "My Oh My" and "I'm in Love Again", the first of which was their biggest hit, reaching number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1979. The band also had two US Billboard Hot 100 hits with "Run Home Girl" and "La-Di-Da".

Sad Cafe Band Members / Musicians

Des Tong – bass, vocals (1980–1990, 1998, 2000, 2012–present)

Dave Day - guitars, vocals (2018–present)

Barry James Thomas - vocals, percussion (2018–present)

Neil Shaw-Hulme - saxophones, wx7, vocals (2018–present)

Matt Steele - keyboards (2019–present)

Steve Gibson - drums (2023–present)

Ian Wilson - rhythm guitar, vocals (1976-2022)

Paul Young – lead vocals (1976–1990, 1998; died 2000)

Vic Emerson – keyboards (1976–1984, 2000; died 2018)[5]

John Stimpson – bass (1976–1980; died 2021)

Tony Cresswell – drums (1976–1978)

Ashley Mulford – lead guitars, vocals (1976–1981, 1986–1989, 2000, 2012–2014)

Dave Irving - drums (1978–1984, 2000, 2012–2019)

Lenni Zaksen – saxophone (1979–1984, 1998, 2000)

Michael Byron-Hehir – lead guitars (1981–1984, 1989–1990, 1998; guest musician: 1986)

Jeff Seopardi – drums (1984–1986)

Danny Schogger – keyboards (1984)

Phil Lanzon – keyboards (1986)

Alistair Gordon – keyboards, vocals (1989–1990, 1998)

Simon Waggott – keyboards, vocals (2012–2014)

Steve Whalley – guitars, vocals (2012–2014)

Sue Wilson-Quin - vocals (2012-2022)

Pete Hughes - keyboards, (2018)

Bryan Hargreaves – drums (2019–2022)

Roy Martin – drums (1998)

Paul Burgess – drums (1986–1990)

Steve Pigott – keyboards (1984–1986)

Sad Cafe Discograpy Full

1977 Fanx Ta-Ra

1978 Misplaced Ideals

1978 Misplaced Ideals

1978 Facades

1980 Sad Café

1981 Olé

1985 Politics of Existing

1989 Whatever It Takes