The Joker Is Wild (album)

The Joker is Wild was the second album released by Alex Harvey after the demise of The Soul Band. The album was released in 1972. Some time after 1972 the album The Joker Is Wild was reissued and repackaged, the album song listings stayed the same, but the album was credited as being made by "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band" even though this band did not exist at the time, and the title was changed to This Is.

Background

The album was recorded at Regent Sound Studio, London in early 1972. These songs are unfinished demos only, recorded for a Spanish singer named Tony Caldeira (who wrote "The Joker Is Wild" and "Silhouette and Shadow"). Alex was teaching Tony vocal delivery and phrasing. Alex received a cheque for the session which subsequently bounced. The producer, Paul Murphy, sold the tapes to Metronome Records in Germany and they issued the LP as The Joker Is Wild in 1972. This Is SAHB is a low budget reissue of "Joker" intended to cash in on SAHB's success (even though Zal, Chris, Ted and Hugh weren't involved with the recordings). The photo of SAHB on the sleeve features keyboard player John Martin on the far left.

This Is Nightlife

"This Is Nightlife" is a song by German dance group ItaloBrothers. The song was released in Germany as a digital download on March 15, 2013. The song reached the Top 30 of Austria and Switzerland and the Top 50 in Germany. It uses many parts, for example the melody, of Sash!s track "Ecuador" from 1997.

Music video

The music video for the single was released on YouTube on March 13, 2013 at a total length of two minutes and forty-nine seconds. It has been seen by over 700,000 people two weeks after its release.

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