Elton Motello Victim of Time LP 1978 w Jet Boy Jet Girl long version NEAR MINT

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Elton Motello

Victim of Time

Attic Records LAT1063 1978 12" 33rpm (Canada)

Elton Motello was a punk and new wave band.

Elton Motello is both the moniker of Alan Ward, the lead singer and songwriter, and the name of the band itself. Alan Ward was formerly a member of the glam punk band Bastard along with Damned guitarist Brian James, Dez Lover and Nobby Goff.

Motello then recruited a new set of musicians including Mike Butcher (aka "Jet Staxx" who had played on Jet Boy,Jet Girl), Willie Change (bass), and Nobby Goff (drums), to record debut album Victim of Time, which also featured guest appearances from former Pretty Things and Pink Fairies drummer John "Twink" Alder, Tony Boast, and Peter Goff (guitar).

Motello returned in 1980 with a second album, Pop Art, now backed by Butcher, Andrew Goldberg, J.P. Martins, and Walter Meter. Two singles followed towards the end of the year, after which the band split up.

Alan Ward had toured Belgium with Bastard, and through his connections there Motello debuted with the "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" single in 1977 on the Belgian Pinball label, initially backed by session musicians. These session musicians - Mike Butcher (guitar), John Valcke (bass) and Bob Dartsch (drums) - had recorded the backing track also used on the hit single of Plastic Bertrand's "Ca plane pour moi". While the single in English made little impact (Except in Australia, where it was released on the RCA label and made the lower reaches of the Top Forty), the song was sometimes supposed to form the basis for Plastic Bertrand's internationally successful hit "Ça plane pour moi", with new lyrics over the backing track. Actually, the song "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" was a simultaneous adaptation.

Tracklist
A1  Victim Of Time  2:30
A2  I Am The Marshall  3:30
A3  Jet Boy Jet Girl  2:58
A4  He's A Rebel  2:46
A5  He's Crying  3:20
A6  Pipe Line  1:50
B1  Get The Guy  2:20
B2  Tuttie Fruttie Alice  2:26
B3  Teen Pimp  4:20
B4  Sha La La La Lee  2:20
B5  Artificial Incemination  2:55
B6  Pogo Pogo  2:38
B7  Apocalipstic  3:10

    Recorded At – Morgan Studios
    Mixed At – Morgan Studios
    Produced For – RKM
    Mixed By – Alan Ward
    Recorded By – Alan Ward
    Written-By – Elton Motello (tracks: A1 to B3, B5 to B7), Kenny Lynch (tracks: B4), Mort Shuman (tracks: B4)

Condition:  LP is NEAR MINT  in a plastic inner sleeve in a picture sleeve in EXCELLENT condition. 

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