Tom Robinson Band ORIG OZ LP Power in the darkness EX ’78 EMI Punk New wave Tom Robinson Band Power in the darkness

OZ OZ LP released in 1978 on EMI Records. Cat: EMC3226. Comes with printed inner bag which is in Excellent condition.  

This is the album by which Tom Robinson's works have been measured; its consistency is all the more remarkable, since he'd written several keynote tracks while toiling in the go-nowhere folk trio Café Society (such as Robinson's defining anthem, "Glad to Be Gay"). Power in the Darkness is proudly defiant as the era that inspired "Up Against the Wall," "Ain't Gonna Take It," "Long Hot Summer," or "The Winter of '79," which level fierce disdain for social hypocrisy. So does the nearly five-minute title track and funk-rock tour de force, while Chris Thomas' production is as razor sharp as the band itself. Guitarist Danny Kustow's go-for-the-throat style is the driving force; it's storming on the rockers yet suitably restrained on quieter fare like "Too Good to Be True," Robinson's lament for oft-delayed social change. Keyboardist Mark Ambler is equally assertive on colorful Hammond organ swashes, while Robinson plunks down simple, legato basslines, and Brian "Dolpin" Taylor keeps the beat pouncing, where others might let it loiter.

Tracks: 2-4-6-8 motorway/ Up against the wall/ Grey Cortina/ Too good to be true/ Ain’t gonna take it/ Long hot summer/ The winter of ’79/ Man you never saw/ Better decide which side you’re on/ You gotta survive/ Power in the darkness.

Record has some light scuff marks and is in Excellent condition. Cover has some light ring wear and tiny surface tears around edges and is in VG+ condition.

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