Utopia - Self Titled (1982) Vinyl Lp and 50 similar items

Catalog Number: 9-60183-1 Condition Details: Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles; slight-warp that doesn't affect play (play-graded). Double LP. Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, a couple tiny surface abrasions, slight discoloration, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (lyrics/credits); three seams partially split. Spine is mostly easy-to-read (text is crooked) with some wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Side four is left intentionally blank. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Libertine Bad Little Actress Feet Don't Fail Me Now Neck On Up Say Yeah Call It What You Will I'm Looking At You But I'm Talking To Myself Hammer In My Heart Burn Three Times There Goes My Inspiration Princess Of The Universe Infrared And Ultraviolet Forgotten But Not Gone Private Heaven Chapter And Verse About The Record: Utopia, by Utopia, was their only album for Network Records. During the composing phase of this album, Kasim Sulton had left to pursue a solo career, and Doug Howard from the band Touch was brought in on bass. Howard co-wrote two songs on the album, Feet Don?t Fail Me Now and I?m Looking at You But I?m Talking to Myself. These songs are credited to "Utopia and Doug Howard" on the finished album. Howard stepped aside when Sulton decided to return, had no further involvement with the group, and was not featured in the album's cover photo. Videos and singles were released for Feet Don't Fail Me Now and Hammer in My Heart. Footage for Hammer in My Heart was recorded live on August 18, 1982 at MTV's official first birthday celebration hosted by VeeJay Nina Blackwood. The song peaked at No. 31 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. Both were featured on the VHS video release The Utopia Sampler nominated in 1983 for a Grammy for Best Short Form Video. The original vinyl LP was released as a three-sided set of two 12" discs - the third side including five additional songs. It was then released as a single LP with the five additional songs on the included two-sided EP. Then as a single LP with an included five-song 45. In Europe, the EP was pressed as a 7" with the five songs split between the two sides; elsewhere, the EP was pressed as a 12" with all five songs repeated on both sides of the EP.