Dumb Waiters

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Dumb Waiters
Studio album by The Korgis
Released	1 July 1980
Recorded	October 1979 - March 1980
Genre	Pop music
Length	36:33
Label	UK Rialto Records  US Asylum Records
Producer	The Korgis David Lord
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The Korgis chronology
The Korgis (1979) Dumb Waiters (1980) Sticky George (1981)

Dumb Waiters is the second studio album by English pop band The Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1980.

The album includes the singles "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", UK #5, U.S. #18, Australia #18; "If It's Alright With You Baby" UK #56; "Dumb Waiters" and "Rover's Return".

Dumb Waiters was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999 but is currently out of print.

Track listing

Side A:

1. "Silent Running" (Warren) - 3:05
2. "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (Davis) - 3:29
3. "Perfect Hostess" (Davis) - 3:21
4. "Drawn and Quartered" (Warren) - 3:20
5. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 4:24 (N.B. 1999 CD edition includes alternate version)

Side B:

1. "Intimate" (Davis) - 3:08
2. "It's No Good Unless You Love Me" (Warren) - 3:24
3. "Dumb Waiters" (Warren) - 2:42
4. "If It's Alright With You Baby" (Warren) - 4:06
5. "Rover's Return" (Davis) - 3:34

Personnel

1980 single "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime", UK

1980 single "If It's Alright With You Baby", France

1980 single "If It's Alright With You Baby", UK

1980 single "Dumb Waiters"/"Perfect Hostess", UK

1980 single "Rovers Return", UK

1980 single "Rovers Return", West Germany

• James Warren - lead vocals, background vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
• Stuart Gordon - acoustic guitar, violin
• Andy Davis - electric guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals
• Phil Harrison - keyboards, percussion
• David Lord - percussion
• Stephen Paine - programming
• Jo Mullet - background vocals
• Ali Cohn - background vocals

Production

• The Korgis - record producers
• David Lord - producer, sound engineer
• Nick Heath - direction
• Tim Heath - direction
• Jeffery Edwards - cover painting
• Tim Simmons - photography
• George Rowbottom - art direction
• Julian Balme - art direction
• Recorded at Crescent Studios, Bath, Somerset, England from October 1979 to March 1980.

Release history

• 1980 LP Rialto Records TENOR 104 (UK)
• 1980 LP Asylum Records 290 (US)
• 1999 CD Edsel Records EDCD 622

Single releases

Format: 7" unless otherwise noted

• "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" / "Dirty Postcards" (Rialto TREB 115, April 1980)
• "If It's Alright With You Baby" / "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (TREB 118, July 1980)
• "If It's Alright With You Baby" (Remix) - 3:46 / "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (12" TREBL 118, July 1980)
• "Dumb Waiters" / "Perfect Hostess" (TREB 122, October 1980)
• "Rovers Return" / "Wish You A Merry Christmas" (non-album track) (Warren/Harrison) - 2:53 (TREB 131, December 1980)