The Korgis

Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime: The Complete Rialto Recordings 1979-1982


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• THE KORGIS were a classy pop act who enjoyed significant success in the early 1980s. Their entire output for Rialto Records appears here for the first time.

• The band were formed in 1978 by two former members of Stackridge, Andy Davis and James Warren and scored their first hit with ‘If I Had You’ in 1979 (UK #13).

• THE KORGIS will be forever synonymous with the title track of this new 2-CD package, which gifted them a smash hit in 1980 (UK #5, US #18, Australia #11 France #1, Spain # 1, Netherlands #3, Germany #3). ‘Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime’ was subsequently covered by the likes of The Dream Academy, Yazz, Beck, etc.

• This double-CD package boasts all of the band’s recordings for Rialto, including three whole albums: The Korgis (1979), Dumb Waiters (1980) and Sticky George (1981), as well as all of the band’s period A and B sides. ‘Wish You A Merry Christmas’ makes its debut on CD.

Tracklist

1-1 Young 'N' Russian 3:08
1-2 If I Had You 4:00
1-3 I Just Can't Help It 3:47
1-4 Chinese Girl 2:16
1-5 Art School Annexe 3:33
1-6 Boots And Shoes 4:29
1-7 Dirty Postcards 4:42
1-8 O Maxine 2:37
1-9 Mount Everest Sings The Blues 2:30
1-10 Cold Tea 3:50
1-11 Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime 4:16
1-12 Silent Running 3:02
1-13 Love Ain't Too Far Away 3:26
1-14 Perfect Hostess 3:18
1-15 Drawn And Quartered 3:18
1-16 Intimate 3:07
1-17 It's No Good Unless You Love Me 3:23

2-1 If It's Alright With You Baby 3:45
2-2 Dumb Waiters 2:40
2-3 Rovers Return 3:31
2-4 Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (Alternate Version) 4:22
2-5 That Was My Big Mistake 4:19
2-6 All The Love In The World 3:41
2-7 Sticky George 3:34
2-8 Can't We Be Friends Now 3:57
2-9 Foolishness Of Love 3:29
2-10 Domestic Bliss 3:14
2-11 Nowhere To Run 5:17
2-12 Contraband 3:16
2-13 Don't Say That It's Over 2:48
2-14 Living On The Rocks 3:30
2-15 Don't Look Back 4:13
2-16 Xenophobia 2:27
2-17 Wish You A Merry Christmas 2:27