Word Salad

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Word Salad is a 1979 debut album by Fischer-Z. John Watts and Steve Skolnik formed the band in 1976 whilst at Brunel University. John Watts had been travelling up and down the country playing the club circuit. Fischer-Z was playing a crossover of the new wave, punk and reggae genre. In 1978, the band secured a record deal with United Artist, alongside the Buzzcock, The Stranglers and Dr. Feelgood. The songs "Wax Dolls", "Remember Russia", "The Worker" and "Pretty Paracetamol" (although named on single release as "First Impressions") were used as single. "The Worker" being the most successful, hitting #53 on the UK charts (Note: The 7" single version of "The Worker" is slightly remixed from the album and emphasises the keyboard. This version has yet to appear on CD to date). The original CD release of Word Salad has become increasingly difficult to obtain, selling for high prices on Amazon. However, in 1997 "Disky Communications Europe" rereleased the album under the title "The Worker". It included two bonus tracks: "Limbo" and "Marliese"; the first appearing on Fischer-Z's second album Going Deaf For A Living, and the latter appearing on their third, Red Skies Over Paradise. In 2005, Disky rereleased this version again, this time simply going by the title "Fischer-Z". Personnel: John Watts - lead vocal, guitar Steve Skolnik - keyboards David Graham - bass .

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