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Look Sharp! (1979)
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Original Credits:
Joe Jackson: Vocals, Piano, Harmonica
Gary Sanford: Guitar
Graham Maby: Bass
Dave Houghton: Drums

Produced by David Kershenbaum
Engineer: “Hot” Rod Hewison
Assistant Engineer: Aldo Bocca
Recorded at Eden Studios, London W.14
Peanuts by Percy Dalton
Road Crew: Frankie Enfield
Original Art Direction: Michal Ross
Shoes by Denson

Reissue Credits:
Produced by Mike Ragogna
96k/24-bit Mastered by Erik Labson at Universal Mastering Studios West—North Hollywood, CA
Production Coordinator: Beth “Gidget” Stempel
Editorial Assistance: Barry Korkin
Lyric Transcriptions: Jeremy Holiday
Art Direction: Vartan
Design: Mike Diehl
Photo Research: Ryan Null
Additional Photos: Brian Griffin/A7M Archives
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Special Thanks to Joe Jackson, Mike Maska & Big Hassle Management, Henry Wren-Mellick, Andy McKaie, Steve Mosto and Tommy West

Label: A&M
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‘What can anyone say about something they did so long ago?! I’m not embarrassed by it, or not by most of it, anyway. It positively reeks of London 1978-79 and, well, it is what it is. I’m glad people liked it, and still like it, though I think some of that is nostalgia and a tendency to romanticise peoples’ first albums, as though later ones must somehow be less ‘authentic’. For a first album, this one’s not bad, but I was only 23 when I made it and it would be pretty weird if I didn’t think I’d done better things since.’
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