Sweetest Smile

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Cat No: VIN180T077

Release Date: 19 April 2014

Label: Weatherbox

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 5038622131012

Genres: Pop 80's

Description
Released as a Record Store Day Limited Edition of 500 copies this 10 inch EP features a special re-record of 'Sweetest Smile' one of his biggest hits plus 'Where The River Bends', 'Grievous Angel' and 'In An Heartbeat'.

This EP is a taster for the forthcoming release of 'Any Colour You Like Vol 2' album later in 2014.

Colin Vearncombe, the artist sometimes known as Black, was born in Liverpool on 26th May 1962, in the week that Elvis Presley's Good Luck Charm was at number one. Like many nascent musicians, it was viewing of Elvis's movie Jailhouse Rock that fired his youthful imagination and spurred him onto picking up a cricket bat (for a guitar!).

Black signed to A&M after Wonderful Life was first released in 1981 on the Ugly Man label, denting the Top 75. Colin says 'I Liked Chris Briggs at A&M so I signed with them'.

The multi million selling Wonderful Life debut contained the two big singles 'Wonderful Life' and 'Sweetest Smile' was followed by the sardonically titled Comedy. Comedy his most lyrical album failed to reach the height of his debut and relations with A&M became strained and after the third critically album called Black failed to sell, Black and A&M parted company.

Colin then set up his own label Nero Schwarz Label in 1993 and its first release was the fourth Black album titled Are We Having Fun Yet?. Once again the album enjoyed critical success and after a long hiatus in which Colin took time out to think long and hard about what exactly it was he wanted from his musical career he has been recording and playing live under his own name or as Black.
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