Working Nights (album)
# Working Nights (album)

Working Nights is the debut album by the British jazz dance band Working Week, that was released by Virgin Records in 1985. The album reached #23 in the UK album charts in April 1985. Working Nights was reissued in 2012 as a remastered 2-disc Deluxe Set by Cherry Red Records.

## Track listing

All tracks composed by Simon Booth and Larry Stabbins, except where noted.

* "Inner City Blues" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.) – 5:44
* "Sweet Nothing" (Booth) – 3:39
* "Who’s Fooling Who" – 5:04
* "Thought I’d Never See You Again" – 6:26
* "Autumn Boy" – 6:33
* "Solo" – 4:40
* "Venceremos" (Booth) – 4:41
* "No Cure No Pay" (Stabbins) – 8:28

### 2012 Cherry Red Records reissue

**Disc 1**

* "Inner City Blues" (Gaye, Nyx Jr.) – 5:44
* "Sweet Nothing" (Booth) – 3:39
* "Who’s Fooling Who" – 5:04
* "Thought I’d Never See You Again" – 6:26
* "Autumn Boy" – 6:33
* "Solo" – 4:40
* "Venceremos" (Booth) – 4:41
* "No Cure No Pay" (Stabbins) – 8:28
* "Stella Marina" (Main Mix) (Stabbins, Jalal) – 11:04
* "Storm of Light" – 6:40
* "Bottom End" (Booth) – 5:45
* "Venceremos (We Will Win)" (Jazz Dance Special 12" Edit) (Booth) – 4:08

**Disc 2**

* "Venceremos (We Will Win)" (Jazz Dance Special 12" Version) (Booth) – 10:17
* "Afochê" (Stabbins) – 10:17
* "Murphy’s Law" (live previously unissued) (Stabbins) – 7:37
* "Pepe’s Samba" (live previously unissued) (Chico Freeman) – 8:39
* "Inner City Blues" (Urbane Guerrilla Mix) (Gaye, Nyx Jr.) – 5:45
* "Storm of Light" (Instrumental) – 3:24
* "Who’s Fooling Who" (Dance Version) – 4:45
* "Sweet Nothing" (Instrumental) (Booth) – 3:41
* "Where’s the Bridge" (Longer Mix) (Booth, Stabbins, Juliet Roberts) – 5:09
* "Venceremos" (We Will Win) (7" Bossa Version) (Booth) – 4:42
* "Stella Marina" (Full Rap)" (Stabbins, Jalal) – 8:35

## Personnel

### Working Week

* Juliet Roberts – vocals
* Simon Booth – guitars
* Larry Stabbins – tenor and soprano saxophone and flute

with:

* Kim Burton – piano
* Mike Carr – organ (disc 1, track 10; disc 2, track 6)
* Roy Dodds – drums (disc 1, tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 9; disc 2, track 11)
* Nic France – drums (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4)
* Mark Taylor – drums (disc 1, tracks 1, 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10)
* Louis Moholo – drums (disc 1, track 9; disc 2, track 11)
* Ernest Mothle – bass (disc 1, tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 9; disc 2, track 11)
* Chucho Merchán – bass (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10)
* Dawson Miller and Bosco De Oliveira – percussion (disc 1, tracks 2, 5-9, 12; disc 2, tracks 10, 11)
* Martin Ditcham – percussion (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4)
* Robin Millar – additional guitar (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 5)
* Leroy Osbourne – backing vocals (disc 1, track 2)
* Tracey Thorn – guest vocals (disc 1, track 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10)
* Robert Wyatt – guest vocals (disc 1, track 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10)
* Julie Tippetts – guest vocals (disc 1, track 9, 10; disc 2, track 11)
* Jalal – guest vocals (disc 1, track 9; disc 2, track 11)
* Claudia Figueroa – guest vocals (disc 1, track 7, 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10)
* Guy Barker – trumpet and flugelhorn (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4)
* Stuart Brooke – trumpet (disc 1, track 1)
* Harry Beckett – trumpet (disc 1, tracks 2, 5, 11; disc 2, tracks 6, 8)
* Paul Spong – trumpet (disc 1, track 6)
* Annie Whitehead – trombone (disc 1, tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)
* Malcolm Griffiths – trombone (disc 1, track 4)
* Paul Nieman – trombone (disc 1, track 1)
* Chris Biscoe – alto saxophone (disc 1, track 3)
* Ray Warleigh – alto and baritone saxophone (disc 1, tracks 1, 3)
* Dave Bitelli – clarinet and baritone saxophone (disc 1, track 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10)
* Nick Ingman – string arrangements

## Charts

### Album charts

| Year | Chart | Position |
| - | - | - |
| 1985 | UK album charts | #23 |
