''Bookbinder's Kid'' is a 1988 album by

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, the follow-up to her top five album '' No More the Fool''.

Overview

After the success of the '' No More the Fool'' album, Brooks' new record company was keen to release a follow-up and tracks were chosen during 1987. Prior to recording, Brooks and her sound engineer and husband Trevor Jordan realised that, despite the previous success, money to record the new album was not forthcoming. After learning that profits from ''No More the Fool'' had been hidden away in an overseas account, this new album was to be recorded on a fraction of the budget and the record company had lost enthusiasm for the project.''Finding My Voice'', Elkie Brooks autobiography. The Robson Press, 2012, pg 177-79 Carrying on regardless, a list of tracks was agreed upon and included covers of "

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's US hit, "Can't Wait All Night". Brooks herself wrote three of the tracks; "Sail On", "Keep It a Secret" and "Kiss Me for the Last Time", the former written with Trevor Jordan. Another track, "What's the Matter Baby", was a cover of the

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hit. Yuro was given a copy of the album and personally telephoned Brooks to congratulate her, saying that it was the best version of the song she'd ever heard. Prior to release, Brooks was told that the album (unlike the previous one) was going to receive no promotion, something which she says is "not the kind of news any artist ever wants to hear utsadly, I've heard it all too often". The album charted at a low No.57 in the UK and remained on the chart for three weeks. One single was released, the opening track "Sail On", but this failed to repeat the success of " No More the Fool" by not charting. ''Bookbinder's Kid'' (a reference to Brooks' real name Elaine Bookbinder) was issued on CD, vinyl and cassette in May 1988 through Legend Records. The CD and cassette versions of the album contained bonus tracks, "Only Love Will Set You Free" and "I Can Dream Can't I?".Discogs. ''Bookbinder's Kid'' cassette version
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Track listing

Side one #"Sail On" (Elkie Brooks, Trevor Jordan) #"

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) #"You Ain't Leavin'" (Jack Conrad, Bobby Garrett) #"Keep It a Secret" (Brooks) #"When the Hero Walks Alone" (Roy Freeland, Tom Harriman) #"Only Love Will Set You Free" ( Nick Graham, Bob Mitchell) * Side two #"What's the Matter Baby" (Joy Byer,

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) #"Can't Wait All Night" (

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, Kanga) #"Kiss Me for the Last Time" (Brooks) #"Love is Love" (Kerry Delius) #"Foolish Games" (Brendon Taylor, David Leverton) #"I Can Dream Can't I?" (

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) * * Cassette and CD only

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

, keyboards *

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– backing vocals *Trevor Jordan – piano, keyboard,

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

, producer, engineer *Brendon Taylor – bass guitar, piano, keyboard, drum programming * Duncan Mackay – piano, keyboard *David Leverton –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Paul Bilham – drums *Tony Heard – drums *Richard Blanshard –

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*Robbie Jordan – engineer

References

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