This Ain’t Paris / I Don’t Want to Be a Rebel [7-inch single]

Description

This Ain’t Paris – b/w “I Don’t Want to Be a Rebel” – is a two-sided 7-inch vinyl single by the British singer and songwriter Tony Clay, independently released on Production Line in 1979 (catalogue number PL100). The two tracks were later included on Clay’s full-length album When You’re Down at the Bottom… You Can Only Look Up! released on Production Line in 1983.

Back in 1979 I made a single called ‘This Ain’t Paris’ at ICC studios in Eastbourne and Keith Loring produced it. I sold the single at gigs in schools and colleges and, at the time, I was looking for an album deal that was preferably in the mainstream. Nothing was happening and I wasted about 18 months knocking on doors but then Keith spoke to Helmut Kaufman of ICC who agreed to give us the studio time to record the rest of the songs we needed to make an album. In the autumn of 1982 we finished recording it and the album went to another record company’s pressing plant to be reproduced for distribution. I received a phone call one day from the manager of the company saying that the receivers were coming in to assess them that afternoon and all works in progress would be frozen, including my album. I raced round to the offices the same morning and persuaded the manager to give me back the masters and about a thousand albums that had already been pressed. The company then went bust and, about three years later, I handed over the tapes to Dave Anfield of Anfield Music who pressed and distributed the album through Christian music channels. By then, my career had changed from singer/songwriter and recording artist to producer because I got married and we were having kids and we basically needed the money! [Excerpt from an interview with Tony Clay, published on Cross Rhythms Sunday 6th December 2015]

7-inch Vinyl Single tracklist:

Side A. “This Ain’t Paris”
Side B. “I Don’t Want To Be A Rebel”

Note: Comes in a Die Cut Paper Sleeve.