Judie Tzuke – Welcome To The Cruise(1979)

Biography
After an education in the arts, music and drama, by the age of 15 Judie spent most of her time writing poems which she turned into songs and playing folk clubs, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar. In 1975 she met Mike Paxman and together they started to write the songs that were to become her first releases. After making some demo tapes, they managed to get a record deal with David Bowie and T.Rex producer Tony Visconti’s label Good Earth. http://www.tzuke.com/index.html#.Wipb75uWRhE

Album & Cover
Judie’s first album ‘Welcome To The Cruise’ album was released in 1979 along with the single ‘Stay With Me ‘Till Dawn’. The song stayed in the UK charts for 16 weeks, and she made three live appearances on Top of the Pops. The song became a firm favourite and is still played regularly on Radio in the U.K. It has appeared on dozens of compilation albums and regularly appears in lists of all time most popular songs. http://www.tzuke.com/about.html#.Wip-jJuWTRY

Aubrey Powell says that the design of this cover is greatly influenced by the Belgian surrealist painter Magritte. The scene on the beach gives a sense of loneliness and meditation which was like Judie Tzuke’s music like the single ‘Stay With Me Till Dawn’ which was a huge hit.

Cover Location: On a beach in Southern Spain
Who Did What: Cover Design – Hipgnosis. Photography – Richard Draper
Label: Rocket PIG-27001(US), Rocket Train 7(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell

Tracklist

Credits
Engineer – Colin Fairley, Steve Nye
Engineer [Assistant] – Tim Cuthbertson
Engineer [Vocals] – John Punter
Engineer [Vocals], Mixed By [Engineer] – John Punter
Management – Kaplan Kaye
Mastered By – RAYS
Producer – John Punter (tracks: A1, A4 to B5)
Vocals – Judie Tzuke
Written-By – Judie Tzuke, Mike Paxman