Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Kid Jensen Sessions (February 1983)

‘It was Christmas 1982 and Frankie were the most talked about band on Merseyside […]. Things looked bleak. Worse, Frankie were being overtaken by other Liverpool bands such as The Lotus Eaters and The Pale Fountains in the race for contracts.
In Liverpool at this time was a Tube researcher looking to interview Dead Or Alive for a Tube special on Liverpool. But finding Pete Burns inactive, Mick Sawyer sought out Frankie saying that The Tube would make a video for them. “Frankie were just an averagely bright rock band,” muses Sawyer. “They had a lot of unfinished ideas and an image only The Tube would touch.”
The video was shot in the city’s State Ballroom — now a disco — and stands as one of the most eloquent documents of the original, unretouched Frankie, with Holly delivering a near-monosyllabic version of “Relax”. It was a memorable day. “All the Tyne Tees cameramen spent most of the time with their lenses up the Leatherpets’ crutches,” recalls Holly.
Radio interest was beginning to pick up again, with John Peel repeating his session and Kid Jensen commissioning “Welcome To The Pleasure Dome”, “The Only Star In Heaven” and “Relax 2” for his early evening show.
(Kevin Sutcliffe, from The Face, December 1984)

In February 1983 FGTH recorded a session for Kid Jensen ( DJ on Radio One). The track-listing for the session was as follows:

Jensen Session (February 1983)
- The Only Star in Heaven
- Welcome to the Pleasuredome
- Invade My Heart
- Relax 2 (Shoot in the Right Direction)

When it went out on the air, unknown to the band someone - someone with influence - was listening: record producer Trevor Horn. The rest is history.


fgth – jensen session

(see also: http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=138
http://www.x1fmradio.com/musc/artists/Frankie%20Goes%20to%20Hollywood/biography )