Heavy Petting

Not to be confused with Heavy petting, as in sexual foreplay.

Heavy Petting
Studio album by Bad Manners
Released	November 4, 1997
Genre	Ska
Length	43:54
Label	Moon Ska
Producer	Louis Cook/Marcus D. Bush
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Bad Manners chronology
Fat Sound (1993) Heavy Petting (1997) Don't Knock the Baldhead: Live (1997)
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Heavy Petting, also known as Don't Knock the Baldhead, is the eighth studio album by Bad Manners, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music).

Track listing

• All songs by Bad Manners unless noted.

1. "Don't Knock the Baldheads" (Copyright Control)
2. "Black Night" (Ritchie Blackmore)
3. "Down Berry Wood"
4. "Happiness"
5. "Heavy Petting"
6. "In the Jungle"
7. "No, No, No"
8. "Randy Scouse Git" (Micky Dolenz)
9. "Feel Like Jumping" (Marcia Griffiths)
10. "Red River Ska" (Copyright Control)
11. "Liverpool and Birmingham"
12. "Lager Delirium"
13. "Go"

Personnel

• Buster Bloodvessel - Lead Vocals & Production
• Louis Alphonso - Guitar, Keyboards, Production & Backing Vocals
• Alan Perry - Alto Saxophone & Backing Vocals
• John Thompson - Bass
• Richard "Bosky" Allen - Keyboards
• Matt Godwin - Saxophone
• Dave Welton - Trombone
• Chris Welch - Trumpet
• Phil Baptiste - Drums
• Dave Turner - Harmonica
• Warren Middleton - Additional Trombone
• John Dutton - Additional Keyboards
• John Gale - Additional Alto Saxophone
• Trevor Swift - Additional Tenor Saxophone
• Jason Richardson - Additional Tenor Saxophone
• Dan Farrant - Additional Drums
• Jacquie & Pauline Cuff - Female Backing Vocals
• Marcus D. Bush - Bass, Organ, Production, Engineer & Mixing ( 811 Studios / Sussex / UK )
• Glover - Mixing ( 811 Studios / Sussex / UK )
• Stefan Bruggemann : Mastering ( Vielklang Studios / Berlin / Germany )
• Roger Lomas - Production ( on Feel Like Jumpin' )
• Recorded at 811 Studios, Cowfold, Sussex