The South African Rock Encyclopedia > Rock Legends > 1970s / 1980s / 2000s > Hot R.S. > Discography > Hot R.S. – Heads Or Tails
Tracks
Side A: Heads
- Money (Janie Bradford / Berry Gordy Jr.) [2:47] Barrett Strong cover
- With Plenty Of Money And You (Al Dubin / Harry Warren) [6:11] Hal Kemp and His Orchestra cover
- Doublecross (Ronald Cave) [5:13]
Side B: Tails
- Money Runner (Quincy Jones) [6:28] Quincy Jones cover
- Money Baby (Aiden Mason / Kevin Kruger) [4:20] The Tidal Wave cover
- Heads Or Tails (Kevin Kruger) [4:25]
Produced by Kevin Kruger
Arrangements: Dan Hill & Kevin Kruger
Engineer: Hennie Hartmann
Recorded at RPM Studios, RSA
Spotify info
Spotify combines “Money” and “With Plenty Of Money And You” into a single track.
Release information
LP: 14 March 1980, RPM, RPM 1135
CD: 1997, Gallo, CDRED 605 J (see Forbidden Fruit and Other Delights)
Musicians
- Dan Hill: keyboards
- Kevin Kruger: drums, keyboards
- Clive Goodwill: vocals on “Money” and “Money Runner”
- Stewart Irving: vocals on “Doublecross” and one other song
- Cindy Alter: backing vocals
Comments
“Money Baby” is a cover of the Tidal Wave hit from 1971, which featured Kevin Kruger on drums.
The song ‘Doublecross’ has an interesting tale to it. I was on the last two days of a holiday in SA in 80, I was punting around some stuff that I had recorded when I was signed to EMI (UK). I wandered into RPM, Dan Hill liked the songs but I was living in the UK then so there was nothing he could do with them, but he liked my voice and asked me if I had a couple of hours to spare, which I did.
Stewart Irving, London, August 2002
I sang that song ‘Doublecross’ and one other song on that album. Kevin Kruger produced it and Cindy Alter (from Clout) was one of the backing singers on it. I was paid R78 for it. When I eventually moved to SA to join Ballyhoo, I met up with Kevin (again) and we worked together on many other things and became mates, always up for some nonsense!
Money – Lead Vocals by Clive Goodwill
Clive Goodwill, from Good Noise Management, 2018 (posted on Discogs)
Money Runner – Lead Vocals by Clive Goodwill
Riding the wave of the phenomenal success of the “House Of The Rising Sun” release, and the follow up “Forbidden Fruit”, Dan Hill and Kevin Kruger decided to take another gamble to see if they could make it three in a row! Unfortunately, this time the flip of the coin was not in their favour.
“Heads Or Tails” was released in 1980, received with some interest locally, but zero appetite for the album abroad.
Marq Vas, Marq Vas’s Southern African Music Collectibles
Artwork
