After discreetly having pre release album cuts played on the UK’s pirate jazz funk and soul stations, IMAGINATION , with their charismatic lead singer, LEEE JOHN burst onto the scene in May 1981, when their debut single ‘Body Talk’ entered the UK Charts at #68, with it peaking at #4 on 18 th July 1981.
In the period 1981 1983, IMAGINATION had hits in almost 30 countries around the world, with very high popularity across Europe, especially in France, Italy, Benelux and Germany. “40 YEARS” is a career encompassing retrospective of IMAGINATION ’s and LEEE JOHN ’s recorded music output, with 189 tracks across 17CDs, including all of their studio albums from 1981’s BODY TALK up until 2016’s RETROPIA.
40 also features a 2 disc collection of Unreleased Trax, Mixes & Demos , a 2 disc collection of alternate and unreleased mixes from CLOSER in Closer Revisited , a Live Trax disc from several shows spanning the decades and a disc of extended versions in 12” Singles Selection.