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The Proclaimers: Hit The Highway

On March 7, 1994, “Chrysalis” label released “Hit the Highway”, the third Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Chipping North Studio” in Chipping North, Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Pete Wingfield, Charlie Reid and Craig Reid.

Personnel:

  • Craig Reid – vocals, tambourine
  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar 
  • Stuart Nisbet – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin
  • Tim Renwick – acoustic and electric guitar, electric slide guitar
  • Jerry Donahue – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobby Valentino – fiddle
  • Pete Wingfield – keyboards, piano, Hammond C3 
  • Pete Thomas – tenor and baritone saxophone 
  • Raul D’Oliveira – trumpet
  • Vince Sullivan – trombone
  • Iain Bruce – bass guitar
  • Phil Cranham – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
  • Kevin Wilkinson – drums
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Barry Hammond – engineer
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering 

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie and Craig Reid, except where noted.

  1. Let’s Get Married
  2. The More I Believe
  3. What Makes You Cry?
  4. Follow the Money
  5. These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding
  6. Shout Shout
  7. The Light
  8. Hit the Highway
  9. A Long Long Long Time Ago
  10. I Want to Be a Christian – Sullivan S. Puch
  11. Your Childhood
  12. Don’t Turn Out Like Your Mother

The Godfathers: Birth, School, Work, Death

In February 1988, “Epic” label released “Birth, School, Work, Death”, the second Godfathers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Elephant Studios” in London, and was produced by Vic Maile.

Personnel:

  • Peter Coyne – vocals
  • Kris Dollimore – vocals, guitar
  • Michael Gibson – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Coyne – vocals, bass
  • George Mazur – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bobby Valentino – violin
  • Harold Burgon – recording
  • Ron St. Germain – mixing
  • Steve Brown – mixing
  • Vic Maile – mixing
  • Jean Luke Epstein – design
  • Kevin Davies – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Coyne, Kris Dollimore, Michael Gibson, Chris Coyne and George Mazur, except where noted.

  1. Birth, School, Work, Death
  2. If I Only Had Time
  3. Tell Me Why
  4. It’s So Hard
  5. When Am I Coming Down
  6. Cause I Said So
  7. The Strangest Boy
  8. S.T.B.
  9. Just Like You
  10. Obsession
  11. Love Is Dead

Nick Lowe: And His Cowboy Outfit

In May 1984, “F-Beat” label released “Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit”, the fifth Nick Lowe studio album. It was recorded in January 1984, at “Ampro Studios” in Shepherds Bush, “Riverside Studios” in Chiswick, “Eden Studios”, “Acton Boathouse Studios” in Twickenham, and was produced by Nick Lowe, Colin Fairley, Paul Bass and Elvis Costello.

Personnel:

  • Nick Lowe- vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Martin Belmont- guitar
  • Billy Bremner- guitar
  • Paul Carrack- keyboards, backing vocals
  • Bobby Irwin – drums, backing vocals
  • Bobby Valentino- fiddle

TKO Horns:

  • Jeff Blythe – saxophone
  • Paul Speare – saxophone
  • Jimmy Paterson – trombone
  • Dave Plews – trumpet
  • Robert Kirby– string arrangements
  • Elvis Costello– horn arrangements
  • Colin Phillips, Tony Phillips, Chris Ludwinski – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Lowe except where noted.

  1. Half a Boy and Half a Man
  2. Breakaway – Tom Springfield
  3. You’ll Never Get Me Up in One of Those – Mickey Jupp
  4. Love Like a Glove – Carlene Carter, James Eller
  5. The Gee and The Rick and The Three Card Trick
  6. (Hey Big Mouth) Stand Up and Say That
  7. Awesome – Nick Lowe, Profile
  8. God’s Gift to Women
  9. Maureen
  10. A.F.S.
  11. Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young – Joe Allison