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Saga: Worlds Apart

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In January 1981, “Portrait” label released “Worlds Apart”, the fourth Saga studio album. It was recorded 1977-1981, at “The Farmyard” in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, UK, and was produced by Rupert Hine.

Personnel:

  • Michael Sadler – lead vocals, Moog synthesizer
  • Ian Crichton- guitar
  • Jim Gilmour – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, clarinet
  • Jim Crichton – bass guitar, Yamaha Electric Grand Piano, synthesizer
  • Steve Negus– acoustic and electronic drums, percussion
  • Stephen W Tayler – recording, engineer
  • Ian Morais, David Rolfe – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig  – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Crichton, Jim Crichton, Jim Gilmour, Steve Negus, and Michael Sadler except where noted.

  1. On the Loose
  2. Wind Him Up
  3. Amnesia
  4. Framed
  5. Time’s Up
  6. The Interview – Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler
  7. No Regrets (Chapter Five)
  8. Conversations – Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler
  9. No Stranger (Chapter Eight) – Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler

The Waterboys: Same

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In July 1981, “Chrysalis” label released the self-titled, debut Waterboys (The) album. It was recorded December 1981 – November 1982, at “Redshop Studios” in London, “Farmyard Studios” in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, and was produced by Mike Scott and Rupert Hine

Personnel:

  • Mike Scott– vocals, piano, guitar, 12-string bellzouki guitar, bass guitar, mandolin
  • Delahaye (alias of Mike Scott) – organ
  • Stephen W Tayler– bass, keyboards
  • Kevin Wilkinson– drums
  • Anthony Thistlethwaite– saxophone, bass, mandolin, drums
  • Nick Linden – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Norman Rodger – bass guitar
  • Ray Massey – drums
  • Jason Stokes, Jim Preen, Stephen W Tayler – engineer
  • Stephanie Nash – design
  • Panny Charrington – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Scott.

  1. December
  2. A Girl Called Johnny
  3. The Three Day Man
  4. Gala
  5. I Will Not Follow
  6. It Should Have Been You
  7. The Girl in the Swing
  8. Savage Earth Heart

Howard Jones: Dream Into Action

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Howard Jones Dream Into Action

On March 23, 1985, 1985, “WEA” released “Dream into Action”, the second Howard Jones studio album. It was recorded 1984–1985, at “Farmyard Studios” in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, and was produced by Rupert Hine. The album was certified Platinum in the UK by “BPI” and Platinum in the US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Howard Jones – vocals, electric piano, electric bass, synth bass, synthesizers, drums, percussion, drum programming
  • Martin Jones – bass guitar
  • Afrodiziak (Claudia Fontaine, Caron Wheeler, Naomi Thompson) & The Effervescents (Tania Matos, Kirstie Fulthorpe, Laura Bishop, Elizabeth Holden) – backing vocals
  • The TKO Horns (Dave Pleurs, Alan Whetton, Jim Patterson, Brian Maurice)
  • Helen Liebman – cello
  • Andrew Scarth – recording assistant

Track listing:

.All tracks by Howard Jones.

  1. Things Can Only Get Better
  2. Life In One Day
  3. Dream Into Action
  4. No One Is to Blame
  5. Look Mama
  6. Assault And Battery
  7. Automaton
  8. Is There A Difference?
  9. Elegy
  10. Specialty
  11. Why Look For The Key
  12. Hunger For The Flesh