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Nick Lowe: Jesus Of Cool

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In March 1978, “Radar Records” label released “Jesus of Cool” the debut Nick Lowe solo album. It was recorded 1976-1977, at “Chalk Farm Studios” in London, “Eden Studios”; “Jackson Studios” in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and “Pathway Studios” in Stoke Newington, and was produced by Nick Lowe.

Personnel:

  • Nick Lowe – vocals, bass, guitars, piano
  • Billy Bremner – guitars
  • Dave Edmunds – vocals, guitars
  • John Turnbull – lead guitar
  • John McFee – guitar
  • Bob Andrews – piano, organ
  • Steve Nieve – piano
  • Roger Bechirian – tambourine, organ, backing vocals
  • Andrew Bodnar– bass
  • Norman Watt-Roy – bass
  • Terry Williams – drums
  • Steve Goulding – drums
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Charley Charles – drums
  • Barney Bubbles – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Lowe except where noted.

  1. Music for Money
  2. I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass – Nick Lowe, Andrew Bodnar, Steve Goulding
  3. Little Hitler – Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds
  4. Shake and Pop
  5. Tonight
  6. So It Goes
  7. No Reason
  8. 36 Inches High – Jim Ford
  9. Marie Provost
  10. Nutted by Reality
  11. Heart of the City

Nick Lowe: Nick The Knife

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In February 1982, “F-Beat” label released “Nick the Knife”, the third Nick Lowe album. It was recorded in 1981, and was produced by Nick Lowe.

Personnel:

  • Nick Lowe – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar
  • Billy Bremner– guitars
  • Martin Belmont– guitars
  • Aldo Bocca – guitars, drums, engineer
  • Neill King – piano, Hammond organ, audio grip
  • Carlene Carter– piano, Hammond organ
  • Steve Nieve– piano, Hammond organ
  • Ben Barson – piano, Hammond organ
  • Paul Carrack– piano, Hammond organ
  • James Eller – bass
  • Bobby Irwin – drums, backing vocals
  • Terry Williams– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Lowe except where noted.

  1. Burning
  2. Heart – Nick Lowe, Rockpile
  3. Stick It Where the Sun Don’t Shine
  4. Queen of Sheba
  5. My Heart Hurts – Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter
  6. Couldn’t Love You (Any More Than I Do)
  7. Let Me Kiss Ya
  8. Too Many Teardrops – Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter
  9. Ba Doom
  10. Raining Raining
  11. One’s Too Many (And a Hundred Ain’t Enough) – Nick Lowe, Kim Wilson
  12. Zulu Kiss – Nick Lowe, J.E. Ceiling

Brinsley Schwarz: Silver Pistol

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In February 1972, “United Artists” label released “Silver Pistol”, the third Brinsley Schwarz album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Dave Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Brinsley Schwarz- guitar
  • Ian Gomm – vocals, bass, guitar
  • Bob Andrews- vocals, keyboards
  • Nick Lowe – vocals, bass, guitar
  • Billy Rankin- drums
  • Anton Matthews – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Hollebone – mobile engineer
  • Jeff Powell – design, art direction

Track listing:

All tracks composed by Nick Lowe; except where noted.

  1. Dry Land – Ian Gomm
  2. Merry Go Round
  3. One More Day – Ian Gomm
  4. Nightingale
  5. Silver Pistol
  6. The Last Time I Was Fooled
  7. Unknown Number
  8. Range War – Ian Gomm
  9. Egypt
  10. Niki Hoeke Speedway – Jim Ford
  11. Ju Ju Man – Jim Ford, Lolly Vegas
  12. Rockin’ Chair – Ian Gomm

Nick Lowe: The Impossible Bird

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On November 29, 1994, “Demon” label released “The Impossible Bird”, the ninth Nick Lowe album. It was recorded in 1994, at “The Turk’s Head Function Room” in Twickenham, Middlesex; “The Old Cinema” in Brentford, Middlesex and “The Bonaparte Rooms”, in Twickenham, Middlesex, and was produced by Nick Lowe and Neil Brockbank.

Personnel:

  • Nick Lowe – vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitar, bass guitar
  • Gary Grainger– guitar
  • Geraint Watkins– organ, electric guitar
  • Bill Kirchen– trombone, electric guitar
  • Paul Riley– bass guitar
  • Robert Treherne– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Lowe, except where noted.

  1. Soulful Wind
  2. The Beast in Me
  3. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road – Dallas Frazier, L. Owens
  4. Trail of Tears – Roger Cook, Allen Reynolds
  5. Shelley My Love
  6. Where’s My Everything?
  7. 12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)
  8. Lover Don’t Go
  9. Drive-Thru Man
  10. Withered on the Vine
  11. I Live on a Battlefield – Paul Carrack, Nick Lowe
  12. 14 Days
  13. I’ll Be There – Ray Price, Rusty Gabbard

Brinsley Schwarz: Despite It All

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On November 20, 1970, “Capitol” label released “Despite It All”, the second Brinsley Schwarz studio album. It was recorded 1970; at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced Brinsley Schwarz and Dave Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Brinsley Schwarz – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Andrews – vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass
  • Nick Lowe – vocals, bass, guitar, banjo
  • Billy Rankin- drums, percussion
  • Dave Jackson- saxophone
  • Willy Weider – fiddle
  • Brian Cole- pedal steel

All tracks by Nick Lowe except where noted.

  1. Country Girl
  2. The Slow One
  3. Funk Angel
  4. Piece of Home – Bob Andrews
  5. Love Song
  6. Star Ship
  7. Ebury Down
  8. Old Jarrow

Elvis Costello: Blood & Chocolate

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On September 15, 1986, “Demon” label released “Blood & Chocolate”, the eleventh Elvis Costello studio album. It was recorded March – May 1986, and was produced by Nick Lowe and Colin Fairley.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonium,  tambourine, bellows, canes, knives, bass, Vox Continental electric organ
  • Cait O’Riordan– vocals
  • Jimmy Cliff– vocals
  • Tom “T-Bone” Wolk– electric guitar, bass
  • Nick Lowe– acoustic guitar
  • Steve Nieve– piano, organ, harmonium
  • Mitchell Froom– organ
  • Bruce Thomas– bass, electric guitar, saxophone
  • Pete Thomas– drums, alto saxophone
  • Mickey Curry– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Declan MacManus (Elvis Costello), except where noted.

  1. Uncomplicated
  2. I Hope You’re Happy Now
  3. Tokyo Storm Warning – Declan MacManus, Cait O’Riordan
  4. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head
  5. I Want You
  6. Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind?
  7. Blue Chair
  8. Battered Old Bird
  9. Crimes of Paris
  10. Poor Napoleon
  11. Next Time Round

 

Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True

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On July 22, 1977, “Stiff” label released “My Aim Is True”, the debut Elvis Costello  album. It was recorded 1976 – 1977, at “Pathway Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Lowe. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “My Aim Is True” at number 168 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”; the same year, the TV network “VH1” named “My Aim Is True” the 80th greatest album of all time. In 2007, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello– vocals, guitar, piano, drumsticks
  • Nick Lowe– piano, bass, drumsticks, backing vocals,
  • John McFee– lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Sean Hopper– piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Stan Shaw – organ
  • Steve Nieve– organ and piano overdubs
  • Johnny Ciambotti – bass, backing vocals
  • Andrew Bodnar– bass
  • Mickey Shine – drums
  • Steve Goulding– drums
  • Barney Bubbles – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Elvis Costello.

  1. Welcome to the Working Week
  2. Miracle Man
  3. No Dancing
  4. Blame It on Cain
  5. Alison
  6. Sneaky Feelings
  7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
  8. Less Than Zero
  9. Mystery Dance
  10. Pay It Back
  11. I’m Not Angry
  12. Waiting for the End of the World

 

 

Brinsley Schwarz: Same

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On April 17, 1970, “Capitol” label released the self-titled,  debut Brinsley Schwarz album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Brinsley Schwarz and Dave Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Brinsley Schwarz- vocal, guitar, percussion
  • Bob Andrews- vocal, keyboards, bass
  • Nick Lowe- vocal, bass, acoustic and slide guitar
  • Billy Rankin- drums, percussion
  • Barney Bubbles (Teenburger Designs) – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Lowe, except where noted.

  1. Hymn to Me – Nick Lowe, Billy Rankin, Brinsley Schwarz, Bob Andrews
  2. Shining Brightly
  3. Rock and Roll Women
  4. Lady Constant
  5. What Do You Suggest?
  6. Mayfly
  7. Ballad of a Has Been Beauty Queen

Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Brutal Youth

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On March 8, 1994, “Warner Bros” label released “Brutal Youth”, album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was recorded  December 1992 – February 1994, at “The Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello – vocals, guitar, piano, bass
  • Steve Nieve– organ, piano, harmonium
  • Bruce Thomas– bass
  • Nick Lowe– bass
  • Pete Thomas– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Declan MacManus.

  1. Pony St.
  2. Kinder Murder
  3. 13 Steps Lead Down
  4. This Is Hell
  5. Clown Strike
  6. You Tripped at Every Step
  7. Still Too Soon to Know
  8. 20% Amnesia
  9. Sulky Girl
  10. London’s Brilliant Parade
  11. My Science Fiction Twin
  12. Rocking Horse Road
  13. Just About Glad
  14. All the Rage
  15. Favourite Hour

Damned: Damned Damned Damned

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On February 18, 1977, “Stiff” label released “Damned Damned Damned”, the debut Damned studio album. It was recorded September – December 1976 and January 1977, and was produced by Nick Lowe. “Damned Damned Damned” was the first full-length album released by a UK punk group

Personnel:

  • Dave Vanian – vocals
  • Brian James – vocals, guitar
  • Captain Sensible – vocals, bass
  • Rat Scabies – vocals, drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian James, except where noted.

  1. Neat Neat Neat
  2. Fan Club
  3. I Fall
  4. Born to Kill
  5. Stab Your Back
  6. Feel the Pain
  7. New Rose
  8. Fish – Brian James, Tony james
  9. See Her Tonite
  10. 1 of the 2
  11. So Messed Up
  12. I Feel Alright – The Stooges