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Dalek I Love You: Same

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On April 2, 1983, “Korova” label released the self-titled, debut Dalek I Love You studio album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by Andy Gill, Gordon Hon and Kenny Peers.

Personnel:

  • Alan Gill – vocals, guitar
  • Gordon Hon
  • Kenny Peers
  • Chuca Russo, Heather Balshaw, Amanda Hon – backing vocals
  • Stephen Short – recording
  • Chris Hughes – engineer
  • Ross Cullum – engineer
  • Colin Fairley – engineer
  • Bob Kraushaar – engineer
  • Rafe McKenna – engineer
  • Tim Hunt – engineer
  • Flood – engineer
  • Greg Milliner – engineer
  • Geoff Halpin – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Alan Gill, Gordon Hon and Kenny Peers. 

  1. Holiday in Disneyland – Alan Gill, Gordon Hon, Kenny Peers, Keith Hartley
  2. Horrorscope
  3. Health and Happiness – Alan Gill, Gordon Hon, Kenny Peers, Keith Hartley
  4. The Mouse That Roared – Alan Gill, Gordon Hon, Kenny Peers, Keith Hartley
  5. Dad on Fire
  6. Ambition
  7. Lust – Alan Gill, Gordon Hon, Kenny Peers, Keith Hartley
  8. 12 Hours of Blues
  9. Sons of Sahara
  10. Africa Express

The Adventures: Theodore And Friens

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On May 26, 1985, “Chrysalis” label released “Theodore and Friends”, the debut Adventures (The) studio album. It was recorded 1984 – 1985, and was produced by Garry Bell, Steve Harvey and Bob Sargeant.

Personnel:

  • Terry Sharpe – vocals
  • Pat Gribben – guitar
  • Tony Ayre – bass
  • Paul Crowder – drums
  • Jonathan Whitehead – keyboards
  • Spud Murphy – percussion, backing vocals
  • Billy Livesey, Geoff Leach, Nick Glennie-Smith – additional keyboards
  • Charlie Morgan, Paul Turner – additional drums
  • Steve Harvey – additional drum programming, choir
  • Tony Maroni – additional percussion
  • Simon Climie – Fairlight programming
  • Eileen Gribben – backing vocals
  • Heff Moraes, Tony Richards – engineer
  • John Gallen, Rafe McKenna, Will Gosling – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat Gribben, except where noted:

  1. Always
  2. Feel the Raindrops – Pat Gribben, Terry Sharpe
  3. Send My Heart
  4. Two Rivers
  5. Don’t Tell Me – Pat Gribben, Terry Sharpe
  6. Another Silent Day – Pat Gribben, Terry Sharpe
  7. When the World Turns Upside Down – Pat Gribben, Terry Sharpe
  8. Love in Chains
  9. Lost in Hollywood
  10. These Children

The Adventures: The Sea of Love

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On May 9, 1988, “Elektra” label released “The Sea of Love”, the second Adventures (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Pete Smith and Garry Bell.

Personnel:

  • Terry Sharpe – lead vocals
  • Pat Gribben – vocals, guitar, steel guitar, piano
  • Tony Ayre – bass
  • Paul Crowder – vocals, drums
  • Gerard “Spud” Murphy – vocals, percussion
  • Eileen Gribben – vocals
  • Andy Findon – tin whistle
  • Paul Fishman – keyboards, keyboard programming, orchestration
  • Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
  • Andrew Pask – bass
  • John Whitehead – keyboards
  • Peter-John Vettese – keyboards
  • Roland Vaughan Kerridge – electronic percussion
  • Richard Niles – string arrangements
  • Bob White – uillean pipes
  • David Field – backing vocals
  • Brian Kennedy – backing vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Stevie Lange – backing vocals
  • McCarthy Sisters – backing vocals
  • Peter Smith – backing vocals
  • Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
  • Billy Vanderpuye – backing vocals
  • Rafe McKenna – engineer
  • Dietmar Schillinger – engineer
  • Jim Scott – mixing
  • Keith Breeden – paintings
  • Tony Mascolo – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat Gribben.

  1. Drowning in the Sea of Love
  2. Broken Land
  3. You Don’t Have to Cry Anymore
  4. The Trip to Bountiful (When the Rain Comes Down)
  5. Heaven Knows Which Way
  6. Hold Me Now
  7. The Sound of Summer
  8. When Your Heart was Young
  9. One Step from Heaven

Procol Harum: The Wells’ on Fire

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On March 4, 2003, “Eagle Records” label released “The Well’s on Fire”, the eleventh Procol Harum studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and  was produced by Rafe McKenna, Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, Geoff Whitehorn, Matt Pegg and Mark Brzezicki.

Personnel:

  • Gary Brooker– vocals, piano
  • Matthew Fisher- organ
  • Geoff Whitehorn- guitar
  • Matt Pegg- bass guitar
  • Mark Brzezicki- drums,
  • Roger Taylor- backing vocals
  • Joshua J Macrae – engineer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Keith Reid, all music by Gary Brooker, except where noted.

  1. An Old English Dream
  2. Shadow Boxed
  3. A Robe of Silk
  4. The Blink of an Eye
  5. The VIP Room
  6. The Question – Matthew Fisher, Keith Reid
  7. This World Is Rich (For Stephen Maboe)
  8. Fellow Travellers – based on Lascia Ch’io Pianga by George Frideric Handel– Matthew Fisher, Keith Reid
  9. The Wall Street Blues
  10. The Emperor’s New Clothes
  11. So Far Behind
  12. Every Dog Will Have His Day – Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, Keith Reid
  13. Weisselklenzenacht (The Signature) – Matthew Fisher

Landscape: From the Tea-rooms of Mars …. to the Hell-holes of Uranus

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In February 1981, “RCA” label released “From the Tea-rooms of Mars …. to the Hell-holes of Uranus”, the second Landscape album. It was recorded 1979 – 1980, and was produced by Colin Thurston, Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms and John Walters.

Personnel:

  • Richard James Burgess – vocals, electronic drums, percussion, synthesizers, Roland MC8 micro composer, System 100 modular synths, SDS-V electronic drums, claptrap
  • Christopher Heaton – vocals, Yamaha CS80 polyphonic synthesizer, grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano with ring modulator and effects, Minimoog, Roland vocoders, Roland Chorus Echo
  • Andy Pask – vocals, bass guitar, bass synthesizers, Giffin fretted and fretless basses, Yamaha CS80, Roland Pro Mars synthesizer
  • Peter Thoms – vocals, electronic trombone, trombone, King 3B Trombone, Barcus Berry tranducer and graphic pre-amp, Roland pitch/voltage synthesizer and Chorus Echo, MXR Blue Box
  • John Walters – wind synthesizers and Vocals.  Computone wind synthesizer driver and Lyricon 1, Roland MC8, Pro Mars and System 100 synthesizers and vocoder, Selmer MKVI soprano saxophone, programming
  • John Etchells, John Hudson, Brian Tench, Hugh Padgham, Andy Jackson, Peter Walsh, Rafe McKenna, Peter Smith, Steve Rance, Graeme Jackson, Rik Walton, Dave Hunt, David Baker, Colin Thurston – engineer

Track listing:

  1. European Man – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  2. Shake the West Awake – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  3. Computer Person – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  4. Alpine Tragedy / Sisters – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  5. Face of the 80’s – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  6. New Religion – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  7. Einstein A Go-Go – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  8. Norman Bates – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  9. The Doll’s House – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  10. From the Tea-rooms of Mars …. to the Hell-holes of Uran – Richard James Burgess, Christopher Heaton, Andy Pask, Peter Thoms, John Walters
  • Beguine
  • Mambo
  • Tango