On September 5, 2024, Brian Keith “Herbie” Flowers died aged 86. He was musician (bass, double bass, tuba), member of bands Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky. He played on more than 500 hit recordings, including ones for Elton John, Camel, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Roy Harper, David Essex, Al Kooper, Bryan Ferry, Harry Nilsson, Cat Stevens, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Chanter Sisters, Allan Clarke, Jeff Wayne, Roger Daltrey, Steve Harley, Tim Rose, Cliff Richard, Sally Oldfield, Olivia Newton – John, Melanie, Hazel O’Connor and Jane Wiedlin. As leader, Flowers released four albums.
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Steve Harley
On March 17, 2024, Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice aka Steve Harley died aged 73. He was singer, musician (guitar, harmonica) and songwriter, best known as singer and leader of the band Cockney Rebel. As leader he released six albums.
The Alan Parsons Project: I Robot
On June 1, 1977, “Arista” label released “I Robot”, the second Alan Parsons Project (The), studio album. It was recorded December 1976 – March 1977, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Alan Parsons. The album cover photo features Storm Thorgerson’s assistants in the escalator tubes of the circular Terminal 1 building of the “Charles de Gaulle Airport” outside of Paris
Personnel:
- Alan Parsons – keyboards, vocoder, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, engineer
- Ian Bairnson – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
- B.J. Cole – steel guitar
- Eric Woolfson – keyboards, vocoder, backing vocals
- Duncan Mackay – keyboards
- John Leach – cimbalom, kantele
- David Paton – bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Stuart Tosh – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Lenny Zakatek, Allan Clarke, Steve Harley, Jack Harris, Peter Straker, Jaki Whitren, Dave Townsend, the English Chorale, the New Philharmonia Chorus – vocals
- Hilary Western – backing vocals
- Smokey Parsons – backing vocals
- Tony Rivers, John Perry and Stu Calver – backing vocals
- Andrew Powell – choir and orchestra arrangements
- Eric Woolfson – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, except where noted.
- I Robot
- I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You
- Some Other Time
- Breakdown
- Don’t Let it Snow
- The Voice
- Nucleus
- Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
- Total Eclipse – Andrew Powell
- Genesis Ch. 1V. 32
Steve Harley: The Quality Of Mercy
On October 3, 2005, “Gott Discs” label released “The Quality of Mercy”, the sixth Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel studio album. It was recorded in 2005 and was produced by Steve Harley and Jim Cregan.
Personnel:
- Steve Harley – vocals, guitar
- Robbie Gladwell – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
- Tony Ryan – pedal steel
- Jim Cregan – guitar solo
- Kerr Nice – piano
- Mike Batt – piano, string quartet arrangements
- Barry Wickens – acoustic guitar, violin, backing vocals
- James Lascelles – keyboards
- Lincoln Anderson – bass
- Adam Houghton – drums
- Pat Grueber – recording
- Matt Butler – engineer, remix
- Steve Sale – engineer
- Denis Blackham – mastering
- Mick Rock – cover photography
- Mark Scarfe – design
Track listing:
Al tracks by Steve Harley except where noted.
- The Last Goodbye – Steve Harley, Jim Cregan
- Journey’s End (A Father’s Promise) – Steve Harley, Lincoln Anderson, Robbie Gladwell, James Lascelles, Barry Wickens
- Saturday Night at the Fair
- No Rain on This Parade
- The Coast of Amalfi
- The Last Feast
- Save Me (From Myself)
- When the Halo Slips – Steve Harley, Jim Cregan
- A Friend for Life – Steve Harley, Jim Cregan
Steve Harley: Stranger Comes to Town
On May 3, 2010, “Absolute” label released “Stranger Comes to Town”, the fifth Steve Harley studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Steve Harley.
Personnel:
- Steve Harley– vocals, acoustic guitar
- Barry Wickens– violin, viola, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
- Robbie Gladwell– arpeggio guitar parts,12 string acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
- James Lascelles– keyboards, percussion, Hammond organ, Mini-Moog synthesizer, Hammered dulcimer, piano, melodica, synthesizer, strings synthesizer
- Lincoln Anderson – bass, double bass
- Stuart Elliott– drums, hand drums, percussion
- Katie Brine – backing vocals
- Kerr Nice – piano
- Grace Nickalls – choir
- Joe Dobson – choir
- Marcus Greenwood – choir
- Masie Colquhoun – choir
- Maya Hodgson – choir
- Sam Hewitson – choir
- Nick Brine – engineer
- Dougal Watt – studio assistant
- Owen Morgan – studio assistant
- Alex Edmunds – studio assistant
- Nelson Milburn – studio assistant
- Tom Povall – post production
- Denis Blackham– mastering
- Mark Scarfe at Aarlsen – design
- Mike Callow – photography
Track listing:
- Faith & Virtue – Steve Harley, Barry Wickens
- Take the Men & the Horses Away – Lincoln Anderson, Stuart Elliot, Steve Harley, James Lascelles, Barry Wickens
- For Sale, Baby Shoes. Never Worn – Steve Harley
- Stranger Comes to Town – Steve Harley
- The Old Man – Steve Harley
- True Love Will Find You in the End – Daniel Johnston
- No Bleeding Hearts – Steve Harley
- Blinded With Tears – Jim Cregan, Steve Harley
- Before They Crash the Universe – Steve Harley
- 2,000 Years from Now – Robbie Gladwell, Steve Harley
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel: Timeless Flight
In February 1976, “EMI” label released “Timeless Flight”, the fourth Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel studio album. It was recorded in 1975, and was produced by Steve Harley.
Personnel:
- Steve Harley- vocals
- Jim Cregan- guitar, backing vocals
- George Ford – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Duncan Mackay- keyboards, string arrangement
- Stuart Elliott- drums, percussion
- Lindsey Elliott – percussion
- Patricia Paay- backing vocals
- Yvonne Keeley, Barry St. John- backing vocals
- Madeline Bell, Peter Clarke, Larry Steele, Liza Strike, Leroy Wiggins, Joy Yates – backing vocals
- Peter Kelsey – engineer
- Tony Clark – remix engineer, engineer
- Ray Hendriksen – engineer
- John Kurlander – engineer
- John Leckie– engineer
- Chris Blair – master cutter
- Mick Rock- sleeve design, photography, art direction
- Steve Ridgeway – art direction, lettering
- Julie Harris – lettering
Track listing:
All tracks by Steve Harley.
- Red is a Mean, Mean Colour
- White, White Dove
- Understand
- All Men Are Hungry
- Black or White
- Everything Changes
- Nothing is Scared
- Don’t Go, Don’t Cry
Cockney Rebel: Human Menagerie
In November 1973, “EMI” label released “The Human Menagerie”, the debut Cockney Rebel studio album. It was recorded June – July 1973, at “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by Neil Harrison.
Personnel:
- Steve Harley– vocals
- Jean-Paul Crocker – electric violin, mandolin, guitar
- Milton Reame-James – keyboards
- Paul Jeffreys– Fender bass
- Stuart Elliott– percussion
- Andrew Powell– orchestral arrangements
- Pete & Denny – tapes
- Geoff Emerick– engineer
- Wally Traugott – mastering
- Star Trek Enterprises – design
- Peter Vernon – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Steve Harley.
- Hideaway
- What Ruthy Said
- Loretta’s Tale
- Crazy River
- Sebastian
- Mirror Freak
- My Only Vice
- Muriel the Actor
- Chameleon
- Death Trip
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel: Love’s a Prima Donna
In October 1976, “EMI” label released “Love’s a Prima Donna”, the fifth and the last Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel studio album. It was recorded June – September 1976, and was produced by Steve Harley.
Personnel:
- Steve Harley- vocals, electric guitar
- Jim Cregan- lead guitar
- Jo Partridge – guitar, backing vocals
- Duncan Mackay- keyboards
- George Ford – bass guitar
- Stuart Elliott– drums
- Lindsey Elliott – percussion
- Tony Rivers- backing vocals, backing vocal arrangement
- John G. Perry, Stuart Calver, Yvonne Keeley- backing vocals
- English Chamber Choir- choir
- Wilf Gibson- choir arrangements, string section score, orchestral arrangement
- Tony Clark – engineer
- Pat Stapley – engineer assistant
- Ken Perry – mastering
- Julie Harris – outer sleeve art direction for Splash Studios
- Mick Rock- inner bag art direction
- John Harwood – front sleeve coloring
Track listing:
All tracks by Steve Harley, except where noted.
- Seeking a Love
- I. Valentine
- Finally a Card Came
- Too Much Tenderness
- (Love) Compared with You
- (I Believe) Love’s a Prima Donna
- Sidetrack II
- Seeking a Love, Pt. 2
- If This Is Love (Give Me More)
- Carry Me Again
- Here Comes the Sun – George Harrison
- Innocence and Guilt
- Is It True What They Say?
Steve Harley: Hobo With A Grin
In July 1978, “EMI” label released “Hobo with a Grin”, the debut Steve Harley album. It was recorded in 1978, and was produced by Steve Harley and Michael James Jackson.
Personnel:
- Steve Harley- vocals
- Jo Partridge – electric and acoustic guitar, electric lead solo
- Fred Tackett- acoustic guitar
- Marc Bolan- guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Jim Cregan, Ian Bairnson- acoustic guitar, electric guitars
- Tom Moncrieff- electric guitar solo
- Greg Porée – electric guitar, classical guitar
- Bill Payne- acoustic piano, organ
- Duncan Mackay- electric piano, harpsichord, synthesizer, keyboards, piano, Hammond organ
- Chris Mercer – saxophone
- Bob Glaub, Alan Jones, George Ford, Reggie McBride – bass
- Herbie Flowers- acoustic bass
- Rick Shlosser, Ricky Fataar, Stuart Elliott, Paul Humphrey- drums
- Simon Morton, Chris Caron, Luís Jardim- percussion
- Lindsey Elliott, King Errisson – congas
- Michael McDonald, Bill Champlin, Rosemary Butler, Bobby Kimball, Tom Kelley, Yvonne Keeley, John Townsend, Roy Kenner, Gloria Jones, Barry St. John – backing vocals
- Michael J. Jackson – intro piano, tambourine, drums, percussion, mixing, additional production
- Jimmy Horowitz – horn and strings arrangements
- James Isaacson – remix, additional recording , engineer,
- John Haeny, Tony Clark, Peter James, Gary Ladinsky – engineer
- Paul Black, Haydn Bendall – engineer assistant
- Ken Perry – mastering
- Jim Shea – photography
- Kosh – design
Track listing:
- Roll the Dice – Steve Harley, Jo Partridge
- Amerika the Brave – Steve Harley
- Living in a Rhapsody – Jim Cregan, Steve Harley, Duncan Mackay
- I Wish It Would Rain – Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
- Riding the Waves (For Virginia Woolf) – Steve Harley
- Someone’s Coming – Jo Partridge
- Hot Youth – Steve Harley, Duncan Mackay
- (I Don’t Believe) God is an Anarchist – Steve Harley
- Faith, Hope and Charity – Steve Harley
Cockney Rebel: The Psychomodo
On June 2, 1974, “EMI” label released “The Psychomodo”, the second Cockney Rebel studio album. It was recorded February – March 1974, at “Morgan Studios”, “Nova Sound Studios” and “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by Alan Parsons and Steve Harley.
Personnel:
- Steve Harley– vocals
- Jean-Paul Crocker –electric violin, guitars
- Milton Reame-James –keyboards
- Paul Jeffreys– Fender bass
- Stuart Elliott– drums, percussion
- Andrew Powell– orchestral and brass arrangements
- Peter Flanagan, Richard Dodd, Geoff Emerick, John Middleton – engineer
- Chris Blair – mastering
- Mick Rock – design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Steve Harley.
- Sweet Dreams
- Psychomodo
- Soft
- Singular Band
- Ritz
- Cavaliers
- Bed in the Corner
- Sling It
- Tumbling Down
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