Nick Lowe/Brinsley Schwarz & associated riff raff
Colm Mulcahy
It's that time of year once more folks when it behoves me to remind the young
and innocent that Nick was the principal force behind the group Brinsley Scwharz
from 1969 to 1975. BS, and their sister "pub rock" groups in the UK, are
credited with keeping the original spirit of good time r & r alive during a
period when SOME artists tended to excess and pompous circumlocution. they
toured with Wings during McCartneys "back to basics" 1972 tour, released six
LPs, including two all time classic singles "Country Girl" (72) and "What's So
Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding" (74), both written by Nick Lowe.
During this period the band also backed up straight-forward rockers Frankie
Miller and Dave Edmunds (on the Stardust soundtrack, uncredited), the latter
being the foundation for a long term relationship.
The band itself grew tighter and tighter, when they split and half of them
formed the basis for the Rumour, it was no surprise that Graham Parker, the
man in search of a band who liked both the stones and dylan, would pick up
on the Band-like Rumour (whose pioneering recordings were produced by Nick,
as were Elvis Costello's). Another old BS member, Ian Gomm, also forged a
partially (commercially) successful solo career with four great albums.
This is the man who co-wrote Cruel To Be Kind with Nick fifteen years ago.
Lowe started a solo career which resulted in several late 70s successes,
and production work for Graham Parker and Elvis Costello.
Hiss solo career from 75 to 81 was intertwined with that of Dave Edmunds
and Rockpile, yielding lots more excellent songs. He split with DE in 1981,
married Carlene Carter, and picked up a new band, including Martin Belmont
(ex- Ducks Deluxe, Rumour). Since then he's slowed down a bit, producing
and writing and playing with Carlene Carter (although they broke up also),
Paul Carrack, and working again with Elvis Costello and Dave Edmunds..
Carlene Carter has a new single out, LP will follow. She'll be on Nashville
Now on TNN on June 7th.
Discographies to follow (give me a few weeks)
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in the meantime here's some stuff on nick himself, two years outta date. please
do NOT send any corrections, i have 400 lines worth to go through already when
I get the chance.
compiled with lotsa help from:
sco!stewarte
bi...@cadnetix.com
lowell ??eli messinger, r0...@tank.uchicago.edu, jo...@pnet02.cts.com, surfin' dave &
others !
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A Nick Lowe Discography (first attempt)
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All songs written and produced by Nick Lowe unless specified otherwise.
{ } denotes song on a contemporary album. (ps) denotes picture sleeve for
single. (l) denotes live recording. all dates following label and number
are UK release dates; r. sep 78 denoted recording date.
Nick joined Kippington Lodge towards the end of their career, and may be on
the last two of their five singles. Band changed name to Brinsley Schwarz
(after their guitarist) in 1969, Nick assuming chief songwriting duties.
Records released:
"Brinsley Schwarz" [1970]
"Despite it All" [1970]
"Silver Pistol" [1971]
"Nervous on the Road" [1972]
"Please Don't Ever Change" [1973]
"Original Golden Greats" [1974] {compilation LP}
"New Favourites" [1974]
"15 Thoughts of Brinsley Schwarz" [1978] {compilation LP}
also on some other compliation/live albums, and singles.
Band crumbles in spring of 1975. Several members end up in the Rumour.
What follows attempts to document Nick Lowe the writer and recording artist.
We do not consider his extensive production work at all, so there !
Songs without writer's credits are Nick Lowe compositions.
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THE YEARS IN LIMBO: between the breakup of Brinsley Schwarz, and his solo career
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Keep It Out Of Sight (W. Johnson) Dynamo COU/B-DYR 45007 (UA) 1975
(I've Been Taking The) Truth Drug [Dutch only single]
(COU/B is also on a few Stiff singles ..... i always suspected i had a boot
single, is it a quasi-stiff boot ?!)
(as The Tartan Horde)
Bay City Rollers We Love You United Artists UP-35891, July 1975
Rollers Show
(as The Tartan Horde)
Rollers Show United Artists CM-66, circa 1978 ?, Japan only
A La Rolla Part One
???? "Rollers Show" turned up on the American issue of Lowe's first solo album.
DE DAVE EDMUNDS SUBTLE AS A FLYING MALLET ?????? 1975
DE
DE Baby I Love You (Spector/Greenwich/Barry)
DE Leave My Woman Alone (R. Charles ?)
DE Maybe (Barrett)
DE Da Doo Ron Ron (Spector/Greenwich/Barry)
DE Let It Be Me (Becaude/Curtis/Delanoe) [as featured in the film Stardust]
No Money Down (C. Berry) [with Brinsley Schwarz live]
DE A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (Thompson ?) [as featured in the film Stardust]
DE Billy The Kid (trad., arr. DE)
DE Born To Be With You (Robertson)
She's My Baby (NL) [NL and Bob Andrews]
I Ain't Never (Tillis/Pierce) [NL and Pique Withers]
Let It Rock (C. Berry) [with Brinsley Schwarz live]
DE
(as The Disco Brothers, i.e., Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds)
Let's Go To The Disco United Artists UP-36057, Jan 1976
Everybody Dance
(this was reissued along with the first two Rollers cuts on a Dutch EP)
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THE ROCKPILE YEARS: from Stiff to the disolution of Rockpile in early 1981
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So it Goes Stiff BUY-1 (14th August 1976)
Heart of the City [also on Hits Greatest Stiffs, Stiff FIST 1, October 1977]
[first Stiff release, "Mono enhanced stereo, play loud", prod. by Nick & Jake,
all instruments played by Nick except drums played by Steve Goulding. Matrix
messages on run off groves "Earthlings Awake" & "Three Chord Trick, yeh"]
I Love My Label (NL/J. Riviera) [on A Bunch Of Stiffs, Stiff SEEZ 2, April 1977)
[old UA recording ?]
BOWI (Pure Pop For Now People) EP Stiff LAST 1 (ps), May 1977
[Live Side, Swan Stereo]
Born a Woman (Martha Sharp)
Shake that Rat
-
[Dead Side, Duck Stereo]
Marie Provost
Endless Sleep
[title was a response to Bowie's album Low; all instruments played by Nick
except drums played by Steve Goulding. Matrix matrix messages on run-off
groves "lively Stereo" & "Pretty deadly"]
Halfway to Paradise (Goffin/King) Stiff BUY 21 (ps), Nov 1977
I Don't Want the Night to End
[cuts rumoured to be from Stiff album Aerials Over Orkney, which never appeared;
matrix messages on run-off groves "A man can be a wimp" & "But a wimp can't be a
man"; my copy is on yellow vinyl]
DE GET IT month ?? 1977
DE
DE Get Out Of Denver (B. Seger)
DE I Knew The Bride (NL)
DE Back To School Days (G. Parker)
DE Here Comes The Weekend (DE/NL)
DE Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets (DE)
DE Where Or When (Rogers/Hart)
DE Juju Man (J. Ford/L. Vegas) [old Brinsley favourite]
DE Git It (B. Kelly)
DE Let's Talk About It (O. Blackwell)
DE Hey Good Looking (H. Williams)
DE What Did I Do Last Night (NL)
DE Little Darling (DE/NL)
DE My Baby Left Me (A. Crudup)
DE
(Rockpile members plus Billy Rankin, Steve Goulding, Paul Riley, Bob Andrews)
LIVE STIFFS LIVE Stiff GET 1, February 1978
I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock (l)
Let's Eat (l)
[Musicians: Nick Lowe, Larry Wallis, Terry Williams, Pete Thomas, Dave Edmunds
and Penny Tobin. This was recorded live on the Bunch of Stiffs tour, which
included Wreckless Eric, Larry Wallis, Elvis Costello & Ian Dury. Nick played
a supporting role on a few other cuts on the album]
original has STIFFSLIVE written all around the four edges, 1980 MFP reissue just
has LIVE STIFFS written once on top of front.
(there's a problem with the reiissue of this LP, editing as i recall. details ?)
I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (NL/Bodnar/Goulding)Radar ADA-1 (ps?) Feb1978
They Called it Rock (NL/Rockpile) [with Rockpile, a Grimy & Blurred Production]
JESUS OF COOL Radar RAD 1, March 1978
Music for Money
I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (NL/Bodnar/Goulding)
Little Hitler (NL/Edmunds)
Shake & Pop [not on US version]
Tonight
-
So It Goes
No Reason
36" High (Ford)
Marie Provost [different version from Bowi EP]
Nutted by Reality
Heart of the City (l)
released in US as:
PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE Columbia JC35329 1978
So It Goes
(I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass (NL/Bodnar/Goulding)
Tonight
Marie Provost [different version from Bowi EP]
Heart of the City ??L
Rollers Show [not on UK version]
-
They Called it Rock [not on UK version]
No Reason
Little Hitler (NL/Edmunds)
Nutted by Reality
36 Inches High (Ford)
Music for Money
Musicians [1]: Nick Lowe (Bass, Guitar, Vocals); Billy Bremner (Guitar);
Dave Edmunds (Guitar); Terry Williams (Drums)
Little Hitler (NL/Edmunds) Radar ADA-12 (ps), May 1978
Cruel to be Kind (NL/Gomm) [demo they say, Brinsley outtake perhaps]
[I have a theory about that one. The arrangement is quite different from the
second "hit" version, and the song was cowritten with Ian Gomm (almost certainly
back in 1974/5, before Brinsley Schwarz (the group) broke up. Could it be a
Brinsleys RECORDING too ? It sounds very like their last singles (although I
suppose there's no sign of Brinsley (the man)'s distinctive guitar, there again
NL may have edited it out ...).]
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ELVIS IN WA march 78
>There's a decent one off a live radio shot called ''Elvis Goes to Washington
>and Dave Edmunds and Rockpile Don't,'' which features three sides of Elvis
>Costello, recorded at the Warren Theater in Wash. DC in 1978, and one
>side of Edmunds and Rockpile recorded at an unspecified NYC venue in 3/78;
Down, Down, Down (written by Trevor Burton of the Move, by the way),
I Knew the Bride
Deborah,
I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass
Let it Rock [Joined by Keith Richards, the Stones version is their rarest track]
Heart of the City.
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>you just heard about - is called ''Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds with Rockpile -
>DOWN DOWN DOWN,'' on ''Edinburgh Records Ltd. 22 Bedford St. Hanover London.''
>Great quality, as I recall, featuring Problems/Crying the Rain/Poor Jenny/When
>Will I Be Loved (more Everlys stuff, outtakes, wonderful), What Would Look the
>Best/I Knew the Bride/Blue Moon of Kentucky/Heartaches - all from a London
>Studio, August 1979; then Deborah/Breaking Glass/Let It Rock/Heart of the
>City (apparently the same 1978 NYC concert); So It Goes/I've Been a Fool Too
>Long/I Knew the Bride/Breaking Glass/Down Down Down/She's So Fine/They Called
>it Rock/Falling In Love Again/Heart of the City - live at the Santa Monica
>Civic Auditorium, a show that D. and I saw, May 1978.
>
just says "Nick Lowe Dave Edmonds (sic)" in smallish print, with
"Rockpile" much larger underneath, and a painting that looks like a prison
with tall grass in the foreground. The spine says "Nick Lowe & Dave
Edmunds (spelled right this time!) with Rockpile -- Down Down Down", which
I suppose is the title. It's on Edinburgh Records, who have the balls to
not only give an address but also a copyright (date is 1980, unauthorized
duplication prohibited, ha ha).
Problems
Crying in the Rain
Poor Jenny
When Will I Be Loved
I Knew the Bride
-
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Heartaches
Deborah
Breaking Glass
Let it Rock
Heart of the City
-
So it Goes
Fool too Long
I Knew the Bride
Breaking Glass
Down Down Down
-
She's So Fine (aka Love So Fine)
They Called It Rock
Fallin in Love Again
Heart of the City
The first seven tracks (Problems - Heartaches) are studio recordings from
August 79, Nick & Dave playing acoustic guitars. The rest of side two is
live in New York 78, excellent quality for a bootleg. The last two sides
are live at the Santa Monica Civic, May 78, decent quality but definitely
boot.
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>Also, there's a promo LP called ''College Radio Network Presents Dave Edmunds
>and Rockpile, a 30-minute packaged show featuring an interview with Dave,
>linking narration, and an unreleased live ''I Hear You Knockin', recored
>10/24/78 by WNEW-FM at the Bottom Line in NYC. I have an original, but it was
>widely bootlegged with a kind of faded replica cover.
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DE Dave Edmunds LP TRACKS ON WAX 4 (r. Mar 1978) Swansong SSK 59407, Sep 1978
DE
DE Trouble Boys (B. Murray)
DE Never Been In Love (NL/Rockpile)
DE Not A Woman, Not A Child (B. Murray/R. Peters)
DE Television (NL)
DE What Looks Best On You (NL/DE)
DE Readers Wives (N. Brown)
DE Deborah (NL/DE)
DE Thread Your Needle (B. Jones/W. Young)
DE A. 1. On The Jukebox (DE/W. Birch)
DE It's My Own Business (C. Berry)
DE Heart Of The City (NL)
DE
American Squirm Radar ADA-26, October 1978
What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding
[this recording of the old Brinsley classic is actually EC & the Attractions !]
Cracking Up Radar ADA-34 (ps), May 1979
Basing Street
LABOUR OF LUST Radar RAD 21, May 1979
Cruel to be Kind (NL/Gomm)
Cracking Up
Big Kick, Plain Scrap
Born Fighter
You Make Me
Skin Deep
Switchboard Susan (M. Jupp)
Endless Grey Ribbon [UK version only]
Without Love
Dose of You
Love So Fine (B. Murray/NL/DE/Terry Williams)
US version:
LABOUR OF LUST Columbia JC36087 1979
Cruel to be Kind (NL/Gomm)
Cracking Up
Big Kick, Plain Scrap
American Squirm [US version only]
You Make Me
Skin Deep
-
Switchboard Susan (M. Jupp)
Dose of You
Without Love
Born Fighter
Love So Fine (B. Murray/NL/DE/Terry Williams)
Musicians [1]: Nick Lowe (Bass, Guitar, Vocals); Billy Bremner (Guitar);
Dave Edmunds (Guitar); Terry Williams (Drums)
Basing Street Columbia 1-11131 ????? date
Switchboard Susan
DE Dave Edmunds LP REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY Swansong SSK 59409, June 1979
DE
DE Girl's Talk (E. Costello) [EC version ?????]
DE Crawling From The Wreckage (G. Parker) [no known GP version]
DE Black Lagoon (B. Murray)
DE Sweet Little Lisa (H. DeVito/D. Cowart) [lead guitar played by Albert Lee]
DE Dynamite (M. Carson/T. Glazer)
DE Queen Of Hearts (H. DeVito)
DE Home In My Hand (R. Self) [old song done also by Brinsleys]
DE Goodbye Mr. Good Guy (B. Murray/P.Meager)
DE Take Me For A Little While (T.Martin)
DE We Were Both Wrong (B. Murray)
DE Bad Is Bad (H. Lewis) [later of HL & the News, Hughie plays harmonica here]
{Cruel to be Kind} (NL/Ian Gomm) Radar ADA-43 (ps), Aug 1979, Columbia 3-11018
{Endless Grey Ribbon} {on UK LP only}
Concert for Kampuchea (a few Rockpile songs)
{Teacher Teacher (K. Pickett/E. Phillips)} F-Beat XX 11 (ps), Sept 1980
{Fool Too Long (NL/Rockpile)}
[GREAT picture sleeve, of Terry Williams, Billy Bremner, Dave Edmunds and Nick
Lowe when each was about 6, taken from their school pictures]
{Wrong Way (Difford/Tilbrook) [title diff. on LP] F-Beat XX 9, September 1980
{Now And Always (NL/Rockpile)
[yellow clear vinyl on Fbeat XX9C]
ROCKPILE F-Beat XXLP 7, October 1980 (Columbia PC 36886)
Teacher Teacher (K. Pickett/E. Phillips) [lead vocals NL]
If Sugar Was As Sweet As You (J. Tex) [DE]
Heart (NL/Rockpile) [BB]
Now And Always (NL/Rockpile) [DE & NL]
A Knife And A Fork (Hennie/Anderson/Barge) [DE]
Play That Fast Thing (One More Time) (NL) [Brinsleys song resurrected] [NL]
-
Wrong Again (Let's Face It) (Difford/Tilbrook) [DE]
[Squeeze's own 1978 version only on US version of the Propaganda album]
Pet You And Hold You (NL/Rockpile) [NL, with BB on middle 8]
Oh What A Thrill (C. Berry) [DE]
When I Write The Book (NL/Rockpile) [NL]
Fool Too Long (NL/Rockpile) [DE]
You Ain't Nothin' But Fine (F. Semien/F. Soileau) [BB]
Musicians [1]: Nick Lowe (Bass, Guitar, Vocals); Billy Bremner (Guitar);
Dave Edmunds (Guitar); Terry Williams (Drums)
Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers EP Columbia AE7 1219
Take a Message to Mary
Crying in the Rain
-
Poor Jenny
When Will I Be Loved?
Included in the Rockpile album, added to th US CD reissue in 198?
{Teacher, Teacher} Columbia 1-11388 (1980, US)
{Fool Too Long}
{Heart} Columbia 11-60503 (1980, US)
Take A Message to Mary [B-side listed as "NL/DE Sing the Everly Brothers"]
{Now and Always} Fbeat P-1506X (1980, Japan, with strange lyric sheet)
{Teacher, Teacher}
DE Dave Edmunds LP TWANGIN' DATE ??etc
DE
DE Something Happens (J. Hiatt)
DE It's Been So Long (I. Gomm)
DE Singin' The Blues (N. Endsley)
DE (I'm Gonna Start) Living Again If It Kills Me (NL/CC/DE)
DE Almost Saturday Night (J. Fogerty)
DE Cheap Talk, Patter and Jive (H. DeVito/D. Cowart)
DE Three Time Looser (D. Covay/R. Miller)
DE You'll Never Get Me Up (In One Of Those) (M. Jupp)
DE I'm Only Human (NL/Rockpile)
DE The Race Is On (D. Rollins)
DE Baby Let's Play House (A. Gunter) [1968 Rockfield recording !]
DE
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THE CARLENE CARTER YEARS: romance, professional collaberation, and a new band
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{Burning} F-Beat XX20, February 1982
{Zulu Kiss}
NICK THE KNIFE F-Beat XXLP 14, February 1982 (Columbia FC37932)
Burning
Heart [new version]
Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine
Queen of Sheeba
My Heart Hurts (NL/CC)
Couldn't Love You (Any More Than I Do)
-
Let Me Kiss Ya
Too Many Teardrops (NL/CC)
Ba Doom
Raining Raining
One's Too Many (and a Hundred Ain't Enough) (NL/K. Wilson)
[Nick had produced the Thunderbirds around this time ??]
Zulu Kiss (NL/Ceiling)
Musicians: Nick Lowe (Bass, Guitar, Vocal); Bobby Irwin (Drums, Vocals);
Terry Williams (Drums); Billy Bremner (Guitar); Martin
Belmont (Guitar); Aldo Bocca (Guitar); Neil King (Keyboards);
Carlene Carter (Keyboards [2]); Steve Nieve (Keyboards); Ben
Barson (Keyboards); Paul Carrack (Keyboards); James Eller (Bass)
[from which it's clear that only Dave Edmunds got the cold shoulder !]
AN INTEROGATION OF NICK LOWE (Alias Nick the Knife) (US Columbia AS1400)
"Featuring an interview with Martha Hume"
Side One:
1. They Called it Rock
2. Burning
3. Heart
4. Couldn't Love You (Any More than I Do)
5. Let Me Kiss Ya
Side Two:
1. Cruel to be Kind (Original Version) [10]
2. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
3. Marie Provost
4. Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine
5. Too Many Teardrops
6. Raining Raingin
7. So it Goes
Side One, Track 1 and Side Two, Tracks 3&7 taken from "Pure Pop for
Now People"
Side One, Tracks 2-5 and Side Two, Tracks 4-6 taken from "Nick the Knife"
Side Two, Track 2 taken from "New Favourites of Brinsley Schwartz"
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Nick Lowe and His Noise to Go [5] F-Beat XX23/SAM147, April 1982
{My Heart Hurts}
Pet You and Hold You (l)
-
Crackin' Up (l)
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (l)
{Raging Eyes} F-Beat XX31, April 1983
{Tanque-Rae}
{Raging Eyes} F-Beat XX31T, May 1983
{Tanque-Rae}
Cool Reaction [irregular version !!]
THE ABOMINABLE SHOWMAN F-Beat XXLP 18, June 1983 (Columbia FC38589)
We Want Action (NL/CC)
Raging Eyes
Cool Reaction (A. Howell/P.Marsh)
Time Wounds all Heels (NL/CC/S. Climie)
(For Every Woman Who Ever Made a Fool of a Man There's a Woman Made a) Man of a Fool
Tanque-Rae
-
Wish You Were Here
Chicken and Feathers
Paid the Price (M.Martin)
Mess Around With Love
Saint Beneath the Paint
How Do You Talk to an Angel
(produced by Roger Bechiran with NL, and recorded at Rockfield, DE's studio))
Musicians: Nick Lowe (Bass, Guitar, Vocals); James Eller (Bass); Bobby
Irwin (Drums, Vocals); Paul Carrack (Keyboards, Vocals);
Martin Belmont (Guitar); Carlene Carter (Backing Vocals on
"Time Wounds all Heels"); Simon Climie (Backing Vocals on
"Time Wounds all Heels"); Pete Marsh (Backing Vocals on "Paid
the Price" and "Tanque-Rae")
{Half a Boy and Half a Man} F-Beat XX34, May 1984
{Awesome}
{Half a Boy and Half a Man} F-Beat XX34T, May 1984
{Awesome}
Cruel To Be Kind [which version ?]
NICK LOWE AND HIS COWBOY OUTFIT RCA ZL 79338, May 1984
Half a Boy and Half a Man
You'll Never Get Me Up (In One of Those) (M. Jupp)
Maureen
God's Gift to Women
The Gee and the Rick and the Three Card Trick
-
(Hey Big Mouth) Stand Up and Say That
Awesome (NL/Profiile)
Break Away (T. Springfield)
Love Like a Glove (CC/Eller)
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (J. Allison)
L.A.F.S. [T.K.O. Horns arranged by Elvis Costello]
Musicians: Nick Lowe (Bass, Guitar, Vocals); Paul Carrack (Keyboards,
Vocals); Martin Belmont (Guitar); Bobby Irwin (Drums, Vocals)
US version:
NICK LOWE AND HIS COWBOY OUTFIT (Columbia FC39371)
Half a Boy and Half a Man
Break Away (T. Springfield)
You'll Never Get Me Up (In One of Those) (M. Jupp)
Love Like a Glove (CC/Eller)
The Gee and the Rick and the Three Card Trick
-
(Hey Big Mouth) Stand Up and Say That
Awesome (NL/Profiile)
God's Gift to Women
Maureen
L.A.F.S. [T.K.O. Horns arranged by Elvis Costello]
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (J. Allison)
Musicians: Nick Lowe (Bass, Guitar, Vocals); Paul Carrack (Keyboards,
Vocals); Martin Belmont (Guitar); Bobby Irwin (Drums, Vocals)
Billy Bremner (Guitar on "Love Like A Glove" and "Break Away");
Bobby Valentino (Fiddle on "God's Gift to Women)
L.A.F.S F-Beat XX36, July 1984
(Hey Big Mouth) Stand up and Say That
L.A.F.S F-Beat XX36T, August 1984
(Hey Big Mouth) Stand up and Say That
Baby It's You (with Elvis Costello) [on first Beatles LP ??]
16 ALL TIME LOWES (Compilation) Demon FIEND 20, November 1984
American Squirm [previously unavailable on LP in the UK]
Big Kick Plain Scrap
Born Fighter
Cracking Up
Cruel To Be Kind
Heart Of The City [previously unavailable on LP in the UK]
(I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass
Little Hitler
Marie Provost
Nutted By Reaity
Skin Deep
So It Goes
Switchboard Susan
They Called It Rock [previously unavailable on LP in the UK]
When I Write The Book [Rockpile]
Without Love
I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll) F-Beat July 1985
???????
THE ROSE OF ENGLAND Columbia FC39958 autumn 1985
I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll) [new version with The News]
She Don't Love Nobody
7 Nights to Rock
Long Walk Back hiatt ???? DETAILS FILL IN HERE
The Rose of England
Lucky Dog
Darlin' Angel Eyes
Indoor Fireworks (E. Costello) [released between EC recording and releasing it]
(Hope to God) I'm Right
I Can be the One You Love
Everyone
Bobo Ska Diddle Daddle
Musicians: Nick Lowe (Bass, Guitar, Vocals); Paul Carrack (Keyboards,
Backup Vocals, Bass on "Bobo Ska Diddle Daddle"); Martin
Belmont (Guitar); Bobby Irwin (Drums, Vocals)
Guest List: Andrew Bodnar (Bass) & Nick Pentelow (Tenor Sax) on "Long
Walk Back"; Chris 'Boothill' Thompson (Snap Banjo) on "(Hope
to God) I'm Right"; Huey Lewis (Harmonica, Vocals) & Mario
Cipollina (Bass) & Johnny Colla (Sax, Guitar, Vocals) & Bill
Gibson (Drums, Percussion, Vocals) & Chris Hayes (Guitar,
Vocals) & Sean Hopper (Keyboards, Vocals) on "I Knew the
Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)"
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Nicks Knack Demon 1986
Nicks Knack, Demon Fiend 59, 1986 (I've got it on vinyl, I think it may be
available on CD now as well)
Side One Ragin' Eyes (from The Abominable Showman, F-Beat)
Dose of You (from Labour of Lust, Radar)
One's Too Many (and a Hundred Ain't Enough) [Lowe/Wilson] (from
Nick the Knife, F-Beat)
Now and Always [Lowe/Rockpile] (from Seconds of Pleasure,
F-Beat/Demon)
Endless Grey Ribbon (from Labour of Lust, Radar)
Burning (from Nick the Knife, F-Beat)
Wish You Were Here (from The Abominable Showman, F-Beat)
Love So Fine [Lowe/Rockpile] (from Labour of Lust, Radar)
Side Two Mess Around with Love (from The Abominable Showman, F-Beat)
My Heart Hurts [Lowe/Carter] (from Nick the Knife, F-Beat)
Basing Street (B side of Cracking Up, Radar)
Raining Raining (from Nick the Knife, F-Beat)
Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine (from Nick the Knife, F-Beat)
36 Inches High [Ford] (from Jesus of Cool, Radar)
Saint Beneath the Paint (from The Abominable Showman, F-Beat)
Let Me Kiss Ya (from Nick the Knife, F-Beat)
20 ALL TIME LOWES Demon FIEND 20, 1986 ?
American Squirm [previously unavailable on LP in the UK]
Big Kick Plain Scrap
Born Fighter
Cracking Up
Cruel To Be Kind
Heart Of The City [previously unavailable on LP in the UK]
(I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass
Little Hitler
Marie Provost
Nutted By Reaity
Skin Deep
So It Goes
Switchboard Susan
They Called It Rock
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PINKER AND PROUDER THAN PREVIOUS Columbia C40381 early 1988
1 = [r. Westsize Studios, London, early 1986]
2 = [r. Arlyn Studios, Texas, spring 1986]
3 = [r. Power Plant Studios, London, autumn 1986]
4 = [r. Power Plant Studios, London, early 1987]
(You're My) Wildest Dream [2] [with Kim Wilson and Jimmy Vaughan]
Crying in My Sleep [4]
Big Hair [4]
Love Gets Strange (J. Hiatt) [1]
I Got the Love [2]
-
Black Lincoln Continental (G. Parker) [3]
Cry it Out (NL/Profile) [4]
Lovers Jamboree (NL/Carrack) [3]
Geisha Girl (L. Williams) [4]
Wishing Well [r. at Power Plant, early 1986 with the Men They Couldn't Hang]
Big Big Love (W. Stewart/K. Carroll) [4]
Musicians [3]: Nick Lowe, Kim Wilson (Harmonica); Jimmy Vaughan (Guitar);
Bobby Irwin; Martin Belmont; Paul Bassman; Paul Carrack;
Terry Williams; John Hiatt (Guitar); Pete Thomas(Drums)
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other appearances:
Paul Carrack "Suburban Voodoo"
Carlene Carter "Blue Nun"
"Carlene Carter"
"Musical Shapes"
(yes - i know these last four need to be documented carefully)
Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers
"Kings of the Robot Rhythm"
Elvis Costello "Blood & Chocolates"
Keith Cross and Peter Ross
"Bored Civilians"
Ducks Deluxe "Last Night of a Pub Rock Band"
Ernie Graham "Ernie Graham"
John Hiatt "Riding with the King"
" Warming Up To The Ice Age ??"
"Bring the Family"
Mickey Jupp "Juppanese"
Kirsty McColl "Desparate Character"
Frankie Miller "Once in a Blue Moon" {entire BS group on this one}
Wreckless Eric "Big Smash"
"Wreckless Eric"
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Colm Mulcahy | email address: | still seeing
Dept. of Math & CS, | co...@mathcs.emory.edu | peace
Spelman College, | co...@emory.bitnet | as poison ?
Atlanta, GA 30314 | {sun!sunatl,gatech}!emory!colm |