A Flock of Seagulls - Telecommunication (1981) EP Released before their debut album. Produced by Bill Nelson.
A Flock of Seagulls - It's Not Me Talking (1981)
Bill Nelson - Love Without Fears (1982)
Be Bop Deluxe - New Precision (1978) Be Bop Deluxe was like The Stranglers in a way. They rarely settled on one style. They started in a kind of glam/new wave hybrid aesthetic and moved to prog and the like. The difference was that Bill Nelson was an amazing guitarist, which (thankfully) distinguished them from the punk zeitgeist that was to soon dominate the UK charts. So they rarely made fools of themselves and stopped when their bass player's visa expired instead of trudging on and on. Always interesting, good lyrics, and overall horribly underrated. I hope you like my little sampling of their overlooked discography.
Be Bop Deluxe - Ships In The Night (1976)
Be Bop Deluxe - Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus (1974)
Strontium 90 - Electron Romance (1977)
Wikipedia:
Strontium 90 was the name of a short-lived 1977 British band with members Mike Howlett (lead bass, vocals), Sting (bass, vocals), Stewart Copeland (drums), and Andy Summers (guitar). The band is most notable for introducing Summers to Sting and Copeland, as this trio would go on to massive success as The Police.
The band was formed in mid-1977 by Howlett after he quit Gong and recruited Sting and Summers to participate in a new project. Chris Cutler was unavailable to play drums, so Sting brought along Copeland, with whom he had been playing in an early lineup of The Police.
I've played Gong on this show a few times. Gong was the band that briefly featured Bill Bruford (after Yes and King Crimson)and Dave Stewart who went on to form Bruford with Alan Holdsworth and Jeff Berlin. One of the finest prog ensembles ever. If you like quirky, other-worldly prog, don't find Can funny and wish Incredible String Band had a better line-up, go listen to Gong. Mike Howlett was a fine bassist but wasn't integral to Gong's original sound.
Strontium 90 - New World Blues (1977)
Strontium 90 - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (1977)
Public Zone - Naive (1977) Peter Godwin, Duncan Brown, and Sean Lyons were members of Metro. The band briefly changed their name to Public Zone and released this single with Stewart Copeland who played drums on both tracks
Curved Air - Desiree (1976) Stuart Copeland on drums. Copeland was romantically involved with Curved Air vocalist Sonja Kristina beginning in 1974, and they were married from 1982 to 1991. Copeland adopted Kristina's son Sven from a prior relationship, and they had two more sons together, Jordan and Scott. I came THIS close to interviewing Stuart Copeland when he was in town last time. I would have asked him about Sonja, Klark Kent, and not much more.
Curved Air - Juno (1976)
Last Exit - Savage Beast (1975) Sting on vocals.
Last Exit - Fool In Love (1975)
Last Exit - Carrion Prince (1975)
Tim Rose - Second Avenue (1975) What a nice song. Andy Summers plays guitar. I played this over and over when I found it.
Kevin Lamb - Last Farewell (1973) Andy Summers on guitar.
Joan Armatrading - Stepping Out (1975) Andy Summers on guitar.
Eric Burdon and the Animals - Colored Rain (1968) Andy Summers on guitar.
Dantalian's Chariot - Soma (Parts 1 & 2) (1967) Andy Summers on guitar.
Dantalian's Chariot - World War Three (1967)
Dantalian's Chariot - Madman Running Through The Fields (1967)
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Chuck Berry.
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