1. Shakin' All Over
2. This Wind Blows Everywhere
3. Telstar
4. Your Lucky Star (from the album 'Spin')
5. Henry & James (Keyboard Magazine 'Flexidisc' mix)
Spin (Special Edition)
(Reissued album, December 2011)
In contrast to the dense, layered textures of The Big Idea, Spin is a lighter album with more of a pop sensibility. Opening with a mad re-imagining of Rufus Thomas' R & B classic 'Walking The Dog', it also features reworkings of the great '60s singles 'Eight Miles High' and 'Cast Your Fate To The Wind' and a haunting version of Joni Mitchell's 'Amelia'. Dave Stewart originals include the tender ballads 'Star Blind' and 'The Cloths Of Heaven' (based on a poem by W.B.Yeats), and a tribute to the legendary record producer Joe Meek, 'Your Lucky Star', presented here for the first time in its full-length form. Originally released in 1991.
1. Walking The Dog
2. The Cloths Of Heaven
3. 8 Miles High
4. Amelia
5. Trash Planet
6. Golden Rain
7. Your Lucky Star
8. Cast Your Fate To The Wind, Louie Louie (medley)
9. The 60's Never Die
10. Star Blind
BONUS TRACK: 11. I've Been Wrong Before (Total running time: 60:01.)
The Big Idea (Special Edition)
(Reissued album, December 2011)
The Stewart/Gaskin Special Edition reissue series continues with the awesome 'The Big Idea'. Originally released in 1990, the album includes a cover of Billy Bragg's 'Levi Stubbs' Tears' and a savagely deconstructed electronic version of Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'. It culminates in the monumental 'New Jerusalem', a sonic epic featuring a 25-voice Welsh choir, the pipe organ of St. Georges Hanover Square and Porcupine Tree's Gavin Harrison on drums.
1. Levi Stubbs' Tears
2. My Scene
3. Grey Skies
4. Subterranean Homesick Blues
5. Heatwave
6. The Crying Game
7. Deep Underground
8. Shadowland
9. Mr Theremin
10. New Jerusalem BONUS TRACK: 11. Like The Ocean (Total running time: 69:07.)
Broken Records - The Singles (Special Edition)
(Reissued album, November 2010)
This is a compilation of the first six Stewart/Gaskin singles (including the number one hit 'It's My Party') along with their 'B' sides, originally released in Japan in 1987. The 2010 Special Edition has been remastered and expanded: the twelve 'A' and 'B' sides are presented in full, unfaded form and supplemented by two 12" mixes, the instrumental 'A World Of Difference' and 'This Is Human Speech', the first ever Stewart / Gaskin recording dating from 1979.
1. I'm In A Different World
2. Leipzig
3. It's My Party
4. Johnny Rocco
5. Siamese Cat Song
6. Busy Doing Nothing
7. Rich For A Day
8. Waiting in the Wings
9. The Emperor's New Guitar
10. The Hamburger Song
11. Henry And James
12. The World Spins So Slow
BONUS TRACKS:
13. I'm In A Different World (12" mix)
14. A World Of Difference
15. Leipzig (12" mix)
16. This Is Human Speech
(Total running time: 74:04.)
As Far As Dreams Can Go (Special Edition)
(Reissued album, November 2010)
A remastered and expanded version of the 1988 Japanese compilation. The original nine tracks (a mixture of early Trident Studios recordings plus the 'A' and 'B' sides of Dave & Barbara's 7th. single 'The Locomotion') are supplemented by an extended 12" mix reworking of 'The Locomotion' and remakes of the first Broken Records single 'A' and 'B' side (originally sung by Colin Blunstone) with new vocals by Barbara Gaskin. Includes a cover of XTC's 'Roads Girdle The Globe'.
1. The Locomotion
2. Lenina Crowe
3. (I Know) I'm Losing You
4. Roads Girdle the Globe
5. (Do I Figure) In Your Life
6. When The Guards Are Asleep
7. Make Me Promises
8. Do We See The Light Of Day
9. As Far As Dreams Can Go
BONUS TRACKS:
10. The Locomotion (12" mix)
11. There Is No Reward (2010 remake)* 12. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (2010 remake)*
(* Barbara Gaskin vocal) (Total running time: 63:57.)
The TLG Collection
(14-track compilation, October 2009)
Prior to playing at Tokyo's Tribute To The Love Generation club in 2001 Dave & Barbara compiled a personal selection of rare and unreleased tracks. The compilation was sold in a strictly limited edition to the concertgoers under the title of 'TLG Commemorative CD' and has not been available since. The music remains unchanged from the Japanese edition but the album (retitled 'The TLG Collection') now features a completely new design by artist Michael Inns and a 12-page colour booklet containing photos from the duo's personal archive, full track credits, new text and song notes by Dave Stewart. Musical contributors include Andy Reynolds (guitar), Jakko Jakszyk (guitar), Gavin Harrison (drums) and Annie Whitehead (trombone).
1. Transylvanian Blue Suede Hooves (Subterranean Homesick Blues extended mix)
2. Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War
3. Shakin' All Over (2001 Rough mix)
4. Give Me Just A Little More Time
5. McGroggan (1995 Remix)
6. When The Warcry Comes
7. Fear Is The Thief
8. Hold On To The Chain
9. Roads Girdle The Globe (1991 Remix)
10. Henry & James (1996 Remake)
11. The Curve Of The Earth
12. Painter Man
13. Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut (quiet)
14. Ads Infinitum
Walking The Dog (remix)
(CD Single, 1992)
In 1992 Line Records (Germany) made an brave attempt to break into the UK pop market with a CD single of Dave & Barbara's 'Walking The Dog'. This featured a remix of the old R&B stomper plus the lovely 'The Cloths Of Heaven' and a bonus track, the ever-enjoyable 'The Locomotion'. The 'Walking The Dog' CD single remains a very collectable item.
1. Walking The Dog (remix)
2. The Cloths Of Heaven
3. The Locomotion
[ No longer available ]
Selected Tracks
(Euro 'best of' compilation, 1993)
The short-lived European compilation Selected Tracks was put together at the request of Stiff Records' licencees Musidisc (France) and Disky Records (Holland).
The album comprises five tracks from Spin, three from The Big Idea, five 7" single 'A' sides', one 'B' side ('Make Me Promises'), and the great Tamla Motown song from the 1982 Trident Studios sessions, 'I Know I'm Losing You' (also covered by Dave's grandfather Rod). A good introduction to the poppier side of Dave & Barbara's music, featuring some of their most radio-friendly songs (now deleted).
[ No longer available ]
1. Levi Stubbs' Tears
2. Walking The Dog (remix)
3. The Cloths Of Heaven
4. Subterranean Homesick Blues
5. It's My Party
6. 8 Miles High
7. I'm In A Different World
8. Leipzig
9. The Crying Game
10. The Locomotion
11. Make Me Promises
12. (I Know) I'm Losing You
13. Busy Doing Nothing
14. Your Lucky Star
15. Cast Your Fate To The Wind, Louie Louie (medley)
Up From The Dark
(U.S. 14-track compilation, 1986)
Rykodisc were the world's first CD-only company. A deal to release Dave & Barbara's music in the USA & Canada was struck with Rykodisc in 1984, but due to the shortage of CD pressing facilities at the time 'Up From The Dark' wasn't released till 1986. The album includes a mixture of the duo's 1982 Trident Studios recordings (marked *) and some later work, including the beautiful ballad 'Do I Figure In Your Life' originally recorded by The Honeybus in 1968 and the quirky 'Henry & James', a great favourite with US audiences. After Rykodisc was bought by Chris Blackwell of Island Records, 'Up From The Dark' was deleted - however, all its tracks are available on other Stewart / Gaskin albums.
[ No longer available ]
1. I'm In A Different World
2. Leipzig
3. It's My Party
4. Lenina Crowe*
5. (Do I Figure) In Your Life
6. Busy Doing Nothing
7. (I Know) I'm Losing You*
8. Roads Girdle The Globe
9. When The Guards are Asleep*
10. The World Spins So Slow
11. Siamese Cat Song*
12. Do We See The Light of Day*
13. Henry And James
14. As Far As Dreams Can Go*
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