Mike Batt

detailed Discography
 1966 - 1969  //  1970 - 1974 // 1975 - 1979  //  1980 - 1984  //  1985 - 1989
1990 - 1994  //  1995 - 1999 ... here you are  //  2000 - 2004 // 2005 - 2009
Musicians & Orchestras since 1970
'Short-Discography' 1970 - ...

Mike Batt Biographie (German) - Mike Batt biography (English) - Mike Batt Lyrics
fehlende Texte, Informationen, und so weiter ... / missing lyrics, informations and so on
zurück zur Startseite - back to the start

1995

January 12  

#CD# David Essex // Showstoppers // [Music Special DeLuxe]

Phantom of the opera (from: Phantom of the opera; Andrew Lloyd Webber / Charles Hart / Mike Batt) -
 Bright eyes (from: Watership down; Mike Batt) - Forty-Second Street /
Lullaby of Broadway (from: Forty-Second Street; Harry Warren / Al Dubin) -
Summertime (from: Porgy and Bess; George Gershwin / DuBose Heyward) -
Ghostbusters (from: Ghostbusters; Ray Parker Jr.) -
Save the people (from: Godspell; Stephen Schwartz) -
Out here on my own (from: Fame; Steve Margoshes / Jaques Levy) -
I dreamed a dream (from: Les Miserables; Alain Boublil / Claude-Michel Schönberg) -
Corner of the sky (from: Pippin; Stephen Schwartz) -
Tahiti (from: Mutiny on the Bounty; Richard Crane / David Essex)

March 13		 **************

+ #CD# Vanessa-Mae with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // The violin player //
songs 2 & 4 - 9 written, songs 1 - 9 arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [EMI]

Toccata & Fugue in D minor (J.S. Bach) - 2. Contradanza - Classical gas (Mason Williams) - 4. Theme from 'Caravans' -
5. Warm air - 6. Jazz will eat itself - 7. Widescreen - 8. Tequila mockingbird - 9. City theme -
10. Red hot (Ian Wherry / Vanessa-Mae / arr. & produced by  Ian Wherry & Vanessa-Mae

Musicians at titles 1 - 9: violin: Vanessa-Mae; guitars: Clem Clempson; oboe on 'Toccata & Fugue': Dick Morgan;
trumpet on 'Toccata & Fugue': Maurice Murphy; saxes: Phil Todd; The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;
conductor & keyboards: Mike Batt;
Musicians at title 10: violin: Vanessa-Mae; keyboards: Ian Wherry;guitars: Martin Bliss;
violin & viola section: Vasko Vassilev;

June 30		 **************

+ #CD# Mike Batt // Lady of the dawn // 1977 - 82: "Schizophonia" - "Caravans" - "Tarot Suite" -
"Waves" - "Zero, Zero" / [Epic/Sony]

It seemed like a good idea at the time - Lady of the dawn - Railway hotel - The ride to Agadir - Love makes you crazy -
Run like the wind (voc. Roger Chapman) - The valley of swords (instr.) - Caravan song (voc. Barbara Dickson) -
The walls of the world - The winds of change - Mona - Imbecile (voc. Roger Chapman) - Theme from 'Caravans' (instr.) -
Journey to Badek (instr.) - Sierra tango (instr.)  - Berber's prayer (instr. / spoken voice: Seoud Islam)

June		 **************

+ #mCD# Vanessa-Mae // Red Hot // [EMI]

1. Red hot (single edit) (Ian Wherry / Vanessa-Mae) - arranged by Ian Wherry & Vanessa-Mae, produced by Ian Wherry
2. Aurora (Ian Wherry / Vanessa-Mae) - arranged by Ian Wherry & Vanessa-Mae, produced by Ian Wherry
3. Toccata & Fugue in D minor (single edit)  (J.S. Bach) - arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt

Musicians at title 1 & 2: violin: Vanessa-Mae; keyboards: Ian Wherry; guitars: Martin Bliss
Musicians at title 3: violin: Vanessa-Mae; guitars: Clem Clempson; oboe: Dick Morgan; trumpet: Maurice Murphy;
saxes: Phil Todd; The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor & keyboards: Mike Batt;

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+ #CD# Gary Wilmot with The London Symphony Orchestra // The album //
arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Carlton Premiere]

Guys & Dolls (Loesser): Luck, be a lady - I've never been in love before (duet with Barbara Dickson) /
The wizard of Oz (Harold Arlen - Edgar "Yip" Harburg): We're off to see the wizard -
   Over the rainbow (a: Introduction/Segue b: Over the rainbow) - If I only had a brain /
South Pacific (Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II): Younger than springtime - Bali h'ai /
Gigi (Frederic Loewe - Alan Jay Lerner): The night they invented champagne - Gigi /
Oliver! (Lionel Bart): Where is love? - Consider yourself (duet with Lionel Bart) - Who will buy (duet with Barbara Dickson) /
Carmen Jones (Georges Bizet - Oscar Hammerstein II): Stan' up an' fight - Beat out dat rhythm on a drum /
Sunset Boulevard (Andrew Lloyd Webber - Don Black - Christopher Hampton): The perfect year (duet with Carol Kenyon) -
   Sunset Boulevard

Musicians:
vocals: Gary Wilmot, Barbara Dickson, Lionel Bart & Carol Kenyon; backing vocals: Miriam Stockley,
Carol Kenyon & Lance Ellington; choir on 'Stan' up an' fight' & 'Beat out dat rhythm on a drum': The Ambrosian Singers;
drums: Graham Ward; bass: Tim Harries; guitars: Mitch Dalton & Paul Keogh; keyboards: Simon Chamberlain & Tim Carey;
leader of  The London Symphony Orchestra: Adrian Adlam;

Gary Wilmot ... born on May 8th, 1954

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+ # mCD&MC # Denise Welch // from 'Soldier, Soldier' You don't have to say you love me //
arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Virgin]

You don't have to say you love me (Pino Donaggio / Vito Pallavionini / Simon Napier-Bell / Vicki Wickham) -
Cry me a river (Arthur Hamilton) -
The king's own (Theme from 'Soldier, Soldier') (Jim Parker) -
You don't have to say you love me (Version) (Pino Donaggio / Vito Pallavionini / Simon Napier-Bell / Vicki Wickham)

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+ #CD# Mike Batt with The National Symphony Orchestra of London // Arabesque //
written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Epic/Sony - Germany] / cover illustration: Simon Williams

Don't trust the angels - Amy floats downstream - Battlefield theme - The flame burns on - Irish peace -
The closest thing to crazy - Chorale - Who was the fool? - Arabesque - Let it be in your arms

Musicians:
ethnic percussion: Hossam Ramzy; tabla: Chris Karan; double bass & fretless electric bass: Tim Harries;
fiddle: Peter Knight; uilleann pipes & low whistle: Davy Spillane; guitars: Clem Clempson;
main guitars on 'The flame burns on': Steve Donnelly; guitar solo on 'Don't trust the angels': Midge Ure;
drums: Graham Broad; male choir on 'Arabesque': Philip Quast & Mike Batt;
female voices: Miriam Stockley & Tessa Niles; keyboards, harmony & lead vocals: Mike Batt;
leader of  The National Symphony Orchestra of London: Perry Montague-Mason

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#MCD# Mike Batt with The National Symphony Orchestra of London // Don't trust the angels /
[Epic/Sony - Germany] / cover illustration: Simon Williams

 Don't trust the angels (single version)
 Don't trust the angels (album version)
 Arabesque

November 27		 **************

#CD# I.S.P. (Imaginary Sound Project, Paul Bernard) // Synthesizer Dreams I & II //
[Sky Record / Germany: Austrophon GmbH]

CD1, track #3 ... Bright eyes (Mike Batt)

December 12		 **************

>1 #CD# Lena Martell // Sometimes when I'm dreaming

Sometimes when I'm dreaming (Mike Batt) - Fool that I am - Caledonia "Where eagles fly" - Danny boy - Holy city -
Me and the elephants - One day at a time - Evergreen - My Scotland - Ave Maria - Walk right back - Why me Lord? -
America the tribute

cover from Gunnar Granarp, Sweden ... Thank you Gunnar !
track list from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you !

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>2, 3, 9 #CD# Angelica Camm // Same

My own true love - Railway hotel (Mike Batt) - Run like the wind (Mike Batt) - Jerusalem - That special day -
Masquerade - Recuerdo al Alhambra -  Gloria,Gloria - Caravan song (Mike Batt) - Abendgebet

... information about this CD from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you !

 

>1 #mCD# West Inc. // Bright eyes (Mike Batt) // [???]

1. Radio Edit 3:12
2. Club Edit 5:50
3. Rox Bright Mix 3:52
4. Instrumental 3:12

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>3 #CD# Royal Scots Dragoon Guards // Scottish Salute //
Scottish selection: The meeting of the waters, The boatman, The jolly beggarman, The mist covered mountains of home,
The mucking of Geordie's Byre - Carillon - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) -
Moorhouse Memories: Loch Lomand, Comin' through the Rye, The Bluebells of Scotland -
Salute to Drum Major D.G. McCroskie - March, Strathspey & Reel: Royal Scottish Pipers Society, The shepherd's crook,
Lachlan McPhail of Tyree - Scottish Selection:: Torosay Castle, Oh, My Love (Part 1), Oh, My Love (Part 2),
Lord Lovat's Lament, The Tyree Birdle Song, The back of Benachie - The shepherd's song - Yorkshire bells -
Hazel's dream - 4/4 Marches: Smith's a gallant fireman, Col. David Murray, Weep ye by Atholl, The Earl of Mansfield,
Greenwoodside, Thomas Sanders - Piper's dance

cover & track list from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you !

1996

April 18  

#CD# Andreas Martin // Premium Gold Collection // [EMI Music Germany]

track 04/16 ... Das erste Mal im Leben (I feel like Buddy Holly; music by Mike Batt / words by Michael Kunze)


see also: 1984 - 1985 - 2001 - 2002

July 1		 **************

> #Demo - CD# Mike Batt  // Men who march away ... an epic musical love story (1992 =► War Baby) //
written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / no official release, only for theatre-managers and investors !

Opening march (instr.) / Men who march away / 1913 / Size isn’t everything / Jolly good fun / I dine alone (1992) /
CanCan / Bienvenu / The closest thing to crazy (1995) / The somme / I watch you sleeping (1988) /
To die on your feet (with Vincente solo verse) / To die on your feet (with female solo verse)

Vocals: Miriam Stockley, Pam Sheyne, Mike Batt, Gary Martin and Frances Ruffelle

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+ #CD# Barbara Dickson // The best of Barbara Dickson // [Sony Music/Epic/Collectors Choice]

song 7: Run like the wind / written, arranged & produced by Mike Batt
song 8: Caravan song / written, arranged & produced by Mike Batt

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#CD# Alvin Stardust // Still standing (Greatest and Latest) // [CMC 8231572]

My Coo-ca-choo (Peter Shelley) - Gotta do it all again (D.Boone / C.Sedgewick) -
Pretend (Lew Douglas / Cliff Parman / Frank LaVere) - Don't trust that guy (R.Cooke / Alvin Stardust) -
Jealous mind (Peter Shelley) - Rock and Roll united (John Carter / Gillian Shakespeare) -
Good love can never die (Peter Shelley) - I feel like Buddy Holly (written, arranged & produced by Mike Batt, 1984) -
Shakin' all over (Frederick Heath) - Red dress (Peter Shelley) - Just to hear your voice (Mort Warden) -
You, you, you (Peter Shelley) - Suddenly (B.Smith / G.Stellard) - I won't run away (Jon David) -
Will you still love me tomorrow? (Carole King / Gerry Goffin) -
So near to Christmas (Mick (Michael David) Leeson / Peter (Benson) Vale) -
My Coo-ca-choo (Peter Shelley)  / duet with Jo Brand

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#Sg# Manic Street Preachers // A design for life // [ ??? ]

A - A design for life (????)
B - Bright eyes (Mike Batt)

Manic Street Preachers are ...
a band from Wales, formed by cousins James Dean Bradfield (lead guitar, vocals) and Sean Moore (drums, trumpet) with friends Richard James Edwards (aka Richey James, Richey Edwards) (rhythm guitar) and Nick 'Nicky Wire' Jones (bass, backing vocals). Bradfield and Moore were the only ones who could play their instruments (Edwards never learned), so Edwards and Wire wrote the lyrics and jumped about on stage, and were responsible for the band's glam-punk image (makeup, tiaras, and spray-painted clothes), while Bradfield and Moore wrote the music and played it.
On February 1, 1995, the eve of what was expected to be the Manics' breakthrough US tour, Edwards disappeared from his hotel room. His car was found near the Severn bridge in Wales, a notorious suicide blackspot. Despite the numerous supposed 'sightings' of him over the years, the fact remains that he almost certainly killed himself.
Once it became apparent that he wasn't going to turn up straight away, the band decided to continue as a three-piece. The first fruits of that version of the band came in 1995 with the single A Design For Life. A classic bombastic pop single in the mold of Motorcycle Emptiness this was also possibly the best political song of the 90s.

May 1		 **************

#CD# Brotherhood of Man // 20 great hits // [Prestige (2)]

Save your kisses for me - United we stand - Angelo - My sweet rosalie - When will I see you again -
We don't talk anymore - Chanson d'amour - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - Together we are beautiful - Dancing queen -
Figaro (W.A. Mozart) - Oh boy (the mood I'm in) - Middle of the night - Where are you going to my love -
Beautiful lover - How deep is your love - When I need you - Sailing - Without you - Don't go breaking my heart

1997

April 7

>8, 12 #CD# Wimbledon FC & Supporters // Smells Like Team Spirit // [Cherry Red CDGAFFER13]

Smells like team spirit (Big Blue W) - We are Wimbledon (Wimbledon FC) - Dons song (Wimbledon FC) -
Wooly Bully (Vinnie Jones) - Crazy Games (Vinnie Jones) - Vinnie is innocent (The Jones Family) -
When Irish eyes are smiling (Joe Kinnear) - Psycho & the Wombles (Barmy Army) -
All heroes (in yellow and blue) (Reservoir Dons) - Chant no 88 (Reservoir Dons & The West Bank) -
Dons are coming (Reservoir Dons) - Remember you're a Womble (The Wimbles) - This is Vinnie Jones -
Interview with Chris Perry - Interview with Terry Burton

... info from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you !

April		 **************

+ #CD# David Essex with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // A night at the movies //
arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Polygram]

Pulp fiction Girl, you'll be a woman soon (Neil Diamond) -
The lion king Can you feel the love tonight? (Elton John / Tim Rice) -
The crying game The crying game (Geoff Stephens) - Beaches The wind beneath my wings (Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar) -
Stardust Stardust (David Essex) - Electric dreams Together in electric dreams (Philip Oakey / Giorgio Moroder => also known as 'Chrome') -
Evita Oh, what a circus (Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber) - White nights Separate lives (Stephen Bishop) -
St. Elmo's fire St. Elmo's fire (Man in motion) (John Parr & David Foster) -
Batman forever Kiss from a rose (Sealhenry Samuel (Seal)) -
An American tale Somewhere out there (duet with Melanie Marshall)  (James Horner / Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil) -
Silver dream racer Silver dream machine (David Essex) - Sea of love Sea of love (George Khoury / Philip Baptiste) -
Babe Anthem: If I had words (Camille Saint-Saëns / Jonathan Hodge / Mike Batt)

Musicians:
piano & keyboards: David Arch; guitars: Keith Airey, Paul Keogh & Tim Renwick; bass: Trevor Barry; drums: Brett Morgan; percussion: Stephen Henderson; backing vocals: Mike Batt, Melanie Marshall & Miriam Stockley;
leader of  The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Jonathan Carney;

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#VHS# The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // "In the eye of the storm" // American International Television
The programme featured author Tom Clancy interviewing ex White House aide John Ehrlichman about the Nixon era, Watergate etc.

Soundtrack composed, arranged & conducted by Mike Batt,
lyrics of the title track "Shooting Star" by Don Black and vocals by Melanie Marshall  =>  Soundtrack, 1998

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#DoCD# The Wombles // Underground, Overground - The Ultimate Wombles Collection //
Sampler with 35 songs, released by  'Reader's Digest',
published only for England !!! / [Reader's Digest UK/CBS, RDCD 2181-2]

CD 1:
 The Wombling song - Remember you're a Womble - Wombling white tie and tails - The Orinoco kid -
 Invitation to the Ping-Pong-Ball - Tobermory's music machine - Wombles on parade -
 Down at the barber shop (singing in harmony) - The empty tidy-bag-blues -
 Wellington goes to Waterloo - Nashville Wombles - Wombling in the rain - Non-Stop Wombling summer party -
Underground overture - The jungle is jumping - The hall of the Mountain Womble (Edvard Grieg / arr. Mike Batt) -
 Banana rock - Womble of the universe

 CD 2:
 Superwomble - The Myths And Legends Of King Merton Womble And His Journey To The Centre Of The Earth -
 The Wombling twist - Madame Cholet - Minuetto allegretto (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Mike Batt) -
 Miss Adelaide (she's got a lot of knowledge) - Exercise is good for you (Laziness is not) -
 Let's womble to the party tonight - To Wimbledon with love – Rainmaker - Wimbledon Sunset -
 The Wombles' warning - The Womble square dance - The Womble shuffle - Look out for the giant -
 Wipe those Womble tears from your eyes - Wombling merry Christmas

 Musicians

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+ #CD# John Denver // Collection (1) // [Delta Music / Laserlight Digital - 21 182]
song 11: I watch you sleeping // written by Mike Batt

Released 1990: John Denver / The flower that shattered the stone

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+ #CD# The Hollies // Archive alive! // recorded September 1983, Kings Island, Cincinatti, Ohio / [Connoisseur Collection]
Song: 9: Soldier's song // written, arranged & produced by Mike Batt

1998

 + #CD# Anna Maria Kaufmann with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // Blame it on the moon //
written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Polydor]

Overture: 'Blame it on the moon' (instr.) - Only for a time (duet with Thomas Hampson) - Junk mail -
Meanwhile back at my heart - I will die in sombody's arms tonight - Life after John -
The last thing that we need (duet with Joey Tempest) - Classical music (we love it to death) (duet with Joey Tempest) -
Blame it on the moon - Surrender to the sun - The winners (duet with Joey Tempest) -
Running with a dream (duet with Joey Tempest) - Not only for a time (duet with Joey Tempest)

Musicians:
vocals: Anna Maria Kaufmann, Thomas Hampson & Joey Tempest; guitars: Mitch Dalton; bass: Tim Harries;
piano: Jeff Eels; leader of  The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Jonathan Carney;

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+ #CD# Massed Bands of Household Division // Royal Tournament 1997 "The Live Recording" //
[Bandleader BNRTL 1097] - Earl's Court, London, July 21st 1997

01. 'From the arrow to the rocket': Opening fanfare: Firepower (David E. Price) -
      Massed Fanfare Trumpeters of the Household Division
02. Musical drive by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery: Bonnie Dundee / Old Towler / John Peel /
      Royal Artillery slow march / Keel row /
      Bonnie Dundee (Trad. arr. by D.W. Cresswell) - The Band of the Hussars & Light Dragoons
03. Massed Guards Bands: Royal Artillery Quick March (Alford, arr. Patch) /
      Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer, arr. David E. Price) / Machine gun guards (Marechal) /
      Who do you think you are? (Wilson, Watkins, Halliwell, Brown, Chisholm, Aadams, Bunton) /
      Wannabe (Rowbottom, Stannard, Brown, Aadams, Halliwell, Bunton, Chisholm) The British grenadiers
      (Trad. arr. David E. Price) / Heilan' Laddie (Trad. arr. David E. Price) / St Patrick's Day (Trad. arr. David E. Price) /
      The rising of the Lark (Trad. arr. David E. Price)
 04. Musical ride by The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment with The Mounted Band of the Blues and Royals (RHG/DG):
      Summon the heroes (J. Williams) / The trap (R. Goodwin) / Superman (J. Williams) /
      Can Can (Jacques Offenbach, arr. C.R. Garrity) / Galop from William Tell (Giacomo Rossini, arr. C.R. Garrity) /
      Majesty (Trad. arr. Roger Grenfell Tomlinson) / Keel row (Trad.) / The charge (Trad.) /
      Grand march from Aida (Giuseppe Verdi, arr. C.R. Garrity) / Cavalry (Trad., arr. C.R. Garrity)
 05. The Motor Cycle Display Team of The Royal Artillery
06. Gun air mobile deployment by night: A display of military skills by soldiers from 2/51 battery and 28/143 battery
      of the 19th Regiment Royal Artillery
 07. The Maoris from New Zealand: Haka (Trad.)
08. Royal Gold: Duncan McInnes (Trad.) / 79th farewell to Gibraltar (Fettes) /
      The Marquis of Huntley's Highland Flinf (Trad.) / The devil's in the kitchen (Trad.) / El Alamein (P. Denholm) /
      Glasgow City Police Pipers (D. MacLeod) / Glendaruel Highlanders (Trad.) / Atholl Highlanders (Trad.) /
      Royal Gold (Mike Batt) / Wi' a hundred pipers (Trad.) / Heilan' Laddie (Trad.)
09. Finale: Cavalry of the Steppes (Trad. arr. Knipper) / Retreat from Moscow (David E. Price) /
      1812 Overture (Op. 49, excerpt(s) by Pjotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. David E. Price)
10. Evening hymn: Crimond and last post (Trad., arr. David E. Price)
11. National Anthem: God save the Queen (Trad., arr. Jacob
12. March Off: Soldiers of the Queen (Stuart) / When the guards are on parade (Nicholls, Sarony)
... information about this CD from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you !

February 17		 **************

#CD# Massed Bands of Household Division // The 1997 Royal Tournament // [Bandleader]

Opening Fanfare: Firepower - Massed Fanfare Trumpeters of the Household Division //
Musical drive of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery: Medley // Entre Acte: La Mourisque //
Ra Quick March - Massed Bands // Huguenots - Massed Bands // Machine Gun Guards - Massed Bands //
Hint of Spice: Who Do You Think You Are/Wannabe - Massed Bands //
Guards Regimental Marches: The British Grenadiers/Heilan' Laddie/St Pat - Massed Bands //
Household Cavalry Musical Ride // New Zealand // Royal Gold - Massed Bands (Mike Batt) //
Interval Music: Marches of the Hussars Regiments/The Queen's Royal Huss //
Royal Navy Field Gun Competition: Medley // Essex Dog Team: How Much Is That Doggie in the Window (Bob Merrill) //
Raf Motor Sports: Thunderbirds / RAF march Past //
Finale: Cavalry of the Steppes (Lev Knipper) / La Marseilles (Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle) /
1812 Overture (Op. 49, excerpt(s) by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky) / Ev [Excerpt] - Massed Bands //
March off: Soldiers of the Queen / When the Guards are on parade - Massed Bands

 ... information about this CD from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you !

March 9		 **************

+ #mCD# The Wombles / written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Columbia/Sony]

1. - Remember you're a Womble
2. - Remember you're a Womble (Dance Mix) / by Wombat and Womball, in association with Mike Batt

March 16		 **************

+ #CD# The Wombles // The Best Wombles Album So Far Vol. 1 // Sampler mit 17 Liedern! [Columbia/Sony, 489562 2]

 The Wombling song - Remember you're a Womble - Wombling white tie and tails - The Orinoco kid -
To Wimbledon with love - Wombles on parade - Down at the barber shop (singing in harmony) -
The empty tidy-bag-blues - Wellington goes to Waterloo - Nashville Wombles -  Invitation to the Ping-Pong-Ball -
Non-Stop Wombling summer party - Underground overture -
The myths and legends of King Merton Womble and his journey to the centre of the earth -
The hall of the Mountain Womble (Edvard Grieg & Mike Batt) - Banana rock - Womble of the universe

Musicians

April 14		  

>10 #LP# Watership down (Original soundtrack) // except as noted written by Angela Morley //
[Pendulum P.E.G. Recordings 022] - 1st release in 1978
Martin Rosen's production of Richard Adams' "Watership Down", a full-length cartoon

Prologue and Main title (Malcom Williamson) - Venturing forth - Into the mist - Crossing the river and onward -
Fiver's vision - Through the woods - The rat fight - Violet's gone - Climbing the down -
 Bright eyes & Interlude (Mike Batt) (vocals: Art Garfunkel) - Bigwig's capture - Kehaar's theme -
The escape from Efrafa - Hazel's plan - Final struggle and triumph - The end titles

Narrator - Michael Hordern / Liner Notes - Daniel Schweiger / Package Design - Gerard Mohammed /
Assistant Engineer - Howard Somers / Engineer - John Richards / Orchestra - Lawrence Ashmore /
Musical Director - Marcus Dods / Art Direction - Simon Cantwell / Producer - Terry Rawlings

April 27		  

>4/8 #4 CD's# Acker Bilk // Feelings [Box set] // [Pulse]

CD1:
Stranger on the shore - Don't cry for me Argentina - Bridge over troubled water - Nature boy - Amazing grace -
You've lost that lovin' feelin' - What a wonderful world - Raindrops keep falling on my head - If you go away -
Guy's in love with you -  Here there and everywhere - Close to you - Going home - Makin' Whoopie - Misty -  She -
Aria - Auf Wiedersehen
CD2:
Here's that rainy day - Nancy with the laughing face - Hush-A-Bye Mountain - Ebony and ivory - Theme from 'Swan lake' -
When I need you - Together we are beautiful - When - Someone to watch over me - Way we were - Without you -
Promise of your eyes - She's leaving me - Moonlight in Vermont - Summer flower - We're all alone - Woman -
What are you doing the rest of your life
CD3:
Rhapsody in blue - Universe - Pipes of peace - Theme from 'Snow goose' - Pescadores - Until it's time for you to go -
Yesterday's smile - Miss you nights - Skylark - Alone again (Naturally) - Love said goodbye (from 'Godfather, Part 2') -
Feelings - World without love - With a little luck - Loner - Nowhere man - Meanwhile - Homecoming
CD4:
Bachanas Brasileiras No. 5 - Invitation - Magnificent mog - Clear morning - Petite fleur - Bouquet of barbed wire -
I don't wanna talk about it - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - Summer knows - Fire and rain - Yesterday -
Witchita lineman - Incontro - Canto d'amore - Autumn leaves - Free - Gotta go - Auf Wiedersehen my Dear

... info from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you !

June 1		 **************

#mCD# The Wombles / written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Columbia/Sony]

1. - The Wombling song
2. - The Orinoco kid

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#>CD# The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // Soundtrack "In the eye of the storm" // American International Television
Soundtrack composed, arranged & conducted by Mike Batt,
* lyrics of the title track "Shooting Star" by Don Black and vocals by Melanie Marshall

Fanfare - Shooting star * - Shooting star theme - Eye of the storm - Protest /War - Insanity - Opening titles -
Danger / Despair - China - Space travel - Shooting star *
The programme featured author Tom Clancy interviewing ex White House aide John Ehrlichman about the Nixon era, Watergate etc.

 		  



+ #CD# Mike Batt with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // Keep the Aspidistra flying (soundtrack) //
written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [EMI] -
in America released as: A merry war - in Germany released as: Liebe, Kunst und Zimmerpflanzen

The Aspidistra Suite: First movement/Poetry and torment - Second movement/Love and passion -
Third movement/A bright future
Original film soundtrack: Main titel - Bugger the blased daffodils - Walking to Ravelston's house -
It tolls for thee, Gordon - The poet at work - The cancelled party - Find the editor and kill him - A kiss down an alleyway -
Off to the countryside - A bower made for us - Trudge home after day out - Booking at Modigliani's -
The Aspidistra Quickstep - The Aspidistra Waltz - The Aspidistra Foxtrot - Sad bit after Gordon is sacked -
I never want to see you again - Tea with the undertaker - At last Gordon gives Rosemary a really good seeing to -
The first day of spring - Rosemary announces that she is pregnant - Gordon returns to work - Walking home -
Tiger in the night (voc. Colin Blunstone); tracks 1 - 26 instr.

Musicians:
vocals on 'Tiger in the night': Colin Blunstone;
leader of  The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on 'The Aspidistra Suite': Jonathan Carney;
leader of  The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (soundtrack): Christopher Warren-Green;
violin soloist on 'Aspidistra Quickstep/Waltz/Foxtrot': Jack Rothstein;

personal note: the theme from "Gordon returns to work" contains parts of Katie Melua's "Call off the search" (2003);
 

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+ #CD# The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mike Batt // Philharmania Vol. 1 //
one song (Bright eyes) written, all songs arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Stella/PolyGram - Germany]

Born to run (Bruce Springsteen // voc. Joey Tempest) -
A whiter shade of pale (Keith Reid / Gary Brooker // voc. John Farnham) -
No face, no name, no number (Steve Winwood / Jim Capaldi // voc. Paul Carrack) -
I put a spell on you (Screamin' Jay Hawkins / Herbert Slotkin // voc. Bonnie Tyler) -
 Paint it black (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards // voc. Marc Almond) -
Bright eyes (Mike Batt / voc. Mike Batt) -
The boys of summer (Don Henley / Mike Campbell // voc. Roger Daltrey) -
Eve of destruction (Phil F. Sloan / Steve Barri // voc. Lemmy) -
 Nights in white satin (Justin Hayward // voc. Justin Hayward) -
The power of love (Huey Lewis / Christopher John Hayes / John Victor Colla // voc. Huey Lewis) -
 Owner of a lonely heart (Trevor Charles Rabin / Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Trevor Charles Horn // voc. Colin Blunstone) -
Because the night (Bruce Springsteen // voc. Kim Wilde) -
Not fade away (Norman Petty / Charles Hardin // voc. Status Quo) -
Vienna (Midge Ure / Billy Currie / Christopher Allen / Warren Cann // voc. Midge Ure)

Musicians:
 vocals: Joey Tempest, John Farnham, Paul Carrack, Bonnie Tyler, Marc Almond, Mike Batt, Roger Daltrey, Lemmy,
 Justin Hayward, Huey Lewis, Colin Blunstone, Kim Wilde, Status Quo & Midge Ure; guitars: Chris Spedding & Mitch Dalton;
bass guitar: Tim Harries; lead saxophone: Phil Todd; drums: Henry Spinetti; percussion: Ray Cooper; piano: Mike Batt;
backing vocals: Carol Kenyon, Tessa Niles, Miriam Stockley, David Bevan, Michael George & Mike Batt;

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#VHS# Wombling free / Publisher: VCI - Video Collection International / Catalogue number: VC3645 /
Running time: 98 minutes

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> #CD# Kidz Wombles // Kidz Wombles - sung by children, for children // [CD CYP Audio WOMCD1]

 The Wombling song - Minuetto allegretto (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Mike Batt) - Tobermory -
The Womble square dance - Non-Stop Wombling summer party - Remember you're a Womble - Wombles everywhere -
Wombling merry Christmas - Wellington Womble - The Wombling twist

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> #CD# Bill Wyman // Chagall Suite // this CD was only added to Bill Wyman's book "Wyman Shoots Chagall".
This charming limited edition book presented a selection of informal photographs taken by Bill Wyman
of the late artist Marc Chagall.

track 1-7 by Bill Wyman & Mike Batt, music orchestrated, arranged and conducted by Mike Batt,
performed by The London Symphony Orchestra; 1983
track 8 composed and performed by Bill Wyman; all tracks produced by Bill Wyman; 1983

Chagall - Bella - New horizons / Paris - War - Vava - Creations - Chagall reprise - Nuclear reactions

Notes from Mike Batt: The 'Chagall Suite' is actually just a few cues from the soundtrack 'Digital Dreams' (1983)
which Bill selected in order to provide something to go in his book.

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> #mCD# Pandora // Bright Eyes // [Japan, MCA Cat.No: MVCE-12018]

 Bright eyes (Mike Batt)

November		 **************

> #CD# Smokie // Light a candel - The Christmas album // [Sony BMG]

It won't be Christmas - Mary's boy child (Jester J. Hairston) - Light a candle -
Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Hugh Martin - Ralph Blaine) - A spaceman came travelling (Chris de Burgh) -
Silent night (Josef Mohr - Franz Gruber) - A winter's tale (Mike Batt & Tim Rice) -
When a child is born (Zacar - Fred Jay) - O' little town of Betlehem - O' holy night - White Christmas (Irving Berlin) -
Away in a manger (Carl Mueller - Martin Luther) - O' Christmas tree - Christmas isn't just for children

... info from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you !

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#DoCD# Tony McPhee & Jo Ann Kelly // "Me & the devil" (1968) and "I asked for water, she gave me gasoline" (1969)
re-released on [Beat goes on BGOCD332]

CD 1: Me and the devil (1968) ... [Liberty LBS 83 190]
produced by Mike Batt and Tony T.S. McPhee /
recorded on 7th, 17th and 18th September 1968 at the Marquee Studios London

Rollin' and a tumblin' (Jo Ann Kelly & Tony McPhee / arr. Kelly & McPhee) - Duckin' and dodgin (Andy Fernbach / McPhee) -
Death letter (Tony McPhee/ arr. Kelly) - Elevator woman (Steve Rye / McPhee) - Make me a pallat (Jo Ann Kelly & Bob Hall / arr. Kelly) -
Heartsruck sorrow (Simon & Steve / McPhee) - When you got a good friend (Dave Kelly / McPhee) -
Me and the devil (Tony McPhee / Johnson, arr. McPhee) - You better mind (Simon & Steve / McPhee) -
Hard time killing floor (Andy Fernbach / McPhee) - Same thing on my mind (Jo Ann Kelly / arr. Kelly) -
Broke down engine (Andy Fernbach / McPhee) - Arkansas woman (Dave Kelly / McPhee) -
No more doggin' (Tony McPhee / McPhee) - (Buy you a) Diamond ring (Jo Ann & Dave Kelly / arr. Kelly)

CD 2: I asked for water, she gave me gasoline (1969)
Oh death - She's gone - Factory Blues - Boogie woman - Nervous - Crazy with the Blues - Lord I feel tired -
Gasoline - Rock me - London's got the Blues - Love's in vain - Dust my Blues - Built my hopes too high -
Don't pass the hat around - When my woman is with me - I'm so tired

1999

+ #CD# Mike Batt // Best - The Ride to Agadir // 19 tracks from "Schizophonia" - "Caravans" - "Tarot Suite" - "Waves" -
"Zero Zero" - "The Hunting of the Snark" - digital remastert and klangoptimiert
[Vereinigte Motor Verlage GmbH & Co. KG in der Reihe "ZOUNDS Music" / Bestell-Nummer: ZOUNDS 2700020096 - Germany)

The ride to Agadir - Lady of the dawn - Imbecile (voc. Roger Chapman) - The walls of the world - Love makes you crazy - The winds of change -
Railway hotel - The valley of swords (instr.) - Caravan song (voc. Barbara Dickson) - Mona - The fires of Rabat (instr.) - Caravan on the move (instr.) -
Voices in the dark - Don't let me be misunderstood (Benjamin / Marcus / Caldwell) - As long as the moon can shine (voc. Art Garfunkel) -
Journey to Badek (instr.) - Whispering fools - It seemed like a good idea at the time - Theme from 'Caravans' (instr.)

May		 **************

> #mCD# Various artists // the power of humanity - the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent

Katrina Belamide - Life power (w & m by Katrina Belamide, aka Trina Belamide))
Katrina Belamide - Life power / instr. (m by Katrina Belamide)
Paul Carrack with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Don't tell me you can't dance (w & m by Mike Batt)
Paul Carrack with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Don't tell me you can't dance / refrain (w & m by Mike Batt)

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>6, 9 #CD# XTC // Apple Venus Volume 1 / Orchestral arrangments for "Greenman" and "I Can't Own Her" by Mike Batt

River of orchids - I'd like that - Easter theatre - Knights in shining karma - Frivolous tonight - Greenman -
Your dictionary - Fruit nut - I can't own her - Harvest festival - The last balloon

 Musicians:
vocals and bass: Colin Moulding; vocals and guitars: Andy Partridge;
piano, keyboards, guitar and backing vocals: Dave Gregory; drums, handclaps, thigh slaps, percussion: Prairie Prince;
trumpet and flugelhorn solo on "The Last Balloon": Guy Barker; solo trumpet on "Easter Theatre": Steve Sidwell;
extra keyboards: Nick Davis & Haydn Bendall;
all arrangements played by The London Sessions Orchestra under their leader Gavin Wright

November 16		  

>2 #CD# Musica de Moros y Cristianos // Ja Baixen vol.19 (Elx en Festes) // [Spain / ???]

Banda de Música Ciudad de Elche (Director Joaquín Oncina)

El Abanico -pasodoble (Alfredo Javaloyes) / Caravana -marcha mora (Mike Batt / P.J. Francés Sanjuán) /
Bisbe-Mossárab -pasodoble (M.A.Sarrió Nadal) / Marxa dels Cavallers -m. cristiana (J.M.Valls) /
Rais Agamir -marcha mora (J.M.Ferrero) / De Ayer y de Hoy -marcha española (A.Javaloyes) /
Los Astures -pasodoble (Pepico Vaello) / Tino Herrera -marcha cristiana (Amando Blanquer) /
Musulman d'Elx -marcha mora (Fco.Blanquer) / Amalia Lozano -pasodoble (Joaquín Olcina) /
Poeta Peral Vicente -pasodoble (Abelardo Jaén) / Marcha Oriental -marcha (Alfredo Javaloyes) /
Califa i Capitá -narcha mora (Francisco Esteve)

December 28		 **************

#CD# Bonnie Tyler // All in one voice / [UK / ???]
Heaven (in album All In One Voice ) (Per Andreasson/ Pernilla Emme - produced by Jimmy Smyth) -
Like an ocean (Per Andreasson/ Pernilla Emme - produced by Jimmy Smyth) -
Soon it will be too late ((Per Andreasson/ Pernilla Emme - produced by Jimmy Smyth) -
You always saw the blue skies (Frankie Miller/ Will Jennings - produced by Jimmy Smyth) -
We can start here (Maire Brennan / Dennis Wood - produced by Jimmy Smyth) -
Angel of the morning (Chip Taylor - produced by Jimmy Smyth) -
The reason why? (Paul Hopkins / Lee Morris - produced by Graham Laybourne) -
Return to blue (Gernot Rothenbach / Eric Brodka - produced by Harold Faltermeyer & Gernot Rothenbach) -
You're breaking my heart again (Gernot Rothenbach / Eric Brodka - produced by Harold Faltermeyer & Gernot Rothenbach) -
 I put a spell on you (Screamin' Jay Hawkins / Herbert Slotkin - produced by Mike Batt) -
I'll never let you down (Frankie Miller - produced by Jimmy Smyth) -
The rose (Amanda McBroom - produced by Harold Faltermeyer & Gernot Rothenbach) -
He's the king (Harold Faltermeyer / Gernot Rothenbach - produced by Harold Faltermeyer & Gernot Rothenbach) -
Silent night (Traditional - arranged by Harold Faltermeyer & Andreas Linse - produced by Harold Faltermeyer)

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> #Sg# The Magnets // A winter's tale // [UK / ???]

A winter's tale (Mike Batt) ... a capella

'The Magnets' are ...
Nic Doodson, James Fortune, Andy Frost, Colin Griffiths-Brown, Steve Trowell and Mikey Welton

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#CD# Werkskapelle BÖHLER Mürzzuschlag / Hönigsberg, Ltg. Kpm. Hubert Auer //
                                                                                                   Live Concert 1999 (Christmas) // [KK-Records CD 40087)

Polonaise Es-Dur (Antonin Dvorak, Arr.: Karel Belohoubek) -
Slavischer Marsch, op.31 (Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky, Arr.: Jaroc) -
Indigo und die 40 Räuber (Johann Strauß II, Arr.: Siegfried Sommer) -
Persischer Marsch, op.289 (Johann Strauß II, Arr.:Anton O.Sollfelner) -
Silberfäden (P.H.Danks, Arr.: Siegfried Sommer) - trumpet solo: Wolfgang Leistentritt) -
Elekerliek Marsch (Wim Laseroms) - Festival Music (Gerhard Track) -
Selections from "Caravans" (Mike Batt, Arr.: Roland Kreid) - Dubravska Polka (Karol Padivy) -
Leichtes Blut, op.319 (Johann Strauß II, Arr.: Otto Wagner) - Time to say goodbye (L.Quarantotto, Arr.: Don Campbell) -
Schönfeld Marsch (Carl Michael Ziehrer) - 92er Regimentsmarsch (Johann Nowotny) -
Radetzky Marsch, op.228 (Johann Strauß I)

1990 - 1994          2000 - 2004

siehe auch Mike Batt's German Homepage  /  look at  Mike Batt's Homepage too
dankbar für Korrekturen und Ergänzungen / thankful for news and corrections  friedl.dieter@aon.at

Explanation of the short-cuts / Erklärung zu den Abkürzungen:
+ ........... Original soundcarrier in my collection
> ........... musicfile in my collection ... without any number = all tracks / with number(s) = selected track(s)
CD ........ Compact Disc (Ø12cm=4 ¾" / 500rpm inside - 200rpm outside) / DoCD ... 2 CD's
LP ......... Long Player (Langspielplatte Ø30cm=12" / 33 1/3rpm) / 3 LP's / DoLP ... Doppel-LP (2 LP's)
LP* ....... released on LP and CD / als Langspielplatte und als CD erschienen
MC ....... Music Cassette
mCD ..... Maxi-CD (Ø12cm=4 ¾" / 500rpm inside - 200rpm outside)
mSg ...... Maxi Single (Ø30cm=12" / 45rpm)
Sg ......... Single (Ø17,5cm=7" / 45rpm)
DVD ..... Digital Versatile Disc (Ø12cm=4 ¾" / 500rpm inside - 200rpm outside)
VHS ......Video Cassette (Video Home System)
[ ... ] ...... Plattenverlag / Edition

© Dieter Friedl,  December 3, 2009 / Impressum