Mike Batt

detailed Discography

1966 - 1969 // 1970 - 1974 // 1975 - 1979 // 1980 - 1984 // 1985 - 1989

1990 - 1994 // 1995 - 1999 // 2000 - 2004 // 2005 - 2009 // 2010 - 2029

1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974

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

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1970

 

MBO - Batt Tracks


+ #LP#
The Mike Batt Orchestra // Batt Tracks // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Penny Farthing Records / YES 100]

Come and get it (Paul McCartney) - Leaving on a jet plane (John Denver) - Something (George Harrison) -
Venus (Robbie van Leeuwen) - Bridge over troubled water (Paul Simon) //
From both sides now (Joni Mitchell) - Let's work together (Wilbert. Harrison) -
That same old feeling (Tony Macauly - John Macleod) - Let it be (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) -
Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye (Gary de Carlo / Dale Frasheur / Paul Leka) - Wand'rin star (Frederic Loewe / Alan Jay Lerner)

January 23
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Peppermint Circus


> #Sg#
Peppermint Circus // [A&M AM 016 / AMS 778] ... 45cat

A - Let me go (Ben Findon / Peter Shelley) ... arranged and produced by Mike Batt
B - School days (Ron Anderson) ... produced by Ben Findon & Peter Shelley

'Peppermint Circus'
a band from Coventry with 5 musicians, their lead vocalist was Paul Thomas. They released 5 singles between April 1968 and January 1970.

... informations about this rare single from Reinhard Möntmann, Germany - Thank You!

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Peppermint Circus - Let me go


#Sg#
Peppermint Circus // [A&M Records Germany 2015 001]

A - Let me go (Ben Findon / Peter Shelley) ... arranged and produced by Mike Batt
B - School days (Ron Anderson) ... produced by Ben Findon & Peter Shelley

... informations from Gareth Bramley (UK), thank You!

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Peppermint Circus - Let me go 2


#Sg#
Peppermint Circus // [A&M AM 016 / AMS 778]

A - Let me go (Ben Findon / Peter Shelley) ... arranged and produced by Mike Batt
B - School days (Ron Anderson) ... produced by Ben Findon & Peter Shelley

This very rare promotional 45 RPM single from A&M Records was pressed in Lebanon and has a white label.
For a period of about 8 years in the late 60's and the early 70's , records were being pressed in Lebanon under licence from the parent record companies. This stopped when the local civil war broke out in 1975 and was never resumed. Only very few copies of each record were pressed. So, if you find a record that is pressed in Lebanon, be sure that it is a very rare item.

... information about this rare Single from Toned-F, thank You!

February 6
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The Troggs - Easy Loving

>1 #Sg# The Troggs // [UK: Page One POF 164 02/70 A Page One production / Germany: Page One 14528 AT]

Easy loving (Harold Spiro / Valerie Avón) ... arranged and conducted by Mike Batt
Give me something (Pete Staples)

March 3
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Vaughan Thomas - Need you girl


> #Sg#
VaughanThomas / DEMO / both songs arranged & produced by Mike Batt /
[UK: Page One - POF 167; USA: Page One; Aus (1971?): DJM - DJK 4062]

A - Need you girl (Vaughan Thomas)
B - Coming together (Vaughan Thomas & Mike Batt)

... information & image from Gareth Bramley (UK), thank You!

Ju
ly 17
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Roy Everett - Turn on your own heat


>1 #Sg# Roy Everett // [Parlophone Records R 5857]

Turn on your own heat (Donny Marchand) ... arr. & conducted by Mike Batt, produced by Donny Marchand
Look at that old bird  (Mason / Lunt) ... arranged & conducted by Joe Moretti, produced by Jonathan Peel

Roy Everett is one of the great British rhythm & blues singers who never enjoyed the success his talent deserved.
His early recordings with Clem Clempson, Harold McNair, Herbie Flowers and Clem Cattini are awesome, his Birmingham-based Blueshounds were a legendary crowd-puller.

... information about this rare Single from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) - Thank You!
 

August 14
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Vaughan Thomas


> #Sg# Vaughan Thomas / DEMO / both songs arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Page One POF 178]

A - Is this what I get for loving you (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Phil Spector) ... first recorded by the 'The Ronettes' in 1965
B - Since you've been mine (Vaughan Thomas)

... information & image from Gareth Bramley (UK), thank You!
October 2
 
#Sg# Tír na nÓg / both songs produced by Mike Batt / Chrysalis Records

A- I'm Happy to Be (On This Mountain)
B - Let My Love Grow

Debut single by folk duo 'Tír na nÓg'. Both songs were also included as bonus tracks on the 2012 Esoteric Records reissue of the group's debut album.

... information about this rare Single from Laineycrusoe, thank You!

November 13
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Bullfrog


> #Sg# Bullfrog // produced by Mike Batt // [Decca F 13097]

A - A girl to remember (Mike Batt / Anthony ) ... vocal: Mike Batt; backing vocals:
Mike Batt and Miki Antony?*
B - I couldn't believe (Mike Batt / Anthony) ... vocal: Miki Antony ?*;
backing vocals: Mike Batt and Miki Antony?*

* The a-side is sung by Mike Batt while the b-side is sung by another person, presumably the cowriter. They both handle the backing vocals on both songs. With regards to the songs' cowriter 'Anthony', I checked the GEMA database and it brought up the name '
Miki Antony'. - Many thanks for this informations to Laineycrusoe!

... information about this rare Single from Johannes Felber, Salzburg (Austria) - Thank You!

 
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Gene Rondo


#LP# Gene Rondo // On my way //  [Trojan Records TBL 149] / Produced by John Bisset and Gene Rondo for S.B. Talent Ltd / musical arrengements by Mike Batt / engineered by Neil Richmond / recorded at Chalk Farm Studios

On my way / This is joy / Hello my friends / Dreams / Atmosphere //
You'd better watch out / Remember those days / You've got me on a string / Heart of love / Treatment

Backing voices by 'The Carols'

... information about this rare Single from Johannes Felber, Salzburg (Austria) - Thank You!


 
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> #LP*# Gary Farr // Strange fruit (Folk Psych) // [CBS Records(S 64138] / string arrangements by Mike Batt

In the mud - Old man Boulder - Strange fruit - Margie - Revolution of the season //
About this time of year - Down among the dead men - Proverbs of heaven and hell - Old man Moses - Sweet Angelina

Musicians:
Gary Farr backed by psych group "Mighty Baby" with Richard Thompson (lead guitar), Ian Whiteman (piano & flute), Mick Evans (bass guitar) and Roger Powell (drums)

... information about this rare LP (CD) from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) & Manfred Schneider, Cologne, Germany - Many thank's to You!
 

 
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>#Sg# Choi$e / arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Page One POF 168, pressed in Lebanon]

A - Cecilia (Paul Simon)
B - She's a man (G. Betts) ... Geoffrey Betts*

notes from ebay...
Choi$e was a band who recorded a few singles in the late 60's, they merged with another band called the Golden Hammers and became Showaddywaddy !!! The lineup on this single comprised Don Collins on vocals, Rich Hough on drums and later Showaddywaddy members Geoff Betts (Al James) and Trevor Oakes.

... informations and cover from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) - Thank You!
* Thanks for information to Laineycrusoe!
 

1971
 


> #Soundtrack# "Simon in the land of chalk drawings" (an animated film with 2x 12 adventures)

FilmFair London Productions / music by Mike Batt
The series is based on the books written and illustrated by Ed McLachlan, one of Britain's most beloved cartoonists and illustrators; Narrator: Bernard Cribbins

"Well, You know my name is Simon, and the things I draw come true,
Oh pictures take me, take me over, climb the ladder with you."
 

 
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#Sg# Vaughan Thomas / both songs produced by Mike Batt / [UK - DJM* DJS 238] ... * Dick James Music Publishing Ltd.

A - I wanna be famous like my Dad (Vaughan Thomas)
B - Love (Vaughan Thomas)

... information from chrisspedding.com, thank You!

April 30
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> #Sg# Mike Batt / sung, arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [UK - DJM DJS 246]

A - All the way down (
K. Kaye) ... Kaplan Kaye*
B - Wendy (Mike Batt)

... credits-info from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) - Thank You!
* Thanks for information to Laineycrusoe!

 
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#LP# The Mike Batt Orchestra // Portrait of The Rolling Stones // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Pye/Silverline/DJM]

Honky tonk woman - Nineteen nervous breakdown - Lady Jane - Brown sugar - As tears go by (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards / Andrew Oldham) - Jumpin' Jack flash //
Paint it black - Ruby tuesday - Sing this all together (see what happens) - Have you seen your mother baby - Back street girl - Let's spend the night together

# all songs except (...) by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
 

 
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#LP# The Mike Batt Orchestra // Portrait of Elton John // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Pye/Silverline/DJM]

Border song - Country comfort - Come down in time - Your song - Take me to the pilot - Where to now St. Peter //
Lady Samantha - Burn down the mission - The greatest discovery - Skyline Pigeon - The cage - I need you to turn to

# all songs by Elton John / Bernie Taupin
 

 
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> #Sg# Cheynes // April fool // [Bell BLL 1144]

A - April fool  (Ben Findon / Peter Shelley) ... musical direction by Mike Batt
B - Gotta get back (Floggitt / T. O. Death) ... musical direction by Mike Batt

... info from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Many thanks to You!

 
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> #Sg# Essjay // Twins of evil (soundtrack) // arranged by Mike Batt, produced by Stephen James* / [Germany Hansa, 10 819]

A - Twins of evil (Robinson*) ... instr.
B -  Fastback (James* / Mike Batt) ... instr.

* Notes by Laineycrusoe ...
Robinson = Harry Robinson / James = Stephen James;
The a-side is a cover of the theme music from the 1971 Hammer film of the same title.
The b-side is a funky track that sounds like early 1970s library music.
Stephen James is the son of music publisher Dick James and also ran the DJM label.
I'm not sure who 'Essjay' is, but Stephen James' initials are pronounced the same way as the artist's name so I assume Essjay was a studio project of his.
According to the label it was actually Stephen James who produced the single, with Mike Batt arranging it. - Many thanks to Laineycrusoe!

... information from chrisspedding.com, thank You!

 
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#LP# Tony Hazzard // Loudwater house // produced by Gerry Bron and Tony Hazzard; * arranged by Mike Batt

Blue movie man - Daffodils - Woman in the west (Tony Hazzard)* - Sara's birthday - Abbot of the vale - Mum and Dud - Redwoods back home //
Loudwater zoo - Another day will come - Lie down - Promised land - Don't need to anymore now - Loudwater house

Musicians:
Tony Hazzard - vocals & acoustic guitar / Dave "Clem" Clempson, Chris Spedding & Caleb Quaye - guitars / B. J. Cole - slide guitar /
Toni Campo - bass / Chris Slade & Roy O'Tempo - drums / Ray Cooper - congas / Mike Batt & Dave Greenslade - piano /
Richard Barnes, Lesley Duncan,  Kay Garner, Sue Glover, Jack Lee  & Russell Stone - backing vocals / Loughty Amao - conductor
 

 
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#Sg# Tony Hazzard // Woman in the west // produced by Gerry Bron and Tony Hazzard; * arranged by Mike Batt /
[
US Promotion copy not for sale, Uni Records 55312, Dick James Music, Inc. BMI]

A - Woman in the west (Tony Hazzard)*
B - Hangover Blues (
Tony Hazzard)

 
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#LP# Tony McPhee & Jo Ann Kelly // Same thing on their minds // [UK Sunset SLS 50209]

a 12 track compilation from "Me & the devil" (1968) and "I asked for water, she gave me gasoline" (1969);

Rock Me - Make me a pallat (Jo Ann Kelly & Bob Hall / arr. Kelly) - Same thing on my mind (Jo Ann Kelly / arr. Kelly) - (Buy you a) Diamond ring (Jo Ann & Dave Kelly / arr. Kelly) //
Rollin' and a tumblin' (Jo Ann Kelly & Tony McPhee / arr. Kelly & McPhee) - Dust My Blues - Oh Death - No more doggin' - Don't pass the hat around

... information about this LP from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) - Thank You!
 

February 19
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#Sg# The Love Affair with Auguste Eden / recorded 1970, both sides produced by Ken Street / [UK - Parlophone R 5887]

A - Wake me I am dreaming (Lucio Battisti / Mogol / Scott) arranged & conducted by Alan Hawkshaw
B - That's my home (Eden/Brayley) arranged & conducted by Mike Batt

Musicians:
August Eadon - vocals, flute / Rex Brayley - guitar / Mick Jackson - bass / Morgan Fisher - keyboards / Maurice Bacon - drums

... information about this rare Single from Toned-F, Johannes Felber, Salzburg (Austria) and
Gareth Bramley (UK) - Thank You!
 

 
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> #Sg# Vaughan Thomas / both songs arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Australia - DJM DJK 4062]

A - Need you girl (Vaughan Thomas)
B - Coming together (Vaughan Thomas & Mike Batt)

... information from chrisspedding.com, thank You!

 
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> #Sg# Vaughan Thomas / both songs arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [UK - DJM DJS 258]

A - Black sheep of the family (Vaughan Thomas & Mike Batt)
B - Julie Jane (Vaughan Thomas)

... information from chrisspedding.com, thank You!


1972
 


> #Sg# Doubloon / both songs arranged by Mike Batt and produced by Stephen James / [JAM JAM 28] / soundtrack from the film "Nickel Queen"

A - Go anywhere (Sven Libaek / Avatar Linden => real name: Adrian Van Der Linden); vocalists: Kerry Biddell, Terry Kaff
B - Look every day (Sven Libaek / Avatar Linden); vocalists: Kerry Biddell, Terry Kaff

... information from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) - Thank You!

March 3
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> #Sg# Farnborough Firework Factory / produced & arranged by Mike Batt / [Decca F 13290]

A - Too many people (Paul McCartney) ... lead singer: Terry Sherring with Mike Batt singing the a-side's middle eight.
B - She's against the law (Mike Batt) ... vocal ?

... information from Johannes Felber, Salzburg (Austria) / image from Gareth Bramley (UK) - Thank You!
Additional information about vocals from Laineycrusoe, thank You!

 
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> #Sg# Fitz & Dennis / produced by Ben Findon / [RAK Records (UK) RAK 125 / January 1, 1972]

A - I'd give anything for your love (Ben Findon / Peter Shelley), music director Mike Batt
B - When Julia comes (Ben Findon / Antony*)

... information from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) - Thank You!
* his first name is Miki, information from Laineycrusoe - Thank You!

 
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#Sg#
Vaughan Thomas / both songs arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [JAM JAM 9]

A - Gotta be you (Tony Hazzard)
B - Woman (Vaughan Thomas)

... information from chrisspedding.com, thank You!

 
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#LP#
Vaughan Thomas // Vaughan Thomas // produced by Mike Batt

Say that I'm on your mind - Cry baby, cry - Let's spend the night together - Blue movie man - One more time around - I wanna be famous like my Dad (Vaughan Thomas) //
Woman in the west (Tony Hazzard)- We are the people - Black sheep of the family (Vaughan Thomas & Mike Batt) - Summer song - Pictures of summer gone - Too far down

... information from chrisspedding.com, thank You!

 
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#Sg#
Vaughan Thomas // Giant // both songs arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Portugal: DJM  8E 006 - 94 261]

A - Giant (Mike Batt / Colin McCourt)
B - Good old Sam (Vaughan Thomas)


... information from Gareth Bramley (UK), thank You!

 
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#LP# The Mike Batt Orchestra // Portrait of Simon & Garfunkel // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Pye/Silverline/DJM]

Scarborough fair (trad., arr. Paul Simon / Art Garfunkel) - El condor pasa - Song for the asking - The boxer - I am a rock - The only living boy in New York //
The sound of silence - Why don't you wite me - So long, Frank Lloyd Wright - Mrs. Robinson - Homeward bound

# all songs, except (...) by Paul Simon
 

 
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#LP# The Mike Batt Orchestra // Portrait of Bob Dylan // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Pye/Silverline/DJM]

This wheel's on fire (Rick Danko / Bob Dylan) - Country pie - Mr. Tambourine man - If not for you - Just like a woman - I shall be released //
Mighty Quinn - Nashville skyline rag - Love minus zero (- No limit) - Blowing in the wind - Lay lady lay - The times they are a'changin

# all songs except (...) by Bob Dylan
 
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#LP# The Mike Batt Orchestra // Portrait of Cat Stevens // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Pye/Silverline/DJM]

Lady D'Arbanville - Father & Son - Morning has broken (Trad. - Eleanor Farjeon / arr. Cat Stevens) - Portobello road - I love my dog
(Cat Stevens/Yusef Lateef) //
Matthew & Son - Lady - Wild world - Tuesday' s dead - Moonshadow

# all songs, except (...) by Cat Stevens

 
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#LP# The Mike Batt Orchestra // Portrait of George Harrison // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Pye/Silverline/DJM]

Isn't it a pity - Taxman - Blue jay way - While my guitar gently weeps - Piggies//
Here comes the sun - Apple scruffs - My sweet lord - Savoy truffle - If I needed someone - Something

# all songs by George Harrison

 
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> #Sg# Woolly / arranged by Mike Batt, produced by Woolly (Stuart John "Woolly" Wolstenholme) / [RCA 2297]

A - Golden golden (Mark Wesley)
B - Sugar Daddy song (Mark Wesley)

... information from
Toned-F, image from chrisspedding.com, thank You!

November
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#Sg# Eddie Addenbury / both songs arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [RCA 2290]

A - Captain Jones (Eddie Addenbury & Tony Craig) => compilation "Tea & Symphony" (2007)
B - Land of milk and honey (
Eddie Addenbury & Tony Craig)

... information from Toned-F, image from chrisspedding.com, thank you!

from Airship ... By the early 70's Eddie was writing songs professionally and also recorded at least two solo singles, Mike Batt produced 'Captain Jones' / 'The Land Of Milk And Honey' (as Eddie Addenbury, RCA-2290, 1972) and 'I Am The People' / I'm A Bloodhound' (Pye 7N-45264, 1973). Neither single was a commercial success though 'Captain Jones' did receive some good reviews in 2007 when it was included on a compilation titled 'Tea & Symphony (The English Baroque Sound 1967-1974)' put together by Bob Stanley for Sanctuary Music.
 

November 23
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#Sg#
Bernard Cribbins / both songs written, arranged & produced by Mike Batt for Belfry Productions / [Penny Farthing, PEN 826]

A - Oswald Is Alright
B - Ballad Of Captain Cutlass

... information and credits from Laineycrusoe - Thank you!

1973
 


#LP# Tony Hazzard // Was that alright then? // written, produced and arranged by Tony Hazzard / [Island/Bronze Records ILPS-9222 (England)]
recorded May/August 1972 at Apple Studios & Lansdowne Studios

Loudwater Band - The Potter - Sweet ruby ruby nite-time (It's time to blow out the stars) - Blossom - Paul McCartney - I think I'm getting over you //
How can a woman like you smile - Wheels - Got to be me got to be you - Mamma - Chorleywood Bottom Rag

Musicians:
Tony Hazzard - vocals & acoustic guitar / Roger McKew - electric & acoustic guitar / B. J. Cole - pedal steel guitar /
Toni Campo - Fender bass / Tex Marsh & Glenn de Fleur - drums / Ray Cooper - percussion / Dave Greenslade - piano & vibes /
Mike Batt & Mick Weaver - piano / Helen Scott - soprano / The Tony Charles Steel Band
 

February 2
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#Sg#
Vaughan Thomas / both songs arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [JAM JAM 26]

A - Giant (Mike Batt / Colin McCourt)
B - Good old Sam (Vaughan Thomas)

... information from
Toshio, chrisspedding.com, thank You!

 
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#Sg# Various artists / 4 Top/Hits from England / [Sao Paulo, Brazil - young 302.1017]

1. Elton John - Skyline pigeon (Elton John / Bernie Taupin)
2. Stephen Sahne - I'm beginning to touch you
3. Doubloon - Go anywhere
4. Vaughan Thomas - Giant (Mike Batt / Colin McCourt)

... information from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) - Thank you!

June 15
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#Sg# Beshara / both songs produced by Mike Batt / [Polydor UK, 2058-374]

A - Caravan - Trad. Arr. Reshad Feild (born Richard Timothy Feild)
B - The Prayer - Trad. Arr. Reshad Feild (born Richard Timothy Feild)

... information from Toshio, chrisspedding.com, thank You!


 
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#LP# Mike Batt // Moog at the movies // Synthesonic sounds // keyboards (synthesizer) Mike Batt; all titles arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Pye NSPL 41034]

Live and let die (from "James Bond - Live and let die" by Paul McCartney) / Poor people (from "O lucky man" by Alan Price) /
For a few Dollars more (from "For a few Dollars more" by Ennio Morricone) /
Theme from "A Clockwork Orange" (Beethoviana) (Henry Purcell -
Wendy Carlos / Rachel Elkind) /
Day by day (from "Godspell" by Stephen Schwartz) / Superfly (from "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield) /
I don't know how to love him (from "Jesus Christ Superstar" by Andrew Lloyd Webber) /
Shaft (from "Shaft" by Issac Hayes) / Everybody's talkin' (from "Midnight cowboy" by Fred Neil) /
Love theme from "The Godfather" (Nino Rota)  /
Also sprach Zarathustra (
from "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Richard Strauss) /
Duelin' Moog (Duelin' Banjos) (from "Deliverance" by Arthur Smith)  /
Cabaret (from "Cabaret" by John Kander and Fred Ebb) /
Help (from "Help!" by John Lennon / Paul McCartney) / Let it be (from "Let it be" by John Lennon / Paul McCartney) /
Mrs. Robinson (from "The graduate" by Paul Simon)

... tracklist from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank You!
 


 
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> #LP# Yoga for health // Music for Yoga // except track 1 - all titles composed & arranged by Mike Batt / [CBS 65454]

Yoga for health (Hitterman - arr. Mike Batt) - Reflections - The cobra - Lotus song - Incense - The spell - Breathing theme

Notes from "www.dirt.freeserve.co.uk/exotica.htm": A weird floaty background music produced by Mike Batt ...

...  image from chrisspedding.com, thank You!
 

October 12
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#Sg# The Wombles // The Wombling Song // written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [CBS 1794]

A - The Wombling song (TV-Version)
B - Wellington Womble

... additional note at ebay: Rare UK promo only picture sleeve UK demo 45. The isssue never had a picture sleeve. A side has time written on label and sticker stain.







... first issue without picture sleeve







... issue January 1974

A - The Wombling song (TV-Version)
B - Wombles everywhere


... information from Gareth Bramley (UK), thank You!
 

November
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> #LP# The Wombles // Wombling Songs // written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [CBS 65803]

The Wombling song (TV-Version) – Wombles everywhereExercise is good for you (laziness is not) – The Wombles' warningTobermoryDreaming in the sun //
Madame Cholet – Great uncle Bulgaria's march – Wellington Womble incl. Wombling along (link piece) - Bungo's birthdayThe Wombling song (full version)

'The Wombles'
Orinoco - vocals & sax, Mike Batt / Wellington - lead guitar, Chris Spedding / Madame Cholet - bass guitar,
Peter Felstead /
Great Uncle Bulgaria - violin,
Steve Lyman-Dixon / Bungo - drums, Clem Cattini

Musicians:
Clem Cattini - drums / Chris Spedding - guitars / Ray Cooper - percussion / Les Hurdle - bass guitar / Rex Morris & Eddie Mordue - sax solos /
Jack Rothstein - solo violin and orchestra leader /
Peter Knight, the fiddler from Steeleye Span, was secretly a member of the Wombles on "Superwombling" (1975)
Mike Batt - keyboards, lead and backing vocals
 ... The London Symphony Orchestra - on 'The myths and legends of king Merton Womble and his journey to the centre of the earth'

Live performings: Wellington ... Robin Le Mesurier - Gibson Flying V / Uncle Bulgaria ... Tim Renton - Rickenbacker /
Madame Cholet ... Sandy Renton (Tim's wife) / Andy Renton - drums => Tim and Andy Renton were members of "Hapshash and the Coloured Coat"


#Sg# The Wombles //
The Wombling song (full version) / Wombles everywhere / [CBS 1794]

August 24
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#Sg# 52nd Precinct // Time is tight // [
Dart – ART 2036 (1973) & EPIC EPC 2025 (1974)] ... Discogs / 45cat

A - Time Is Tight (Bernard (Bernie) Cochrane, Simon Haseley (= Simon Douglas Stewart Park));
     
arranged by Simon Park / produced by Bernie Cochrane, Gordon Thomas Chambers and Mike Batt
B - Feel It (Keith Bonsoir, Martin Goble)
      arranged by Simon Park / produced by Bernie Cochrane

1973/74


> #Sg# Midland Counties Ice Cream - Liberate a Lolly / Mike Batt / [Midland Counties Ice Cream / RMS 1]

Liberat
e a Lolly (lyrics by Mike Isaacson / music by Mike Batt) ... a jingle for 'Midland Counties Ice Cream'

Note at "ebay": A one-sided 45 by Mike Batt RMS 1.
A great tune and with lots of connections is one of those records that will climb and climb in the valuestakes, and the musics not bad either!

... information about this rare single from Toned-F, Australia, lyrics from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you!
...
information about the release year from Andrea, UK - she was working at Midland Counties Ice Cream in Birmingham, England,
at the time the jingle was on TV. The singles were 'freebies' anyway for radio stations etc. - Thank You!

 

1974
 


+ #LP# Mike Batt // Ye olde Moog // Synthesonic sounds // keyboards (synthesizer) Mike Batt;
all Traditionals arranged (except * by C.J.Sharp), conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Pye NSPL 41033]

English country garden* - Riddle song - Scarborough fair - Ash grove - (What shall we do with) The drunken sailor - Danny boy (based on "Londonderry Air") -
Morning has broken - Oh no John //
Strawberry fair - Streets of Laredo - Amazing grace - Early one morning - Greensleeves - Cockles and mussels - Loch Lomond - House of the rising sun

... information & LP from Gottfried Pfeiffer, Austria - Thank You!

March 29
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#Sg# The Wombles // Remember you're a Womble / Bungo's birthday (Demo) / [S CBS 2241]
 

June
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#Sg# The Wombles // Banana rock / The Womble square dance / [CBS 2465]

... cover from Gareth Bramley (UK) - Thank You!

July
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> #LP# The Wombles // Remember you're a Womble // written*, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [CBS 80191]
* except "Minuetto allegretto", from the "Jupiter-Symphony" No 41, C-major, KV 551 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, adapted by Mike Batt

Remember you're a Womble Minuetto allegretto Non-Stop Wombling summer party Wombling in the rainWomble burrow boogie //
Wellington goes to WaterlooThe retourn of cousin Yellowstone The Womble square dance – Wimbledon sunset – Banana rock

August 9
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#Sg# The Anderson Sisters // arranged by Mike Batt, produced by Paul Phillips / [CBS S CBS 2619] - pale greenish demo

A -
Suzy-Hang-Around (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus)
B - Summer Song (Vaughan Thomas)

... information & image from Gareth Bramley (UK) - Thank You!
 

September 13
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#Sg# The Wombles // Wombling summer party // written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [US, CBS Columbia 3-10013 / UK, S CBS 2663]

A - Wombling summer party
B - Wimbledon sunset

... information from Gareth Bramley (UK) - Thank You!

 

October
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#Sg# / The Wombles // [CBS 2710]

A - Minuetto allegretto
B - Womble burrow boogie

... info from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) - Thank You!


 
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#Sg # The Wombles // Remember you're a Womble / Wellington Womble / [(US) Columbia 3-10013]
 

November
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#Sg# The Wombles // Wombling merry Christmas / Madame Cholet // [CBS 2842]










#Sg# The Wombles // Wombling merry Christmas / Madame Cholet // [CBS 2842 Reissue]

... images from Gareth Bramley (UK) - Thank You!

 
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>1 #LP# / The Wombles // Ricorda siamo Wombles (12 tracks) // [CBS/Italy CI80191-1L]

Remember you're a Womble - Minuetto allegretto - Non-Stop Wombling summer party - Wombling in the rain - Womble burrow boogie //
Ricorda siamo Wombles (Remember you're a Womble; Italian lyrics by ???) -
Wellington goes to Waterloo - The retourn of cousin Yellowstone
The Womble square dance - Wimbledon sunset - Banana rock

Commenti dalla tracking list: A1: "Who could forget?" - A2: "In Which The Story Is Told Of Great Uncle Bulgaria's Minuetting Childhood. -
A3: "In Which We Meet The Surfing Wombles: Los Angeles Burrow" - A4: "In Which NOBODY CARES!"
A5: "In Which EVERYBODY BOOGIES!" // B2: "In Which Young Wellington Goes Train-spotting" -
B3: "In Which Yellowstone Returns For One Of His Visits, And The Story Of His Fortune-Seeking Youth Is Told" -
B4: "You'll Square-Dance The Whole Night Through When Cousin Yellowstone Stays With You!" -
B5: "In Which Nothing In Particular Happens" - B6: "In Which The West Indian Wombles Really Rock On!"

... information from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) & discogs.com - Thank You!

December
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+ #LP# The Wombles // Keep on Wombling // written*, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [CBS 80526]
** except "The hall of the Mountain Womble", from the "Peer Gynt Suite Nr. 1" Op. 46 'In the hall of the mountain king' by Edvard Grieg, adapted by Mike Batt

Womble of the universe/a –
The Orinoco kid The jungle is jumping Underground overture – The hall of the Mountain Womble* – Look out for the giant/a //
The Wombling twist Tobermory's music machine/a – Wipe those Womble tears from your eyes
Invitation to the Ping-Pong-Ball/a Wombling merry Christmas
 

 
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#3LP's# The Wombles // The Wombles // Boxed set: Wombling Songs, Remember you're a Womble & Keep on Wombling / [CBS]

... Box-cover from Johannes Felber, Salzburg
(Austria) - Thank You!

 
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>1 #Sg# / The Wombles // [CBS/Germany CBS S 2544]

A - Die Wombles sind im Kommen (Remember you're a Womble) (German lyrics by Michael Kunze)
B - Wimbledon Sunset (Interlude)

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#Sg# / The Wombles // [CBS/Germany]

A - Die Wombles sind im Kommen (Remember you're a Womble) (German lyrics by Michael Kunze)
B - Die Wombles sind im Kommen (instr.) => Quelle
 

 
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>1 #Sg# The Mike Sammes Singers // The Wombling Song // [Music For Pleasure FP10047]

The Wombling song
Remember you're a Womble

... information from Johannes Felber, Salzburg (Austria) - Thank You!

 
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#? LP# The Mike Batt Orchestra // Hits of Cat Stevens, George Harrison & Elton John //
arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [DJM - New Zealand]

 
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+ #LP# The Mike Batt Orchestra // Portrait of Mike Batt // 1971 & 72 // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt /
[Silverline / DJSL 038]

Something (George Harrison) - Border song (Elton John / Bernie Taupin) - The sound of silence (Paul Simon) -
Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) - Burn down the mission (Elton John / Bernie Taupin) - Matthew & Son (Cat Stevens) //
Your song (Elton John / Bernie Taupin) - Here comes the sun (George Harrison) - Lady d'Arbanville (Cat Stevens) -
Blowing in the wind (Bob Dylan) - Lady Samantha (Elton John / Bernie Taupin) - Mrs. Robinson (Paul Simon)

 
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>1 #Sg# Alley Cat.// [Lark Records]

Bird of prey (Mike Batt & Ben Findon)
That's Rock and Roll (Ben Findon)

... information, image and lyrics from Mark Spooner, Australia - Thank You!
 

 
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>1 #Sg# Pan's People / produced by Mike Batt / [Epic S EPC 2606]

A - You can really rock and roll me (Mike Batt)
B - The singer not the song (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)

Pan's People
BBabs Lord, Dee Dee Wilde, Ruth Pearson, Andrea Rutherford (1972 replaced by Cherry Gillespie),
Louise Clarke (replaced 1974 when she left to get married by Sue Menhenick) and choreographer Flick Colby
 

   1970 - 1974 

look at  Mike Batt's Homepage too

dankbar für Korrekturen und Ergänzungen / thanks for news and corrections - Dieter Friedl

Erklärung zu den Abkürzungen / Explanation of the short-cuts:
+ ........... Original soundcarrier in my collection
> ........... musicfile in my collection ... without any number = all tracks / with number(s) = selected track(s)
CD ........ Compact Disk (Ø12cm) / DoCD ... 2 CD's
LP ......... Long Player (Langspielplatte Ø30cm/33rpm) / 3 LP's / DoLP ... Doppel-LP (2 LP's)
LP* ....... Long Player (Langspielplatte Ø30cm/33rpm), auch als CD (Ø12cm) erschienen /LP as on CD
MC ....... Music Cassette
mCD ..... Maxi-CD (Ø12cm)
mSg ...... Maxi Single (Ø30cm/45rpm)
Sg ......... Single (Ø17,5cm=7-inch/45rpm)
VHS ......Video Cassette (Video Home System)
[ ... ] ...... Plattenverlag / Edition

© Dieter Friedl, November 7, 2020 / Kontakt & Impressum