Mike Batt

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

2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004

Musicians & Orchestras since 1970

'Short-Discography' 1970 - ... Mike Batt Biographie (German) - Mike Batt biography (English) - Mike Batt Lyrics

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2000


January 1

#CD# Brotherhood of Man // The best of // [Laserlight (Delta Music)]

Save your kisses for me - United we stand - Angelo - Where are you going - How deep is your love -
Dancing Queen - Together we're beautiful - When will I see you again - Singing in the rain -
Catch me catch me if you can - My sweet Rosalie - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - Blame it on the Boogie -
Ring my bell - Use it up and wear it out - Tragedy

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#CD# Richard Clayderman // Millenium collection - 5 passion // [ISBN: GUT8105]

Unchained melody (Axel North / Hy Zaret) - Besame mucho (Consuelo Velazquez / Sunny Skylar) -
Eden is a magic world (Paul de Senneville / Olivier Toussaint) - Guantanamera (Jose Fernandez Diaz) -
Summertime (George Gershwin) - Mariage d'amour (Paul De Senneville) - A man & a man (???) -
Medley: Lady in red & Take my breath away (Chris de Burgh & Giorgio Moroder /
Tom Whitlock) - (Everything I do) I do it for you (Bryan Adams / Robert John "Mutt" Lange / Michael Kamen) -
Just the way you are (Billy Joel) - La cumparsita (Gerardo Matos Rodriguez) - Blue eyes (Bernard Taupin / Elton John) -
Voyage a Venise (Olivier Toussaint) - Chiquitita (Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus) - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - Coup de Coeur (Trad.)

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>2 #CD# Johnny Pearson # Music and Romance // [Disky]

Chariots of fire (Evanghelos Papathanassiou = Vangelis) - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) -
Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss, 1896) - American gigolo (Rivers Cuomo) - Cavatina (William John) -
Don't cry for me Argentina (from 'Evita', by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice) - Love story (Francis Lai) -
Summer of '42 (Michel Legrand) - On Golden Pond (Dan Moses Schreier) - Emanuelle II (Nico Fidenco) -
Brother sun sister moon (Philips Leitch = Donovan) -
Three coins in the fountain (from 'Three coins in the fountain', by Jule Styne / Sammy Cahn) -
Sleepy shores (Johnny Pearson) - All creatures great and small (Johnny Pearson) - House of Caradus (John Keane) -
For your eyes only (Bill Conti / Michael Leeson) - Green leaves of summer (Dimitri Tiomkin / Paul Webster) -
Nadias theme (from 'The Young and the Restless', by Barry DeVorzon / Perry Botkin Jr.) - Godfather (Nino Rota) -
Live and let die (Paul McCartney)

... info from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria - Thank you!
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+ #CD# Mike Batt with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // Bright Eyes At The Railway Hotel -
"Rough asse../mbly"* / [Dramatico]
written (except "A winter's tale" lyrics by Tim Rice and Mike Batt), arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt  
* "Rough asse../mbly" ... First-Version with 15 songs => the Original-Version will be released ?, incl. "The ride to Agadir" !

Bright eyes - Soldier's song - The walls of the world - A winter's tale - Love makes you crazy - System 605 -
Caravan song - Theme from 'Caravans' - I feel like Buddy Holly - Lady of the dawn - The winds of change -
Please don't fall in love - I watch you sleeping - I dine alone - Railway hotel
Musicians:
drums: Henry Spinetti; percussion: Ray Cooper; guitars: Chris Spedding & Mitch Dalton; bass: Tim Harries

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+ #CD#Mike Batt with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // conducted by Mike Batt,
digitally recorded at Watford Town Hall, 1994 [Dramatico]

Sir Edward Elgar - Pomp and circumstance March No1 (1901)
Gustav Holst - The Planets (suite for large orchestra, Op. 32, 1914-16): Mars - Venus - Mercury - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune

 Sir Edward (William) Elgar, * June 2nd 1857, Broadheath (Worcester); † February 23rd 1934, Worcester
Gustav Holst, * September 21st 1874, Cheltenham; † May 25th 1934, London

September 25		 **************

#mCD# Bond // Victory // "Victory" written by Tonci Huljic, arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Decca]

October 2nd
+ #CD#Bond // Born // track 13: "Victory" written by Tonci Huljic, arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Decca]

'Bond'
first violin: Haylie Ecker; second violin: Eos; viola: Tania Davis; cello: Gay-Yee Westerhoff

November 11		 **************


+ #DoCD# The Wombles Collection // written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt, except (...) /
[Dramatico - DRAMCD0001]; incl. 2 videos: 'Remember you're a Womble' and 'The Wombling song'

CD1: 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 -
Hall of the Mountain Womble (Edvard Grieg / Mike Batt) - Banana rock - Womble of the universe -
I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day* (Album version) (Mike Batt / Roy Wood)
Quick Time Movie: Remember you're a Womble (Womble.mov)

CD2: Minuetto allegretto (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Mike Batt) - Superwomble -
Miss Adelaide (she's got a lot of knowledge) - Let's womble to the party tonight - Rainmaker -
Wombling in the rain - Tobermory's music machine - The Womble square dance - The Wombling twist -
Exercise is good for you (laziness is not) - Madame Cholet - Look out for the giant - The jungle is jumping -
Wimbledon sunset - The Womble shuffle - Wipe those Womble tears from your eyes - Wombling merry Christmas;
Quick Time Movie: The Wombling song (Womble.mov)

 Musicians
 * vocals: The Wombles with Roy Wood (wellknown from "The Move", "E.L.O."and "Wizzard")
   a combination of "I wish it could be Christmas every day"1973 by Roy Wood & "Wombling merry Christmas" 1974 by Mike Batt;

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


+ #CD# Mike Batt with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Guests // Watership Down //
Original Soundtrack, Music and Songs / [Polydor]; Track 1 - 14 written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt

Watership down: The beginning (Overture/instr.) - Bright eyes (voc. Stephen Gately) -
Thank you, stars (voc. Cerys Mattews) - On watership down (Folk theme/instr.) -
(When you're) Losing your way in the rain (voc. Art Garfunkel) - Military theme and development (instr.) -
The view from a hill (voc. Mike Batt) - Fantasia on a flying theme (instr.) -
Chase adventure from watership down (instr.) - Baroque theme (instr.) - Frith's blessing (narrator: Gary Martin) -
Winter on watership down (instr.) - Winter song (voc. Paul Carrack) - A kind of dream (Choral fantasy)

The singers & guests:
vocals: Stephen Gately, Art Garfunkel, Cerys Matthews, Paul Carrack, Gary Martin & Mike Batt;

Musicians:
drums: Henry Spinetti, bass: Tim Harries; guitars: Chris Spedding, Mitch Dalton & Steve Donelly; keyboards: Mike Batt

 Track 15: Bright eyes (Steve Mac version) (voc. Stephen Gately) - words & music Mike Batt,
Richard Niles (string arr.) and Frizzy Karlson (guitars),  produced, arranged & mixed by Steve Mac

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#mCD1# Stephen Gately ‎– New Beginning / Bright Eyes / [Polydor ‎– 561 819-2]

1. New Beginning (A. Bagge, A. Birgisson, S. Climie and S. Gately)
    Strings arranged by Jansson & Jansson / Background Vocals – Anders Von Hoffsten, Arnthor / Guitars – Esbjörn Öhrwall, Patrick Tucker /
    Strings – Stockholm Session Strings / Mixed by Bob Kraushaar / Mix Assistant – Patrick / Produced and arranged by Bag & Arnthor

2. Bright eyes (Steve Mac version) (Mike Batt)
     Strings arranged by Richard Niles / Assistant – Daniel Pursey / Mix – Matt Howe / Programmed by Chris Laws /
    Guitar – Frizzy Karlsson / Produced, arranged and mixed by Steve Mac

3. New Beginning (Love To Infinity Master Mix) (A. Bagge, A. Birgisson, S. Climie and S. Gately)
    Strings arranged by Jansson & Jansson / Background Vocals – Anders Von Hoffsten, Arnthor / Guitars – Esbjörn Öhrwall, Patrick Tucker /
    Strings – Stockholm Session Strings / Mixed by Bob Kraushaar / Mix Assistant – Patrick / Produced and arranged by Bag & Arnthor /
    Produced and remixed by Love To Infinity

Video New Beginning (CD Rom Video)

 ... information (Link) from Gareth Bramley (UK) - Thank you!
 


#mCD2# Stephen Gately ‎– New Beginning / Bright Eyes / [Polydor ‎– 561 820-2]

1. New Beginning (A. Bagge, A. Birgisson, S. Climie and S. Gately)
    Strings arranged by Jansson & Jansson / Background Vocals – Anders Von Hoffsten, Arnthor / Guitars – Esbjörn Öhrwall, Patrick Tucker /
    Strings – Stockholm Session Strings / Mixed by Bob Kraushaar / Mix Assistant – Patrick / Produced and arranged by Bag & Arnthor

2. Bright eyes (Jewels & Stone Remix) (Mike Batt)
    Produced and remixed by Jewels & Stone

3. New Beginning (Joey Musaphia's Genesis Mix) (A. Bagge, A. Birgisson, S. Climie and S. Gately)
    Produced and remixed by Joey Musaphia

Video New Beginning (CD Rom Video)

 ... information (Link) from Gareth Bramley (UK) - Thank you!
 

 
#Sg# Stephen Gately ‎– Bright Eyes (Steve Mac Version) / [A&M 561 906-7]

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

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#mCD# The Wombles with Roy Wood // I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day //
arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Dramatico - no catalogue number]

 I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day
  ('Fat Boy Furry' Crucial Dub Groovy Acid Dance Burrow Garage Mix) /
     (Mike Batt / Roy Wood) (voc. The Wombles with Roy Wood)
Wombles on parade
 

December 18		 **************


#mCD# The Wombles with Roy Wood // I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day //
arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Dramatico - DRAMCDS0001]

 I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day* (Album version) (Mike Batt / Roy Wood)
                                                                                    (voc. The Wombles with Roy Wood)
 Wombling merry Christmas (Album version)
I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day (Live version)
I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day (Quicktime promo video)

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>1 #mCD# The Wombles with Roy Wood // I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day //
arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Dramatico - DRAMCDS0001X]

 I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day
  ('Fat Boy Furry' Crucial Dub Groovy Acid Dance Burrow Garage Mix) /
     (Mike Batt / Roy Wood) (voc. The Wombles with Roy Wood)
Wombles on parade
Wombles on parade (Quicktime promo video)

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>2 #MC# The Wombles with Roy Wood // I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day //
arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Dramatico - DRAMCAS0001]
 a combination of "I wish it could be Christmas every day"1973 by Roy Wood &
                    "Wombling merry Christmas" 1974 by Mike Batt

 I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day  (Album version) (Mike Batt / Roy Wood) (voc. The Wombles with Roy Wood)
Wombling U.S.A. (1st release in Europe !) *

* recorded 1974 for the U.S.A. market, but not released / contains parts of 'Wombling white tie and tails' and 'Underground overture'

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#CD# Various // The Easy Project - 20 Loungecore Favourites // [US, Castle Music – CMAR 671, Reissue (1995)]

The Laurie Johnson Orchestra – The Shake / The Ray McVay Sound – Kinda Kinky / Sounds Orchestral – Mas Que Nada (prod. John Schroeder) /
The Johnny Hawksworth Orchestra – Lunar Walk (prod. Terry Oates) /
The Alan Tew Orchestra – Walk On The Wildside (engineer Larry Bartlett, prod. Terry Brown / The Johnny Hawksworth Orchestra – It's Murder /
John Keating – Theme From San Benedict (prod. Terry Oates) /
Synthesonic Sounds (Moog at the Movies) – House Of The Rising Sun (arranged, conducted and produced by Mike Batt)
Paraffin Jack Flash LTD – Blue 'N' Groovy (prod. Jack Dorsey) / The John Keating Orchestra – The Clown /
The Laurie Johnson Orchestra – Echo Four Two /
The John Shakespeare Orchestra – Mucho Mexico Seven-O (arranged by Derek Warne, prod. by John Schroeder /
The Les Reed Piano – High Society / The Eliminators – Staccato / The Alan Tew Orchestra – Ironside (engineer Larry Bartlett, prod. Terry Brown) /
 Johnny Keating And The Z-Men - Getaway / Synthesonic Sounds (Moog at the Movies) – Superfly (Curtis Lee Mayfield) /
The Ray McVay Sound – Revenge (prod. Larry Page) / The John Schroeder Orchestra – But She Ran The Other Way (prod. John Cameron) /
The Harry Roche Constellation – Spiral (prod. Ken Barnes)

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#DoCD# Various // Shaft and other 60s & 70s film themes // [UK, Castle Music – CMDDD042]

CD 1: The Button Down Brass* – Shaft (from "Shaft" by Issac Hayes) /
Synthesonic Sounds (Moog at the Movies) – Superfly (from "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield) /
Synthesonic Sounds (Moog at the Movies) – Also sprach Zarathustra (from "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Richard Strauss) /
Cyril Stapleton & His Orchestra – The Italian Job (Quincy Jones) / Cyril Stapleton & His Orchestra – The French Connection (Don Ellis) /
Synthesonic Sounds (Moog at the Movies) – Theme from "A Clockwork Orange" (Beethoviana) (Henry Purcell - Wendy Carlos / Rachel Elkind) /
Sounds Orchestral – Pink Panther (Henry Mancini) /
Lonnie Youngblood – Gonna Fly Now (from "Rocky" by Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti, Carol Conners)
The Royal Doulton Band – Jaws (John Williams) / The Barry Gray Orchestra – Thunderbirds (Barry Gray) /
The Doctor Exx Band – Superman (John Williams) / Nostromo – Alien (Jerry Goldsmith) / The Royal Doulton Band – Star Wars (John Williams) /
Nostromo – The Black Hole (John Barry) / The Alyn Ainsworth Orchestra – Rollerball (Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor; Johann Sebastian Bach) /
Stephen Duro – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Ennio Morricone) /
Synthesonic Sounds (Moog at the Movies) – For a few Dollars more (from "For a few Dollars more" by Ennio Morricone) /
The Button Down Brass – Love Theme (from "The Godfather" by Nino Rota) / The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Alfie (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) /
The Acker Bilk & Leon Young String Chorale – Billy Liar (Richard Rodney Bennett) /
The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Bedazzled (Dudley Moore, Peter Cook) / Acker Bilk, His Clarinet & Strings – Bilitis (Francis Lai) /
The Kinks – God's Children (from "Percy" by Ray(mond Douglas) Davies)/ Jim Dale – Georgy Girl (Jim Dale, Tom Springfield) /
The Bye-Laws – To Sir, With Love (Don Black, Mark London) /
CD 2: Sounds Orchestral – 007 Theme (John Barry) / Sounds Orchestral – From Russia With Love (Lionel Bart) /
Sounds Orchestral – Goldfinger (Anthony Newley, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse) /
The Don Black Orchestra & Singers – Thunderball (Don Black, John Barry) /
Cyril Stapleton & His Orchestra – Diamonds Are Forever (Don Black, John Barry) /
The Victor Silvester Orchestra – You Only Live Twice (John Barry, Leslie Bricusse) /
Synthesonic Sounds (Moog at the Movies) – Live and let die (from "James Bond - Live and let die" by Paul McCartney) /
Lulu – The Man With The Golden Gun (Don Black, John Barry) / The Laurie Johnson Orchestra – Dr Strangelove (Laurie Johnson) /
The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Theme From M.A.S.H. (Johnny Mandel, Mike Altman) /
The John Schroeder Orchestra – The Virgin Soldiers March (Ray(mond Douglas) Davies) /
Acker Bilk & His Clarinet – Love Theme (from "The Eagle Has Landed" by Lalo Schifrin) /
The Victor Silvester Orchestra – Cavatina (from "The Deer Hunter" by Stanley Myers) /
Synthesonic Sounds (Moog at the Movies) – Help (from "Help!" by John Lennon / Paul McCartney) &
 Mrs. Robinson (from "The graduate" by Paul Simon);  /
 Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent – Scarborough Fair (from "The Graduate", Traditional arranged by Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon) /
The London Pops Orchestra – Love Story (Francis Lai) /
The Tony Hatch Sound – Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme) (from "Dr. Zhivago" by Maurice Jarre & Paul Francis Webster) /
Ray Davies & Button Down Brass – Everybody's Talking (from "Midnight Cowboy" by Fred Neil) /
Petula Clark – The Windmills Of Your Mind (from "Thomas Crown Affair" by Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) /
The Tony Hatch Sound – A Man And A Woman (Francis Lai, Jerry Keller, Pierre Barrough) /
Maurice Jarre & London Philharmonic Orchestra – Lawrence Of Arabia (Maurice Jarre) /
The Don Black Orchestra & Singers – True Grit (Don Black, Elmer Bernstein) /
Ray Davies & Button Down Brass – Born Free (Don Black, John Barry) / Acker Bilk, His Clarinet & Strings* – Chariots Of Fire (Vangelis)

* "Discogs" contributor's note: Track 1 on Disc 1 incorrectly credited on back cover to Synthesonic Sounds (Moog at the Movies)

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#DoCD# Various Artists - Now! The Christmas Album // [EMI 7243 8 50427 2 0 CDNOX2]

CD 1:
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is over) (John Lennon & Yoko Ono) //
Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas (Bob Geldof / Midge Ure) //
Slade - Merry Christmas everybody (Noddy Holder & Jimmy Lea) //
Wizzard - I wish it could be Christmas (everyday) (Roy Wood) //
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas time (Paul McCartney) //
Ronan Keating feat. Maire Brennan - Fairytale of New York (Shane MacGowan / Jem Finer) //
Tom Jones with Cerys from Catatonia - Baby, it's cold outside (Frank Loesser) //
Kylie Minogue - Santa baby (Phil Springer / Tony Springer / Joan Javits) //
Samantha Mumba - All I want for Christmas (Mariah Carey & Walter Afanasieff) //
Spice Girls - Christmas wrapping (Chris Butler) // Elton John - Step into Christmas (Elton John / Bernie Taupin) //
Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick (Brian Wilson) // Brenda Lee - Rockin' around the Christmas tree (John D. Marks) //
Jackson Five - Frosty the snowman (Steve Nelson / Jack Rollins) //
Robbie Williams - Walk this sleigh (Robbie Williams / Guy Chambers) //
Mike Oldfield - In dulci jubilo (Johann Sebastian Bach / arr. Mike Oldfield) //
Jona Lewie - Stop the cavalry (Jona Lewie) // Spice Girls - Sleigh ride (M. Parish / Anderson) //
Billie Piper - Last Christmas (George Michael) // S Club 7 - Perfect Christmas (S Club 7)

CD 2:
Robbie Williams - Angels (Robbie Williams / Guy Chambers) //
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The power of love (Chris Hayes) //
Greg Lake - I believe in father Christmas (Greg Lake / Peter Sinfield / from Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kije Suite") //
Chris De Burgh - A spaceman came travelling (Chris De Burgh) //
Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and wine (Keith Strachan / Leslie Stewart / Jeremy Paul) //
Nat 'King' Cole - The Christmas song (Mel Torme - Robert Wells) //
Dean Martin - Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow (Samuel Cohen Cahn / Jule Styne) //
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (Irving Berlin) // Sinead O'Connor - Silent night (Josef Mohr / Franz Gruber) //
Aled Jones - Walking in the air (Howard Blake) // Magnets - A winter's tale (Mike Batt) ... a capella //
Mud - Lonely this Christmas (Nicky Chinn / Mike Chapman) //
State Of The Heart - Please come home for Christmas (Charles Mose Brown / Gene C. Redd) //
Vanessa Williams - Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Hugh Martin / Ralph Blaine) //
Michael Ball - Driving home for Christmas (Chris Rea) //
Love Unlimited Orchestra - It may be winter outside (Barry White / J. Livingstone) //
Hannah Morris - When a child is born (Zacar / Fred Jay) //
Dina Carroll - The perfect year (from 'Sunset Boulevard', Andrew Lloyd Webber / Don Black & Christopher Hampton) //
Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Little drummer boy - Peace on earth
                     (Katherine K. Davis / Henry Onorati / Harry Simeone)-(Larry Grossman / Ian Fraser / (Alan) Buz Kohan)

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

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

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>2, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14 #CD# London Session Singers // TeleTubbies Wombles & Muppets // [Atmosphere Music]

Teletubbies say Eh-Oh - The Wombling song - Mah Na Mah Na - Smurf song - Yellow submarine -
 Remember you're a Womble - Monster Mash - Muppet show time - Bright eyes - Superwomble -
Rainbow connection - Wombling white tie and tails - Kung Fu fighting - Wombling merry Christmas

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

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#CD# Paola // Paola am Blue Bayoo // [Germany SMM 500621 2]

Wie Du (Bright eyes; music by Mike Batt / German lyrics by Wolfgang Mürmann)


see also: 1979 - 1980 - 1981 - 1989 - 1990 - 1993

2001


March


not released on CD
only as a mp3-file

 

> #mp3-file# Mike Batt with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // Heartlands (instr.) //
                   composed for Britains Conservative Party

March 19		 **************


>15 #3 CD's# Various Artists // Magic Melodies (a selection of beautiful music) // [Emporio]

Disc: 1
On golden pond - Emmanuelle II - Brother sun sister moon - Chi Mai - Raining in my heart - Morning has broken -
Don't cry for me Argentina - Winner takes it all - Chariots of fire - One day in your life - Nadia's theme - Sleepy shores -
Cavatina - Stranger in the shore - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - People (Pete Kelly Sound) - Cast your fate to the wind -
Deep purple (Michael Park)

Disc: 2
Heather - Together - Sorry seems to be the hardest word - I remember that summer - Feelings - You needed me -
Seduction - Do that to me one more time - Love match - Just the way you are - Theme from 'Love story' -
My cherie amour (Pete Kelly Sound) - We've only just begun (Pete Kelly Sound) -
If you could read my mind (Pete Kelly Sound) - Close to you (They long to be) (Pete Kelly Sound) -
Your smile (Michael Park) - Love - Marla's theme (Michael Park)

Disc: 3
Reflections - Sunshine - La mignanne - Theme from 'The house of Caradus' - Tequila sunrise (Pete Kelly Sound) -
Last Tango in Paris (Pete Kelly Sound) - On the rebound (Larry Page) - Landscape (Michael Park) -
Summer sonarta (Michael Park) - When shadows fall (Michael Park) - Distant horizons (Michael Park) -
Autumn raindrops (Michael Park) - Shining water (Michael Park) - Sad little dancer (Michael Park) -
Winter winds (Michael Park) - Morning mist (Michael Park) - Love hatch

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

May, 21st		 **************


+ #CD# Mike Batt with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Guests // Unten am Fluss //
Original Soundtrack, Music and Songs / [Polydor]; Track 1 - 14 written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt

Watership down: The beginning (Overture/instr.) - Bright eyes (voc. Stephen Gately) -
Thank you, stars (voc. Cerys Mattews) - On watership down (Folk theme/instr.) -
(When you're) Losing your way in the rain (voc. Art Garfunkel) - Military theme and development (instr.) -
The view from a hill (voc. Mike Batt) - Fantasia on a flying theme (instr.) -
Chase adventure from watership down (instr.) - Baroque theme (instr.) - Frith's blessing (narrator: Gary Martin) -
Winter on watership down (instr.) - Winter song (voc. Paul Carrack) - A kind of dream (Choral fantasy)

The singers & guests:
vocals: Stephen Gately, Art Garfunkel, Cerys Matthews, Paul Carrack, Gary Martin & Mike Batt;

Musicians:
drums: Henry Spinetti, bass: Tim Harries; guitars: Chris Spedding, Mitch Dalton & Steve Donelly; keyboards: Mike Batt

Track 15: Bright eyes (Steve Mac version) (voc. Stephen Gately) - words & music Mike Batt,
Richard Niles (string arr.) and Frizzy Karlson (guitars),  produced, arranged & mixed by Steve Mac

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+#CD# Alvin Stardust // Greatest and Latest // [Disky SI 646872 ( Dutch Import) / re-release of  'Still Standing', 1996]

My Coo-ca-choo* (Peter Shelley) - Gotta do it all again* (Daniel Boone / Chris 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

 * are re-recorded tracks !

September 11		 **************


>11 #CD# Becky Taylor // A dream come true // [Angel Classics]

Just beyond the stars (Peter Pan) - Once upon a December (Anastasia) -
Somewhere over the rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) - I'm flying (Peter Pan) -
Whistle down the wind (Whistle Down the Wind) - A handful of songs (Beat Girl) - Song of dreams -
I could have danced all night (My Fair Lady) - Not while I'm around (Sweeney Todd) -
Someone's waiting for You (The Rescuers) - Thank you, stars (Mike Batt / Watership Down) -
Stay awake (Mary Poppins) - Raindrops keep falling on my head (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) - Winter light (The Secret Garden)

December		 **************

> #mCD# The Planets // Christmas Thingy //
     a special addition to Mike Batt's Christmas-cards 2001 - no official release ! //
           written, arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt

Christmas Thingy (Pop version - based on "I saw three Ships" "In Dulci Jubilo" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas")
Christmas Thingy (Classical version - based on "I saw three Ships" "In Dulci Jubilo" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas")

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#mSg# The Planets // Rodrigo // produced and arranged by Mike Batt // [EMI RODRIGO 2] Discogs
            adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo

 A - Rodrigo ... W.I.P. Extended Mix ... remixed by W.I.P.* ... 7:06
B1 - Rodrigo ... W.I.P. Radio Mix ... remixed by W.I.P.* ... 3:45
B2 - Rodrigo ... Original Version ... 3:26

* Remix and production team that operated under the PWL (Pete Waterman Label). Members were Steve Parker and Paul Waterman.

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#LP# Andreas Martin // C'est la vie // [BMG Records GmbH]

track 08/14 ... Das erste Mal im Leben (I feel like Buddy Holly; music by Mike Batt / German lyrics by Michael Kunze)

see also: 1984 - 1985 -  1996 -  2002
 

2002


January 21


+ #CD# Kursaal Flyers // Golden Mile & Five Live Kursaals // 2 on 1 CD / [Columbia Rewind 506065 2]
Golden Mile / 1976 / strings and brass arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [CBS 81 622]
 Little does she know (Will Birch / Graeme Douglas / Paul Shuttleworth) -
One arm bandit (Will Birch / Graeme Douglas / Paul Shuttleworth) -
Drinking socially (Paul Shuttleworth / Vic Collins) - Two left feet (Will Birch / Paul Shuttleworth / Vic Collins) -
Modern lovers (Will Birch / Graeme Douglas) - Street of the music (Paul Shuttleworth / Vic Collins) -
Radio romance (Will Birch / Paul Shuttleworth / Vic Collins) -
When the band's on the stand (Will Burch / Richie Bull / Paul Shuttleworth / Graeme Douglas) -
Detroit tin (Paul Shuttleworth / Vic Collins) - Third finger, left hand  (Will Birch / Graeme Douglas) -
Ready to go (Will Burch / Richie Bull)

Five Live Kursaals / 1977 / produced by Vic Maile / [CBS 82253]
Original model (Will Birch) - Yellow sox (Will Birch / Graeme Douglas) - Pocket money (Will Birch / Graeme Douglas) -
Cruisin' for love (Will Birch / Graeme Douglas) - The sky's falling in our love (Will Birch / Richie Bull) -
Little does she know (Will Birch / Graeme Douglas / Paul Shuttleworth) -
Street of the music (Paul Shuttleworth / Vic Collins) - T.V. dinners (Will Birch / Richie Bull) -
Speedway (Will Birch / Murdock) - Revolver (Paul Shuttleworth / Vic Collins) - On my mind (Mike Berry) -
Anna (go to him) (Arthur Alexander) - Friday on my mind (Harry Vanda / George Young)

 		 **************


#CD# Kursaal Flyers // Hit Records (The best of the Kursaal Flyers) // [On The Beach Records, Foam CD 6]
        tracks 7 - 10 (Little Does She Know / Drinking Socially / Radio Romance / Revolver) produced by Mike Batt

Speedway - Pocket Money - Hit Records - Yellow Sox - Ugly Guys - Cruisin' For Love - Little Does She Know - Drinking Socially -
Radio Romance - Revolver - Television Generation - Girls That Don't Exist - Pre-Madonna - Tonight Before Tonight - Talk To The Dog -
A Former Tour De Force Is Forced To Tour

 ... information from Gareth Bramley (UK) - Thank you!
February 18 (UK)
August 5
(Austria & Germany)		 **************




+ #CD# The Planets // Classical Graffiti // arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Dramatico - EMI Classics CDC 5 57316 2]

Rodrigo (adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo) -
Carmen Caprice (Mike Batt, after Georges Bizet) - Grassland theme (Mike Batt) - Classical graffiti (Mike Batt) -
Love in slow motion ( Mike Batt) - Brandenburg Variation (Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted Mike Batt) -
The journey of a fool  ( Mike Batt) - Clair de Lune (Claude Debussy, adapted Mike Batt) -
He moved through the fair (Traditional; voc. Beverley Jones) - Contradanza (Mike Batt) -
A letter from New England (Mike Batt)  - Bolero Fantasy (Mike Batt after Maurice Ravel) -
A one minute silence (Mike Batt & (Clint) Cage)*
Bonus Tracks:  Carmen Caprice (Acoustic version - Mike Batt after Georges Bizet) -
Brandenburg Variation (Acoustic version - Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted Mike Batt) -
Bolero Fantasy (Acoustic version - Mike Batt after Maurice Ravel) -
Christmas Thingy  (Classical version - Mike Batt - based on "I saw three Ships", "In Dulci Jubilo" and
   "We Wish You A Merry Christmas")
* only a soundless break to the acoustic 'Bonus-Tracks'; Clint Cage, a pseudonym for Mike Batt; by order of the court: Mike Batt & John Cage;

 'The Planets' are ...
Ruth Miller: flute; Anne-Kathrin Schirmer: guitars & clarinet; Beverley Jones: double bass and bass guitar; Salima Williams: oboe; 
Jonathan Hill: violin; Lac-Hong Phi: cello; Ben Pugsley: classical, flamenco and electric guitars; Michael Kruk: drums & percussion;

># the first & not released version of this album [Dramatico / EMI Classics CDC 5572522 ?] contains the following tracks:
Rodrigo (adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo) -
Carmen Caprice (Mike Batt, after Georges Bizet) - Grassland theme (Mike Batt) - Classical graffiti (Mike Batt) -
Love in slow motion ( Mike Batt) - I feel free (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown [Cream] - Mike Batt) -
The journey of a fool ( Mike Batt) - Ghost riders in the sky (Mike Batt / Stan Jones) -
Romance in G (A letter from New England) (Mike Batt) - He moved through the fair (Traditional; voc. Beverley Jones) -
Contradanza (Mike Batt) - Bolero Fantasy (Mike Batt after Maurice Ravel)

Musicians:
Ruth Miller: flute; Anne-Kathrin Schirmer: guitars & clarinet; Beverley Jones: double bass and bass guitar;
Salima Williams: oboe;Gareth ??? : violin; Lac-Hong Phi: cello; Ben Pugsley: classical, flamenco and electric guitars;
Michael Kruk: drums & percussion;

Japan		 **************


#CD# The Planets // Classical Graffiti // arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Dramatico -           ]

Rodrigo (adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo) -
Carmen Caprice (Mike Batt, after Georges Bizet) - Grassland theme (Mike Batt) - Classical graffiti (Mike Batt) -
Love in slow motion ( Mike Batt) - Brandenburg Variation (Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted Mike Batt) -
The journey of a fool  ( Mike Batt) - Clair de Lune (Claude Debussy, adapted Mike Batt) -
He moved through the fair (Traditional; voc. Beverley Jones) - Contradanza (Mike Batt) -
A letter from New England (Mike Batt)  - Bolero Fantasy (Mike Batt after Maurice Ravel) -
A one minute silence (Mike Batt & (Clint) Cage)
Bonus Tracks:  Carmen Caprice (Acoustic version - Mike Batt after Georges Bizet) -
Brandenburg Variation (Acoustic version - Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted Mike Batt) -
Bolero Fantasy (Acoustic version - Mike Batt after Maurice Ravel) -
Christmas Thingy  (Classical version - Mike Batt - based on "I saw three Ships", "In Dulci Jubilo" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas")
 Rodrigo (adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo) ... W.I.P. Mix ... Pete Waterman Productions

Korea		 **************


#CD# The Planets // Classical Graffiti // arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Dramatico /           ]

Rodrigo (adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo) -
Carmen Caprice (Mike Batt, after Georges Bizet) - Grassland theme (Mike Batt) - Classical graffiti (Mike Batt) - Love in slow motion ( Mike Batt) -
Brandenburg Variation (Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted Mike Batt) - The journey of a fool  ( Mike Batt) -
Clair de Lune (Claude Debussy, adapted Mike Batt) - He moved through the fair (Traditional; voc. Beverley Jones) - Contradanza (Mike Batt) -
A letter from New England (Mike Batt)  - Bolero Fantasy (Mike Batt after Maurice Ravel) - A one minute silence (Mike Batt & (Clint) Cage)
Bonus Tracks:  Carmen Caprice (Acoustic version - Mike Batt after Georges Bizet) -
Brandenburg Variation (Acoustic version - Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted Mike Batt) -
Bolero Fantasy (Acoustic version - Mike Batt after Maurice Ravel) -
Christmas Thingy  (Classical version - Mike Batt - based on "I saw three Ships", "In Dulci Jubilo" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas")
Bonus CD
1. EPK ... Electronic Press Kit ... “Making of“
2. Rodrigo ... Video
3. Rodrigo (adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo) ... W.I.P. Mix ... Pete Waterman Productions
4. Contradanza ... Almighty Radio Audio Mix

Taiwan		 **************


#CD# The Planets // Classical Graffiti // arranged & produced by Mike Batt / [Dramatico -           ]

Rodrigo (adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo) - Carmen Caprice (Mike Batt, after Georges Bizet) -
Grassland theme (Mike Batt) - Classical graffiti (Mike Batt) - Love in slow motion ( Mike Batt) -
Brandenburg Variation (Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted Mike Batt) - The journey of a fool  ( Mike Batt) -
Clair de Lune (Claude Debussy, adapted Mike Batt) - He moved through the fair (Traditional; voc. Beverley Jones) - Contradanza (Mike Batt) -
A letter from New England (Mike Batt) - Bolero Fantasy (Mike Batt after Maurice Ravel) - A one minute silence (Mike Batt & (Clint) Cage)
Bonus Tracks:  Carmen Caprice (Acoustic version - Mike Batt after Georges Bizet) -
Brandenburg Variation (Acoustic version - Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted Mike Batt) -
Bolero Fantasy (Acoustic version - Mike Batt after Maurice Ravel) -
Christmas Thingy  (Classical version - Mike Batt - based on "I saw three Ships", "In Dulci Jubilo" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas")
Bonus CD:
1. Rodrigo (adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo) ... W.I.P. Mix ... Pete Waterman Productions
2. Contradanza (Mike Batt) ... Almighty Mix
3. Rodrigo ... Video
4. Contradanza ... Video

February 25		 **************


#CD# The Hammond All-Stars // The Sound of the Hammond Organ // [Music]

Grease - You're the one that I want - Summer nights - Rasputin - Gimme gimme gimme -
When you're in love with a beautiful woman - Rose garden - Is this the way to Amarillo - At the Copacobana -
Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - We don't talk anymore - It's raining again - Words - Heartbreaker - Video killed the radio star -
You're the greatest lover - Lily the pink - Winchester cathedral - Long live love - Where did our love go -
Baby I'm a want you - Summer night city - Stayin' alive - Night fever

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

July 20		  

#CD# Stanislaw Soyka // Acoustic // reissue - 1st released in 1991

One hundred years - Never felt this before - Take it home - Mr. Cool - No place for poetry - Cud niepamięci -
Play it again - Railway hotel (Mike Batt) - All about you - Tak jak w kinie - Hard to part

September 17		  


#ECD# Mario Frangoulis // Sometimes I dream // [Sony Classical] -
    recorded at Benaji Studios, Laguna Beach, California

Vincero, perdero - Buongiorno, principessa - (from "Life is beautiful") - Sometimes I dream - Luna rossa -
Naturaleza muerta - Nights in white satin (Notte di luce) (with Justin Hayward) - Ton eafto tou paidi - Non sara -
Hijo de la luna - Night wants to forget - Canzone arrabbiata - La luna de Valencia

Contributing artists: Farah, Justin Hayward/Mike Batt (Nights in white satin)
Performing artists: Mario Frangoulis, Justin Hayward, Beth Fitchet Wood (vocals); Steve Wood (arranger, guitar, piano);
Pavel Kuhn, Antal Stasek (conductor); Mike Hamilton, Jorge Strunz, Ardeshir Farah (guitar);
Manolis Karantinis (bouzouki, mandolin); Pavel Verner (cello); Richard Hardy (wooden flute); Steve Crum (trumpet);
Daniel May (piano); Alan Deremo (bass); Nate Wood (drums); Crolyn Miller, Sue Bredice, Katerina Kyriakou,
Martha Zioga (background vocals).

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

September 23		 **************


#mCD# The Planets // Contradanza // Double "A" side single [Dramatico - EMI Classics 5 51493 2]

Contradanza (Mike Batt)
A one minute silence (Mike Batt & (Clint) Cage)*
 Contradanza (Mike Batt) ... Almighty Mix
Contradanza (Mike Batt) ... acoustic Mix

* only a soundless break; Clint Cage, a pseudonym for Mike Batt; by order of the court: Mike Batt & John Cage
 

not released		  

#mCD# The Planets // Rodrigo (including W.I.P. Mixes) // the release was planned for February 11, 2002

Rodrigo (adapted from 'En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor' from Joaquin Rodrigo) ... W.I.P. Mix ... Pete Waterman Productions
Rodrigo ... original version
Rodrigo ... W.I.P. extended Mix ... Pete Waterman Productions

 		 **************


#mCD# The Planets // produced 2003 ?

Sabre dance
      (1942 by Aram Iljitsch Khatchaturian (Chatschaturjan), *6 June 1903, Tiflis, † 1 May 1978, Moscow)
Scheherezade
      (1888 by Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow,
      *18 March 1844, Tichwin, † 21 June 1908, landed estate Ljubensk near St.Petersburg)
New piece for the Planets  (2003 by Mike Batt)

October		 **************


>#mCD# Danielle Pfiffner // Bright eyes (Mike Batt)
1) - radio edit
2) - Pittsburg club mix
3) - original evening mix

Western People, Wednesday, October 30, 2002 ...
Born in London, of Swiss descent, Danielle Pfiffner is better recognised as the vocal sound of energetic UK-based group "Dance To Tipperary". Now she releases her own solo single, a dance rendition of the 1979 Art Garfunkel classic "Bright eyes", written for the animated film "Watership Down". The single launch coincides with the release of the new "Dance To Tipperary" album “The Singles Collection“, and a show by the band at The Ambassador, Dublin on 16th November.
"Dance To Tipperary" have created a distinctive fusion of dance music and traditional Irish, and the end product has attracted Scotland’s Celtic Football Club to become the group’s official sponsor!

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

 		 **************


#CD# Brotherhood of Man // The Seventies Story // [BOM Records BOM2]

1970 ... Love grows (Barry Mason - Tony Macaulay) - United we stand (Anthony Toby Hiller - Peter Simons - John Goodison)
1971 ... Ernie (Benny Hill) - Hot love (Marc Bolan)
1972 ... Puppy love (Paul Anka) - Daydreamer (Terry Dempsey)
1973 ... Live and let die (Paul McCartney) - Tie a yellow ribbon (Irwin Levine - L. Russell Brown)
1974 ... Remember you're a Womble (Wombles / Mike Batt) - I've got the music in me (Bias Boshell)
1975 ... Shang a lang (Bill Martin - Phil Coulter) - Bye bye baby (Bob Crewe - Bob Gaudio)
1976 ... Save your kisses for me (Lee Sheriden - Martin Lee - Tony Hiller) - Miss you nights (Dave Townsend)
             My sweet Rosalie (Lee Sheriden - Martin Lee - Tony Hiller) - Oh boy (The mood I'm in) (Tony Romeo)
1977 ... Don't give up on us baby (Tony Macaulay) - Angelo (Lee Sheriden - Martin Lee - Tony Hiller)
1978 ... Got to get you into my life (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) - Figaro (Lee Sheriden - Martin Lee - Tony Hiller)
             You're the one that I want (John Farrar) - Summer nights (Jim Jacobs - Warren Casey) -
             Blame it on the Boogie (Michael Jackson-Clark - David Jackson-Rich - Elmar Krohn) -
             Beautiful lover (Lee Sheriden - Martin Lee - Tony Hiller)
1979 ... Let me sleep on (Jim Steinman) - I could be so good for you (Gerard Kenny - Dennis Waterman) -
             I will survive (Dino Fekaris - Freddie Perren) -
             Tragedy (Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb) - YMCA (Jacques Morali - Henri Belolo - Victor Willis)

... information about this CD from Steve Jacks, U.K. / cover & tracks from Johannes Felber, Salzburg, Austria  - Thank you!

 		  


#CD# Various Artists // for the kids //

Mahna mahna - Cake // La la la la lemon (Joe Raposo) - Barenaked Ladies // The rainbow connection - Sarah McLachlan // 
I've got to be clean - Guster // Wonderwheel - Dan Zanes // Have a little fun with me - Glen Phillips //
The hoppity song - John Ondrasik // My flying saucer - Billy Bragg and Wilco // It's all right to cry - Darius Rucker //
Sing - Ivy // Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - Remy Zero* // Willy the king - Dan Wilson // Snow day - Bleu //
Twinkle twinkle little star - Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk //
Goodnight children everywhere - Sixpence None the Richer // Bend down the branches (Tom Waits) - Tom Waits

* 'Remy Zero' are ... Jeffrey Cain, Cedric LeMoyne, Gregory Slay, Cinjun Tate and Shelby Tate

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

 		 **************

#CD# Andreas Martin // Das Beste // [Na Klar! / BMG Records GmbH]

track 07/14 ... Das erste Mal im Leben (I feel like Buddy Holly; music by Mike Batt / German lyrics by Michael Kunze)


see also: 1984 - 1985 -  1996 - 2001

 		 **************


>10 #CD# Tony Christie // Weihnachten mit Tony Christie // [Voice 873611-2]

Santa Claus is coming to town (John Frederick Coots) - Winter wonderland (Felix Bernard) -
Oh Tannenbaum / Oh Christmas tree (trad./K. Wagenleiter) -
I'll be home for Christmas (Walter Kent / Buck Ram / Kim Cannon) - Merry Christmas everyone (Bob Heatlie) -
The Christmas song (Chestnuts roasting) (M. Torme / R. Wells) - Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! (Jule Styne) -
Last Christmas (George Michael) - Silent night (Franz Xaver Gruber) - A winter's tale (Mike Batt & Tim Rice) -
Jingle Bells (James Pierpont) - Blue Christmas (Billy Hayes / Jay W. Johnson) -
White Christmas (Irving Berlin) - Rockin' around the Christmas tree (John David Marks) -
Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Hugh Martin / Ralph Blaine)

2003


 March 24		  

>15 #DVD# Cliff Richard // The Countdown Concert // directed by Hamish Hamilton
[Video Collection Int MRA Entertainment]
musicians: Cliff Richard, Russell Watson, Hank Marvin, Vincenzo La Scola, Barratt Waugh;
The Millenium concert was recorded December 19, 1999 in Birmingham

Move it (Ian "Sammy" Samwell) - Living doll (Lionel Bart) - Rock around the clock (Max C. Freedman / Jimmy de Knight) -
Be pop a lula (Gene Vincent / Sheriff Tex Davis) - When (???) -
Elvis Medley: Teddy bear (Kal Mann / Bernie Lowe) / All shook up (Otis Blackwell) /
Jailhouse rock (Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller) - I believe (???) - The young ones (Sid Tepper / Roy Bennett) -
I'm in love with you (???) - Needles and pins (Jack Nitzsche / Sonny Bono) -
She loves you (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) - Apache (Jerry Lordan) - I'm nearly famous (???) -
Miss you nights (Dave Townsend) - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - We don't talk anymore (Alan Tarney) -
Don't cry for me Argentina (from 'Evita' / Andrew Lloyd Webber / Tim Rice) - Sci Fi (???) -
I just don't have the heart (???) - Medley: Some people (Alan Tarney) / A little in love (Alan Tarney)  /
Remember me (???)- It's in every one of us (David Pomeranz) -
Mistletoe and wine (Leslie Stewart / Keith Strachan/ Jeremy Paul) - Riders in the sky (Stan Jones) -
Can't keep this feeling in (Dennis Lambert / Arnie Roman / Steve Skinner) -
Nessun dorma (from 'Turandot' / Giacomo Puccini) -
I do not love you Isabella (Heathcliff's wedding song, from 'Heathcliff' / John Farrar / Tim Rice) -
Everything I do (Michael Kamen) - Vita mia (music by Peter Wolf / lyrics by Michelle Wolf and Zucchero Fornaciari) -
Lucy (???) - Human work of art (???)

June 16

+ #DVD# Wombling free - The Movie / Publisher: Carlton Visual Entertainment -
Classic Collection / Catalogue number: 37115 04213
Running time: 92 minutes / Aspect ratio: 16:9 (widescreen) / Audio: English, mono; English HOH subtitles / Region: 2
Special features: Theatrical trailer

Chapters:
Wombling free - Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish - Four feet, fat & furry - They're going to flatten us - Lots of rhubarb -
Tea with Felicity - The palace - A fantastic vehicle - To believe in Wombles - Keep England bright & beautiful

July 14		 **************

>2/8 #DoCD# Manic Street Preachers // Lipstick Traces - A secret history of Manic Street Preachers // [Epic]

Disc 1
Prologue to history - 4 ever delayed - Sorrow 16 - Judge yr'self - Socialist serenade - Donkeys - Comfort comes -
Mr Carbohydrate - Dead trees and traffic islands - Horses under starlight - Sepia - Sculpture of man -
Spectators of suicide - Democracy coma - Strip it down (live) - Bored out of my mind - Just a kid - Close my eyes -
Valley boy - We her Majesty's prisoners

Disc 2
We are all Bourgeois now - Rock and Roll music - It's so easy (live) - Take the Skinheads bowling - Been a son -
Out of time - Raindrops keep falling on my head (Warchild Version) - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) (live)* -
Train in vain (live) - Wrote for Luck - What's my name (live) - Velocity girl - Can't take my eyes off you -
Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel - Last Christmas (live) (TFI Friday Performance);
Bonus tracks: A secret society - Firefight  - Picturesque - Everything must go

* 1st released as single B-side in 1996

October 20		 **************

#CD# The Fureys & Davey Arthur // The Scattering // [???]

Tara hill - The setting - When I leave behind Neidin - Sometimes - Railway hotel (Mike Batt) - Lonely in London -
Euston station - Steamboat row - Poormans dream - If you should go - I will love you till I die - I'll always love you -
We dreamed our dreams - Old Bog Road

1st released in 1989

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

October 20		 **************

>5/4 #6 CD Box Set# The Hollies // The Long Road Home - 40th Anniversary Collection   1963 - 2003 //
[EMI 02743-584856]

CD No. 5
3) Soldier's song  (Mike Batt) / Belfrey Productions / Produced by Mike Batt 1983
4) Can't lie no more (Mike Batt) (Previously unreleased) / Sony Music Publishing Ltd / Produced by Mike Batt 1983
5) If the lights go out  (Mike Batt) (1st version) / Belfrey Productions / Produced by Mike Batt 1983

Three songs written and produced by Mike Batt. "Soldier's song" was a minor UK hit for the band.
"Can't lie no more" is released for the first time.
Both songs appeared on the 1988 Mike Batt album 'Songs Of Love and War' with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
"If the lights go out" was later re-recorded for the 'What Goes Around' album, when the band recorded again with Graham Nash.

October 28		 **************
> #CD# The Moody Blues // December // [Universal Records]
Don't need a reindeer (Justin Hayward) - December snow (Justin Hayward) -
In the quiet of Christmas morning (Bach 147, Traditional arranged by Justin Hayward & Danilo Madonia ) -
On this Christmas day (John Lodge) - Happy Xmas (War is over) (John Lennon & Yoko Ono) -
A winter's tale (Mike Batt & Tim Rice) - The spirit of Christmas (John Lodge) - Yes I believe (Justin Hayward) -
When a child is born (Zacar, translation by Fred Jay) - White Christmas (Irving Berlin) -
In the bleak midwinter (Christina Rossetti & Gustav Holst)

November 3		 **************

 

 + #ECD# Katie Melua // Call off the search // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt /
[Dramatico - DRAMCD0002]

Call off the search (Mike Batt) - Crawling up a hill (John Mayall) - The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt) -
My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt) - Learnin' the Blues (Dolores Vicki Silvers) - Blame it on the moon (Mike Batt) -
Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua) - I think it's going to rain today (Randy Newman) -
Mockingbird song (Trad./arr. Mike Batt) - Tiger in the night (Mike Batt) -
Faraway voice (dedicated to Eva Cassidy) (Katie Melua) - Lilac wine (James Alan Shelton) -
"Starting Out 2003" (a "mpeg-file") video-sections about Katie and the songs:
The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt) - Call off the search (Mike Batt) - Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua) -
My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt) & Call off the search (Mike Batt);

Musicians:
vocals & guitar: Katie Melua; guitars: Chris Spedding & Jim Cregan; bass: Tim Harries;
drums: Henry Spinetti & Michael Kruk; conductor, piano & organ: Mike Batt;
orchestra: The Irish Film Orchestra, leader: Alan Smale;

November 3		 **************

#CD# Hayley Westenra // Hayley Westenra // [New Zealand / Universal]
Walking in the air - Ave Maria (Johann Sebastian Bach) - Memory - All I ask of you - Somewhere - Mists of Islay -
Ave Maria (Franz Schubert) - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - Pie Jesu - Wishing you were somehow here again -
I dreamed a dream - Love changes everything - God defend New Zealand (Live) - Amazing grace (Live)

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

November 21		 **************

#mCD# Bond // Viva! / Victory // [Japan, Decca – UCCL 5002] Discogs

1 - Viva! ... Orion Mix ... remixed by Orion (13)
2 Victory ... Mike Batt Mix

 ℗ & © 2001 Decca Music Group Limited
   

December 1		 **************

> #mCD# Katie Melua // The closest thing to crazy // [Dramatico - DRAMCDS0003]

The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt)
Downstairs to the sun (Katie Melua)
Thank you, stars (Mike Batt)

+ video: The closest thing to crazy
   

2004


March 1st		  


#CD# Mike Batt // Run like the wind* // 1977 - 82: "Schizophonia" - "Caravans" - "Tarot Suite" - "Waves" -
"Zero, Zero" / [Delta #1/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)

* identical with "Lady of the dawn" (1995)

March 15 (UK)
Dec. 31st (Germany)
**************
 

>2, 3 #mCD# Katie Melua // Call off the search (Version 1) // [Dramatico - DRAMCDS0004]

Call off the search (Mike Batt)
Shirt of a ghost (Katie Melua)
Deep purple (Mitchell Parish / Peter De Rose)

March 15 (UK)		 **************


>2 #mCD# Katie Melua // Call off the search (Version 2) // [Dramatico - DRAMCDS0005]

Call off the search (Mike Batt)
Turn to tell (Justin Sandercoe, Nov. 2002*)

* Justin Sandercoe has taught Katie guitar for two years, featured in her videos and also performed
   with her and Jamie Cullum "The lovecats" on February 17th at the Brit Awards 2004;
   lyrics and information from Justin Sandercoe. Thank You Justin!

March 16 (UK)		 **************

#CD# The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra // Plays the movies // [Acrobat]

Arthur's theme - Bright eyes (from 'Watership down' by Mike Batt) -
Don't cry for me Argentina (from 'Evita', by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice) - Moon river - For your eyes only -
Groovy kind of love - Lara's theme - Secret love - When I fall in love - Time of my life - Flashdance -
Hopelessly devoted to you - Up where we belong - You've lost that lovin' feelin'

March 29		 **************

>12 #CD# Mo Casal // Happy end // [Silver Sky (SPV)]

Überall Du - Durch Deine Liebe - In Deinen Augen - Warum komm ich nur so selten dazu -
Mir soll nichts von Dir entgehn - Erst wenn ich fliegen kann - Was es auch war - Die Liebe ist angekommen -
Du bist der Wind - Jetzt und für immer - Baby ich mag die Art -
Augenstern (= Bright eyes, Mike Batt, German lyrics by Ulla Meinecke) -
Da wirst Du sein - Jetzt und für immer (Bonus)

April 24		 **************


#DoCD# Stanislaw Soyka // Acoustic + Soyka sings Shakespeare's sonnets

CD1 ... Acoustic (2nd reissue, 1st released in 1991, 1st reissue in 2002)
One hundred years - Never felt this before - Take it home - Mr. Cool - No place for poetry - Cud niepamięci -
Play it again - Railway hotel (Mike Batt) - All about you - Tak jak w kinie - Hard to part

CD2 ... Soyka sings W. Shakespeare's sonnets
Sonnet 44 - Sonnet 46 - Sonnet 56 - Sonnet 66 - Sonnet 75 - Sonnet 77 -
Sonnet 33 - Sonnet 115 - Sonnet 116 - Sonnet 102 - Sonnet 135 - Sonnet 153

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


>10 #CD# Agnetha Fältskog // My colouring book // produced and arranged by Agnetha Fältskog,
Anders Neglin and Dan Strömkvist // [Warner Music, Sveden]

A fool am I (Music: F. Carraresi; Lyrics: A. Testa; English lyrics: Peter Callander) -
The end of the world (Music: Arthur Kent; Lyrics: Sylvia Dee) - Fly me to the moon (Bart Howard) -
I can’t reach your heart (Ted Murry & Benny Davies) -
If I thought You’d ever change Your mind (John Cameron) - Love me with all Your heart (Music: Carlo Rodriguez Rigual;
Lyrics & Music: Mario Rodriguez Rigual; Lyrics: Carlos Martinoli; English lyrics: M. Vaughn) -
My colouring book (John Cander & Fred Ebb) -
Past, present and future (Arthur Butler, Jerry Leiber and George Francis Morton) - Remember me (Chris Andrews) -
Sealed with a kiss (Music: Gary Geld; Lyrics: Peter Udell) - Sometimes when I'm dreaming (Michael Batt) -
What now my love (Music: Gilbert Becaud; Lyrics: Pierre Delanoe; English lyrics: Carl Sigman) -
When You walk in the room (Jackie de Shannon)

... information about this CD from Reinhard Möntmann, Germany - Thank You Reinhard!

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#DoCD# Richard Clayderman // Piano moods // produced by Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint // [Joan Records]
We’ve only just begun (Paul Williams / Roger Nichols) - Yesterday once more (Richard Carpenter / Paul Bettis) -
How deep is your love (Barry Gibb / Maurice Gibb / Robin Gibb ) - Candle in the wind (Elton John / Bernie Taupin) -
All by myself (Eric Carmen) - Another day in paradise (Mike Rutherford / Phil Collins / Tony Banks) -
Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - I'm not in love (Eric Stewart / Graham Gouldman) -
Goodnight girl (Marti Pellow / Neil Mitchell / Tommy Cunningham / Graeme Clark) -
Without you (Pete Ham / Tom Evans) - Nights in white satin (Justin Hayward) - Just the way you are (Billy Joel) -
Careless whisper (George Michael / Andrew Ridgeley) -
The power of love (Candy DeRouge / Gunther Mende / Jennifer Rush / Mary Susan Applegate) -
Ballade pour Adeline (Paul de Senneville) - Yesterday (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) -
Nikita (Elton John / Bernie Taupin) -
Lady in red & Take my breath away (Chris de Burgh & Giorgio Moroder / Tom Whitlock) - Love story (Francis Lai) -
West side story Medley: Maria / Tonight / America (Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim) -
Do you know where you’re going to (Gerry Goffin / Mike Masser) -
Evergreen (from 'A star is born' by  Paul Williams & Barbra Streisand) -
Tara’s theme (from ‘Gone with the wind’) (Max Steiner) - Exodus (Ernest Gold) -
Moonlight sonata (Ludwig van Beethoven) -
Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat minor opus 23 (Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky) -
Piano concerto no. 21 in C major (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) - Liebestraum (Franz Liszt)

June 8 (U.S.A.)		 **************


#ECD# Katie Melua // Call off the search (enhanced) // arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Universal - B000255LB6]

CD No. 1
Call off the search (Mike Batt) - Crawling up a hill (John Mayall) - The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt) -
My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt) - Learnin' the Blues (Dolores Vicki Silvers) - Blame it on the moon (Mike Batt) -
Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua) - I think it's going to rain today (Randy Newman) -
Mockingbird song (Trad./arr. Mike Batt) - Tiger in the night (Mike Batt) -
Faraway voice (dedicated to Eva Cassidy) (Katie Melua) - Lilac wine (James Alan Shelton) -
"Starting Out 2003" (a "mpeg-file" ... Katie Melua.mpg) video-sections about Katie and her songs:
The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt) - Call off the search (Mike Batt) - Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua) -
My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt) & Call off the search (Mike Batt);

CD No. 2
Downstairs to the sun (Katie Melua) - Deep purple (Mitchell Parish / Peter De Rose)

Musicians:
vocals & guitar: Katie Melua; guitars: Chris Spedding & Jim Cregan; bass: Tim Harries;
drums: Henry Spinetti & Michael Kruk; conductor, piano & organ: Mike Batt;
orchestra: The Irish Film Orchestra, leader: Alan Smale;

June 14		 **************

New Directions 2
#CD# Various Artists // New Directions 2 / [Past & Present Records ‎– PAPRCD2059]

The Senate / Can't Stop - Jackson & Smith / Party '66 - The Hot Springs / It's Alright - The Alan Bown Set / Everything's Gonna Be Alright -
Terry Reid With Peter Jay's Jaywalkers / This Time - The Happy Magazine / Satisfied Street - The Dean Alan Set - Yeah, Yeah - Saker / Ooh Nana Na -
The Profile / Got To Find A Way - Miki Dallon / Cheat & Lie - The Sonny Burke Outfit / All You - Kevin 'King' Lear / You Got The Power -
Linda Lewis / You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet - The Frame / I Can't Go On - Alex Harvey / Agent 00 Soul - The Bunch / You Never Came Home -
Kingsize Taylor / Thinkin' - Studio Six / I Can't Sleep - The Soulmates / When Love Is Gone - Barry Davis / I Wish It Would Rain -
The Sovereigns / That's The Way Love Is - Ronnie Jones / In My Love Mind - The Movement / Something You Got -
The New Jump Band / Seven Kinds Of Sweet Lovin' - The Persuasions / I'll Go Crazy - The Dimples / My Heart Is Tied To You -
Teddy & The Tigers / Hold On I'm Coming - The Soul Brothers / Good Lovin' Never Hurt -
Trifle / Got My Thing (Feb. 1969, arr. Mike Batt, listen on YouTube) - Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers / Can Your Monkey Do The Dog?

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

June 21		 **************


#CD# Bucks Fizz // I hear talk // [BMG]

I hear talk (Andy Hill / Peter Sinfield) - Indebted to You - Tears on the ballroom floor - Cold war - Golden days -
Talking in Your sleep - Breaking me up - January's gone - She cries - Thief in the night
Bonus tracks:
Don't think You're fooling me - Where do I go now - One touch too much -
Pulling Me Under (Bobby G / produced by Bobby G) -
 Invisible (Andy Hill / Mike Batt // a Big Note Production) - Evil man - Here's looking at You - Young hearts

the LP 'I hear talk' was 1st released in 1984

June 21		 **************


#CD# Andy Williams // Let's love while we can / You lay so easy on my mind // [Sony]

You lay so easy on my mind (1974)
You lay so easy on my mind -  I love you so much it hurts -  I honestly love you - A mi esposa con amor - Again -
Another lonely song - I'll have to say I love you in a song - I love my friend - My elusive dreams - Cry softly

Let's love while we can (1980)
Let's love while we can - Only everything - Jason - Beside me - If I were a singer - Railway hotel (Mike Batt) -
I don't want to be in love - Love is a cold wind - Regrets - If I reach for you - It was time -
I'll never love anyone anymore

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

July 19		 **************


#mCD# Katie Melua // Crawling up a hill // [Dramatico - DRAMCDS0007]

Crawling up a hill (John Mayall)
Crawling up a hill (John Mayall) - Live version
Jack's room (Katie Melua / Mike Batt)

enhanced CD with the promo film of 'Crawling up a hill'

September 24		 **************


#CD# Various Artists // Ballads for Dinner - Den Abend mit Musik genießen - Brigitte edition // [Polystar (Universal)]

Prefab Sprout - Appetite / Nelly Furtado - Try / The Cardigans - And then you kissed me /
Elvis Costello - When green eyes turn blue / Jamie Cullum - It's about time / Keane - Somewhere only we know /
Lamb - Gabriel / Alicia Keys - If I ain't got you (Radio edit) / Dirk Darmstaedter & Bernd Begemann - I got a name /
Amy Winehouse - Take the box / Björk - All is full of love (Radio strings mix) / Sophie Zelmani - September tears / Kristofer Aström & Hidden Truck - All lovers hell / Ryan Adams - Cry on demand / Lizz Wright - Eternity /
Jack Johnson - Wasting time / Nick Drake - Northern sky / Katie Melua - The closest thing to crazy /
Diana Krall - Narrow daylight / Rosenstolz - Liebe ist alles

October 4		 **************


>2/3 #DoCD# Vince Hill // Evergreen - Timeless Classics (While the feeling's good (1980) & Evergreen (???)) //
[President PRCD 155]

Disc one
Edelweiss (from 'The sound of music' by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein) - I can see clearly now (Johnny Nash)  -
I can't help falling in love (George Weiss - Hugo Peretti - Luigi Creatore) - If you leave me now (Peter Cetera) -
Chanson d'amour (Wayne Shanklin) - Look around (and you’ll find me there) (Mark Simon) -
You don't have to say you love me (Pino Donaggio / Vito Pallavionini / Simon Napier-Bell / Vicki Wickham) -
Roses of Picardy (Haydn Wood / Fred Weatherly -1916) - Make it easy on yourself (Burt Bacharach & Hal David) -
Top of the world (Richard Carpenter / John Bettis) - Where are you now? (Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent) -
Unchained melody (Axel North / Hy Zaret) - When I need you (Carole Bayer Sager - Albert Hammond) -
Hey Jude (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) - You’ve lost that loving feeling (Barry Mann - Cynthia Weil - Phil Spector) -
Touch me in the morning (Ronald Miller and Michael Masser) - Ruby, don't take your love to town (Mel Tillis) -
Silver lady (???) - Breaking up is hard to do (Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield) -
Evergreen (from 'A star is born' by  Paul Williams & Barbra Streisand) -
Come what may (from 'Moulin Rouge' by David Baerwald) -
Disc two
Reach out, I’ll be there (Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier) -
How deep is your love (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) / Too much heaven  (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) -
Bright eyes (Mike Batt) - Three times a lady (Lionel Richie) - Alone again, naturally (Gilbert O'Sullivan) - Lately (???) -
It's over (???) - The way I am (???) - The hungry years (Neil Sedaka) - Don't let me know (???) -
Loving arms (Tom Jans) - You don't bring me flowers (Neil Diamond / Marilyn & Alan Bergmann) -
When you walk through life (???) - Sometimes when we touch (Barry Mann / Dan Hill) -
While the feeling's good (Roger Bowling / Freddie Hart) - Just when I needed you most (Randy VanWarmer) -
Country rose (???) - Ordinary people (???) - Better than ever (???);
Bonus tracks: Swing low sweet chariot (Trad.) - Penny for my song (???) - Show me the way (???)

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

October 5		 **************

>6 #CD# Various Artists // Panpipe Love Songs // [Columbia River]

Have I told you lately - My heart will go on - I'm not in love - I swear - Way we were - Bright eyes (Mike Batt) -
Bilitis - Long and winding road - All by myself - I know I loved you


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

October 18 (UK)
Oct. 25 (Germany)		 **************


+ #ECD & DVD# Katie Melua // Call off the search (Special Bonus Edition) //
arranged, conducted & produced by Mike Batt / [Dramatico - DRAMDVCD0001]

No. 1 / CD [Dramatico - DRAMCD0002]
Call off the search (Mike Batt) - Crawling up a hill (John Mayall) - The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt) -My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt) -
Learnin' the Blues (Dolores Vicki Silvers) - Blame it on the moon (Mike Batt) - Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua) -
I think it's going to rain today (Randy Newman) - Mockingbird song (Trad./arr. Mike Batt) - Tiger in the night (Mike Batt) -
Faraway voice (dedicated to Eva Cassidy) (Katie Melua) - Lilac wine (James Alan Shelton)
"Starting Out 2003" (a "mpeg-file" ... Katie Melua.mpg) video-sections about Katie and the songs:
The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt) - Call off the search (Mike Batt) - Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua) -
My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt) & Call off the search (Mike Batt);

 Musicians:
vocals & guitar: Katie Melua; guitars: Chris Spedding & Jim Cregan; conductor, piano & organ: Mike Batt; bass guitar: Tim Harries;
drums: Henry Spinetti & Michael Kruk (The Planets); orchestra: The Irish Film Orchestra, leader: Alan Smale;

No. 2 / 70 minute DVD [Dramatico - DRAMDVD0001]

Katie Melua "On stage and backstage", at her concert in Croydon, Fairfield Halls, U.K., March 18, 2004

Faraway voice (dedicated to Eva Cassidy) (Katie Melua) - I put a spell on you (Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Herbert Slotkin) -
The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt) - My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt) - I think it's going to rain today (Randy Newman) -
Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua) - Mockingbird song (Trad./arr. Mike Batt) - Crawling up a hill (John Mayall) -

Call off the search (Mike Batt) - Anniversary song (Steven M. Digman)

Musicians:
Henry Spinetti (drums), Lisa Featherstone (bass), Jim Cregan (guitars), Dominic Glover (trompet), Matt Condon (keyboards) und Mike Batt (piano);
The making of ... Call off the search (Mike Batt)
Promo films ... The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt) - Call off the search (Mike Batt) - Crawling up a hill (John Mayall) -

"Starting Out 2003" video-sections about Katie and her songs:
The closest thing to crazy (Mike Batt) - Call off the search (Mike Batt) - Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua) -
My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt) & Call off the search (Mike Batt);
 

October 18 (Germany)		 **************


#CD# Anna Maria Kaufmann // Private moments // [Koch / Universal Music GmbH, UNI866022]

Stranded (Al Barber) - Vincer`o (Marco Marrone / Piero Mazzocchetti) - Eternally (Marco Marrone / Piero Mazzocchetti) -
The reason (Greg Wells / Carole King / Mark Hudson) -
Running with a dream with The London Philharmonic Orchestra (duet with Joey Tempest ?) (Mike Batt) -
The power of goodbye (M: William Orbit / Madonna Ciccone; W: Rick Nowles) - Unbreakable (Jorgen Eloffson / Jon Reid) -
In the morning (Morning of my life) (Barry Gibb) - Alive (Matthew Tasa) - Heaven (Jim Vallance / Bryan Adams) -
Batman forever Kiss from a rose (Sealhenry Samuel (Seal)) - Could it be magic (Adrienne Anderson / Barry Manilow) -
Lucky one (Al Barber) - Evita Don't cry for me Argentina (M: Andrew Lloyd Webber / T: Tim Rice) -
You'll never walk alone (Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers)

November 29		 **************


#mCD# Band Aid 20  & Band Aid // Do they know it's Christmas? (Sir Bob Geldof / Midge Ure // [Mercury (Universal)]
Band Aid 20 recorded November 14th 2004, produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead), executive producer Midge Ure;
sleeve artwork.designed by Damien Hirst;

Band Aid 20 are:Robbie Williams, Dido, Chris Martin (Coldplay), Sir Paul McCartney (bass guitar), Sir Bob Geldof,
Midge Ure, Radiohead, Bono, Daniel Bedingfield, Natasha Bedingfield, Turin Brakes, The Thrills, Will Young, Katie Melua,
Busted, Joss Stone, Lemar, Jamelia, Keane, Beverley Knight, The Darkness, Dizzee Rascal, Ms Dynamite, Snow Patrol,
The Sugababes, Travis, Danny Goffey (Supergrass, drums), Rachel Stevens, Estelle, Feeder, The Divine Comedy,
Moloko, Shaznay Lewis, Skye (Morcheeba), Ash and Damon Albarn (serving tea);

Band Aid recorded November 1984, produced by the king - Trevor Horn (The Buggles & Yes), co-producer: Midge Ure;
(sleeve artwork.designed by Peter Blake, who is famous for shooting the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
Band Aid are: Bananarama, Sir Bob Geldof, Culture Club, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Eurythmics,
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Heaven 17, Human League, Kool and the Gang, Midge Ure, Sir Paul McCartney, Paul Young,
Phil Collins, Spandau Ballet, Status Quo, Sting, The Style Council, U2 and Wham!;

(Band Aid II recorded 1989, are: Bananarama, Big Fun, Bros, Cathy Dennis, D Mob, Jason Donovan, Kevin Godley,
Glen Goldsmith, Kylie Minogue, The Pasadenas, Chris Rea, Cliff Richard, Jimmy Somerville, Sonia, Lisa Stansfield,
Techtronics, Wet Wet Wet;)

December 13		 **************
 
>3 #www# three Katie Melua songs are for download at www.7digital.com and www.itunes.com

Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua)
My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt)
 Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Hugh Martin - Ralph Blaine) ... performed at ITV1's TV-Show "Christmas Mania"on December 11th

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>8 #CD# Werkskapelle BÖHLER Mürzzuschlag / Hönigsberg, Ltg. Kpm. Hubert Auer // Okzident Orient (Live Mitschnitt) //
[KK-Records CD 05158)

Festmarsch (Krönungsmarsch für Alexander III, D-Dur, Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky, 1878) -
Ouvertuere Capricieuse (Paul Kühmstedt) - Czardas (Vittorio Monti - arr. Willy Hautvast, soloist: Heribert Prinz) -
Der Lindenbaum (Franz Schubert - arr. Roland Kreid) -
Variationen über das Lied "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore" (Franz Schubert) -
Ägyptischer Marsch, op.335 (Johann Strauß II - arr. Siegfried Somma) -
"Hatschepsut - Königin vom Nil" (Michael AUER - Uraufführung) -
Selections from "Caravans": Caravans on the move / The aftermath / Theme from 'Caravans' (Mike Batt - arr. Roland Kreid) -
Auf einem persischen Markt (Albert W. Ketelbey) -
Persischer Marsch, op.289 (Johann Strauß II, Arr.:Anton O.Sollfelner) -
Prinz Eugen Marsch (Andreas Leonhardt) - Radetzky Marsch, op.228 (Johann Strauß I) -
Deutschmeister Regimentsmarsch (W. A. Jurek)

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#mCD# Katie Melua // Belfast // [Dramatico - DRAMCDS0008]

Belfast (Penguins and cats) (Katie Melua)
My aphrodisiac is you (Mike Batt)

UK promotional only 2-track double A side CD single

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#mCD# Belle Lawrence // The closest thing to crazy // written by Mike Batt //  [Almighty Records – CDALMY187] Discogs

1 The Closest Thing To Crazy ... Almighty Radio Edit ... 4:23
2 The Closest Thing To Crazy ... Almighty Mix ... 8:08
3 The Closest Thing To Crazy ... Almighty Dub ... 6:15

produced by Almighty Associates and published By Sony/ATV Music Publishing, ℗ & © 2004 Almighty Records Limited. Made In England.

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#mSg# Touché // She's at the club // [Southern Fried Records – ECB71]

A1 - She's at the club (Club Mix; written by G. Solomon, M. Rodriguez) Featuring – Hector Vector, Jerry Damage;
A2 - She's at the club (Original Mix; written by G. Solomon, M. Rodriguez) Featuring – Hector Vector, Jerry Damage;
B - The body clap (written by T. Keating) contains string melody from "Insh'allah" (Schizophonia) by Mike Batt;

1995 - 1999          2005 - 2009
look at  Mike Batt's English Homepage too

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

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
ECD ...... Eenhanced Compact Disc: contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files
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 / CDS ..... Maxi-CD / CD-Single (Ø12cm=4 ¾" / 500rpm inside - 200rpm outside)
mSg ...... Maxi Single (Ø30cm=12" / 45rpm)
Sg ......... Single (Ø17,5cm=7" / 45rpm)
www .... Internet-Download
DVD ..... Digital Versatile Disc (Ø12cm=4 ¾" / 500rpm inside - 200rpm outside) / DoDVD ... 2 DVD's
VHS ......Video Home System  (Video Cassette)
[ ... ] ...... Plattenverlag / Edition

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