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DOLBY Thomas
(voc,kb,synths)

Personal Data:

Born:

14.10.1958

(Cairo, Egypt, as Thomas Robert Robertson)

Appearances:

cca 1979	Bruce Wooley & The Camera Club
?	SW9
?	Lene Lovich
cca 1981	The Fallout Club
cca 1981	Low Noise

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Blinded By Science (mini LP)	1982	EMI
2.	The Golden Age Of Wireless	5/1982	Venus In Peril/EMI		65	13
3.	The Flat Earth	06.02.1984	Parlophone/EMI		14	35
4.	Music From The Film 'Gothic'	2/1987	Virgin
5.	The Aliens Ate My Buick	4/1988	Manhattan/EMI		30	70
6.	The Thomas Dolby Collection (2CD)	5/1992	Virgin
7.	Astronauts And Heretics	7/1992	Virgin		35
8.	Retrospectable - The Best Of Thomas Dolby	2/1994	EMI
9.	The Gate To The Mind's Eye	11/1994	Giant
10.	One Of Our Submarines & Salz	28.10.2002	Salz
11.	Forty (Live Anniversary Album)	17.11.2003	Salz
12.	The Sole Inhabitant	21.11.2006	Invisible Hands
13.	The Singular Thomas Dolby	14.05.2009	EMI
14.	A Map of the Floating City	01.11.2011	EMI
15.	Original Album Series	11.11.2016	Rhino

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Urges / Leipzig produced by: Andy Partridge	13.02.1981	Armageddon
2.	Europa And The Pirate Twins / Therapy 12" + Growth / Leipzig	14.09.1981	Venus In Peril	48	67
3.	Airwaves / The Wreck Of The Fairchild	22.01.1982	Venus In Peril
4.	Windpower / Flying North	30.07.1982	Venice In Peril	30
5.	Radio Silence	26.03.1982	Venus In Peril
6.	She Blinded Me With Science / One Of Our Submarines Is Missing (v USA 2/83, Capitol)	25.10.1982	Venus In Peril	49	77
7.	She Blinded Me With Science / Jungle Line (live)	27.06.1983	Venus In Peril	56	4
8.	Get Out Of My Mix credited to: Dolby's Cube	10/1983	Parlophone	80
9.	Europe And The Pirate Twins / She Blinded My With Science (v USA 6/83, Capitol)	10/1983	Venice In Peril		67
10.	Hyperactive! / White City 12" + The Heavy Breather Subversion Of Hyperactive!	09.01.1984	Parlophone	11	62
11.	I Scare Myself / Cloudburst At Shingle Street 12" + Puppet Theatre	19.03.1984	Parlophone	43
12.	I Scare Myself / Dissidents (v USA)	4/1984	Capitol
13.	Dissidents (Pt. 1) / The Search For Truth - Dissidents (Pt. 2) 12" + Urges / One Of Our Submarines Is Missing	6/1984	Parlophone	90
14.	May The Cube Be With You / Googolplexus 12" + Cube Creature Caviar credited to: Dolby's Cube	7/1985	Parlophone	88
15.	Field Work / Exhibition & Ryuichi Sakamoto	2/1986	10	98
16.	Howard The Duck / Don't Turn Away	11/1986	MCA, (Dolby's Cube featuring Cherry Bomb
17.	Hunger City credited to: Dolby's Cube featuring Cherry Bomb	1986	MCA
18.	The Devil Is An Englishman / Fantasmagoria with Screaming Lord Byron	2/1987	Virgin
19.	Airhead / Budapest By Blimp 12" + Hyperactive	3/1988	Manhattan/EMI	53
20.	Hot Sauce / Salsa Picante CD + Get Out Of My Mix	12/1988	Manhattan/EMI	80
21.	My Brain Is Like A Sieve / Ravivar Fiore	2/1989	Manhattan/EMI
22.	Close But No Cigar / Neon Sisters CD + Hyperactive / She Blinded Me With Science / I Scare Myself	14.04.1992	Virgin	19
23.	I Love You, Goodbye / Eastern Bloc CD + Windpower / Europa And The Pirate Twins	29.06.1992	Virgin	34
24.	Silk Pyjamas / Field Work CD1 + Fieldwork (Long London Mix) / Puppet Theatre / Get Out Of My Mix - Dolby's Cube CD2 + Airhead / Urges / Leipzig	14.09.1992	Virgin	62
25.	Hyperactive / Windpower / Dissidents: The Search For Truth / Puppet Theatre CD2 + She Blinded Me With Science / One Of Our Submarines Is Missing / Dissidents: The Search For Truth	10.01.1994	EMI	23
26.	Quantum Mechanic / Armageddon / N.E.O.	1995	Giant
27.	Blinded By Chemicals & James Doman	29.03.2004	Additive

Videos:

1. Live Wireless - 1983, PMI
2. Thomas Dolby - 1984, Sony, 15 min
3. The Golden Age of Video - 1989, PMI
4. The Sole Inhabitant - 21.11.2006, live
5. The Singular Thomas Dolby - 14.05.2009, EMI

Various:

1981 own label Venus In Peril
1987 moved to Los Angeles (USA)

produced by SP:

Adele Bertei: Build Me A Bridge / Take It To The Bridge (1983, Geffen)
The Group: Technology / You're My Flag (?, Jive)
Jane Kennaway: Year 2000 (?, Deram)
Lene Lovitch: New Toy (?, Stiff)

produced by LP:

Foreigner: 4 (7/81, WEA)
Joni Mitchell: Dog Eat Dog (11/85, Geffen)
Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen (6/85, Kitchenware)
Prefab Sprout: From Langley Park To Memphis (3/88, Kitchenware)
Prefab Sprout: Jordan: The Comeback (8/90, Kitchenware)

appeared on the LP:

Thompson Twins: Set (19.2.82, T)
George Clinton: Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends (1985, Capitol)
Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen (6/85, Kitchenware)
Prefab Sprout: From Langley Park To Memphis (1987, Kitchenware)
Joni Mitchell: Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm (3/88, Geffen)
Roger Waters: The Wall (Live In Berlin) (9/90, EMI)

appeared on the SP:

Jack Heard: Sex Machine

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1981	7	14.02.1981	17	Singles	single review
1981	38	19.09.1981	14	Singles	single review
1981	44	31.10.1981	12		interview
1982	13	27.03.1982	5	Fast Forward
1982	18	01.05.1982	30	Caught In The Act	gig review
1982	20	15.05.1982	17	Albums	album review
1982	30	24.07.1982	4	Fast Forward
1982	43	23.10.1982	4	Fast Forward
1982	44	30.10.1982	23	Singles	single review
1982	47	20.11.1982	30	Caught In The Act	gig review
1982	49	04.12.1982	28	Caught In The Act	gig review
1983	26	25.06.1983	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1983	27	02.07.1983	22	Singles	single review
1984	2	14.01.1984	18	Singles	single review
1984	6	11.02.1984	23	Albums	album review
1984	8	25.02.1984	19	It's Alive!	gig review
1984	9	03.03.1984	12		interview
1984	11	17.03.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	13	31.03.1984	26	Singles	single review
1984	14	07.04.1984	4	Fast Forward
1992	33	15.08.1992	19	Live	gig review
1992	33	15.08.1992	30	Albums	album review
1993	3	16.01.1993	35	Info Freako
1995	47	25.11.1995	53	Info Freako
1996	26	29.06.1996	10	Awol	profile