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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Various Refers
SHARKS
GB
*  10/1972

Line-Up:

Snips Parsons - voc
Chris Spedding - g
Dave Cochran - bg
Stuart Francis - ds

Former Members:

Andy Fraser (bg,kb, 10/72-5/73); Busta Cherry Jones (bg, 7/73-8/74)
Nick Judd (kb, 7/73-7/74)
Marty Simon (ds, 10/72-7/74)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.First Water
produced by: Sharks
06.04.1973Island
2.Jab It In Your Eyes3/1974 Island

Chris Spedding:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Backwoods Progression1970 Harvest
2.Songs Without Words1970
3.The Only Lick I Know1971 Harvest
4.Enemy Within1974
5.Chris Spedding09.04.1976RAK
6.Hurt1/1978
7.Guitar Graffiti2/1979 RAK
8.I'm Not Like Everybody Else1980
9.Cafe Days1980 Rose
10.Friday The 13th8/1981 Passport
11.Gesundheit26.11.2002Yeaah
12.Motorbikin'07.06.2005Prism Platinum
13.Click Clack25.10.2005SPV
14.Rockin' The Paradiso
& Robert Gordon
14.03.2006Last Call
15.One Step Ahead of the Blues13.06.2006Music Avenue
16.Guitar Jamboree10.10.2006Music Avenue
17.Cafe Days Revisited14.11.2006Music Avenue
18.It's Now or Never
& Robert Gordon
31.07.2007Rykodisc
19.Live Fast, Love Hard
& Link Wray & Robert Gordon
22.09.2009Fuel 2000
20.Joyland20.01.2015Cleopatra
21.Breaking Out Tonight
& Robert Gordon
07.10.2016Laser Media

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Jab It In Yore Eyes08.03.1974Island

Chris Spedding:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.My Bucket's Got A Hole In It2/1975 Island
2.Motorbikin'
produced by: Mickie Most
11.07.1975RAK14
3.Jump In My Car
produced by: Mickie Most
23.01.1976RAK
4.New Girl In The Neighbourhood12.03.1976RAK
5.Guitar Jamboree23.04.1976RAK
6.Pogo Dancing / The Pose
& Vibrators
12.11.1976RAK
7.Hurt / Get Outa My Pagoda23.09.1977RAK
8.Silver Bullet27.01.1978
9.Gunfight13.10.1978RAK
10.Video Life02.03.1979

Various:

disbanded 11/1974

Chris Spedding:

appeared on the LP:

Frank Ricotti Quartet: Our Point Of View (1968, Realm/CBS)
Pete Brown: A Meal You Can Shake Hands With In The Dark (1968, Harvest)
Battered Ornaments: Mantelpiece (1969, Harvest)
Jack Bruce: Songs For A Tailor (7/69, Polydor)
Michael Gibbs: Michael Gibbs (24.4.70, Deram)
Nucleus: Elastic Rock (6/70, Vertigo)
Bob Downes: Open Music (Philips)
Mike Westbrook: Love Songs (1970, Deram)
Nucleus: We'll Talk About It Later (2.4.71, Vertigo)
Lesley Duncan: Sing Children Sing (6/71, CBS)
Nucleus: Solar Plexus (6/71, Vertigo)
Jack Bruce: Harmony Row (9.7.71, Polydor)
Linda Lewis: Say No More (7/71, Reprise)
Elton John: Madman Across The Water (11/71, DJM)
John Williams: Changes (11/71, Fly)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1971, MCA)
Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson (7.1.72, RCA)
Dick Heckstall-Smith: A Story Ended (1972, Bronze)
Linda Hoyle: Pieces Of Me (Vertigo)
Solid Gold Cadillac: Solid Gold Cadillac (1/73, RCA)
Donovan: Cosmic Wheels (3/73, Epic)
Nicky Hopkins: The Tin Man Was A Dreamer (7/73, CBS)
Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets (8.2.74, Island)
David Essex: David Essex (20.9.74, CBS)
John Cale: Slow Dazzle (11.4.75, Island)
Roy Harper: HQ (14.5.75, Harvest)
David Essex: All The Fun Of The Fair (12.9.75, CBS)
John Cale: Helen Of Troy (14.11.75, Island)
Peter And The Wolf (11/75, RSO, rock adaptation of Sergei Prokofiev)
Ginger Baker: Ginger Baker And Friends (14.1.77, Mountain)
Bryan Ferry: In Your Mind (2/77, Polydor)
Michael Mantler: Silence (3/77, Watt)
Art Garfunkel: Fate For Breakfast (4/79, Columbia)
Laurie Anderson: Strange Angels (1989, Warner Bros)
Marc Almond: Fantastic Star (26.2.96, Mercury)

appeared on the SP:
Tony Christie: Easy To Love (10.10.75)
Rik Kenton: Libertine (7.5.76, EMI)
John Cale: Animal Justice EP (26.8.77, Illegal)

produced by LP:
Dee Dee Ramone: Greatest & Latest (25.9.00, Eagle Rock)

Stuart Francis:

appeared on the SP:

Roger Daltrey: Get Your Love (6.6.75, Polydor)

Dave Cocgamen:

appeared on the LP:

Roy Harper: HQ (14.5.75, Harvest)
Joe Walsh: Got Any Gum? (7/87, Warner Bros)

appeared on the SP:
Chris Spedding: Motorbikin' (11.7.75, RAK)

Press References:

Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1973427.01.197338Caught In The Actgig review
19733028.07.19734
19743821.09.19743
19744830.11.19745News
New Musical Express
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1972025.11.19723News Desk
1972023.12.197235
1973017.02.197328
1973028.04.197316Albumsalbum review
1973012.05.19732News Desk
1973012.05.197343
1973028.07.19733News Desk
1973020.10.197346Front Row Reviewgig review
1974026.01.197434Front Row Reviewsgig review
1974002.03.19742News Desk
1974009.03.197414Albumsalbum review
1974025.05.197422
1974031.08.197412Thrills
19743821.09.19742News Desk
1974023.11.19743News Desk
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19951926.09.19956Galerie