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Appearances Albums Singles Various Refers
SPEDDING Chris
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Personal Data:

Born: 17.06.1944 (Sheffield, GB, as Christopher John Spedding)

Appearances:

1959-60 Vulcans
? Bill Jordan And The Country Boys
1960-63 Graham Collier Rehearsal Band
1965 Nat Temple Orchestra
1966 Nat Temple Orchestra
1966-67 Paul Jones
1967 Monty Frank Orchestra
1967-69 Pete Brown's Battered Ornaments
1967 Smile
? Mike Gibbs Band
? Mike Westbrook Band
1970-71 Nucleus
9/71-1/72 Jack Bruce
10/72-11/74 Sharks
8/74 John Cale
cca 1975 The Wombles
3-7/75 Roy Harper's Trigger
4-5/75 John Cale
7/75 Alan Price
11/75 John Cale
6-8/76 The Chris Spedding Band
cca 9/76 The Wombles
cca 11/76 Chris Spedding And The Vibrators
? Nina Hagen
1978-79 Robert Gordon
1979-cca 3/80 Necessaries
cca 1981 Frankie Miller
cca 5/01 Roxy Music

Albums Discography:

#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.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:

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)

Press References:

Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1972029.01.197224interview
19743821.09.197444interview
1975425.01.197534
19754325.10.197526The Sessionmeninterview
19754615.11.197536MM Fileprofile, discography
1976324.01.19763Singlessingle review
19761220.03.19763Singlessingle review
19762519.06.19765
19763314.08.19765
19773710.09.19775
19773710.09.197713Singlessingle review
19774108.10.19775News
19784014.10.197817Singlessingle review
1979727.02.19793News - News Flashes
19791231.03.197922Albumsalbum review
19813529.08.198113Albumsalbum review
New Musical Express
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1972025.11.19723News Desk
1974031.08.19743News Desk
1975028.06.197510Thrills
1976024.04.197618Plattersalbum review
1976008.05.197612interview
1976027.11.197620Singlessingle review
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
20021 73Livegig review
20079 59Recenzealbum review
20082 44Playinterview