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This page, compiled for BtP, details Matthew's non-PH work other than his own solo albums
Please send any additions or corrections for this page to Joan May
1965 |
Gamblers: Tobacco Road / One Way Love (Polydor) |
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1968 |
Separation (film): composed theme tune |
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1969 |
Joe Cocker: With A Little Help From My Friends (Regal Zonophone) You can order this CD from Amazon UK here - or a reissued CD with two extra tracks from Amazon USA here |
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1969 |
Legend: Georgia George / July 2-sided vinyl single (Bell) (with Mickey Jupp, vocals and compositions; Barrie Wilson, drums; produced by Robin Trower) (MF played bass: full story here) Unreleased tracks include Army and True Love |
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1970 |
Wishbone Ash. First (self-titled) album (discography here) From Wishbone Ash Fanzine USASH, Issue One, June 1992, page 13: (Quote from bassist Martin Turner] "... Derek Lawrence really helped in getting the record deal set up. We did a gig with Deep Purple ... Ritchie Blackmore didn't say a word to us but afterwards he told Derek Lawrence, who had been Deep Purple's producer, about us. Derek was at that time looking for bands to record, so he contacted us and we gave him the demo tape that we'd done, and I think it was he who took it to MCA in Los Angeles, to someone he knew in the company, and that was the reason that MCA signed us." [article continued by editor Dr John] "In the autumn of 1970 Wishbone Ash went into De Lane Lea Studios, London, and with Derek Lawrence producing, recorded their first album ... Wishbone Ash (MCG 3507) was released in December 1970 and sold very well for a first album ... Blind Eye was one that they had written during the first month of rehearsals, and, when it was recorded, Derek Lawrence invited Matthew Fisher, who had just left Procol Harum, to come down and play piano on it." (comments by jm): Blind Eye has been reissued on CD at least twice, but to my knowledge, Matthew has not (yet) been credited on any liner notes for his work on the song. Incidentally, his piano-playing is excellent, especially his brief bluesy solo at the end. While at the De Lane Lea Studios in 1970, Matthew also contributed piano to the Green Bullfrog sessions, with Derek Lawrence producing and Ritchie Blackmore on board; those sessions were released in 1972. |
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1970 |
National Anthem: no records released |
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1972 |
Album by Southend band Legend: Moonshine (Vertigo) (re-released on CD by Repertoire in 1990). String arrangement by Fisher on three Mickey Jupp songs � Another Guy, The Writer of Songs, Mother of My Child � produced by Legend for David Knights Productions. |
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1972 |
Prairie Madness: Prairie Madness (Columbia) |
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1972 |
Green Bullfrog: Green Bullfrog (MCA) Reissued on CD in1991, remixed with 3 bonus tracks (Connoisseur # 503) These Bullfrog pseudonyms were reported in a Deep Purple Newsgroup: Bevy = Tony Ashton (keyboards); Boots = Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Boss = Big Jim Sullivan (guitar); Jordan = Earl Jordan (vocal); Pinta = Albert Lee (guitar); Sleepy = Chas Hodges (bass); Sorry = Matthew Fisher (keyboards); Speedy = Ian Paice (drums); Vicar = Rod Alexander (keyboards). |
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1972 |
Screaming Lord Sutch: Hands of Jack the Ripper (Cotillion) |
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1973 |
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Session (Mercury) |
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1973 |
Robin Trower: Twice Removed from Yesterday (Chrysalis) |
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1973 |
Journey's End - solo album (RCA) |
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1973 |
Tir na Nog: Strong in the Sun (Chrysalis) |
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1974 |
I'll Be There - solo album (RCA) |
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1974 |
Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs (Chrysalis ) |
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1975 |
Robin Trower: For Earth Below (Chrysalis) |
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1975 |
Bobby Harrison: Funkist (Capitol) |
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1976 |
Roderick Falconer: New Nation (UA) Matthew plays a beautiful excerpt of a Beethoven piano sonata - the Path�tique - as intro to the great soulful track Public Enemy; review here |
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1977 |
Brian Maxine, I'm Your Man album From Mojo, July, 2000, page 131 (letters/questions page): Wrestling Folk |
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1978 |
Geraint Watkins Band, It's Rock + Roll vol.2, Various Artists, LP UK Super Beeb Records BEMP 004 -- piano on 2 tracks with the Frankie Reid Band: Rock 'n Roll World and Mystery Train. From the Carlo Little WebSite: "Recorded as part of rock and roll DJ Stuart Colman's Radio One show It's Rock 'n' Roll in 1978 with singers Frankie Reid and Dana Gillespie, John Hawken (piano, ex-Nashville Teens), Matthew Fisher (piano, ex Procol Harum), Dave Wendells (guitar), Sid Phillips (sax, ex-Cliff Bennett), Tony Hall (sax)" [and Carlo Little, drums]. |
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1978 |
Bandit: Partners in Crime (Ariola) Frans Steensma elucidates: Matthew recorded two albums with Bandit. MF wrote, 'There was another Bandit album, never released, recorded in 1979 or maybe 1980.' Graham Broad and Mick Grabham were not on the first album. MF: 'Drummer was originally Graham Broad, but he decided to leave'. On the album Theodore Thunder plays drums, Danny McIntosh guitar. Mick's remark (below) refers to the unreleased second album ... To heighten the confusion: I have the Bandit LP in UK and Dutch sleeves. On the first there's a picture of Mick (!) on the back, on the Dutch one a - correct - picture of Danny. Mick Grabham said 'It was a nice album, it had some good songs on it, but it never came out'. |
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1978 |
Jimmy Bain (unreleased): Producer |
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1970s? |
The 45s: Producer |
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1980 |
Matthew Fisher - solo album (Mercury) |
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1981 |
Strange Days - solo album, released only in Europe (Mercury) |
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1981 |
Brian Maxine - Highway Fever - single. (Subway) |
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1982 |
Captain Sensible (formerly of The Damned): Women and Captains First(A&M) Possibly also recorded demos for The Damned |
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1982 |
Screamin' Lord Sutch: Rock & Horror (Ace) |
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1982 |
See here for recordings Matthew engineered at his studio (and one he played on) for drummer Carlo Little |
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1983 |
Captain Sensible: Back to School (single) (A&M) |
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1982�3 |
Organ on all four bonus tracks of the double Fandango CD: Slipstreaming / Future Times (Angel Air SJPCD041). Just Another Day and Wish I'd Never Woke Up were recorded at Fisher's own Old Barn Studios during 1982; Is My Love in Vain and The Point of no Return were recorded at Pye Studios, London, during 1983 (thanks, Ant�nio) Joan May reports: "I listened to the four bonus tracks and can hear no organ on them. This is a guitar oriented band with very little keyboard presence. On three of the tracks I could hear no keyboard whatsoever, and on the fourth, a rhythmic synthy sounding keyboard in the background playing the same note over and over -- no resemblance to an organ or to MF. On the liner notes is the following, including the quotation marks: 'Matthew Fisher played organ on all four bonus tracks, two of which were recorded at Old Barn Studios, England, during 1982. The other two bonus tracks were recorded at Pye Studios London during 1983.' It doesn't say which ones were recorded where, nor does it attribute the quote to anyone." |
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1984 |
Route 66: Route 66 (Danish LP (500 copies only) on Telaeg Records; CD on Angel Air) Route 66's Claes Johansen wrote the liner notes to the CD Matthew Fisher / Strange Days and, of course, the full-length Procol Harum biography |
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1985 |
Gary Brooker: Echoes in the Night (Line Records) ... of Two Fools in Love, Echoes in the Night, Ghost Train, Saw the Fire, The Long Goodbye, Hear What You're Saying, Trick of the Night, and the bonus track Summer Nights |
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1985 ? |
Bobby Harrison & Mezzoforte [interview here] |
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1988 |
David Lanz: A Whiter Shade of Pale [single] (Narada) |
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1988 |
Karel Fialka: Human Animal However Karel wrote to Joan May: "You should know that Matthew's contribution to my Human Animal album was more than just a bit of programming ... he engineered and was an integral part of the whole vibe of the recording process." (reproduced with permission) |
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1988 |
David Lanz: Cristofori's Dream (Narada) |
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1988 |
Peroux: Wheels Keep Turnin' (Powerplay) |
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1988 |
Mega City Four - Miles Apart / Running In Darkness - single, recorded 1987 (Decoy) |
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1988 |
Mega City Four - Distant Relatives / Clear Blue Sky - single (Decoy) |
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1991 |
Mega City Four, Terribly Sorry Bob (Decoy) (includes the above two singles) |
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1991 |
The British Invasion All-Stars: United (Promised Land) {review here} Produced by Mike Ober & Don Craine; includes the monster version of Green Onions that also appears on Matthew's 1994 solo CD A Salty Dog Returns - with Matthew's Hammond and Dick Taylor's guitar trading some intense 12 bar phrases! Turn up to eleven for best results! Eat your heart out, Booker T! Joan May advises that Green Onions is available for download (Amazon, iTunes) under the artist name 'British Invasion All-Stars' You may also buy this CD from Amazon.com here You may also buy the CD from Amazon UK here, or download Green Onions here. |
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1991 |
Downliners Sect: Savage Return (Promised Land) Produced by Mike Ober, Don Craine & Keith Grant |
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1993 |
Jerry Lee Lewis: All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology |
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1993 |
Matthew Fisher + Downliners Sect: A Light Went Out in New York (Endangered) Tribute to John Lennon produced by Tom McKee, Mike Ober and Downliners Sect |
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1994 |
A Salty Dog Returns - solo album (Kingdom in US, Promised Land in UK) |
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1994 |
Pretty Things n Mates: A Whiter Shade of Dirty Water (Kingdom) |
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1994 |
James McCarty: Out of the Dark (Higher Octave Music) |
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1995 |
The Symphonic Music of Procol Harum: The Long Goodbye (RCA) |
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1996 |
Matthew Fisher / Strange Days - CD reissue of 1980 and 1981 solo albums on one CD (BGO) This CD can be ordered from Amazon USA |
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1998 |
James Dewar: Stumbledown Romancer (Chrysalis 7243/4/93153/2/7) |
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1998 |
David Lanz: Songs from an English Garden (Narada) This CD can be ordered from Amazon USA |
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1998 |
The Mediaeval Baebes: Salve Nos (Nettwerk Records, 1998) |
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1990s |
Bass, organ and production on some power-pop tracks by Mick Roberts, prize-winning song-writer who played Hank B Marvinesque guitar alongside Fisher in Matt and the Deputies (1963 vintage) (unreleased) |
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2000 |
David Lanz - East of the Moon This CD can be ordered from Amazon USA |
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2000 |
Journey's End / I'll be There - CD reissue of 1973 and 1974 solo albums on one CD (BGO): order now from Amazon UK HERE, and read Matthew's own comments about it here |
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2010 |
For the forthcoming album Love over Money by Chris Wilson (ex Flamin' Groovy), due for release on the French Rock Paradise label in October 2010, Matthew Fisher added some Hammond to the track Fading Away. The album was mastered partly at Abbey Road. |
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