David Tickle
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David Tickle is a British record producer and engineer. As a producer, he is most noted for his work with Split Enz
, and in Canada, for his mid-80s work with Red Rider
, Platinum Blonde
and Gowan
. As an engineer, he has worked on best selling albums by artists such as Blondie
and U2
; as a mixing engineer, he worked on several hit 1980s releases by Prince
.
Through a friend he was introduced to New Zealand band Split Enz
and laid down some tracks with them in a Manchester studio in early 1978.
He was hired soon after by Terry Melcher
for a job at Ringo Starr
's Ringo Records, and appointed the in-house engineer for the label’s newly acquired recording facility, Startling Studios, at Tittenhurst Park
, John Lennon
's former house and studio near Ascot, Berkshire. Tickle helped them convert the studio from 16- to 24-track and lived on-site, later telling one interviewer:
"It was a great mansion, an 82 acres (331,842.5 m²) house, and basically, I was the only one to live there. I lived like a lord. Cooks, maids, the whole thing."
At Startling Studios he produced a further session with Split Enz, recording
"I See Red
", a punk-influenced single that would become a hit in Australia and New Zealand. Although the band was keen to have Tickle produce their third album, Frenzy, they were overruled by their Australian management, who wanted a more experienced producer. American Mallory Earl was drafted in for the album. The band would always regret the decision, sensing Earl's work had failed to reach the levels of intensity and creativity their earlier sessions with Tickle and London producer Dave Cook had achieved.
, whose run of hits in Britain was almost over and who was by now working in New York with Blondie
on their breakthrough Parallel Lines
album.
Tickle was hired as a trainee producer and contributed mixing and engineering duties to Chapman’s first US hits: Blondie
’s "Heart of Glass", The Knack
’s "My Sharona" and Exile
’s "Kiss You All Over". The experience provided Tickle with even more skills as a pop/rock producer.
, this time in Melbourne, Australia, to record what would become their breakthrough, multi-platinum selling album, True Colours, which included the single "I Got You". In the wake of their unsatisfying Frenzy album, the band was adamant their next record would be a Tickle production. As recording progressed and Tickle’s strategy became clearer – creating more space in their sound over resolute drum tracks – the band became convinced the album would be a turning point. In the band’s biography, Stranger Than Fiction, Mike Chunn wrote:
By mid-1980, Tickle was back in Melbourne to record a follow-up to True Colours. The band, however, were dismayed to find their wonder kid had undergone a dramatic change. Chunn explains:
According to Chunn, Tickle insisted on taking the tapes from the session back to England to mix them at Rupert Hine
’s Farmyard Studios. Members of the band, who arrived in Britain soon after for a tour, visited Farmyard to check on the album’s progress. Chunn reported:
According to the radio documentary Enzology, Tickle particularly clashed heads with Tim Finn
. In an interview for the program Tickle says that in the wake of "I Got You"'s success, Tim sought greater involvement in the engineering process. He says that in one argument Tim asked why Neil's songs always sounded better than his own; Tickle replied it was because Tim never left him alone to do his job.
Additionally Tickle was of great concern to Split Enz
's percussionist Noel Crombie
, as due to Tickle's mixing, Crombie's percussion tracks were almost mixed out.
, the band formed by Split Enz
co-founder Phil Judd
. (Judd, however, was not a member of Split Enz while Tickle was their producer.) The Swingers' album included the major Australian/NZ hit single "Counting The Beat".
In 1981, Tickle was hired by the Stiff
label to remix the single "Is Vic There?" by London New Wave
cult band Department S. He produced a fatter, slicker pop sound to which the band took an instant dislike. In a 2003 interview guitarist Mike Herbage observed of Tickle’s style:
Later in the 1980s, Tickle produced hit singles and albums for several Canadian acts. Production credtis during this era include Canadian and US chart hits by Red Rider
(including "Human Race"); the first album by Platinum Blonde
, which featured the Canadian hit singles "Doesn't Really Matter" and "Not In Love"; and two albums by Gowan
, which featured his Canadian top-10 hits "A Criminal Mind" and "Moonlight Desires".
During this same era, Tickle began a long-running working relationship with Prince
, for whom he would work as a mixing engineer on portions of six albums, and as a sound designer on his "Purple Rain" tour.
, Neil Finn
opted to use Tickle again, this time as an engineer, on the first Crowded House
album, which began recording in 1985. The album was to be produced by Mitchell Froom
at a studio selected by Tickle, with Tickle receiving a higher payment than Froom in recognition of his experience.
In his book Something So Strong, Crowded House biographer Chris Bourke relates how, on the final day of rehearsals, Tickle arrived at the studio with his lawyer to negotiate his "points", or share of royalties from the album. Bourke's account claims Neil Finn balked at paying him more and the encounter became "extremely ugly" before Tickle "stormed out of the room", leaving the band without an engineer or studio in which to record.
The band's record company (Capitol Records
) filled the gap by allowing them use of a studio, and utimately no fewer than five engineers were used on the album. Tickle himself was not one of them; he did not engineer any of the actual finished album, and his name does not appear in the album credits or the extensive "thanks to" section.
, Belinda Carlisle
, Toni Childs
, and Joe Cocker
among others. His biggest international successes were as co-producer of the Divinyls
' hit 1991 single "I Touch Myself
", and as the sole producer of 4 Non Blondes
' only hit, 1993's "What's Up?
". He also engineered portions of the best-selling U2
album Rattle and Hum
(1988), and mixed The Police
's archival 1995 album Live!
.
Tickle, according to his website, is furthering the development of 5.1 surround sound
and is now embarking on a filmmaking career, producing an unreleased domumentary about the pyramids
of Egypt
.
Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...
, and in Canada, for his mid-80s work with Red Rider
Red Rider
Red Rider are a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40....
, Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde (band)
Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...
and Gowan
Lawrence Gowan
Lawrence Gowan is a Scottish-born Canadian musician. Gowan has been both a solo artist and the current keyboardist and vocalist of the band Styx. His musical style is usually classified in the category of progressive rock.-Career:...
. As an engineer, he has worked on best selling albums by artists such as Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
and U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
; as a mixing engineer, he worked on several hit 1980s releases by Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
.
Early career
Tickle was born on September 5, 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, the only son of a university professor father, and an artistic mother. By his own account he was mixing Mahavishnu concerts at the age of 16, and mixed three singles for pop-rock quartet Liverpool Express which achieved modest success on British charts in 1976 and 1977.Through a friend he was introduced to New Zealand band Split Enz
Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...
and laid down some tracks with them in a Manchester studio in early 1978.
He was hired soon after by Terry Melcher
Terry Melcher
Terrence P. Melcher was an American musician and record producer, who was instrumental in shaping the sound of American West Coast rock music. His greatest contribution to the culture of the time was producing The Byrds' innovative hits "Mr Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and his...
for a job at Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
's Ringo Records, and appointed the in-house engineer for the label’s newly acquired recording facility, Startling Studios, at Tittenhurst Park
Tittenhurst Park
Tittenhurst Park was the home of John Lennon and Yoko Ono from the late summer of 1969 until August 1971, and then the home of Ringo Starr and family until the late-1980s. It is located on a 72-acre estate in London Road, Sunningdale, near Ascot, Berkshire SL5 0PN, England, close to the Surrey...
, John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
's former house and studio near Ascot, Berkshire. Tickle helped them convert the studio from 16- to 24-track and lived on-site, later telling one interviewer:
"It was a great mansion, an 82 acres (331,842.5 m²) house, and basically, I was the only one to live there. I lived like a lord. Cooks, maids, the whole thing."
At Startling Studios he produced a further session with Split Enz, recording
"I See Red
I See Red (Split Enz song)
"I See Red" is a 1978 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album Frenzy. "I See Red" was the second Split Enz song to achieve a top 20 chart position, peaking at #15 in Australia and #43 in the band's native New Zealand....
", a punk-influenced single that would become a hit in Australia and New Zealand. Although the band was keen to have Tickle produce their third album, Frenzy, they were overruled by their Australian management, who wanted a more experienced producer. American Mallory Earl was drafted in for the album. The band would always regret the decision, sensing Earl's work had failed to reach the levels of intensity and creativity their earlier sessions with Tickle and London producer Dave Cook had achieved.
Mike Chapman
In 1978, Tickle responded to an advertisement offering work for "the best engineer in England, money no object". The ad had been placed by noted producer Mike ChapmanMike Chapman (record producer)
Mike Chapman is an Australian born record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s...
, whose run of hits in Britain was almost over and who was by now working in New York with Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
on their breakthrough Parallel Lines
Parallel Lines
Parallel Lines is the third studio album by American New Wave band Blondie, released in 1978 by Chrysalis Records. Their most popular and best-selling effort, Parallel Lines was the first Blondie album to be produced by Mike Chapman. The album reached number one in the United Kingdom in February 1979...
album.
Tickle was hired as a trainee producer and contributed mixing and engineering duties to Chapman’s first US hits: Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
’s "Heart of Glass", The Knack
The Knack
The Knack was an American New Wave rock quartet based in Los Angeles that rose to fame with their first single, "My Sharona", an international number one hit in 1979.-Founding :...
’s "My Sharona" and Exile
Exile (American band)
Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.Their name was shortened...
’s "Kiss You All Over". The experience provided Tickle with even more skills as a pop/rock producer.
Split Enz
In October 1979, Tickle reconvened with Split EnzSplit Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...
, this time in Melbourne, Australia, to record what would become their breakthrough, multi-platinum selling album, True Colours, which included the single "I Got You". In the wake of their unsatisfying Frenzy album, the band was adamant their next record would be a Tickle production. As recording progressed and Tickle’s strategy became clearer – creating more space in their sound over resolute drum tracks – the band became convinced the album would be a turning point. In the band’s biography, Stranger Than Fiction, Mike Chunn wrote:
By mid-1980, Tickle was back in Melbourne to record a follow-up to True Colours. The band, however, were dismayed to find their wonder kid had undergone a dramatic change. Chunn explains:
According to Chunn, Tickle insisted on taking the tapes from the session back to England to mix them at Rupert Hine
Rupert Hine
Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and prolific record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, and ...
’s Farmyard Studios. Members of the band, who arrived in Britain soon after for a tour, visited Farmyard to check on the album’s progress. Chunn reported:
According to the radio documentary Enzology, Tickle particularly clashed heads with Tim Finn
Tim Finn
Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE is a New Zealand singer and musician. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and his joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn...
. In an interview for the program Tickle says that in the wake of "I Got You"'s success, Tim sought greater involvement in the engineering process. He says that in one argument Tim asked why Neil's songs always sounded better than his own; Tickle replied it was because Tim never left him alone to do his job.
Additionally Tickle was of great concern to Split Enz
Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...
's percussionist Noel Crombie
Noel Crombie
Noel Crombie is a New Zealand singer and former member of the band Split Enz. He fulfilled multiple roles including costume and hair designer, percussionist, album cover designer, and music video director...
, as due to Tickle's mixing, Crombie's percussion tracks were almost mixed out.
Early to mid-1980s
Tickle never worked with Split Enz again, though he did produce the Practical Jokers album for The SwingersThe Swingers
The Swingers were a New Zealand rock band. Formed out of the remnants of The Suburban Reptiles, the founding members were Phil Judd , Wayne Stevens , and Mark Hough . Formed in 1979, the band released the single "One Good Reason" which was a top 20 hit in New Zealand...
, the band formed by Split Enz
Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...
co-founder Phil Judd
Phil Judd
Philip Judd is a New Zealand singer-songwriter known for being one of the founders of the bands Split Enz and The Swingers.-Split Enz:...
. (Judd, however, was not a member of Split Enz while Tickle was their producer.) The Swingers' album included the major Australian/NZ hit single "Counting The Beat".
In 1981, Tickle was hired by the Stiff
Stiff Records
Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976, by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman , and active until 1985. It was reactivated in 2007....
label to remix the single "Is Vic There?" by London New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
cult band Department S. He produced a fatter, slicker pop sound to which the band took an instant dislike. In a 2003 interview guitarist Mike Herbage observed of Tickle’s style:
Later in the 1980s, Tickle produced hit singles and albums for several Canadian acts. Production credtis during this era include Canadian and US chart hits by Red Rider
Red Rider
Red Rider are a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40....
(including "Human Race"); the first album by Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde (band)
Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...
, which featured the Canadian hit singles "Doesn't Really Matter" and "Not In Love"; and two albums by Gowan
Lawrence Gowan
Lawrence Gowan is a Scottish-born Canadian musician. Gowan has been both a solo artist and the current keyboardist and vocalist of the band Styx. His musical style is usually classified in the category of progressive rock.-Career:...
, which featured his Canadian top-10 hits "A Criminal Mind" and "Moonlight Desires".
During this same era, Tickle began a long-running working relationship with Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
, for whom he would work as a mixing engineer on portions of six albums, and as a sound designer on his "Purple Rain" tour.
Relationship with Crowded House
In spite of the issues with Split EnzSplit Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...
, Neil Finn
Neil Finn
Neil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...
opted to use Tickle again, this time as an engineer, on the first Crowded House
Crowded House
Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...
album, which began recording in 1985. The album was to be produced by Mitchell Froom
Mitchell Froom
-Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...
at a studio selected by Tickle, with Tickle receiving a higher payment than Froom in recognition of his experience.
In his book Something So Strong, Crowded House biographer Chris Bourke relates how, on the final day of rehearsals, Tickle arrived at the studio with his lawyer to negotiate his "points", or share of royalties from the album. Bourke's account claims Neil Finn balked at paying him more and the encounter became "extremely ugly" before Tickle "stormed out of the room", leaving the band without an engineer or studio in which to record.
The band's record company (Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
) filled the gap by allowing them use of a studio, and utimately no fewer than five engineers were used on the album. Tickle himself was not one of them; he did not engineer any of the actual finished album, and his name does not appear in the album credits or the extensive "thanks to" section.
Later work
Tickle continued to work as a producer during the late 1980s and 1990s, with credits on albums by Joan ArmatradingJoan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist...
, Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments...
, Toni Childs
Toni Childs
Toni Childs is an American singer-songwriter from Orange, California. She has released four studio albums and is best known for her songs "Don't Walk Away" , "I've Got To Go Now", a Top 5 hit in Australia in 1991, and the Emmy-winning "Because You're Beautiful" Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957)...
, and Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
among others. His biggest international successes were as co-producer of the Divinyls
Divinyls
Divinyls were an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring vocalist Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. As the focal point, Amphlett performed on stage wearing a school uniform and fishnet stockings, often using an illuminated neon tube as a prop and displaying...
' hit 1991 single "I Touch Myself
I Touch Myself
"I Touch Myself" is a 1990 single by the Australian rock band Divinyls. The song was written by Divinyls bandmembers Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee and professional songwriters Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg for the band's self-titled album...
", and as the sole producer of 4 Non Blondes
4 Non Blondes
4 Non Blondes was an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1989. The group was formed by bassist Christa Hillhouse, guitarist Shaunna Hall, drummer Wanda Day, and vocalist and guitarist Linda Perry. Prior to the release of their first album, Roger Rocha replaced Hall on...
' only hit, 1993's "What's Up?
What's Up (song)
"What's Up?" is a rock song written by Linda Perry for 4 Non Blondes' debut album Bigger, Better, Faster, More! . It was released as the album's second single in 1993...
". He also engineered portions of the best-selling U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
album Rattle and Hum
Rattle and Hum
Rattle and Hum is the sixth studio album by rock band U2 and companion rockumentary directed by Phil Joanou, both released in 1988. The film and the album feature live recordings, covers, and new songs...
(1988), and mixed The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
's archival 1995 album Live!
Live! (The Police album)
Live! was an album by The Police, released in 1995. Disc one contains almost the complete concert on November 27, 1979 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. Disc two contains excerpts from two concerts on November 2–3, 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia at The Omni in the wake of the Synchronicity...
.
Current work
Tickle built the 120-track Avalon Studios at Kauai, Hawaii, where he lives with his wife, Ann West, and their two children.Tickle, according to his website, is furthering the development of 5.1 surround sound
Surround sound
Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...
and is now embarking on a filmmaking career, producing an unreleased domumentary about the pyramids
Egyptian pyramids
The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located in Egypt.There are 138 pyramids discovered in Egypt as of 2008. Most were built as tombs for the country's Pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods.The earliest known Egyptian pyramids are found...
of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
.
Productions
Albums produced by David Tickle include:- 4 Non Blondes4 Non Blondes4 Non Blondes was an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1989. The group was formed by bassist Christa Hillhouse, guitarist Shaunna Hall, drummer Wanda Day, and vocalist and guitarist Linda Perry. Prior to the release of their first album, Roger Rocha replaced Hall on...
: Bigger, Better, Faster (1992) - Adam AntAdam AntAdam Ant is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1980 and 1983, including three No.1s...
: Wonderful (1995) - Joan ArmatradingJoan ArmatradingJoan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist...
: What’s Inside (1995) - Barney Bentall & the Legendary Hearts: Barney Bentall & the Legendary Hearts (1988)
- Belinda CarlisleBelinda CarlisleBelinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments...
: A Woman and a ManA Woman and a ManA Woman and a Man is the sixth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United Kingdom on September 23, 1996 by Chrysalis Records. It was the first album Carlisle had released since departing Virgin Records...
(1996) - Toni ChildsToni ChildsToni Childs is an American singer-songwriter from Orange, California. She has released four studio albums and is best known for her songs "Don't Walk Away" , "I've Got To Go Now", a Top 5 hit in Australia in 1991, and the Emmy-winning "Because You're Beautiful" Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957)...
: Union (1988) - Joe CockerJoe CockerJohn Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
: Night Calls (1992) - Eric JohnsonEric JohnsonEric Johnson is an American guitarist. Though he is best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, gospel and country and western music into his recordings...
: Tones (1986) - Gowan: Strange Animal (1985), Great Dirty World (1987)
- Platinum BlondePlatinum Blonde (band)Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...
: Standing in the Dark (1983/4) - Red Rider: Naruda (1983)
- Ellen ShipleyEllen ShipleyEllen Shipley, born 24 March 1949 in New York, is a US musician and songwriter.-Biography:Shipley is best known for work with Rick Nowels. Together they've written for Kim Wilde and worked on the Belinda Carlisle albums Belinda, Heaven on Earth, Runaway Horses, and Live Your Life Be Free...
: Breaking Through The Ice Age, RCA Records AFL1- 3626 (1980) - Split EnzSplit EnzSplit Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...
: True Colours (1980), Waiata (1981) - The SwingersThe SwingersThe Swingers were a New Zealand rock band. Formed out of the remnants of The Suburban Reptiles, the founding members were Phil Judd , Wayne Stevens , and Mark Hough . Formed in 1979, the band released the single "One Good Reason" which was a top 20 hit in New Zealand...
: Practical Jokers (1981) - El Último de la FilaEl Último de la FilaEl Último de la Fila was a Spanish music group created in the mid 1980s in Barcelona, Spain. The original members were Manolo García and Quimi Portet.-History:...
: Astronomía razonable (1993) - Ann West En Chante, Live for Charity from The Blossoming LotusBlossoming LotusThe Blossoming Lotus Restaurants is a vegan restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 2002, the restaurants offer "Vegan World Fusion Cuisine", organic, GMO-free, and locally grown gourmet vegan and live food popularized by founder and chef Mark Reinfeld and business partner Jennifer...
, Kauai (2006)