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The Pete Atkin Discography
Pete Atkin Lyrics to over 100 songs,
chords to over 70
Clive James
Listing all of Pete Atkin's recordings, and
a few other things he's been involved in
Here is the complete Web reference to the
songs of Pete Atkin and Clive James,
including lyrics, chords, lead sheets, sound
clips, and a selection of parody lyrics and
annotations submitted by Pete's fans
Follow the album-cover icons here to jump to the details, or scroll the page:
(the per-album pages have been discontinued)
RCA did it differently BEWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER First album, Fontana (1970)
Reissue, RCA (1973)
do you have one of the rare UNsigned copies? DRIVING THROUGH MYTHICAL AMERICA Second album, Philips (1971)
Reissue, RCA (1973)
'they said I'd find Canary Wharf around here someday' A KING AT NIGHTFALL Third album, RCA (1973)
my sleeve keeps coming unglued too THE ROAD OF SILK Fourth album, RCA (1974)
who is this guy? SECRET DRINKER Fifth album, RCA (1974)
who's your little fat friend? LIVE LIBEL Sixth album, RCA (1975)
'who turned the lights on?' RIDER TO THE WORLD'S END Compilation cassette, RCA
dominoes, anyone? MASTER OF THE REVELS Compilation LP, RCA (1977)
camouflaged and misfiled in your local record store, 1990 TOUCH HAS A MEMORY Compilation CD and cassette
RCA (1990)
titles from Fontana, running order from RCA BEWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER /
DRIVING THROUGH MYTHICAL AMERICA
Re-issue 2-on-1 CD
See For Miles (1997)
AKAN, TROS + 2 A KING AT NIGHTFALL /
THE ROAD OF SILK...PLUS
Re-issue double CD
See For Miles (2001)
SD, LL less 2 SECRET DRINKER /
LIVE LIBEL
Re-issue 2-on-1 CD
See For Miles (2001)
The 7th album THE LAKESIDE SESSIONS, VOLUME 1:
HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
CD, Hillside Music (2001)
THE LAKESIDE SESSIONS, VOLUME 2:
A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN
CD, Hillside Music (2001)
Lakeside double THE LAKESIDE SESSIONS Double CD, Hillside Music (2002)
2003 album, all new songs WINTER SPRING Pete's latest solo CD, 10 new songs,
Hillside Music (2003)
Live double CD of 2003 tour LIVE IN AUSTRALIA 2-CD concert recording from 2003 tour, Hillside (2005)
Midnight Voices, 2007 MIDNIGHT VOICES New versions of classic songs
(Vol.1), Hillside Music (2007)
Julie's REAL first solo album THE BEAUTIFUL CHANGES Julie Covington's debut, EMI (1971)
CD reissue by See For Miles (1999)
Pete meets the ORIGINAL Nirvana HEADS TOGETHER / FIRST ROUND Songwriters' Workshop sampler,
Vertigo (1971)
'Nobody asked me!' - Sir Bernard Miles THE MERMAID FROLICS Amnesty Gala Benefit album,
Polydor (1977)
The Shrinks : Horfield To Hollywood HORFIELD TO HOLLYWOOD Bristol band The Shrinks (2000)
The Shrinks : On The Stoop ON THE STOOP The Shrinks' third album (2002)
The Shrinks : More Damned Lies MORE DAMNED LIES Fourth album from The Shrinks (2003)
The Shrinks : Further Along The Road FURTHER ALONG THE ROAD Latest from David Brown's gang (2006)
9 x 2 9 X 2 -- ENGLISH CONTEMPORARY CHANSON CD, Irregular Records (2002)
drool over dr001 DOWN RIVER RECORDINGS: LIVE VOLUME 1 CD, Martin & Kingsbury (2002)
collector's piece, limited edition WHILE THE MUSIC LASTS Private Issue LP (1967)
edition even more limited THE PARTY'S MOVING ON Private Issue LP (1969)
modern limited edition PETE ATKIN AT MONYASH Private Issue concert CD (1997)
square fried egg PETE ATKIN SINGLES, COVERS AND
UNRELEASED ATKIN/JAMES SONGS
Rarities and obscurities...
a treasure, a feast for the eyes, even if you don't play. Hundreds pulped in the '70s A FIRST FOLIO Songbook from the "The Road Of Silk"
and "Secret Drinker" albums
[unofficial graphic] A & R A play with songs, by Pete Atkin (1977)
[unofficial graphic]

Search for any word or phrase
in the lyrics database :

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   —  view lyric with chord transcription
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"Stranger" Fontana Album Cover "Stranger" RCA Album Cover
Fontana 6309 011 (1970) RCA SF8387 (1973)
Beware of the Beautiful Stranger
"you will learn how it rankles to die of desire"

1 THE MASTER OF THE REVELS
2 TOUCH HAS A MEMORY (Fontana release only)
2 BE CAREFUL WHEN THEY OFFER YOU THE MOON (RCA only) be careful ...
3 HAVE YOU GOT A BIRO I CAN BORROW?
4 SUNRISE
5 FRANGIPANNI WAS HER FLOWER
6 THE RIDER TO THE WORLD'S END
7 THE LUCK OF THE DRAW
8 THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL HONKY TONK NIGHT TRAIN BLUES
9 GIRL ON THE TRAIN
10 TONIGHT YOUR LOVE IS OVER
11 YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO BE REMEMBERED
12 LAUGHING BOY
13 BEWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
14 ALL I EVER DID

Music by Pete Atkin
Lyrics by Clive James (except 'Original Original Honky Tonk Night Train Blues' and 'All I Ever Did',
         lyrics by Pete Atkin)
Produced by Don Paul / Engineered by Tom Allom / Strings arranged Nick Harrison
Featuring Pete Atkin, Steve Cook, Brian Odgers, Tony Marsh, Henry Mackenzie, Russell 'Dai' Davies

Recording Session Notes


"Stranger" Fontana Album Cover "Stranger" RCA Album Cover
Philips 6308 070 (1971) RCA SF8386 (1973)
Driving Through Mythical America
"to link the ways men die with how they grow"

1 SUNLIGHT GATE
2 THE PEARL-DRILLER
3 NO DICE
4 THE FLOWERS AND THE WINE
5 WHERE HAVE THEY ALL GONE?
6 THE PRINCE OF AQUITAINE
7 THIEF IN THE NIGHT
8 DRIVING THROUGH MYTHICAL AMERICA
9 THE FADED MANSION ON THE HILL
10 PRACTICAL MAN
11 LADY OF A DAY

Music and arrangements by Pete Atkin / Lyrics by Clive James
Produced by Don Paul / Engineered by Roger Quested / Conducted by Don Fraser
Featuring Pete Atkin, Clive Baker, Dave Bell, Leon Calvert, Kenny Clare, Dennis Clift, Russell Davies,
       Don Fay, Herbie Flowers, Richard Ihnatowicz, Barry Morgan, Alan Parker, Alan Wakeman, Jim Wortley

Recording Session NotesDave Gelly's review from 'Cream' magazine


"King" Album Cover
RCA SF8336 (1973)
A King at Nightfall
"the snowline of the country where you will not be mine"

1 BETWEEN US THERE IS NOTHING
2 CARNATIONS ON THE ROOF
3 ALL THE DEAD WERE STRANGERS
4 THE WRISTWATCH FOR A DRUMMER
5 A KING AT NIGHTFALL
6 THE LAST HILL THAT SHOWS YOU ALL THE VALLEY
7 THE DOUBLE AGENT
8 THE HYPERTENSION KID
9 SCREEN-FREAK
10 APPARITION IN LAS VEGAS
11 THIRTY YEAR MAN


Music, arrangements, conducted by Pete Atkin / Lyrics by Clive James
Produced by Don Paul / Engineered by Roger Quested
Featuring Pete Atkin, Clive Baker, Ray Cooper, Herbie Flowers, Bill Geldard, Dick Hart, Ralph Izen,
               Mike Moran, Barry Morgan, Mike Page, Nat Peck, Chris Spedding, Bob Sydor, Alan Wakeman
Strings Howard Ball

Recording Session Notes, with photosDave Gelly's review from 'Cream' magazine


"Road of Silk" Album Cover
RCA LPLI 5014 (1974)
The Road of Silk
"The one loved most is always present least"

1 PERFECT MOMENTS
2 SHADOW AND THE WIDOWER
3 THE HOLLOW AND THE FLUTED NIGHT
4 THE WALL OF DEATH
5 SENIOR CITIZENS
6 THE MAN WHO WALKED TOWARD THE MUSIC
7 CARE-CHARMER SLEEP
8 OUR LADY LOWNESS
9 MY EGOIST
10 AN ARRAY OF PASSIONATE LOVERS
11 THE ROAD OF SILK
12 PAYDAY EVENING


Music by Pete Atkin / Lyrics by Clive James
Produced, arranged, conducted by Pete Atkin / Engineered by Roger Quested
Featuring Pete Atkin, Allen Beever, Tony Coe, Terry Cox, Barry Desouza, John Donnelly,
               Derek Grossmith, Ronnie Hughes, Paul Keogh, Mike Moran, Frank Ricotti, Daryl Runswick,
               Dave Sharman, Manny Winter, Dave Wintour, strings/David Katz

Recording Session Notes


"Secret Drinker" Album Cover
RCA LPLI 5062 (1974)
Secret Drinker
"They want me to work on the afternoon after I'm dead"

1 RAIN-WHEELS
2 SESSIONMAN'S BLUES
3 I SEE THE JOKER
4 NATIONAL STEEL
5 NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
6 TENDERFOOT
7 TIME AND TIME AGAIN
8 LITTLE SAMMY SPEEDBALL
9 SECRET DRINKER
10 TONGUE-TIED


Music by Pete Atkin / Lyrics by Clive James
Produced and arranged by Pete Atkin / Engineered by Roger Quested
Featuring Pete Atkin, Barry Desouza, Paul Keogh, Frank Ricotti, Ronnie Ross, Daryl Runswick

Recording Session Notes


"Live Libel" Album Cover
RCA RS1013 (1975)
Live Libel
("An album of musical tributes to insufficiently neglected contemporary artists")
SLEEVE NOTE

1 SONG FOR RITA
2 BLACK FUNK REX
3 I'M CRAZY OVER YOU  (not CJ/PA)
4 ERRANT KNIGHT
5 READY FOR THE ROAD
6 WHY?
7 BALLAD OF AN UPSTAIRS WINDOW
8 STRANGER IN TOWN
9 RATTLESNAKE ROCK
10 DOOM FROM A ROOM
11 I'VE GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO
12 LONESOME LEVIS LANE
13 SHEER QUIVERING GENIUS
14 UNCLE SEA-BIRD


Music by Pete Atkin / Lyrics by Clive James
               Except 'I'm Crazy Over You' by A Sherman and A Lewis,
               and 'Ballad of an Upstairs Window', words and music by Pete Atkin
Produced and arranged by Pete Atkin / Engineered by Roger Quested
Featuring Pete Atkin, Gaye Brown, Neil Campbell, Diane Langton, Dick Levens, Annabel Leventon,
               Daryl Runswick, Jeff Seopardie, strings/John Mayer

Recording Session Notes


"Rider" Cassette Cover
RCA (Cassette Only) PK11677
The Rider to the World's End
"The dustbins in the doorways and the Spanish goldtrails in the sky"
CARD NOTE

1 THE MASTER OF THE REVELS
2 BE CAREFUL WHEN THEY OFFER YOU THE MOON
3 THE RIDER TO THE WORLD'S END
4 GIRL ON THE TRAIN
5 BEWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
6 WHERE HAVE THEY ALL GONE?
7 DRIVING THROUGH MYTHICAL AMERICA
8 PRACTICAL MAN
9 THIEF IN THE NIGHT
10 BETWEEN US THERE IS NOTHING
11 CARNATIONS ON THE ROOF
12 WRISTWATCH FOR A DRUMMER
13 THE LAST HILL THAT SHOWS YOU ALL THE VALLEY
14 SCREEN-FREAK
15 THIRTY YEAR MAN


Music by Pete Atkin / Lyrics by Clive James
All tracks previously released on the six original albums


"Master" Album Cover
RCA PL25041 (1977)
The Master of the Revels
("The Essential Pete Atkin")

1 THIRTY YEAR MAN
2 MASTER OF THE REVELS
3 SUNLIGHT GATE
4 BETWEEN US THERE IS NOTHING
5 GIRL ON THE TRAIN
6 THE FADED MANSION ON THE HILL
7 THE WRISTWATCH FOR A DRUMMER
8 I SEE THE JOKER
9 PERFECT MOMENTS
10 SESSIONMAN'S BLUES
11 THIEF IN THE NIGHT
12 SCREEN-FREAK
13 THE FLOWERS AND THE WINE
14 BEWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER


Music by Pete Atkin / Lyrics by Clive James
All tracks previously released on the six original albums, except 'I See The Joker', 1975 single version, featuring Pete Atkin, Neil Campbell, Dick Levens, Jeff Seopardie, strings/Wilf Gibson


Notes by
Pete Atkin
"Touch" CD Cover Words by
Clive James

RCA PD74833 (1990 CD)
Touch Has A Memory
("The Clive James & Pete Atkin Songbook 1967-1974")

1 THE PEARL-DRILLER
2 SESSIONMAN'S BLUES
3 PERFECT MOMENTS
4 BETWEEN US THERE IS NOTHING
5 NO DICE
6 THIRTY YEAR MAN
7 SUNLIGHT GATE
8 A KING AT NIGHTFALL
9 THE FLOWERS AND THE WINE
10 GIRL ON THE TRAIN
11 MASTER OF THE REVELS
12 SENIOR CITIZENS
13 PAYDAY EVENING
14 I SEE THE JOKER
15 THE FADED MANSION ON THE HILL
16 THE HYPERTENSION KID
17 BEWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
18 YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO BE REMEMBERED
19 TOUCH HAS A MEMORY


Lyrics by Clive James / Music by Pete Atkin
All tracks previously released on the six original albums, except 'Touch Has A Memory',
version from The Party's Moving On, featuring Pete Atkin, Steve Cook,
and 'I See The Joker', version from the single release.


"See For Miles" CD Cover
SFM C5HCD 664 (1997 CD)
Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger
with
Driving Through Mythical America
(Re-issue of the first two commercial albums on one CD)

1 THE MASTER OF THE REVELS
2 SUNRISE
3 HAVE YOU GOT A BIRO I CAN BORROW?
4 FRANGIPANNI WAS HER FLOWER
5 TOUCH HAS A MEMORY
6 THE RIDER TO THE WORLD'S END
7 THE LUCK OF THE DRAW
8 THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL HONKY TONK NIGHT TRAIN BLUES
9 GIRL ON THE TRAIN
10 TONIGHT YOUR LOVE IS OVER
11 YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO BE REMEMBERED
12 LAUGHING BOY
13 BEWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
14 ALL I EVER DID
15 SUNLIGHT GATE
16 THE PEARL-DRILLER
17 NO DICE
18 THE FLOWERS AND THE WINE
19 WHERE HAVE THEY ALL GONE?
20 THE PRINCE OF AQUITAINE
21 THIEF IN THE NIGHT
22 DRIVING THROUGH MYTHICAL AMERICA
23 THE FADED MANSION ON THE HILL
24 PRACTICAL MAN
25 LADY OF A DAY

All other details the same as the original releases. BUY IT HERE !



"SFM CD 2" Album Cover
See For Miles SEECD 722 (2001 CD)
A King at Nightfall
with
The Road of Silk... Plus
(Re-issue of the third and fourth commercial albums on a double CD)

Disc One

1 BETWEEN US THERE IS NOTHING
2 CARNATIONS ON THE ROOF
3 ALL THE DEAD WERE STRANGERS
4 THE WRISTWATCH FOR A DRUMMER
5 A KING AT NIGHTFALL
6 THE LAST HILL THAT SHOWS YOU ALL THE VALLEY
7 THE DOUBLE AGENT
8 THE HYPERTENSION KID
9 SCREEN-FREAK
10 APPARITION IN LAS VEGAS
11 THIRTY YEAR MAN

Disc Two

1 PERFECT MOMENTS
2 SHADOW AND THE WIDOWER
3 THE HOLLOW AND THE FLUTED NIGHT
4 THE WALL OF DEATH
5 SENIOR CITIZENS
6 THE MAN WHO WALKED TOWARD THE MUSIC
7 CARE-CHARMER SLEEP
8 OUR LADY LOWNESS
9 MY EGOIST
10 AN ARRAY OF PASSIONATE LOVERS
11 THE ROAD OF SILK
12 PAYDAY EVENING
13 I SEE THE JOKER (Single version) [bonus track]
14 SESSIONMAN'S BLUES ('Single version'*) [bonus track]


* version from Secret Drinker album used in error by SFM.
All other details the same as the original releases.


"SFM CD 3" Album Cover
See For Miles SEECD 725 (2001 CD)
Secret Drinker
with
Live Libel
(Re-issue of the fifth and sixth commercial albums on one CD)

1 RAIN-WHEELS
2 SESSIONMAN'S BLUES
3 I SEE THE JOKER
4 NATIONAL STEEL
5 NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
6 TENDERFOOT
7 TIME AND TIME AGAIN
8 LITTLE SAMMY SPEEDBALL
9 SECRET DRINKER
10 TONGUE-TIED
11 SONG FOR RITA
12 BLACK FUNK REX
13 ERRANT KNIGHT
14 READY FOR THE ROAD
15 BALLAD OF AN UPSTAIRS WINDOW
16 STRANGER IN TOWN
17 RATTLESNAKE ROCK
18 DOOM FROM A ROOM
19 I'VE GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO [Edited Version]
20 LONESOME LEVIS LANE
21 SHEER QUIVERING GENIUS
22 UNCLE SEA-BIRD


"Why" and "I'm Crazy Over You" from "Live Libel" omitted from this reissue.
All other details the same as the original releases.


"The Lakeside Sessions, Vol.1" Album Cover
Hillside Music CDHILL 01 (2001 CD)
The Lakeside Sessions, Volume 1:
History and Geography

"For I am all the daughters of my father's house and all the brothers too"
BOOKLET NOTE by P R Atkin

1 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
2 CANOE
3 OVER THE HIGH SIDE
4 MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
5 THE MAGIC WASN'T THERE
6 DREAMBOAT
7 I FEEL LIKE MIDNIGHT
8 A MAN WHO'S BEEN AROUND
9 SUDDEN ARRIVALS
10 FEMME FATALE
11 URBAN GUERRILLA
12 GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD
13 LET'S TRY THE WHOLE THING AGAIN
14 WISEACRE

Music by Pete Atkin.
Lyrics by Clive James, except "Over the High Side": lyric by Pete Atkin
Produced and arranged by Pete Atkin
Recorded by Dave Lewis at Lakeside Studios, Bristol, June-July 2001
Featuring: Pete Atkin - vocals, keyboards, guitars; Simon Fish - drums, percussion (all but 11, 14);
                Dave Lewis - bass guitar (1, 3, 4, 9); Colin Tully - alto sax (5, 9), soprano sax (7, 14)



"The Lakeside Sessions, Vol.2" Album Cover
Hillside Music CDHILL 02 (2001 CD)
The Lakeside Sessions, Volume 2:
A Dream of Fair Women

"I'm an enterprise where care for detail pays"
BOOKLET NOTE by S J Birkill

1 A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN
2 ICE CREAM MAN
3 THE EYE OF THE UNIVERSE
4 COLD BITCHES
5 WITH HER IT GOES DEEPER
6 THE TROPHIES OF MY LOVERS GONE
7 YOU ALONE WILL BE MY LAST ADVENTURE
8 LANDSCAPES
9 SEARCH AND DESTROY
10 MORE IN ANGER THAN IN SORROW
11 EARLY DAYS
12 THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
13 THE TIES THAT BIND YOU
14 JUST FOR ME (AMY'S BLUES)

Music by Pete Atkin
Lyrics by Clive James, except "Just For Me (Amy's Blues)": lyric by Pete Atkin
Produced and arranged by Pete Atkin
Recorded by Dave Lewis at Lakeside Studios, Bristol, June-July 2001
Featuring: Pete Atkin - vocals, keyboards, guitars; Simon Fish - drums, percussion (all but 2, 9, 12, 14);
                Dave Lewis - bass guitar (4); Colin Tully - alto sax (4), soprano sax (6, 13), melodica (13)


Print Lyrics Booklet Inserts


"The Lakeside Sessions" Album Cover. Click to enlarge
Hillside Music CDHILL 03 (2002 Double CD)
The Lakeside Sessions

Volume 1: History and Geography

1 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
2 CANOE
3 OVER THE HIGH SIDE
4 MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
5 THE MAGIC WASN'T THERE
6 DREAMBOAT
7 I FEEL LIKE MIDNIGHT
8 A MAN WHO'S BEEN AROUND
9 SUDDEN ARRIVALS
10 FEMME FATALE
11 URBAN GUERRILLA
12 GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD
13 LET'S TRY THE WHOLE THING AGAIN
14 WISEACRE

Music by Pete Atkin.
Lyrics by Clive James, except "Over the High Side": lyric by Pete Atkin
BUY IT HERE !
Produced and arranged by Pete Atkin
Recorded by Dave Lewis at Lakeside Studios, Bristol, June-July 2001
Featuring: Pete Atkin - vocals, keyboards, guitars; Simon Fish - drums, percussion (all but 11, 14);
                Dave Lewis - bass guitar (1, 3, 4, 9); Colin Tully - alto sax (5, 9), soprano sax (7, 14)

Volume 2: A Dream of Fair Women

1 A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN
2 ICE CREAM