TOM ROBINSON

Albums recorded by Tom Robinson, with release dates and UK CD availability.

 

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Power In The Darkness [as Tom Robinson Band]

05/78

New

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TRB Two [as Tom Robinson Band]

03/79

New

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Sector 27 [as Sector 27]

11/80

 

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Tom Robinson Band [compilation]

12/81

 

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North By Northwest

06/82

New or Used

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Cabaret 79 [live, aka Cabaret 79: Glad To Be Gay]

11/82

New or Used

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War Baby: Hope And Glory

09/84

 

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Still Loving You

09/86

New or Used

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Midnight At The Fringe [live]

04/87

New or Used

10

Blood Brother [with Jakko Jakszyk]

10/90

New or Used

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The Winter Of '89 [live in 1990, as Tom Robinson Band]

08/92

 

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Living In A Boom Time

09/92

New or Used

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Love Over Rage

05/94

New or Used

14

Having It Both Ways

05/96

New

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Home From Home [live]

--/99

 

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Smelling Dogs [spoken word]

01/01

New or Used

17

Faith, Folk & Anarchy [with Martyn Joseph & Steve Knightley]

--/02

 


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1) POWER IN THE DARKNESS

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Up Against The Wall
Grey Cortina
Too Good To Be True
Ain't Gonna Take It
Long Hot Summer
The Winter Of '79
Man You Never Saw
Better Decide Which Side You're On
You Gotta Survive
Power In The Darkness


Mark Ambler
Danny Kustow
Tom Robinson
Dolphin Taylor

Producer:

Keyboards
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals, Bass
Drums, Vocals

Chris Thomas

2) TRB 2

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All Right All Night
Why Should I Mind
Black Angel
Let My People Be
Blue Murder
Bully For You
Crossing Over The Road
Sorry Mr Harris
Days Of Rage
Hold Out


Niamh Chambers
Gabriel
Carol Grimes
Preston Heyman

Danny Kustow
Ian Parker
Tom Robinson
Barry St John
Kasim Sulton

Producer:

Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Drums, Percussion, Keyboards,
Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Vocals, Bass
Vocals
Vocals

Todd Rundgren

3) SECTOR 27

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Invitation: What Have We Got to Lose?
Not Ready
Mary Lynne
Looking At You
Five Two Five
Total Recall
Where Can We Go Tonight?
Take Or Leave It
Bitterly Disappointed
One Fine Day




Steve Blanchard
Jo Burt
Derek Quinton
Tom Robinson

Producer:

Guitar
Bass
Drums, Percussion
Vocals, Guitar

Steve Lillywhite

4) TOM ROBINSON BAND

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2-4-6-8 Motorway
Bully For You
Never Going To Fall In Love (Again)
Getting Tighter
Our People
I Shall Be Released
Glad To Be Gay
Don't Take No For An Answer
The Winter Of '79 (live)
Martin
Right On Sister
I'm All Right Jack


Mark Ambler
Danny Kustow
Tom Robinson
Dolphin Taylor

Producer:

Keyboards
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals, Bass, Guitar (Track 6)
Drums, Vocals

5) NORTH BY NORTHWEST

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Now Martin's Gone
Atmospherics
Can't Keep Away (Part II)
Looking For A Bonfire
Merrily Up On High
Those Days
In The Cold
The Night Tide
Duncannon
Love Comes


Steve Laurie
Sean Mayes
Richard Mazda
Mark Ramsden
Tom Robinson
Ebo Ross
Glynn Wood

Producer:

Drums
Percussion
Guitar, Saxophone
Saxophone
Vocals, Bass, Synthesiser
Percussion
Percussion

Richard Mazda

6) CABARET 79 (aka CABARET 79: GLAD TO BE GAY)

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Pub Hassle
Coldharbour Lane
Baby You're An Angel
Glad To Be Gay
Stand Together
Easy Street
Truce
Closing A Door
1967 (So Long Ago)
Even Steven
Sartorial Eloquence
Mad About The Boy

Recorded at a series of Gay Pride shows in 1979.


Graham Collier
Jeff Daly
Charlie Morgan
Ian Parker
Tom Robinson

Producer:

Double Bass
Saxophone
Drums
Piano
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica

7) WAR BABY: HOPE AND GLORY

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Murder At the End Of The Day
Prison
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Old Friend
Looking For A Bonfire
Back In The Old Country
War Baby
Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio
Cabin Boy
Blond And Blue
Hope And Glory


Tom Robinson


Producer:

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards,
Synthesiser Programming

Robin Millar, Tom Robinson

8) STILL LOVING YOU

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Feel So Good/Hurt So Bad
Nothing Like The Real Thing
Still Loving You
Take Me Home Again
You Tattooed Me
Drive All Night
Living In A Love Town
Spain
This Little Romance
The Wedding


Peter Acock
Colin Baldry
Guy Barker
Simon Bell
Dyan Birch
Bias Boshell
Frank Collins
Kiki Dee
Martin Ditcham
Nick Feldman
Junior Giscombe
Nick Godfrey
Paul Harvey
Tony Jackson
Chaz Jankel
Paul Johnson
Steve Jolley
Paul Jones
Adrian Legg
Earl Lewis
Charlie Morgan
Dominique Pifarély
Mark Ramsden
Tom Robinson

Ebo Ross
Nicci Sunn
Andy Treacey
Luke Tunney
Kendall Wrightson

Producer:

Flute, Tenor Saxophone
Bass
Trumpet
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Keyboards
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Percussion
Bass, Keyboards
Vocals
Backing Vocals
Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Piano
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Harmonica
Pedal Steel Guitar
Bass
Drums
Violin
Alto & Soprano Saxophone
Vocals, Guitar, Drum & Synthesiser Programming
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Drums
Trumpet
Keyboards

Steve Jolley, Tom Robinson

9) MIDNIGHT AT THE FRINGE

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Atmospherics
The Night Tide
Cabin Boy
Surabaya Johnny
Bonfire
Back In The Old Country
Old Friend
War Baby
Never Gonna Fall In Love Again

Recorded live at The Assembly Rooms,
Edinburgh, Scotland in August 1983.


Tom Robinson

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

10) BLOOD BROTHER

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We Never Had It So Good
Driving Through The Desert
Blood Brother
What Have I Ever Done To You?
The Baby Rages On
Tomboy
Kiss And Roll Over
Hard Cases
Can't Stop: Peter's Theme
My Own Sweet Way

Colin Baldry
Jakko Jakszyk
Gavin Harrison
Tom Robinson

Producer:

Bass
Guitar, Keyboards
Drums
Vocals, Programming

11) THE WINTER OF '89

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Number One: Protection
The Winter Of '89
You Gotta Survive
Too Good To Be True
Martin
We Didn't Know (What Was Going On)
Up Against The Wall
Glad To Be Gay
Power In The Darkness
2-4-6-8 Motorway
Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio
War Baby


Mark Ambler
Steve Creese
Danny Kustow
Tom Robinson

Producer:

Keyboards
Drums
Guitar
Vocals, Bass

12) LIVING IN A BOOM TIME

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Intro: Folk Song
Living In A Boom Time
Blood Brother
More Lives Than One
Yuppy Scum
My Own Sweet Way
Castle Island
Rigging It Up, Duncannon
The Brits Come Rolling Back
War Baby
Back In The Ould Country

Recorded live in Ireland


Tom Robinson
Peter Stewart
Ciaran Wilde

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Backing Vocals
Saxophone

13) LOVE OVER RAGE

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Roaring
Hard
Loved
Days
Driving
Green
DDR
Fifty
Silence
Chance


Mark Ambler
Evan Berryman
Winston Blissett
Martin Ditcham
Robin Millar
Andy Mitchell
Mark Ramsden
Chris Rea
Tom Robinson

TV Smith

Producer:

Keyboards
Guitar
Bass
Drums
Guitar
Backing Vocals
Saxophone
Guitar
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards,
Synthesiser Programming
Backing Vocals

14) HAVING IT BOTH WAYS

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Disrespect
The One
Rum Thunderbird
Cold Cold Ground
Fool To Myself
Hot Dog
Sorry
Congo Blue
Connecticut
Castaway


Richard Austin
Jo Burt
Tom Fenner

Badsha Lallaman
Craig Lucas
Adam Phillips
Mark Ramsden
Tom Robinson

Al Scott
Adam Smith
TV Smith

Producer:

Backing Vocals
Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Drums, Percussion,
Backing Vocals
Rap
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Saxophone
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards,
Programming
Bass
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Backing Vocals

Al Scott

15) HOME FROM HOME


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Disc One
Living In A Boom Time
You Tattooed Me (piano version)
Spain
July 13th 1985
Les Bourgeois
Tango An Der Wand
The Last Days Of Caruso (spoken intro)
Sorrento
War Baby
Glad To Be Gay '98
Rum Thunderbird
2-4-6-8 Motorway
The Frozen Man
Hard
Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio

Recorded live at Tom Robinson's New Year party for Castaway Club members in Europe, at Zaal Nova, Wetteren in January 1998 and at Bierco, Oostend in January 1997.

Disc Two
Not Ready
Rigging It Up, Duncannon
"Mina Yasashii" (spoken intro)
Too Good To Be True
Rum Thunderbird
The One
Connecticut
"Shakai No Hagaruma" (spoken intro)
Glad To Be Gay
"Owari Desu" (spoken intro)
2-4-6-8 Motorway
"Adam, Andy, Jo, Tom" (spoken intro)
Grey Cortina
Living In A Boom Time

Recorded live in Tokyo and Osaka in August 1996 and originally released only in Japan.






Peter Blegvad
Jo Burt
Adam Phillips
Tom Robinson

Andy Treacey

Producer:

Guitar (Disc 1)
Bass (Disc 2)
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Sequencers
Drums (Disc 2)

16) SMELLING DOGS

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Werner's Weekend In London
The Joys Of Christmas
Gilbert's Last Letter
Theme 1 (instrumental)
The Cat From Hell
Smelling Dogs
Theme 2 (instrumental)
My Beer
Work Pie
The Thought Of Fish
Theme 3 (instrumental)
All Tomorrow's Parties
Gay Parenting
Theme 4 (instrumental)
Punk Rock
The Cynic's Handbook
Theme 5 (instrumental)
In Any Case
Ambient B (instrumental)
Taking The Plunge
Forgiving The Unforgiveable
Don't Jump, Don't Fall (demo version, recorded March 1999)

Tracks 2,5,12,20,21 originally written for and broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Home Truths.


Tom Robinson
Andy Treacey

Producer:

Speech, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Drums

17) FAITH, FOLK & ANARCHY

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Thin Green line
I’ve Got Faith In You
Wake Me Up
Killing Fields
You Tattoed Me
Strange Way
Cold Heart Of England
I Will Follow
The Flood
Please Sir
Are We Alright
War Baby


Martyn Joseph
Steve Knightley

Tom Robinson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals (Tracks 3,6,9,12)
Mandocello, Cuatro,
Vocals (Tracks 2,5,8,11,12)
Guitar, Vocals (Tracks 1,4,7,10)