Colin Fairley

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Beggars Opera Fairley/Imposter Productions

ex String Driven Thing

Started off as a drummer in the late 60' and 70's for groups like Beggars Opera and String Driven Thing, moved to producer, engineer work later on.

ALBUMS

Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes)

Synth-pop/Pop Rock/Dance-pop/House/Contemporary R&B/Electro/Freestyle/Latin/Disco/Funk

Every Bit Of My Life 1967-2017

2017, Box, Comp + 24xCD, Album, Parlophone,

Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Ballad

Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Country Rock

Retrospective - Looking Back 2010-1988

2013, CD, Album, Comp, Not Them Again Music,

In Motion Pictures

Alternative Rock/New Wave

An Autumn Almanac (15 Songs In The Spirit Of Ray Davies)

2010, CD Jewel Case,

Folk Rock/Acoustic/Folk/Punk/Garage Rock

Quiet Please… The New Best Of Nick Lowe

2009, 2x CD, DVD, All Media,

Country Rock/Pop Rock/Ballad/New Wave

The Best Of Elvis Costello - The First 10 Years

Pop Rock/New Wave

Motoharu Sano The Singles (Epic Years 1980-2004)

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, SMDR GT Music,

Pop Rock/Rock & Roll/Synth-pop/New Wave/Pop Rap/City Pop

Esta Luz Nunca Se Apagará

2005, CD, Single, Promo, Gasa,

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Capitol Records, EMI, Capitol Records Sweden,

Shoot Speed (More Dirty Hits)

Soft Rock/Pop Rock

Singles, Volume 2

Alternative Rock/Rock & Roll/New Wave

Singles, Volume 3

Alternative Eighties

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Columbia, Sony Music TV,

New Wave/Punk/Synth-pop/Indie Rock

Discografía Básica: Autobiografia Vol.1 / Autobiografía Vol. 2 / Piedras

2002, Comp + 2xCD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE, GASA

Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners

Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Soul

Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)

2002, 7x CD, Box Set,

Pop Rock/Synth-pop/New Wave/Hip Hop/Soul

The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)

Score/Soundtrack

Ojos Que Me Miran

1999, CD, Single, Promo, Virgin

The Go-Betweens

Bellavista Terrace: Best Of The Go-Betweens

Pop Rock/Indie Rock

The Very Best Of Elvis Costello

Now That's What I Call Music! 1984: The Millennium Series

Soft Rock/Synth-pop/Ballad

Retro 80's Volume 3: 2-Tone - A Look At Ska

1998, CD, Comp, EMI Music Canada,

Empezar De Nuevo

1998, CD, Album, Virgin

1998, CD, Album, Excentric Records

Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous (Songs Of Elvis Costello)

Fantastic 80s! 3

Colección 1985-1998

Strawberry Switchblade

Strawberry Switchblade

Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Ballad/Soul

This Is The 80s

1996, 2xCD, Comp, Warner.esp.tv,

New Wave/Synth-pop

El Abrazo Del Erizo

The Sugarplastic

Bang, The Earth Is Round

El Abrazo Del Erizo

Soft Rock/Pop Rock

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Goodbye Cruel World

Music Relief '94

What's Going On

Start - The Best Of British

1994, Cassette,

New Wave/Pop Rock/Synth-pop

Dinamita Pa Los Pollos

Los Mejores Años De Nuestras Vidas

Living In Oblivion (The 80's Greatest Hits - Volume 4)

1994, CD EMI Jax Pressing,

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Pop Rock/Synth-pop

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions

Dinamita Pa Los Pollos

Los Mejores Años De Nuestras Vidas

1993, 7", Single, Promo, Grabaciones Accidentales, Grabaciones Accidentales

Love Gets Strange : The Songs Of John Hiatt

1993, CD, Comp, Rhino Records (2),

Now That's What I Call Music! 1984

New Wave/Electro/Pop Rock

Now That's What I Call Music! 24

House/Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Contemporary R&B/Euro House/Dance-pop

Hombres G - Los Singles

16 Top-Hits International 5/93

Europop/Pop Rock/Tech House

Now That's What I Call Music! 1993

1993, 2x CD Fat Box,

Acid House/Pop Rock/House/Big Beat/Disco/Soft Rock/Techno/Synth-pop/Italodance/Classic Rock/Eurodance

Three Is A Crowd

Alternative Rock/Garage Rock

That Loving Feeling Volume VI

1992, CD, Mini, Single, Add, M's Factory

Dinamita Pa Los Pollos

1992, 7", Single, GASA

Dinamita Pa Los Pollos

¿Donde Estan Mis Pantalones?

1992, 7", Single, Grabaciones Accidentales, Grabaciones Accidentales, GASA,

Dinamita Pa Los Pollos

Vino En La Jarra

1992, 7", Single, Grabaciones Accidentales, Grabaciones Accidentales, GASA

Tormenta Contigo

1992, 7", Single, Producciones Twins, Producciones Twins, GASA,

Esta Luz Nunca Se Apagara

Dinamita Pa Los Pollos

Juntos Y Revueltos

El Orgullo De Mamá

Historia Del Bikini

A Un Minuto De Ti

佐野元春* with The Heartland

ぼくは大人になった = A Big Boy Now

1991, CD, Mini, Single, M's Factory

I.R.S. Greatest Hips Volume 4 - The Remixes

House/Electro/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Alternative Rock/New Wave

The Other Side Of Summer

Ian Dury And The Blockheads

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick '91 (The Flying Remix)

Un Minuto Nada +

The Singles Collection

1990, 7", Single, Grabaciones Accidentales, GASA,

1990, 7", Single, Grabaciones Accidentales, Grabaciones Accidentales, GASA

Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Motoharu Sano, Haruomi Hosono, Eiki Nonaka

Happy Birthday, John. (John Lennon 50th Birthday)

1990, CD, EP, G.O.W.,

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Indie Rock

Palabras Sin Nombre

The Beat Farmers

Tales Of The New West

Alternative Rock/Country Rock

Entre Salitre Y Sudor

1989, 7", Single, GASA,

ナポレオンフィッシュと泳ぐ日

1989, CD, Mini, Single, Dig, M's Factory

Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls (The Songs Of Elvis Costello / The Sounds Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions)

Alternative Rock/Pop Rock

Baby Plays Around

Basher: The Best Of Nick Lowe

Rozando La Eternidad

Autobiografía ‎

ナポレオンフィッシュと泳ぐ日

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror

Alternative Rock/Rock & Roll

Falling Down / Time To Mek A Dime

1988, 12", Promo, I.R.S. Records

Am I Really Marcel?

1988, 7", Single, Grabaciones Accidentales

Gentle Tuesday / Imperial

1988, 7", Single, Promo, WEA

Radical Departure

Under The Covers (Other People Sing Other People's Songs)

Pop Rock/Indie Rock

In Love With You

Alternative Rock/House/Synth-pop/Reggae-Pop

The Courier (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Pinker And Prouder Than Previous

21 Jump Street Original Soundtrack

Lovers Jamboree

Sonic Flower Groove

Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock/Indie Pop

Indie Rock/Indie Pop

Various Artists*

Out Of Our Idiot

Rock & Roll/Post-Punk/Country Rock/Pop Rock

Jimmy Cliff & Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Seven-Day Weekend

Folk Rock/New Wave/Future Jazz

Club Paradise - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Screaming Blue Messiahs

Smash The Market Place

Alternative Rock

Back On My Mind

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Blood & Chocolate

1986, Vinyl Damont pressing,

Alternative Rock/New Wave

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Tokyo Storm Warning Pts 1 & 2

Garage Rock/Power Pop

The Beat Farmers

Glad 'N' Greasy

Alternative Rock/Country Rock

Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit

The Rose Of England

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock/Country Rock

Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit

I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock And Roll)

Boothill Foot Tappers

Strawberry Switchblade

Strawberry Switchblade

Pop Rock/Synth-pop

Boothill Foot Tappers

All I Am (Is Loving You)

1985, Vinyl Paper labels,

I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N' Roll)

Dexys Midnight Runners

This Is What She's Like

Never You Done That

The Boothill Foot-Tappers*

Ain't That Far From Boothill

1984, 7", Single, F-Beat

Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit

Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit

The Go-Betweens

Spring Hill Fair

Peace In Our Time

Cath / Will She Always Be Waiting

The Go-Betweens

Bachelor Kisses

New Wave/Indie Rock/Indie Pop

Folk Rock/New Wave/Pop Rock

Now That's What I Call Music 3

1984, 2x Vinyl,

Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Vocal

Half A Boy And Half A Man

Hot You're Cool

New Wave/Indie Rock

One The Juggler

Are You The One?

Alternative Rock

1983, 7", Single, Stiff Records,

Rock & Roll/Rockabilly

The Captains And The Kings

1983, 7", Single, Imp Records,

Keyboard Jungle

Kevin Rowland And Dexys Midnight Runners

The Celtic Soul Brothers

It's Immaterial

White Man's Hut

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Punch The Clock

New Wave/Pop Rock

Powerlines / The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

1982, 7", Single, PRE (5)

På Beställning Med Lars-Gunnar

1982, Cass, Comp, Mono, Columbia

Elvis Costello & The Attractions With The Royal Guard Horns / Bananarama

Party Party / No Feelings

1982, 7", Promo, A&M Records

Elvis Costello And The Attractions* With The Royal Guard Horns

1982, 7", A&M Records

Elvis Costello And The Attractions* With The Royal Guard Horns

Party Party (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Blues Rock/New Wave/Ska/Synth-pop/Soundtrack

Synth-pop/Experimental

1981, 7", Single, Polydor

The Teardrop Explodes

Let's Make Love

Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Country Rock

The Very Best Of Elvis Costello

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Pop Rock/Country Rock

The Sugarplastic

The Sugarplastic

Bang, The Earth Is Round

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Punch The Clock

Various Artists*

Out Of Our Idiot

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Highlights From 'Blood & Chocolate'

1986, 7", S/Sided, Promo, Red, Imp Records,

Jimmy Cliff & Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Seven-Day Weekend

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Blood & Chocolate

Alternative Rock/Rock & Roll

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Tokyo Storm Warning (Part I)

Tenderness / Never You Done That

Breakaway / L.A.F.S.

1984, 7", Single, F-Beat

Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit

Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock/Rockabilly

It's Immaterial

New Wave/Synth-pop

Shaddup Your Face

I Natt / Hard World

Colin Vearncombe

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Blood & Chocolate

Music Relief '94

What's Going On

Now That's What I Call Music! 29

Pop Rock/House/Ragga HipHop/Euro House/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Contemporary R&B

The Best Dance Album In The World... Ever! Part 4

RnB/Swing/House/Pop Rap/Downtempo/Euro House

Live In Europe / Stage Struck

Blues Rock/Electric Blues

Ian Dury & The Blockheads*

Warts 'N' Audience (Live: 22 December 1990)

NRJ La Plus Belle Compilation Volume 2

Fresssquisssimo

Soft Rock/Pop Rock

1987, 7", Creation Records,

Acoustic/Country Rock

The MacManus Gang

A Town Called Big Nothing

Maquinaria Radioactiva Vol. 2

1986, LP, Comp, Telediscos

The Fink Brothers

Mutants In Mega-City One

The Special AKA

...All The Rage

One The Juggler

Django's Coming

1981, LP, Album, Vertigo,

Alternative Rock/Power Pop

Phoney & The Hardcore

String Driven Thing

String Driven Thing

Keep Yer 'And On It

String Driven Thing

String Driven Thing

Please Mind Your Head

Get Your Dog Off Me

Two Timing Woman

Pathfinder / Get Your Dog Off Me

Nimbus - The Vertigo Years Anthology

Get Your Dog Off Me!

String Driven Thing

Keep Yer 'And On It

Art Rock/Prog Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock

String Driven Thing

CD, Unofficial, Genschmann Records

APPEARANCES +

High Land, Hard Rain

Trouble Bound (Remix)

1985, 12", Promo, Warner Bros. Records, Slash,

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Green Shirt / Beyond Belief

Oblivious (Langer/Winstanley Remix)

1984, 7", Fan, Rainhill Records

Richard Cocciante*

1984, 7", Single, Virgin

One The Juggler

One The Juggler

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

I Wanna Be Loved

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Only Flame In Town

1982, Vinyl Embossed Sleeve,

Experimental/Berlin-School/Bass Music/Art Rock/New Wave

Ring The Bells And Sing (Progressive Sounds Of 1975)

2024, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Esoteric Recordings,

Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock

Dance Craze - The Best of British Ska...LIVE!

2023, 2x Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set, All Media,

Autobiografía ‎

Climax Blues Band

The Albums 1973-1976

2019, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Esoteric Recordings,

2018, Box, Comp, Num + 15xLP, RE, RM, UMC,

The A&M Years 1988-1990

2016, 4xCD, Album, Comp, RM + DVD-V, NTSC + Box, Caroline International,

Pop Rock/Soft Rock

2012, 2x Vinyl, CD, All Media,

Synth-pop/Pop Rock/Abstract/Easy Listening/New Wave/Soft Rock/Folk/Ambient/Lo-Fi/Experimental

Refugees: A Charisma Records Anthology 1969-1978

Methods Of Dance

Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Disco/Electro/Indie Rock/Jazz-Funk/New Wave/Pop Rock/Synth-pop

Rory Gallagher / Fresh Evidence

2007, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Capo (2), Capo (2),

Blues Rock/Classic Rock

Straight To Hell Returns

2004, CD Soundtrack,

Wheels Within Wheels

Electric Blues/Blues Rock

Gentlemen Take Polaroids / Tin Drum

2002, Box, Comp, Ltd + CD, Album, M/Print, RE + CD, Albu, Virgin,

Echo & The Bunnymen

Crystal Days 1979 - 1999

2001, 4x CD, Box Set,

Alternative Rock

The Very Best Of...

O Primeiro Canto

I've Told You Before

Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

Goodbye Cruel World

Alternative Rock/Pop Rock

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Butt Rockin' / T-Bird Rhythm

1993, CD, Comp, RM, BGO Records, BGO Records,

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

Prophétique 1978 ~ 1980

1993, Box Set, CD, CD, CD, CD,

Art Rock/Synth-pop/Glam

1992, 5xCD, Album + CD, Comp, Sli + Box, Ltd, Mushroom,

New Wave/Art Rock/Pop Rock/Prog Rock

The Best Of The Pogues

1990, Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve,

Blues Rock/Electric Blues

Haut Les Mains Donne-Moi Ton Coeur...

Gentlemen Take Polaroids · Tin Drum · Oil On Canvas

1990, CD Picture Disc, CD Picture Disc, CD Picture Disc, Box Set Collectors\u0027 Edition,

Synth-pop/New Wave/Art Rock

Stop! / Can I Get A Witness

1989, 7", Single, Promo, A&M Records

Live! In Europe / Stage Struck

Blues Rock/Classic Rock

Radical Departure

Walking Back To Me

The Courier (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Straight To Hell

Soundtrack/Folk

The Costello Show Featuring Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello And The Attractions*

The Costello Show

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

A Pair Of Brown Eyes

The Go-Betweens

Spring Hill Fair

Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Indie Pop

The Special AKA

Exorcising Ghosts

Dalek I Love You*

Dalek I Love You

Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners

The Celtic Soul Brothers

Echo & The Bunnymen

New Wave/Indie Rock

Fais Chanter Le Juke-box

1982, 7", Carrere, Carrere

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Water Into Wine

New Wave/Pop Rock

New Wave/Synth-pop

The Teardrop Explodes

Seven Views Of Jerusalem

1981, 7", Mercury,

1981, Vinyl Damont,

Art Rock/New Wave/Post-Punk/Synth-pop

1981, Vinyl Monarch Press,

Soft Rock/Disco

The Art Of Parties

Shaddup You Face

Musique Magique / Crazy Music

Help! (Get Me Some Help)

1981, 2x Vinyl,

Hard Rock/Arena Rock

Gentlemen Take Polaroids

New Wave/Synth-pop

Climax Blues Band

Special Radio Sampler From The Album "Real To Reel"

1979, 12", Promo, Warner Bros. Records,

Welcome To The Cruise

Michele Freeman

Michele Freeman

Climax Blues Band

1979, Vinyl Gatefold,

Climax Blues Band

Children Of The Nightime

Climax Blues Band

Summer Rain / Money In Your Pocket

New Wave/Art Rock

If I Never Sing Another Song

Puttin' On The Style / Drop Down Baby

1978, 7", Chrysalis,

Climax Blues Band

1978, Vinyl Los Angeles Press, Gatefold,

Marvin Hamlisch

The Spy Who Loved Me (Original Motion Picture Score)

1977, LP, Album, RP, Pit, United Artists Records,

Soundtrack/Score/Theme/Easy Listening/Disco

Gallagher And Lyle*

Love On The Airwaves

Sensational Alex Harvey Band (Without Alex)*

A Rare Conundrum

Marvin Hamlisch

The Spy Who Loved Me (Original Motion Picture Score)

Score/Disco/Soundtrack

Just A Story From America

Blues Rock/Soft Rock

Puttin' On The Style

Skiffle/Rock & Roll/Country/Country Blues

1976, LP, Album, ExLibris,

Climax Blues Band

1976, Vinyl Gatefold,

Red Crystal Fantasies

Michele Freeman

Michele Freeman

Gentlemen Take Polaroids

Climax Blues Band

Climax Blues Band

Soft Rock/Rhythm & Blues/Pop Rock

D.I.S.C.O. / II

2001, CD, Comp, Unofficial, CD-Maximum,

Abstract/Synth-pop

Blues Rock/Classic Rock

Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit

Nick Lowe And His Cowboy Outfit

Marvin Hamlisch

The Spy Who Loved Me (Original Motion Picture Score)

Sonic Flower Groove

Indie Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Exorcising Ghosts

Synth-pop/Art Rock/New Wave