An album fifty years in the making. Available on all the platforms: Spotify, iTtunes, YouTube etc. Look for the platform icons to the right or below and click on your choice There is a very limited number of CDs left (CLICK HERE). However, it is available to download from Cherry Red Records on all the … Read more

In 1988 I wrote and produced this song for Alvin Stardust. Now, thanks to DJ Mike Read and Cherry Red Records it finally sees the light of day. (album to follow) Click on the icon of the platform of your choice. Read the story behind this recording.    

I’ve told the story many times about the time I was House Producer at Impulse Studios/ Neat Records. We had at the studio a young assistant called Conrad Lant. Conrad was on a youth opportunity scheme meaning he got £10 on top of his dole (unemployment benefit) for doing work experience with us. Conrad talked … Read more

When I quit my band Bullfrog in 1974 it was to concentrate on becoming a songwriter. I made some demos assisted by Bullfrog drummer Jim Harle in a studio called Mortonsound in Carliol Square Newcastle. The building that was home to Mortonsound Studio was impressively named “British India House”. I used to walk down an … Read more

NOTE: if you arrived at this page by going to www.alvinstardust.xyz after March 4th 2022 www.alvinstardust.xyz will take you to the download platforms for Alvin’s single “Taking The Easy Way” Back in the late eighties I pitched a song “Taking The Easy Way” to Alvin Stardust. A few weeks later his manager called me and … Read more

A recent series of email exchanges with this young lad (right) has reminded me of a story you may enjoy. Back in the eighties Mike Read was on Radio One (when it was listenable). He held the plum spot of Breakfast Time. I was on a roller coaster ride of a hit single with Hurry … Read more