BILLY MACKENZIE

GUEST VOCALS 1981-1991

14 Aug 1981 7"/12" Skids: Fields

    Fields 3.50 / Brave Man 3.37 (7": Virgin, VS 401)

    Fields 4.26 / Brave Man 6.43 (12": VS 401-12)

Billy MacKenzie sings backing vocals on Fields. A 4 min 32 sec version of 'Fields' was later included on Skids LP Joy (Nov 1981) and on coll-CD Dumfermline.

9 April 1982 LP (+CD) B.E.F.: MUSIC OF QUALITY AND DISTINCTION VOLUME 1

B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) is a 'Heaven 17' project. Apparently 'It's Over' was also released as a single (Virgin VS 498) on 28 May 1982. The New Musical Express released a tape in the autumn of 1982 (Mighty Reel 004) with a 6 min version of Secret Life of Arabia. Andrew A. Anderson told me that the 1982 LP METHODS OF DANCE - VOLUME 2 includes a different version titled "The Secret Life of Arabia (dub) 7.29" (Virgin Records, OVED 7).

(Dec 1998) coll-CD B.E.F.: MUSIC OF BEF/BEST OF

A cheap reissue compilation from the two BEF albums, containing two of the three MacKenzie contributions. Unfortunatly they left out 'The Secret Life of Arabia'. Thanks to Drew Radtke for telling me about this CD. 'The Secret Life of Arabia' can also be found a CD from 1997 called 'The David Bowie Songbook' (Connoisseur Collection, VSOP CD 236).

1982 German mini-LP STEPHEN EMMER: VOGUE ESTATE

Also available on CD.

Feb 1986 12" Sweden through the Ages: It Helps to Cry EP

17 Nov 1986 LP/CD HOLGER HILLER: OBEN IM ECK
Billy sings backing vocals mostly on the four tracks above. A slightly different (3.30) version of Whippets appeared on a 12" single (12 MUTE 55) remixed by Holger Hiller in 1987, Thanks to Arild Strommen, Stefan Knott and Volker Harrach for this info.

19 March 1987 Swiss promo-CD YELLO: SNOWBALL AND THE SOUND OF YELLO

June 1987 LP/CD/MC YELLO: ONE SECOND
June 1987 UK free 12" Yello: Call It Love
Free 12" with first 2,000 copies of Yello's 'One Second' LP at HMV.

Oct ca 1987 UK 12" The Rhythm Divine - Version Two [featuring Billy MacKenzie]

1987 French LP/CD UNO: UNO
Vocals by Billy MacKenzie. Also released as a 7" and 12" single. The CD includes the extended version as a bonus track.

6 March 1989 LP/CD PAUL HAIG: PAUL HAIG

Billy does not sing, he only wrote the song. Produced and mixed by Paul Haig & Alan Rankine. Thanks to Sunny Lee for the information. http://www.cherryred.co.uk/cherryred/artists/paulhaig.php

12 June 1989 LP/CD BORIS GREBENSHIKOV: RADIO SILENCE

Backing and co-vocals by Billy.

June 1991 CD/LP/MC/DCC YELLO: BABY

Sep 1991 CD/LP BRITISH ELECTRIC FOUNDATION: MUSIC OF QUALITY AND DISTINCTION VOLUME 2
'Free' was recorded in March 1990. British Electric Foundation is a 'Heaven 17' project. A shorter (edited) version was also released as a promotional single. In Dec 1998 it was included the CD 'BRITISH ELECTRIC FOUNDATION: MUSIC OF BEF/BEST OF' (Virgin CDVIP227).

Copyright (c) 1997-05-10 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2004-10-25.

Thanks to Dave Wilson, Lorne Murdoch, Ashley Fletcher and Thon Öyvind.

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