TONY MANSFIELD

VARIOUS PRODUCER / SONGWRITER / MUSICIAN PROJECTS

25 May 1979 7"/12" A Walk in the Park

    A Walk in the Park 3.50/Something in the Music 3.10 (UK 7": Pinnacle PIN 1; German 7": Decca 6.12.505; Dutch 7": Philips 6079-720)

    A Walk in the Park 5.00 [Extended]/Something in the Music 4.55 [Extended] (UK 12": PIN 1-12; German 12": 6.20017)

Tony Mansfield plays guitar, Phil Towner drums and Tony Hibbert bass. Not produced by Tony (produced by Nick Straker). There's also a 7" picture disc with a picture of Nick Straker and all four New Musik members. The 12" has a picture of Nick Straker and the four New Musik members minus Clive Gates.

July 1979 7" Richard Henry Dee: Where Have All My Friends Gone

    Where Have All My Friends Gone/(instrumental) (Piccadilly/PEY, 7P 119)
Produced by R. Throught and Tony Mansfield.

late 1979 German LP NICK STRAKER BAND: FUTURE'S ABOVE MY HEAD

  1. A Walk in the Park 5.57
  2. Don't Come Back 4.02
  3. Come Over 4.00
  4. The Future's Above My Head 3.43
  1. Modern Music 3.45
  2. Living in My Head 3.27
  3. Play the Fool 3.49
  4. Early Bird 3.18
  5. Looking for the Way 4.20 (DECCA 1855)
Tony Mansfield plays guitar on "A Walk in the Park", "Don't Come Back", "Modern Music", "Early Bird" and "Looking for the Way". Phil Towner plays drums & percussion on all tracks except "Come Over". Tony Hibbert plays bass guitar on "A Walk in the Park", "Don't Come Back" and "Modern Music". Not produced by Tony (produced by Nick Straker). Many of the tracks were issued on CD in the 90s. Tony Mansfield was not involved in any NSB recordings after this. Here is my complete Nick Straker Band discography

23 Nov 1979 7"/12" After the Fire: Life in the City

    Life in the City 3.08/Listen To Me (7": CBS 8057)

    Life in the City 4.02//Listen To Me/Laser Love/Power of a Jet (12": CBS 12 8057)

A-side produced by Tony Mansfield (NOT same version as on the 1979 LP LASER LOVE or the 2005 2CD "Der Kommissar - The CBS Recordings"). B-side produced by After the Fire. Both tracks written by Piercy/Banks.

18 April 1980 withdrawn promo 7" After the Fire: Love Will Always Make You Cry

    Love Will Always Make You Cry/Every Mother's Son 2.30 (Epic/CBS, EPC 8394)
This original Mansfield-produced version of 'Love Will Always...' was pressed as a promo single and some copies were shipped out, but the single was withdrawn. On 22 Aug 1980 a second pressing (EPC 8942) was made, produced by Mack instead. The B-side Every Mother's Son was issued again as a B-side to 'Wild West Show' 24 Oct 1980. The B-side is included as an extra track on the After the Fire double CD "Der Kommissar - The CBS Recordings" (Edsel Records MEDCD 757) in 2005.

April/May? 1980 rejected/unreleased LP AFTER THE FIRE: 80-F

  1. Starflight
  2. High Fashion
  3. Another World
  4. Can You Face It?
  5. Operator
  1. Love Will Always Make You Cry
  2. 1980-F
  3. Satellite in Orbit
  4. Who's Gonna Love You
  5. Billy Billy
  6. Starflight (reprise)
Tony Mansfield produced this entire LP approximately from Nov 1979 to March 1980 (engineered by Pete Hammond at the T.M.C. Studios, Tooting, England) but the record company did not approve of his production. Julian Carr told me 13 Nov 1999: "When this LP was rejected, Mack took over (in April 1980). Mack took the tracks and mostly added extra layers, and re-recorded drumming (drums on the Mansfield version were Nick Brotherwood - he left, and Pete King joined instead and did the Mack version). Four tracks (Another World, Operator, Satellite in Orbit and Starflight reprise) were dropped, and three new songs written. At least one acetate of the original album exists, pressed at Tape One. The new Mack-produced LP (Epic SEPC 84545) was released 24 Oct 1980 and contained ten tracks: 1980-F 2.32, Love Will Always Make You Cry 3.30, Can You Face It? 3.15, Who's Gonna Love You 4.05, Starflight 4.15, Wild West Show 3.30, Billy, Billy 4.40, It's High Fashion 3.07, Why Can't We Be Friends 2.46, Joanne 4.10. The track 1980-F (an instrumental) was left alone, and is the only Mansfield track to make it to CD [included on the After the Fire double CD "Der Kommissar - The CBS Recordings" (Edsel Records MEDCD 757) in 2005]."

April 1980 7" Maggie Britton: Bright Water

    Bright Water 2.58/Josephine 3.16 (Songwriters Workshop, SW 7)
Aug 1980 7" Maggie Britton: Goodship Earth
    Goodship Earth/No Secrets (Piccadilly/PEY, 7P 191)
Dec 1980 LP MAGGIE BRITTON: MAGGIE BRITTON
  1. Bright Water 2.58
  2. Josephine 3.16
  3. My Town 3.23
  4. Extra Days of You 3.27
  5. No Secrets 3.35
  1. Goodship Earth 4.21
  2. What Am I Gonna Do 2.52
  3. The Boys from Brazil 3.15
  4. Friend of Mine 3.31
  5. Running To My Freedom 3.19 (Monarch Records, MON LP025)
Recorded at TMC Studios London. Keyboards: Nick Straker, guitar: Tony Mansfield, bass: Tony Hibbert, drums: Phil Towner, overdubbs: Nick Straker, Cliff Venner and Tony Mansfield. Lead vocals: Maggie Britton. Engineer: Andy Gierus. Produced and arranged by Tony Mansfield and Jim Haddleton.

1980 various artists LP 101 BEYOND THE GROOVE

Produced by Tony Mansfield and R.P.M (Lee Jacob, Alan Rear, Mr Clifford, Mr Stanbrook and one more (unknown) person). This track was later used as B-side on their first single - see entry at July 1981.

Jan 1981 7"/12" Delegation: 12th House

    12th House 4.41 (Tony Mansfield)/Singing (Ariola, ARO 252)

    12th House//Singing/Dance, Prance, Boogie (Special Disco Mix) (Ariola, AROD 252)

A-side written by "Mansfield", and surely it is our Tony because he later re-recorded it for a New Musik B-side. It seems that Tony's only involvement in this record was that he wrote the A-side, I don't think he played any instruments. Both sides were produced by Ken Gold. It was later re-recorded for New Musik. Anette Hallstrom informed me that this song is also on their 'Delegation' LP from 1981 (Ariola, ARL5062).

5 June 1981 LP (+CD) YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHI: NEUROMANTIC

Recorded March-May 1981 in Tokyo & UK.

1 July 1981 7" R.P.M.: Now That Summer's Here

    Now That Summer's Here 3.12/I'm Energy 3.39 (Ariola, AR0 264)
Both sides produced by Tony Mansfield/RPM (Lee Jacob, Alan Rear, Mr Clifford, Mr Stanbrook and one more (unknown) person). The B-side first released in 1980 on various artists LP 101 BEYOND THE GROOVE (see earlier entry).

Aug 1981 7" R.P.M.: Lost in Space

    Lost in Space/Watch the World Go Round (Ariola, AR0 267)
Both sides produced by Tony Mansfield/RPM.

14 Aug 1981 7" Steve Kent: Twelfth House

    Twelfth House 4.15 (Tony Mansfield)/Modern Man 3.55 (Falquero/Chiappe/Danino)
    (MAM Records, MAMS 212)
Both sides produced by Tony Mansfield. Thanks to Chris Franz for the information.

13 Nov 1981 7" EP The Damned: Friday 13th EP

    Disco Man/Limit Club//Billy Bad Breaks/Citadel (Nems Records, TRY 1)
'The Damned' is Captain Sensible's group. Music written by Scabies/Sensible/Gray/Vanian (except 'Citadel' by Jagger/Richard). Produced by Tony 'Broozer' Mansfield. All four tracks were included in 1993 on the 'Tales From The Damned' CD (on the US Cleopatra label) which is a compilation of 'The Damned' rarities.

Feb 1982 7"/12" Cool Runners: Play the Game (So you think it funny)

    Play the Game (So you think it funny)/Hawaiian Dream (MCA/MCAT 470)
B-side "produced by R. Trought, P. Tattersall with T. Mansfield". Thanks to Richard Maycock for telling me about this single.

9 April 1982 7"/12" President President: All Good Men

    All Good Men 3.27/Skin of the Salamander 4.42 (Magnet/WEA, MAG 219)

    All Good Men 6.00/Skin of the Salamander 4.42 (Magnet/WEA, 12MAG 219)

President President are Rod Bowkett and Martin Ansell. Both sides produced by Rod Bowkett and Tony Mansfield.

29 May 1982 7"/12" Search Party: Urban Foxes

    Urban Foxes 4.46/More 2.34 (Magnet, MAG 222)

    Urban Foxes 7.28/More 2.34 (Magnet, MAG 222)

Search Party are Alan Rear and Lee Jacob. Both sides written by Jacob/Rear, produced by Tony Mansfield.

4 June 1982 7" The Damned: Lovely Money

    Lovely Money 5.18//I Think I'm Wonderful 2.55/Lovely Money (Disco Mix) 6.56 (Bronze Records, BRO 149)
Both sides produced by Damned and Tony Mansfield. The single version is available on several different compilation CDs with The Damned. The extended "Disco Mix" version and the B-side are available on the remastered 2005 CD edition of The Damned's "Strawberries" album (Castle Music CMQCD1083).

21 June 1982 LP (+CD) YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHI: WHAT, ME WORRY?

17 Sep 1982 7"/12" Philip Jap: Total Erasure
    Total Erasure 3.29/Brave Lights 4.20 (7": A&M, JAP 1)

    Total Erasure 3.35/Brave Lights 4.20 (12": JAPP 1)

A-side produced by Philip Jap/Jon Field, mixed by Tony Mansfield. B-side produced by Tony Mansfield.

Jan 1983 7" John Dark: Silhouette

    Silhouette 3.24/(instrumental) 3.24 (Zonophone/EMI, Z 35)
Written by John Dark, produced by Tony Mansfield. Thanks to Oystein Moe for helping veryfying info on this single.

Feb 1983 LP (+CD) MARI WILSON: SHOWPEOPLE

  1. Just What I Always Wanted 3.28 [1st single 23 Aug 1982; B-side 'Woe, Woe, Woe' was not produced by Tony]
  2. The End of the Affair 5.17
  3. Are You There with Another Girl? 4.41
  4. Dr. Love 3.30
  5. Remember Me 3.40
  6. Cry Me a River [produced by Tot Taylor]
  7. Wonderful To Be With 4.32 [3rd single May 1983; B-side 'I May Be Wrong']
  8. This Time Tomorrow 3.02
  9. One Day Is a Lifetime 4.30
  10. I May Be Wrong 3.20
  11. Beware Boyfriend 5.02 [2nd single 12 Nov 1982; B-side 'It's Happening' was not produced by Tony]
  12. This Is It 6.02
CD MARI WILSON: JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
  1. Wonderful To Be With 4.32
  2. Just What I Always Wanted 3.28
  3. The End of the Affair 5.17
  4. Are You There with Another Girl? 4.41
  5. Dr. Love 3.30
  6. This Time Tomorrow 3.02
  7. Remember Me 3.40
  8. One Day Is a Lifetime 4.30
  9. Beware Boyfriend 5.02
  10. I May Be Wrong 3.20
  11. Use Him [from first LP Beat the Beat; produced by Tot Taylor]
  12. Love and Learn [from first LP Beat the Beat; produced by Tot Taylor]
  13. This Is It 6.02
  14. Tu no me llores [produced by Andrew Powell]
  15. Let's Make This Last [Stereo Shift Mix Loop Two] 5.00 [non-LP single Sep 1984] (deleted French CD 1992: PIPCD 034)
coll-CD MARI WILSON: PLATINUM COLLECTION
  1. Just What I Always Wanted 3.24 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  2. Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps 2.32
  3. Love Man 2.25
  4. Dance Card 2.35
  5. Beat the Beat 3.45
  6. Baby It's True 4.34
  7. Wonderful To Be With 4.24 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  8. The End of the Affair 5.13 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  9. One Day Is a Lifetime 4.26 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  10. Dr. Love 3.28 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  11. Remember Me 3.38 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  12. This Time Tomorrow 2.59 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  13. Are You There with Another Girl? 4.38 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  14. I May Be Wrong 3.16 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  15. Beware Boyfriend 4.58 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  16. Ecstacy 3.12
  17. This Is It 5.58 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  18. Would You Dance with a Stranger 2.07
  19. The Love Thing 5.03
  20. Cry Me A River (Tu No Me Lores) 3.27 (UK CD 8 Oct 2007: Warner Platinum 5051442456028)
22 April 1983 LP PHILIP JAP: PHILIP JAP
  1. Save Us 3.20 [produced by Trevor Horn] [also as single b/w 'Oui/Ja' 2.53]
  2. Sand 3.16 [produced by Colin Thurston]
  3. Venue 2.55 [produced by Colin Thurston]
  4. Junp Crew 3.06 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  5. Jap 3.02 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  1. Brain Dance 2.58 [produced by Trevor Horn]
  2. Red Dogs 2.55 [produced by Colin Thurston] [also as single b/w '100 Japanese Babies' 2.00]
  3. Brave Lights 4.13 [produced by Colin Thurston]
  4. Glass House 3.25 [produced by Colin Thurston]
  5. Death in a Tin Junk 4.20 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  6. Total Erasure 3.29 [produced by Tony Mansfield] (AMLH 68557)
All songs written and arranged by Philip Jap. Vocals: Philip Jap. Drums: Phil Towner, Graham Broad, Paul Crowder. Percussion: Jon Field, Paul Crowder. Guitar: Malcom McKenna. Keyboards: Simon Butt, Duncan Jackson (on 'Jap'), Anne Dudley (on 'Save Us' and 'Brain Dance'). Backing vocals: Adrienne Amor, Gary England, Colin Thurston.

May 1983 7" Philip Jap: Brain Dance

    Brain Dance 3.00/Smart 5.15 (A&M, AM 110)
A-side produced by Trevor Horn, B-side produced by Tony Mansfield.

3 June 1983 7"/12" Aztec Camera: Walk out to Winter

    Walk out to Winter 3.49 [single remix]/Set the Killing Free (Rough Trade, RT 132)
    Walk out to Winter 9.00 [extended remix]/Set the Killing Free (Rough Trade, RT 132T)
Only the A-side was produced by Tony. The B-side was produced by John Brand/Bernie Clarke. The single remix appears on the German CD-Maxi Somewhere in My Heart from 1988, and on promo-only CD-collection 'Retrospect'; the extended remix appears on a Japanese-only CD called 'Covers & Rare', and also on a triple CD called '12"/80s' issued in 2005. Thanks to Emmanuel Goedseels and Michael Gallagher for the information.

15 July 1983 7" Martin Ansell: I'll Be in the Jungle

    I'll Be in the Jungle 3.28 [Ansell]/Albania 5.17 [Ansell/Tony Mansfield] (Magnet Music/EMI 5402)
Both sides produced by Tony Mansfield.

4 Nov 1983 7"/12" Wendy Wu: Let Me Go

    Let Me Go/Love Tonight (7": EPIC A 3834)

    Let Me Go (Long version)/Love Tonight (12": TA 3834)

Both sides produced by Tony Mansfield.

April 1984 12" EP The Rescue: Messages

    Messages 4.23 [Paul McGovern]/Images 4.36 [Paul McGovern] //
    Tell Me Now 4.08 [McGovern]/Long Look 3.32 [McGovern/Tim McGeary]/When the Talking Is Over 4.08 [McGeary]
    (A&M Records, SP-12507)

    Tell Me Now 3.49/When the Talking Is Over 3.50 (7": A&M, AM191)

Tim McGeary - bass and vocals; Paul McGovern - guitar and vocals; Michael Gross - Guitar and Saxophone; Vincent Piazza - keyboards; Bobby Siems - drums. Produced by Tony Mansfield. Fairlight programmed and played by Tony Mansfield. Recorded at Blue Rock Studios, New York, with Michael Ewasco; Sarm East, London, with Stuart Brice; Eden Studio, London, with Juliet Bowen and Phil Vinyall. Thanks to Dan Silverman for info.

6 July 1984 7"/12" Yip Yip Coyote: Pioneer Girl

    Pioneer Girl [Carl Evans]/Last Train [Evans/White] (7": Illegal Music I.R.S., YIP2)

    Pioneer Girl (Prairie Mix)//Pioneer Girl/Last Train (12": YIPX 2)

Both sides produced by Tony Mansfield.

9 July 1984 7"/12" Vicious Pink: CCCan't You See

    CCCan't You See 3.33/8:15 to Nowhere 2.48 (UK 7": Parlophone/EMI R 6074; reissue 7" May 1985: PINK 2)

    CCCan't You See/? (UK 7": Parlophone/EMI, RA 6074)

    Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix) 7.14//
    Cccan't You See 3.33 / 8:15 to Nowhere/Great Balls of Fire 4.52 (UK 12": 12R 6074; reissue 12" May 1985: 12 PINK 2)

    Cccan't You See (7" version) 3.33/(12" Dub)//
    (7" DJ Mix/Master Mix) / (12" effects) / 8:15 to Nowhere/Great Balls of Fire 4.52 (UK 12": 12RA 6074)

In the 7" DJ Mix ('Master Mix') Tony had split the tracks to separate the drums from the rest of the instruments, allowing DJs to mix in and out at will.

Vicious Pink recorded an entire LP with Tony in the summer of 1984, but it was not released. Brian Moss (of Vicious Pink) emailed me 13 June 2000, telling me this story: "I can remember recording the VP album at Ridge Farm studios in Capel near Dorking. Jose and I had a great time with Tony [Mansfield], Rob [Fisher], Pete [Byrne], Jools the engineer, Frank the studio owner, Speedy Kean {Thunderclap newman} and many more! It was the summer of 84' with nine weeks of laughter and many visits to the local pub! to drink our favorite beer Old Rodger!!! After the pub we would do some more recording or get into party mode! Once I nearly set Tony's BMW on fire trying to charge my radio controled truck up!!".

Only a couple of singles were released after this (see entries at Feb & May 1985 and 24 Jan 1986) plus a Canadian LP in 1986 with the singles plus some remixes. More recently Brian put up his site at myspace http://www.myspace.com/viciouspinkofficial where you can hear some of the unreleased tracks.

Canadian various artists 3-CD HARDEST HITS

A bit longer than French Extended Mix, but same version/mix. www.spgmusic.com

5 Oct 1984 non-LP 7"/12" Mari Wilson: Let's Make This Last

    Let's Make This Last/Let's Make This Last (Stereo Shift Mix) (7": PINK 9)

    Let's Make This Last//
    Let's Make This Last (A Bit Longer)/
    Let's Make This Last (Stereo Shift Mix Loop One)
    Let's Make This Last (Stereo Shift Mix Loop Two) (12": PINKX 9)

    Let's Make This Last (Club Mix)/Let's Make This Last (Radio Mix) (DJ 12": PINDJ9)

19 Oct 1984 7"/12" A-Ha: Take on Me
    Take on Me (single version) 3.10/And You Tell Me 1.48

    Take on Me (long version) 3.50//And You Tell Me 1.48/Stop! And Make Your Mind Up 3.00 (WEA W 9146)

Recorded in January 1984. Produced by Tony Mansfield & remixed by John Ratcliff. 'And You Tell Me' is the same as the album version. 'Stop! And Make Your Mind Up' was produced by Aha with John Ratcliff.

Feb 1985 double A-sided 7"/12" (+ CD-single) Vicious Pink: Fetish/Spooky

    Fetish 3.18/Spooky 3.17 (7": PINK 1; CD-single: CDPINK 1)

    Fetish (Extended Version) 6.20/Spooky 3.17 (12": 12 PINK 1)

Both tracks originally produced by Tony Mansfield but remixed by John 'Tokes' Potoker before its release.

May 1985 reissue/remix 7"/12" Vicious Pink: CCCan't You See

    CCCan't You See 3.33/8:15 to Nowhere 2.48 (UK reissue 7": Parlophone/EMI PINK 2)

    Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix) 7.14//
    Cccan't You See 3.33 / 8:15 to Nowhere/Great Balls of Fire 4.52 (UK reissue 12": 12 PINK 2)

    CCCan't You See (Re-mixxx) [remixed by Bert Bevans]/The Spaceship Is over There 4.19 (UK remix 7": RX 6074)

    Cccan't You See (Exxx-tended Re-Mixxx/Exxxtended Mix) [remixed by Bert Bevans] 6.00//
    Blue (Love Mix) 3.17/The Spaceship Is over There 4.19 (UK remix 12": 12RX 6074)

Produced by Tony Mansfield, except where indicated as 'remixed by Bert Bevans'.

28 Oct 1985 LP (+CD) A-HA: HUNTING HIGH AND LOW

  1. Take on Me 3.46 [produced by Alan Tarney]
  2. Train of Thought 4.11
  3. Hunting High and Low 3.43
  4. The Blue Sky 2.22
  5. Living a Boy's Adventure Tale 5.00
  6. The Sun Always Shines on T.V. 5.06 [produced by Alan Tarney]
  7. And You Tell Me 1.51
  8. Love Is Reason [produced by John Ratcliff with A-Ha]
  9. I Dream Myself Alive 3.06
  10. Here I Stand and Face the Rain 4.30 (CD: 25300-2)
24 Jan 1986 7"/12" Vicious Pink: Take Me Now
    Take Me Now 3.58/Always Hoping 3.54 (7": PINK 3)

    Take Me Now (extended version) 6.20//I Confess/Always Hoping 3.54 (12": 12 PINK 3)

'Always Hoping' produced by Tony Mansfield, 'I Confess' produced by Tony Mansfield and re-mixed by Gary Moberley, 'Take Me Now' produced by Gary Moberley.

1986 Canadian LP VICIOUS PINK: VICIOUS PINK

  1. Cccan't You See 3.25
  2. Spooky 3.17 [remix by John Potoker]
  3. The Spaceship Is Over There 4.19
  4. Blue (Love Mix) 3.17
  5. Fetish 3.18 [remix by John Potoker]
  1. Take Me Now 3.58 [produced by Gary Moberley]
  2. Always Hoping 3.54
  3. 8:15 to Nowhere / Great Balls of Fire 4.51
  4. Cccan't You See (Exxx-tended Re-Mixxx) 6.00 [remixed by Bert Bevans]
    (Canadian LP: Capitol Records ST-06546)
Produced by Tony, except where indicated.

(1989) Belgian CD-single/12" Vicious Pink: 8:15 to Nowhere

  1. 8:15 to Nowhere 2.48
  2. The Spaceship Is over There 4.21 (Belgian 12"/CD-single 1988: SLD Records Company, LD 8818/8818 CD)
German rarities CD THE CLEANERS FROM VENUS: MY BACK WAGES (A COLLECTION OF CLEANERS RARITIES)
This early unfinished version was more or less produced by Tony, I guess around autumn/late 1985, because the finished version of this track was released on The Cleaners from Venus' LP 'Living with Victoria Grey' in April 1986. The liner notes in the CD booklet for this track says: "Done at 3 a.m. in a very expensive studio, Ridge Farm in Sussex. Keyboards are by Clive Gates of New Musik. Recorded by Tony Phillips. Supervised, if not produced by Tony Mansfield, who thought it might be a hit song. Captain Sensible had fallen asleep in the control room. We never finished it. That's why it's only got a guide vocal on it." Thanks to John Relph for info.

8 Sep 1986 LP/CD THE B-52's: BOUNCING OFF THE SATELLITES

  1. Summer of Love 4.03 [additional production and re-mix by Shep Pettibone]
  2. Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland 4.22 [additional production by Shep Pettibone]
  3. Housework 4.04
  4. Detour thru Your Mind 5.06
  5. Wig 4.22
  6. Theme for a Nude Beach 4.50
  7. Ain't It a Shame 5.30
  8. Juicy Jungle 4.50
  9. Communicate 4.08
  10. She Brakes for Rainbows 4.41 (US LP: WB Records, 1-25504; CD: Island, 258 380)
The B52 double-CD anthology 'Nude on the Moon' contains six tracks from this album, including two slightly shorter versions of 'Ain't It a Shame' and 'Theme for a Nude Beach' (remastered and improved sound quality). Paolo Pardo sent me an excerpt of the liner notes: "Sessions for the band's fourth album, Bouncing off the Satellites, began in the summer of '85 with producer Tony Mansfield, who had produced the likes of A-Ha and Naked Eyes and was a whiz with the Fairlight, a state-of-the-art sampling keyboard used extensively on the album. Guitarist Ricky Wilson died suddenly in October 1985, so the group was too bereaved to tour in support of the album. Additionally, the band's label neglected to promote it, and the gems of 'Bouncing off the Satellites' were lost...".

Tony's own (unreleased) 4 min 33 sec version of 'Summer of Love' was issued in June 1998 on a collection CD 'THE B-52's: TIME CAPSULE - Song for a Future Generation' (Reprise/Warner, 9362-46995-2). This is Tony's original unreleased mix, recorded in July 1985.

20 Feb 1987 7"/12" Eight Point Five: Mary

    Mary/I Can't Get You out of My Head (Epic/CBS, 650 356-7/6)
Both songs written by Volodia/Dimitri, side A produced by Tony Mansfield, side B by Eigth Point Five. Thanks to Fausto from Italy for info.

late? 1987 LP/CD BOSÉ: XXX

  1. Big City 5.51 [M. Cinelu/A. Rear]
  2. The Eighth Wonder 5.03 [Martin Ansell]
  3. Lay Down on Me 4.01 [M.Bosé/G.Vanni/C.D'Onofrio/P.Costa/M.Tazzi/M.Ogletree/A.Rear]
  4. Big Fun 3.14 [G. Clark]
  5. New Tracks in the Dust 6.37 [M. Bosé/C. Marrale/A. Rear]
  6. Want You More 4.54 [H. Valentin/R. Johan]
  7. My Perfect Lover 4.27 [M. Bosé/E. Feliciati/S. Melone/Troy Tate]
  8. Seems Like It's Midnight Forever 4.55 [M. Bosé/E. Feliciati/A. Fornili/A. Rear]
  9. Over My Head 3.58 [A.Rear/G.Vanni/C.D'Onofrio/P.Costa/M.Tazzi/M.Ogletree]
  10. The Hurt Party 4.38 [M. Bosé/E. Feliciati/S. Melone/A. Rear]
    (CD: WEA, 255 386-2)
Produced by Tony Mansfield. Miguel Bosé: lead vocals. Tony Mansfield: keyboards, guitar. Rob Fisher: keyboards. Clive Gates: keyboards. John Read: bass guitar. Carlo Marrale: guitar. Chris Smith Jnr: trumpet and flugel horn. Martin Dobson: sax.

April 1988 7"/12" Bosé: Lay Down on Me

    Lay Down on Me (4.01?)/Como un lobo (7": WEA YZ 183)

    Lay Down on Me (Extended Version)//Como un lobo/Seems Like It's Midnight Forever (12": YZ 183 T)

1988 LP ADELE BERTEI: LITTLE LIVES
Thanks to Gary Shipes for telling me about this track. He says: "Supposedly, Ms. Bertei recorded an entire album with Tony, but according to an article I read at the time, they absolutely DESPISED each other and she shelved it and moved back to the U.S. where she made this album. "Green Suit" is credited to Bertei/Mansfield and is very much a Tony song with lots of great chord changes and tricky contrapuntal bleeps and squiggles. However, the production by Ian Prince [or Gary Spaniola?] is generic and waters down what could have been an epiphanic Tony moment".

Sep 1988 7"/12" Claude Sabbah: Hard Times (Need the Kiss of Life)

    Hard Times (Need the Kiss of Life) 3.42/Claude Sabbah 4.20
    (7": Serious, 7FRENCH 1; reissue 7" Feb 1989: Castle Communications, PYS 21)

    Hard Times (Need the Kiss of Life) 6.05/Claude Sabbah 6.48
    (12": Serious, FRENCH 1; reissue 12" Feb 1989: Castle Communications, PYT 21)

Both tracks written by Tony Mansfield/Claude Sabbah and produced by Tony Mansfield.

30 Jan 1989 7"/12"/CDM Jean-Paul Gaultier: How To Do That (in a new way)

  1. How To Do That (in a new way) 3.39
  2. How To Do That (in a new way) Remix 6.36
  3. How To Do That (in a new way) Video Mix
  4. How To Do That (in a new way) Acid Version 4.03 (UK CD-maxi: MERCD 277)
  1. How To Do That (in a new way) Remix 6.36
  2. How To Do That (in a new way) Radio 3.39
  3. How To Do That (in a new way) Acid Mix 4.03 (German CD-maxi: Mercury 872 727-2)
Produced by Tony Mansfield.

May 1989 mini LP/CD JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER: AOW TOU DOU ZAT

  1. Don't Do That 5.05 (mixed by Norman Cook)
  2. Noisy 3.56 (remixed by J.J. Jeczalik)
  3. Do2 4.12 (remixed by G. Shilling)
  4. It's Crazy with an Accordeon 2.18 (mixed by Tony Mansfield)
  5. What Will I Do with That 5.09 (mixed by Marc Saunders)
  6. Do It Again 4.55 (remix by Tony Moran)
  7. How To Do That (in a new way) 3.39 (produced by Tony Mansfield)
  8. Technic Idea 4.16 (mixed by Morton, Sherman and Bellucci)
  9. Jacques Lacan Deconstruction Mix 6.00 (remixed by David Dorrell)
  10. Rai It 3.38 (written by Djamel Ben-Yelles, chorus from 'Raï Derli' [Cheb Kader], recorded and mixed by Jean Lamoot/Herve Colin)
  11. How To Drum It 4.43 (remixed by Mantronik)
  12. How To Mix That 4.15 (remixed by The Sleepers) (CD: Mercury, 838271-1/2)
July 1989 7"/12" Thunderclap 2: Something in the Air
    Something in the Air (Trax/Filmtrax Records, 7": 7TX 9, 12": 12TX 9)
1989 French LP/CD MADER: MIDI À MINUIT
  1. Voice of America 4.23
  2. Empreintes Digitales 3.51 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  3. Destination Nulle Part 4.25 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  4. Le Maitre Du Jeu 4.42 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  5. Dixieland 3.37 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  6. L'Amour Sans Les Autres 3.34 [produced by Tony Mansfield] [only on this CD!]
  7. En Résumé...En Conclusion 4.17 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  8. Nada La Vie 3.59
  9. La Fille Du War Show 1.38
  10. Hard and Soft 5.05 [produced by Tony Mansfield] (French CD: Polydor 849 208-2)
  1. Voice of America 4.23
  2. Empreintes Digitales 3.51 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  3. Destination Nulle Part 4.25 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  4. Le Maitre Du Jeu 4.42 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  5. Dixieland 3.37 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  6. En Résumé...En Conclusion 4.17 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  7. Nada La Vie 3.59
  8. La Fille Du War Show 1.38
  9. Voice of America (Part II) 4.28 [only on this CD]
  10. Hard and Soft 5.05 [produced by Tony Mansfield] (French CD: Polydor 841 175-2)
Fairlight programming (and production as indicated above) by Tony Mansfield. Thanks to "The Blue Sea" for telling me about this CD. He says: "The CD is in my opinion unmistakable TM, in a 'darker' kind of 'Bose' way."

1989 French 7"/12"/CDM Lio: Tu Es Formidable

Only this first track is produced by Tony. It was originally included on Lio's 1988 'Cancan' album, but produced by Michel Esteban & Yann Leker. Tony then remixed it for a single release in 1989. The album was re-issued on CD in Nov 2005 (http://www.zerecords.com/release.php?id=406) and Tony's single remix is included as an extra track.

1992 French various artists 2-LP PUR - Paris Union Recording

This track (second track on LP side 4) was written by Tony Mansfield and Claude Sabbah, and produced by Tony Mansfield. Apparently licensed from Tony's own "100% Love" label. Thanks to Richard Maycock for telling me about this LP.

1992? 1995? 12" The2: Lovin' You

Whitel label vinyl 12" only. This was the only release on Tony's own "100% Love" label. Info from Lee Mansfield (Tony's younger brother) 22 March 2000: "This was one of Tony's favourite productions. It was just released on his own label 100% Love as a dance white label. It got played quite a lot on Kiss FM (dance radio station here in the UK)"

June 1994 CDM Duke: New Beginning

  1. New Beginning 3.53 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  2. Total Intervention [produced by Duke and Robison]
  3. New Beginning (Ramp Club Mix) [remixed by Ramp]
  4. New Beginning (Ramp Street Mix) [remixed by Ramp] (CDM: VSCDG 1497)
July? 1994 CD DUKE: THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE
  1. Make Believeland [produced by Duke]
  2. Sanctified Woman [produced by Duke]
  3. New Beginning 3.53 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  4. Leave the Ground [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  5. I'll Be [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  6. So in Love with You 4.11 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  7. Ain't No Sunshine [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  8. Magic Castle [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  9. 10 Commandments of Love [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  10. Love Celebration [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  11. Monumental Love Thing [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  12. Welcome Back [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  13. Communication [produced by Tony Mansfield]
Sep 1994 CDM Duke: So in Love with You
  1. So in Love with You 4.11 [produced by Tony Mansfield]
  2. So in Love with You (Pizzaman House Vocal) 7.37 [remixed by The Pizzaman]
  3. From Alaska to Mombasa 3.27 [produced by Duke]
  4. Destiny 3.37 [produced by Duke] (CDM: VSCDG 1504)
21 Sep 1994 Japanese CD MIMORI YUSA: ALUHI-HALENOHI
Kotori: production, computer & synthesizer programming, acoustic guitar, backing vocals by Tony Mansfield. Bass by Tony Hibbert. Slowly: production, computer & synthesizer programming, electric guitar by Tony Mansfield. Bass by Tony Hibbert. Tony appears courtesy of 100% Love Record. Special thanks to Tony, Maria, Charley and Henry Mansfield.

Kotori is a wonderful and laid back song, full of New Musik tricks a la 1980. Slowly has more rhythm and speed but still very enjoyable. Both songs feature samples from various old New Musik songs and if you took Yusa-san's vocals away, you'd have New Musik. Thanks to Takashi Kumegawa for telling me about this album.

27 Oct 1995 Japanese CD NICE MUSIC: POP RATIO

This track: additional production, remix & programming by Tony Mansfield for SJP. Additional programming Rob Fisher. (Mimori Yusa's producer Takashi Sotoma introduced Tony to Nice Music.) Thanks to Yuji Tanaka for telling me about this CD.

1996 CD THE SONGS OF CHAGE & ASKA: ONE VOICE COMPILATION

This track produced by Tony Mansfield, but you can not hear any Mansfield in it at all! Thanks to Anette Hallstrom for the information.

1996 UK CDM Denim: It Fell off the Back of a Lorry

Thanks to Yuji Tanaka for this information.

June 1997 CD ANA TORROJA: PUNTOS CARDINALES

  1. Puntos cardinales 4.20
  2. Partir 3.17
  3. Flor Carnívora 4.54
  4. No estás 4.04
  5. A contratiempo (Bottomless) 4.38
  6. Como Tú 3.36
  7. Tal para cual 3.23
  8. Te He Querido Tanto 4.04
  9. Como sueñan las sirenas 3.59
  10. De ja que llueva 4.35 (MBG, 74321-50225-2)
Produced by Tony Mansfield. Rob Fisher: keyboards, piano, additional programming. Clive Gates: keyboards. Tony Mansfield: guitars, keyboards. Plus more musicians.

17 Dec 1997 Japanese collaboration CD PULSE: PULSE

Recorded 9-18 Oct 1997. Tony recorded his vocals in the Metropolis Studio 17 Oct 1997. All songs written by Steve Jansen and Yukihiro Takahashi, all lyrics by Steve Jansen. There are two (tiny) photos of Tony wearing headphones in the booklet. Thanks to Takashi Kumegawa for telling me about this CD.

July 1998 UK collaboration CD PULSE: PULSE

  1. Life's Like That 5.14
  2. The Choice 5.14
  3. Wave 5.53
  4. Memory without Consequence 5.01
  5. A River Dry 5.13
  6. Prayer of Gold 4.53 (Medium, MPCD7)
4 July 2000 French CD ILENE BARNES: SET YOU FREE
The seven tracks listed above were produced by Tony Mansfield, who is also credited on these for editing and programming, as well as for guitars and keyboards (Rob Fisher is also credited for keyboards on those tracks). Tony is also credited for producing the strings section on "Coming Home". Thanks to Richard Maycock for this info. Comments from Emmanuel Goedseels: 'This is not a classic 'New Musik Sound' but more in the vain of what Trevor Horn did for Seal. Very good and pure production.'

14 July 2000 CDM Brainstorm: My Star

  1. My Star 3.00
  2. My Star (instrumental) 3.00
  3. Ain't It Funny 3.35 (Microphone Records, 0724 3 888604 2)
1-2 produced by Tony Mansfield. Thanks to Richard Maycock for telling me about this single and for providing the EMI press release dated March 27th 2000: "Tony Mansfield (whose previous work includes with A-ha, the B-52s e.t.c.,) produced "My Star" in Jacob's Studios, London, England. The first time Tony heard the song it was sung in Latvian and it captured his imagination, even though he didn't understand what it was about! "But when I read the English lyrics I thought the song is really good. I am a mood person basically," Tony said. "Lyrics are important, but the mood and spirit of the song is more important and I felt a Great Spirit." Cutting the track was an intense experience and the final version was made in couple of days. Several hours before the production was completed Tony felt good about the result: "Everybody from the band seems pleased with their instrumental contributions and I added the computer work. I think this record is now the best mixture of both worlds." Brainstorm say they would love to continue their co-operation with Tony Mansfield, describing him very enthusiastic, optimistic and kind: "Tony really, really loves music, that's very important. It's also the reason Brainstorm loves Tony," said Reynard."

2 Aug 2000 Japanese CD TAKAFUMI SOTOMA: ST. BIKA

Vocals and back vocals by Tony Mansfield. Words on 'Here in the Sky" by Sotoma/Mansfield. Thanks to Ochiai Masamichi for this info. Gary Shipes told me that there is also a double CD available: "this copy has a bonus CD called "Radio St. Bika" that is about 28 individual snippets of songs and ideas from the main CD. Tony does a remix of one of the songs (billed as "the Tony Mansfield remix") and even does more vocals than on the original."

15 Nov 2001 CD BRAINSTORM: ONLINE

  1. It Is Easy
  2. Online
  3. Maybe
  4. She's My Love
  5. Waterfall
  6. Space Detective Story
  7. Hide on the Moon
  8. The Kitten Who Did Not Want to Give Up
  9. Heart's Desire
  10. Babynight
  11. My Mission (EMI/Microphone Records MRCD 161)
http://www.brainstorm.lv. Sold through http://www.balticshop.com.
Gary Shipes reviewed this CD 25 Feb 2002: "Tony's production is fine, just don't be expecting the usual New Musik tricks. He's let the band's own sound breathe, with occasional programming and guitar strums that could only come from the Master's touch. Keyboards are original but not the sonar pings and synth strings that have made his reputation. Great lyrics, vocals and musicianship make "Online" a must for the devoted Tony follower. Highly recommended. Gary in Florida."

Copyright (c) 1996-11-09 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2007-11-17.

Thanks to Thanks to Tim and Steve Masson for helping me a lot, and also to Lee Mansfield for clearing things out for me. Also thanks to Jon Peterson and Emmanuel Goedseels for information on the Vicious Pink releases.

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