MIDGE URE

SOLO DISCOGRAPHY 1975-89


March 1975 band project 7" Slik: The Boogiest Band in Town

    The Boogiest Band In Town/Hatchet (Bell 1414)
Dec 1975 band project 7" Slik: Forever & Ever
    Forever & Ever/Again My Love (Bell 1464)
April 1976 band project 7" Slik: Forever & Ever
    Requiem/Everyday Anyway (Bell 1478)
May 1976 band project LP SLIK: SLIK
  1. Dancerama (Martin/Couter)
  2. Darlin' (Billy McIsaac)
  3. Bom-Bom (Exuma/Reno)
  4. Better Than I Do (Martin/Couter)
  5. Forever & Ever (Martin/Couter)
  6. Reqiuem (Martin/Couter)
  7. Do It Again (Ure)
  8. When Will I Be Loved? (Everly)
  9. Day By Day (Billy McIsaac)
  10. No We Won't Forget You (Jim McGinlay) (Bell, SYBEL 8004)
July 1976 band project non-LP 7" Slik: The Kid's a Punk
    The Kid's a Punk/Slik Shuffle (Bell 1490)
Nov 1976 Midge Ure/Kenny Hyslop 7" PVC2: Put You in the Picture
    Put You in the Picture/Pain/Deranged, Demented and Free (Zoom ZUM 2)
Dec 1976 band project non-LP 7" Slik: Don't Take Your Love Away
    Don't Take Your Love Away/This Side Up (Arista, ARIST 83)
March 1977 band project non-LP 7" Slik: Dancerama
    Dancerama/?
(1999) coll-CD THE BEST OF SLIK
  1. Forever and Ever 3.38
  2. Requiem 4.55
  3. The Kid's a Punk 4.05
  4. Don't Take Your Love Away 4.02
  5. Dancerama (Single Version) 3.41
  6. It's Only a Matter of Time 2.54
  7. Boogiest Band in Town 3.08
  8. The Getaway 3.12
  9. Hatchet 2.23
  10. Again My Love 3.14
  11. Everyday Anyway 2.25
  12. Slik Shuffle 3.26
  13. This Side Up 2.57
  14. No Star 3.35
  15. I Wanna Be Loved 2.36
  16. Again My Love (Early Version) 2.56
  17. Bom-Bom 3.21
  18. When Will I Be Loved 4.02
  19. Do It Again 2.54
  20. Better Than I Do 4.50
  21. Day By Day 2.52
  22. No We Won't Forget You 5.18 (Repertoire, REP 4721-WG)
Thanks to Thon Oyvind for info about this CD.


13 Jan 1978 band project 7" Rich Kids: Rich Kids

    Rich Kids 2.55/Empty Words 2.52 (EMI 2738)
Midge Ure, Glen Matlock (ex Sex Pistols), Steve New and Rusty Egan (later in Visage).

June 1978 band project 7" Rich Kids: Marching Men

    Marching Men 3.51/Here Comes the Nice (live) 2.45 (EMI 2804)
Aug 1978 band project 7" Rich Kids: Ghosts of Princes in Towers
    Ghosts of Princes in Towers 3.32/Only Arsenic 4.32 (EMI 2848)
Sep 1978 band project LP (+CD) RICH KIDS: GHOSTS OF PRINCES IN TOWERS
  1. Strange One 4.24
  2. Hung On You 2.56
  3. Ghosts of Princes in Towers 3.32
  4. Cheap Emotions 4.03
  5. Marching Men 3.51
  6. Put You in the Picture 2.43
  7. Young Girls 2.48
  8. Bullet Proof Lover 3.08
  9. Rich Kids 2.55
  10. Lovers and Fools 2.34
  11. Burning Sounds 3.40
  12. Empty Words 2.52 [CD bonus track]
  13. Here Comes the Nice (live) 2.45 [CD bonus track]
  14. Only Arsenic 4.32 [CD bonus track] (LP: EMI, EMC 3263; CD: Dojo CD 151)


11 Dec 1981 collaboration 7"/12" Midge Ure/Phil Lynnot: Yellow Pearl

    Yellow Pearl 2.58 [remixed by Midge Ure]/Girls (1st 7": SOLO 3)

    Yellow Pearl 3.18 [remixed by Midge Ure]/? (2nd 7": SOLO 3)

    Yellow Pearl [remixed by Midge Ure]/ (12": SOLO 312)

Originally released on Phil Lynnot's LP 'Solo in Soho' in spring 1980.


8 June 1982 solo 7"/12" No Regrets

    No Regrets 4.00/Mood Music 3.29 (CHS 2618)
    No Regrets 4.00/Mood Music 3.29 (CHS 12 2618)


3 Dec 1982 various artists soundtrack LP (+CD) PARTY, PARTY


April 1983 soundtrack LP MIDGE URE/CHRIS CROSS: THE BLOODIED SWORD

  1. The Sword's Theme
  2. Sword Speaks
  3. Gun
  4. Propaganda Machine
  5. Seer
  6. The Haunting
  7. Warnings
  8. Confrontation
  9. Mercy
  10. Alliance
  11. Oceana's Theme
  12. One with Man
  13. Damnation
  14. Threats
  15. Propaganda
  16. The Jester's Theme
  17. The Pageant
  18. Soliloquy
  19. The Sword's Theme (Part II) (Chrysalis)


8 July 1983 solo 7"/12" Midge Ure/Mick Karn: After a Fashion

    After a Fashion 3.57/Textures 3.25 (Chrysalis, FEST 1)
    After a Fashion 5.43 [extended version]/Textures 3.25 (Chrysalis FESTX 1)


1983 unreleased LP ZAINE GRIFF: [UNKNOWN TITLE]

Humby told me that Midge Ure produced this LP for Zaine Griff (singer in 'Helden') in 1983, but it was never released. It apparently had seven tracks and Midge played guitar and keyboards on it as well.


1985 UK video Max Headroom

Al Crawford: 'Midge Ure and Chris Cross supplied the soundtrack to the UK Max Headroom pilot film. As yet, it's unreleased in any form other than video.'


13 Sep 1985 solo 7"/12" If I Was

    If I Was 4.46/Piano 2.25 (URE 1)
    If I Was 6.45//Piano 2.25/The Man Who Sold the World 5.35 [new version] (UREX 1)
Oct 1985 solo LP (+CD) THE GIFT
  1. If I Was 5.20
  2. When the Winds Blow 4.05
  3. Living in the Past 4.34
  4. That Certain Smile 4.07
  5. The Gift 4.58
  6. Antilles 4.07
  7. Wastelands 4.23
  8. Edo 3.24
  9. The Chieftain 4.43
  10. She Cried 4.12
  11. The Gift (reprise) 1.44 (LP/CD: Chrysalis CHR/CCD 1508)

    REISSUE CD BONUS TRACKS:

  12. Mood Music 3.29
  13. Piano 2.25
  14. The Man Who Sold the World 5.35 [new version]
  15. The Gift (Instrumental) 5.10
    (reissue CD 1996: EMI Gold, 852963-2)
15 Nov 1985 solo 7"/12" That Certain Smile
    That Certain Smile 4.07/The Gift (Instrumental) 5.10 (URE 2)
    That Certain Smile 4.07//The Gift (Instr.) 5.10/
    Fade To Grey (live at rehearsals 27/9/85) 4.44 (UREX 2)
31 Jan 1986 solo 7"/12" Wastelands
    Wastelands 4.23?/ (URE 3)
    Wastelands (Extended Mix) 4.38//
    The Chieftain - Dancer (live 23/12/85) 6.01/
    No Regrets 4.00 (UREX 3)


6 June 1986 solo non-LP 7"/12" Call of the Wild

    Call of the Wild 4.19/When the Winds Blow (live) 3.50 (URE 4)
    Call of the Wild (Extended version) 7.57//
    When the Winds Blow 3.50 (live 23/12/85)/
    After a Fashion 4.14 (live 23/12/85) (UREX 4)


1987 2-LP/CD THE PRINCE'S TRUST 10th ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY PARTY

Recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, 20 June 1986.


4 Aug 1988 solo 7"/12"/CDM Answers to Nothing

    Answers to Nothing [single edit] 3.35/(Honorare 3.12?) (URE 5)
    Answers to Nothing (extended version) 8.15//Honorare 3.12/Oboe 4.00 (UREX 5)
  1. Answers to Nothing 3.35
  2. Honorare 3.12
  3. 6 Selections 10.15 [excerpts from LP] (URECD 5)
22 Aug 1988 solo LP/CD ANSWERS TO NOTHING
  1. Answers to Nothing 4.34
  2. Take Me Home 3.05
  3. Sister and Brother 5.55
  4. Dear God 4.59
  5. The Leaving 4.16
  6. Just for You 4.39
  7. Hell to Heaven 4.05
  8. Lied 4.53
  9. Homeland 4.41
  10. Remembrance Day 4.27 (CD: CCD 1649)

    REISSUE CD BONUS TRACKS:

  11. Honorare 3.12
  12. Oboe 4.00
  13. Music #1 4.38
  14. Sister and Brother (unreleased single edit) 4.12 (UK CD 7 Sep 1998: 496 824 2)
Dec 1988 solo 7"/12"/CDM Dear God
    Dear God (4.59?)/Music # 1 4.38 (7": URE 6)

    Dear God (extended version) 8.00 [remixed by Bob Clearmountain]/
    Music # 1 4.38 (12": UREX 6)

    Dear God (extended version) 8.00 [remixed by Bob Clearmountain]/
    Music # 1 4.38//
    All Fall Down 4.57 [live 21 Nov 1988 at The Venue, Edinburgh]
    Strange Brew 3.18 [live 21 Nov 1988 at The Venue, Edinburgh] (limited 12": UREXL 6)

  1. Dear God (4.59?)
  2. Music # 1 4.38
  3. Remembrance Day 4.27 (CDM: URECD 6)
Al Crawford: 'The two live tracks on the B-side were recorded at a 'secret' show at The Venue, Edinburgh. The show was originally advertised as 'The Flying Brzezicki Brothers' but news leaked out several days beforehand that it was in fact Midge Ure under an alias.'

March 1989 unreleased solo single Sister and Brother

    Sister and Brother (single edit) 4.12/Dear God (live) (URE 7)
22 Feb 1993 coll-CD IF I WAS: THE VERY BEST OF MIDGE URE & ULTRAVOX
  1. If I Was 5.19
  2. No Regrets 4.00
  3. Love's Great Adventure 3.04
  4. Dear God 4.59
  5. Cold Cold Heart 4.05 [single edit]
  6. Vienna 4.37 [single edit]
  7. Call of the Wild 4.19
  8. After a Fashion 3.57
  9. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 4.08 [single edit]
  10. All Fall Down 5.06
  11. Yellow Pearl 3.18 [with Phil Lynnot]
  12. Fade To Grey 3.45 [single edit]
  13. Reap the Wild Wind 3.41
  14. Answers To Nothing 3.35 [single edit]
  15. Do They Know It's Christmas 3.45
    [co-written with Bob Geldof as 'Band Aid', single Nov 1984]
  16. That Certain Smile 4.07 (Chrysalis, CDCHR 1987)
7 Sep 2000 UK solo rarities CD NO REGRETS
  1. No Regrets
  2. After a Fashion
  3. Textures (B-side After a Fashion)
  4. If I Was (single edit)
  5. The Man Who Sold the World (from 'If I Was' 12")
  6. That Certain Smile (single edit)
  7. Wastelands (single edit)
  8. Call of the Wild
  9. Answers to Nothing (single edit)
  10. Fade to Grey (live at rehearsals 27/9/85) (from 'That Certain Smile' 12")
  11. When the Winds Blow (live at Wembley Arena 23 Dec 1985) (B-side 7"/12" 'Call of the Wild')
  12. After a Fashion (live at Wembley Arena 23 Dec 1985) (from 'Call of the Wild' 12" single)
  13. The Chieftain/The Dancer (live at Wembley Arena 23 Dec 1985) (from B-side 7"/12" Wastelands)
  14. All Fall Down (live at The Venue, Edinburgh 21 Nov 1988) (from 'Dear God' 12")
  15. Strange Brew (live at The Venue, Edinburgh 21 Nov 1988) (from 'Dear God'12")
  16. Dear God (live at The Venue, Edinburgh 21 Nov 1988) (from the withdrawn 7"/12" 'Sister and Brother')
  17. Just for You (live at The Venue, Edinburgh 21 Nov 1988) (from the withdrawn 7"/12" 'Sister and Brother')

Copyright (c) 1996-12-30 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2006-02-28.

Thanks to Richard Peat and Al Crawford.


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