CHICORY TIP

(The Giorgio Moroder collaborations)

Jan 1972 7" Son of My Father

    Son of My Father 3.20 (P. Bellotte/G. Moroder/M. Holm)/
    Pride Comes Before a Fall (M. Kent/J. Arthur) (CBS 7737)
This UK group released their own version of Son of My Father at the same time as Giorgio's original (you can read the story in the booklet of the CD 'The Very Best Of Chicory Tip'.)

Moroder in New Musical Express 9 Dec 1978: "In '70 I met Pete Bellotte and we began to write together. One of our first collaborations was a smash hit in England for Chicory Tip, 'Son Of My Father'. This was my first major hit, and since then Pete and I have worked almost always in English."

Johnny Jackson: "Pete was the guy with the money at the time. Moroder was the mix master. He later joined forces with Bellote when Neil Bogart of Casablanca records enjoyed his extended mix of 'Love to Love You Baby'."

May 1972 7" What's Your Name

    What's Your Name 2.58/Memory 3.14 (CBS S 8021)
Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte wrote the A-side for them. Produced by Roger Easterby and Des Champ. Thanks to Dan Magnusson for the information.

March 1973 7" Good Grief Christina

    Good Grief Christina 3.13/Move on 2.15 (CBS S 1258)
Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte wrote the A-side for them. Produced by Roger Easterby and Des Champ. Thanks to Dan Magnusson for the information.

1973 7" Cigarettes, Women and Wine

    Cigarettes, Women and Wine 2.31/I See You 2.36 (CBS S 1668)
Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte wrote the A-side for them. Produced by Roger Easterby and Des Champ. Thanks to Dan Magnusson for the information.

1973 7" I.O.U.

    I.O.U. 2.32/Join Our Gang (CBS 1866)
Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte wrote the A-side for them. Produced by Roger Easterby and Des Champ. Thanks to Dan Magnusson for the information.

UK coll-CD THE VERY BEST OF CHICORY TIP

  1. Son of My Father [Bellotte/Moroder/Holm]
  2. What's Your Name [Moroder/Bellotte]
  3. Cigarettes, Women and Wine [Moroder/Bellotte]
  4. I See You [Hewson/Mayger/Shearer/Cloutt]
  5. The Future Is Past [Moroder/Bellotte]
  6. Big Wheels Rolling [Hewson/Mayger/Shearer/Cloutt]
  7. Join our Gang [Hewson/Mayger/Shearer/Cloutt]
  8. Me and Stan Foley [Hewson/Mayger/Shearer/Cloutt]
  9. Good Grief Christina [Moroder/Bellotte]
  10. Move on [Easterby/Champ]
  11. I.O.U. [Moroder/Bellotte]
  12. Take Your Time Caroline [Howard/Blaikley]
  13. Sweat, Dust and Red Wine [Jenner/Green/Elson/Swail/Jarvis]
  14. Lodi [Fogerty]
  15. Pride Comes Before a Fall [M. Kent/J. Arthur]
  16. Excuse Me Baby [Wayne]
  17. Friend of Mine [Ed Welch]
  18. What She Thinks About [Sebastian]
  19. I Can Hear You Calling [Glan/Kenner/Sullivan/Troiano]
  20. Memory [Hewson/Mayger/Shearer/Cloutt] (UK CD 1997: Summit, SUMCD 4099)
Roger Easterby comments in CD booklet: 'As well as running a successful production company at that time I was still recognised as a top promotions man in the music business and Hansa's owners in Germany, Peter and Trudi Meisel had asked Eddie Levy who worked for ATV Music to contact me to see if I would be intersted in promoting the record for them when it was released. The minute I put Moroder's record on the turntable it smelled of a hit. It was so different to anything I had heard before. Not only was it very catchy but it had this unusual synthesiser sound that just got right inside your brain. I rang Eddie Levy right away. 'This is a hit record' I told him. Eddie Levy, Trudi, Peter and Giorgio forgave me - they did have the publishing rights! ... Enjoy the tracks on this CD and remember the days in the early 70's when the pop world was still experimenting with new sounds and the charts were full of one-hit wonders. It was however Giorgio Moroder who went on to world-wide fame.' [end of quote] Thanks to Dan Magnusson for telling me about this CD and to Colin Linskey for sending me the quote from the booklet.

coll-CD THE BEST OF CHICORY TIP

    (CD 1999: Repertoire REP 4816-WG)
Thanks to Giovanni Pusterla for this information. He says: "This new CD has 23 tracks and includes all the 20 songs of the '97 "Very Best Of" (in different order), plus 3 tracks: "Marianne", "Arizona", "I couldn't spend another day without you" (these three songs has no involvement by Giorgio)".

Copyright (c) 1996-10-19 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2003-11-02.

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