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Welcome to the site dedicated to the English songwriter and singer Our audio-visual page is in the process of being revamped and generaly fluffed-up in time for a forthcoming release and so in the meantime you can listen to Colin's music HERE or... Visit Samphire Records download shop HERE (includes link to free B side) COVER STAR & THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE CD now available from our shop. To view other available discs click HERE Thank you for all the kind messages regarding Colin's music. If you have sent us a question you should find it answered HERE Our thanks to Mike from London who sent in his tragi-comic article Remarkable Experience which we present in PDF form HERE For videos why not tune in to the Rock 'n Roll Pinocchio YouTube channel here: Colin on YouTube Reports coming in from myspace of LOBEL ACTIVITY Fancy stepping out in a pair of Desire Path bumpers or donning a Head Hat? Then why not visit COLIN LLOYD TUCKER'S OLD CURIOSITY SHOP HERE ALSO Colin talks to the BBC about working with Kate Bush at
Hear what people are saying about Colin and join in at the HOMEGROUND & KBNI forum Our friends in Croatia might like to read Ivan Antunovic's excellent feature on Colin here; http://muzika.hr/default.aspx?id=14454
For more about The Desire Path click here The beautiful Desire Path artwork by Pete Rodulfo. Highly recommend a visit here |
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Extract from Colin Lloyd Tucker Biography
Colin Lloyd Tucker has been performing and recording since the late seventies. He began his debut solo album (Toybox) aged 17, writing, producing and playing all the instruments himself. His record releases have been sporadic, his live performances rare and in these days of packaged pop he is not easy to pigeon hole. His diversity and scope bewilder major record labels. Unlike Matt Johnson ('The The') with whom he recorded three albums in the early eighties Colin did not sign a major deal. The record companies knew what they were getting with Matt. Colin was far less predictable. More of a musician's musician, his credits were known to the cognoscenti. On Kate Bush's "Red Shoes" his name mingles with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Prince.
In 1982 Tony Calder, ex-Rolling Stones Manager and Beatle publicist, saw teen-pop potential in Colin. His hair was styled and glossy pictures taken. He was described to the press as a "good looking, red headed lad with a cheerful, cheeky nature." Studios were booked and John Porter (Bryan Ferry's producer) drafted in to produce a single. The result, "The Boy Stutters," an edgy number about a boy with a speech impediment who sleeps with his mother, was not what Calder had in mind. Colin and John Porter eventually recruited Ian Dury's 'Blockheads' and, with 'Monsoon' sitar virtuoso Clem Alford, produced "Head." This was more to Calder's taste, so long as he didn't dwell on the lyrics. It had an infectious dance beat, and was released to critical acclaim. "Head" later reappeared on the album of the same name.
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