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Welcome to the site dedicated to the English songwriter and singer Colin
Lloyd Tucker.
Newcomers to Colin’s world can glean plenty of information on this
unique artist from the Biography, Discography, Press Room and Gallery sections
within this site.
We hope you enjoy your visit.
New album BESIDE MYSELF now available.
Thank you for all the kind messages regarding music. If you have sent us a question you should find it answered HERE
Our friends in Croatia might like to read Ivan Antunovic's excellent feature on Colin here;
http://muzika.hr/default.aspx?id=14454
ALSO Colin talks to the BBC about working with Kate Bush at www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7530752.stm
Hear what people are saying about Colin and join in at the HOMEGROUND & KBNI forum http://thehomegroundandkatebushnewsandinfoforum.yuku.com/topic/15648/t/Colin-Lloyd-Tucker.html
Louisiana's psychedelic minstrel Damien Youth talks about his favorite albums including Colin's Toybox here
You may also wish to check out COLIN ON MYSPACE! at Colin@myspace
Copies of Colin's album The Desire Path available
from our shop .
For more about The Desire Path click here
Trip Along The Path
The Desire Path lyrics now available.
See
lyrics
The beautiful Desire Path artwork by Pete Rodulfo. Highly recommend a visit here
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The Desire Path - Colin Lloyd Tucker
NEW. December 2006
For more about The Desire Path
click here
The Desire
Path lyrics now available.
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Fear Of Flying. CD only |
Fear Of Flying - Colin Lloyd Tucker
Colin's previous album has received some great reviews (see; Press Room)
and many of you have sent us your own comments. Here are some of them:
'Magnificent'… 'grows with every play'…'played it all night'…'Put a smile
back on my face!'…'the best one yet'…'weird and wonderful'
Thanks to all of you who have mailed us with your comments, we hope you
continue to enjoy this captivating disc.
Colin discusses the making of this album in an interview, which can be found
on our News page and the lyrics can be accessed from the menu above.
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Head. 7inch Picture disc 45rpm |
Head - Colin Lloyd Tucker
We are delighted to have discovered some copies of Colin's 1985 single 'Head'
b/w. 'Sex Slave'.
This long deleted seven-inch vinyl picture disc will also be of interest
to fans of The Blockheads as it features Charley Chares (drums and backing
vocals), Norman Watt Roy (bass) and Davey Payne (saxophone).
Critically acclaimed at the time of its release (see Press Room) Head also
features sitar virtuoso Clem Alford and contains some of Colin's most beguiling
lyrics.
Sex Slave is a tight funk workout set around Watt Roy's distinctive, nimble
fingered bass playing.A true collectors item. We are happy to be able to
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Deux Filles. CDR |
Deux Filles - Double Happiness
Double Happiness was the follow up to the acclaimed Silence and Wisdom album.
Although equally well received it had little promotion and a limited number
of pressings were made. Many of you have e mailed us about this record and
consequently a search for the master tapes was launched but to no avail.
Help came in the shape of Charley Radtke in the U.S.A. He copied a near
pristine disc onto CD using a Linn Sondek turntable and sent Colin the results.
Colin did some further re-mastering in his own studio and the resulting
CD is an excellent representation of the original vinyl album, cleaned up
but retaining its analogue appeal.
We are offering CDR copies of the album that come in a hand made package
and are signed by Colin.These discs are copied at real time to avoid errors.
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Bushtucker. CD only |
Bushtucker - Skyscraping
The classic album made by Colin and Paddy Bush (brother of Kate Bush) in
1993 is now available from this site. These are American pressings on the
Griffin label and come with slightly different packaging from the U.K. and
Japanese versions. Track listing is identical worldwide. These albums are
dispatched to you direct from the USA. |

Toybox. CDR only |
Toybox - Colin Lloyd Tucker
Colin's solo debut. Recorded in the late 1970's and never before available
on CD.
Apart from a guest vocal by Matt Johnson (The The) on one track this really
is a solo recording with Colin performing all of the instrumentation and
singing, engineering and producing the record!
It has been one of the most requested re-issues and so has been re-mastered
with bonus tracks and re-packaged with an informative booklet.
The CDR comes signed by Colin.
His two mini LPs from the 1980s, Mind Box and Head have also received the
same treatment and will be available soon. |
| Why not check out our new Ears
'n' Eyes page for audio and movie downloads. |
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.
More information available under the biography, discography, gallery and press
room sections of our website.
Also see press reviews of Colin's previous work
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