TOM ROBINSON BAND
"2-4-6-8
Motorway" SINGLE
1977 EMI2715 EMI
Records
TR (bs), Danny Kustow
(gtr), Mark Ambler
(kyb), Dolphin Taylor
(drs).
A 2-4-6-8 Motorway
B I Shall be Released
TOM ROBINSON BAND
"Rising Free"
EP
1978 EMI2749 EMI
TRn(bs), Danny Kustow(gtr),
Mark Ambler(kyb),
Dolphin Taylor (drs).
A1 Don't Take No for
an Answer
A2 Martin
B1 Glad to be Gay
C1 Right On Sister.
TOM ROBINSON
BAND "Up
Against the Wall"
SINGLE
1978 EMI2787 EMI
TR(bs), Danny Kustow(gtr),
Mark Ambler(kyb),
Dolphin Taylor (drs).
A Up Against the Wall
B I'm All Right Jack
TOM ROBINSON BAND
"Power in the
Darkness" ALBUM
1978 EMC3226 EMI Records
(Also EMS1066681)
Reissued 1994 COOK076
on Cooking Vinyl with
same tracks as below
but with addition
of "2-4-6-8 Motorway".
Produced by Chris
Thomas.
TR(bs), Danny Kustow(gtr),
Mark Ambler(kyb),Dolphin
Taylor (drs).
1. Up Against the
Wall
2. Grey Cortina
3. Too Good to be
True
4. Ain't Gonna Take
It
5. Long Hot Summer
6. The Winter of '79
7. Man You Never Saw
8. Better Decide Which
Side You're On
9. You Gotta Survive
10. Power in the Darkness
Album released in
UK in the wake of
a public outcry against
The Sex Pistols, whose
album had consisted
of four singles, four
'B'sides and two duff
new tracks. Therefore
all ten titles were
tracks previously
unreleased in the
UK and none of the
earlier 7" releases
were included. Ironically
this ended up making
the UK version of
the album far worse
value for money ("2-4-6-8
Motorway" was
included in all other
territories.) Up until
the remastered 2004
reissue, the best
version of "Power
In The Darkness"
by far was the North
American release,
as follows:
TOM ROBINSON BAND
"Power in the
Darkness" ALBUM
1978 4XVV11778
Harvest/Capitol Records
(USA)
(Also CD reissue of
above)
1993 RE2018 Razor
& Tie Music (USA)
TR(bs), Danny Kustow(gtr),
Mark Ambler(kyb),
Dolphin Taylor (drs).
1. Up Against the
Wall
2. Grey Cortina
3. Too Good to be
True
4. Ain't Gonna Take
It
5. Long Hot Summer
6. The Winter of '79
7. Man You Never Saw
8. Better Decide Which
Side You're On
9. You Gotta Survive
10. Power in the Darkness
11. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
12. I Shall be Released
13. Glad to be Gay
14. Don't Take No
For An Answer
15. Martin
16. Right On Sister
17. I'm All Right
Jack.
TOM ROBINSON BAND
"Too Good to
be True" SINGLE
1978 EMI2847 EMI
Records
TR(bs), Danny Kustow(gtr),
Mark Ambler(kyb),
Dolphin Taylor (drs).
A Too Good to
be True
B Power in the Darkness
TOM ROBINSON BAND
"TRB TWO"
ALBUM
1979 EMC3296 EMI
Records Also ST11930
Harvest (Canada)
Reissued 1994 COOK077
Cooking Vinyl with
same tracks as below
but updated sleeve
notes
Produced by Todd Rundgren.
TR(bs), Danny Kustow(gtr),
Ian Parker(kyb), Preston
Heyman(drs).
1. All Right All Night
2. Why Should I Mind
3. Black Angel
4. Let My People Be
5. Blue Murder
6. Bully For You
7. Crossing Over the
Road
8. Sorry Mr. Harris
9. Law and Order
10. Days of Rage
11. Hold Out.
TOM ROBINSON BAND
"Bully For You"
SINGLE
1979 EMI2916 EMI
TR(bs), Danny Kustow(gtr),
Ian Parker(kyb), Preston
Heyman (drs). Contained
the album version
of 'Bully For You'
(co-written by Tom
with Peter Gabriel)
b/w a theme song commissioned
for a TV documentary
on the state of UK
race relations called
"Our People"
and considered the
worst song Tom has
ever written by many,
including TR himself.
A Bully For You
B Our People
TOM ROBINSON featuring
THE VOICE SQUAD "Never
Gonna Fall in Love
Again" SINGLE
1979 EMI2967 EMI
TR(bs), Danny Kustow(gtr),
Ian Parker(kyb), Charlie
Morgan (drs) plus
on 'A' Side only:
Frank Collins, Dyan
Birch, Paddy McHugh(vocs)
The 'A' side "Never
Gonna Fall in Love
(again)" was
co-written by Tom
with Elton John and
the record released
as a promo/benefit
single for Pride 79
in London. Although
TRB were playing on
the record, its hamfisted
disco stylewas so
alien to what the
band was about that
at the other members'
request it was released
as a Tom Robinson
solo single and the
group split shortly
afterwards.
A. Never Gonna Fall
in Love (again)
B. Getting Tighter
TOM ROBINSON BAND
"Tom Robinson
Band" COMPILATION
ALBUM
1981 EMS1005 EMI
Records Reissued on
budget label 1982
FA 3028 Fame Records
Compilation of singles
& EP tracks not
included on first
two albums.
Band lineups &
producers: various.
1. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
2. Bully For You
3. Never Going to
Fall in Love (Again)
4. Getting Tighter
5. Our People
6. I Shall be Released
7. Glad to be Gay
8. Don't Take No For
An Answer
9. The Winter of '79
(live)
10. Martin
11. Right On Sister
12. I'm All Right
Jack.
TOM ROBINSON "The
Collection 1977-87"
COMPILATION ALBUM
1987 EMC3540 EMI
Records
Compilation album
of TRB + TR solo material.
Band lineups &
producers: various.
1. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
2. Grey Cortina
3. Don't Take No For
An Answer
4. Martin
5. Too Good to be
True
6. Up Against the
Wall
7. Bully For You
8. War Baby
9. Atmospherics: Listen
to the Radio (1983)
10. Never Gonna Fall
in Love (again)
11. Back in the Old
Country
12. Glad to be Gay
(1987)
13. Still Loving You.
TOM ROBINSON "Back
in the Old Country"
COMPILATION ALBUM
1989 VSOP138 Connoisseur
Collection (UK Only)
Tom Robinson/TRB Compilation
album. Band lineups
& producers: various.
1. Atmospherics: Listen
to the Radio
2. Too Good to be
True
3. Up Against the
Wall
4. Northern Rain
5. I Shall be Released
6. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
7. Drive All Night
8. Don't Take No For
An Answer
9. Where Can We Go
Tonight
10. Back in the Old
Country
11. All Right All
Night
12. War Baby
13. Power in the Darkness
14. Crossing Over
the Road
15. Rikki Don't Lose
That Number
16. Bitterly Disappointed
17. Bonfire
18. Hard Cases
19. Still Loving You
20. Not Ready
21. Bully For You
22. Long Hot Summer
23. Mary Lynne
24. Bitterly Disappointed
TOM ROBINSON BAND
"The Winter Of
89" LIVE ALBUM
1992 VARIOUS LABELS.
Recorded live in 1990
by a re-formed version
of the band without
either Dolphin Taylor,
who was playing with
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS
at the time or Charlie
Morgan who was playing
with ELTON JOHN. Basic
tracks recorded at
Central TV Studios
for the Bedrock programme,
which has subsequently
been released on DVD.
Studio post production
by Tom.
TR(bs), Danny Kustow
(gtr), Mark Ambler(kyb),
Steve Creese (drs)
EXCEPT tracks 11 and
12 which feature Paul
Harvey (gtr) Winston
Blisset (bs) James
McMillan (tpt) Mark
Ramsden (sax) and
on Track 12 Steve
Laurie (dr)
1. Number One: Protection
2. The Winter Of '89
3. You Gotta Survive
4. Too Good To Be
True
5. Martin
6. We Didn't Know
What Was Going On
7. Up Against The
Wall
8. Glad To Be Gay
9. Power In The Darkness
10. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
11. Atmospherics:
Listen to the Radio
12. War Baby
TOM ROBINSON "Motorway"
PIRATE ALBUM
1992 onwards VARIOUS
LABELS including
K-POINT GOLD 1621.1006-2
and MUSIC DELUXE SPECIAL
MSCD 6
1. Number One: Protection
2. The Winter Of '89
3. You Gotta Survive
4. Too Good To Be
True
5. Martin
6. We Didn't Know
What Was Going On
7. Up Against The
Wall
8. Glad To Be Gay
9. Power In The Darkness
10. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
11. Atmospherics:
Listen to the Radio
12. War Baby
A pirate version of
'The Winter of 89'
above thanks to an
unscrupulous record
company called Merlin
exploiting a loophole
in EU law. Having
licensed the album
for £3000 they
sold it on to other
dodgy record companies
around the world.
The album has now
been pirated variously
under the titles 'Motorway',
'2-4-6-8 Motorway'
and even (incredibly)
'Power In The Darkness'
using different covers,
crap photographs and
duff or nonexistent
liner notes. In some
cases even the song
titles have been altered.
The band receive no
royalties from sales
of these albums. Please
don't buy them, it
only encourages the
bastards.
TOM ROBINSON "Tom
Robinson - the Gold
Collection" COMPILATION
ALBUM
1996 EMI
Compilation released
without consulting
band. Billed as a
Tom Robinson (ie solo)
album but containing
only existing TRB
material.
1. Don't Take No for
an Answer
2. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
3. I Shall Be Released
4. Long Hot Summer
5. Power in the Darkness
6. Bully for You
7. Never Gonna Fall
In Love Again
8. Getting Tighter
9. Our People
10. Martin
11. Right On Sister
12. I'm All Right
Jack
13. All Right All
Night
14. Law and Order
15. Grey Cortina
16. Glad to be Gay
TOM ROBINSON BAND
"Rising Free:
The Very Best Of TRB"
1997 EMI Gold
Compilation of singles
& EP tracks not
included on first
two albums.
1. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
2. I Shall Be Released
3. Don't Take No For
An Answer
4. Glad To Be Gay
5. Martin
6. Right On Sister
7. Alright Jack (live)
8. Up Against The
Wall
9. Grey Cortina
10. Too Good To Be
True
11. Long Hot Summer
12. The Winter Of
'79
13. Power In The Darkness
14. Waiting For My
Man
15. Getting Tighter
16. All Right All
Night
17. Bully For You
18. Never Gonna Fall
In Love (Again)
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