The Very Best of David Essex

~ Release by David Essex (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1Rock On
recording engineer:
Gary Martin (sound engineer)
producer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
vocals:
David Essex
conductor:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
arranger:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) (in 1973)
recording of:
Rock On
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, Fujipacific Music, Inc., Jeff Wayne Music Ltd., Joseph Webster Ltd, Mushroom Music (Mushroom label’s publishing company), Rock On Music, Stage Three Music (Catalogues) Ltd., Stage Three Music Ltd. and Stage Three Songs
4.353:24
2Lamplight
recording engineer:
Gary Martin (sound engineer)
producer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
vocals:
David Essex
conductor:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
arranger:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
recording of:
Lamplight
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
Jeff Wayne Music Ltd.
52:55
3America
producer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1974)
recording of:
America
lyricist and composer:
David Albert Cook
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), Joseph Webster Ltd and Music of Stage Three
43:21
4Gonna Make You a Star
producer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
recording of:
Gonna Make You a Star
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
April (publisher) and Rock On Music
43:36
5Stardust
recording of:
Stardust
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
Stage Three Music Publishing Limited
2:47
6Rolling Stone
recording of:
Rolling Stone
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
5:28
7Hold Me Close
recording of:
Hold Me Close
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
53:51
8If I Could
recording of:
If I Could
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
3:57
9Oh What a Circus
recording of:
Oh, What a Circus (Evita)
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Evita Music and Evita Music Ltd.
part of:
Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
4:18
10Silver Dream Machine
recording of:
Silver Dream Machine
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
4:08
11Me and My Girl (Night Clubbing)
recording of:
Me and My Girl (Night‐Clubbing)
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
Joseph Webster Ltd
53:00
12A Winter’s Tale
producer:
Mike Batt and David Essex
lead vocals:
David Essex
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1982)
recording of:
A Winter’s Tale
lyricist:
Mike Batt and Tim Rice
composer:
Mike Batt
publisher:
Phonogram, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
1.54:12
13Tahiti
engineer:
John Richards (engineer)
producer:
Mike Batt
vocals:
David Essex
arranger:
John Cameron (British composer, arranger and conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1983)
recording of:
Tahiti
writer:
Richard Crane and David Essex
publisher:
Mutiny Music
part of:
Mutiny! (Mutiny on the Bounty)
4:55
14True Love Ways
cover recording of:
True Love Ways
writer:
Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter) and Norman Petty
publisher:
McCartney Music, Melody Lane Publications Inc., Peermusic (UK) Ltd. and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
3:10
15Missing You Magic
cover recording of:
Missing You Magic
lyricist and composer:
Carlotta Christy
recording of:
Missing You Magic
lyricist and composer:
Carlotta Christy
3:53
16Myfanwy
producer:
Rod Edwards
arranger:
Rod Edwards
recording of:
Myfanwy
lyricist:
Sir John Betjeman
composer:
Mike Read (ex Radio One DJ)
publisher:
GLS 49 Ltd.
is based on:
Myfanwy
4:13
17Forever and a Day
recording of:
Forever and a Day
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
3:39
18The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
cover recording of:
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)
writer:
Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Seasons Four Music and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
3:36
19Coming Home
recording of:
Coming Home
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
April Music Ltd. and Jeff Wayne Music Ltd.
3:59
20Cool Out Tonight
recording of:
Cool Out Tonight
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
53:08
21The River
recording of:
The River
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
4:14
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