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Captain Sensible

Real Name:
Ray Burns
Profile:
born 24. April 1954 in London;
Former Guitarist with 70's Punk Goth band 'The Damned'. Towards the end of 1981, the good Captain decided to do some solo stuff, which turned out to be more poppy and mainstream than The Damned's records. Also, his solo stuff sold more records, with Happy Talk jumping from No 33 straight to No 1 in the UK top 40 in June 1982.
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Releases:
Jet Boy, Jet Girl / Children Of The Damned (7")   Poker 1978
This Is Your Captain Speaking (7")   Crass Records 1981
Captain Sensible´s Wot! (12")   A&M Records 1982
Croydon (7", Pic)   A&M Records 1982
Happy Talk (2 versions)   A&M Records 1982
Wait For The Blackout / Jet Boy, Jet Girl (7", Pic)   Big Beat Records 1982
Women And Captains First (Album) (3 versions)   A&M Records ... 1982
Wot (Single, Maxi) (6 versions)   A&M Records 1982
Wot / Happy Talk (3 versions)   A&M Records 1982
Stop The World (Maxi) (4 versions)   A&M Records 1983
The Power Of Love (Album) (2 versions)   A&M Records ... 1983
A Day In The Life Of (LP)   A&M Records 1984
Glad It's All Over / Damned On 45 (3 versions)   A&M Records 1984
One Christmas Catalogue (Single) (4 versions)   A&M Records 1984
There Are More Snakes Than Ladders (Single) (3 versions)   A&M Records 1984
Come On Down (12")   A&M Records 1985
Revolution Now (12")   A&M Records 1987
I Get So Excited (2 versions)   Deltic Records 1988
Revolution Now (Album) (2 versions)   Deltic Records ... 1989
Smash It Up (Pt. 4) / Market Day (12")   Deltic Records 1990
Wot 93 (12")   ZYX Music 1993
Wot! (12")   Contraseña Records 1993
Live At The Milky Way (CD)   Humbug (2) 1994
The Hokey Cokey (7", Single)   Have A Nice Day Records 1994
Meathead (Album) (3 versions)   Humbug (2) ... 1995
Mad Cows & Englishmen (CD, Album)   Empty Records 1997
The Universe Of Geoffrey Brown (Album) (2 versions)   Humbug (2) ... 1998
The Collection (CD, Comp)   Spectrum Music (2) 2003
Fliptop World (Remix) / An (Abridged) Taste Of Humbug (7", W/Lbl)   Fear And Loathing  
Production:
Been Teen (7")   Respond Records 1981
Remember This (7", Single)   Dead Good Dolly Platters 1983
The Cricket E.P. (7", EP)   Pavilioned In Splendour 1983
Story Of Love (Maxi) (2 versions) V.O.A. Virgin 1987
Fun Factory (Maxi) (2 versions)   Deltic Records 1990
Dateless Dudes' Club (MiniAlbum, EP) (2 versions)   Waterfront Records ... 1992
She's A Dish (Single) (2 versions)   Waterfront Records ... 1992
Where The Wild Things Are (7", Gre + 7", Blu + , EP, Ltd)   Waterfront Records, Festival Records 1992
The Whip (2xCD) Unbeatabix / Bran Flakes Jungle Records 1993
The Best Of..... / Rarities (2xCD, Album, Ltd) Sorry, Lose It Citadel Records Australia 1999
Ere's Your Xmas (CD, Maxi) There Ain't No Sanity ... Step-Forward Records 2003
Appears On:
Damned Damned Damned (Album) (11 versions)   Stiff Records ... 1977
Hits Greatest Stiffs (LP) Help Stiff Records 1977
Music For Pleasure (Album) (12 versions)   Stiff Records ... 1977
Cycledelic (LP, Album)   Chiswick Records, Ariola Benelux 1978
I Just Can't Be Happy Today (7") I Just Can't Be Happy ... Chiswick Records 1979
Love Song (3 versions)   Chiswick Records ... 1979
Machine Gun Etiquette (Album) (6 versions)   Chiswick Records ... 1979
Smash It Up (Single) (3 versions)   Chiswick Records ... 1979
Party In Paris (7", Single, Ora) Party In Paris GEM (2) 1980
The Black Album (Album) (6 versions)   Chiswick Records ... 1980
The History Of The World - Part I (Single) (2 versions)   Chiswick Records 1980
The Moonlight Tapes - Moonlight Club Bands Live (LP, Comp) Lookin' For Another Danceville Records, Danceville Records 1980
White Rabbit (12") Curtain Call Big Beat Records 1980
Diminished Responsibility (Album) (2 versions)   RCA ... 1981
Friday 13th EP (7", EP)   NEMS 1981
I.R.S. Greatest Hits Vols. 2 & 3 (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Wait For The Blackout I.R.S. Records 1981
Tanz Dich Fit Mit Aerobic (LP, Comp) Wot Europa 1981
Chart Attack (LP, Comp, Album) Wot Telstar 1982
Everything And More (7")   Respond Records 1982
Aerobic - Dancing (LP) Wot Electrola 1983
Smash Hits (LP) Wot CBS Schallplatten GmbH 1983
Sol De Verão - Internacional (LP) Wot Som Livre, Sigla 1983
The Cricket E.P. (7", EP)   Pavilioned In Splendour 1983
The Whip (LP) Weetabix And Bran Flakes Kamera Records 1983
Wat ? (7", Single) Wat ? CBS 1983
Thanks For The Night (7", Single) Thanks For The Night Damned Records 1984
Damned But Not Forgotten (Comp) (2 versions)   Dojo 1985
Is It A Dream (3 versions) Is It A Dream (Wild We... MCA Records Ltd. ... 1985
Phantasmagoria (Album) (3 versions)   MCA Records ... 1985
Not The Captain's Birthday Party? (CD)   Demon Records 1986
Strawberries (Album) (2 versions) Dozen Girls, Life Goes... Cleopatra ... 1986
The Peel Sessions (Album, EP) (5 versions)   Strange Fruit ... 1986
Going To England (2 versions) Illy Kuryakin Looked A... RCA ... 1987
Mindless, Directionless Energy - Live At The Lyceum 1981 - (CD, Album)   ID 1987
The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (2xLP, Comp) Lovely Money, Thanks F... MCA Records 1987
Live Shepperton 1980 (CD, Album) Love Song, Second Time... Big Beat Records, Big Beat Records 1988
Final Damnation (Album) (6 versions)   Essential ... 1989
Another Great CD From The Damned: The Best Of The Damned (CD, Comp) Love Song, Jet Boy, Je... Emergo 1990
Chiswick Singles (CD, Comp)   Teichiku Records 1990
Let Them Eat Bingo (4 versions)   Polydor K.K. ... 1990
The Worst Of The Damned (CD, Album, Comp)   Teichiku Records 1990
Wot!!! (12")   Quantized Records 1990
Learning English, Lesson One (Album) (6 versions) Born To Lose, Smash It Up Virgin Schallplatten GmbH ... 1991
Wot (12")   Out 1991
A Sides (Part One. 1979 / 1982) (CD, Comp) (What D'Ya Give) The M... Crass Records 1992
Golden Cleaners (CD, Album) Illya Kuryakin Looked ... Tangerine Records (2) 1993
Punk - Past, Present And Future ....... The Released Emotions Compilation (1988-1993) (CD, Comp) Plan 9 Channel 7, Melo... Released Emotions Records 1993
Pyjamas Party Vol. 2 (LP, P/Mixed) Whot Why Records 1993
Reich & Sexy (Comp) (2 versions) Born To Lose Totenkopf ... 1993
Sessions Of The Damned (Comp) (2 versions) Melody Lee, I'm A Burg... Strange Fruit 1993
The Great British Punk Rock Explosion Volume 2 (CD) Ignite, I Think I'm Wo... Dojo 1993
The Greatest Living Englishman (Album) (5 versions) The Green-Gold Girl Of... Humbug (2) ... 1993
Here Come The Good Times (Single) (3 versions) Love Song Setanta Records ... 1994
Kamikaze (CD, Comp) Smash It Up Receiver Records Limited 1994
Punk Vol. 3: Raw And Live (CD, Comp) Love Song (Live) Music Collection International (MCI) 1994
Back From The Cleaners (CD, Album, Comp)   Tangerine Records (2) 1995
Batman Forever (Music From The Motion Picture) (Comp) (2 versions) Smash It Up Atlantic 1995
The Hunting Of The Snark (Album) (2 versions) The Snooker Song Epic ... 1995
All I Want (Maxi) (3 versions) Smash It Up Columbia ... 1996
Flesh, Fangs & Filigree (3xCD, Comp) Torture Me Dressed To Kill 1996
Flesheaters - The Return Of The Undead (3xCD, Comp + Box) Fun Factory, Some Girl... Dressed To Kill 1996
La Légende Des Tubes Volume 2 (CD) Wot ! PolyGram - Kiosks 1996
Please Don't Step On My Rainbow (5x7", EP + Cass, C46 + , Comp + Box, Ltd) Invitement (Live In Fr... Jarmusic 1996
Undead - 50 Gothic Masterpieces (3xCD, Comp + Box) Torture Me, I Just Can... Dressed To Kill 1996
Without The Beatles (CD, Comp + 7", EP) Day Tripper (Live) Jarmusic, Jarmusic 1996
Fiendish Shadows (CD, Album) Curtain Call (Part 1),... Cleopatra 1997
Ultime New Wave (2xCD, Comp) Wot Virgin France S.A. 1997
Disco Man (7") Disco Man Sudden Death Records 1998
The 80s (3xCD, Comp + Box) Wot Brunswick News, Brunswick News, Brunswick News, Brunswick News 1998
Was Het Nu 70 Of 80? Vol 6 (2xCD, Comp) Glad It's All Over EVA Belgium 1998
Short Music For Short People (Comp) (2 versions) It's A Real Time Thing Fat Wreck Chords 1999
Undead A Gothic Masterpiece (3xCD, Comp + Box) Torture Me, I Just Can... Dressed To Kill 1999
Formel Eins - Die Kulthits (2xCD, Comp) Wot Brunswick News 2001
Grave Disorder (CD, Album, Dig)   Nitro Records 2001
Don't Worry About Me (Album) (4 versions) Mr. Punchy Sanctuary Records ... 2002
One Shot - Die Eintagsfliegen Der 80er Und 90er (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Wot Polystar Records, Universal Strategic Marketing (Germany) 2002
Give Me The Money!! (7") Love Song Bad Attitude Records 2003
My Life Is Music (CD, Album) Wot! BMG Belgium NV/SA 2003
Punk And Disorderly (2xCD, Comp) Love Song (Demo) Cleopatra 2003
Tiki Nightmare (Live In London 2002) (DVD-V, PAL)   Union Square Music 2003
Living With Victoria Grey : The Very Best Of (CD)   Cherry Red 2004
Damned, Damned, Damned (3xCD, Album, RM, 30t)   Castle Music 2007
In Concert (Machine Gun Etiquette 25 Tour) (DVD-V, PAL, Multichannel, RE)   ILC Entertainment 2007
Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 1976 (CD, Comp, Album) New Rose V2 Records, Inc. 2007
Punt (Made in Ethiopia) (CD, Album)   Harper Diabate Records 2009
Final Damnation (CD, Promo) Smash It Up Not On Label  
Happy Christmas From The Stars (Flexi, 7", S/Sided)   Smash Hits, Lyntone, Levi's  
Let The Children Play (2xLP, Comp) Seal Reqiuem Panic Records (3)  
Tracks Appear On:
Wait For The Blackout (7", Single) Jet Boy, Jet Girl Ace Records (UK) 1980
Another Great Record From The Damned: The Best Of The Damned (Comp) (2 versions) Jet Boy, Jet Girl Big Beat Records 1981
Chart Attack (LP, Comp, Album) Wot Telstar 1982
Charthits 82 Vol. 1 (LP, Comp) Happy Talk K-Tel 1982
Dance 2 It Vol. 1 (LP, Promo, Comp) Wet A&M Records, A&M Records 1982
Wargasm (LP) Hey Jo Pax Records 1982
Disco Action - Move On... The Original Disco Action Celebration Period '77-'82 (2xLP) Wot K-Tel (Holland) B.V. 1983
Funk 'N' Rap Attack (LP, Comp) Wot CBS Schallplatten GmbH 1983
Funky Super Hits (LP) Wot K-Tel International GmbH 1983
Made To Dance (LP, Comp, Mixed) Stop The World DDD 1983
Smash Hits (LP) Wot CBS Schallplatten GmbH 1983
Sol De Verão - Internacional (LP) Wot Som Livre, Sigla 1983
High Energy - Various Artists (LP) Relax CBS 1985
You've Got To Laugh (LP, Comp) Happy Talk Towerbell Records 1986
Animal Liberation (Comp) (3 versions) Wot? No Meat! Wax Trax! Records ... 1987
Savage Amusement E.P. (12", EP) Ride A White Swan Barracuda Blue 1987
Dance Classics Volume 4 (12") Wot GiG Records 1989
The Greatest Hits Of The Eighties (Comp) (2 versions) Happy Talk Telstar 1989
A Kick Up The Eighties Vol. 6 (2 versions) Glad It's All Over Old Gold (2) 1991
Pop Classics - The Long Versions 2 (2xCD) Wot Arcade 1991
The Liberator - Artists For Animals (CD, Album, Comp) A Sporting Life Jimco Records 1991
1 And Only (2xCD, Comp) Happy Talk Band Of Joy 1992
A Sides (Part One. 1979 / 1982) (CD, Comp) (What D'Ya Give) The M... Crass Records 1992
Pop & Wave Vol. 3 - Lots More Hits Of The 80's (2xCD) Wot (Maxi Version) Columbia 1993
Pyjamas Party Vol. 2 (LP, P/Mixed) Whot Why Records 1993
The Best Of 1980-1990 Vol. 7 (2xCD) Wot EMI Electrola, EMI Electrola 1993
Young At Heart (4xCD, Comp) Happy Talk Sounds Direct 1993
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 6 (CD) Wot Rhino Entertainment Company 1994
The Mixes 144 (2x12") Hokey Cokey DMC 1994
CD Collection 144 (CD, Comp) Hokey Cokey DMC 1995
Cantona - The Album (CD, Comp) Have You Heard About E... Exotica Records 1995
Humbuggery (CD, Album, Comp) The Love Policeman Humbug (2) 1995
Made In England 2 (CD, Comp) Wot MCA Music Entertainment S.A. 1995
Early Club Hits (2xCD, Comp) Wot PolyGram 1996
La Légende Des Tubes Volume 2 (CD) Wot ! PolyGram - Kiosks 1996
Pop'n'Rock 80 Volume 4 (CD, Comp) Wot! PolyGram Projets Spéciaux 1996
Succour (The Terrascope Benefit Album) (2 versions) So Far Out Ptolemaic Terrascope ... 1996
Mega Soleil (4xCD, Comp) Wot Arcade 1997
Ultime New Wave (2xCD, Comp) Wot Virgin France S.A. 1997
100 Superhits From The 80's (5xCD) Wot ABCD 1998
I Love Tecno Pop (3xCD, Comp) Wot Blanco Y Negro (2) 1998
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Xmas (CD) One Christmas Catalogue Rhino Entertainment Company 1998
Mais Où Etiez-Vous Dans Les Années 80 ? (CD) Wot ! PolyGram 1998
Mega 80 (4xCD, Comp) Wot Wagram 1998
The 80s (Comp) (2 versions) Wot Brunswick News 1998
The 80s Volume 1 (CD) Wot Brunswick News 1998
Was Het Nu 70 Of 80? Vol 6 (2xCD, Comp) Glad It's All Over EVA Belgium 1998
Halloween Party (CD) Wot? ('97) Blue Martin Records 1999
I Spit On Your Gravy (3xCD + Box) Smash It Up Dressed To Kill 1999
I ♥ Tecno Pop (3xCass) Wot Blanco Y Negro (2) 1999
Las Mejores Canciones Dance Del Siglo (12xCD, Mixed, Comp) Wot Blanco Y Negro (2) 1999
Modern 80's - The Best Of Discopop Vol. 3 (2xCD) Wot Polystar Records 1999
No.1's Of The Eighties (CD, Comp) Happy Talk Spectrum Music (2) 1999
One Shot '80 Volume 4 (CD) Wot Universal Music (Italy) 1999
Back To The 80's - Pop & Wave (3xCD, Comp) Wot Sony Music Media 2000
The Mix Of The Century Vol. II (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Wot ABCD 2000
Formel Eins - Die Kulthits (2xCD, Comp) Wot Brunswick News 2001
Lammbock - Original Soundtrack (CD) Wot ZYX Music 2001
Mes Soirées New Wave N°3 (CD) Wot Universal Collections 2001
Music Of The Year: 1982 (CD, Comp) Happy Talk Spectrum Music (2) 2001
Trigger Happy TV - Soundtrack To Series 2 (CD) Glad It's All Over Channel Four Music 2001
Dance Collection - Pop Muzik '80 (CD, Comp) Wot DeAgostini 2002
Magic 80's (4xCD, Comp) Wot Disques Vogue 2002
One Shot '80 Volume 13 (CD) Brenda Universal Music (Italy) 2002
One Shot - Die Eintagsfliegen Der 80er Und 90er (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Wot Polystar Records, Universal Strategic Marketing (Germany) 2002
Pop & Wave Vol. 2 - More Hits Of The 80's (2xCD) Wot Sony Music Special Products 2002
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (DVD) Glad It's All Over Uncut DVD 2002
Back To The 80's - The Long Versions 2 (4xCD, Comp) Wot Sony Music Media 2003
Discoradio - Collection Vol 1 (3xLP, Gat) Wot! Do It Yourself Entertainment 2003
Ere's Your Xmas (CD, Maxi) Ere's Your Xmas, There... Step-Forward Records 2003
Ultimate New Wave (4xCD, Comp) Wot EMI Records 2003
Mega Dance Hits (DVD, PAL, Comp) Glad It's All Over Uncut DVD 2004
N°1 New Wave - 4 Fois + De Tubes (4xCD, Comp) Wot Universal 2004
Mega 80 (4xCD, Comp) Wot Wagram 2005
One Shot 1982 (2xCD, Comp) Wot! Universal Music (Italy) 2005
DJ Selection 109: Absolutely 80's Vol. 5 (CD, Comp) Wot! Do It Yourself Entertainment Strategic Marketing 2006
Années 80 Hits-Box (10xCD, Comp + Box) Wot Wagram 2007
Disco Funk (6xCD, Comp) Wot! Wagram 2008
Luvafair (31xFile, MP3, Comp, VBR) Wot (12" Mix) Not On Label (Steven R. Gilmore Self-released) 2009
Let The Children Play (2xLP, Comp) Seal Reqiuem Panic Records (3)  
The Very Best Of The 80's Volume I (3xCD, Comp) Happy Talk Lombardini Music  
The Years Of The Punks (2xCD, Comp) Mr. Brown's Exploding ... Eurotrend, Eurotrend, Eurotrend  
Unofficial Releases:
Master Voice (12", Ltd, Mixed) Wot Not On Label 1982
Classic Disco Dance (12") Wot Not On Label (Classic Disco Dance) 1988
So Messed Up In 77 (LP, Unofficial)   Not On Label (The Damned) 2005
The Dark Side Of Disco Vol. 3 (2xLP, Comp) Wot (12" Version) The Dark Side Of Disco (White) 2006
80's New Wave Hits Vol. 22 (12") Wot New Wave Hits  
Never Mind The Bootlegs (CD) Wot? Woo-ha!! Not On Label (Nid & Sancy)  
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