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Chris Spedding

Real Name:
Christopher John Spedding
Profile:
Born: June 17, 1944 in Staveley, a small town in Derbyshire, England. Named Peter Robinson but later adopted by Muriel and Jack Spedding, and renamed Christopher John Spedding.
Prolific session guitarist. Has worked with Roxy Music, Elton John, John Cale as well as releasing his own solo material. Particularly notable for his hit single "Motorbiking" on 1975.
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Discography

Releases:
Motorbikin' (7", Single)   Rak 1975
Chris Spedding (Album) (3 versions)   RAK ... 1976
Guitar Jamboree (7", Single)   Pathé Marconi EMI, RAK 1976
Jump In My Car (7")   Emi, RAK 1976
New Girl In The Neighbourhood (7")   RAK 1976
Get Outa My Pagoda (Single) (2 versions)   RAK 1977
Hurt (Album) (2 versions)   RAK ... 1977
Pogo Dancing (7")   RAK 1977
Silver Bullet (7")   Emi Electrola, RAK 1978
Guitar Graffiti (Cass, Album)   RAK 1979
Guitar Graffiti (LP)   EMI Music (Sweden) 1979
Video Life (7")   RAK 1979
Enemy Within (LP, Album)   New Rose Records 1986
Motor Bikin' (CD, Album, Liv)   Prism Leisure 2001
Production:
'Untitled' (CD, Album)   Profile Records 1987
Bouche-Baiser (Album) (2 versions)   Vielklang ... 1990
Fragments D'Hébétude (CD, Album)   Fnac Music 1993
Problems (7")   Man's Ruin Records 1998
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols / Spunk (2xCD)   Virgin, Virgin 1999
Appears On:
A Meal You Can Shake Hands With In The Dark (LP, Album) Station Song, Morning ... Harvest 1969
Mantle-piece (LP) Sunshades, Late Into T... Harvest 1969
Songs For A Tailor (3 versions)   Atco Records ... 1969
Blue Memphis (LP, Mono)   Barcley 1970
Deep Down Heavy (LP)   Music For Pleasure 1970
Elastic Rock (Album) (2 versions)   Vertigo ... 1970
Electric City (LP)   Vertigo 1970
Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises (Album) (2 versions)   EMI Columbia ... 1970
Jesus Christ Superstar (Album) (6 versions)   MCA Records Ltd. ... 1970
Michael Gibbs (LP, Album)   Deram 1970
Open Music (LP)   Philips 1970
Picnic - A Breath Of Fresh Air (2xLP, Smplr) Twisted Track Harvest, Harvest 1970
Things May Come And Things May Go, But The Art School Dance Goes On Forever (LP, Album) Then I Must Go And Can... Harvest 1970
Another Day Passes By (LP, Album)   Evolution (3) 1971
Madman Across The Water (LP, Album, Gat)   DJM Records (2) 1971
Nilsson Schmilsson (Album) (6 versions) Jump Into The Fire RCA Victor ... 1971
Sing Children Sing (LP, Album)   CBS 1971
Solar Plexus (Album) (2 versions)   Vertigo 1971
We'll Talk About It Later (2 versions)   Vertigo 1971
At His Best (2xLP, Top) Theme For An Imaginary... Polydor 1972
Earth Mother (LP)   CBS 1972
Green, Green Grass Of Home (6xLP) Didn't We Reader's Digest 1972
Love Vibrations (LP)   Polydor 1972
Queues (LP, Album, Gat)   Uni Records 1972
Son Of Schmilsson (3 versions) Remember Christmas RCA Victor ... 1972
Here Come The Warm Jets (Album) (22 versions) Needles In The Camel's... Island Records ... 1973
David Essex (LP, Album, Gat)   CBS 1974
Son Of Dracula (Album) (2 versions) Jump Into The Fire Rapple Records 1974
All The Fun Of The Fair (Album) (2 versions)   CBS 1975
Disco-Hits (LP, Comp) Motor Bikin' K-Tel International GmbH 1975
HQ (Album) (3 versions)   Harvest ... 1975
Helen Of Troy (Album) (3 versions)   Island Records ... 1975
Hit Machine (LP, Comp) Motor Bikin' Arcade Deutschland GmbH 1975
No More Rock 'N' Roll (LP, Album)   Philips 1975
Slow Dazzle (Album) (2 versions)   Island Records ... 1975
Extended Play (EP) (2 versions)   Island Records 1976
Let's Stick Together (Album) (12 versions)   E'G Records ... 1976
Natural Avenue (LP, Album) Who Could Change, Piec... Decca 1976
Die Giftgrüne Superplatte (LP, Comp) Get Outta My Pagoda EMI Electrola, EMI Electrola 1977
Eleven Sides Of Baker (LP)   Vertigo 1977
Guts (Album) (3 versions)   Antilles ... 1977
Hit Rocket (LP, Comp) Get Outa My Pagoda Arcade Deutschland GmbH 1977
Schizophonia (Album) (2 versions) The Ride To Agadir, Th... Epic 1977
In The Dark (LP, Album) Nervous MCA Records 1978
X-Dreams (Album) (6 versions)   Aura Records (2) ... 1978
Rock Billy Boogie (Album) (2 versions)   RCA 1979
Tarot Suite (Album) (3 versions) Tarota Epic 1979
Bad Boy (LP, Album)   RCA 1980
Me Myself I (Album) (2 versions)   A&M Records 1980
Trance And Dance (LP) Motorbikin' Dindisc 1980
Fictitious Sports (Album) (6 versions)   Harvest ... 1981
Nunsexmonkrock (Album) (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1982
Been In The Streets Too Long (LP) So Hard, It Hurts! Ironic Records 1983
The Whisper (LP)   Mercury 1983
Give My Regards To Broad Street (LP, Album)   Parlophone, Parlophone, Parlophone 1984
That's The Way I Feel Now (2xLP, Comp) Work A&M Records 1984
Lost In The Stars - The Music Of Kurt Weill (Comp) (5 versions) Ballad Of The Soldier'... A&M Records ... 1985
Rain Dogs (Album) (8 versions)   Island Records ... 1985
The War Of The Worlds (Album) (8 versions)   Columbia ... 1985
Water Into Wine (12") Silver Bullet 235 1985
Double Face (Album) (2 versions) Get Out My Pagoda New Rose Records 1986
If (LP, Album)   WEA, WEA, WEA 1987
Strange Angels (LP) The Day The Devil Warner Bros. Records 1987
Casual Gods (12") Man With A Gun (The En... Phonogram, Phonogram 1988
Casual Gods (LP, Album) Rev It Up, Cherokee Chief Sire Records Company 1988
Casual Gods (Album) (4 versions)   Fontana ... 1988
Man With A Gun (Maxi) (2 versions) Man With A Gun (The En... Fontana ... 1988
Dark Side Of The Man (CD, Album)   WEA Records 1989
Bouche-Baiser (Album) (3 versions)   Vielklang ... 1990
To Be Continued... (4xCass, Comp, Box) Madman Across The Water MCA Records 1990
Walk On Water (LP, Album) Kick Start, I Don't Mi... Fontana 1990
Live At La Dolce Vita (LP) Motorbiking Houlala 1991
Nunsexmonkrock / Nina Hagen Band (2 versions)   Columbia 1991
New York / Paris (2xCD, Comp) Rock Ballad, Diamonds ... Fan Club, Fan Club 1992
Acid Is Groovy Kill The Pigs: Songs From The Movie (7", EP) Your Daughter Died A V... Reliable Records 1993
Fragments D'Hébétude (CD, Album)   Fnac Music 1993
Music For A New Society (2 versions)   Fnac Music ... 1993
Brace Yourself! A Tribute To Otis Blackwell (CD, Comp, Album) Hey Little Boy (Little... Shanachie 1994
Cosmic Wheels (CD, Album)   Epic, Rewind (3) 1994
Elastic Rock / We'll Talk About It Later (2xCD, Album, RE) Striation, Twisted Tra... BGO Records 1994
Electric City (CD, RE)   Repertoire Records 1994
Antartida (CD, Album) Antartida, People Who ... Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1995
Fantastic Star (CD, Album) We Need Jealousy, Baby... Some Bizzare, Mercury 1996
The Island Years (Comp, Album) (2 versions)   Island Records 1996
Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger / Driving Through Mythical America (CD, Album, Comp)   See For Miles Records Ltd. 1997
Vol. One: File Under Subconscious (CD, Album) Done Gone Left Me, Bli... Bubblehead Records 1997
A Perfect Stranger - The Island Anthology (Comp) (2 versions) Ballad Of The Soldier'... Island Records 1998
Beautiful Maladies - The Island Years (Comp) (2 versions) Singapore Island Records 1998
Philharmania - Vol. 1 (CD, Album)   Stella Music GmbH 1998
In Your Mind (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin 1999
Michael Gibbs (CD, Album, RE)   Deram 1999
Rebel Yell (CD, Album) Motorbikin' (Session T... Chrysalis 1999
Greatest & Latest (CD, Album) Motorbikin' Eagle Records, Eagle Records, Eagle Records 2000
Music From The Motion Picture : The Million Dollar Hotel (CD, Album)   Interscope Records 2000
No Answer / Silence (2xCD, Album)   WATT Works 2000
Talk Normal : The Laurie Anderson Anthology (2xCD) The Day The Devil Rhino Entertainment Company 2000
Wayne Kramer Presents Beyond Cyberpunk (CD, Comp) Love On Death Row Valley Entertainment 2001
Frantic (Album) (3 versions) Cruel, Goddess Of Love... Virgin Schallplatten GmbH ... 2002
Impressed With Gilles Peterson (2xLP, Comp) Original Peter Universal Jazz (UK) 2002
Movements (Comp, Album) (2 versions)   Warner Music UK Ltd. 2002
Solar Plexus / Belladonna (2xCD, Album, RE)   BGO Records 2002
Live (2xCD, Comp, Enh, Dig)   Eagle Records 2003
A's, B's & Rarities (CD, Comp)   EMI Gold 2004
Call Off The Search (Album) (4 versions)   Dramatico 2004
My Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook... (The Aura Years 1978 -1982) (CD, Comp)   Sanctuary Records 2004
Piece By Piece (Album) (3 versions)   Dramatico 2005
1969 (Album) (2 versions) A New Awakening, Leavi... Polydor ... 2006
A Story Ended (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Air Mail Archive 2006
Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album) (2 versions) If It Be Your Will, I ... Verve Forecast 2006
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - The Finest Blend Of Rock Classics! (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Motor Bikin' EMI Catalogue Marketing 2006
Anthology (6xCD, Comp + DVD-V + Box) Lone Rider, Lone Rider Universal Music (Belgium), Universal Music (Belgium) 2007
Dylanesque (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin ... 2007
Happening, Alive And Nasty - The EMI Punk Singles Collection (CD, Comp, RM, Jew) The Pose Zonophone 2007
Pictures (CD, Album)   Dramatico 2007
Cuntro Classics Volume 1 (DVD, PAL + CD, Album) Sin City, Apache Girl,... Agent Provocateur Entertainment 2008
This Is... 1975 (CD, Comp) Motor Bikin' EMI 2008
Altes Arschloch Liebe (7") Satan, Gott und das Gl... BPX1992 2009
Code B (CD, Album) In Diesem Leben, Ninja... BPX1992 2009
Peter Und Der Wolf (CD, Album) Wolf And Duck Seagull  
Super Hit Power '76 (LP, Comp) Motor Bikin' EMI Electrola  
The Thin Man Was A Dreamer (CD, Album, RE) Pig's Boogie Columbia  
Tracks Appear On:
Green, Green Grass Of Home (6xLP) Didn't We Reader's Digest 1972
Disco-Hits (LP, Comp) Motor Bikin' K-Tel International GmbH 1975
Hit Machine (LP, Comp) Motor Bikin' Arcade Deutschland GmbH 1975
Gold Hits (2 versions) Jump In My Car EMI Electrola 1976
Pop Express (LP, Comp) Jump In My Car K-Tel International GmbH 1976
Die Giftgrüne Superplatte (LP, Comp) Get Outta My Pagoda EMI Electrola, EMI Electrola 1977
Hit Rocket (LP, Comp) Get Outa My Pagoda Arcade Deutschland GmbH 1977
Hit Fever (LP) Pogo Dancing Arcade Deutschland GmbH 1978
Lost In The Stars - The Music Of Kurt Weill (Comp) (2 versions) Ballad Of The Soldier'... A&M Records ... 1985
59 To 1 Cassette Nr. 14 (Cass, Comp, C60) Girl 59 To 1 1987
Everyday Is A Holly Day (CD, Smplr, Album) It's So Easy, Love's M... New Rose Records 1989
Rock'n'Rose (3xCD, Ltd) Counterfeit New Rose Records 1990
The Rock Collection: Rock Resurrection (2xCD, Comp) Motor Biking Time Life Music 1993
Brace Yourself! A Tribute To Otis Blackwell (CD, Comp, Album) Hey Little Boy (Little... Shanachie 1994
On Sunny Sunday (CD, Album) Counterfeit Century Records (Japan) 1994
Was Het Nu 70 Of 80? Vol. 2 (2xCD) I'm Not Like Everybody... EVA Belgium 1995
Dynamite - The Best Of Glam Rock (2xCD) Motorbikin' Repertoire Records 1998
Greatest Hits Of The 70's (8xCD, Comp + Box) Motor Bikin' Disky 2000
Greatest Hits Of The 70's 2 (2xCD) Motor Bikin' Disky 2000
New Rose Stories 1980 - 2000 (CD, Comp) Cafe Days Last Call Records 2000
The Best Glam Rock Album In The World - Ever! (2xCD) Motor Bikin' EMI Music (New Zealand) 2000
Wayne Kramer Presents Beyond Cyberpunk (Comp) (2 versions) Love On Death Row Valley Entertainment ... 2001
Greatest Hits Of The 70's CD 3 (CD, Comp) Motor Bikin' Disky 2003
Repertoire - 15th Anniversary Sampler 1988 - 2003 (2xCD, Comp, RM) Streetwalkin' Repertoire Records 2003
Full Speed 2 - 54 Drive Time Classics (3xCD + Box, Car) Motor Bikin' Disky, Disky, Disky, Disky 2005
I Love Music 1975-1979 (3xCD, Comp) Motor Bikin' Disky 2005
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - The Finest Blend Of Rock Classics! (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Motor Bikin' EMI Catalogue Marketing 2006
Happening, Alive And Nasty - The EMI Punk Singles Collection (CD, Comp, RM, Jew) The Pose Zonophone 2007
Punk - The Platinum Collection (3xCD, Comp + Box) Pogo Dancing EMI Music (Belgium) 2008
This Is... 1975 (CD, Comp) Motor Bikin' EMI 2008
Code B (CD, Album) In Diesem Leben, Ninja... BPX1992 2009
Hit Explosion - 20 Original Hits, 20 Original Artists (LP, Comp) Jump In My Car Arcade, Arcade Deutschland GmbH  
Punk Generation (DVD, PAL, 4:3) Motor Bikin' Disky  
Super Hit Power '76 (LP, Comp) Motor Bikin' EMI Electrola  
The Great Glam Rock Explosion (LP) Motor Bikin' Biff! Records  
Unofficial Releases:
Searching For Ray: Featuring Chris Spedding (CD, Album)   Lust For Live 1991
We'll Talk About It Later (CD, Album, RE)   Not On Label 2000
Punk Collection (CD) Motor Biking TEIC  
Songs From The Soul Of My Suit (LP)   Musica Vega  
Tales From The Cramps Vol. 1 (LP)   Cave Records  
The Last Record (Tränsylvåñan Täpes MCMLXXVIII) (2 versions)   Not On Label  
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Chris Spedding - Guitar Jamboree