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Ken Thomas

Real Name:
Kenneth Vaughan Thomas
Profile:
Legendary record producer, recording engineer and musician whose career started at the renowned Trident Studios. He has worked with Queen, David Bowie, Public Image, Modern English, Clock DVA, Test Department, 999, Boyd Rice, The Cocteau Twins, Psychic TV, Minus, Hope of The States, and Sigur Ros, just to name a few.
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Releases:
Beat The Light (LP)   Fragment Records 1980
Remixes:
Gigolo (2 versions) Gigolo MCA Records Ltd. 1986
The Myths Collection Part One (CD) Supermale Sub Rosa 1987
Cosmogonia (Album) (2 versions) El Anciano Hypnobeat ... 1995
Take Care And Control (LP, Ltd + CD, Maxi, Ltd) Satan's Feast, To Drow... New European Recordings 1998
River Of Life (12") River Of Life (Remix) Danceteria  
Production:
4 Hours (2 versions)   Fetish Records ... 1981
Bulrushes (7")   Fetish Records 1981
Headache (For Michelle) (7", Single)   Roadrunner Records 1981
Playing With A Different Sex (Album) (2 versions)   Human Records (2) ... 1981
Things That Go Boom In The Night (7")   Fetish Records 1981
Thirst (Album) (7 versions)   Fetish Records ... 1981
Drums Along The Hudson (Album) (3 versions)   PVC Records ... 1982
First Transmission (Box, Ltd + 2xVHS)   Not On Label 1982
Force The Hand Of Chance (4 versions)   WEA International Inc. ... 1982
Just Drifting (Single) (2 versions)   WEA International Inc. 1982
The Big Dentist (2 versions)   Illuminated Records ... 1982
Zebra Club (7", Single)   Fetish Records 1982
Dreams Less Sweet (Album) (3 versions)   Some Bizzare ... 1983
Old Style Drop Down (2 versions)   Go! Discs 1983
Racket Packet (Cass, Album, Comp) Out New Musical Express 1983
Secrets Out (Album) (2 versions)   Go! Discs ... 1983
The Culling Is Coming (Album) (4 versions)   Operation Twilight ... 1983
The Last Testament (LP, Comp) Nuts And Bolts, The Op... Fetish Records 1983
Beating The Retreat (Album) (3 versions) The Fall From Light, K... Some Bizzare ... 1984
Dead And Buried (3 versions) Dead And Buried, Attac... Anagram Records 1984
Godstar (Single) (4 versions)   Temple Records 1985
If You Can't Please Yourself You Can't, Please Your Soul (Comp) (5 versions) Total Nervous Phenomon... EMI Records ... 1985
Magick Defends Itself (12")   Temple Records 1986
Nova Akropola (Album) (4 versions)   Cherry Red ... 1986
The First Compact Disc (2 versions) Attack!!! Anagram Records ... 1986
The Magickal Mystery D Tour EP (3 versions)   Temple Records ... 1986
The Unacceptable Face Of Freedom (Album) (8 versions)   Ministry Of Power ... 1986
Lindy's Party (CD) Please RCA 1987
Nomzamo (Album) (2 versions)   Mercury ... 1987
Passing Strangers (7")   Squawk Records 1987
Promises (As The Years Go By) - Edit (7", Promo)   Squawk Records 1987
Purple Haze (Dance Mix) (12")   Urban (2) 1987
All Our Yesterdays (CD, Comp)   Rebel Rec. 1988
Speed Speed Ecstacy (2 versions)   Product Inc. 1988
Drive On (7", Promo) Colour Flow Mercury 1989
Pax Americana (CD, Single)   Ministry Of Power, Jungle Records 1990
Computador (Album) (2 versions)   Danceteria 1991
Daedalus (CD)   Danceteria 1991
Pax Britannica (Album) (3 versions)   Ministry Of Power ... 1991
But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter? (Album) (6 versions)   New European Recordings 1992
Eleventeen (Album) (5 versions)   One Little Indian ... 1992
Gothic Rock (Comp) (2 versions) Incendiary Lover Jungle Records ... 1992
Hope Your Dreams Come True (CD, Maxi)   One Little Indian 1992
Facets Of Blue (Album, EP) (2 versions) A Heavenly Melancholy Cleopatra ... 1993
Gothic Rock 1 (2xCD, Comp) Incendiary Lover Cleopatra 1993
Hex Sex · The Singles - Pt. One (CD)   Cleopatra 1994
Legacy (1990 - 1993) (LP) Pax Americana (Jihad D... Jungle Records 1994
Sun Dogs (Maxi) (2 versions)   Twilight Command 1994
Black Whole Of Love (7" + 10" + 12" + CD, Maxi + Box, Ltd)   New European Recordings 1995
Boom In The Night (Original Studio Recordings 1980-1983) (CD)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 1995
Dream Home Heartache (Album) (3 versions)   Triple X Records ... 1995
God Star: The Singles - Pt. Two (CD, Comp)   Cleopatra, Cleopatra 1995
Leopard Flowers (7", TP)   New European Recordings 1995
Rose Clouds Of Holocaust (Album) (3 versions)   New European Recordings 1995
Heaven Sent (CD, Album)   Twilight Command 1996
God & Beast (Album) (2 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 1997
Away: Best Of The Bolshoi (CD, Comp) Please, West Of London... Beggars Banquet 1999
Taxidermy (CD, Album, Enh, Sli)   Blanco Y Negro 2000
Lost In TV (DVD) 2001 (Simon) Nude Records 2001
Simon (CD, Maxi, Promo)   Nude Records 2001
Sonar 2001 (2xCD, Comp) Staralfur SonarMusic 2001
F.M. Doll (Single, Maxi) (2 versions) Kissing My Disgrace Rough Trade (UK) 2002
Positivity (Maxi, Single) (2 versions) Simon Epic 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (2xCD, Comp) Out Out Out Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Bottle Living (Maxi, Single) (9 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
Dirty Sticky Floors (Single, Maxi) (17 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
Halldór Laxness (Album) (4 versions)   Smekkleysa ... 2003
I Need You (Maxi, Single) (10 versions)   Reprise Records ... 2003
Paper Monsters (Album) (6 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
Perfecto Presents... Great Wall (Comp) (2 versions) Dirty Sticky Floors (J... Reprise Records ... 2003
Summer Festival - Glastonbury 2003 (CD, Comp) Untitled #4 Upfront 2003
Circle Of Fifths (2 versions) Circle Of Fifths Domino Recording Company Ltd. 2004
Freq. Beats (2xCD) I Need You Astralwerks 2004
Godstar: Thee Director's Cut (2xCD)   Temple Records 2004
Nehemiah (Single) (3 versions) Nehemiah Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2004
The Magician (Maxi) (2 versions) The Magician Domino Recording Company Ltd. 2004
The Red The White The Black The Blue (3 versions) The Red The White The ... Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2004
Winchester Cathedral (Album) (3 versions)   Domino Recording Company Ltd. ... 2004
Mary Never Wanted Jesus (LP) Have Mercy Villa Magica Records 2005
Projekt Presents: A Dark Cabaret (CD, Smplr) Flowers Projekt 2005
The Lost Riots (CD, Album, Dig)   Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2005
Battle On (7", Sin) Battle On Faith & Hope Records Limited 2006
Blood Meridian EP (EP) (2 versions) Blood Meridian Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2006
His Lyrics Are Disastrous (7", Single, gat)   Rough Trade (UK) 2006
Hoppípolla (7", Ltd)   EMI Records, EMI Records 2006
Left (Single) (4 versions) Left Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2006
Sing It Out (Single) (3 versions) Sing It Out Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2006
Stepping Out Of Line: The Anthology (2xCD, RM)   Castle Music 2006
We Can Create (CD, Album)   Mute, Mute Corporation 2007
Couleurs (Single) (2 versions)   Virgin Music (France) ... 2008
FabricLive.43 - Switch & Sinden Present Get Familiar (CD, Mixed, Comp, Met) Couleurs Fabric (London) 2008
Graveyard Girl (CD, Single, Promo, Car)   Virgin Music (France) 2008
Invol2ver (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Ltd) Couleurs Global Underground Ltd. 2008
Kim & Jessie (Single) (2 versions)   Virgin Music (France) 2008
Life After Death (2xDVD, NTSC + CD, Ltd) Videoclip Directed By ... Cult Epics 2008
Saturdays = Youth (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin Music (France) ... 2008
We Own The Sky (CD, Single, Promo, Car)   Virgin Music (France) 2008
Cathedral Classics Volume One (CD, Comp)   Sonic Cathedral Recordings 2009
Quiet Little Voices (7", Single) Quiet Little Voices FatCat Records 2009
Three Fact Fader (CD, Album, Dig)   Echo, Kscope 2009
Love Love Love (LP, Album)   Harbor Light Records  
Co-production:
Beating The Retreat (Cass, Album) Kick To Kill, Inherita... Some Bizzare 1984
If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul (CD, Comp) Total Nervous Phenomonom Some Bizzare 1985
Nova Akropola (Album) (2 versions)   Wax Trax! Records 1986
The Magickal Mystery D Tour EP (EP) (4 versions) Good Vibrations (Kunda... Temple Records 1986
21st Century Quakemakers (Album) (2 versions) Speed Speed Ecstasy BBAT 1989
Independent 20 Volume 15 (CD) Pink Flower Beechwood Music 1992
Thirst (LP)   Contempo Records 1992
Force The Hand Of Chance (CD)   Cleopatra 1995
Best Ov: Time's Up (CD)   Cleopatra 1999
Music From Vanilla Sky (Comp) (3 versions) Svefn-G-Englar Reprise Records ... 2001
( ) (Album) (2 versions)   FatCat Records ... 2002
Mix:
Emotion (LP, Album)   Moabit Musik 1982
Unclean (2 versions)   Temple Records 1984
Had A Mother Who Was Proud: And Look At Me Now (12")   Flim Flam Productions 1985
Love In The Dark (Maxi, Single) (3 versions)   Hansa ... 1985
Until The End Of Time (Album) (2 versions)   Pop Eye ... 1985
Anything (Album) (7 versions)   MCA Records Ltd. ... 1986
Gigolo (Single) (3 versions)   MCA Records Ltd. 1986
I (12")   Sculptured Sounds 1986
Live At Final Wars (LP)   Transrecords (2) 1986
Live In Tokyo (LP, Ltd)   Temple Records 1986
Alone Again Or (Single) (3 versions) In Dulce Decorum MCA Records Ltd. 1987
Live In Glasgow (LP)   Temple Records 1987
Live In Heaven (LP)   Temple Records 1987
Uno (CD)   Barclay 1987
What Do You Say (CD, Single)   Barclay 1987
Alma Lá (Maxi) (2 versions)   In9 1989
El Sexo Sur-Realista (LP)   In9 1989
Nóttin Langa (LP)   Geisli 1989
The Second Coming (CD)   One Little Indian 1993
American Fuck (CD, Album)   Great Big Kiss Records 1994
Heaven Sent (CD, Album)   Twilight Command 1996
D'Ya Wanna Go Faster? (7", Ltd, Single, Pin) It's The CD's Or Me Papillon Records, Total Vegas Recordings 2001
Jesus Christ Bobby (CD, Album)   Victory Records 2002
Bottle Living (Maxi, Single) (4 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
Dirty Sticky Floors (Maxi) (4 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
Halldór Laxness (CD, Album)   Victory Records 2003
I Need You (Maxi, Single) (4 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
Paper Monsters (Album) (2 versions)   Reprise Records 2003
Echo Location (CD, Enh) Do The Magnet (Mimetic... Optical Sound 2005
Battle On (7", Sin) Battle On Faith & Hope Records Limited 2006
Hoppípolla (7", Ltd)   EMI Records, EMI Records 2006
Elegies To Lessons Learnt (Album) (4 versions)   Beggars Banquet ... 2007
It Will Find You (Single) (2 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. 2007
The Deception (Single) (2 versions) The Deception Beggars Banquet 2007
To The Sky (CD, Single, Promo) To The Sky (Edit) Mute Records Ltd. 2007
We Can Create (Album) (4 versions)   Mute ... 2007
Graveyard Girl (CD, Single, Promo, Car)   Virgin Music (France) 2008
Saturdays = Youth (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin Music (France) ... 2008
We Go Hunting (Single) (2 versions) We Go Hunting Beggars Banquet 2008
We Own The Sky (CD, Single, Promo, Car)   Virgin Music (France) 2008
Mistake (CDr, Promo) Mistake (Ken Thomas Edit) Little Idiot 2009
Pale Horses (CD, Single, Promo)   Little Idiot 2009
Sci-Fi-Lo-Fi Vol. 3 (Shoegazing 1985 - 2009) (CD, Comp) You Don't Know Her Name Soma Quality Recordings 2009
These Four Walls (LP)   FatCat Records 2009
Three Fact Fader (CD, Album, Dig) Hang Your Head Echo, Kscope 2009
Wait For Me (Album) (10 versions)   Mute ... 2009
Rise... (12")   Arcadia  
Appears On:
Interview (Album) (6 versions)   Chrysalis ... 1976
A Farewell To Kings (Album) (9 versions)   Mercury ... 1977
Pink Flag (Album) (6 versions)   Harvest ... 1977
All I Want (7")   Lightning Records (2) 1978
Chairs Missing (Album) (8 versions)   Harvest ... 1978
154 (Album) (10 versions)   Harvest ... 1979
Headache (For Michelle) (7", Single)   Roadrunner Records 1981
How Do You Like My New Dog? / Pernod. (7", Single)   Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1981
Inconvenience / Pretty Boys (2 versions)   Human Records (2) ... 1981
Mesh And Lace (Album) (7 versions)   4AD ... 1981
Playing With A Different Sex (Album) (2 versions)   Human Records (2) ... 1981
The Gospel Comes To New Guinea / Last Words (12")   Fetish Records 1981
Thirst (Album) (7 versions)   Fetish Records ... 1981
Drums Along The Hudson (Album) (2 versions)   PVC Records ... 1982
Emotion (LP)   Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1982
First Transmission (Box, Ltd + 2xVHS)   Not On Label 1982
Force The Hand Of Chance (Album) (6 versions)   WEA ... 1982
Sense And Sensuality (5 versions)   Kamera Records ... 1982
Seven Songs (MiniAlbum) (2 versions)   Fetish Records ... 1982
The Big Dentist (2 versions)   Illuminated Records ... 1982
Attitude (Album) (3 versions)   Virgin ... 1983
Dreams Less Sweet (EP) (4 versions)   CBS ... 1983
G'Olé - The Official Film Of The 1982 World Cup - The Original Film Soundtrack (LP, Album)   Charisma 1983
Sebastiane (12")   Illuminated Records 1983
Song And Legend (Album) (3 versions)   Illuminated Records ... 1983
The Box (12", EP)   Go! Discs 1983
Beating The Retreat (Album) (3 versions)   Some Bizzare ... 1984
Dead And Buried (12")   Anagram Records 1984
Aikea-Guinea (12", EP)   4AD 1985
Descending (CD)   Sordide Sentimental 1985
Que Sera, Sera (LP, Pin) Tie Me Up Jungle Records 1985
You're Everything To Me (2 versions)   Mega Records ... 1986
Drill Your Own Hole (Album) (3 versions)   Virgin ... 1987
Please (Single) (5 versions)   Beggars Banquet ... 1987
Uno (CD) Cinemas Of The World Barclay 1987
All Our Yesterdays (Comp) (4 versions) Dead And Buried Anagram Records ... 1988
Life's Too Good (Album) (18 versions)   Elektra ... 1988
The Last Infanta (7")   Barclay 1988
Touch Me (12")   Carrere 1988
"i" (Album) (4 versions)   Rough Trade (UK) 1989
Gododdin (CD, Album)   Ministry Of Power 1989
Mastercrime (CD, Album)   Parlophone, Some Bizzare 1989
Current 93 Presents Harry Oldfield - "Crystal" (CD, Album)   Durtro 1990
Groovin' On A Shaft Cyle (LP)   Rough Trade (UK) 1990
Knee Deep In Hits (CD, Comp)   Virgin 1990
As The World Disappears... (CD, Album)   Durtro 1991
Daedalus (LP)   Danceteria 1991
But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter? (Album) (6 versions)   New European Recordings 1992
Eleventeen (Album) (5 versions)   One Little Indian ... 1992
Love Sick Pleasure (EP) (2 versions)   A&M Records ... 1992
Paradise Rising (Maxi) (2 versions)   New European Recordings 1992
Pink Flower (Single) (3 versions)   One Little Indian ... 1992
Are We Having Fun Yet? (Album) (3 versions)   Nero Schwarz ... 1993
Hitler As Kalki (CD, Album) Hitler As Kalki (SDM),... Durtro 1993
Legacy (1990 - 1993) (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Pax Americana (Jihad D... Jungle Records ... 1994
Night Music (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin ... 1994
154 Pink Chairs (CD)   Classix Records 1995
A Tribute To Johnny Thunders: I Only Wrote This Song For You (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Leave Me Alone (Chatte... Essential ... 1995
Im Blutfeuer (CD) My Black Diaries Cthulhu Records 1995
Rose Clouds Of Holocaust (Album) (5 versions)   New European Recordings 1995
Heaven Sent (2xLP, Ltd) Paradise Of Perfection... Twilight Command 1996
Safe And Sound: A Benefit In Response To The Brookline Clinic Violence (CD, Comp, Album) U Can't Win Mercury, Big Rig 1996
Stay Beautiful (CD, Single, RE)   Epic 1997
Nine O'Clock Drop (CD, Album, Comp) Vegas El Bandito Nuphonic 2000
Taxidermy (CD, Album, Enh, Sli) Sleepwalking Blanco Y Negro 2000
Ágætis Byrjun (Album) (6 versions)   FatCat Records ... 2000
Vibes From The Tribe (Album) (2 versions) He The Only One We All... Hefty Records 2001
( ) (Album) (3 versions)   FatCat Records ... 2002
Bottle Living / Hold On (CD, Mini, Ltd)   Mute Tonträger 2003
Dirty Sticky Floors (12", 1/2)   Mute Records Ltd., Mute Records Ltd. 2003
Halldór Laxness (Album) (2 versions)   Smekkleysa 2003
I Need You (Maxi) (3 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. 2003
Paper Monsters (Album) (8 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
The Lost Riots (Album) (3 versions)   Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2004
Abandon Tracks! (Rarities, Remixes And Original Unreleased Recordings) (Comp) (3 versions) Unconditional Armistice New European Recordings 2005
Hoppípolla (Maxi) (2 versions)   EMI Records 2005
Lullabies To Violaine: Singles And Extended Plays 1982-1996 (Comp) (4 versions)   4AD ... 2005
Mary Never Wanted Jesus (CD) Have Mercy On Me (All ... Villa Magica Records 2005
Takk... (Album) (8 versions)   EMI Records ... 2005
Left (Album) (2 versions)   Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2006
Never Say Never (CD, Album, Del + DVD-V, PAL) Maybe I'm Crazy EMI 2006
Hljómalind (Single) (2 versions)   EMI Records 2007
Saturdays = Youth (CD, Album)   Mute, Mute Corporation 2008
Quiet Little Voices (7", Single) Quiet Little Voices FatCat Records 2009
The Bachelor (Album) (2 versions)   Bloody Chamber Music 2009
These Four Walls (LP)   FatCat Records 2009
El Sexo Sur Realista (Cass, Ltd)   Staalplaat  
Enter The Rap Zone! Vol. 3 (CD, Comp) (I'm Not Your) Wild Th... BCM Records  
Love Love Love (LP, Album) All Together Harbor Light Records  
Tracks Appear On:
The Last Eccentrics (CD) V.M EUROPA Sculptured Sounds 1994
Unofficial Releases:
Southern Comfort (Album) (3 versions)   Not On Label 1986
Force Thee Hands Ov Chants (2xCD)   Tempus Records (2) 1994
But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter? (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2001
Rose Clouds Of Holocaust (CD, Unofficial, Ltd)   ArsNova  
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