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John Illsley – Never Told A Soul

Genre:	Rock
Style:	Acoustic, Classic Rock
Year:	1984

Tracklist

		Boy With Chinese Eyes	5:00
		The Night Café	4:59
		Never Told A Soul	6:12
		Jimmy On The Central Line	4:39
		Northern Land	8:13
		Another Alibi	4:23
		Let The River Flow	6:16

Credits (18)

John Illsley
Acoustic Guitar
Mark Knopfler
Acoustic Guitar
Chris White
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
C-More-Tone Studios
Artwork
Terry Williams (3)
Drums
Mark Knopfler
Electric Guitar

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	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – 822 239-1	Netherlands	1984	Netherlands — 1984	Recently Edited
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – 822 239-1	Germany	1984	Germany — 1984	Recently Edited
	Never Told A Soul Cassette, Album	Vertigo – VERLC 15, Vertigo – 822 239-4	UK	1984	UK — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – VERL 15, Vertigo – 822 239-1	UK	1984	UK — 1984
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – 822 239-1	Spain	1984	Spain — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album, Stereo	Vertigo – 822 239-1	France	1984	France — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul CD, Album	Vertigo – 822 239-2	Europe	1984	Europe — 1984
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – 822 239-1	Portugal	1984	Portugal — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – VOG-1-3342	Canada	1984	Canada — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – 822 239-1	Australia	1984	Australia — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – 25PP-143	Japan	1984	Japan — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album, Promo	Vertigo – 25PP-143	Japan	1984	Japan — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul Cassette, Album	Vertigo – VOG4-1-3342	Canada	1984	Canada — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – 822 239-1	Italy	1984	Italy — 1984	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul LP, Album	Vertigo – 27376, Vertigo – 822 239-1	Argentina	1986	Argentina — 1986	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul CDr, Album, Reissue	Universal Music Archive Collection – 80100645	UK	2004	UK — 2004	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul CD, Album, Reissue Digipak	Creek Records – CREEKCD4	UK	2009	UK — 2009	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul CD, Album	Creek – CreekCD4	Europe	2009	Europe — 2009	Needs Changes
	Never Told A Soul CD, Album	Vertigo – 822 239-2	Europe		Europe
	Never Told A Soul CD, Album, Reissue	Mercury – 822 239-2	US		US	New Submission
	Never Told A Soul CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release	Creek Records (2) – CREEKCD4, Creek Records (2) – CREEKCD 4	Russia		Russia	New Submission

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GOODGROOVECIRCLE Jun 13, 2021

Edited 11 months ago

referencing Never Told A Soul (LP, Album) VERL 15

I bought a second hand copy of this in early 1988, it was always stowed away in the collection but last week I dug it out and transferred it to CD and mp3 for the Sony digital player. I really enjoyed it and even though his voice is a little under par as a singer, there is an innocence about it. I can imagine Chris de Burgh singing these songs and doing an even better job! The standout is definitely "Let The River Flow" the last track, could have been a great song on Dire Straits "Making Movies" too. Mark Knopfler plays on most of the tracks, both nylon and electric guitars but he's pretty low in the mix I've noticed. It is John's debut after all I suppose and he also plays acoustic guitar as well as his main instrument, bass. The rest of the players are Terry Williams, drums, Alan Clarke, piano, Chris White, saxes, Phil Palmer, guitar, so it's most of Dire Straits anyway. It's a little nugget for fans of Dire Straits and not a bad LP at all. I also bought his second album "Glass" on cassette in 1988 and then I found a vinyl copy years later but that's a far more polished affair that lacks the magic and the soul of the debut even though his voice had improved by then, but sadly the material is more generic.
This album cover has the same photo as Dire Straits "Walk of Life" single!!