Nick Heyward – North Of A Miracle
Tracklist
| A1 | When It Started To Begin | |
| A2 | Blue Hat For A Blue Day | |
| A3 | Two Make It True | |
| A4 | On A Sunday | |
| A5 | Club Boy At Sea | |
| B1 | Whistle Down The Wind | |
| B2 | Take That Situation | |
| B3 | The Kick Of Love | |
| B4 | The Day It Rained Forever | |
| B5 | Atlantic Monday |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Ariola Group Of Companies
- Distributed By – Polygram Record Operations Ltd.
- Printed By – Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH
- Manufactured By – Sonopress
- Recorded At – Air Studios
- Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
- Mixed At – Air Studios
- Mixed At – Abbey Road Studios
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Arista Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Arista Records Ltd.
- Published By – Bryan Morrison Music Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – Utopia Studios
- Pressed By – Sonopress
Credits
- Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Chris White
- Arranged By [Brass Arrangements] – Nick Heyward
- Bass – Pino Palladino
- Drums – Dave Mattacks
- Engineer – Geoff Emerick
- Engineer [Assistant] – Jon Jacobs
- Management – David Botterell
- Percussion, Bongos – Tony Maronie
- Percussion, Marimba – Morris Pert
- Piano, Organ, Accordion – Danny Schogger
- Producer – Geoff Emerick, Nick Heyward
- Trombone – Pete Beachill
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Stuart Brooks
- Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Nick Heyward
- Written-By – Nick Heyward
Notes
Atlantic Monday recorded live at Air Studios 26 July 1983.
The Day It Rained Forever recorded live at Abbey Road Studios 19 May 1983
Backing vocals on When It Started To Begin and Atlantic Monday by Ruby, Sylvie and Lenny.
Issued in a gatefold sleeve.
The Day It Rained Forever recorded live at Abbey Road Studios 19 May 1983
Backing vocals on When It Started To Begin and Atlantic Monday by Ruby, Sylvie and Lenny.
Issued in a gatefold sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Label Code: LC 3484
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, A-side, stamped): 205765 A-1 Made in Germany
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, A-side, etched): 020 HALLELUJAH BY THERS [lyre symbol] TOPIA
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, B-side, stamped): 205765 B-1 Made in Germany
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, B-side, etched): 020 GOODBYE COLUMBUS [lyre symbol] TOPIA
- Price Code (Germany): -320
- Price Code (France): AE 280
- Pressing Plant ID (B-side label): embossed bass clef
Other Versions (5 of 49)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | North Of A Miracle (LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve) | Arista, Arista | 205 765, NORTH 1 | Europe | 1983 | ||
Recently Edited | North Of A Miracle (LP, Album) | Arista | ARI 90079 | Scandinavia | 1983 | ||
New Submission | North Of A Miracle (LP, Album) | Arista | 25RS-206 | Japan | 1983 | ||
New Submission | North Of A Miracle (LP, Album) | Arista | ARS 39179 | Italy | 1983 | ||
| North Of A Miracle (LP, Album) | Arista | AL 8 8106 | Canada | 1983 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- Fantastic sounding album. Wonderful music, blending jazz, pop… some great songs. Missed this somehow in the 80’s , but this is a truly great album with top class production and mastering. If you can source a clean copy any music lover will not be disappointed.
Time has been kind to this LP. Nick's first solo project was a surprisingly sophisticated leap forward from his Haircut 100 days. A lot of money must have spent on the production, engineering and photography. There are 35mm contact sheet size photos, one for every song on the inner sleeve and every one is beautiful. The pop songs are tight, catchy and hold up quite well especially the more jazz influenced ones. The sound quality is excellent on my US release, I'd bet the UK original version sounds even better.- Well, I thought that someone ought to at least say something about this album. The first thing that strikes me is that a hell of a lot of money must've been spent on the making of this record. Apart from the orchestration there are also a number of top session musicians involved and I can only imagine that the outlay was never recouped. A shame really, as this contains some really excellent songs, many of which, unfortunately for all involved, probably sound better now than at the time of release. The singles Whistle down the wind and especially Blue hat for a blue day, deserved to chart so much higher than they did and sound like classic pop songs to my ears. I suspect that Whistle down the wind was probably the wrong choice of lead off single and that Club boy at sea (which was never released as a single) might have been a better one. Had that been a top 10 hit, I think there's every chance that Blue hat for a blue day might also have been.
The other thing that really need mentioning is that this record sounds amazing. This is good enough a recording to warrant be used as a test record for stereo equipment, in my opinion. Would love to hear the Japanese pressing of The Day it rained forever, on a top quality stereo system. That would really be something, I'd imagine!
Release
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