The Very Best of David Essex

~ Release by David Essex (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Rock On
recording engineer:
Gary Martin (Sound Engineer)
producer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
vocals:
David Essex
conductor:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
arranger:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
recording of:
Rock On
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, Fujipacific Music, Inc., Jeff Wayne Music Ltd., Joseph Webster Ltd, Stage Three Music (Catalogues) Ltd., Stage Three Music Ltd. and Stage Three Songs
4.353:24
2Lamplight
recording engineer:
Gary Martin (Sound Engineer)
producer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
vocals:
David Essex
conductor:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
arranger:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
recording of:
Lamplight
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
Jeff Wayne Music Ltd.
52:55
3America
producer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
recording of:
America
lyricist and composer:
David Albert Cook
publisher:
Joseph Webster Ltd
53:21
4Gonna Make You a Star
producer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
recording of:
Gonna Make You a Star
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
53:36
5Stardust
recording of:
Stardust
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
Stage Three Music Publishing Limited
2:47
6Rolling Stone
recording of:
Rolling Stone
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
5:28
7Hold Me Close
recording of:
Hold Me Close
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
53:51
8If I Could
recording of:
If I Could
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
3:57
9Oh What a Circus
recording of:
Oh, What a Circus (Evita)
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Evita Music and Evita Music Ltd.
part of:
Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
4:18
10Silver Dream Machine
recording of:
Silver Dream Machine
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
4:08
11Me and My Girl (Night Clubbing)
recording of:
Me and My Girl (Night‐Clubbing)
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
Joseph Webster Ltd
53:00
12A Winter’s Tale
producer:
Mike Batt and David Essex
lead vocals:
David Essex
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1982)
recording of:
A Winter’s Tale
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer and arranger:
Mike Batt
publisher:
Phonogram, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
1.54:12
13Tahiti
engineer:
John Richards (engineer)
producer:
Mike Batt
vocals:
David Essex
arranger:
John Cameron (British composer, arranger and conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1983)
recording of:
Tahiti
writer:
Richard Crane and David Essex
publisher:
Mutiny Music
part of:
Mutiny! (Mutiny on the Bounty)
4:55
14True Love Ways
cover recording of:
True Love Ways
writer:
Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter) and Norman Petty
publisher:
McCartney Music, Melody Lane Publications Inc., Peermusic (UK) Ltd. and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
3:10
15Missing You Magic
recording of:
Missing You Magic
lyricist and composer:
Carlotta Christy
cover recording of:
Missing You Magic
lyricist and composer:
Carlotta Christy
3:53
16Myfanwy
producer:
Rod Edwards
arranger:
Rod Edwards
recording of:
Myfanwy
lyricist:
Sir John Betjeman
composer:
Mike Read (ex Radio One DJ)
publisher:
GLS 49 Ltd.
is based on:
Myfanwy
4:13
17Forever and a Day
recording of:
Forever and a Day
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
3:39
18The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
cover recording of:
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)
writer:
Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and Seasons Four Music
3:36
19Coming Home
recording of:
Coming Home
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
publisher:
April Music Ltd. and Jeff Wayne Music Ltd.
3:59
20Cool Out Tonight
recording of:
Cool Out Tonight
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
53:08
21The River
recording of:
The River
lyricist and composer:
David Essex
4:14
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