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discography

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YEAR
TITLE
TRACKLIST
ARTWORK
1978

Skank Bloc Bologna
45" rpm 7"
Distribution: Rough Trade St. Pancras Records

Skank Bloc Bologna
Is And Ought The Western World
28/8/78
1979
John Peel Session
SP2 (1979)
Distribution: Rough Trade St. Pancras Records
The Humors Of Spitalfields
Knowledge And Interest
Doubt Beat
5.12.78
2nd Peel Session Scritlocks Door
OPEC-Immac
Messthetics
Hegemony
Peel Sessions
Four A Sides EP 
Distribution: Rough Trade
St. Pancras Records 1979
Confidence
P.A.s
Bibly O Tek
Doubt Beat
Four A Sides EP
1981
The Sweetest Girl 
ROUGH TRADE 091 : No. 64, NOVEMBER 1981
The Sweetest Girl
Lions After Slumber
The Sweetest Girl
Sugar, Sugar
Rough Trade. Written, performed and produced by David Gamson
 
1982
Faithless 
7" ROUGH TRADE 101 : No. 56, MAY 1982
Faithless
Faithless (part 2)
Faithless 
12" ROUGH TRADE 101 : No. 56, MAY 1982
Faithless (extended version)
Faithless (extended version: instrumental)
NME: Jive Wire Just In Time
Asylums In Jerusalem / Jacques Derrida 
7" ROUGH TRADE 111 : No. 43, AUGUST 1982
Asylums In Jerusalem
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida
Asylums In Jerusalem / Jacques Derrida 
12" ROUGH TRADE 111 : No. 43, AUGUST 1982
Asylums In Jerusalem
A Slow Soul
Jacques Derrida (extended version)

Songs To Remember
ROUGH TRADE 20 : No. 12, SEPTEMBER 1982

Gettin', Havin' & Holdin' was later covered by Dan Bryk.
The Sweetest Girl was later covered by Madness.

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Asylums In Jerusalem
A Slow Soul
Jacques Derrida
Lions After Slumber
Faithless Sex
Rock-A-Boy Blue
Gettin', Havin' & Holdin'
The Sweetest Girl
Songs To Remember
1983
No Turn On Red
Written, performed and produced by David Gamson.
Available on NME magazine's 'Jive Wire' sampler cassette (NME),
and on the Beggars Banquet 'Sex, Sweat & Blood' compilation album (Island).
No Turn On Red
1984
Wrap It Up 
Eurythmics' Duet with Green. From the album "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"
 
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Wood Beez
VIRGIN RECORDS 657 : No. 10, MARCH 1984

Wood Beez 12" version
Small Talk
Wood Beez version
Wood Beez
Wood Beez 
45" rpm 7" Picture Disc
Wood Beez
Wood Beez (version)
Absolute 
VIRGIN RECORDS 680 : No. 17, JUNE 1984
Absolute
Absolute
Hypnotize 
VIRGIN RECORDS 725 : No. 68, NOVEMBER 1984
Hypnotize

Hypnotize
Hypnotize 
Picture Disc
VIRGIN RECORDS 725 : No. 68, NOVEMBER 1984
Hypnotize
Hypnotize

I Wanna Be Loved
Elvis Costello and the Attractions

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1985

The Word Girl
VIRGIN RECORDS 747 : No. 6, MAY 1985

The Word Girl/Flesh And Blood - Super Sound Single
The Word Girl
Flesh And Blood
The Word Girl/Flesh And Blood Version
The Word Girl
The Word Girl
Llimited Edition
Includes Mastermind Turntable Mix of
WOOD BEEZ / ABSOLUTE / HYPNOTIZE
The Word Girl

Cupid & Psyche '85
VIRGIN RECORDS 2350 : No. 5, JUNE 1985

Perfect Way was later covered by Miles Davis.

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The Word Girl
Small Talk
Absolute
A Little Knowledge
Don't Work That Hard
Perfect Way
Lover To Fall
Wood Beez
Hypnotize
Flesh & Blood*
Absolute (version)*
Wood Beez (version)*
Hypnotize (version)* * bonus tracks (not included on LP)
Cupid & Psyche '85
Lover To Fall Lover To Fall

Perfect Way
VIRGIN RECORDS 780 : No. 48, SEPTEMBER 1985
Way Perfect Mix also appears
on a disc from Warner Special products
called "Lost Mixes: Extended Ecstacy".

Perfect Way
Way Perfect Mix
Way Perfect Mix (Version)
Perfect Way


When It's Over
Adele Bertei 12" Single. CHRYSALIS.
Co-written, co-produced by David Gamson
(also produced by Fred Maher and John Potoker)
When It's Over
1986

Love Of A Lifetime  (Non-Scritti Politti)
Chaka Khan - from her Destiny album.
Produced by Gartside, Gamson & Mardin.
Written by Gartside and Gamson.
Background vocals by Green Gartside.

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Love Of A Lifetime
Destiny - Chaka Kahn

L Is For Lover
Al Jarreau
Written by Gartside and Gamson.

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L Is For Lover
1988
Oh Patti
(Don’t Feel Sorry For Loverboy)
 
VIRGIN RECORDS 1006 : No. 13, MAY 1988
Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)
Oh Patti

Provision
VIRGIN RECORDS 2515 : No. 8, JUNE 1988

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Boom! There She Was
Overnite
First Boy In This Town (Lovesick)
All That We Are
Best Thing Ever
Oh Patti (Don't feel sorry for lover boy)
Bam Salute
Sugar And Spice
Philosophy Now
Oh Patti EXTENDED
Boom! There She Was DUB
Provision

First Boy In This Town
(Lovesick)

VIRGIN RECORDS 1082 : No. 63, AUGUST 1988

First Boy In This Town (Lovesick)
First Boy In This Town (Lovesick)
World Come Back To Life
First Boy In This Town (Lovesick) (extended remix)
First Boy In This Town

Boom! There She Was
(Featuring Roger)

VIRGIN RECORDS 1143 : No. 55, NOVEMBER 1988

Boom! There She Was featuring Roger
Boom! There She Was (Dub)
Boom! There She Was (extended single version)
World Come Back To Life
Boom! There She Was
Boom! There She Was
(Featuring Roger)
 
Boom! There She Was (U.S. Mix)
Philosophy Now
1991

She's A Woman
(Featuring Shabba Ranks)

VIRGIN RECORDS 1333 : No. 20, MARCH 1991
Originally by the Beatles
"She's A Woman" appears on an
interview disc called "Shabba Ranks: Rawer Than Ever".
Check the Reggae section.

The Apollo 440 Remix
The William Orbit Remix
Little Way Different 7"
Tautology Business Mix
She's A Woman

Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me
(Featuring Sweetie Irie)

VIRGIN RECORDS 1346 : No. 47, AUGUST 1991
Originally by Gladys Knight

Dancehall Mix Fashion Style
Nice Up The Area Mix
Marble Hill Mix
I Don't Know Why I Love You
(But I Love You)
Originally by Stevie Wonder
I Don't Know Why I Love You (But I Love You)
Place In The Sun Place In The Sun
1999
Tinseltown To The Boogiedown
VIRGIN RECORDS : No. 46, JULY 1999
Tinseltown To The Boogiedown

Tinseltown To The Boogiedown

Tinseltown To The Boogiedown
Import
VIRGIN RECORDS : No. 46, JULY 1999
Tinseltown To The Boogiedown
Tinseltown To The Boogiedown

Anomie & Bonhomie
VIRGIN RECORDS : No. 33, AUGUST 1999

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Umm
Tinseltown to the Boogiedown
First Goodbye
Die Alone
Mystic Handyman
Smith 'N' Slappy
Born to Be
World You Understand (Is Over + Over + Over)
Here Come July
Prince Among Men
Brushed With Oil, Dusted with Powder
Anomie & Bonhomie
Another Sound Mission
(Mystic Handyman Pt 2)

(Scritti Politti + Likwit Crew)
Mystic Handyman (Pt 2)


2004
Early
Rough Trade Records America Inc.
 
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