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THE WOMBLES
GB

Line-Up:

Mike Batt - voc,kb
J Fiddey - g
C Callini - bg
Chris Spedding - ds

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Wombling Songs produced by: Mike Batt	2/1974	CBS		19
2.	Remember You're A Womble produced by: Mike Batt	7/1974	CBS		18
3.	Keep On Wombling produced by: Mike Batt	12/1974	CBS		17
4.	Sugar Wombling	05.09.1975	CBS
5.	Best Of The Wombles	17.09.1976	CBS
6.	20 Wombling Greats	12/1976			29
7.	The Best So Far	4/1998	CBS		26
8.	The W Factor	28.11.2011

Mike Batt:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Portrait Of Simon And Garfunkel (Mike Batt Orchestra)	1/1972	Silverline
2.	Lady Of The Dawn	?	?
3.	Schizophonia & London Symphony Orchestra	29.07.1977	Epic
4.	Caravans	1977
5.	Tarot Suite	1979
6.	Waves	1980
7.	6 Days In Berlin	1981
8.	Zero Zero	1983
9.	Classic Blue & Justin Hayward & London Philharmonic Orchestra	10/1989	Trax		47
10.	A Songwriter's Tale	3/2008	Dramatico		24
11.	Songs Of Love & War	04.05.2009	Dramatico
12.	The Hunting of the Snark	12.07.2011	Dramatico

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Wombling Song produced by: Mike Batt/Belfry	1/1974	CBS	3
2.	Remember You're A Womble produced by: Mike Batt	3/1974	CBS	3
3.	Banana Rock / Womble Square Dance	5/1974	CBS	9
4.	Womblin' Summer Party	7/1974	Columbia		55
5.	Minuetto Allegretto produced by: Mike Batt	04.10.1974	CBS	16
6.	Wombling Merry Christmas	29.11.1974	CBS	2
7.	Wombling White Tie And Tails (Fox-trot) produced by: Mike Batt	25.04.1975	CBS	19
8.	Super Womble produced by: Mike Batt	25.07.1975	CBS	20
9.	Let's Womble To The Party Tonight	14.11.1975	CBS	30
10.	Rainmaker	17.09.1976	CBS
11.	Wombling Merry Christmas produced by: Mike Batt	19.11.1976	CBS
12.	You're A Womble	3/1998	CBS	18
13.	Wombling Song	01.06.1998		27
14.	I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Christmas & Roy Wood	12/2000	Dramatico	22
15.	Wombling Merry Christmas	12.12.2011	Dramatico

Mike Batt:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Your Mother Should Know	1970	Liberty
2.	You Would Have Been A Rock'n'Roller	21.03.1975	Epic
3.	Madhouse Rag	06.06.1975	Epic
4.	Summertime City produced by: Mike Batt	8/1975	Epic	4
5.	The House Of The Clown	24.10.1975	Epic
6.	Short Back And Sides	06.08.1976	Epic
7.	The Walls Of The World	24.06.1977	Epic
8.	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	23.09.1977	Epic
9.	Railway Hotel	21.10.1977	Epic
10.	Lady Of The Dawn	11/1979
11.	Love Makes You Crazy	4/1983
12.	Whatever You Believe 12" + Morning Has Broken (instrumental) & Jon Anderson & Steve Harley	11/1988	Epic
13.	Bright Eyes & Philharmania	09.11.1998	Stella

Various:

Mike Batt:

produced by SP:

Steeleye Span: All Around My Hat (3.10.75, Chrysalis)
Mad Hatters: The House Of The Clown (31.10.75)
Flintlock: Sea Of Flames (30.7.76, Pinnacle)
Mad Hatters: Love Potion No 9 (1.10.76, Epic)
Kursaal Flyers: Little Does She Know (29.10.76, CBS)
Elkie Brooks: Lilac Wine (27.1.78, A&M)
David Essex: Oh What A Circus (11.8.78, Mercury)
Steve Harley: Ballerina (Prima Donna) (17.7.83, Stiletto)
David Essex: Fishing For The Moon (16.3.84)
Alvin Stardust: I Feel Like Buddy Holly (13.4.84, Chrysalis)

produced by LP:

Steeleye Span: All Around My Hat (10.10.75, Chrysalis)
Steeleye Span: Rocket Cottage (8.10.76, Chrysalis)
Kursaal Flyers: The Golden Mile (10/76, CBS)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1974	28	13.07.1974	38	Albums	album review
1975	17	26.04.1975	13	Singles	single review
1975	30	26.07.1975	18	Singles	single review
1975	51	20.12.1975	29	Albums	album review
1976	38	18.09.1976	3	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1974	0	06.07.1974	33	Thrills
1974	0	28.09.1974	21
1975	0	11.01.1975	10	Thrills