New Seekers: Brian Engel

Brian Engel joined the New Seekers following the departure of Eve Graham and Danny Finn in 1978. He was introduced at the group's live appearances as "the new one on the end" for several years afterwards!

Biography
Discography

Mandrake Paddle Steamer Singles Albums Compilations Limey Singles Albums

Martin Briley & Brian Engel Corn and Seed Merchants Disco Dick Elevator Brian Engel Liverpool Echo Loudspeakers The News Prowler Shambles Slick Willie Starbuck True Adventure Evita: Selections from The Opera based on the life story of EVA PERON 1919-1952 Spitting Image - 20 Great Golden Gobs Country Line Dancing

Mandrake Paddle Steamer

Singles

Strange Walking Man (Martin Briley / Brian Engel) /
Steam (Martin Briley)
(Parlophone R 5780) May 1969

Strange Walking Man (Martin Briley / Brian Engel) /
Steam (Martin Briley)
(re-release - Bam-Caruso Records PABL 033) 1985

Strange Walking Man EP
(Bam-Caruso Records NRIC 033)

Sunlight Glide (Calvin Floyd / Claes Fellbom) /
Len (Claes Fellbom)
(Parlophone SD 6072) 1969

Albums / CDs

Mandrake Paddle Steamer
(Kiffmann's Orthodoxe Schallfolien K-0S 008)

A bootleg album containing recordings by Mandrake Paddle Steamer plus tracks by Brian Engel and Martin Briley recorded under other band names.

Side 1: In My Padded Cell (The East Wing) | Senlak Lament | Pandemonium Shadow Show | Janus Suite | The Ivory Castle Of Solitaire Huske | Pale Green 'Hmmmm' Driving Man | Steam | Jaywick Cowboy
Side 2: Nobody Flies So High | Goodbye Uncle Freddy (Only The Seagulls Cry) | Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man | Strange Walking Man

This compilation also includes the following tracks on Side 2, none of which were recorded by Mandrake Paddle Steamer or by Brian Engel and Martin Briley under other band names: Mirage, Lights Camera Action, Don't Let Me Fall and The Best Years Of Our Lives.

Mandrake Paddle Steamer
(Forgotten Jewels FJ 001) 1991

Overspill
(LP, Scanner Jots BD 2002)

The tracks on Side 2 of this album were recorded for John Peel's Top Gear, 6th April, 1969.

Side 1: Overspill [Emidisc Acetate] | Carmen [Emidisc Acetate] | Cooger And Dark [Shapiro Bernstein Acetate] | Steam [Shapiro Bernstein Acetate] | Slo Blo [Shapiro Bernstein Acetate]
Side 2: Senlac Lament | Cooger And Dark | Janus Suite | Ivory Castle Of Solitaire Husk | East Wing

Strange Walking Man
(CD, Hyacinth 128)

Another bootleg album containing recordings by Mandrake Paddle Steamer plus tracks by Brian Engel and Martin Briley recorded under other band names.

Tracks: Strange Walking Man | Steam | Sunlight Glide | Len | Pale Green ‘Hmmmm’ Driving Man | Jaywick Cowboy | Overspill | Carmen | Senlac Lament | Coogar and Dark | Janis Suite [which should read ‘Janus Suite’] | The Ivory Castle Of Solikane Itsuk [which should be ‘The Ivory Castle of Solitaire Huske] | East Wing | Mirage | Lights Camera Action | Don't Let Me Fall | Nobody Flies So High [which should read ‘I Am The Sky (Nobody Flies No Higher than Me’)] | Only Seagulls Fligh (Goodbye Uncle Bradie) [which should read ‘Only The Seagulls Cry (Goodbye Uncle Freddy)’] | The Best Years Of Our Lives | Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man

This CD also contains four tracks that were not recorded by Mandrake Paddle Steamer or by Brian Engel and Martin Briley under other band names: Mirage, Lights Camera Action, Don't Let Me Fall and The Best Years Of Our Lives.

Pandemonium Shadow Show
(Sommer SOMMCD045) 2018

An album of previously unreleased material from 1968 and 1970 discovered on tapes stored by the band's late manager. Brian Engel co-wrote and sings the lead vocal on the album's title track and on four of the other tracks: Solitair Husk, The World Whistles By, Upminster Windows and The October Country, the very first recording made by the band.

Tracks: Pandemonium Shadow Show | Solitair Husk | Stella Mermaid | The World Whistles By | Upminster Windows | Doris The Piper | The Doorway To January | Simple Song | The October Country

Compilation Albums / CDs (Various Artists)

Several compilations have been released featuring tracks by Mandrake Paddle Steamer.

Acid Drops, Spacedust and Flying Saucers • Psychedelic Confectionery From the UK Underground 1965-1969
(Mojo / EMI 5350782) 2001

A 4-CD Box Set with a 16-page booklet featuring Strange Walking Man by Mandrake Paddle Steamer (Disc 4, Track 7).

Disc One: Down To Middle Earth
McGough And McGear, So Much Love | Aquarian Age, 10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box | The Nice, Flower Ring Of Flies | Rupert's People, Dream On My Mind | Shy Limbs, Reputation | Tintern Abbey, Vacuum Cleaner | The David, Light Of Your Mind | The Misunderstood, I Can Take You To The Sun | Grapefruit, Dear Delilah | Procol Harum, Shine On Brightly | Bamboo Shoot, The Fox Has Gone To Ground | The Who, Armenia City In The Sky | Focus Three, 10,000 Years Behind My Mind | Timebox, Gone Is The Sad Man | World Of Oz, Peter's Birthday | The Tickle, Subway (Smokey Pokey World) | Felius Andromeda, Meditations | Warm Sounds, Note Is A-Comin'

Disc Two: Gandalf's Garden
Kaleidoscope, Flight From Ashiya | July, The Way | Incredible String Band, Witches Hat | Donovan, Celeste | Ramases & Selket, Mind's Eye | The End, Shades Of Orange | The Virgin Sleep, Love | Barclay James Harvest, Pool Of Blue | Tales Of Justine, Monday Morning | Bully Nicholls, Girl From New York | The Accent, Red Sky At Night | Mick Softley, Am I The Red One | Orange Bicycle, Laura's Garden | Caleb, Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad | Amazing Friendly Apple, Magician | The Moles, We Are The Moles | 23rd Turnoff, Michael Angelo | Bill Fay, Screams In The Ears

Disc Three: Mushroom Soup
The Purple Gang, Granny Takes A Trip | The Smoke, My Friend Jack | The Idlerace, Imposters Of Life's Magazine | The Pretty Things, Talkin' About The Good Times | Donovan, Hurdy Gurdy Man | The Spencer Davis Group, Time Seller | Denny Laine, Say You Don't Mind | The Move, I Can Hear The Grass Grow | The Kinks, See My Friends | Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, The L.S. Bumble Bee | The Yardbirds, Happenings Ten Years Time Ago | The Small Faces, Green Circles | The Hollies, King Midas In Reverse | David McWilliams, The Days Of Pearly Spencer | The Herd, From The Underworld | Eric Burdon And The Animals, Sky Pilot | Traffic, Paper Sun | Simon Dupree And The Big Sound, Kites

Disc Four: Roundhouse Ghosts
The Attack, Colour Of My Mind | Allen Pound's Get Rich, Searchin' In The Wilderness | Fire, Father's Name Is Dad | The Orange Machine, Dr. Crippen's Waiting Room | Penny Peeps, Model Village | The Fairytale, Run And Hide | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | The Status Quo, When My Mind Is Not Live | The Poets, In Your Tower | Sands, Listen To The Sky | Syd Barrett, Octopus | The Apple, The Otherside | The Flies, I'm Not Your Stepping Stone | Herbal Mixture, Machines | Tomorrow, Revolution (phased version) | The Sorrows, You've Got What I Want | The Koobas, Royston Rose | Sam Gopal, Escalator

Hen's Teeth Volume 1
(CD, HEN01CD)

A 26-track compilation CD featuring Svensk, State of Micky & Tommy, Gibsons, Kinetic, Wheels Of Time, Virgin Sleep, Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Carter & Alquist, Favourite Sons, Tangerine Peel, Tickle, Kirkbys, and Alan Avon & The Toyshop.

Illusions From The Crackling Void
(LP, Bam-Caruso Records MARX 085)

Side 1: The Poets, That's The Way It's Gotta Be | The Koobas, Here's A Day | The Aquarian Age, 10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box | Nirvana, Excerpt From The Blind & The Beautiful | Wimple Winch, Rumble On Mersey Square South | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | The Eyes, When The Night Falls | The Pretty Things, Come See Me
Side 2: Kaleidoscope, A Dream For Julie | The Fairytale, Guess I Was Dreaming | Timebox, Gone Is The Sad Man | The Accent, Red Sky At Night | Montage, Tinsel & Ivy | Hearts & Flowers, Road To Nowhere | SRC, Marionette | The Left Banke, Pretty Ballerina

Insane Times • 25 British Psychedelic Artyfacts From The EMI Vaults
(CD, Zonophone ZONO 20072 / 0946 396921 2 5) 2007

Tracks: Kevin Ayers, Song For Insane Times | July, Dandelion Seeds (Single Version) | Tomorrow, Real Life Permanent Dream | Ipsissimus, Hold On | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | The Gods, Towards The Skies | The Penny Peeps, Model Village | Paul Jones, The Dog Presides | The Idle Race, Hurry Up John | The Orange Bicycle, Last Cloud Home | Jon, Is It Love? | The Brain, Nightmares In Red | Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Equestrian Statue | Rainbow Ffolly, Sun Sing | Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, Castle In The Sky | Tales Of Justine, Monday Morning | Mike Proctor, Mr. Commuter | The Hollies, All The World Is Love | The Aerovons, World Of You | The Lemon Tree, William Chalker's Time Machine | The Parking Lot, World Spinning Sadly | Herbal Mixture, Please Leave My Mind | The Koobas, Barricades | The Yardbirds, Think About It | Syd Barrett, No Good Trying

It's Only A Passing Phase
(LP, Bam-Caruso Records USOMARX 100) 1989

A compilation LP featuring tracks by John's Children, Nirvana, Orange Seaweed, The Ghost, The Seeds, The Riot Squad, The Onyx, Esprit De Corps, The Sorrows, July, Mandrake Paddle Steamer, The Answers, The Kings Of Oblivion, The Attack and The Giants.

Perfumed Garden Volume 1
(LP, Psycho 06) 1984

Tracks: Factory, Try A Little Sunshine | Eyes, You're Too Much | Grounded, Syn | Nimrod, The Bird | Smoke, Sydney Gill | Birds, No Good Without You Baby | Shy Limbs, Reputation | Game, It's Shocking What They Call Me | Frame, Doctor, Doctor | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | French Revolution, Nine Till Five | Vamp, Floatin' | Syndicates, Crawdaddy Simone | Sands, Listen To The Sky

Psychedelia at Abbey Road 1965-1969
(CD, EMI International 96912) 1999

Tracks: Donovan, Sunshine Superman | Tomorrow, My White Bicycle | The 'N Betweens, Delighted To See You | Donovan, Sunny South Kensington | The Fingers, Circus With A Female Clown | Tomorrow, Why | The Hollies, King Midas In Reverse | Focus Three, 10,000 Years Behind My Mind | Tales Of Justine, Monday Morning | The Hollies, Maker | Simon Dupree and The Big Sound, Kites | The Pretty Things, Talkin' About The Good Times | The Pretty Things, Walking Through My Dreams | Mark Wirtz, (He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman | The Aquarian Age, 10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box | The Nocturnes, Carpet Man | The Koobas, Barricades | The Moles, We Are The Moles (Part 1) | The Locomotive, Mr. Armageddon | The Gods, Hey Bulldog | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | Syd Barrett, Golden Hair

Rare 60's Beat Treasures, Vol. 6
(CD, Gone Beat BT-CD 77015) 1995

Tracks: Tommy Scott, I Can Only Give You Everything | Whichwhat, Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' | The Darwin's Theory, A Long Long Long Long Way | The Klan, Already Mine | The Gibsons, The Magic Book | Kansas Hook, Mr. Universe | Windmill, Big Bertha | The Mirror, Gingerbread Man | Songbird, Sweet Elaine | Ning, Machine | Ransome Head, Sing | Big Boy Pete, Cold Turkey | Mayfield's Mule, Double Dealing Woman | The Fruit Machine, I'm Alone Today | Mike Proctor, Mr. Commuter | Matchbox, Run Much Faster | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Steam | Izzy Pound, Na, Na, Na, Na | Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs, Everybody Knows | The Shake Spears, Summertime | The Universals, Hey You | Sean Buckley Set, Hold Tight | Izzy Pound, Pumpkin Mini | Sean Buckley Set, Baby Please Do Something | The Spencer Davis Group, Short Change | Tommy Scott, Boys Cry | The Shepperton Flames, Take Me For What I Am

Corn and Seed Merchants

Single

East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon (Martin Briley / Brian Engel) /
Jaywick Cowboy (Martin Briley / Brian Engel)
(Parlophone DB 8813) 20th August 1971

Brian Engel

Single

I Was The Man (Howard Blaikley) /
You're Tearing Me Apart (Howard Blaikley)
(Pye 7N 45239) May 1973

Prowler

Single

Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man (Martin Briley / Brian Engel) /
Jaywick Cowboy (Martin Briley / Brian Engel)
(Parlophone R 5986) April 1973

Martin Briley & Brian Engel

Album

Between The Sea And The Sky
(Cherry Red Records RETRO818) 2007

The first 11 tracks on this compilation were originally intended for release as an album in 1971. The track selection includes Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man and Jaywick Cowboy, both released under the name Prowler, and Jaywick Cowboy, released as a B-side under the name Corn and Seed Merchants. The A-side East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon, described by Brian Engel as "a cynical, deliberately contrived pop sing-a-long à la Max Bygraves", was deliberately left off this compilation.

The last two tracks on the CD, a new version of Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man and a new song Creeping Tom, were both recorded in 2006.

Tracks: The Oak Tree | Goodbye Uncle Freddie | Action Man | The Artist | Mr. Middleton's Lament | Bandstand | Midwinter Fair | Subway Superstar | Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man (album version) | Between The Sea And The Sky | Sidney With A Violin | Pale Green Hmmmm Driving Man (single version) | Jaywick Cowboy (single B-side) | I'm The Leading Man | Do You Dream | Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man (2006 version) | Creeping Tom

Compilation Album

Peephole In My Brain: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1971
(Grapefruit Records CRSEG076T) 21st August 2020

A 71-track compilaion featuring Mr. Middleton's Lament, credited to Corn and Seed Merchants (CD 1, Track 4). Other tracks of interest include Goodbye Post Office Tower Goodbye by Cressida, featuring Paul Layton (CD 1, Track 10), and Hiroshima by Wishful Thinking, featuring Danny Finn (CD 1, Track 23).

CD 1: Dana Gillespie, Andy Warhol (1971 Promo Album Version) | Kevin Ayers and The Whole World, Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes | The Hollies, Hey Willy | Corn and Seed Merchants, Mr. Middleton's Lament | Stray, Dearest Eloise | Help Yourself, Deborah | Stackridge, Dora, The Female Explorer | Barclay James Harvest, Ursula (The Swansea Song) | Samurai, More Rain | Cressida, Goodbye Post Office Tower Goodbye | The Move, Tonight | Fickle Pickle, Down Smokey Lane | Shape Of The Rain, Woman | Unicorn, Going Back Home | Factory, Castle On The Hill | Magna Carta, Time For The Leaving | Legend, I Feel Like Sleeping | Michael Chapman, Indian Queens | Edgar Broughton Band, Hotel Room | Peter Cowap, Safari | Cliff Wade, Jennifer | Deep Feeling, Old People's Home | Wishful Thinking, Hiroshima

CD 2: Sakkarin, Sugar Sugar | Curved Air, Back Street Luv | Procol Harum, Memorial Drive | Rockin' Horse, Oh Carol, I'm So Sad | Gerry Rafferty, To Each And Everyone | Colin Blunstone, Caroline Goodbye | Nimbo, Maisie Jones | Second Hand, Hangin' On An Eyelid | Zior, I Was Fooling | Fusion Farm, Mrs. Speed | Open Road, Waterwheel | Ray Fenwick, Anniversary | Pluto, Mister Westwood | Bear Foot, Frightened | Bronx Cheer, Weather Or Not | Rick Price, Talking To The Flowers | Beau, Ferris Street | Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts, Southbound Lane | Don Crown & His Busking Budgies, The Flying Machines | The Doggs, Billy's Gotta Run | Bill Nelson, Love's A Way | Fields, While The Sun Still Shines | Nirvana, The Saddest Day Of My Life | Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Are You Ready Eddy?

CD 3: Status Quo, Mean Girl (Early Mix) | Atomic Rooster, Devil's Answer (Single Version) | Sweeny Bean, Rock 'n' Roll Wedding | Medicine Head, (And The) Pictures In The Sky | The Kinks, God's Children | Airbus, This Time Tomorrow | Octopus, Summer | Curtiss Maldoon, Sepheryn | Blonde On Blonde, I Don't Care | Pete Atkin, Sunlight Gate | Montage, Dangling In The Cool | John Kongos, Tokoloshe Man (Single Edit) | Siren, Strange Locomotion | The Red Sox, Mister Ten Per Cent | Knocker Jungle, Where I Belong | Wil Malone, It Don't Come Easy | Kingdom Come, Eternal Messenger (Single Version) | Edwards Hand, Encounter | Lifeblud, So Be It | Dear Mr. Time, Grandfather | Bullet, Hobo | Jackie McAuley, Turning Green (Album Version) | Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs, Sea Side Shuffle | Phase, Bill Bailey

Liverpool Echo

Album

Liverpool Echo
(Spark SRLM 2007) 1973
(Rev-Ola Records CR REV 131) 24th October 2005

Liverpool Echo was a four-piece band: Martin Briley (lead guitar), Keith Brown (bass guitar), Brian Engel (vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar) and Dave Johns (drums).

The album, produced by Andrew Jackman, was inspired by Martin Briley's and Brian Engel's memories of the Merseybeat era. It is described by Mark A. Johnston as "a superb UK power pop album" which has remained "a favourite of those who like Beatles / Badfinger-like pop." The album was re-issued on CD by Rev-Ola Records in the UK on 24th October 2005.

Side 1: You Might As Well Surrender | Girl Said To Me | You Know It Feels Right | No Not Again | Seems Like Today Will Never End | Gone Gone Gone

Side 2: If I Told You Once | Girl On The Train | Sally Works Nights | No More Tomorrows | Don't You Know I've Been Lying | Another Night Alone

Compilation Albums

Bubblerock Is Here To Stay Volume Two: The British Pop Explosion 1970-73
(Grapefruit Records CRSEG111T) 15th July 2022

A triple CD compilation featuring You Know It Feels Right by Liverpool Echo (CD 2, Track 21).

CD 1: Barry Green, Shake A Tail Suzy | Lynsey De Paul, Sugar Me | Gilbert O'Sullivan, No Matter How I Try | Stavely Makepeace, Walking Through The Blue Grass | Fluff, Sunny, Honey Girl | Blue Mink, Good Morning Freedom | Jonathan King, It's A Tall Order For A Short Guy | P.C. Kent, After Dark | Derek Paul, Drugtaker | Whichwhat, Vietnam Rose | Raw Holly, Well Alright | Marmalade, Radancer | White Plains, Dad You Saved The World | Barry Ryan with The Candy Choir, Magical Spiel | Iain Campbell, On The Road Again | The Paper Dolls, My Boyfriend's Back | Christie, Iron Horse | Stamford Bridge, Roly Poly | Roger James, High Into The Sky | The Sweet, Alexander Graham Bell | Kidrock, Rock-A-Bye Blues | The Big Three, The Price Of Love | Shape, My Friend John | Main Attraction, Telephone Line | Brotherhood Of Man, United We Stand

CD 2: Huddersfield Transit Authority, Runaway | Alan Lake, Good Times | Iron Cross, Little Bit O' Soul | John Dummer's Famous Music Band, Nine By Nine | Slade, Coz I Luv You | Judge Dread, Big Six | 22nd Street, Sunny Sleeps Late | Dave Newman, The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) | Complex, The Way I Feel | The Tremeloes, Right Wheel, Left Hammer, Sham | Chain Reaction, Working In The City | Brotherly Love, Tip Of My Tongue | Middle Of The Road, Soley Soley | Portrait, Tokaido Line | The Montanas, Uncle John's Band | The U.K.'s, Rule Britannia | Paul Ryan, Born On A Beautiful Day | Clodagh Rodgers, Everybody Go Home, The Party's Over | Tiger Sue, Tease Me | Five Day Rain, Fall Out | Liverpool Echo, You Know It Feels Right | Helicopter, I Belong To Yesterday | Phillip Goodhand-Tait, You Are | Paul Kent, Do You | Summer Wine, She Is Still A Mystery | Kincade, I Really Mean You | Nemo, The Sun Has Got His Hat On

CD 3: The Pipkins, Gimme Dat Ding | Bruce Spelman, 29 Years To Doomsday | Pica, Rainbow Chaser | Rockin' Horse, Julian The Hooligan | Autumn, Down Down Down | Paintbox, Get Ready For Love | Sons And Lovers, You're Ready Now | Bay City Rollers, Alright | Deep Feeling, Sweat, Dust And Red Wine | Smoky Forbes, My Kind Of Music | Birds Of A Feather, Gimme Shelter | Blackwater Junction, Bring All The Young Men Back Home | Gary Benson, Sausalito | Fairfield Parlour, Bordeaux Rose | American Jam Band, Jam Jam | Greyhound, Black And White | Velvet Opera, She Keeps Giving Me These Feelings | Simon Turner, Do You Know What I Mean | Muff, Hurdy Gurdy | John Carter, One More Mile To Freedom | Dave MacTavish, Ooh La La | Boots, You Better Run | Hotlegs, Lady Sadie | Holy Mackerel, Rock 'A' Bye | Shakane, San Jose | Hooters, Tossing And Turning | Lieutenant Pigeon, Mouldy Old Dough

High In The Morning: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1973
(Grapefruit Records CRSEGBOX117) 30th September 2022

A triple CD compilation featuring Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man by Prowler (CD 2, Track 5) and Girl Said To Me by Liverpool Echo (CD 3, Track 5).

CD 1: Mott The Hoople, All The Way From Memphis (Album Version) | Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Joybringer | Caravan, Surprise, Surprise | Kevin Coyne, Marlene | Spirogyra, The Sergeant Says | Rococo, Wildfire | Dr. Marigold's, Medusa | Thin Lizzy, Randolph's Tango | Procol Harum, A Rum Tale | Al Stewart, Terminal Eyes | Bachdenkel, An Appointment With The Master (Single Version) | Stealers Wheel, Star | Duncan Browne, Ragged Rain Life | Rare Bird, High In The Morning | Joe Soap, Birdman | Hawkwind, Urban Guerrilla | Badfinger, Love Is Easy | Paul Brett, Mr. Custer | Mouse, All The Fallen Teen Angels | Mick Audsley, Towers | Ducks Deluxe, Too Hot To Handle | Patto, Pick Up The Phone

CD 2: Roxy Music, Do The Strand | Kevin Ayers, Caribbean Moon | Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, (I Don't Wanna Love You But) You Got Me Anyway | Free, Travellin' In Style | Prowler, Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man | Duffy, Running Away | England's Glory, Showdown | Shoot, On The Frontier | Status Quo, Caroline (Album Version) | Fantasy, The Award | Greenslade, Temple Song | Rupert Hine, Orange Song | Medicine Head, Rising Sun | Ithaca, Dreams (Story Of Our Time / Beneath This Sky) | Libido, Hold On To Your Fire | Family, Sweet Desiree | The Spencer Davis Group, Legal Eagle Shuffle | Kingdom Come, Come Alive (AKA Slow Rock) | Pink Fairies, City Kids | Streak, Dirty Dick | Writing On The Wall, Buffalo (Full-Length Version)

CD 3: Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Swampsnake | Nazareth, Broken Down Angel | Silverhead, 16 And Savaged | Fairfield Ski, Man From Galilee | Liverpool Echo, Girl Said To Me | The Big Three, Always | Hemlock, Fool's Gold | Faces, Pool Hall Richard | Tucky Buzzard, Gold Medallions | Curved Air, World | Complex, Moving Moor | Jade Warrior, English Morning | Shape Of The Rain, I Don't Need Nobody | Frank White, Not Fade Away | Roy Wood, Forever | Byzantium, I'll Always Be Your Friend | Patrick Campbell-Lyons, Out On The Road | Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts, Bank Holiday | The Kinks, Sitting In The Midday Sun | Reform, I'm Gonna Get You | Bryan Ferry, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Album Version) | Stackridge, Do The Stanley

Miles Out To Sea: The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975
(Grapefruit Records CRSEGBOX112) 2022

A triple CD compilation featuring Girl On The Train (CD 2, Track 3) and Sally Works Nights (CD 3, Track 11) by Liverpool Echo.

CD 1: Slade, Miles Out To Sea | Pilot, Just A Smile | Rockin' Horse, Biggest Gossip In Town | Pagliaro, Some Sing, Some Dance | Octopus, Rainchild | Shape Of The Rain, I'll Be There | Starry Eyed and Laughing, Going Down | Shakane, Please, Eliza | Rotten To The Core, Don't Let Me Wait Too Long | Honeybus, Black Mourning Road | Bachdenkel, You Lied About Your Age | Brinsley Schwarz, (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love And Understanding | Dave Edmunds, When Will I Be Loved | Unicorn, Nightingale Cescent | Rusty, Brighton Rock | Byzantium, You Made Me Stand Up Straighter | Neil Harrison, Bicycle Driver | The Tremeloes, Try Me | Sweet, Peppermint Twist | Marmalade, She Wrote Me A Letter | Raw Holly, Love's Made A Fool Of You | Help Yourself, Strange Affair | Paintbox, Let Your Love Go | Gerry Rafferty, Where I Belong | Ragamuffin, Fresh As A Daisy

CD 2: Badfinger, Know One Knows | The Move, Chinatown | Liverpool Echo, Girl On The Train | Jimmy Campbell, Lonely Norman | Nimbo, Forget Her | Majority One, Get Back Home | Stackridge, Dangerous Bacon | Stealers Wheel, Go As You Please | Keith Riley, Second Time Around | Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, Champion The Underdog | Stray, Alright Ma! | Atlantis, I Ain't Got Time | Sheridan and Rick Price, Sometimes I Wonder | Bo' Flyers, So Young And In Love | Ducks Deluxe, Something's Going On | Small Wonder, Ordinary Boy | The Hammersmith Gorillas, Leavin' 'Ome | Hollywood Brats, Zurich 17 (Be My Baby) | Octopus, Girlfriend | Sheephouse, Hole In The Sky | Billy Bates, Money Makes The World | The Fabulous Ratbites From Hell, Sparkle | Bachdenkel, The Ring Of Truth | The Who, In A Hand Or A Face | Budgie, Rolling Home Again

CD 3: The Kinks, This Man Weeps Tonight | Rockin' Horse, Don't You Ever Think I Cry? | Shape Of The Rain, We're Not Their Boys | Fickle Pickle, Let Me Tell You | Simon Turner, Baby (I Gotta Go) | Liverpool Express, Smile (My Smiler's Smile) | Penny Arcade, I Don't Need You Any More | Fresh Air, It Takes Too Long | Shakane, When You Dance, I Can Really Love | Billy Kinsley, Annabella | Liverpool Echo, Sally Works Nights | Rusty, Stay At Home | Starry Eyed And Laughing, Chimes Of Freedom | Ironbridge, Back Room | Black Label, No Matter What | Barclay James Harvest, Good Love Child | P.C. Kent, Little Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Honey-Child Won't You Just Allow Me One More Chance, Please | Iain Matthews, So Sad (No Love Of His Own) | Wolfe, Jewel | Airbus, Walking The Silver Hay | Angel Pavement, Maybe Tomorrow | The First Class, Beach Baby | Keith Riley, From Me And From You | Rupert Holmes, I Don't Want To Hold Your Hand

Starbuck

Single

Wouldn't You Like It (Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley) /
Mañana (Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley)
(UK: RCA Victor RCA 2350 / USA: ATCO 45-6936 / Spain: Belter 08.363) 9th April 1973

Do You Like Boys (Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley) /
You Never Wanna Rock 'n' Roll (Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley)
(UK: Bradleys BRAD 312) October 1973

Heart Throb (Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley) /
Ricochet
(UK: Bradleys BRAD 7411) 1974

Heart Throb (Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley) /
Look Homeward Angel (Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley)
(Germany: Hansa International 13 382 AT) 1974


Compilation Albums

Glitter From The Litter Bin
(Castle Music CMQCD675) 24th November 2003

A 20-track compilation featuring Do You Like Boys by Starbuck (Track 19).

Tracks: Spiv, Oh You Beautiful Child | Kid Dynamite, Breaking The Ice | Daddy Maxfield, Rave 'n' Rock | The Jook, All Right With Me | Anthony Bygraves, Painted Lady | Washington Flyers, Another Saturday Morning | Ayshea, Farewell | Small Wonder, Ride A Black Sheep | Buster, Superstar | Renegade, My Revolution | Barry Ryan, Do That | The Streakers, Turn Me Down | The Jook, King Capp | Stumpy, Make Me A Superman | Paul St. John, The Flying Saucers Have Landed | Billy Hamon, Butch Things | Capt. Skidlid, She Knew Him Too | Buster, Motor Machine | Starbuck, Do You Like Boys | Edwina Biglet & The Miglets, Thing

Teenage Glampage! 80 Glambusters Rockers, Shockers And Teenyboppers From The 70's!
(7T's Records GLAMBOX195) 2023

There are more misses than hits on this compilation. Amongst the lesser known songs are three featuring Brian Engel - Heart Throb by Starbuck (CD 2, Track 12), Hello Baby by Shambles (CD 3, Track 10) and Louise, Louise by The News (CD 4, Track 16).

CD 1: U.K. Jones, Let Me Tell Ya | Lieutenant Pigeon, The Villain | Harley Quinne, New Orleans | Things Fall Apart, Bye Bye My Rose | T. Rex, Baby Strange | Wizzard, Ball Park Incident | Bonnie St. Claire and Unit Gloria, Clap Your Hands And Stamp Your Feet | Kenny, Give It To Me Now | Geordie, Can You Do It | Judith Crowne, Steam Hammer | Winston, Mona | Brotherly Love, Public Enemy No. 1 | Spiv, Oh You Beautiful Child | Mott The Hoople, Roll Away The Stone | Whistle, The Party Must Be Over | The James Boys, Hello Hello | Barron Knights, Turning My Back On You | Mungo Jerry, Wild Love | Boston Boppers, Did You Get What You Wanted | Iron Virgin, Jet

CD 2: The Sweet, Teenage Rampage | Ricky Wilde, Teen Wave | Buster, Superstar | Angel, Who Do You Think Your Fooling | Big John's Rock 'n' Roll Circus, Lady (Put The Light On Me) | The Glitter Band, Tell Him | Hector, Bye Bye Bad Days | Cozy Powell, Na Na Na | Ice Cream, Shout It Out | Miki Antony, We Made It Last Summertime | Heart, Lovemaker | Starbuck, Heart Throb | Iron Cross, Everybody Rock On | Don Fardon, Don't Do That | Fancy, Touch Me | Brotherhood Of Man, Join The Party | Slik, The Boogiest Band In Town | Sally James, Isn't It Good | Gene Latter, Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller | Billy Shake, Can't Stop Myself (From Loving You)

CD 3: Stevie Wright, Hard Road | Small Wonder, Ride A Black Sheep | Anthony Bygraves, Painted Lady | Light Fantastic, We Are The Song | Rain, Rock Is Dead (But It Won't Lie Down) | Sting, Thunderkid | Son-Of-A-Gun, La Maison De L'Amour | John Paul Young, Yesterday's Hero | Chicory Tip, Survivor | Shambles, Hello Baby | Johnny Goodison with 2nd Tyme Around, Get It Together | April, Rollin' It Over | Patches, Telltale | Method, Run, Run, Run | Soho Jets, Denim Goddess | Ted Mulry Gang, Jump In My Car | Hush, Glad All Over | Mud, L'L'Lucy | Barry Blue, If I Show You I Can Dance | Bay City Rollers, Rock And Roll Honeymoon

CD 4: Hello, Star Studded Sham | Bo' Flyers, If Saturday Could Only Last Forever | Bilbo Baggins, What' Goin' On | Snaps, Don't You Worry | Kenny, Hot Lips | Flintlock, Dawn | Buzz, Motorway Madness | The Times, Sexy Lady | Screemer, Interplanetary Twist | Shabby Tiger, Shabby Tiger | Trevor White, Crazy Kids | Rosetta Stone, (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice | Shorty, Judy Run Run | Buster, She Ain't My Baby | Child, Public Enemy Number One | The News, Louise, Louise | Ian Mitchell Band, Get Down | Kenny And The Car Parks, Top Speed | Suzi Quatro, Rock Hard | The Stiffs, Yer Under Attack

True Adventure

Single

Where The Roxy Used To Be (Martin Briley / Brian Engel) /
Outlaw Love (Martin Briley / Brian Engel)
(Decca F13528) 28th June 1974

Shambles

Single

Hello Baby (Brian Engel) /
Held Me Spellbound (Brian Engel / Le Mesurier / Renton / Renton)
(RCA 2533) March 1975


Compilation Album

Blitzing The Ballroom: 20 UK Power Glam Incendiaries
(Psychic Circle) 31st March 2008

A compilation CD featuring the Shambles A-side Hello Baby and the True Adventure B-side Outlaw Love. Hello Baby also appeared on the compilation Teenage Glampage! 80 Glambusters Rockers, Shockers And Teenyboppers From The 70's!.

Tracks: Shambles, Hello Baby (Brian Engel) | Tiger, I’m An Animal (Bellis / Tsamplakos / Baron) | Angel, Little Boy Blue (Andy Scott) | True Adventure, Outlaw Love (Martin Briley / Brian Engel) | Change, Wildcat (Sigmondsen / Helgason) | Stumpy, Keep It Coming (Taylor / Sansom) | Union Express, Do You Love Me | Abacus, Indian Dancer (Ludford / Stubberfield) | Paul Ryder & Time Machine, Are You Ready (Seago / Prewer / Roker) | Panther, One Man Band (Frank Klunbaar) | Winston, Mona (Barry Blue / Lynsey De Paul) | Frenzy, Poser (Paterson / Moir / Tucker) | Bullfrog, Glancy | Pete Dunton, Taking Time (Pete Dunton) | Tim Dandy, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run (Boone) | Giggles, High School Girls (Corking / Carpenter) | Stephen: Right On Running Man (Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange) | Screemer, Billy (Mikkelson / Coates) | Sakkarin, Hang On Sloopy (Wes Farrell / Bert Russell) | Fynnius Fogg, Roller Skating Baby (Renouf / Myers)

Limey

Singles

Georgia Moon (Brian Engel) /
The Man Who Killed Grant Tracy (Brian Engel)
(RCA 2623) 7th November 1975

Both In Love With You (Brian Engel) /
National Health Kid (Brian Engel)
(RCA 2758) 29th October 1976

"A sloppy ballad with disastrous lyrics." * Barry Cain (Record Mirror, 13th November 1976, page 10)

Silver Eagle (Brian Engel) /
Spanish Picture (Brian Engel)
(RCA PB 5014) 11th March 1977

The review in Record Mirror by Robin Smith described Limey as "a British equivalent of the Steve Miller Band. Strong Californian feel, a hit with enough airplay." **** (Record Mirror, 12th March 1977, page 10)

Albums

Limey
(RCA LP SF 8462) 30th January 1976

Reviewing this album in Record Mirror, Rosalind Russell wrote: "This is without doubt one of the best "first" albums I've heard from any band... Limey have produced a polished, exciting set of songs you would expect from a band who already had a few albums under their belt... There isn't one weak song here." (Record Mirror, 31st January 1976, page 22)

Side 1: A Patchy Sky | Miles Of Open Range | The Man Who Killed Grant Tracy | Moonrock Wedding Ring | The Cry From The Street
Side 2: Georgia Moon | Winning Fives And Losing Tens | The Stairway To Welfare Island | Midday Eastern National | Kensington Cowboys | Jack Union

Silver Eagle
(RCA LP PL 25032) February 1977

Side 1: Both In Love With You | Daddy Flew A Spitfire | Silver Eagle | Going Home | Toledo
Side 2: The Cry From The Street | Nine To Five Heroes | The Woman With Honeydew Eyes | Desiree | Looking For Suzanne

Slick Willie

Single

Side Walk Surfing - Skate Boarding (Brian Engel) /
Slick Willie (Colin Thurston)
(UK: Pentagon Records PENT 4 / Germany: Honeybee Records BF 18540) 1977

Martin Briley and Brian Engel jumped aboard the skateboard craze to produce and perform this one-off single.

Elevator

Single

Movement From A Skateboard Symphony (Part 1) (Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley / Brian Engel) /
Movement From A Skateboard Symphony (Part 2) (Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley / Brian Engel)
(Pye 7N 46089) 7th June 1978

A second skateboard-themed single.

Loudspeakers

Single

You Got A Hard Time Coming (Loudspeakers) /
Home's Where The Hurt Is (Loudspeakers)
(Ebony EYE14) 1978


Album

Loudspeakers
(Ebony EBY 1004) 1978

All of the tracks on this album were composed by Loudspeakers, with the exception of Hungry, which was composed by Brian Engel and Martin Briley. The album was recorded at Regents Park Studios, London. It was produced jointly by Steve Lipson and Loudspeakers.

Side 1: Eagle Rock Express | You Got A Hard Time Coming | Take It To The Country | Ring Around The World | In The Silence Of The Sky
Side 2: Hungry | Let Me Down Easy, Let Me Down Slow | Stop | Home's Where The Hurt Is

Disco Dick

Single

Disco Dick (Brian Engel / Mick Flinn) /
Disco I.Y. (D.I.Y. Disco) (Mick Flinn / Jackson / Jackson)
(EMI 2973) 1979

Brian Engel collaborated with Mick Flinn on this send up of the disco scene. The song title parodied Rick Dees' 1976 hit Disco Duck, while the camp style of the record mimicked the hits of Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes.

The News

Single

Boomerang (Mick Flinn / Brian Engel / Marty Kristian) /
Louise, Louise (Mick Flinn / Brian Engel / Marty Kristian)
(Megaphone MEGA 1) 1981

The B-side of this one-off single, Louise, Louise, later found its way onto the compilation Teenage Glampage! 80 Glambusters Rockers, Shockers And Teenyboppers From The 70's!.

Evita: Selections from The Opera based on the life story of EVA PERON 1919-1952

Album
(Polydor LP 2384 096 / cassette 3192 429) 1977

Principal Singers: Jenny Mason (Eva Perón), Bill Haine (Che), Brian Engel (Juan Perón), Steve Francis (Magaldi), Jane Bennett (Mistress), Clive Bennett (Dolan Getta / Officers).

Note: Brian Engel’s long-time friend Martin Briley is listed amongst the musicians on this album and has a guitar solo on the track “Buenos Aires”.

Side 1: Requiem For Evita | On This Night Of A Thousand Stars / Eva And Magaldi / Eva Beware Of The City | Buenos Aires | Goodnight And Thank You | The Lady’s Got Potential | Charity Concert / I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You | Another Suitcase In Another Hall | Dangerous Jade | A New Argentina

Side 2: On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada / Don't Cry For Me Argentina | High Flying Adored | Rainbow High | Rainbow Tour | The Actress Hasn't Learned The Lines (You'd Like To Hear) | And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) | Santa Evita | Waltz For Eva And Che | Dice Are Rolling / Eva’s Sonnet | Eva’s Final Broadcast | Lament

Spitting Image

20 Great Golden Gobs
(EMI CDEMC 3585) 1990

Brian Engel is listed as one of the vocalists on this album but he is not given any specific track credits.

Side 1: Commons Of House | Blues At Ten | M25 | Kylie Minogue | Keepin' On Rocking | Our God | Let's Go Drinking And Driving | The Jails Are Packed | Perry Como | The Christmas Single

Side 2: Sick As A Moon | Dawn Of A New Age | Apart-Aid | I'm Sure Livin' Since I Died | Estate Agent Song | Ayatollah Song | The Mad Song | Safe Viewing | We're The Has-Beens | The Chicken Song

Country Line Dancing

CD Album
(Crimson Productions Ltd. CRIMCD41) 1997

Tracks: Swamp Thing | Boot Scootin' Boogie | I Like It, I Love It | Fever | Honky Tonk Man | Busted | Good Girls Love Bad Boys | Chatahoochee | Get On The Line | Achy Breaky Heart | High Flying Woman | Sea Cruise | Hangin' On To My Dreams | The Wanderer | Cotton-Eyed Joe