Producer: Phil Chevron

[Clash Cadillac]

OBAMA ROCKS: WRITTEN BY NIALL MACMAHON

Thanks for posting. There is a link under related videos for the Radiators Television Screen which I had not seen before.

[philipchevron]

OBAMA ROCKS: WRITTEN BY NIALL MACMAHON

Produced by Mr C.

You can download the track at mosamusic.com
http://www.mosamusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=1

The Video for it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jmdgf0mFHg4&feature=related

What's the story behind this one??

This has nothing to do with me. It is an opportunistic record producer in Spain exploiting an old friendship and working relationship (1979/80) for his own gains. I did produce work with this band, Shocking Stockings, and with their leader Niall MacMahon solo (and indeed Niall's talented daughter Lila sang "Fairytale Of New York" on the Pogues' 2001 tour), but this track is not among the work we did together. If you want the truth, though I like this 1980 track very much (it was nice to hear it again) it has nothing to do with me and even LESS to do with Mr Obama who, at the time it was recorded was an even younger, even more bright-eyed, even more idealistic kid than I was (he was 18), but not, by any stretch of the imagination, presidential material.

Plus, the video sucks.

The whole thing is a fraud.

[Stephen Leech]

I prefered the other albums from the Prisoners but "Like a Huricane" is great

[martinfoyle]

Got a cheap deck from Aldi that allows me to digitise old vinyl. Here's a track Phil produced for The Atrix in 1982,

She Moves

http://www.mediafire.com/?mtyz1uj1z0y



http://irishrock.org/ipnw/bands/atrix.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atrix#Discography

[philipchevron]

Gosh, I haven't heard that in years! Touch heavy on the reverb buttons, perhaps?

"She Moves" is an outtake from the band's one and only Procession album in 1981. I produced about half the album, Midge Ure did one track and John Leckie produced the remainder, although one of the above links erroneously credits Leckie with the whole album. They were an interesting band who never quite delivered on their promise. What I liked about their songs was the sense that at any second, the whole thing might ignominiously collapse, though it never did. But that also made them a tough act to capture on record.

A local debate raged for some time about "Treasure On The Waste Land" and U2's "Eleven O'Clock Tick Tock" as to which came first. [For the record, the Atrix song did].

[philipchevron]

I prefered the other albums from the Prisoners

You and they both, apparently, though retrospect seems to be now favouring the work we did together. I always argued that there was no point in them sounding just like their heroes, The(e) Milkshakes, as The(e) Milkshakes already sounded like The(e) Milkshakes. They were always affronted to be asked to do more than one take of anything, though apparently Graham Day now sees the narrow-mindedness of this attitude!

[RoddyRuddy]

he Real Wild West (Produced by P Chevron & S MacGowan)

What's this?

I think the song was called Under Creeping Trees. It was one of 3 songs on the band's first 12" EP. They supported us on some dates and were managed by Terry O'Neill who was our Irish press officer. Great band. We recorded it in Dublin. 1988 or 89 I guess.

Can anyone give us any more info about the 12" ep , Cat numbers /record label /realease date /year/track listing.
Thanks in advance for any info. This is one ep I would love to own or even just here but it has sdadly evaded us up until now.

http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A1f4cfMTeJ ... dwest.html


Just did a quick search and found the above link
• The Sixties EP
12" - Solid Records - ROKT 725 - IRL - 1989



side one:
The Sixties
side two:
Under Creeping Trees
Helldorado
"Under Creeping Trees" produced by Phil Chevron.

[RoddyRuddy]

he Real Wild West (Produced by P Chevron & S MacGowan)

What's this?

I think the song was called Under Creeping Trees. It was one of 3 songs on the band's first 12" EP. They supported us on some dates and were managed by Terry O'Neill who was our Irish press officer. Great band. We recorded it in Dublin. 1988 or 89 I guess.

Can anyone give us any more info about the 12" ep , Cat numbers /record label /realease date /year/track listing.
Thanks in advance for any info. This is one ep I would love to own or even just here but it has sdadly evaded us up until now.

http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A1f4cfMTeJ ... dwest.html

this ep may be hard to find but it has found its way onto the ftp


Just did a quick search and found the above link
• The Sixties EP
12" - Solid Records - ROKT 725 - IRL - 1989



side one:
The Sixties
side two:
Under Creeping Trees
Helldorado
"Under Creeping Trees" produced by Phil Chevron.

[philipchevron]

just to be clear - "Under Creeping Trees" was produced by myself and Shane and is so credited on the sleeve too.

[RoddyRuddy]

Just listening to a copy of a Night Of A Thousand Candles pre official release demo casstte tape. C 1984 Aurora Music.The 8 tracks all sound alittle different from the lp versions.[The tracks are 1 Walkin Talkin 2Ironmasters 3 Scarlett Ribbons 4 A Night To Remember 5 The Day After 6 Whiskey with Me Giro 7 TMTCH 8 Hush Little Baby]
Does anyone know anything more about this tape .Would these tracks have been produced by Phillip Chevron or just unproduced demos.

[philipchevron]

Just listening to a copy of a Night Of A Thousand Candles pre official release demo casstte tape. C 1984 Aurora Music.The 8 tracks all sound alittle different from the lp versions.[The tracks are 1 Walkin Talkin 2Ironmasters 3 Scarlett Ribbons 4 A Night To Remember 5 The Day After 6 Whiskey with Me Giro 7 TMTCH 8 Hush Little Baby]
Does anyone know anything more about this tape .Would these tracks have been produced by Phillip Chevron or just unproduced demos.

Hmm. I wasn't aware of this item. It sounds to me like they may possibly be rough mixes or unfinished mixes. Of the tracks you name, I think I produced only Ironmasters and Scarlet Ribbons.

[RoddyRuddy]

Just listening to a copy of a Night Of A Thousand Candles pre official release demo casstte tape. C 1984 Aurora Music.The 8 tracks all sound alittle different from the lp versions.[The tracks are 1 Walkin Talkin 2Ironmasters 3 Scarlett Ribbons 4 A Night To Remember 5 The Day After 6 Whiskey with Me Giro 7 TMTCH 8 Hush Little Baby]
Does anyone know anything more about this tape .Would these tracks have been produced by Phillip Chevron or just unproduced demos.

Hmm. I wasn't aware of this item. It sounds to me like they may possibly be rough mixes or unfinished mixes. Of the tracks you name, I think I produced only Ironmasters and Scarlet Ribbons.

Thanks for the reply Phillip.
The Scarlet Ribbons track on the tape is very different from the lp version,the keyboards especially.Hush Little Baby is only 55 seconds long [maybe cut short in conversion to mp3?] Would the copy write date of 1984 put it well before the Phillip Chevron produced tracks.Never heard of Aurora Music . Had always thought TMTCH where on IMP in the early days.

[philipchevron]

Just listening to a copy of a Night Of A Thousand Candles pre official release demo casstte tape. C 1984 Aurora Music.The 8 tracks all sound alittle different from the lp versions.[The tracks are 1 Walkin Talkin 2Ironmasters 3 Scarlett Ribbons 4 A Night To Remember 5 The Day After 6 Whiskey with Me Giro 7 TMTCH 8 Hush Little Baby]
Does anyone know anything more about this tape .Would these tracks have been produced by Phillip Chevron or just unproduced demos.

Hmm. I wasn't aware of this item. It sounds to me like they may possibly be rough mixes or unfinished mixes. Of the tracks you name, I think I produced only Ironmasters and Scarlet Ribbons.

Thanks for the reply Phillip.
The Scarlet Ribbons track on the tape is very different from the lp version,the keyboards especially.Hush Little Baby is only 55 seconds long [maybe cut short in conversion to mp3?] Would the copy write date of 1984 put it well before the Phillip Chevron produced tracks.Never heard of Aurora Music . Had always thought TMTCH where on IMP in the early days.

Yes, it's certainly possible that it's a demo of some kind. Somewhere in one of the more distant filing cabinets of my mind, the name Aurora Music links with that of Tony Poole, who was TMTCH's manager and produced some of the tracks on the first album - basically, the ones I didn't.

[PistolPaddyGarcia]

Is there really an artist with the times you will necessarily receive an album together?

[philipchevron]

Is there really an artist with the times you will necessarily receive an album together?

Record production moved in a direction I did not feel equipped or inclined to follow. Plus I haven't really come across an artist in recent years that I felt I could enhance.

I think.