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Mr. Big (UK) - Discography (1975-2011)

Biography

The members of Mr Big had been playing together since the late 1960s, under the name "Burnt Oak". They first played under the name, "Mr Big", in 1972, at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street, London, when the manager billed them as Mr Big instead of Burnt Oak. The manager refused to change it, so it stuck for the rest of the band's career.

In 1974, the band signed to Epic Records, releasing three singles, none of which made a significant breakthrough, but which did lead to appearances on Lift Off, a TV pop show presented by Ayesha Brough, and Softly, Softly: Taskforce, a police drama in which actor/singer Paul Nicholas played the lead singer.

In 1975, Bob Hirschman, then manager of Mott the Hoople, took over as the band's manager. Their first album, Sweet Silence, was released on EMI, to greater acclaim than their previous singles. Promotional TV appearances for this album included Supersonic with Mike Mansfield and Superpop. In November 1975, Mr Big supported Queen on their A Night at the Opera tour.

In 1976, Mr Big embarked on their own UK headline tour and supported Sweet on their tour of Europe, performing on TV in Denmark, Holland and the UK. Mr Big were also the first British band to be signed to Clive Davis's Arista Records in America.[citation needed] They recorded their second album, Mr Big, in Los Angeles, California, with Val Garay.

In 1977, the band toured the United States in February, March and April with Tom Petty, Journey, Kansas and The Runaways. Meanwhile, the single, "Romeo", reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart,[1] despite a temporary ban by the BBC. It also sold well in Japan, Australasia, the U.S. and parts of Europe, and has since been covered by a band in South Africa. The follow-up single "Feel Like Calling Home" failed to capitalise on the success of the previous one, and only reached No. 35 in UK.[1] The band embarked on a UK headline tour with more television appearances in the UK and Europe.

In 1978, the third album Seppuku was recorded with Ian Hunter as producer and the band again toured the UK. They appeared on Top Of The Pops with "Senora", and split up soon afterwards.

Dicken and bassist Pete Crowther went on to form another band named Broken Home, which released two albums and played the Reading Festival in 1980, also scoring a couple of minor hits in Norway and Germany. Dicken has since collaborated with a variety of different artists under various names, as well as releasing solo material and performing "Mr Big greatest hits" tours. The current Mr Big consists of originals Dicken and Eddie Carter with new members on bass, keyboards and percussion. Their last album, Rainbow Bridge, was released in 1996.
Dickin is working on a new album which has been produced by Jake Carter and features songs Dickin has co-written with experienced songwriter Paul Gibbon.

Rock
1975-2011
UK
MP3
Tracks
CBR 320 kbps
04:36:37

1975 - Sweet Silence 00:49:00 (CBR 320)
Tracks:

01 - Time Base
02 - Wonderful Creation
03 - Golden Lights
04 - Uncle John 'B'
05 - I Ain't Been A Man
06 - Sweet Silence
07 - Zambia
08 - Enjoy It
09 - Violet May
10 - For The Fun To Find
11 - Appeared A Shining Throne
12 - Throne Second Amendment

1976 - Photographic Smile 00:44:31 (CBR 320)(vinyl rip)
Tracks:

01 - Photographic Smile
02 - Wonderful Creation
03 - Louisiana Street
04 - What Color Is The Wind
05 - I Ain't Been A Man
06 - Sweet Silence
07 - Zambia
08 - Feel Like Calling Home
09 - Romeo
10 - Can We Love/Angel Of My Life
11 - Easy

1977 - Mr. Big 00:36:20 (CBR 320)
Tracks:

01-Photographic Smile
02-Romeo
03-What Colour Is The Wind
04-Louisiana Street
05-Feel Like Calling Home
06-Goodbye World
07-Vampire
08-Hold Me
09-Can We Live/Angel Of My Life
10-Easy

1978 - Seppuku 00:46:11 (CBR 320)
Tracks:

01-Senora
02-Woman
03-Place Your Bets
04-Here It Comes Again
05-Tonight
06-Lucy
07-Goosestep
08-You Won't See Me
09-Behind Enemy Lines
10-Come Rock With Me
11-Seppuku
12-Death Boy

1996 - Rainbow Bridge 00:50:38 (CBR 320)
Tracks:

01-Rainbow Bridge
02-Death Boy
03-Broadway
04-Not For Glory
05-Babilon
06-Oxford Rock
07-The Way To Find A Heartache
08-Hollywoods
09-Highways
10-Wild Winds And Lonely Hearts
11-Down That River
12-Strong Tower

2011 - Bitter Streets 00:49:54 (CBR 320)
Tracks:

01. Come And Dance
02. Georgia
03. Die In Love
04. Bitter Streets
05. Chance Intrigue
06. My Sweet Medicine
07. Baby Come Around
08. Sandy
09. God Save Me From The Blues
10. Why Wait For Love
11. I Am Here For You
12. Its Over
13. Something Special
14. Romeo