Twinkle
| 08-69 | Micky/Darby And Joan | Instant IN 005 (UK) |
| Immediate 1C006-90528 M (Germany) |
Her real name is Marilyn Ripley, and she made her first record when she was 16.
For a long time she was a protégée of the Bachelors. In 1965 she was girlfriend
of Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits. Both tracks of the single were produced by
Michael d'Abo and it's not difficult to hear that Mike is hammering the piano on
"Mickey".
The Germany release has an art cover and is released on the “normal” Immediate
label, but there not mentioned a producer on the label of the German release.
| 09-74 | Days/Caroline | Bradleys Records BRAD 7418 (UK) |
This single was released as Twinkle Ripley. Both sides of the single were produced by Mike d'Abo, what you can hear very well. I wouldn't even be surprised if Mike plays piano on the record. Both sides of the single are written by Twinkle Ripley herself.
These two tracks was to be part of a film and album
project called "Michael Hannah", but the whole plan was shelved when Hannah
(who was the boyfriend of Twinkle for some time) was killed in the Paris Air
Show disaster. Mike d'Abo told me that the album was actually recorded, but
has never been released officially. Still I've put it on my want list,
because you never know .....
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00-88 |
CD Immediate Single Collection Volume 5 |
Line IDCD 9.00569 (Germany) |
| Tracks: | |
| Though It Hurts Me Badly | P.P. Arnold |
| Out Of Time | Chris Farlowe |
| So Good | The McCoys |
| Headlines | Goldie |
| In My Lonely Room | The Factotums |
| Softly Softly | London Waits |
| Choc Rolls | Golden Apples In The Sun |
| Taken My Love | The Masterminds |
| The Last Goodbye | Chris Farlowe |
| Daytime Girl | Billy Nichols |
| True Story | Twice As Much |
| Down In The Boondocks | G. Phillips |
| Everything's Gonna Be Alright | Nicky Scott |
| Sorrow | The McCoys |
| Darby And Joan | Twinkle |
| Angeline | Warm Sounds |
| Paperman Fly In The Sky | Chris Farlowe |
| If You See What I Mean | P.P. Arnold |
| Don't Worry Mother | The McCoys |
| I Can't Go Home Anymore | The Factotums |
However Twinkle's "Darby And Joan" was released through the sub-label of Immediate Instant, it is here included on an Immediate-story CD. Besides this by Mike d'Abo produced song, this CD also has "The Last Goodbye" by Chris Farlowe, which is written and produced by Mike plus "Paperman Fly To The Sky" by Chris Farlowe which is also produced by Mike, which almost makes it a "the music of Mike d'Abo" CD.
| 00-93 CD | CD Golden Lights | Revolution Per Minute RPM 108 (UK) |
| 05-97 | LP Golden Lights | Revolution Per Minute RPM 108LP (UK) |
| The tracks of this CD/LP are: | |
| 1. Terry | 10. I Need Your Hand In Mine |
| 2. The Boy Of My Dreams | 11. The End Of The World |
| 3. Golden Lights | 12. Take Me To The Dance |
| 4. Ain't Nobody Home But Me | 13. What I'm Doing Here With You |
| 5. Tommy | 14. Now I Have You |
| 6. So Sad | 15. Micky |
| 7. A Lonely Singing Doll | 16. Darby And Joan |
| 8. Unhappy Boy | 17. Soldier's Dream |
| 9. Poor Old Johnny |
10-2001 CD Twinkle – Golden Lights – RPM Special Edition RPM 505
RPM records released this CD already in 1993, but now they released an extended CD version, which includes the seven extra tracks. For the Mike d'Abo fans, five of these extra tracks are interesting: "Days", "Caroline", "Radio Station Lady", "Little Piece Of Heaven" and "I'm A Woman You're A Man" because they all come from the "Michael Hannah" sessions.
A couple of months ago I had a phone call with Twinkle. There has been written a lot about the to be released "Michael Hannah" album, and in the phone call I got the chance to ask Twinkle about this item. She told me that she had tapes of bad quality of the recorded songs. It's good to see that some of the tracks are now included on this second release.
Mark Stratford
wrote the sleeve notes of this second release and he mention about the
"Michael Hannah" tracks: "all of them are wonderfully arranged and produced
by Mike d'Abo, with Mike also on piano and Duncan Browne on guitar. It's
certainly worth buying
The tracks of this CD (no album available this time) are:
| 1. Terry | 13. Take Me To The Dance |
| 2. The Boy Of My Dreams | 14. What Am I Doing Here With You |
| 3. Golden Lights | 15. Now I Have You |
| 4. Ain't Nobody Home But Me | 16. Micky |
| 5. Tommy | 17. Darby And Joan |
| 6. So Sad | 18. Soldier's Dream |
| 7. Tommy (German language version) | 19. Days |
| 8. A Lonely Singing Doll | 20. Caroline |
| 9. Unhappy Boy | 21. Radio Station Lady |
| 10. Poor Old Johnny | 22. Little Piece Of Heaven |
| 11. I Need Your Hand In Mine | 23. I'm A Woman You're A Man |
| 12. The End Of The World | 24. For Sale |
| 00-2002 | Instant Karma | Castle Music CMRCD 426 (UK) |
| The tracks on this CD are | |
| 1. Outer Limits | Great Train Robbery |
| 2. Outer Limits | Sweet Freedom |
| 3. The Excelsior Spring | Happy Miranda |
| 4. The Excelsior Spring | It |
| 5. Eddie Thornton Outfit | Baby Be My Girl |
| 6. Sonny Burke Outfit | All You |
| 7. Copperfield | Any Old Time (You're Lonely & Sad) |
| 8. Copperfield | I'm No Good For Her |
| 9. Twinkle | Micky |
| 10. Twinkle | Darby & Joan |
| 11. Owen Grey & Maximum Breed | Sitting In The Park |
| 12. Pete Hunt & Maximum Breed | You've Got It |
| 13. Jimmy Scott | Ob-la-di Ob-la-da Story (Part 1) Alullo |
| 14. Jimmy Scott | Ob-la-di Ob la-da Story (Part II) Doh |
| 15. Twice As Much | Night Time Girl |
| 16. Vashti | Winter In Blue |
| 17. Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band | Afterglow |
| 18. Mike d'Abo | See The Little People (Gulliver Travels) |
| 19. Mike d'Abo | In The Beginning |
| 20. Samson | Traffic |
| 21. Samson | Venus |
| 22. Outer Limits | Great Train Robbery (Immediate demo version) |
| 23. Twinkle | Soldier's Dream |
| 24. Twinkle | Micky (Previously unissued long version) |
Besides the two Mike d'Abo songs, Mike is also present on
this CD as producer of three songs by Twinkle: "Micky" (the normal 2,27
version), "Darby & Joan" and "Micky" (the 3,34 previously unissued long
version). This last song makes this
CD special for us Mike d'Abo record collectors.
12-2003 CD Michael Hannah – The Lost Years
Earlier in this Twinkle story, I already wrote something about the "Michael Hannah" recordings. I even had a phone call with Twinkle herself about it. The recordings are so important for Mike d'Abo fans, because he produced the album. Twinkle told me that the cassette that she had with some of the tracks was of a bad quality, but still the CD has been released. Of course I've ordered the CD and as soon as I have received it, I will print full details.
So far I know that the tracks are:
Michael Hannah/Bowden House/I Am A Woman/Joanna/Ladyfriend/Days/Caroline/Jane/Zefferlli/Soldier.
Four of the songs were already included on the special edition CD of "Golden Lights", but the other six tracks have not been released so far. I can't wait hearing those tracks.