Music:
Member Since: 22/03/2008
Band Website: www.discog.info/mansfield.html
Band Members:
1 Nick Straker Band
Future's Above My Head
(1979):
CD-R
Seems to be where it all began outside of New Musik. Not produced by Tony, but he played guitar on a few tracks. Tony Hibbert played bass and Phil Towner drums, on a few tracks.
2 Nick Straker Band
A Walk in the Park
(1980):
Cassette
Similar tracks to the 'Future's Above...' album. Not produced by Tony, but he played guitar on a few tracks. Tony Hibbert played bass and Phil Towner drums, on a few tracks. Hence the 'band' consisted of New Musik, almost.
3 Maggie Britton:
128 Kbps MP3s from the self-titled LP:
&34;Bright Water&34;
&34;Josephine&34;
&34;My Town&34;
&34;Extra Days of You&34;
&34;Goodship Earth&34;
&34;What Am I Gonna Do?&34;
&34;Boys From Brazil&34;
&34;Friend of Mine&34;
&34;Running to My Freedom&34;:
4 Steve Kent:
&34;Twelfth House&34; -- 128 Kbps MP3
&34;Modern Man&34; -- 128 Kbps MP3
&34;Twelfth House&34; (Extended) -- 256 Kbps MP3:
5 President President:
&34;All Good Men&34; (12&34;) -- 128 Kbps MP3
Co-produced by Tony.:
6 Search Party
&34;Urban Foxes&34; (12&34;) -- 256 Kbps MP3
&34;Urban Foxes&34; -- 128 Kbps MP3
&34;More&34; -- 128 Kbps MP3
7 Yukihiro Takahashi
192 Kbps MP3s of:
&34;Disposable Love&34; (Tony sings duet)
&34;Drip Dry Eyes&34; (Plays some keyboard and backing vocal)
&34;Connection&34; (Plays some keyboard and backing vocal)
8 Captain Sensible
Women and Captains First
(1982):
Vinyl LP.
Tony was free to experiment with his production here, and some of these tracks sound pretty New Musik-like, chronologically straight after Warp.
Most of the tracks can be found on the 'Best of' compilation CD.
9 Captain Sensible
The Collection
(2003) [Compilation]:
CD album.
Some classic TM here. The atmosphere and mood of &34;Glad It's All Over&34; perhaps make it the most New Musik-like of all his productions?
ALSO BY CAPTAIN SENSIBLE:
128 Kbps MP3s:
&34;I Love You&34;
&34;Stop the World&34; (12&34; Version)
&34;Wot&34; (12&34; Version)
&34;Relax&34;
&34;Secrets&34;
&34;One Christmas Catalogue&34; (12&34; Version)
&34;One Christmas Catalogue&34; -- 192 Kbps MP3:
&34;There Are More Snakes Than Ladders&34; -- 12&34; Vinyl:
10 Planet Ha Ha
Home
(1982) [Single]:
128 Kbps MP3s of both the A side and B-side instrumental.
Here's hoping there will be new material listed here soon!
11 John Dark:
&34;Silhouette&34; -- 128 Kbps MP3.:
12 Mari Wilson
The Platinum Collection
(2007) [Compilation]:
CD compilation.
Most of the tracks are Tony's productions. Very nice too. &34;Just What I Always Wanted&34; is the obvious gem, but &34;Are You There with Another Girl?&34; is pure TM.
13 Philip Jap
Total Erasure
(1982) [Single]:
128 Kbps MP3
ALSO BY PHILIP JAP, FROM THE SELF-TITLED ALBUM:
192 Kbps WMAs:
&34;Jump Crew&34;
&34;Jap&34;
&34;Death in a Tin Junk&34;
&34;Total Erasure&34;
14 Aztec Camera
&34;Walk Out to Winter&34; (Long Version) -- 192 Kbps MP3.
From the '12&34; 80s' triple-CD.
15 Naked Eyes
The Best of Naked Eyes
(1991) [Compilation]:
CD album.
Tony was a very busy man in the 1983/84 period these songs are from. Naked Eyes' sound was more ornate than many of Tony's productions, and perhaps this made it more radio friendly (in the US at least - they were never big in the UK).
There's quite a noisy, early 80s 'big percussion' to many tracks, and the Fairlight sound was still yet to fully develop, as would be the case a few years later. Yet this still represents good 'bang for the buck' in Tony's productions - lots of trademark touches.
16 Martin Ansell:
128 Kbps MP3s:
&34;I'll be in the Jungle&34;
&34;Albania&34;:
17 Wendy Wu
Let Me Go / Love Tonight
(1983) [Single]:
128 Kbps MP3 (both sides)
18 The RescueThe Rescue
(1984) [EP]:
192 Kbps MP3:
&34;Messages&34;
&34;Images&34;
&34;Tell Me Now&34;
&34;Long Look&34;
&34;When the Talking Is Over&34;
19 Vicious Pink
&34;Great Balls of Fire&34; -- 128 Kbps MP3
&34;Spooky&34; -- 160 Kbps MP3
&34;The Spaceship Is Over There&34; -- 160 Kbps MP3
&34;Blue&34; (Love Mix) -- 160 Kbps MP3
&34;Always Hoping&34; -- 160 Kbps MP3
&34;Cccan't You See&34; (Extended Version) -- 160 Kbps MP3
&34;8:15 To Nowhere&34; -- 160 Kbps MP3
&34;Fetish&34; (Extended Version) -- 160 Kbps MP3
&34;Take Me Now&34; (Extended Version) -- 160 Kbps MP3
20 a-haHunting High and Low
(1985):
CD album.
21 a-ha
The Singles 1984-2004
(2004) [Compilation]:
CD-R.
ALSO BY A-HA:
&34;Take on Me&34; (Tony's original unreleased version) -- 96 Kbps MP3
&34;Take on Me&34; (Extended Version) -- 224 Kbps MP3
22 The B-52'sBouncing Off the Satellites
(1986):
CD album.
ALSO BY THE B-52'S:
&34;Summer of Love&34; -- 192 Kbps WMA. Tony's original unreleased version, from the Time Capsule compilation CD.
23 Miguel BoséXXX
(1987):
CD-Rs of both English and Spanish versions.
A really good album of melodic, late-era synth pop with a nice variety of tasteful, tuneful songs. Tony's production is quite apparent and had developed a lot by this stage: XXX represents the zenith of his Fairlight sound. Clive Gates and Rob Fisher add keyboard touches, and there may even be elements of the New Musik sound in places. Quite sublime, and one of my faves, definitely.
24 Claude Sabbah
&34;Hard Times (Need the Kiss of Life)&34; 12&34; -- 128 Kbps MP3.
25 Jean-Paul Gaultier
Aow Tou Dou Zat (Album Remix)
(1989):
CD-R album.
26 Jean-Pierre Mader
Midi à minuit
(1989):
CD-R.
A nice French 'vibe' to this, with some production similarities perhaps to Bose.
Most notable track for Tony fans has to be &34;Hard and Soft&34;, with its brilliant instrumental ending. This was obviously a pure Mansfield moment: a wonderfully dreamy, atmospheric, melancholic soundscape.
27 Duke
The 10 Commandments of Love
(1995):
Double-CD album.
Tony held back on the intensity of his trademark production in the 1990s, so don't expect the New Musik tricks, although as ever his production is first class. The Fairlight had by now long since given way to a more natural, less electronic sound the 90s would dictate. This is nice, smooth, laid back, 'downtempo' soul-pop. The production is clean and modern. Grown up pop: you can cast off any preconceptions, this ain't teen-fodder!
(Interestingly two tracks were produced by Duke himself, and sound similar production-wise).
28 Ana Torroja
Puntos cardinales
(1997):
CD album.
Nice, grown up pop music. Don't let the fact it is Spanish put you off. With an impressive cast of musicians, featuring keyboard contributions by Clive Gates and Rob Fisher, and great production: not entirely New Musik-like but the influence is there.
29 Steve Jansen & Yukihiro Takahashi
Pulse
(1998):
&34;Memory Without Consequence&34; -- 192 Kbps MP3
Tony sings on this laid back, organic sounding duet.
30 Ilene Barnes
Set You Free
(2000):
CD album.
Into the 21st century here with one of Tony's later productions, and again it's very much adult-oriented as opposed to teen-pop. Tony's productions grew up with us.
A pure, modern, organic sound, with some distinctive yet subtle keyboards and electronics. (Sadly this album was to mark Rob Fisher's last ever contribution).
Although French, Ms Barnes sings throughout in confident English. Perhaps the best way I can describe her is something of a cross between Joan Armatrading and Shirley Bassey...
But even the most ardent Mansfield-fanatic may not recognise the production. This is not at all New Musik-like, although it is first-rate in every way.
Tony arranged the string section on one of the tracks he didn't produce.
31 PrÄta vÄ“tra
Online
(2001):
By Brainstorm (RYM will only list as Prata Vetra).
CD album.
I very much hope I am proven wrong, but all evidence seems to suggest this may have been Tony's final production. Seven years is a long wait for new material...
Influences: Also a New Musik page has been setup by fans: www.new-musik.co.uk
Sounds Like: Tony Mansfield
Record Label: Various
Type of Label: Major
