Chameleon [Import]

chameleon [import]

Track Listings
1. City One
2. Science And Sacrament
3. Machine Voodoo
4. Chameleon
5. Circular Tour
6. The Shape Of Things To Come
7. Astro Logic
8. Tropicus
9. O Vee
10. On The Beam
11. Mex-Arcana
12. Man Machine
13. Hip No Tize
14. New Dream Island
15. Blue Sky
16. To The Sea In Ships
17. Blonde And Built To Last
18. To A Child
19. Rosalia
20. Golden Shrine
See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
In 1981 EMI's library music division, Themes International commissioned and released an album of Bill Nelson compositions which, due to the nature of library music (recordings made specifically for television, film or radio), was not advertised or promoted and not many were pressed, making it a very rare album. 25 tracks. Fabled Quixote. 2002.

Chameleon,Bill Nelson,Voiceprint/Fabled Quixote,Rock/Pop,Soundtracks

Chameleon [Import]
Chameleon [Japan Import] [1st Pressing]
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    		Chameleon [Japan Import] [1st Pressing]
    Helloween
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000KDVPBK

    Product Description

    Out of print, first pressing from Japan on VICTOR records Japan. VICP-5250. 12 tracks.
    Chameleon
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Musical Chameleons
    		 Chameleon
    The Ventures
    Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    Surf RockSurf Rock | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music
    Surf GuitarSurf Guitar | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
    RockRock | Imports | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00004W9L5
    Release Date: 2000-09-05

    Tracks:

    1. Gold Finger
    2. Theme From No Smoking
    3. Mushiku
    4. Surfin Ussr
    5. Washington Square
    6. Octopus Tree
    7. [Japanese Title]
    8. Mecca
    9. [Japanese Title]
    10. Salty Dog
    11. Ginza Ska
    12. Pike
    13. Pike (Live Version - Bonus Track)
    14. Slaughter On 10th Avenue (Bonus Track)
    15. Telstar (Bonus Track)

    Album Details

    Includes Three Bonus Live Tracks Taken from the Super Live 80 EP.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Musical Chameleons.......2002-06-20

    The album "Chameleon" was originally recorded in 1980 and released exclusively to the Japanese market. It was only available as a rare and pricey import, until it was recently re-released. What makes the CD even more desirable now is the fact that it includes three bonus songs taken from the even more rare "SuperLive '80" EP. Musically, it's a mixed bag. The most familiar songs are "Gold Finger" and "Washington Square." My favorite track is "Ginza Ska" written and recorded by THE classic line-up of the Ventures: Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards and the late Mel Taylor.
    Chameleon Dreams / LIVE (IMPORT)-2CD
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • An amazing Kiwi
    		 Chameleon Dreams / LIVE (IMPORT)-2CD

    Manufacturer: Columbia Records, Australia
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B000936EVW

    Product Description

    Limited edition, 2-CD set. Features the album, "Chameleon Dreams", and a BONUS, LIVE album.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars An amazing Kiwi.......2005-08-30

    Ever since releasing her debut solo album 'Safety in Numbers' in 1989, Margaret Urlich has come to realise just how much her music is a part of people's lives. Despite the fact that she was a completely unknown quantity, New Zealand born Urlich saw her first album steadily build into a major hit on the Australian charts. By '91, Safety in Numbers had gained the singer an astonishing three platinum albums in Australia and a No.1 platinum album in her homeland.

    In March 1991 she returned to the studio to commence pre-production for her second album with English Writer/Producer Robyn Smith, the man behind her highly successful debut.

    By mid year, Urlich and Smith had entered Sydney's 301 Studios to record their two songs, plus a third track written by Smith and Barry Blue. The same team had been responsible for two of the best tracks on Safety in Numbers ("Escaping and "Guilty People"), and their latest offering "Boy in the Moon", was to prove pivotal to the sound of the new album.

    But Margaret Urlich wanted more from her second album. So with determination and sense of purpose she left Australia on a creative odyssey that would take her first to London to co-write with celebrated writers like Rob Fisher (of Clinnie/Fisher fame) who she wrote the albums title track "Chameleon Dreams". On to Los Angeles, she met up with Grammy Award winning Writer/Producer Ian Prince - one of the key contributors to Quincy Jones celebrated Back On The Block project. She wrote two songs with Ian, and the four tracks he finally produced for Chameleon Dreams have a tough, urban feel which fuses well with the more soulful sound that has become Margaret's trademark.

    Back in London again, Margaret co-wrote with Simon Law and Tony Swain before completing the project with three tracks produced by Tony (best known for his work with Alison Moyet and Spandau Ballet). But despite the profusion of writers, producers and studios, "Chameleon Dreams" is a highly focused and integrated musical work that has achieved Platinum Status in Australia and New Zealand.

    When it came time for Margaret to record her third album, she gravitated naturally back to her country of origin and much-loved hometown of Auckland.

    With her third offering "The Deepest Blue", she was ready to prove just how far she had come as a songwriter, vocalist and musical stylist. But intriguingly, having spent much of 1994 living back in New Zealand - and appearing in a major concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar - she opted to stay a while and work where she felt most comfortable.

    On The Deepest Blue, Margaret returns to the songwriting set-up that works best for her - her long standing partnership with British Writer/Producer Robyn Smith. Smith and Urlich co-wrote all but two of the tracks on The Deepest Blue - and the resultant focus and consistency is apparent throughout the album.

    "I think songwriters are lucky", she laughs. "We have a chance to really think about the way we feel - and while that can be a really draining experience, it's also fantastic to tap into that depth of emotion we all have. I put a lot of energy into every song I write. I take a lot of the things that happen to me and I try to present them in an original way".

    If there's one word that crops up in any discussion of the way Margaret Urlich records, it's "control". Never one to subscribe to the image of the female singer as a brainless bimbo at the mercy of manipulative svengalis, Urlich is one artist who likes to know exactly what is happening on her albums. No detail is too insignificant.

    1998 was a turning point for Margaret, with her contract with Sony Music expired, she moved to the Southern Highlands of NSW where she set up home and a new recording studio with her partner. It was at this time that that the seeds were beginning to emerge for what was to become Margaret Urlich's latest album "Second Nature".

    What started out as a fun thing to do in a new studio became a recording project that was to last over 12 months and involve some of the finest musicians from Australia and New Zealand as well as the Producing talents of Eddie Rayner from Split Enz fame.

    The idea was simple, record some great songs written by New Zealanders. The reality was much harder as Margaret didn't want to record just a 'best of' album, but rather include songs that she felt personally drawn to and therefore needed to feel reasonably confident that she could do justice to them.

    The list was narrowed down to writers and bands that influenced Margaret throughout her life and career. These included artists like Split Enz, Crowded House, Dave Dobbyn, Max Merrit, Shona Laing, Don McGlashan and Tim Finn to name a few.

    In Margaret's own words: "This is not about better versions of existing songs as I feel that the original versions, sung and played by the original musicians are the definitive versions, and to compete with that would be futile. I guess that this album is about me having a brilliant time recording some excellent songs and learning a lot more about songwriting in the process."

    In a professional career that is now into its second decade, Margaret Urlich has carved herself a distinctive niche in a highly competitive industry that has no room for second best. A serious songwriter/performer, with a touch of dance floor diva and studio boffin and an enthralling live performer, Margaret Urlich is a unique artist who has truly challenged the stereotypes.

    Safety in Numbers - Chameleon Dreams - The Deepest Blue and now Second Nature from the Margaret Urlich Collection.

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