HELEN WATSON ~ A Complete (?) Discography

This discography attempts to list the original release of all the recordings which feature HELEN WATSON. All catalogue numbers refer to UK releases unless otherwise noted. Subsequent reissues are only included if they include additional material. Please write if you spot any errors or omissions. Thanks.

1980
LOOSE LIPS, My Past Life Have Gone, lp, APPALOOSA AP 007

1981
LOOSE LIPS, Feel The Benefit, lp, APPALOOSA AP 015
PERMANENT WAVE / HELEN WATSON, She Ain’t Mine Anymore / Surfacing, s, DANCEHALL DAV 001

1982
LONE STAR & the SPROUT HEAD UPRISING, cd, ARKA SOUND ARKACD 08

1987
HELEN WATSON, Blue Slipper, cd, EMI CD 7 483212
HELEN WATSON, You’re Not The Rule / Chrome Soldier, s, EMI DB 9158
The SONS OF ARQA, Land Of A Thousand Churches, cd, ARKA 2101
CARMEL, The Drum Is Everything, cd, LONDON 820 221.2

1988
HELEN WATSON, I’m Jealous Dear / Rock Myself To Sleep, s, EMI DB 9164
SONS OF ARQA, A Brief History of…, cd, ARKA ARKACD 2111

1989
HELEN WATSON, The Weather Inside, cd, EMI CDP 7 918832
HELEN WATSON, When You Love Me I Get Lazy / Don’t Forget …., cds, EMI CDDB 9167
HELEN WATSON & ANDY FAIRWEATHER-LOW, Hanging Out The Washing, cds, EMI CDDB 9173

1992
HELEN WATSON, Companion Girl, cd, RCA PD 75193
HELEN WATSON, £100 Watch / One Blue Suit, cds, RCA PD 45226
HELL BENT HEAVEN BOUND, Money The Final Frontier, c, HARBOURTOWN HARC 024

1995
The HELEN WATSON BAND, Notes On Desire, cd, BUILDING BUILD 001
DAPHNE’S FLIGHT, Daphne’s Flight, cd, FLEDG’LING FIVE 005

1996
CHRISTINE COLLISTER, Blue Aconite, cd, FLEDG’LING FLED 3010
JULIE MATTHEWS, Such Is Life, cd, ROAD GOES ON FOREVER RGFCD 030
KEITH CHRISTMAS, Love Beyond Deals, cd, HTD HTDCD 061

1997
CHRISTINE COLLISTER, Horizon, cdep, FLEDG’LING CING 4001
CHRIS WHILE, In The Big Room, cd, FLEDG’LING FLED 3009
CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS, Piecework, cd, FAT FLEDG’LING TWO 002
HELEN WATSON, Somersault, cd, FLEDG’LING FLED 3013
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Georgia On Our Mind, cd, DEEP SEA SeaD 8001
CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS, Perfect Mistake, cd, FATCAT FATCD 012

1998
CHRISTINE COLLISTER, The Dark Gift Of Time, cd, FLEDG’LING FLED 3016

1999
CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS, Higher Potential, cd, FAT CAT 007
HELEN WATSON, Doffing, cd, FLEDG’LING FLED 3024
CHRISTINE COLLISTER, Songbird, cd, FLEDG’LING FLED 3025
LINDA RONSTADT & EMMYLOU HARRIS, Western Wall, cd, ASYLUM 62408.2

2000
CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS, Stages, 2cd set, FAT CAT 008
KELLIE WHILE, Tenacious, cd, MOTHER MUMCD 101
2001
ASHLEY HUTCHINGS, Street Cries, cd, TOPIC TSCD 535

2002
HELEN WATSON, Lifesize, cd, FLEDG’LING FLED 3031
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Shining Bright, cd, TOPIC TSCD 519

2003
CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS, Perfect Mistake, cd, FATCAT FATCD 012
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Dark Was The Night, cd, DEEP SEA SeaD 8002

2006
BURDEN OF PARADISE, Burden Of Paradise, cd, own label, no catalogue number

2007
BURDEN OF PARADISE, Live At The Highwood Hotel Leeds, cd, own label, no catalogue number
HELEN & The LOVE NOTES, Helen & The Love Notes, cd, own label, no catalogue number

2008
BURDEN OF PARADISE, Things That Sting, cd, own label, no catalogue number
HELEN WATSON, Headrest, cd, own label, no catalogue number

Compiled & © beesknees / David Suff, June 2002, updated September 2008
with thanks to Alistair Banfield for the gimlet-eyed proof reading.

cd = compact disc. cds = compact disc single. cdep = extended play cd single. lp = vinyl album. s = vinyl single.

Fledg’ling discography number thirty in an irregular series. “collect the set”