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a complete discography

This page is a complete listing of Tim's musical works.
Special thanks to Brian Mathieson for much of the information.

Most of these recordings are available on CD from our shop page.

The Big Three, 1963
The Big Three Live at the Recording Studio, 1964
Tim Rose, 1967
Through Rose Colored Glasses, 1969
Love - A Kind of Hate Story, 1970
Tim Rose, 1974
The Musician, 1975
Unfinished Song, 1976
The Gambler, 1977 / 1991
I've Got To Get A Message To You, 1987
Haunted, 1997
American Son, 2002
Not goin' anywhere, 2002 [Headwaiter]
Snowed In, 2003
The London Sessions 1978 - 1998, 2004
Mirage, 2004
Singles and compilations

Short audio samples are available for the songs marked [sample] To listen, you will need to download the free RealOne player from Real.com. Look carefully for the link to the free player, they tend to hide it away on the page.

Lyrics are available for a number of songs. Click on the word Lyrics for a pop-up window.

The Big Three (1963, FM Records)

Tony and Delia
Grandfather's clock
Wild Women
Come Away Melinda
Young Girl's lament
Banjo song [sample]
Winken Blinken and Nod
Nora's dove (Dink's song)
Rider
Dark as a dungeon

Performers: Tim Rose, Cass Elliott, and James Hendricks, with Bob Bowers (bass)

The Big Three albums are available combined on a single CD, issued by Sequel Records (NEMCD 755) under the title The Big Three Featuring Mama Cass.

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The Big Three Live At The Recording Studio (1964, FM Records)

I may be right
Sing Hallelujah
Anna Fia (Feher)
Silkie [sample]
Ringo
Down in the valley
All the pretty little horses
Glory glory
Ho honey ho
Come along
It makes a long time man feel bad

Performers: Tim Rose, Cass Elliott, and James Hendricks, with Bob Bowers (bass)

The Big Three albums are available combined on a single CD, issued by Sequel Records (NEMCD 755) under the title The Big Three Featuring Mama Cass.

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Tim Rose (1967, CBS / Columbia - later reissued as Morning Dew)

I Got a Loneliness
I'm Gonna Be Strong
I Gotta Do Things My Way
Fare Thee Well
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Hey Joe [sample]
Morning Dew    Lyrics 
Where Was I
You're Slipping Away From Me
Long Time Man
Come Away Melinda [sample]
King Lonely The Blue

Tim Rose: Vocals, guitar
David Rubinson: Producer
Richard Hussan: Bass
Jay Berliner: Guitar
Bernard Purdie: Drums
Hugh McCracken: Guitar
Art Butler: Keyboards
Felix Pappalardi: Bass
Jim Fischoff: Percussion
Charlie Smalls/Patti Brown: Piano
Chuck Rainey: Bass
David & Deanna Lucas: Backing vocals

This album was reissued as a CD along with Through Rose Colored Glasses by BGO Records in 1997.

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Through Rose Colored Glasses (1969, CBS/Columbia 63636)

The Days Back When
Roanoke
Hello Sunshine
When I Was a Young Man
Whatcha Gonna Do
Maman
Let There Be Love
Baby Do You Turn Me On
Apple Truck Swamper
Angela
You'd Laugh
You Ain't My Girl Anymore

Tim Rose: Vocals, guitar, bass
Jack Tracy: Producer
Recorded at CBS studios, LA

Various studio musicians chosen by the producer provided the additional accompaniment. No information is available as to who they were.

This album was reissued as a CD with Tim Rose by BGO Records in 1997.

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Love - A Kind of Hate Story (1970, Capitol ST 22673)

I've Gotta Get a Message To You
Dim Light A-Burning
Where Do You Go To My Lovely
You Can't Stop Yourself
Sad Song
Georgia By Morning
Ode To An Old Ball
Sympathy
I Know These Two People
Jamie Sue

Tim Rose Vocals: guitar
Shel Talmy: Producer
Recorded at Island Studios, London

Other musicians included
Clem Cattini: drums
Alan Hawkshaw: keyboards
Herbie Flowers: bass
Tina Charles: Backing vocals

This Album was rereleased along with the 1974 album Tim Rose on a CD by Flying Thorn Records in 1998.

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Tim Rose (1974, Dawn/Playboy DNLS 3062)

It Takes a Little Longer
You Can't Keep Me
Hide Your Love Away [sample]
Boogie Boogie
If I Were a Carpenter
Cryin' Shame
Darling You Were All That I Had
Cotton Growin' Man
Goin' Down in Hollywood [sample]
Jamie Sue

Tim Rose Vocals, guitar
Gary Wright: Producer / Piano, organ
Bryson Graham: Drums
Arch Leggett: Bass
Mick Jones: Guitar

This Album was rereleased along with the 1970 album Love - A Kind of Hate Story on a CD by Flying Thorn Records in 1998.

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The Musician (1975, Atlantic)

7:30 Song [sample]
Small Town Talk
The Musician
Loving Arms
Old Man [sample]
It's Not My Life That's Been Changin'
The Day I Spent With You
Second Avenue
Now You're a Lady
Where Is the Good Life

Tim Rose, Vocals, guitar
Jonathan Rowlands, Producer
Dave Charles, Drums
Tommy Eyre, Keyboards
Paul Cobbald, Bass
Ray Martinez, Andy Summers, Guitar
B J Cole, Steel guitar
Tina Charles, Backing vocals

This Album was rereleased on CD in 1995 on Demon / Edsel (EDCD 448) with two extra tracks - Hey Joe and Morning Dew.

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Unfinished Song (1976, Tiger Lily TL 14055)

Outrageous Mary
Givin'
The Day I Spent With You
Little Girl
Unfinished Song
Mine For a Night
Empty People
Where Is the Good Life

Producer: Tim Rose
Tim Rose: Vocals, guitar, organ
Russ Kunkle Drums
Peet Seers: Piano
Fuzzy Knight: Bass
Andy Summers: Guitar
Clyde King, Vernetta Fields: Vocals

This was an effort by Tim to produce a classic album with a few of his friends. The studio went bankrupt in 1975 and sold the tapes - without Tim's permission - to Tiger Lily Records, who released it.
Although short - just 28 minutes - it is unique, "a real rock'n'roll album", he says.

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The Gambler (Recorded 1977 for Phonogram, but not released until 1991 on President - PCOM 1117)

I Just Wanna Make Love To You
He Was Born to Be a lady
Dance On Ma Belle
It'll Be Alright On The Night
Runaway    Lyrics  
Moving Targets
The Gambler [sample]
Blow Me Back Santa Ana
Is There Something 'Bout The Way I Hold My Gun
So Much To Lose    Lyrics  
Bowery Avenue
Laurie

Produced by Pierre Tubbs
Tim Rose: Guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Andy Summers: Guitar
Pierre Tubbs: Guitar, keyboards, percussion, bass, backing vocals
B J Cole: Pedal Steel guitar
Raphael Ravenscroft: Saxophone, flute
Lynton Naff: Keyboards
Theodore Thunder: Drums
Michael d'Alberuerque: Bass
Philip Love: Percussion
Robert S Siggins: Banjo
Lisa Strike, Jaqui Sullivan, Vicci Brown: Backing vocals.

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I've Got To Get A Message To You (1987, See For Miles)


Although listed in discographies, this compilation was planned, but never actually released.

Haunted (1997, Best Dressed Records)

Blue Steel '44 (Hey Joe)
Give Your Lovin' to the Livin'
He Never Was a Hero    Lyrics  
Natural Thing [sample]
A Mite Confused
I Ain't Had no Lovin' (Long Time Man)
Because You're Rich
The Dealer
Come Away, Melinda
Haunted (instrumental) [sample]
Four Dancin' Queens
Hanging Tree    Lyrics   [sample]
I Sold it With My Car (Goin' Down in Hollywood)
Morning Dew

Produced by Tim Rose

This is a part-studio, part-live album. The live tracks were recorded at The Garage and the Royal Albert Hall, London (where Tim was appearing on the bill with Nick Cave) in 1997. Tim accompanied himself on guitar, with additional guitar by Michael Winn.

The studio tracks were recorded in London, New York and Dublin.

Additional musicians on the studio tracks are:
David Zinno, Darrius Ditullio, Alan Seidler, David Clarke, Bill Wilson. (Tim originally claimed the line-up included 'Sio Bender, Eric Sample, and Shawn Bight' - but later admitted this was a private joke about electronic recording [byte, sample, etc]).

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American Son (2002, Mystic Records)

American Son [sample]
Because You're Rich [sample]
Where Did The Good Times Go? [sample]
Ageing Soldier [sample]
Broken Song [sample]
Tiger In Cages [sample]
She Was Born To Fly [sample]
Live It To The Brim [sample]
I Never Knew (So Much To Lose) [sample]
Once He Was [sample]

Recorded in Bergen, Norway between March and December 2000. All original Tim Rose songs with the sole exception of Broken Song.

Additional musicians:

Kato Aadland
Anders Bitustoyl
Hans Petter Gunderson
Ole Ludvig Kruger
Ingrid Mjanger
Claudia Scott
Magne Thormodsaeter
Joergen Traen

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Not goin' anywhere [Headwaiter] (2002, Love Label LLO102)

Not Goin' Anywhere
Don't Walk Away
Strange Things Happen [lyrics and guest vocal by Tim Rose] [sample]
Language of Love [lyrics by Tim Rose] [sample]
Kryptonite Surprise
Are You Celebrating me
Secret Admirer
My Sweet Love
Lonely Old Man [lyrics by Tim Rose] [sample]
Mystery [lyrics by Tim Rose] [sample]


Audio clips of some of these songs are available on the shop page.

"Headwaiter" is a new group composed of the best musicians in Norway today. Just released, this album features four songs with lyrics by Tim plus a duet with lead singer Per Jorgensen. The liner notes were also written by Tim.

Musicians:
Per Jørgensen: lead vocal
Tim Rose: Guest Vocal
Mette Mathieson: drums
Tarald Tvedten: drums
Kjartan Kristiansen: backing vocals
Joanne Vaardal Lunde: backing vocals
Heide Torsvik: backing vocals
Tone Ljøkelsøy: backing vocals
Tina Ådland: backing vocals
Hans-Patter: guitars, keyboards
Kato Ådland: guitars, keyboard, bass

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Snowed In (2003, Cherry Red Records CDB Red 239)

Snowed In
Come What May
Long Time Man
Time Slips Away
Down In The Valley (Trad)
So Much To Lose
I Need Saving
Boogie Boogie
Hanging Tree
Needle (monologue)

'Snowed In' was completed by Colin Winston-Fletcher after Tim's death from recordings they made together in his last year.

Musicians:
Tim Rose: Vocals, 6-string and 12 string guitar
Colin Winston-Fletcher: all other instruments / producer
Jonathan Marris: electric guitar on Snowed In / I Need Saving
Susie Higgie: guest vocal on Boogie Boogie
Simon Gershon: sample and sound design
Chad Hobson: joint producer on tracks 2, 4, 7 and 8
All tracks were written by Tim Rose and published by Flying Thorn music except Snowed In and Boogie Boogie (words and music, Colin Winston-Fletcher, published by Lantern Music), Come What May, Time Slips Away, and So Much To Lose (words and music Tim Rose/ Colin Winston-Fletcher, published by Flying Thorn / Lantern Music) and Needle / Monologue (Words Dominic Mann, music Colin Winston-Fletcher).

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The London Sessions (2004, Market Square MSMCD119)

Like A European
I Started A Joke
The Rose Over The Rainbow
I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore
Pavement Princess
It's All Gone Wrong
There I Go Again
Hey Joe
Lady's Coming Home For Christmas
Borocay (Yo Tengo Amore Te)
The Answer

Previously unreleased tracks from studio sessions recorded between 1978 and 1998 in his adopted home of London, England

Musicians:
Tim Rose: Vocals and guitar
Pierre Tubbs, keyboards and progamming, acoustic guitar, producer
Micky Wynne, guitar and slide guitar
David Rose, piano
Melissa Rose, vocals (It's All Gone Wrong)
BJ Cole, steel guitar
Theodore Thunder, drums
Michael D'Alberquerque, Chris Gregory, bass
Lisa Strike, Jaqui Sullivan, Vicci Brown, backing vocals
Michelle Stephens, backing vocals

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Mirage (2004, Market Square MSMCD126)

Reynadine
Rosemary Lane
The Drifter
Blackwater Side
The Snows
Lindsay
Mirage
Medley (The Lamentation of Owen Roe O'Neill, The Mist Covered Mountains of Home, The Nine Maidens)
Geordie
Annabel Lee
Flash Company
Three Fishers

The debut album by folk group The Greenhouse Band features one track (The Snows) with guest vocals by Tim Rose.

Musicians:
Madeleine Worrall, vocals
Neil McArthur, acoustic guitar and piano
Graeme Taylor, electric and acoustic guitar and mandolin
Dave Berry, double bass and bass guitar
Michael Gregory, drums and percussion
Richard Friedman, violin
Tim Rose, vocals on The Snows

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Singles and compilations

The Rock Machine Turns You On (Various Artists) CBS 1967 - Come Away Melinda is the track by Tim, on one of the earliest samplers ever issued by a big record company.

Beautiful People (Various Artists) CBS/Harmony HS 11383, 1970 - includes Tim's version of Hey Joe.

Rock Artefacts, Vol 4: The 60s Part 2 (Various Artists) Legacy 1991 on which Tim performs Hey Joe. Interestingly, the same album has Morning Dew sung by Lulu!

Singles:
1966 - I'm Bringing it Home / Mother, Father, Where are You?
1966 - Hey Joe / King Lonely the Blue
1966 - I Gotta do Things My Way / Where Was I?
1967 - I'm Gonna Be Strong / I Got a Loneliness
1967 - Morning Dew / You're Slipping Away from Me
1967 - Long Time Man / I Got a Loneliness
1967 - Come Away Melinda / unknown
1968 - Long Haired Boy / Looking at a Baby
1968 - I Guess it's Over / Hello Sunshine
1969 - Roanoke / Baby Do You Turn Me On
1970 - I Gotta Get a Message to You / Ode to an Old Ball
1972 - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away / If I Were a Carpenter
1973 - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away / It Takes a Little Longer
1975 - The Musician / 7:30 Song
1975 - The Musician / It's Not My Life That's Been Changin'
1975 - Morning Dew / 7:30 Song
1979 - Tim guested on the single 'Boys On The Dole' by punk band Neville Wanker and the Punters. (Information from Ron Ellis)
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