COMPLETE RECORDING SESSIONS...
"The Waterboys"/"Pagan Place" era December 1981 - April 1984

This list includes all Studio sessions, but only those Radio Session recordings which have appeared on Waterboys albums.

All recording venus in London, England except Songshop (New York), Farmyard (Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England) and Rockfield (Monmouth, Welsh/English borders)

1) REDSHOP STUDIO DEC 1981
personnel : Mike Scott
producer : Mike Scott

December (on "The Waterboys")
The Three Day Man (on "The Waterboys")
Bury My Heart (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")
Whatever Happened To The West ?
In The Way


2) UTOPIA JAN 1982
personnel : Scott, John Caldwell, Steve Fraser, Gordon McEwan, Martin Saunders
producer : Scott

Out Of Control (1982 single released on Ensign under the name Funhouse)


3) PLAYGROUND FEB 1982
personnel : Scott, Fraser, Saunders
producer : Scott

Let It Loose (version 2)
The Man Who Sold The World (Bowie)
Ulysses Has Gone


4) REDSHOP STUDIO FEB/MAR 1982
personnel : Scott, McEwan, Caldwell
producer : Scott

Gala (on "The Waterboys")
Dog Dream (words : Patti Smith)
Let It Loose
That's Not Enough
My Darkest Hour
The Earth Only Endures (words : Trad. Sioux)


5) REDSHOP STUDIO APR 1982
personnel : Scott
producer : Scott

Another Kind Of Circus (on "The Waterboys")
Except You (Dylan)


6) FARMYARD MAY 1982
personnel : Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite
producer : Rupert Hine

A Girl Called Johnny (on "The Waterboys")
A Boy In Black Leather (on "The Waterboys")
The Earth Only Endures (version 2) (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")
Fire Of Unknown Origin (Patti Smith)
The Drunk Man In The Dark
Except You (version 2) (Dylan)
God On The Screen
This Time It's Real
This Could Be Hell
This Year/Next Year


7) DENMARK STREET JUL 1982
personnel : Scott, Ray Massey
producer : Scott

The Girl In The Swing (on "The Waterboys")
Something Fantastic (on "The Waterboys")
Heart Of The North


8) REDSHOP AUG 1982
personnel : Scott
producer : Scott

Savage Earth Heart (on "The Waterboys")
It Should Have Been You (on "The Waterboys")
Where Are You Now When I Need You?  (on "The Waterboys")
Somebody Might Wave Back (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")
Ulysses Has Gone (version 2)
Born White
When A Woman Hates A Man


9) SONGSHOP, NEW YORK SEP 1982
personnel : Scott, Lenny Kaye, David Donen
producer : Kaye

It Should Have Been You (version 2)
The Girl In The Swing (version 2)
Savage Earth Heart (version 2)
Bury My Heart (version 2)


10) REDSHOP STUDIO NOV 1982
personnel : Scott, Thistlethwaite, Kevin Wilkinson, Nick Linden, Tim Blanthorne, Barbara Snow, Ingrid Schroeder, TV Smith
producer : Scott

I Will Not Follow (on "The Waterboys")
Ready For The Monkeyhouse (on "The Waterboys")
Jack Of Diamonds (on "The Waterboys")
All The Things She Gave Me (on "A Pagan Place")
The Thrill Is Gone (on "A Pagan Place")
Some Of My Best Friends Are Trains (on "A Pagan Place")
Red Army Blues (on "A Pagan Place")
The Late Train To Heaven (on "A Pagan Place")
Cathy (Nikki Sudden) (on "A Pagan Place")
Down Through The Dark Streets (on "A Pagan Place")
Going To Paris (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")
Billy Sparks (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")
Hound Dog (Elvis)
Hey Nigel Grainge


11) ALDRIDGE ROAD VILLAS DEC 1982
personnel : Scott, Nikki Sudden
producer : Scott/Sudden

Mister Fox (With Nikki Sudden, on "What A Nice Way To Turn 17" Fanzine EP)


12) BBC STUDIOS, MAIDA VALE JUL 1983
personnel : Scott, Thistlethwaite, Preston Heyman
producer : Harry Parker

The Three Day Man (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")


13) ROCKFIELD SEP 1983
personnel : Scott, Thistlethwaite, Wilkinson, Karl Wallinger
producer : Scott

The Big Music (on "A Pagan Place")
A Pagan Place (on "A Pagan Place")
Rags (on "A Pagan Place")
The Madness Is Here Again (on "A Pagan Place")
Love That Kills (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")

14) FARMYARD OCT 1983
personnel : Scott, Thistlethwaite, Wallinger, Roddy Lorimer, Eddi Reader
producer : Scott

(overdubs/mixing)
Love That Kills (instrumental mix) (on "A Pagan Place")

15) ISLAND STUDIOS OCT 1983
personnel : Scott, Wilkinson
producer : Scott

Church Not Made With Hands (on "A Pagan Place")


16) REDSHOP STUDIO NOV 1983
personnel : Scott, Thistlethwaite, Wallinger, Wilkinson
producer : Scott

Somebody Might Wave Back (version 2) (on "A Pagan Place")
The Passenger (Iggy Pop)


17) SARMWEST DEC 1983
personnel : Scott, Wallinger, Thistlethwaite
producer : Scott

(overdubs/mixing including :)
Rags (2nd Amendment) (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")
A Pagan Place (re-mix) (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")

18) SEAVIEW FEB 1984
personnel : Scott, Wallinger, Martyn Swain
producer : Scott/Wallinger

The Waves


19) MAISON ROUGE MAR 1984
personnel : Scott, Thistlethwaite, Wallinger, Wilkinson, Swain
producer : John Brand

The Thrill Is Gone (version 2)


20) BBC STUDIOS GOLDERS GREEN MAR 1984
personnel : Scott, Thistlethwaite, Wallinger, Wilkinson, Swain
producer : Harry Parker

The Ways Of Men (on "The Secret Life Of The Waterboys")


21) ADVISION APR 1984
personnel : Scott, Thistlethwaite, Lorimer
producer : Scott

(overdubs/mixing)