discography

 

NEW! The GLOW EP: (RBM Special Editions, 2008). GLOW (Skywalker Mix), I Fell For Myself (Barone/Visconti), Radio Silence.

Producers: Steve Addabbo, Tony Visconti, and Richard Barone. "Glow" mixed by Leslie Ann Jones.

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NEW! "RICHARD BARONE/THE BONGOS iTUNES ESSENTIALS" (iTunes, 2008). 30-song career-spanning collection. Click HERE to view and purchase at the iTunes Store. Cover image by Mick Rock.

 

 

 

"COLLECTION: an embarrassment of richard" (RBM Special Editions, 2004). 15 collectibles mingled with rare demos, live versions, and special bonus tracks.

River To River - Primall Cuts Version (Barone/Usher), I Belong To Me, Forbidden (Barone/Usher), Nobody Knows Me (Barone/Johnson), Silent Symphony, Flew A Falcon, Before You Were Born, Clouds Over Eden (Barone/Usher), Miss Jean (Barone/Shear), River To River (Barone/Usher), To The Pure..., Standing in the Line, Numbers With Wings, I'll Be Your Mirror (Lou Reed), Don't Open 'Till Doomsday (Barone/Schneider). Cover photo by Mick Rock.

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"Between Heaven & Cello" (Line Music/EMI, Germany, 1997). Live recordings. Produced by Richard Barone.

Certain Harbours (Barone/Norris/Giannini), Guinevere (Donovan Leitch), Miss Jean (Barone/Shear), Forbidden, (Barone/Usher), Before You Were Born, Tangled In Your Web, Numbers With Wings (Instrumental), To The Pure..., Beautiful Human, Barbarella, Ballrooms Of Mars (Bolan), Standing In the Line, Under Someone's Spell. All songs written by Richard Barone unless noted. Cover photo by Mark Abrahams for Interview Magazine.

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"Clouds Over Eden" (Mesa-Bluemoon, Rhino, Atlantic/WEA, 1994). Producer: Hugh Jones.

Within These Walls (Barone/Usher), Paper Airplane (Barone/Johnson), Forbidden (Barone/Usher), Nobody Knows Me (Barone/Johnson), Clouds Over Eden (Barone/Usher), Waiting for the Train (Barone/Sobule), Miss Jean (Barone/Shear), Beautiful Human, Standing in the Line, Law of the Jungle, Within These Walls (Reprise). Songs written by Richard Barone unless noted. Cover photo by Duane Michals.

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"Primal Dream" (MCA-Paradox/Geffen, 1990). Producers: Richard Gottehrer, Don Dixon, Vince Mauro, and Richard Barone.

Where the Truth Lies, Before You Were Born, Something Happens, River to River (Barone/Usher), Opposites Attracting, I Only Took What I Needed, Mr. Used to Be, Native Tongue, To the Pure, Roman Circus, I'll Be Your Mirror (Lou Reed). All songs written by Richard Barone unless noted. Cover image by Tak Kojima.

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"cool blue halo" (Passport, 1987). Recorded live in concert at the Bottom Line, NYC. Produced by Richard Barone.

The Bulrushes, I Belong to Me, The Visit (Bolan), Tangled in Your Web, Silent Symphony, Flew A Falcon, Cry Baby Cry (Lennon/McCartney), Sweet Blue Cage, The Man Who Sold the World (Bowie), Love is A Wind That Screams, Numbers with Wings. All songs written by Richard Barone unless noted. Cover photo by William Duke.

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singles:

Cry Baby Cry/I Belong to Me (Passport, promo-only, 1987)

Cry Baby Cry/I Belong to Me/Tangled in Your Web (Line/EMI, 1988)

I Only Took What I Needed (MCA, promo-only, 1990)

River to River (MCA, promo-only, 1990)

River to River/I'll Be Your Mirror/Roman Circus (Line/EMI, 1990)

River to River/I'll Be Your Mirror (Line/EMI, vinyl, 1990)

Where the Truth Lies (MCA, promo-only, 1990)

"Primal Cuts" E.P. (Line/EMI, 1991) Re-mixes and live versions Available on iTunes.

Nobody Knows Me/Standing in the Line/Native Tongue (Line/EMI, 1992)

Forbidden/Forbidden (live Radio Berlin)/Before You Were Born (Line/EMI, 1992)

Forbidden/Standing in the Line/Law of the Jungle (Mesa/Atlantic, promo-only, 1993)

1-2-3...Infinity (Remix) (RBM, 2006) Available on iTunes.

 

miscellaneous:

"Nuts & Bolts" with James Mastro (Passport, U.S., Closer, France, 1983)

"Greetings from the Sunny Beach - Best of Closer" (Closer, U.K., France, 1984)

"Line - Der Sampler 32" (Line Records/EMI, 1988)

"Laser Rock & Roll" (New Rose, France, 1989)

"Rock & Pop Diamonds 1989"

"Primal Dream - Special Edition" (MCA, 1990) promo only

"Bad Dog Sampler" (MCA, 1990)

"Expand-O -- CD Tune Up 4" (Album Network, 1990)

"Certain Damage, Volume 27" (CMJ, 1990)

"Pop Patterns - Line's Greatest Popsters" (Line Records/EMI, 1991)

"Gnu Music?" (MCA, 1991) "Mr. Used To Be - Remix"

"Clouds Over Eden - Sampler" (Mesa/Atlantic, promo-only, 1993)

"Certain Damage, Volume 52" (CMJ, 1993)

"Radio 4U Re-plugged" (Radio 4U, Berlin, 1993)

"Grooves - Vol. 1" (Time/Life Music, 1994)

"B.L.A.S.T. Modern Rock Program #1" (Pellegrino Productions, 1994)

"For the Love of Harry, Everybody Sings Nilsson" (BMG/MusicMasters, 1995)

"Upsalapalooza" (More Live Music from WFMU, 1995)

"B.L.A.S.T. Modern Rock Program #6" (Pellegrino Productions, 1995)

"Yellow Pills, Vol. 4" (Big Deal, 1997)

"It's Only A Dream" (1998)

"Our Favorite Texan - Bobby Fuller Four-Ever!" (#9 Records, Japan 1999)

"Refuge" (Kosovo Relief Fund/Orchard, 1999)

"Simply Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad About The Loser's Lounge" (Zilcho, 1999)

"Richard Barone - 'The Big Three" (Boxed Set - Line Music/EMI, Germany, 2000)

"Lynne Me Your Ears - A Tribute to Jeff Lynne" (Not Lame, 2002)

"Hit The Hay - Volume #7" (Sound Asleep Records, Sweden, 2004)

"Little Noises" (Saf'lini, 2004)

"October Project :Covered" (OP, 2006)

"This is Rock 'n' Roll Radio - Vol. 2" (Jam Recordings, 2006)

"Sudden Sunsets - Highlights of the Benson Series" (DMP, 2006)

 

as producer:

Steve Almaas: "Beat Rodeo" (Coyote, 1983)

"Phosphenes" (Coyote, 1983)

Natalie McDonald: "The Third Degree" (Pinnacle, U.K. 1988)

The Fundamentals: "Feelin' Strange" (P.O.S./Paradox, 1989)

Natalie McDonald: "Sequins in Excelsis Deo" (Barracuda Blue, U.K. 1991)

Fred Schneider: "Coconut" (BMG/MusicMasters, 1995)

Jeff Saphin: "This" (Parallel World, 1998)

Lach: "Blang!" (Fortified Records, 1999)

Loser's Lounge: "Simply Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad About The Loser's Lounge" (Zilcho, 1999)

Loser's Lounge: "How Can a Loser Ever Win?" (Zilcho, 2001)

Lach: "Kids Fly Free" (Fortified Records, 2001; Track Records UK, 2002)

Jenni Muldaur, Angry Elves: "Make A World" (Stump Rock, 2001)

Loser's Lounge: "Bootleg Schmootleg: A Tribute to Harry Nilsson" (Zilcho, 2001)

Lina Koutrakos: "Love Grows Here" (WKF Music, 2002)

Amy Rigby: "'Till The Wheels Fall Off" (Signature Sounds, 2003)

Lach: "Today" (Fortified Records, 2004)

Johnny Rodgers: "Box of Photographs" (PS Classics, 2005)

Tracy Stark: "Feast For The Heart" (2006)

Rolan Bolan: "Operator" (2006)

The Analogues (2006)

Jolie Jones: "Little Kisses" (2006)

Garry Novikoff: "A Normal Life" (2008)

Johnny Rodgers Band: "Bound Together E.P." (2008)

Johnny Rodgers/Liza Minnelli: "Let's Make A Date" (2008)

Johnny Rodgers Band: "Lord, Let the Angels Sing" (2008)

Dsmien Drake (2009)

 

guest appearances:

The Windbreakers: "Any Monkey with a Typewriter" (1983)

Marti Jones: "Unsophisticated Time" (A & M, 1985)

Marti Jones: "Match Game" (A & M, 1986)

"Jill Sobule" (Atlantic, 1994)

Fred Schneider: "Just Fred" (Reprise, 1996)

George Usher: "Miracle School" (import, 1996)

Jill Sobule: "Happy Town" (Atlantic, 1997)

George Usher: "Neptune" (Import, 1997)

Buster Poindexter: "Spanish Rocket Ship" (Island, 1997)

George Usher: "Somewhere Down the Road" (Lazy Cat - Japan, 1998)

"Baby Steps" E.P. (1998)

Alexander Saltz Trio: "Bayonne" (Neo-Tek, 1998)

Gary Lucas: "Improve the Shining Hour" (Knitting Factory Works, 2000)

Jill Sobule: "Pink Pearl" (Beyond/BMG, 2000)

Steve Almaas: "Kingo A Wild One" (Parasol, 2000)

Leif Arntzen: "I Love You" (Gwendoline, 2000)

Marti Jones: "My Tidy Doily Dream" (DAR, 2002)

The Baskervilles (Secret Crush Records, 2003)

Lach: "Today" (Fortified Records, 2004)

Johnny Rodgers: "Box of Photographs" (PS Classics, 2005)

Tracy Stark: "Feast for the Heart" (2006)

Jolie Jones: "Little Kisses" (2006)

The Analogues: "Analogues" (2006)

Gary Lucas: "Coming Clean" (2006)

Lach: "The Calm Before" (Fortified Records, 2007)

Deni Bonet: "Last Girl on Earth" (2008)

Garry Novikoff: "A Normal Life" (2008)

The Baskervilles: "Twilight" (2008)

 

as songwriter:

Fred Schneider: "Helicopter," "Bad Dream" (Warner-Reprise)

Jill Sobule: "Bitter," "Rock Me To Sleep," "Big Shoes" (Atlantic; Beyond/BMG)

Marti Jones: "Show & Tell," "Foolish Lies" (A & M); "Celebrity in Exile" (DAR)

Gamine (France): "Zebra Club"

Mr. Moonlight (France): "In the Congo"

Pete Weiss' Rock Band: "Glow in the Dark"

Sally Timms: "Rock Me To Sleep" (Bloodshot)

George Usher: "Miracle School," "River to River," "Don't Be Afraid to Love," "The Lost Fields" (Parasol)

Escargot: "Shopping Mall Queen" ("Young Savage Florida" compilation)

Leif Arntzen: "Wrestling with an Angel," "Some Peculiar Magic" (Gwendoline)

Jenni Muldaur / Angry Elves: "Make A World," "Big Fish" (Stump Rock)

Johnny Rodgers: "Box of Photographs" (PS Classics, 2005)

Jolie Jones: "Little Kisses" (2006)

Deni Bonet: "Last Girl on Earth" (2008)

Johnny Rodgers Band: "Bound Together E.P." (2008)

 

film & television:

"Next Year in Jerusalem" (Water Bearer Films, 1999)

"The Downtown Messiah" (Documentary, 1999)

Felicity (Touchstone Television/WB Network, 2000)

Dawson's Creek (Columbia TriStar Televison/WB Network, 2001)

Student Body (Australia, 2001)

"The Downtown Messiah" (Concert, 2001)

"The Downtown Messiah" (Concert, 2002)

The West Wing (NBC Television, 2003)

"Mind The Gap" (2004)

"The Nomi Song" (Palm Pictures, 2005)

South of Nowhere (Nickolodeon, 2006)

The Laurie Flanders Show (2008)

"Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan" (2008)

"Town And Country" (2009)

 

bongos albums:

"Start Swimming" (Stiff Records, 1981) - joined by members of Throbbing Gristle.

"Time and the River" (Fetish, U.K. 1981, Japan 1982) - 8-song E.P.

"Drums Along the Hudson" (PVC, 1982/Line Records/EMI, Germany, 1991/Razor & Tie, 1992)

"Numbers with Wings" (RCA, 1983/Razor & Tie, 1992)

"Beat Hotel" (RCA, 1985/Razor & Tie, 1992)

"Drums Along The Hudson - Special Edition" (Cooking VInyl, 2007)

Compilations:

"The Incredible Collection - Dr. Knew's Music" (RCA, 1983)

"Last Testament" (Fetish, 1985)

"Near Legends & Soon-To-Be Household Names" (Razor & Tie, 1992)

"Can't Get Enough - New Wave Hits of the 80's - Vol. 6" (Rhino, 1994)

"Richard Blade's Flashback, Vol. 3" (1994)

"B.L.A.S.T. Modern Rock Program" (Pellegrino Productions, 1995)

AT & T Modern Rock (1996)

"Modern Rock" -- (Sony - Japan, 1999)

"Modern Rock -- Volume 15" (Time-Life/ Warner Bros., 2000)

"Once Upon A Time" (Sony/BMG Greece, 2005)

 

bongos singles:

Telephoto Lens/Glow in the Dark (Fetish, 1980)

In the Congo/Hunting/Mambo Sun (12", Fetish, 1980)

In the Congo/Mambo Sun (Fetish, 1980)

The Bulrushes/Automatic Doors (Fetish, 1981)

Zebra Club/Certain Harbours (Fetish, U.K. 1981)

Mambo Sun (Edit)/Hunting (Fetish, U.K. 1982)

Barbarella (Trouser Press Flexi-disc, 1983) - live

Numbers with Wings/Barbarella (12", RCA, Promo-only, 1983)

Numbers with Wings/Skydiving (RCA Sweden, 1983)

Brave New World/Totem Pole (RCA, promo-only, 1985)

Brave New World (Radio Edit)/Brave New World (12", RCA, Promo-only, 1985)

Bulrushes 2007 - The Bongos+Moby (Cooking Vinyl, UK 2007)

 

videos:

In the Congo - Fetish/PVC - (directed by Ed Steinberg)

Mambo Sun - Fetish/PVC - (directed by Ed Steinberg)

The Bulrushes - Fetish/PVC - (directed by Phil Marino)

Numbers with Wings - RCA - (directed by Juliano Waldman)

Brave New World - RCA - (directed by Juliano Waldman)

River to River - MCA - (directed by Michelle Mahrer)

Bulrushes 2007 - The Bongos+Moby - Cooking Vinyl - (directed by Richard Kerris)

FRONTMAN Promo Cliip - Backbeat/Hal Leonard Books - (created by Richard Kerris)

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