Track 1 of cloudwalking in the concrete world ep
Recorded 10th April 2004 at First Avenue Studios, Heaton, Newcastle
Graeme Sinclair, bass
Adam Sinclair drums
Sarah Williams flute
Lyrics by James Gawman

Something Wonderful

written and performed by Chris Riley
Recorded at John Marley Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Produced and engineered by Thomas Moon
copyright control 2009

Sugarbowl Moon

Moments Stolen Back

Thistle

From the 1930s Americana musical. Music composed by Jay Gorney, lyrics by E.Y."Yip"Harburg
Vocal and guitar by myself
Bass Ben Culkin
Recorded at Belicious Productions Recording Studio, Chester-le-Street, England
Thursday 26th February 2015

Brother Can You Spare A Dime

A tune that came into my head the other day. I'm new to the recorder so it's not played very well, but you get the gist.
As featured on the debut album 'Cestrian'. NICE017 available via Nice Mind Records.

Charlotte's Tune

Recorded at The Cluny, Lime Street Newcastle 2005 for a compilation of local bands with the appallingly named, tho still pretty good, Justroy
Peter Dinsdale on bass
Marty Wilkinson on drums
One of the very first full tunes I wrote back in 1997.

Show Me The Way

Lush trad tune. Check out the versions by Sinead O'Connor & Dubliners. Recorded au maison Wednesday 22nd November 2017.

Home demos

Peggy Gordon

Lead single from debut album 'Cestrian'

Released 1st May 2020 on Nice Mind Records
https://chrisriley1.bandcamp.com/album/syracuse

Written and recorded by Chris Riley.
Mixed and produced at the Culture Bunker by Nice Mind Records

Syracuse

Written and recorded by Chris Riley 
Recorded at White Gables Recording Studio.
Mixed at The Culture Bunker, on behalf of Nice Mind Records

When The Roses Are In Bloom

The first single since the release of Chris Riley's debut album 'Cestrian'.
An original compositions from a locked-down autumnal Durham.
credits
Released October 2, 2020

Written, performed and recorded by Chris Riley, September 2020
Mixed at the Culture Bunker on behalf of Nice Mind Records.
Catalogue Number NICE018 
In The Haze and b-side (There'll Never Be) Another You available for download via Nice Mind Records.

In The Haze

b-side of In the Haze released 02/10/2020
Written & Recorded by Chris Riley at White Gables Recording Studios
Mixed at The Culture Bunker on behalf of Nice Mind Recrds

In the Haze

(There'll Never Be) Another You

Singer-songwriter from County Durham. Profiling my solo material on this page. I co-run independent label Nice Mind Records.

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