Chris Bailey

DM BLUES

DISC 1 1-In the midnight hour ­ 2'20 2-ghosts ships ­ 5'02 3-Cherokee dance- 4'00 4- I'm drinking- 6'10 5- Bring it on home to me- 3'06 6- Careless love- 2'48 7- I heard it through the grapevine- 3'28 8- Amsterdam- 3'10 9- All night long- 4'10 10- Walk on- 3'39 11- Another saturday night ­ 3'28 12- Home again-3'56 13-It's only time-1'59 14- Insurance on me- 2'42 15- Junko partner- 1'52 16- Look at me- 2'42 17- Always the same- 2'36 18- Photograph- 3'07 19- Country boy- 2'17 bonus tracks 20- Casablanca (live)- 3'35 21- The prisoner-(live)- 4'08 22- Swing for the crime(live)- 3'20

DISC 2 1- Road to oblivion- 3'28 2- Key to Babylon- 3'13 3- Broken mirrors- 2'37 4- Do they come from you- 4'31 5- Life's a comedy- 4'01 6- Hotel de la gare- 3'36 7- World gone slightly mad- 3'21 8- friendly with the devil- 4'01 9- Queen of the hour- 3'27 10-What am I doing here- 4'37 11- Savage Entertainment- 3'37 12-Do they come from you- 4'43 13- Firewould (just like)- 4'48 14- Mystery train- 4'05 15- Me and my uncle- 3'41 16- Bright lights big city- 4'33 17-Suspicious mind- 3'25 18- I hear you knocking ­3'31 19- Can't help falling in love- 4'08

In 1976, The SAINTS recorded and released on their own 'Fatal' label the songs : "(I'm) Stranded" / "No Time". Reactions to the single brought the band from obscurity in Brisbane (Australia) to the attention of british major record companies. The singer of this promising group was a young guy called Chris BAILEY.

With the SAINTS, Chris recorded three LPs : "Stranded" (1977), "Eternally Yours" (1978) et "Prehistoric Sounds" (1978) for EMI in London. But during this trilogy period, the band lived under real pressure and this was the main reason for their split up. By early 1979 BAILEY had returned to Australia and reformed the SAINTS. In 1981, they released the album "Monkey Puzzle"... and one year later, "Out In The Jungle". A handfull of SAINT's records have followed and are now parts of rock history.

During 1983-84, Chris BAILEY released two solo albums. One was essentially a batch of demos. The other was recorded live. They both included originals and covers and were titled "Casablanca" and "What We Did On Our Holidays".
1991 saw the release of "Demons". In spring 1992, Chris cut his fourth solo album : "Savage Entertainment"...

"DM Blues" is a celebration, a brilliant 41-track 'best of', a retrospective on this major Australian singer, ex punk idol and patron Saint of multi-talented songwriters. This 2 CDs set is custom-built for the collector... and for any hungry ear starving for quality. Seductive melodies and deep human grace. The perfect way to discover that a solo Chris BAILEY is always bright, never fashionable but emotional as hell!

Encore

The Saints- 77/99

Everybody knows the monkey

Spit the blues out

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