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John Illsley (24 Jun 1949 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom

Releases (9)

Official

Album

  1. Never Told a Soul 1984
  2. Glass 1988
  3. Beautiful You 05 Oct 2008
  4. Streets of Heaven 09 Aug 2010
  5. Testing the Water 16 Jun 2014
  6. Long Shadows 20 May 2016
  7. Coming Up for Air 22 Mar 2019
  8. VIII 04 Mar 2022

Album - Live

  1. Live in London 15 Feb 2015

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Dire Straits (1977 - 1995) original, bass guitar

Recordings by (79)

  1. Boy With Chinese Eyes 5:04 (1984)
  2. The Night Café 4:58 (1984)
  3. Jimmy on the Central Line 4:43 (1984)
  4. Another Alibi 4:23 (1984)
  5. Let the River Flow 6:14 (1984)
  6. Never Told a Soul 6:12 (1984)
  7. Northern Land 8:13 (1984)
  8. High Stakes 4:37 (1988)
  9. I Want To See The Moon 4:48 (1988)
  10. Papermen 4:28 (1988)
  11. All I Want Is You 4:51 (1988)
  12. The World Is Made of Glass 5:29 (1988)
  13. Red Turns to Blue 7:22 (1988)
  14. Let’s Dance 5:10 (1988)
  15. She Wants Everything 4:58 (1988)
  16. Star for Now 5:07 (1988)
  17. Secret Garden 3:49 (05 Oct 2008)
  18. Shine 3:54 (05 Oct 2008)
  19. One 5:25 (05 Oct 2008)
  20. Demons 4:32 (05 Oct 2008)
  21. Loving You 4:00 (05 Oct 2008)
  22. Beautiful You 3:03 (05 Oct 2008)
  23. Love Let Me Breathe 4:54 (05 Oct 2008)
  24. Got No Plans 5:12 (05 Oct 2008)
  25. Crazy Kind of Life 4:59 (05 Oct 2008)
  26. I Believe 3:49 (05 Oct 2008)
  27. Precious 4:32 (05 Oct 2008)
  28. Toe the Line 4:11 (09 Aug 2010)
  29. Tell Me 4:43 (09 Aug 2010)
  30. Streets of Heaven 4:23 (09 Aug 2010)
  31. Young Girl 3:20 (09 Aug 2010)
  32. Only Time Will Tell 4:26 (09 Aug 2010)
  33. Banks of the River 4:15 (09 Aug 2010)
  34. No Way to Say Goodbye 4:33 (09 Aug 2010)
  35. I Thought I Saw It Coming 4:48 (09 Aug 2010)
  36. Is It Real 4:21 (09 Aug 2010)
  37. Big Top 4:20 (09 Aug 2010)
  38. Foreign Land 4:47 (09 Aug 2010)
  39. Railway Tracks 4:58 (16 Jun 2014)
  40. Nothing to Do 4:24 (16 Jun 2014)
  41. Testing the Water 5:09 (16 Jun 2014)
  42. Sometimes 3:45 (16 Jun 2014)
  43. Run for Cover 4:54 (16 Jun 2014)
  44. Darling Heart 4:49 (16 Jun 2014)
  45. When God Made Time 4:53 (16 Jun 2014)
  46. This Is Your Voice 4:59 (16 Jun 2014)
  47. Walk of Life 4:22 (15 Feb 2015)
  48. Once Upon a Time in the West 4:27 (15 Feb 2015)
  49. Private Investigations 5:24 (15 Feb 2015)
  50. Sultans of Swing 7:31 (15 Feb 2015)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Setting Me Up 3:19 Dire Straits (02 Jun 1978) bass guitar
  2. Southbound Again 2:59 Dire Straits (02 Jun 1978) bass guitar
  3. News 4:14 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) bass guitar
  4. Angel of Mercy 4:32 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) bass guitar
  5. Where Do You Think You’re Going? 3:47 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) bass guitar
  6. Portobello Belle 4:27 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) bass guitar
  7. Follow Me Home 5:42 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) bass guitar
  8. Communiqué 5:45 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) bass guitar
  9. Lady Writer 3:44 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) bass guitar
  10. Once Upon a Time in the West 5:17 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) bass guitar
  11. Single‐Handed Sailor 4:43 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) bass guitar
  12. Les Boys 4:07 Dire Straits (1980) bass guitar
  13. Expresso Love 5:04 Dire Straits (1980) bass guitar
  14. Romeo and Juliet 5:59 Dire Straits (1980) bass guitar
  15. Skateaway 6:40 Dire Straits (1980) bass guitar
  16. Solid Rock 3:19 Dire Straits (1980) bass guitar
  17. Tunnel of Love 8:10 Dire Straits (1980) bass guitar
  18. Hand in Hand 4:48 Dire Straits (1980) bass guitar
  19. Love Over Gold 6:17 Dire Straits (20 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  20. It Never Rains 7:56 Dire Straits (20 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  21. Telegraph Road 14:17 Dire Straits (20 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  22. Industrial Disease 5:50 Dire Straits (20 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  23. Badges, Posters, Stickers and T‐Shirts 4:53 Dire Straits (1982) bass guitar
  24. Twisting by the Pool 3:30 Dire Straits (1982) bass guitar
  25. If I Had You 4:15 Dire Straits (1982) bass guitar
  26. Two Young Lovers 3:22 Dire Straits (1982) bass guitar
  27. Freeway Flyer 1:49 Mark Knopfler (1983) bass guitar
  28. Tunnel of Love (intro: The Carousel Waltz) 14:23 Dire Straits (Mar 1984) bass guitar
  29. Going Home (theme from ‘Local Hero’) 6:03 Dire Straits (Mar 1984) bass guitar
  30. Private Dancer 7:13 Tina Turner (29 May 1984) bass
  31. Steel Claw 3:49 Tina Turner (29 May 1984) bass
  32. Love and Guilt 3:09 Mark Knopfler (24 Aug 1984) bass guitar
  33. Irish Boy 4:43 Mark Knopfler (24 Aug 1984) bass guitar
  34. The Long Road 7:19 Mark Knopfler (24 Aug 1984) bass guitar

Vocals

  1. Where Do You Think You’re Going? 3:47 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) choir vocals
  2. Angel of Mercy 4:32 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) choir vocals
  3. Portobello Belle 4:27 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) choir vocals
  4. Single‐Handed Sailor 4:43 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) choir vocals
  5. Once Upon a Time in the West 5:17 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) choir vocals
  6. News 4:14 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) choir vocals
  7. Follow Me Home 5:42 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) choir vocals
  8. Communiqué 5:45 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) choir vocals
  9. Lady Writer 3:44 Dire Straits (Apr 1979) choir vocals
  10. Hand in Hand 4:48 Dire Straits (1980) background vocals
  11. Skateaway 6:40 Dire Straits (1980) background vocals
  12. Tunnel of Love 8:10 Dire Straits (1980) background vocals
  13. Les Boys 4:07 Dire Straits (1980) background vocals
  14. Romeo and Juliet 5:59 Dire Straits (1980) background vocals
  15. Solid Rock 3:19 Dire Straits (1980) background vocals
  16. Expresso Love 5:04 Dire Straits (1980) background vocals

Credited as (3)

  1. John Illsley
  2. Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, Hal Lindes, John Illsley, Terry Williams
  3. John Illsley with Cunla & Greg Pearle

Events (2)

Main Performer At

  1. John Illsley at Harmonie time

Support Act At

  1. Glastonbury Festival 2019, Saturday: Acoustic Stage time

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/john_illsley
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92028837
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n92028837
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895461b
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134414039

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/445893

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Illsley

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/252763

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000228044

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/46946755

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708396