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John Greaves (23 Jan 1950 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom

 Also known as (1)

Releases (12)

Official

Album

  1. Accident 1982
  2. La Petite Bouteille De Linge 1991
  3. Songs 1994
  4. Parrot Fashions 1997
  5. The Caretaker 2000
  6. Verlaine Feb 2008
  7. Verlaine 2: Divine Ignorante 2011
  8. Verlaine gisant Apr 2015
  9. Life Size 08 Jun 2019

Album - Live

  1. Loco Solo: Live In Tokyo 2001
  2. Piacenza 18 Nov 2015
  3. Passage du Nord Ouest 09 Jul 2020

Relationships (6)

Member Of

  1. Henry Cow (Oct 1969 - Mar 1976)
  2. National Health (Jan 1978 - Mar 1980)
  3. National Health (Jun 1981 - Nov 1981)
  4. National Health (Aug 1983)
  5. Soft Heap
  6. The Lodge

Recordings by (126)

  1. Photography 3:50 (1982)
  2. Irma 3:29 (1982)
  3. Milk 3:28 (1982)
  4. Accident (Skin Of The Teeth) 3:39 (1982)
  5. Sad Emission 3:30 (1982)
  6. Salt 4:03 (1982)
  7. Wax 4:02 (1982)
  8. Ruby 0:52 (1982)
  9. The Rose Sob 1:58 (1982)
  10. Silence 3:27 (1982)
  11. For Bearings 0:45 (1982)
  12. Solitary 6:59 (1991)
  13. The World Tonight 5:09 (1991)
  14. Deck of the Moon 6:38 (1991)
  15. Old Antiquity 5:29 (1991)
  16. Rose c'est la vie 4:11 (1991)
  17. Lullaby 5:24 (1991)
  18. Almost Perfect Lovers 6:06 (1991)
  19. Le Gargon Vert 4:37 (1991)
  20. Let Her Go 6:00 (1991)
  21. Dedans 4:30 (1991)
  22. Old Kinderhook 1:06 (1994)
  23. The Song 5:31 (1994)
  24. Swelling Valley 3:42 (1994)
  25. Kew Rhône 5:26 (1994)
  26. Eccentric Waters 2:04 (1994)
  27. The Price We Pay 3:08 (1994)
  28. L'Aise Aux Ex-sans-trique 5:41 (1994)
  29. Back Where We Began 4:47 (1994)
  30. Gegenstand 4:03 (1994)
  31. The Green Fuse 5:56 (1994)
  32. Whatever That Is 3:09 (1995)
  33. Always Be New to Me 4:29 (1997)
  34. How Beautiful You Are 4:47 (1997)
  35. The Bee Dream 2:40 (1997)
  36. Bad Alchemy 4:47 (1997)
  37. Rosetta's Song 5:09 (1997)
  38. Dead Heads Duped 5:06 (1997)
  39. Jaloozy 4:52 (1997)
  40. Kew Rhone 5:28 (2000)
  41. One in the Eye 5:08 (2000)
  42. Earthly Powers 4:11 (2000)
  43. No Body 3:35 (2000)
  44. In the Real World 4:27 (2000)
  45. In Hell’s Despite 3:37 (2000)
  46. Turning Pages 5:11 (2000)
  47. He Puts Us Under 4:54 (2000)
  48. The Wrong Song 4:44 (2000)
  49. One Day My Feet Will Reach the Ground 6:10 (2000)
  50. From Start to End 5:05 (2000)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Pipeline 3:41 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  2. Good Evening 0:33 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  3. Apricot 3:05 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  4. One Footnote (To Kew. Rhone.) 1:29 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  5. Catalogue of Fifteen Objects and Their Titles 3:36 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  6. Nine Mineral Emblems 5:51 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  7. Twenty-Two Proverbs 4:08 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  8. Seven Scenes From the Painting "Exhuming the First American Mastodon" by C.W. Peale 3:32 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  9. Kew. Rhone. 3:04 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  10. Three Tenses Onanism 4:07 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  11. Gegenstand 3:45 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977)
  12. The World Tonight 5:09 John Greaves (1991)
  13. Solitary 6:59 John Greaves (1991)

Instruments

  1. Bad Alchemy 3:06 Slapp Happy / Henry Cow (21 Feb 1975) piano
  2. One Footnote (To Kew. Rhone.) 1:29 John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman (1977) percussion
  3. The Collapso 6:19 National Health (Nov 1978) bass guitar
  4. The Bryden 2-Step (For Amphibians), Part 1 8:55 National Health (Nov 1978) bass guitar
  5. Binoculars 11:46 National Health (Nov 1978) bass guitar
  6. Dreams Wide Awake 8:51 National Health (Nov 1978) bass guitar
  7. Squarer for Maud 11:52 National Health (Nov 1978) bass guitar
  8. Confuse Did 2:34 David Thomas (Oct 1981) bass guitar
  9. The New Atom Mine 5:17 David Thomas (Oct 1981) bass guitar
  10. Crush This Horn, Part Two 1:49 David Thomas (Oct 1981) bass guitar
  11. Crickets in the Flats 4:59 David Thomas (Oct 1981) bass guitar
  12. Portrait of a Shrinking Man 5:35 National Health (1982) bass
  13. T.N.T.F.X. 3:12 National Health (1982) bass
  14. Shining Water 8:53 National Health (1982) bass
  15. Flanagan’s People 5:18 National Health (1982) bass
  16. Blue Eyed William 4:25 Peter Blegvad (1983) bass, synthesizer
  17. Naked Shakespeare 3:03 Peter Blegvad (1983) piano
  18. Like a Baby 2:37 Peter Blegvad (1983) synthesizer, piano
  19. Lonely Too 3:32 Peter Blegvad (1983) bass, piano
  20. Powers in the Air 2:52 Peter Blegvad (1983) bass
  21. Irma 3:29 Peter Blegvad (1983) bass, synthesizer
  22. Vermont 2:20 Peter Blegvad (1983) bass
  23. How Beautiful You Are 4:07 Peter Blegvad (1983) Moog
  24. Meet the Rain 5:48 Peter Blegvad (1985) keyboard bass
  25. Always Be New to Me 3:48 Peter Blegvad (1985) bass
  26. Animated Doll 3:36 Peter Blegvad (1990) bass
  27. Actual Frenzy 2:47 Peter Blegvad (1990) piano
  28. Nose-List Song 7:01 Michael Nyman (1990) bass
  29. White 2:48 Peter Blegvad (1990) keyboard, bass
  30. Water Dances - Gliding 3:04 Michael Nyman (1990) bass
  31. Model of Kindness 4:16 Peter Blegvad (1990) keyboard, bass
  32. Water Dances - Synchronising 6:47 Michael Nyman (1990) bass
  33. Water Dances - Stroking 5:32 Michael Nyman (1990) bass
  34. Dedans 4:30 John Greaves (1991) piano
  35. Rose C'Est La Vie 4:11 John Greaves (1991) sampler, piano
  36. Solitary 6:59 John Greaves (1991) bass

Vocals

  1. Binoculars 11:46 National Health (Nov 1978) lead vocals

Credited as (17)

  1. John Greaves
  2. John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, Lisa Herman
  3. John Greaves, Sophia Domancich & Vincent Courtois
  4. Peter Blegvad & John Greaves
  5. John Greaves & Robert Wyatt
  6. John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman
  7. John Greaves • Élise Caron
  8. Post Image With John Greaves, Alain Debiossat
  9. Post Image Invite John Greaves
  10. BAUM avec John Greaves
  11. North Sea Radio Orchestra, John Greaves & Annie Barbazza
  12. John Greaves , Peter Blegvad , Lisa Herman
  13. John Greaves - Marcel Ballot - Patrice Meyer
  14. Peter Blegvad, John Greaves
  15. John Greaves & David Cunningham
  16. Peter Blegvad feat. Chris Cutler, John Greaves, Karen Mantler & Bob Drake
  17. greaves, cunningham

Works (39)

Wrote

  1. Irma
  2. Like a Baby
  3. The Only Song
  4. White
  5. Animated Doll
  6. Bee Dream

Composed

  1. How Beautiful You Are
  2. The Only Song
  3. Twenty-Two Proverbs
  4. Good Evening
  5. Seven Scenes From the Painting "Exhuming the First American Mastodon" by C.W. Peale
  6. Kew. Rhone.
  7. Gegenstand
  8. Pipeline
  9. Catalogue of Fifteen Objects and Their Titles
  10. One Footnote (To Kew. Rhone.)
  11. Three Tenses Onanism
  12. Nine Mineral Emblems
  13. Apricot
  14. Bad Alchemy
  15. The Thunderthief
  16. Chanson pour elle
  17. Séguedille
  18. Streets
  19. J’ai peur d’un baiser
  20. Colloque sentimental
  21. La lune blanche
  22. Chanson d’automne
  23. Beams
  24. Le piano que baise une main frêle
  25. Silence, silence...
  26. Triolet a une vertu (pour s’excuser du peu)
  27. Hôtels
  28. Squarer for Maud
  29. The Green Fuse

Lyrics

  1. Eccentric Waters
  2. The Price We Pay
  3. L'Aise Aux Ex-sans-trique
  4. Back Where We Began

Links (11)

Official Homepages

  1. http://helene.collon.club.fr/greaves/greaves.htm

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/john_greaves
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13937235n
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134664205

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves_(musician)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/65788

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000810125

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/85841106

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382676

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John%20Greaves%20(musician).jpg

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/johngreaves