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Bill Nelson (18 Dec 1948 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom English experimental musician

Releases (180)

Official

Album

  1. Northern Dream 1971
  2. Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam 08 May 1981
  3. Sounding the Ritual Echo (Atmospheres for Dreaming) 08 May 1981
  4. Das Kabinet (The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari) 1981
  5. The Love That Whirls (Diary of a Thinking Heart) 1982
  6. Chimera 06 May 1983
  7. Chamber of Dreams (Music From the Invisible Exibition) 1984
  8. Trial by Intimacy (The Book of Splendours) 1984
  9. The Summer of God’s Piano 1984
  10. Getting the Holy Ghost Across 25 Apr 1986
  11. On a Blue Wing 1986
  12. Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights 1987
  13. Ecclesia Gnostica (Music for the Interior Church) 1987
  14. Details 1989
  15. A Catalogue of Obsessions 1989
  16. Nudity 1989
  17. Heartbreakland 1989
  18. Das Kabinet (The Cabinet of Dr Caligari) / La Belle et la Bete (Beauty and the Beast) 1989
  19. Pavillions of the Heart and Soul 1989
  20. Chimes and Rings 1989
  21. Chamber of Dreams (Music From the Invisibility Exhibition) 1989
  22. Altar Pieces 1990
  23. Demonstrations of Affection 1990
  24. Luminous 1991
  25. Blue Moons and Laughing Guitars 01 Jul 1992
  26. Crimsworth (Flowers, Stones, Fountains and Flames) Feb 1995
  27. Practically Wired…or How I Became Guitar Boy 23 May 1995
  28. After the Satellite Sings 30 Apr 1996
  29. Buddha Head 24 Feb 1997
  30. Electricity Made Us Angels 27 Feb 1997
  31. Deep Dream Decoder 28 Apr 1997
  32. Magnificent Dream People 1997
  33. Weird Critters 14 Jul 1998
  34. Whistling While the World Turns 2000
  35. Noise Candy: A Creamy Centre in Every Bite! 25 Nov 2002
  36. Astral Motel Sep 2003
  37. The Romance of Sustain, Volume 1: Painting With Guitars Sep 2003
  38. Luxury Lodge 2003
  39. Plaything 2003
  40. Whimsy 2003
  41. Wah‐Wah Galaxy Nov 2004
  42. Custom Deluxe 2004
  43. Satellite Songs 2004
  44. Dreamland to Starboard 2004
  45. Rosewood, Volume 2 Jul 2005
  46. The Alchemical Adventures of Sailor Bill 06 Nov 2005 (as Bill Nelson and his Lighthouse Signal Mechanism Orchestra)
  47. Rosewood: Ornaments and Graces for Acoustic Guitar, Volume One 2005
  48. Orpheus In Ultraland 2005
  49. Neptune’s Galaxy: The Sailor Bill Companion Jul 2006
  50. Return to Jazz of Lights Oct 2006
  51. Arcadian Salon 2006
  52. And We Fell Into a Dream Oct 2007
  53. Gleaming Without Lights 2007
  54. Secret Club for Members Only 2007
  55. Illuminated at Dusk 16 Jun 2008
  56. Silvertone Fountains 16 Jun 2008
  57. Mazda Kaleidoscope 07 Sep 2008
  58. Clocks & Dials 01 Nov 2008
  59. Golden Melodies of Tomorrow 01 Nov 2008
  60. Here Comes Mr Mercury 20 Jul 2009
  61. Fancy Planets Jul 2009
  62. Theatre of Falling Leaves Sep 2009
  63. The Dream Transmission Pavilion Sep 2009
  64. Non‐Stop Mystery Action Nov 2009
  65. Picture Post Apr 2010
  66. Modern Moods For Mighty Atoms Sep 2010
  67. Fables and Dreamsongs: A Golden Book of Experimental Ballads 26 Nov 2010
  68. Captain Future’s Psychotronic Circus Nov 2010
  69. Fantasmatron Aug 2011
  70. Model Village 01 Oct 2011
  71. Signals From Realms of Light 01 Oct 2011
  72. Hip Pocket Jukebox 2011
  73. Songs of the Blossom Tree Optimists 09 Jan 2012
  74. The Last of the Neon Cynics 21 May 2012
  75. Joy Through Amplification (The Ultra-Fuzzy World of Priapus Stratocaster) 09 Jul 2012
  76. Return to Tomorrow: These Tapes Rewind: Volume One 29 Sep 2012
  77. The Palace of Strange Voltages 29 Sep 2012
  78. The Dreamshire Chronicles 27 Nov 2012
  79. Blip! 15 Jun 2013
  80. The Tremulous Doo-Wah Diddy: Blip! 2 15 Jun 2013
  81. Albion Dream Vortex 02 Sep 2013
  82. The Sparkle Machine: Several Sustained Moments 11 Dec 2013
  83. Pedalscope: Music Created for the Film ‘Velorama’ 26 Jun 2014
  84. Stereo Star Maps 10 Nov 2014
  85. Shining Reflector 08 Dec 2014
  86. Quiet Bells 09 Mar 2015
  87. Swoons and Levitations: Musical Magic From Fantasmo’s Soundarium 13 Apr 2015
  88. The Years 22 Jun 2015
  89. Plectrajet: Painting With Guitars, Volume Two 10 Aug 2015
  90. Electric Atlas 16 Nov 2015
  91. Loom: Astroloops, Volume 2 07 Dec 2015
  92. Perfect Monsters 29 Feb 2016
  93. Special Metal 08 Apr 2016
  94. All That I Remember 25 Jul 2016
  95. New Northern Dream 11 Nov 2016
  96. Six String Super Apparatus: Painting with Guitars, Volume 3 01 Dec 2016
  97. The Awakening of Dr Dream 27 Mar 2017
  98. Kid Flip & The Golden Spacemen 26 Apr 2017
  99. Luxury Wonder Moments 08 May 2017
  100. Songs for Ghosts 28 Oct 2017
  101. The Unrealist 21 Feb 2018
  102. That Old Mysterioso 15 Mar 2018
  103. Drive This Comet Across the Sky 10 Apr 2018
  104. Dynamos and Tremolos 02 Jul 2018
  105. Auditoria 01 Dec 2018
  106. The Last Lamplighter 24 Aug 2019
  107. Stand By: Light Coming… Aug 2019
  108. New Vibrato Wonderland 18 Dec 2020
  109. Mixed Up Kid 03 Dec 2021
  110. Electra (In Search of the Golden Sound) 01 Jul 2022
  111. Marvellous Realms 13 Jan 2023
  112. Stupid/Serious 03 Feb 2023
  113. All the Fun of the Fair 03 Nov 2023
  114. Starlight Stories 01 Dec 2023
  115. Juke Box For Jet Boy 04 Apr 2024
  116. Powertron 03 May 2024

Album - Compilation

  1. Flaming Desire and Other Passions 1982
  2. Permanent Flame (The Beginners Guide to Bill Nelson) 1983
  3. The Two‐Fold Aspect of Everything 14 Jul 1984
  4. Vistamix 1984
  5. Chimera / Savage Gestures for Charm’s Sake 1984
  6. The Strangest Things: A Collection of Recordings 1979–1989 04 Oct 1989
  7. Duplex: The Best of Bill Nelson 1989
  8. Das Kabinet / La Belle Et La Bete 1989
  9. My Secret Studio, Volume 1 23 Nov 1992
  10. “Magpie” Box Set 1992
  11. Confessions of a Hyperdreamer: My Secret Studio, Volume II 04 Mar 1997
  12. Atom Shop 12 Sep 1998
  13. What Now, What Next? 03 Nov 1998
  14. Electrotype (The Holyground Recordings 1968–1972) 2001
  15. Chameleon 17 Dec 2002
  16. The Practice of Everyday Life 2011
  17. The Dreamer’s Companion, Volume 1: How I Got My Secret Powers 10 Jan 2014
  18. The Dreamer’s Companion, Volume 2: In This I Reveal My Secret Identity Jan 2014
  19. The Dreamer’s Companion, Volume 3: Songs of the Bel-Air Rocketman Jan 2014
  20. Dreamy Screens: Soundtracks From the Echo Observatory 24 Nov 2017
  21. Transcorder: The Aquitted by Mirrors Recordings 18 Dec 2020

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Map of Dreams 1987
  2. Simplex 1990

Album - Live

  1. Tripping the Light Fantastic 03 Sep 2017

Single

  1. Do You Dream in Colour? 09 May 1980
  2. Rooms With Brittle Views 13 Feb 1981
  3. Banal 1981
  4. Living in My Limousine 1981
  5. Youth of Nation on Fire 1981
  6. Flaming Desire 1982
  7. Eros Arriving 1982
  8. Touch and Glow 1982
  9. Flaming Desire / Hope for the Heartbeat 1982
  10. Hard Facts From the Fiction Department 1984
  11. Wildest Dreams 1986
  12. The Dead We Wake With Upstairs Drums 1992
  13. Contemplation 2007 30 Nov 2007
  14. I Hear Electricity Dec 2008
  15. Frost-O-Matic 19 Dec 2010
  16. Think and You’ll Miss It / Beat Street Dec 2012
  17. Silent Night Dec 2012
  18. Starland 16 Jan 2013
  19. Snow Is Falling 20 Dec 2013
  20. The Rumbler 30 Oct 2017
  21. Variation on the Theme of a White Christmas Dec 2017
  22. The Lockdown Song (It’s All Downhill From Here) Nov 2020

EP

  1. Savage Gestures for Charms Sake 1983
  2. Acceleration 1984
  3. The Cote D’Azure EP 1986
  4. Living for the Spangled Moment 1986
  5. Life in Your Hands 1989

Promotion

Album

  1. Astroloops Jan 2015

Single

  1. Contemplation 1986
  2. Because of You 1986
  3. Selected Cuts From After a Satellite Sings 1995

EP

  1. Hope for the Heartbeat (remix) 1982
  2. King of the Cowboys 1982
  3. Sleepcycle 1982
  4. A Half Nelson 1982
  5. The World and His Wife 1983
  6. Dancing on a Knife’s Edge 1983
  7. Giants of the Perpetual Wurlitzer 1984

Bootleg

Album - Compilation

  1. Acquitted by Mirrors

Other

  1. Caliban and the Chrome Harmonium 2001