stb postcards

SIMON TOWNSHEND
Among Us

Simon Townshend Band: AMONG US

STIR Music - # STIR 002 (1996) CD

stb: Among Us cd Tracks:
  • When She Sleeps
  • Medicine
  • So Sleep
  • Company
  • The Way It Is
  • Save Me From Me
  • Cold Water
  • Girls On Girls
  • No More Never
  • Capture
  • Ecstasy Heaven
  • Girl In New York
stb is:
  • Lindsay King - acoustic guitar, synth bass & backing vocals
  • Simon Townshend - vocals, acoustic & electric guitar
  • Tony Lowe - bass & lead guitar
  • Ben Townshend - drums, percussion & backing vocals
  • lead guitar in middle of "Ecstasy Heaven" by Zak Starkey
    (Zak also on slide guitar on "When She Sleeps", though not listed here)
Produced by Tony Lowe & Simon Townshend
All songs written by Simon Townshend except "Girls on Girls" by Simon & Max Beasley Jr.
This is the 1996, private label release of this amazing album. Many of the songs on this CD are re-workings of Animal Soup material. Animal Soup was the band Simon and Zak were working on circa 1994-95. This is a GREAT cd!! Highly recommended!

 

Simon Townshend Band: AMONG US

Rising Records - RR10105 (1997) CD

The beginning of July (97) brought the announcement of Simon's deal with Rising Records. This label based in Princeton MA, was founded by Jonathan Edwards and is distributed nationally by Touchwood. The "Among Us" CD was remixed and released on Sept. 9th, 1997. The first radio single, "The Way It Is" was released late August, and was followed by a radio tour in September, and a brief STB mini-tour during October / November 97.

This Rising Records release, features updated credits, a slightly different song order, deletes "Girls On Girls", and has been remixed.

 
stb: Among Us cd

Tracks:

  1. When She Sleeps
  2. Medicine
  3. The Way It Is
  4. Save Me From Me
  5. Cold Water
  6. Company
  7. No More Never
  8. So Sleep
  9. Girl In New York
  10. Capture
  11. Ecstasy Heaven
Produced by Simon Townshend & Tony Lowe
Mixed by Simon & Paul Townshend
Mastered by Jon Astley, in the pink room
String arrangements by Tony Lowe
Lead guitar in "Ecstasy Heaven", and slide guitar on "When She Sleeps" by Zak Starkey
Recorded and mixed at Woodgrange, London
Pre-production done at t.l.p, Ealing, London
cover painting by Ben Townshend
updated ATTENTION: Rising Records is no more, but Simon Townshend is still alive 'n kicking! The original STIR version of this CD is available directly from Simon's Official Website along with his latest releases!

 

Related Links:



Last Updated: Sunday, February 29, 2004
created March 1997
© 1997/2004 Kathy VanTassell

Kathy's Simon Townshend Pages
Current News Shows and Set Lists
Some background Links
a division of
Kathy's Zak Starkey Site
© 1997/2004 Kathy VanTassell