Allan Taylor (musician)

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Old Friends in Concert (with Hannes Wader )
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Allan Taylor (born September 30, 1945 in Brighton , England ) is a British singer-songwriter .

biography

Taylor was born in Brighton, England in 1945. He left school in 1961, trained as a telecommunications technician and worked in the field until 1965. During his teenage years he began singing and playing the guitar in the Brighton folk clubs. In 1966 he became a full-time musician and left Brighton. He played in all major folk clubs, initially in London, e.g. B. at the Troubadour Club and later across the UK. In 1970 he toured with Fairport Convention and signed a recording deal with United Artists Record Company that same year. In 1970/71 he recorded his first two LPs in London, Sometimes and The Lady . Then he moved to New York City , where he became part of the singer-songwriter scene in Greenwich Village , where he played in clubs like Gerde's, The Gaslight, The Bitter End, The Mercer Arts Center and The Bottom Line. Taylor toured America and recorded The American Album in 1973 in Nashville and Los Angeles . In 1974 he signed with Island Records as a songwriter.

In the mid-1970s he returned to England, founded the band Cajun Moon, signed a record deal with Chrysalis Records and recorded the LP Cajun Moon in 1976 . In the same year he left the band and became a solo artist. From 1978 to 1983 three albums were released with Black Crow / Rubber Records - The Traveler (won the Grand Prix du Disque de Montreux for the best European album), Roll on the Day and Circle 'Round Again . In 1980, Allan founded Taylor T Records, releasing Win or Lose (1984), Lines (1988), Out of Time (1991), So Long (1993), Faded Light (1995) and The Alex Campbell Tribute Concert (1997).

Taylor obtained his university degrees (Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. Ethnomusicology)) from 1980 to 1992 while continuing to work as a singer-songwriter and occasionally presenting for the BBC documentary programs. In 1995 he began to work with the German record company Stockfisch Records from Northeim , where he released the albums Looking for You (1996), Color to the Moon (2001), Hotels and Dreamers (2003), Old Friends New Roads (2007), Leaving at Dawn (2009) and Songs for the Road (2010). In 2013 he and Hannes Wader released a recording of a concert tour from 2011, and his album All Is One was released on November 1st .

Discography (selection)

LPs / CDs

  • 1971: Sometimes (LP) United Artists Records LBH83483
  • 1971: The Lady (LP) United Artists Records UAS29275
  • 1973: The American Album (LP) United Artists Records UAG29468
  • 1976: Cajun Moon (LP) Chrysalis Records CHR1116
  • 1978: The Traveler (LP) Rubber Records RUB026
  • 1980: Roll on the Day (LP) Rubber Records RUB040
  • 1983: Circle Round Again (LP) Black Crow Records CRO205
  • 1984: Win or Lose (LP) T Records T001
  • 1988: Lines (LP / CD) T Records TCD002
  • 1991: Out of Time (LP / CD) T Records TCD003
  • 1993: So Long (CD) T Records TCD003
  • 1995: Faded Light (CD) T Records TCD005
  • 1996: Looking for You (CD) Stockfisch Records RTD 357.6013.2
  • 1995: Libertas Ragusa (CD) T Records TCD006
  • 1997: The Alex Campbell Tribute Concert (double CD) (various artists) T Records TCD007
  • 2001: Color to the Moon (CD) Stockfisch Records SFR357.6021.2
  • 2001: Color to the Moon 2 CD wooden box in 333 signed copies (CD) Stockfisch Records SFR333.9001.2-1 / 2
  • 2002: Behind the Mix (CD) Stockfisch Records SFR
  • 2002: Banjoman: A Tribute to Derroll Adams (CD) (Various Artists) CD BG-1420
  • 2002: Out of Time (CD) (Re-mastered with 3 bonus tracks) T Records TCD003
  • 2003: Hotels and Dreamers (CD) Stockfisch Records SFR 357.6028.2
  • 2007: Old Friends - New Roads (CD) Stockfisch Records SFR 357.6047.2
  • 2009: Leaving at Dawn (SACD) Stockfisch Records SFR 357.4057.2
  • 2010: Songs for the Road (Maxi-SACD) SFR 357.9010.2
  • 2010: In the Groove (LP) Stockfisch Records SFR 357.8007.1
  • 2012: Down the Years I Traveled (double CD) (Re-mastered Songs + 1 bonus track) Stockfisch Records SFR 357.9013.2
  • 2013: Hannes Wader & Allan Taylor: Old Friends in Concert
  • 2013: All Is One (Hybrid-SACD) SFR 357.4078.2
  • 2016: There Was A Time (Hybrid SACD) Stockfisch Records

Video albums

  • 2009: Live in Belgium (DVD / Blu-ray) SFR 357.7062.2
  • 2009: The Endless Highway (DVD / Blu-ray) SFR 357.7063.2

Publications

  • Taylor, Allan: We must journey on: Songs of Allan Taylor , Vol. 1, 2006
  • Taylor, Allan: We must journey on: Songs of Allan Taylor , Vol. 2, 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Old Friends in Concert (Hannes Wader & Allan Taylor) in the German charts ( details )