Morgan Fisher (keyboardist)

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Morgan Fisher (2007)

Morgan Fisher (born January 1, 1950 in London ) is a British keyboardist . He was a member of The Love Affair , British Lions and Mott the Hoople .

Career

Between 1968 and 1970 Fisher played organ in the band The Love Affair , with whom he had a 1968 number one hit, "Everlasting Love". In 1972 he played with Tim Staffell , the singer of the previous band of Queen , in the progressive rock group Morgan and released two albums.

Between 1973 and 1976 he was a member of the band Mott the Hoople , which was produced by David Bowie . In Great Britain several recordings reached the top ten charts. In the following years he ran a music studio and record label. In 1982 he played keyboard for Queen on their European tour. In 1985 he moved to Japan, where he wrote and arranged music for television. He also worked as a photographer and presented his pictures in exhibitions. In 2005 he recorded an album with the German musician Hans-Joachim Roedelius .

Discography (selection)

Morgan

With Tim Staffell :

  • Nova Solis (1972)
  • Brown Out (recorded 1972, released 1976; re-released under the title The Sleeper Wakes in 1978)

Morgan Fisher

  • Hybrid Kids - A Collection of Classic Mutants (1979)
  • The Pocket Library of Unusual Film Music (1980: single with 40 tracks)
  • Slow Music (1980; with Lol Coxhill )
  • Miniatures - A Sequence of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces (1980)
  • Seasons (1983)
  • Ivories (recorded 1972, published 1984)
  • Look at Life (1984)
  • Inside Satie (1985)
  • Water Music (1985)
  • Life Under the Floor (1987; soundtrack to the film Twilight of the Cockroaches )
  • Flow Overflow (1987)
  • Peace in the Heart of the City (1988)
  • Outer Beauty, Inner Mystery (1989: Cassette album)
  • Echoes of Lennon (1990)
  • Rebalance (1994)
  • Flower Music (1998)
  • Remix - We Are in Jump Time (1999)
  • Miniatures 2 - A Sequence of Sixty Tiny Masterpieces (2000)
  • Three Faces (2003: 7 "single)

More albums

As a keyboard player, Fisher was involved in the following live recording:

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personal data
SURNAME Fisher, Morgan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British keyboardist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH London