Recordings
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Recordings
These are recordings that are either available to buy now – or which have been released as CD, LP, EP or cassette in the past and which are no longer available. On the Sounds page, you can hear demo clips of some of my pieces – including pieces which are not available on a commercial recording. Many of the commercial releases are on the Practical Music label – which is the label run by myself and Jan Steele.
At the moment (Spring 2012) I haven't got a shopping cart on this site. But we will be updating this soon. In the meantime items marked with an * are still commercially available - in which case click on the thumbnail to find out how to buy them. Those marked † are only available from us. Get in touch by email to tell us which of them you want to buy and we will price them for you.
| El Gato | Practical PR07 | 2011 | CD* |  |
| This is the first album by my Cuban style charanga band Cafecito. Well known & lesser known cha cha cha's, boleros, & danzones, jazz standards Cuban style, and three original pieces by me. | ||||
| Strictly Latin | POKE 008 | 2011 | CD* |  |
| A library (media production music) album of pieces in a variety of Latin styles, including salsa, tango, cha cha cha, bossa nova, merengue, paso doble & samba. Normally production music recordings are only available to the industry. If you are involved in the media industry and you want to license any of these tracks then you need to contact Boost. But you can also listen to them on Spotify or you can buy the mp3's from iTunes (in both case look for Janet Sherbourne - "Strictly Latin"). | ||||
| Slower Than Molasses | Practical PR03 | 1986 | LP † |  |
| A joint production with pianist and composer Mark Lockett of new English compositions, mostly for voice and piano, but also percussion, gamelan and synthesizer. Works by myself, Mark, Howard Skempton, Michael Parsons and Glyn Bush | ||||
| Desert Island Dusks | Disques du Soliel et de l'Acier | 1986 | LP |  |
| A pot-pourri of pieces by myself and Jan Steele released on a French record label. No longer available but it can be picked up online for between £15 - 45. Some of the pieces on this LP will be released in newly mastered recordings on "Distant Saxophones" - see below. | ||||
| Nobody But You | Practical PR01 | 1981 | EP † |  |
| A vinyl EP of three songs, two by me and one by Jan Steele. This has been uploaded to Youtube and to several blogs by fans. You can get the original EP here! | ||||
| Walks Abroad | Practical PR04 | 1987 | Cass † |  |
| Another pot-pourri album - this time on cassette - of works by myself and Mark Lockett | ||||
| Café Olé | Practical PR05 | 1990 | Cass † |  |
| The second pot-pourri album on cassette by myself and Mark | ||||
| Metalworks - New Gamelan | Practical PR06 | 1990 | CD & Cass † |
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| The first album by the English contemporary gamelan group which I helped to form in 1988 and in which I performed, composed for and gave workshops with till 2011. | ||||
| Forthcoming Release | ||||
| Distant Saxophones | Community Library | in 2012 | CD | Cover not yet available |
| Albums on which I appear as a performer - not composer | ||||
| Albanian Summer | Practical PR02 | 1984 | LP |  |
| The LP of the tour-de-force composition by Dave Smith for saxophone and piano, Jan Steele on alto sax and myself on piano. Sold out! | ||||
| Parrot Soup | Keda 25 | 1994 | CD † |  |
| The second album by English contemporary gamelan group Metalworks | ||||
| Jan Steele/John Cage: Voices & Instruments | Obscure No 5 | 1976 | LP |  |
| The first recording of mine to be released, featuring three compositions by Jan Steele on which I am either singing or playing piano. You can only get this LP from collecting websites. A newunopened copy is around £45.These three tracks, which have been uploaded to Youtube and various blogs by fans. But they will all appear in mostly new versions on the Community Library Label "Distant Saxophones" CD due out in 2012. | ||||