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This web site has been created with the generous help of the many members of the John Miles Mailing List, originally to document the recording career of John Miles over the past 30 years, although it has expanded well beyond this.
Please take time to browse through, and appreciate one of the greatest musicians and songwriters to come from the North of England in recent times.

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The photograph of John Miles (left) and his brother in 1953, sent to us by Zoë Pinchin, is used with John's kind permission.


LOCATIONS OF THE JOHN MILES WEB SITE

If you have come via www.corinium.freeuk.com/zaragon/ you will now find that you have been redirected to www.John-Miles.net The same is the case if you selected www.John-Miles.com, www.John-Miles.co.uk or www.JohnMiles.eu.
Cheers

Stephen Carson
November 24th 2008

JOHN MILES LIVE

John last performed in the UK with his Big Band for an afternoon of Swing and Jazz on Sunday 14 August 2005 at Bents Park in South Shields. Entry was £FREE! The set list include many of the tracks on his last CD (see below) as well as others and ended with a Big Band version of "Music". John continues to perform live as part of the Night of the Proms (see below). In Summer 2007 John was the special guest of the band PUR at a one off concert in Germany.

John performed at the Rock Legends Adventure in May 2008 and shortly after it was announced that John would join Tina Turner on her (last?) world tour. John went over in August following some radio interviews. The tour began in September in the US and comes to Europe in the New Year ending in Ireland in April 2009. http://www.tinaturnerlive.com/

JOHN MILES JNR

John's son, John Jnr, has recorded an album of compositions written with Simon Ferry. The band known as "the urge" have been touring and have released and album "Lunch at the Lady Garden". Downloads and more information can be got at www.myspace.com/theurgeofficial . They are currently working on a new album. and released a live DVD in April 2008

JOHN MILES LATEST CDs

April 14 2008 saw the re-issue of John's fourth album"More Miles Per Hour" (MMPH). The tracks have been remastered and contains 3 bonus tracks being a B side and both sides of his last original single for Decca that was not on an album. As with the re-issues of his first three albums on the Lemon label, the release contains a booklet (16 pages) which contains lyrics, liner notes and picture sleeves of the single releases from around the world many of which are from my collection. This CD as well as John's first 3 albums, Rebel, Stranger In The City & Zaragon are also on the Lemon label and are available to order at the following link and the usual sites / stores.http://www.cherryred.co.uk/lemon/artists/johnmiles.htm

Following the fantastic "Two Hat Pack" concerts and the hour special (with John & Brendan's highlights from the shows) on Tyne Tees television, a CD was produced.

The CD is called BIG BAND JOHN - John Miles Tribute to The Rat Pack. The track listing is as follows:
1. Come Fly With Me, 2. Witchcraft, 33. You Make Me Feel So Young, 4. Nice 'n' Easy, 5. My Kind of Town, 6. That Old Black Magic, 7. It Was A Very Good Year, 8. I Get A Kick Out Of You, 9. Let The Good Times Roll, 10. Fly Me To The Moon, 11. Cheek To Cheek, 12. Hallelujah, I love her so, 13. My Way, 14. New York, New York..
The CD is available from http://www.orangerecords.com/..
The CD of the musical "Tom and Catherine" is alos avalable at this site.
You may also like to know that John has 3 tracks on the most recent Night of the Proms CD - see below. In 2006 John appeared on the Sunday for Sammy 2006 DVD with John on keyboards and backing vocals and also on Lead Vocals and Guitar for "Now that the Magic Has Gone" . The DVD is available at both http://www.mawson-wareham.com/videos.htmandhttp://www.lindeshop.co.uk/

Stephen Carson

JOHN MILES AT THE NIGHT OF THE PROMS 2007 / 8

As many John Miles fans know, John has had a long association with "the Night of the Proms". He most recently appeared at Spring 2008's tour of Spain & Charleroi in April. Headlining acts were Simple Minds, OMD and Alan Parsons.
A new "Best of Night of the Proms" Vol3 DVD is now out featuring John on "You're the Voice" but also prominent in a number of other tracks such as "Dreamer" and "Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)"
The Winter tour 2008 of Belgium, Holland and Germany does not feature John as he is touring with Tina Turner and his place has been temporaily filled by Midge Ure.

If you would like to read more about the proms concerts see the attached link to the 2006 programme. http://www.notp.com/documents/programmaboek2006_belgie.pdf
JOHN MILES MUSIC AT THE CUSTOMS HOUSE

Most recently the Customs House gave an outdoor performance of the Musical "Tom & Catherine" on June 30th 2006. this was to celebrate Catherine Cookson's 100th Birthday. The writer and composer, Tom Kelly and John Miles were both in attendance. Ahead of the performance John gave an interesting interview on Radio Newcastle. The original CD of the music from the show featuring John Miles on vocals is available at http://www.orangerecords.com/

A new musical came to the Customs House in October 2004. "Cuddy's Miles" was based on the legendary Jarrow Crusade march to London. Written by Arthur Mackenzie and David Whittaker (the Mekon in Dan Dare I think) and featuring music by John Miles! The story is very close to John's heart as it features his grandfather (Cuddy) who was the cook on the march. All the songs are new and were played by a brass band to recreate the era. The show ran from October 7th until the 16th. I hope to get a listing of the shows song in due course. In the meantime you can read a little more about it at: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnMiles/message/2239

SHEET MUSIC FOR "MUSIC"

I get a steady stream of email asking if I know where people can get John Miles' "Music" sheet music from - and I have just discovered that it is still available from Music Sales - it can be purchased online at http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/34959/details.html and costs £3.50 - (that is €4.90 or $US5.60). Postage and packing are free within the UK and the European Community. I have no idea what photo is on the cover, as the website doesn't include an image. By the way, I have used this website to order other music online, and I have to say that the service is excellent, especially with free postage and packing!

Bimal Jangra
John Miles at school in 1963.


Album and record reviews have been written by the members of the John Miles Mailing List. The Biography on the About page was largely written by Stephen Carson, with additional material culled from many various sources.

We are always being asked where John Miles' recordings can be bought, since most of them have been deleted from the current catalogues. Second hand copies of many of these recordings can be found at the sites detailed on the Where to Buy page. In addition, the majority of his tracks can be downloaded from the internet, details of which are on the mp3 page.
To complement the album release data, we have collected together the majority of the lyrics of John Miles' songs. These can all be reached from the Lyrics page.
As well as record releases, we have collected together a large number of pictures, not only from the albums, but also from the many concert and TV appearances John Miles has made over the years. These can all be found on the Photo Montage page and the Tours and Concerts pages. Again we have to thank members of the John Miles Mailing List for most of these.
The Audio Clips page includes links to a BBC broadcast of John's top twenty of 1979, in the Star Special series, and interviews on BBC and Commercial Radio. You will need Real Player installed to listen to these.
We are also fortunate in having a transcript of a conversation which Andy Potter had with John Miles, prior to writing an article for the Derby Evening Telegraph. Thanks to Andy.
Over the months we have received a number of Press Cuttings from members, which we are gradually getting onto the site. We do need help in identifying these, the source and date of publication. If anyone can help, please contact Stephen Carson.
If you have any pictures, concert programmes, or any other material which would enhance the site which you are willing to lend me, we would be pleased to hear from you.

You can contact Stephen Carson by going to the Contacts page.



JFebruary 2007

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