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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.
The site is best viewed at a resolution of 1024 x 768. If you
find the text a little small, please change the text size in the View settings
on your browser.
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
April 14th 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 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.
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 Winter 2007's tour. The Belgium tour this
year featured Chic, Kid Creaole & the Coconuts and Macy Gray.while the
Dutch tour starred Donna Summer. In Germany PUR headlined with Paul Carrack of
Mike & the Mehanics fame. CDs from 2007 feature John's vocals on Santana's
"Smooth". If you have difficulty finding these releases please contact
me.
In 2008 John is appearing at the Spanish &
Charleroi Proms in April. Headlining acts are Simple Minds, OMD and Alan
Parsons. A new "Best of Night of the Proms" Vol2 DVD is now out featuring John
playing "Music" but also prominent in a number of other tracks such as "Tubular
Bells" and "Died In Your Arms Tonight"
For more
details see http://www.notp.com/english/home
If you
would like to read more about the concerts see the attached link to the
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.
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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. |
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