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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
September 25th 2008
JOHN MILES
LIVE
John last performed in the UK at a
charity event in South Shields in August 2009 in aid of Cri Du Chat syndrome.
Prior to that he apperred 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). .
John performed at the Rock Legends
Adventure in May 2008 and later in the year John 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 came to Europe in the New Year ended
in Sheffield in May 2009. A CD / DVD of the tour was released at the end of
September 2009. http://www.tinaturnerlive.com/
JOHN MILES
JNR
John's son, John Jnr, recorded an
album of compositions written with Simon Ferry. The band known as "the urge"
toured and released and album "Lunch at the Lady Garden". Downloads and more
information can be got at www.myspace.com/theurgeofficial . They released a
live DVD in April 2008 however John has since left and joined the Belgian group
Sylver.
JOHN MILES LATEST
CDs
In September 2009 a CD called Best
of John Miles at Night of the Proms was released. It contains tracks recorded
over the 25 years of John's involvement with the Proms. The track listing is as
follows:
01. Now That The Magic Has Gone 02. Piano
Concerto N° 2 / All By Myself (with Wayne Marshall) 03. Everybody's Gotta
Learn Sometimes (with David Garrett) 04. Sarabande & Broken Wings 05. If
You Go Away 06. Miserere (Tony Henry) 07. Caruso (with Natalie Choquette) 08.
Mr. Blue Sky 09. Bohemian Rhapsody 10. Born to Run 11. It Was A Very Good Year
12. You're The Voice 13. Smooth 14. Sagrada Familia (with Manuel Barrueco) 15.
Music
For your copy visit
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/nightofthepromsofficialonlineshop/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=or amazon.de.
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 2009 / 10
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 2009 of Belgium, Holland and Germany
sees John returning to the Proms family folowing his tour with Tina Turner. In
Belgium & Holland Roxette and OMD star while in Germany Heaven 17 and Alan
Parsons feature.
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/
In February 2010 John Miles and Tom
Kelly's first musical collaboration "Machine Gunners" is restaged at the
Customs House. Watch here for further details.
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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