Colin Blunstone (The Zombies) - Planes (1977) Never Even Thought (1978) (2LP on 1CD)

Year: 1977 / 1978 (CD 2015)
Label: Cherry Red Records (UK), CDMRED665
Style: Pop
Country: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK (24 June 1945)
Time: 73:39
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 518 Mb

Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Blunstone came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the English rock band the Zombies, which released four singles that entered the Top 75 charts in the United States during the 1960s, including "She's Not There", "Tell Her No", "She's Coming Home", and "Time of the Season". Blunstone began his solo career in 1969, releasing three singles under a pseudonym of Neil MacArthur. Since then, he has released ten studio albums under his real name. He appears on several albums with the Alan Parsons Project and sang "Old and Wise".

In 2019, Blunstone was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of The Zombies.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Blunstone)

Colin Blunstone was born on June 24, 1945 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.

Like many musicians, Colin would start by playing in a garage band. However, it would be a band that would become a household name. Colin said, "The Zombies were a school band, even though the guys in the band came from two different schools in St. Albans, which is next door to Hatfield."

In 1964, The Zombies released their first album in the US on the Parrot record label, and the album would launch them into the Top 10 in America. "She's Not There" peaked at number two on Billboard (and number one in Cashbox), while "Tell Her No" climbed to number six. 1965 would lead them to record the soundtrack for the movie "Bunny Lake Is Missing". "Odessey and Oracle" (with the hit "Time Of The Season") would be released in 1968, and mark the end of The Zombies.

After The Zombies, Colin worked briefly in insurance before deciding to re-enter the music industry. In 1971 Colin returned by releasing the album "One Year". Other albums would follow, including: "Ennismore" (1972), "Journey" (1974), and "Planes" (1976).

In the late seventies, Colin also began to make appearances on other artist’s records, including Mae McKenna's "Walk On Water" (1977), Mike Batt's "Tarot Suite" (1978), and The Alan Parsons Project "Pyramid" (1977). He would record with Alan Parsons a number of times, including the classic track "Old and Wise".

In 1984 Colin and other members of The Project joined together to form the band Keats. They only released the one self-titled album, which including the song (and video) "Turn Your Heart Around".

In the 1990s, Colin has done everything from making music for commercials, to releasing new solo albums (including "Echo Bridge"), and performing on Steve Hackett's "Watcher of The Skies: Genesis Revisited" album.

More recently Colin has released his latest solo album: "Out of the Shadows". He has also been busy touring – sometimes with his old Zombies’ bandmate Rod Argent.

(theavenueonline.info/site1/bios/colin.htm)

Planes (1977)

01. Beautiful You (03:11)
02. Planes (03:58)
03. Since I've Been Loving You (04:28)
04. Ain't It Funny (02:49)
05. Only With You (03:30)
06. I Can Almost See The Light (03:54)
07. Good Guys Don't Always Win (03:39)
08. Loving And Free (03:54)
09. Dancing In The Dark (02:02)
10. It's Hard To Say Goodbye (03:13)
11. (Care Of) Cell (03:17)
12. Tell Me How (02:09)

Never Even Thought (1978)

13. I'll Never Forget You (03:27)
14. Lovelight (03:40)
15. Ain't It Funny (03:27)
16. Who That Knocking (02:29)
17. Never Even Thought (05:20)
18. Touch And Go (03:17)
19. Yoy Are The Way For Me (03:17)
20. Photograph (04:03)
21. Do Magnolia Do (04:25)

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