U.K DISCOGRAPHY
DECCA RECORDS - The Singles (45r.p.m.)
CHERRY PIE / THERE'S GONNA BE A DAY (F11236) 1960
OUT OF LUCK / UNLESS YOU MEAN IT (F11259) 1960
MYSTERY GIRL / THE BIG WHITE HOUSE (F11315) 1961
THIS PULLOVER / WHY AM I LIVING? (F11348) 1961
(Note; "Why Am I Living" from the film "Rag Doll") (See Filmography)
I SEE YOU / OH! YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL (F11375) 1961
EVERY BREATH I TAKE / WALK AWAY (F11394) 1961
HEY LITTLE GIRL / TWIST MY WRIST (F11412) 1961 (Picture cover)
(Note; From the Bri-Lon Sweater Film)
PRETTY JENNY / YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU TRY (F11511) 1962
AS YOU LIKE IT / IT'S ABOUT TIME (F11620) 1963
(Note: "It's About Time" from the ATV series The Human Jungle. Episode "The Flip-Side Man") (See E.P. listing)
Album (33 1/3 r.p.m)
JESS FOR YOU (Decca LK4390) 1961 (Issued only in 'Mono')
(Walk Away/Why Am I Living/That's My Weakness Now/You Too/Rag Doll/Cherry Pie/(I Wanna) Love My Life Away/Little Ship/An Angel Cries/It Tears Me All To Pieces/Out Of Luck/Mystery Girl)
E.P'S (45 r.p.m)
JESS CONRAD (Decca DFE6666) 1961
(Mystery Girl/Just The Two Of Us/ (I Wanna) Love My Life Away/Maybe You'll Be There)
TWIST MY WRIST (Decca DFE6702) 1962
(Twist My Wrist/It Tears Me To Pieces/Walk Away/Every Breath I Take)
THE HUMAN JUNGLE (Decca DFE 8524) 1963
(With the Rhet Stoller Group)
(It's About Time/I Don't Care/One Of These Days/Down Home Tonight)
Jess on his Decca recordings………………
"During my Decca days I recorded with some of the top musical directors including Ian Fraser, Syd Dale, Gordon Franks, Charles Blackwell, Johnny Keating, Jack Martin, Ivor Raymonde and Arthur Greenslade.
I recorded songs by Gene Pitney, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, Trevor Peacock, Les Vandyke. Johnny Gentle, Gordon Mills, Gerry Goffin and Carole King to name but a few.
I was first produced by legendary TV and records producer Jack Good."
Take Your Time / I Know You (DB 4969) 1963
Pussycat / Tempted (DB 7223) 1964
Things I'd Like To Say/ Don't Turn 'Round (DB 7561) 1965</
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(Note:
"Things I'd Like To Say" from the film The Golden Head ) See Filmography)
PYE
RECORDS
Hurt Me / It Can Happen To You (7N 15849) 1965
(Note:
These tracks were produced by legendary record producer Joe Meek)
Little Bit Of Loveliness / Tin Pan Alley Rag ( PY
133) 1966
(Recorded during a tour
with Kathy Kirby. Issued in
PRESIDENT
RECORDS
The Other Side Of
Life / See The Tinker Ride (PT 269) 1969
Crystal Ball Dream / Pussycat (PT 292) 1970
(Note:
"Pussycat" is a different song to that of
Here She Comes Again /My Idea (PT 357) 1971
ANTIC
RECORDS
These Are Not My People / Yesterday Man (K11508) 1974
(Recorded
under the name 'MEN' this was with Troy Dante, also Dave Dee (of Dozy,Beaky,Mick and Tich fame) with Dave Dee producing,Junior Campbell of
Marmalade plays guitar and backing vocals) The label was a subsidiary of Warner
Brothers Records in the
E.M.I.
Save It For A Rainy Day / Lock Up Your Daughters (EMI 2682) 1977
(Initial
pressings came with a plain black and white picture cover)
K-TEL
RECORDS
Kenny
Everett's 'World's Worst Records Show' (NE1023) 1979 (Green Vinyl Pressing) Features Jess's re-recordings of
"Cherry Pie", "This Pullover" and "Why Am I Living". (Plus other artists)
COMPACT
DISC ALBUMS
The
Andrew Lloyd Webber Songbook
(Pickwick
Label PK521) 1993
(Jess
sings two songs "One More Angel In Heaven"
from the musical "Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and ""Hosanna" from
"Jesus Christ Superstar")
(Note:
This CD has been re-issued with other printed covers ,
under the title THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER COLLECTION PWKS 4065 (Carlton Sounds Label)
(Also
features Carl Wayne. Paul Jones, Stephanie Lawrence, Fiona Hendley)
JESS
CONRAD-GOLDEN BOY OF THE SIXTIES (K-Tel Label ECD 3559)
This
CD is the most interesting of Jess's more recent recorded work (2001) It
features one new song "Salute The Kings & Queens of Rock 'n'
Roll" some re-recordings of some of his sixties Decca cuts, plus
previously unreleased recordings from the 1980's and 90's, from rock 'n' roll
to MOR. 20 Tracks in all.
(See
JESS' SHOP)
JESS FOR YOU (The 2003 CD Album)
Available
ONLY at Jess's shows and on-line at this website (See JESS' SHOP)
VINYL-
PRIVATE PRESSING 7" E.P. (33 1/3 r.p.m)
One
other 'Collectable' record by Jess is his 1978 'Private Pressing' on the SRT
Label.
This
was sold at performances in theatre, cabaret etc. and titled "A SOUVENIR OF AN EVENING
SPENT WITH JESS CONRAD" SRTS/CUS 046.
Tracks
are; BE-BOP-A-LULA / FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING / WITHOUT A WORRY IN THE WORLD
/ DIZZY MISS LIZZIE / GIVE ME A STAR / CRYSTAL BALL DREAM. Issued
in a picture cover E.P sleeve.
NEW FOR 2006/7.
“Jess For You” the 1961 album and Decca singles
re-mastered.
(Vocalion Label-CDK4326)
For
ALL JESS CONRAD MERCHANDISE click here. JESS'SHOP