User:Daniel Wylie

Daniel Wylie, is a Scottish singer - songwriter. Born in Glasgow on January 2nd 1959, he was founder of the band Cosmic Rough Riders and was the writer and producer responsible for the classic Poptones album "Enjoy The Melodic Sunshine" which achieved Silver status in the UK and went on to sell more than 100,000 copies world wide. It spawned two UK top 40 hits: "The Pain Inside" and "Revolution (in the Summertime?)" resulting in an appearance on the BBC’s flagship television music show; Top Of The Pops.

Originally, Daniel, released two solo albums under the Cosmic Rough Riders, name: "Deliverance" (1999) and "Panorama" (2000). Local musician Stephen Fleming was brought in to engineer and play guitar on the "Panorama" sessions and later became a permanent member of CRR. Ex Creation Records mogul Alan McGee was interested in signing Cosmic Rough Riders after hearing Daniel's two solo albums but wanted to see them play live before making a decision. However, unknown to McGee, Cosmic Rough Riders wasn't actually a band. So a band was hastily put together to play a showcase. After the showcase, Alan McGee offered the band a licensing deal. McGee decided he wanted to sign the band as he saw them. Wylie was 41 years old at the time and decided the opportunity to sign with McGee was too good to miss, so agreed to sign to his Poptones label as part of a band. Wylie and Fleming were joined by Gary Cuthbert, Mark Brown and James Clifford.

On November 6th 2000, Poptones released "Enjoy The Melodic Sunshine", a compilation of tracks from Wylie's original CRR albums "Panorama" and "Deliverance" with a couple of tracks re-recorded and a couple of new songs Wylie wrote specially for the new release. The compilation idea was McGee's. "Panorama" was only 6 months old and had already sold 2,000 copies. He wanted a fresh approach to what is essentially the same record.

Cosmic Rough Riders spent the next two years touring the world, including The UK, Europe, Japan and America, appearing at SXSW in Austin, Texas in 2001. They also appeared at the Summer Sonic festival in Japan.

In March 2002, during the recording sessions for the follow up to "Enjoy The Melodic Sunshine", Daniel Wylie left Cosmic Rough Riders, due to musical differences and inner band friction and went back to being a solo artist.

Daniel then signed a solo deal with Measured Records and released the album "Ramshackle Beauty" (2004).

In 2006, Daniel, along with his friend, graphic designer David Wells, set up Neon Tetra Records. Neon Tetra, released Daniel's next two albums "The High Cost Of Happiness" (2006) and "Car Guitar Star" (2008), as well as albums from Green Peppers, Ally Kerr, The Ronelles, The Goldenhour, Water School, Joe Kennedy, The River Detectives and The Fast Camels.

Daniel Wylie, continues to record and release albums under his own name. In March 2013, he released the album "Fake Your Own Death."

Daniel Wylie owns all the masters to his music.

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Discography: Albums.

Cosmic Rough Riders.

Deliverance (1999)

Panorama (2000)

Enjoy The Melodic Sunshine (2000)

Pure Escapism (2002)

Daniel Wylie.

Ramshackle Beauty (2004)

Postcards (2005)

The High Cost Of happiness (2006)

Let's Go Surfing EP (2007)

The Very Best Of Daniel Wylie & Cosmic Rough Riders (2008)

Car Guitar Star (2008)

Fake Your Own Death (2013)