User talk:Nixnicoll

Today while checking out web sites of favourite singers and bands that I have either known personally or seen in concert many years ago, & wondering ; "What ever happened to him" I happened to punch in the name Colin Scott ,only to discover that even though the Wikipdia site had listed a number of people by that name, omitted certainly to me one of the finest singer song writers that it has ever been my pleasure to listen to :namely Colin Scott.A contemporary singer songwriter originally from England ,was brought up in the States ,and returned to Britain, where he recorded a number of albums in the 1960,s and  amongst the musicians featured on his albums were Phil Collins,Roger Taylor Jimmy Page ,to name only a few. In Holland not that many years ago. I was told that one time when being interviewed, Denny Laine ,famous for the song "Go Now" with the Moody Blues ,and also a member of Wings ,when asked about his favourite musicians had Colin Scott right there at the very top of the list.!! I personally have a cd that I bought 2 years ago in York featuring tracks from the 3 albums that were released in the 60,s as well as one that Colin himself had pressed in Holland I am absolutely convinced that world wide he has an ENORMOUS amount of fans, because I never ever saw him perform a bad gig and I was lucky enough to see him play in countless venues over the years.He will  possibly be remembered for the legendary recording of his own composition "Missing Mr Marley" but he actually wrote counless songs over the years which have given pleasure to many, many people. I can remember when on holiday with my son 20 odd years ago visiting a big Water World place outside Loret del Mar in Spain, lying in the sun and suddenly hearing  the song , and thinking to myself ;"Hey that,s one of Colin,s songs , but I don,t have a clue who,s singing"I couldn,t believe that there were so many thousands of people and I knew the guy that written the song. I found out later it was recorded by Suzie & Sue, I think , forgive me if I have the name or spelling wrong, I find the ommission of him from your web site bewildering, and hope to put this right. If allowed I will attempt to track down a list of his albums and a track listing ,and will try to locate some of the many live concert tapes that I know to be in existance, as well as a few recordings on video that I myself recorded in years gone by. Sadly Colin is no longer with us as he went to the proverbial gig in the sky back in 1999, but every time that I even think of the phrase'" Great musician"the name of Colin immediately comes to mind, a master performer who also as well as his solo gigs as well as concerts featuring Lucas on violin ,Keith Hightower Neil Woodhead, I can remember seeing him singing vocals with the Big Band at a benefit concert for a friend who had been busted at the Spanish border. The concert was at the Roxy in Amsterdam, and though not my type of music [at that time ] I found it very enjoyable. He was somewhat of an actor and had the part of the bellboy in the Colin Firth film "Wings of Fame" in later years he also did inumerable "Voice Overs " for everything from Four Roses Kentucky bourbon;"Nothing Changes Really", 3 words that were used in one of there adverts that were spoken by Colin must jog many memories, he also did adds for Continental Tyres etc, as well as sound bytes for recordings like Thunderdome in Holland in the late 90,s I think that he should certainly be added to your list of Colin Scotts, which by the way was a stage name, he was born with the surname Thistleswaite, and is I believe related to one of the Waterboys.

Colin Scott
Album: Colin Scot Artist: Colin Scot Catalog Number: IMP 1009 UK/1971 UA UAG 29154) 1971 United Artists Records, LTD. Manufactured By Visa Records Distributed by JEM Records, Inc., South Plainfield, N.J. 07080, Reseda, California 91335 Band Members:

Vocals: Van Der Hammill Steve Gold - Bird P.C. Genesis P. Angel Gabriel Anne Tudor (On Top C) Jane Relf (Heavy) Jon Anderson (Dr. Yes)

Guitars: Bob Fripp Brinsley Schwartz My Wee Davy

Bass: Riddle - One Who Works Hands In Clay, Head In Smoke, and Fingers on Beautiful Strings....

Keyboards: Dave K. - Thanks for the Sunday joint Bob Andrews - "Smiley" Rick "Broken Toes" Wakeman

Drums: Brum Thunder Evans Billy Rankin

Saxophone: Prof. Jaxon

Trumpet: Tan Tan Thornton

String Arrangements: Richard Hewson

Produced by John Anthony

Tracks: Side One 1. Do The Dance Now, Davey. (Martin Hall) (5:24) 2. My Rain (Colin Thistlethwaite) (3:04) 3. Take Me Away (Colin Thistlethwaite) (3:18) 4. Confusion (Colin Thistlethwaite) (2:48) 5. When The Baby In My Lady Gets The Blues (Mike Newbury) (4:05) 6. Lead Us (Neil Innes) (4:18) Side Two 1. You're Bound To Leave Me Now (Martin Hall) (4:30) 2. The Boatman (Davy Johnstone) (3:00) 3. Nite People (Colin Thistlethwaite) (4:10) 4. Hey! Sandy (Harvey Andrews) (4:04) 5. Here We Are In Progress (Martin Hall) (4:25)

Comments: I have not listened to this album in quite some time. I remember hearing Jon Anderson singing background vocals on one track. The credits include a lot of nicknames for the various musicians on this album and are scattered all over the album sleeve along with excerpts of newspaper articles written about Colin Scot. Jon Anderson is referred to as John Anderson (Dr. Yes). It appears this album also included Peter Gabriel, maybe Phil Collins (P.C. Genesis?), Rick Wakeman (Where does the "Broken Toes" nickname come from?), Davy Johnstone (My Wee Davy?) (Elton John's Guitarist) and Robert Fripp. The album doesn't list what songs the individual musicians played on.

Thanks to Steve Notoya and Bob Don for providing this information.