Discreet Repeat

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Discreet Repeat
📅 Released	1980
🎙️ Recorded	1971-1979
🏷️ Label	Rockburgh / Line
🤑 Producer	Sandy Roberton
Ian Matthews chronology
Siamese Friends (1979) Discreet Repeat (1980) A Spot Of Interference (1980)

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Discreet Repeat was the first solo compilation album released by singer/songwriter Ian Matthews. The original vinyl double LP was issued in 1980 on the Rockburgh Records label (ROCD 109), and re-released in 1985 on Line Records in Germany (LIDLP 5.00003). It consisted of 27 tracks taken from Matthews' nine solo albums released in the 1970s and contained two of Matthews' three 1970s Billboard Hot 100 hits, covers of The Crystals song "Da Doo Ron Ron" and the Robert Palmer song "Gimme An Inch". Somewhat surprisingly Matthews' biggest 1970s hit, a cover of the Terence Boylan song "Shake It" was not included on the album.

Discreet Repeat was reissued on CD in 1987 by Line Records in Germany (LIDLP 9.00560).

Original Vinyl Album Track Listing

The original double album featured 27 tracks from Matthews' nine solo albums released between 1970 and 1979 ("If You Saw Thro' My Eyes" through to "Siamese Friends").

Disc 1, Side A:

1. "Lonely Hunter" (Ian Matthews/Tommy Nunes)
2. "Knowing The Game" (Ian Matthews)
3. "Ol' 55" (Tom Waits)
4. "Gimme An Inch Girl" (Robert Palmer)
5. "Thro' My Eyes" (Ian Matthews)
6. "Louise" (Paul Siebel)
7. "I'll Be Gone" (Ian Matthews)

Disc 1, Side B:

1. "Darkness Darkness" (Jesse Colin Young)
2. "I Don't Want To Talk About It" (Danny Whitten)
3. "Man In The Station" (John Martyn)
4. "Da Doo Ron Ron" (Phil Spector/Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich)
5. "Let There Be Blues" (Ian Matthews)
6. "A Wailing Goodbye" (Ian Matthews)
7. "Bride 1945" (Paul Siebel)

Disc 2, Side A:

1. "Just One Look" (Ian Matthews/Jay Lacy)
2. "Keep On Sailing" (Ian Matthews)
3. "Tribute To Hank Williams" (Tim Hardin)
4. "For The Second Time" (Ian Matthews)
5. "Biloxi" (Jesse Winchester)
6. "Hearts" (Ian Matthews)
7. "Carefully Taught" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein)

Disc 2, Side B:

1. "One Day Without You" (John Martyn)
2. "Reno Nevada" (Richard Farina)
3. "Met Her On A Plane" (Jimmy Webb)
4. "Midnight On The Water" (Ian Matthews)
5. "Seven Bridges Road" (Steve Young)
6. "You Couldn't Lose" (Ian Matthews)

CD Release Track listing

The CD release by Line Records in 1987 was a single CD release with just 21 of the original 27 tracks.

1. "Lonely Hunter" (Ian Matthews/Tommy Nunes)
2. "Knowing The Game" (Ian Matthews)
3. "Ol' 55" (Tom Waits)
4. "Thro' My Eyes" (Ian Matthews)
5. "I'll Be Gone" (Ian Matthews)
6. "Darkness Darkness" (Jesse Colin Young)
7. "Da Doo Ron Ron" (Phil Spector/Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich)
8. "A Wailing Goodbye" (Ian Matthews)
9. "Bride 1945" (Paul Siebel)
10. "Just One Look" (Ian Matthews/Jay Lacy)
11. "Keep On Sailing" (Ian Matthews)
12. "Tribute To Hank Williams" (Tim Hardin)
13. "For The Second Time" (Ian Matthews)
14. "Biloxi" (Jesse Winchester)
15. "Hearts" (Ian Matthews)
16. "Carefully Taught" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein)
17. "One Day Without You" (John Martyn)
18. "Reno Nevada" (Richard Farina)
19. "Met Her On A Plane" (Jimmy Webb)
20. "Midnight On The Water" (Ian Matthews)
21. "Seven Bridges Road" (Steve Young)

Production

The album was compiled by Ian Matthews and his producer, Sandy Roberton, together with Clive Fisher.

• Producer: Sandy Roberton
• Design & Art Direction: Bill Smith
• Photography: Martyn Goddard
• Back Sleeve Photography: Ian Matthews

External links

• Iain Matthews Official website
• Discreet Repeat at AllMusic*Biography on music.com
• Iain Matthews discography at Discogs

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