Lucifer's Friend - 1970

 

"Ride in the Sky" – 2:55

"Everybody's Clown" – 6:12

"Keep Goin'" – 5:26

"Toxic Shadows" – 7:00

"Free Baby" – 5:28

"Baby You're a Liar" – 3:55

"In the Time of Job When Mammon Was a Yippie" – 4:04

"Lucifer's Friend" – 6:12

[edit]Bonus tracks from the 1995 re-release

"Rock 'N' Roll Singer" – 4:21

"Satyr's Dance" – 3:17

"Horla" – 2:52

"Our World Is A Rock 'N' Roll Band" – 3:20

"Alpenrosen" – 3:53

 

 

Peter Hesslein – Lead Guitars/Vocals/Percussion

Peter Hecht – Piano/Keyboards/French Horn on "Ride The Sky."

John Lawton – Lead Vocals

Dieter Horns – Bass

Joachim Rietenbach – Drums

 


Where the Groupies Killed the Blues - 1972

"Hobo" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 3:42

"Rose on the Vine" (Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 8:19

"Mother" (Hecht, O' Brien-Docker) – 7:25

"Where the Groupies Killed the Blues" (Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 5:04

"Prince of Darkness" (Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 5:37

"Summerdream" (Hecht, Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 8:56)

"Burning Ships" (Hesslein, Horns, Lawton) – 4:34)

 

 

Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars/Vocals/Percussion

Peter Hecht - Keyboards

John Lawton- Lead Vocals

Dieter Horns - Bass

Joachim Rietenbach - Drums

 


I'm Just a Rock & Roll Singer - 1973

"Groovin’ Stone" - 5:15

"Closed Curtains" - 5:55

"Born On The Run" - 3:51

"Blind Freedom" - 6:24

"Rock’n’Roll Singer" - 4:21

"Lonely City Days" - 4:58

"Mary’s Breakdown" - 5:43

"For Louie" - 7:14

 

 

John Lawton - Lead Vocals

Peter Hecht - Keyboards

Dieter Horns - Bass/Vocals

Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars/Vocals

Joachim Reitenbach - Drums

[edit]Guest musicians

Herbert Bornhold - Percussion

Herb Geller – Soprano Saxophone on "Blind Freedom"

Bob Lanese – Trumpet on "Blind Freedom"

 


Banquet - 1974

 

"Spanish Galleon" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 11:55

"Thus Spoke Oberon" (Bacardi, Docker, Hesslein, Lawton) – 6:45

"High Flying Lady - Goodbye" (Bacardit, Hesslein, Lawton, O' Brian-Docker) – 3:41

"Sorrow" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 11:49

"Dirty Old Town" (Hesslein, Horns, Lawton) – 4:44

 

U.S. release

"Our World Is A Rock 'N' Roll Band" – 3:18

"Spanish Galleon" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 11:55

"Thus Spoke Oberon" (Bacardi, Docker, Hesslein, Lawton) – 6:45

"High Flying Lady - Goodbye" (Bacardit, Hesslein, Lawton, O' Brian-Docker) – 3:41

"Sorrow" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 11:49

"Dirty Old Town" (Hesslein, Horns, Lawton) – 4:44

 

 

John Lawton - Lead Vocals

Peter Hecht - Keyboards

Dieter Horns - Bass/Vocals

Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars/Vocals

Joachim Reitenbach - Drums

Herbert Bornhold - Percussion

Herb Geller - Soprane sax solo, track 1, and flute, track 4.

 


Mind Exploding - 1975

"Moonshine Rider" - 4:47

"Blind Boy" - 4:46

"Broken Toys" - 5:53

"Fugitive" - 4:55

"Natural Born Mover" - 4:24

"Free Hooker" - 7:17

"Yesterday's Ideals" - 6:54

 

 

John Lawton - Lead Vocals

Peter Hecht - Keyboards

Dieter Horns - Bass/Vocals

Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars/Vocals

Curt Cress - Drums

 


Mean Machine - 1981

One Way Street to Heartbreak - 4:35

Hey Driver - 4:11

Fire and Rain - 4:40

Mean Machine - 1:08

Cool Hand Killer - 4:58

Action - 4:00

Born to the City - 4:12

One Night Sensation - 4:44

Let Me Down Slow - 3:37

Bye Bye Sadie - 3:18

[edit]Personnel

 

John Lawton - Lead Vocals

Peter Hecht - Keyboards

Dieter Horns - Bass/Vocals

Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars/Vocals

Herbert Bornhold - Drums

Adrian Askew - keyboards

 

 


Sumo Grip - 1994

 

 

01. Get In – 0:35

02. Heartbreaker – 5:11

03. One Way Ticket To Hell – 5:48

04. Don’t Look Back – 4:45

05. You Touched Me.. – 4:14

06. Cadillac – 4:08

07. Step By Step – 4:10

08. Rebound – 4:24

09. Sumogrip – 1:14

10. Sheree – 4:38

11. Back In The Track – 3:56

12. Banzai – 0:32

13. Any Day Now – 3:48

14. Ride The Sky – 3:43

15. Free Me – 4:44

16. Get Out – 0:20

17. You Touched Me With Your Heart – 5:14

 

John Lawton - Lead Vocals

Peter Hesslein - guitare, choeurs

Andreas Dicke - basse

Jogi Wichmann - claviers, programmation sur le tambour 5,11,17

Curt Cress - batterie sur 2,3,4,7,8,10

Dahmen Udo - batterie sur 6,13,14,15

 

 

 

 

Pochette version US qui attribue l'album à John Lawton avec Lucifer's Firend alors qu'il est bien le dernier de la série des Lucifer's Friend, sans bonus.