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All songs written by Simon Riding unless otherwise stated and are copright protected.

 

Songs written by me:

Over the last 30 - 35 years I'ver written a hell of a lot of stuff,

mostly on my own but from time to time I've been lucky

enough to collaborate with some very talented people - this

page represents a cross section of what resulted.

All sorts of all sorts, the first song I wrote dates back to around 1972

or 1973 - some of this stuff was recorded on a Tascam Porta One 4 track

cassette doo-dah so the quality may vary a little from song to song.

Sadly the very early stuff is of an inferior qualitybecause of

the technology (or lack of it) used at the time and is unlikely

to be uploadedto this site unless I get very brave, maybe at some

point I'll pull my finger out and re-record some of it.

Your feedback is welcome, good or bad.

 

Is This What I Am? (Riding) 2007 - mp3

Breakout (Riding) 1978 (this recording is from around 1989) - mp3

So Far (Riding) 2002 - mp3

Ruben V & Me (Riding) 2007 - mp3

Beckoned By A Smile (Riding) 2007 - mp3

Let Him Win (Riding) 2002 - mp3

What'll I Do ? (Riding) 1995 - mp3

Bubble Wrap (Riding) 2007 - mp3

Planet Earth (Riding) 1991 - mp3

Golden Chalice (Riding) 2002 - mp3

That's Me (Riding) 2002 - mp3

J.F.K.(Riding) 1993 - mp3

A Short Story( Riding) - mp3

 

lots more coming soon

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Co-written songs:

 

Simon Riding &

Robert Brown

I've been writing and recording with Rob since 1977 or there abouts, we've co-written/recoreded dozens of somgs over the years as well as being in several bands together (The Lewis Brothers Band, Oestra and The Lost Boys). We do rock, we've always done rock - it's what we do. If we can't get together we record remotely, if memory serves me right we were never in the same room to record "Don't Give Up" (ah, the wonders of modern technology).

Don't Give Up (Riding/Brown) 2007 - mp3

Back To The Party (Brown) 1982(rerecorded 2008) - mp3

Sleep Now (Riding/Brown) (1981- rerecorded 2006) - mp3

more coming soon

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Oestra

Mad times these were, Oestra was an experimental funk/rock trio - short lived but a hell of a ride while it lasted. Wayne and Adey being two of the best musicians I've ever worked with. Wayne and I were in No Sweat/ Relative strangers together and also did some session work with Paul Hutchinson of Espionage / E.S.P.- Robert Brown also had a short stint in this band.

Trial By Night (Riding/Ellis/Silver) 1985 - mp3

The Kingdom (Riding/Ellis/Silver) 1985 - mp3

Coda (Riding/Ellis/Silver) 1985 - mp3

'X' (Riding/Ellis/Silver) 1985 - mp3

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Simon Riding &

Adrian Silver (Sa)

Sa - a brief collaboration with Adey from Oestra around 1994-95 produced some really good stuff - soul/ funk sort of songs. This is what happened when we locked rock and funk in the same room and didn't let it out util it came up with something - very mellow - here are a few of them, I may upload others in the future.

Flying High (Silver) 1995 - mp3

Coz I Miss You (Riding/Silver) 1995 - mp3

Forever (Riding) 1995 - mp3

Don't Give Up On Us (Silver) 1995 - mp3