The dB's


Discography Ver.1

albums

Title/YearLabel/NumberNote
"Stands For Decibels" 1981UK : Albion/ALB105 (LP)

Germany : Albion/Line/ALLP4.00009J (LP)

Japan : Victor/VIP-6775 (LP)

Germany : Albion/Line/ALCD9.00009 (CD)

US : IRS/IRSD-81000 (CD)

1 st
"Repercussion" 1982US : Albion/ALB109 (LP/ Manufactured for sale in US : with original

cover : in 1981)

UK : Albion/ALB 109 (LP)

Germany : Albion/Line/ALLP4.00032J (LP)

Germany : Albion/Line/ALCD9.00032 (CD)

US : IRS/IRSD-81001 (CD)

2 nd
"Like This" 1984US : Bearsville/1-25146 (LP)US : Rhino/R2 70891 (CD)

Japan : Pony Canyon/PCCY-00819 (CD)

3 rd
"Amplifier" 1986UK : Line/DOJOLP 33 (LP) Compilation from 1st & 2nd
"The Sound Of Music" 1987US : IRS/42055 (LP)

US : IRS/IRSD-42055 (CD)

4 th
"dB's First & Repercussion" 1992Germany : Line/LICD9.21191S (Double CD) 1st & 2 nd
"Ride The Wild Tom Tom" 1993US : Rhino/R2-71299 (CD) Compilation
"Paris Avenue" 1994US : Monkey Hill/MON6122-2 (CD) --

Singles

Title/YearLabel/NumberNote
"(I Thought)You Wanted To Know (non-LP)/If And When (non-LP)" 1978 US : Car Records/CRR-77" as Chris Stamey & The dB's
"Black And White/Soul Kiss (non-LP)" 1980US : Shake Records/SHK100 7"
"Dynamite/The Fight" 1981UK : Albion/ION.1005 7"
"Big Brown Eyes/Baby Talk (non-LP)" 1981UK : Albion/ION.1010 7"
"Judy (non-LP)/Cycles Per Second" 1981UK : Albion/ION.1013 7"
"Amplifier/Ask For Jill/Ups And Downs/We Were Happy There" 1981 UK : Albion/ION.10247"
"Dynamite/Cycles per Second" 1981France : Albion/Virgin/SAM1026

Australia : Liberation/LS519

7"
"Bad Reputation(edit)/Judy/Baby Talk/Soul Kiss" 1981 Australia : Liberation/LS5887"
"Neverland/pH Factor (non-LP)" 1982UK : Albion/ION.1030 7"
"Living A Lie/In Spain" 1982UK : Albion/ION.1034 7"
"Living A Lie/Ups And Downs" 1982UK : Albion/Phonogram/DBS-1 7"
"Love Is For Lovers/Darby Hall (non-LP)" 1984US : Bearsville/7-29188 7"
"Love Is For Lovers/Love Is For Lovers"US : Bearsville/7-29188 promo 7"
"A Spy In The House Of Love(Extended Remix)/A Spy In The House Of Love(LP Edit)/Amplifier (LP Version)" 1984 US : Bearsville/PRO-A-2230promo 12"
"I Lie/Sharon (non-LP)" 1987US : IRS/53198 7"
"I Lie/I Lie" 1987US : IRS/53198promo 7"
"I Lie/I Lie (edit)" 1987US : IRS/L33-17407 promo 12"
"Working For Somebody Else/Feel Alright" 1987US : IRS/L33-17449 promo 12"
"Working For Somebody Else" 1987US : IRS/L33-17449 promo CD single
"Working For Somebody Else/I LIe" 1987US : IRS/no number promo cassette single
"Home For The Holidays/Home For The Holidays" 1987 US : IRS/L33-17456promo 12"
"Change with Changing Times/Feel Alright" 1987US : IRS/? 7"?

Compilations

Title/YearLabel/NumberSongNote
"Sharp Cuts" 1980US : Planet Records/P-6 (LP) "Soul Kiss"--
"Shake To Date" 1981UK : Shake/Albion/Shake.1 (LP)

Germany : Albion/Line/ALLP4.00255J (LP)

Albion/Line/ALCD9.00255 (CD)

"Black & White"--
"Amplifier" 1981US : Albion/NYR1 (7" flexi) "Amplifier" with tracks by Ian Gomm, 999, Hazel O'connor giveaway with NY Rocker magazine
"Start Swimming" 1981US : Stiff-America/SINK.1 (LP) "Death Garage" "We Should Be In Bed"Live
"Amplifier" 1982UK : Albion/Freebie 1 (7" flexi) "Amplifier" with tracks by the Cosmopolitans, Robyn Hitchcock, Motor Boys Motor --
"I Was A Teenage Zombie"(soundtrack) 1987US : Enigma/SJ-73296 (LP) "Neverland"from "Repercussion"
"Just In Time For Christmas" 1987US : IRSD-XMAS (promo CD) "Home For The Holidays" --
"The Water Music Compilation Album" 1988US : Water Music Records/WMR 88121 (LP) "Visible Man" --
"21st Jump Street"(soundtrack) 1988US : IRS/6270 (LP)

Japan : Victor/VDP-1525 (CD)

"Change With The Changing Times"from "The Sound of Music"
"Just In Time For Christmas" 1990US : IRS/X2-13052 (CD) "Home For The Holidays" --
"Shake It Up!--American Power Pop2" 1993US : Rhino/R2-71178 (CD) "(I Thought)You Wanted To Know" as Chris Stamey & The dB's
"A Different Kind of Christmas" 1994US : Risky Business/AK66386 (CD) "Home For The Holidays" --
"CD Review March 1995" 1995US : CDR0395D (CD) "Lines and Dots"from "Paris Avenue"

Sessions

Artist/Title/YearLabel/NumberSong Note
Kimberley Rew "My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long/Fishing" 1981 UK : Armagedon/AS.012 (7")"My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long" "Fishing" with The dB's
Kimberley Rew "The Bible Of Bop" 1981UK : Armagedon/Bop.1

(12"EP)

"My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long" "Walking In The Dew" "Fishing" with The dB's
Chris Stamey Group "Christmas Time" 1985US : Coyote/TTC8564 (LP) "Christmas Time"as The dB's
Chris Stamey Group "Christmas Time/Occasional Shivers" 1986 US : Coyote/TTC8699 (7")"Christmas Time" as The dB's
Chris Stamey & Friends "Christmas Time" 1993US : ESD/80812 (CD) "Holiday Spirit" "Feliz Navidad" "Christmas Time" as Chris Stamey & The dB's

Cover by Other Artists

ArtistTitle/YearLabel/NumberSong Note
Marti Jones"Unsophisticated Time" 1985US : A&M/SP6-5086 (LP) "Lonely Is (as Lonely Does)"

"Neverland"

"Lonely Is (as Lonely Does)" from "Like This"

"Neverland" from "Repercussion"

Syd Straw"Surprise" 1989US : Virgin/91266-2 (CD)

Japan : Virgin Japan/VJD 32242 (CD)

"Think Too Hard"from "The Sound of Music"
Don Dixon"E.E.E" 1989US : Enigma/D21S-73356 (CD)

Japan : Alfa/29B2-110 (CD)

"Bad Reputation"from "Stands for Decibels"
Foster & Lloyd"The Essential" 1996BMG/RCA/07863-66825-2 (CD) "White Train"from "Like This"

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