Bill Nelson

PersonSince 1948

Bill Nelson's albums, compilations, singles and EPs, live albums, and videos discography with cataloged releases, editions, and credits

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Bill Nelson is a British musician, painter and photographer. Born December 18, 1948 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire (England) he is best known as the founder of Be Bop Deluxe (1972-1978), although he is also a prolific and accomplished solo artist in his own right. Following an education at Wakefield College Of Art, Bill Nelson's first recorded works were contributions to Holyground recordings A-Austr: Musics From Holyground (1970) and Astral Navigations (1971). His first solo album Northern Dream was released on Smile Records in 1971 and saw notable airplay by John Peel. A year later Bill formed Be Bop Deluxe, a venture that under Nelson's guidance morphed from its initial blues and glam rock beginnings into a stylistically experimental endeavour that encompassed elements of prog rock, new wave, art rock and proto punk. Bill disbanded Be Bop Deluxe in 1978, however these influences were taken further for his next project Red Noise (1978-1979), after recording Sound On Sound he concentrated on working as a solo musician and received critical acclaim for his experimental synth-pop releases Do You Dream in Colour?, Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam and The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart). The latter part of the 1980s saw Nelson progress into increasingly esoteric territory as his personal interest in occult and gnostic beliefs were packaged alongside voluminous ambient albums which were created with the immediacy of creative inspiration. This work ethic saw the release of a staggering amount of music. Despite personal and financial troubles through the late 1980s he has maintained a prolific recorded output and although he does not tour he makes a single public performance each year at annual 'Nelsonica' events in Yorkshire, England.

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Northern Dream

1971

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Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam

1981

Studio Album

Sounding the Ritual Echo (Atmospheres for Dreaming)

1981

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Das Kabinett ('The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari')

1981

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Das Kabinet (The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari)

1981

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The Love That Whirls (Diary of a Thinking Heart)

1982

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Chamber Of Dreams (Music From The Invisibility Exhibition)

1984

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Pavilions Of The Heart And Soul

1984

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A Catalogue of Obsessions

1984

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The Summer of God’s Piano

1984

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Trial By Intimacy (The Book Of Splendours)

1985

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Sounding The Ritual Echo (Atmospheres For Dreaming)

1985

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Getting the Holy Ghost Across

1986

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Chameleon

1986

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Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights

1987

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Map of Dreams

1987

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Ecclesia Gnostica (Music for the Interior Church)

1987

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The Summer Of God's Piano

1989

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Nudity

1989

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Details

1989

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Heartbreakland

1989

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Chimes And Rings

1989

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Chamber of Dreams (Music From the Invisibility Exhibition)

1989

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Das Kabinet (The Cabinet of Dr Caligari) / La Belle et la Bete (Beauty and the Beast)

1989

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Pavillions of the Heart and Soul

1989

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A Catalogue of Obsessions

1989

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Demonstrations Of Affection

1990

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Altar Pieces

1990

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Luminous

1991

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Blue Moons And Laughing Guitars

1992

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Crimsworth (Flowers, Stones, Fountains And Flames)

1995

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Practically Wired Or How I Became Guitarboy

1995

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Culturemix With Bill Nelson

1995

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After the Satellite Sings

1996

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Buddha Head

1997

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Electricity Made Us Angels

1997

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Deep Dream Decoder

1997

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Magnificent Dream People

1997

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Magnificent Dream People / Electricity Made Us Angels

1997

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Weird Critters

1998

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Atom Shop

1998

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Whistling While the World Turns

2000

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Noise Candy (A Creamy Centre In Every Bite!)

2002

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Astral Motel

2003

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The Romance of Sustain, Volume 1: Painting With Guitars

2003

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Whimsy

2003

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Luxury Lodge

2003

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Plaything

2003

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