Dave Walton - Every Window In The City (CBS 202490)

IRVING MARTIN

PRODUCTIONS

IRVING MARTIN

Dave Walton - Every Window In The City (CBS 202490)

Productions

Irving Martin Discography: An Introduction

King Brothers - Everytime I See You Irving Martin? Perhaps not a name to set most 60s music fans blood racing, but it should! He is responsible for some of the best UK pop productions in a variety of styles; Pop-beat, Harmony Vocal, R & B and dramatic Spectorian Productions, to name just a few.
One reason for his name not being better known is....a lack of hits! The one Top Twenty charter, (Number 12, August 1973, 13 weeks in the top Forty) Guy Darrell's, "I've Been Hurt" was a hit on Santa Ponsa (PNS 4) but it had originally been released in 1966. Who knows what might have hapened if this had hit the charts then?

The Compromise - You Will Think Of Me (CBS 202050)

My first encounter with the credit "Production: Irving Martin", came on a CBS demo, white label with the big orange "A". (I was later to find most of my 'Irvings' looked like this!) The record, still a firm favourite, was Dave Walton's "Every Window In The City".
Irving Martin's name meant nothing to me, but the songwriter credits "Kenny Young & Arthur Resnick" did, as well as remembering that Jack Nitzsche had produced this title with Jerry Cole. It seemed worth paying the 50p at Notting Hill Gate's "Record & Tape Exchange". Few investments have paid, such a rich reward!

Cheryl St Clair - We Want Love (CBS 202041) The production is glorious, sounding as if it was recorded in an empty Royal Albert Hall. The music is HUGE, bass guitar, piano and tamborine accompany Dave's voice on the intro, then a short cavernous roll on the drums and the tempo increases, never losing control as the music continues to build. All the while, Dave's voice stays with the terrific lyrics, clearly heard. How the record manages to reach such a dramatic climax, I don't know, but it does! Surely one of the best and biggest Spector styled ballads this side of The Righteous brothers. How about Nitzsche's original? Great, but Irving gets the gold star!

This was the start of actively looking for the Irving Martin production credit and, in most cases, I was not to be disappointed.

Thanks are due to Irving Martin for opening his archives, Jeff Glenn for his Reviews, Phil Chapman music restoration and Toshinari Mitsutomo, Al Williamson, John Kioussis, Ian Chapman, Geoff Ashford, Pontus von Tell and 45cat (a marvelous reference site for 45's) for additions to the discography, mp3s and label scans.

Martin Roberts(Updated 03/02/24)

A Now & Again Musical Delight (Which will be replaced As & When)

The Compromise - You Will Think Of Me (CBS 202050)

The Compromise - You Will Think Of Me (CBS 202050: 1966)
(Wr. Mort Schuman, Production: Irving Martin)
Good song, (a relativly rare solo writing credit for Mort) but for me what makes it fab is Irving's production. He was only 19 years old at the time with no (credited) arranger but already creating magical sounds. Two more of my musical heroes were also involved in the recording; MORT SCHUMAN composer is one half of the late fifties - mid Sixties Doc Pomus / Mort Schuman hit writing machine, with big hits for big artists Elvis, Drifters, Dion et al. The partnership split and Mort moved to France and created more hits in the mid-sixties, co-writing The Small Faces "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" and Billy J. Kramer's "Little Children" among them; AND Hawkwind co-founder MICK SLATTERY. Perhaps more of my love for Hawkwind later but of interest, in "The Saga of Hawkwind" by Carol Clerk (Omnibus Press) she notes that The Compromise were the first (actually one of the first) English groups signed to CBS's UK label. A second release is also mentioned "You Baby" being one of the sides but no 45 found, I assume recorded but not released(?).

The Compromise - You Will Think Of Me (CBS 202050)

The Compromise - You Will Think Of Me (CBS 202050: 1966)
(Wr. Mort Schuman, Production: Irving Martin)

Good song, (a relativly rare solo writing credit for Mort) but for me what makes it fab is Irving's production. He was only 19 years old at the time with no (credited) arranger but already creating magical sounds. Two more of my musical heroes were also involved in the recording; MORT SCHUMAN composer is one half of the late fifties - mid Sixties Doc Pomus / Mort Schuman hit writing machine, with big hits for big artists Elvis, Drifters, Dion et al. The partnership split and Mort moved to France and created more hits in the mid-sixties, co-writing The Small Faces "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" and Billy J. Kramer's "Little Children" among them; AND Hawkwind co-founder MICK SLATTERY. Perhaps more of my love for Hawkwind later but of interest, in "The Saga of Hawkwind" by Carol Clerk (Omnibus Press) she notes that The Compromise were the first (actually one of the first) English groups signed to CBS's UK label. A second release is also mentioned "You Baby" being one of the sides but no 45 found, I assume recorded but not released(?).

60s Productions by Irving Martin on 45

King Brothers	Everytime I See You	Remember When	CBS 202030	66
Tony Jackson	You're My Number One	Let Me Know	CBS 202039	66
Cheryl St. Clair	My Heart's Not In It	We Want Love	CBS 202041	66
The Compromise	You Will Think Of Me	Love Minus Zero	CBS 202050	66
Dave Walton	Love Ain't What It Used To Be	Tell Me A Lie	CBS 202057	66
Tony Jackson	Don't Ever Leave You Baby's Side	I'm The One She Really Thinks A Lot Of	CBS 202069	66
The County Set	Cold Winds	Taste Love (And See)	CBS 202070	66
Frank D'Rone	My Girl At The Dance	My Own True Love (Tara's Theme)	CBS 202071	66
Eddie's Crowd	Baby Don't Look Down	Take It Easy Baby	CBS 202078	66
Patti McMains	There Is Beauty In The World	Go To Her	CBS 202079	66
Lord Sutch	The Cheat	Black And Hairy	CBS 202080	66
Guy Darrell	I've Been Hurt	Blessed	CBS 202082	66
Johnny Devlin	Hung On You	Prove It	CBS 202085	66
Mike Redway	One Day	Let Me Be The Someone	CBS 202092	66
Dave Walton	Every Window In The City	I've Left The Troubled Ground	CBS 202098	66
King Brothers	Jo Jo	Peculiar	CBS 202227	66
David Wigg	Life Is Complicated	Turning Round	CBS 202233	66
Gary Bell	Is This What I Get	To Keep You	CBS 202234	66
Marc Reid	For No One	Lonely City Blues	CBS 202244	66
We Talkies	I Wanna Walk In Your Sun	I Ordered You	CBS 202245	66
Guy Darrell	My Way Of Thinking	Big Louie	CBS 202296	66
Tony Jackson	Follow Me	Walk Walk Walk	CBS 202297	66
Johnny Devlin	My Strength, Heart And Soul	I Can't Get You Of My Mind	CBS 202339	66
The Imagination	Guantanamera	You've Got Your Troubles	CBS 202354	66
Paul Craig	Midnight Girl	Autumn	CBS 202406	66
Tony Jackson	If There's Anything Else You Want	Come On And Stop	CBS 202408	66
Johnny Devlin	Tender Lovin' Care	Five O'clock World	CBS 202452	66
Cheryl St. Clair	What About Me	I'll Forget You Tonight	Columbia 8077	66
We Talkies	I've Got To Hold On	What Are You Waiting For	CBS 202457	66
Sheila White	Misfit (From the Film "The Ghost Goes Gear")	Switch Off The Night (From the Film "The Ghost Goes Gear")	CBS 202465	66
Steps Beyond	Not So Young Today	Meanwhile Back In My Heart	CBS 202490	67
Candlelight	That's What I Want	The Happy Days Of Summer	CBS 202507	66
Dave Walton	After You There Can Be Nothing	Can I Get It From You	CBS 202508	67
Guy Darrell	Hard Lovin	I've Never Had A love Like That	CBS 202510	66
Bobby Bennett	Just Say Goodbye	She Believes In Me	CBS 202511	66
Gnomes Of Zurich	Hang On Baby	Blues For My Baby	CBS 202556	67
Marc Reid	The Magic Book	My World Turns Around You	CBS 202581	67
Dennis D'ell	It Breaks My Heart In Two	Better Use Your Head	CBS 202605	67
Guy Darrell	Crystal Ball	Didn't I	CBS 202642	67
Romeo Z	Come Back Baby Come Back	Since My Baby Said Goodbye	CBS 202645	67
Gary Bell	Leave It To Me	Anyway That You Want Me	CBS 202646	67
The Californians	Golden Apples	Little Ship With A Red Sail	CBS 2663	67
Gnomes Of Zurich	High Hopes	Pretender	CBS 2694	67
Selwyn & John	Bogey Man	When God Gave Us Names	CBS 2708	67
Dave Walton	Lady	He'll Never Know	CBS 2709	67
Johnny Devlin	Hurtin'	You Gotta Tell Me	CBS 2751	67
The Cailfornians	Follow Me	What Love Can Do	Decca 12678	67
The Lemon Line	For Your Precious Love	You Made Me See The Light	Decca 12688	67
Martin's Magic Sounds	Mon Amour, Mon Amour	Midem Melody	Deram 141	67
Finders Keepers	Friday Kind Of Monday	On The Beach	Fontana 892	67
Sight And Sound	Ebenezer	Our Love (Is In The Pocket)	Fontana 927	67
The Californians	Sunday Will Never Be The Same	Can't Get You Out Of My Mind	Decca 12712	67
Finders Keepers	Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)	Without Her	Fontana 938	68
Harlem Jonns Reshuffle	You Are The One I Love	Good Lovin'	Fontana 970	68
The Cailfornians	Congratulations	What Is Happening Baby	Decca 12758	68
The Chamber Pop Ensemble	Walk Away Renee	59th Street bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)	Decca 12789	68
The Cailfornians	Out In The Sun (Hey-O)	The Sound	Decca 12802	68
The London Balalaika Ensemble	Kalinka	Remember, Remember	Deram 203	68
Anvil Flutes & Capricorn Voices	April Showers	Jolie Gendarme	Deram 208	68
Monty Sunshine	Two Lovers	Hushabye Mountain	United Artists 2245	68
Bobby Bennett	All My Life Is You	To Give (The Reason I Live)	Columbia 8435	68
Sight And Sound	Alley, Alley	Little Jacky Monday	Fontana 982	68
The Cailfornians	The Cooks Of Cake & Kindness	Mandy	Fontana 991	69
Harlem Jonns Reshuffle	Everything Under the Sun	Let Love Come Between Us	Fontana 1004	69
The Cailfornians	Sad Old Songs	Weep No More	Fontana 1052	69
The Cailfornians	You've Got Your Troubles	Early Morning Sun	Chapter One 112	69
Ian Green Revelation	Santa Maria	When You Love A Man	CBS 3997	69
Royalty	That Kind Of Girl	Will You Be Staying After Sunday	CBS 4181	69
Royalty	Let's Ride	I Need Your Love	CBS 4498	69
The CBS tracks below were / remain unreleased (unless noted)
Falling Leaves	Ten Feet Tall		CBS ?	66
The Sloopys	Take My Heart		CBS ?	67
Royalty	Your Heart's Not In Your Love		CBS ?	69
Royalty	Heading Straight For You	The Californians & Friends	Teensville 1035	69
Tony Jackson	Is There Anything Else You Want (alt)	The Tony Jackson Group - Watch Your Step!	Castle CD 892	04

60s Productions by Irving Martin on LP

Martin's Magic Sounds	Martin's Magic Sounds	Deram SML 1014	67
Marble Arch Orchestra	Tomorrow's Standards	US Liberty 7567	67
The Chamber Pop Ensemble	The Chamber Pop Ensemble	Decca 4933	68
London Balalika Ensemble	London Balalika Ensemble	Deram SML 712	68
Anvil Flutes & Capricorn Voices	Something New Is Coming	Deram SML 1026	68
The Liberty Studio Orchestra	Tricks With Hits	Liberty 83102E	68
Bones Galore	Bones Galiore	Polydor 583078	69
Harlem Jonns Reshuffle	Harlem Jonns Reshuffle	Fontana TL 5509	69
The Albums below are all in Fontana's "Living Prescene" series.
The Baroque Brass	The Baroque Brass	Fontana 16250	68
Fontana Concert Orchestra	Portrait Of Bob Dylan	Fontana 16257	68
Pete Smith Orchestra	Neapolitan Nights	Fontana 16259	68
Cortez And His New Latin	Cortez And His New Latin	Fontana 16265	69
Pete Smith Orchestra	It's Very Hot For May...	Fontana 16266	69

60s Productions by Irving Martin on CD

The Tony Jackson Group	Watch Your Step (Includes all four of Jackson's CBS, Irving Martin productions and the previousley unreleased version of "Is There Anything Else You Want")	Castle CD 892	04
Guy Darrell	I've Been Hurt: The Complete 1960s Recordings (Includes all four of Darrell's CBS, Irving Martin productions)	RPM 984	17
The Californians	& Friends - Early Morning Sun: 60s Harmony Pop Produced by Irving Martin (Essential! All The Californians cuts, Paul Craig's 45, both Royalty 45s (& previousley unreleased "Your Heart's Not In Your Love") 3 cuts by Finders Keepers (no "Sadie, The Cleaning Lady"), the 2 best sides from the Sight And Sound singles and Tony Jackson's "You're My Number One" and "Let Me Know". Buy a copy)	Teensville 1035	19

60s Compositions by Irving Martin aka D. Beadle

Don't Fool Yourself	John Summers (Pye 15918) '65
Forget It (co-wr Jack Daw)	Mal Ryder & The Spirits (Piccadilly 35209) '64
I Need Your Love (co-wr Tony Hiller)	Royalty (CBS 4498) '69
I'll Forget You Tonight	Cheryl St. Clair (Columbia 8077) '66
I've Never Had A Love Like That (co-wr John Carter)	Guy Darrell (CBS 20250) '67, The Sceptres (RCA Canada 3436) '67
One Day	John Summers (Pye 17081) '66
We Want Love	Cheryl St. Clair (CBS 202041) '66, Caroline Carter (Decca 12239) '65
You Made Me See The Light (co-wr Tony Clarke)	The Lemon Line (Decca 12688) '67

70s Productions by Irving Martin on 45

Peter Franc	Song For Every Season	Woman Don't Try To Rearrange Me	Blue Mountain 1012	72
Peter Franc	I'll Move Along	Song For Every Season	Dawn 1033	73
Peter Franc	Ballad Of The Superstar	Strange Kind Of Woman	Dawn 1039	73
Les Reed Orchestra	Also Sprach Zarathustra	Second Movement Of Fifth Symphony	Chapter One 186	73
Les Reed Orchestra	Least We Forget	-	Chapter One 189	73
Anne Marie David	Hey Papa	Tell Me Once Again	Epic 2297	74
Anne Marie David	Sing For Your Supper	Where Are You Going To My Love	Epic 2431	74
Les Reed Orchestra	Slaughter On Tenth Avenue	The Hawk	Bell 1342	74
Ashford	And Buddy Played Peggy Sue	Charmer	W. Bros 16495	74
Sandy Nelson	You Are The Sunshine Of My Life	-	French UA	74
Supergroove	2002	2002 Plus 2	Polydor 2058 576	75
Bremmer & Kane Band	Song For Two Ladies	From The Heart	W. Bros 16641	75
Peter Franc	Flag Of Convience	At Home With You	Dawn 1088	75
Babe Rainbow	Don't Let Me Stand In Your Way	-	Mercury 6007 113	75
Patrick Samson	Movin' Wth Susan	-	Italian Ducale 250	75
Bremmer & Kane Band	I Made A Deal With The Sunshine	Claim To Fame	W. Bros 16538	75
Frogmorton	White Swans	Uncivilized	Philips 6006506	76
The Saint Orchestra	Return Of The Saint Theme	Funko	Pye 46127	78
Grace Kennedy	Fever	I'm So Glad I Got 'Cha	DJM 10879	78
Monaco	God Only Knows	Earthy	Pinnacle 64	78
Sandie Jones	(Boogie Woogie) Dancin' Shoes	(Boogie Woogie) Dancin' Shoes (Inst.)	Éire Spider Web 006	79
Sandie Jones	Shoes Off, Boots On	Shoes Off, Boots On (Inst.)	Éire Spider Web 017	79
Kim Goody	Wait In Line	-	Bronze 133	81
Gerrard Kenny	I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face	-	Musical Fantasy Fant 1	83
4 Unreleased cuts written by Geoff Ashford with his band Rivington Pike, The Chanter Sisters on B-Vox
Out Of My Sight	Wait Just A Little Bit Longer	I've Got This Love	I'll Be There	71

70s Productions by Irving Martin on LP

Jamestown Sheiks	Lennon & McCartney Reggae Style	Chapter 1 - 1001	70
The London Sound 70 Orchestra and Chorus	The Best Songs of Our Lives	U.S. DECCA DEB 7-6 (5 LP Box set)	70
The London Sound 70 Orchestra and Chorus	The Sounds of Christmas 50 Great Songs of Christmas	U.S. DECCA DEB 7-7 (3 LP Box set)	70
The London Sound 70 Orchestra and Chorus	The Best Songs of Hollywood	U.S. DECCA DEB 7-8 (3 LP Box set)	71
XYLOS Inc.	Pretty Percussion	Polydor 2460 141	71
The Sunset Festival Orchestra	Non-Stop Bacharach	Sunset 50263	71
The Sunset Festival Orchestra	Non-Stop Mancini	Sunset 50345	73
The Sunset Festival Orchestra	Non-Stop Carole King	Sunset 50348	73
The Sunset Festival Orchestra	Non-Stop Carpenters	Sunset 50367	73
Peter Franc	Profile	Dawn 3043	73
Sandy Nelson	Hocus Pocus	UA 29509	73
The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Ezra Rachlin	All-Time Classics	Arcade 1	73
Peter Franc	En Route	Dawn 3051	73
Anne-Marie David	Anne-Marie David all but "Wonderful Dream"	Epic 80148	74
Barry Gray	Space 1999 "Death's Other Domain" & "Black Sun", not credited but wr B. Dee, I. Martin & Prod Irving Martin	USA RCA 1422	76
The London Philharmonic Choir Conducted By John Alldis	Sounds Of Glory	Arcade 25	76
Frogmorton	At Last	Philips 6308 261	76
The albums below are all 'Library Music' releases and include tracks Irving Martin produced and co-wrote, usually with Brian Dee.
Heavy Rock		The Regency Line 1010	75
Western Music		The Regency Line 1011	75
Sport		The Regency Line 1026	75
Tension Unlimited (All tracks, Irving Martin / Brian Dee)		The Regency Line 1036
Soft Illusions		Bruton Music BRD 5	78
Leisure		Bruton Music BRD 6	78
Good Times		Bruton Music BRG 4	78
Happiness		Bruton Music BRG 5	78
High Adventure		Bruton Music BRK 2	78
Speed Fever		Bruton Music BRK 3	78
Dramatic Action		Bruton Music BRK 4	78
Auturbine		Bruton Music BRL 1	78
Light Industry (Over half, Irving Martin / Brian Dee)		Bruton Music BRL 5	79
S.1 Drive / S.2 The Living City (S.2 Irving Martin / Brian Dee)		Bruton Music BRJ 19	80

4 samples of Irving Martin's music

Lord Sutch - Black And Hairy - CBS.jpg

Lord Sutch - Black And Hairy - (Acetate, released as CBS 202080: 1966)
(Wr. D. Sutch, Acc.by Des Champ, Production: Irving Martin)
Lord Sutch didn't only make great records with Joe Meek. This Sutch written, Irving Martin produced B-side is one of his best. Play it with the lights out!

Selwyn & John - Bogey Man - CBS

Selwyn & John - Bogey Man - (CBS 2708: 1967)
(Wr. S. Timothy/J. Ellison, Musical Direction: Pete Smith, Produced by Irving Martin)
Sweet Floral Albion said of this record "A super super Brit rarity! Amazing that a beauty of this quality remains almost totally unheard and unknown."

Lord Sutch - Black And Hairy - CBS.jpg

Selwyn & John - Bogey Man - CBS

Harlem Jonns Reshuffle - Everything Under The Sun - Fontana

Harlem Jonns Reshuffle - Everything Under The Sun - (Fontana 1004: 1969)
(Wr. Crewe/Knight, Production: Irving Martin)
A cover of the Ronettes, Phil Spector produced song recorded in 1966 but not released untill 1976. From 1969 an enjoyable brassy version by this fab beat group.

Ashford - And Buddy Played Peggy Sue - WBros

Ashford - And Buddy Played Peggy Sue - (Warner Bros. 16495: 1974)
(Wr. Geoff Ashford, Produced by Irvin[sic] Martin
Geoff Ashford, the writer as well as performer on this goodie contacted me with the label scan and mp3. Thanks Geoff, checkout his Spotify web site.

Harlem Jonns Reshuffle - Everything Under The Sun - Fontana

Ashford - And Buddy Played Peggy Sue - WBros

If I wondered if my admiration for Irving Martin's work was just a quirk in my make-up, I needn't have worried. I'm very pleased to be able to offer some first rate reviews written from the US side of the Atlantic by Jeffrey Glenn.

Irving Martin - Top Pop Picks by Jeffrey Glenn