Music of the Underview
Music of the Underview
MORRISSEY MULLEN

 
Dick Morrissey and Jim Mullen with Carol Kenyon
With Carol Kenyon
Photo from "Life on the Wire"  (see below)
by "The Lady Mary Maclean"
As far as I know, this was the only online discography for British jazz-funk duo-supremo

Morrissey Mullen
(Dick Morrissey on alto and soprano sax and flute,
Jim Mullen on guitar).

for many years. Perhaps it still is. I gave up checking the CD catalogues for Morrissey Mullen releases, finding music store racks crammed solid with unmitigated trash that nobody with half a brain would even bother to steal, and nothing by them. Nothing much changes. Come ON!

Dick Morrissey and Jim Mullen
Photo from "Happy Hour"  (see below)
by Ed Horwich
 
Up (1977 - below) Cape Wrath (1979 - below) Badness (1981 - below)
Helped by The Average White Band:
Malcolm Duncan - Sax
Hamish Stuart and Onnie McIntyre - Guitars
Pat Rebillot and Roger Ball - Keyboards
Alan Gorrie - Bass
Steve Ferrone - Drums
Sammy Figueroa and Rafael Cruz - Percussion
Cissy Houston, Beverly Ingram, Maryanne Witt, Luther Vandross, Googie Coppola, Arnold McCuller and David Laslee - Vocals
Helped by:
Richard Bailey - Drums
Kuma Harada - Bass
Max Middleton - Keyboards, synthesizers, orchestral arrangements
Robert Ahwai - second guitar
Tony Carr - Percussion
Helped by:
John Critchinson - Keyboards
Clive Chaman - Bass
Chris Ainsworth - Drums
Chris Fletcher - Percussion
Linda Taylor - Vocals
Up Cape Wrath Badness
Tracks:
Footloose
Sing Me Softly Of The Blues
Everything Must Change
Philip Phuling
What A Way To Go
You'll Know What I Mean
Busted Fender
Tracks:
* Lovely Day
Cape Wrath
Bristol Boogie
Return To Tooting Broadway
Soul Eyes
Song For Carla
Making Waves
Night Song
Tracks:
* Do Like You
* Dragonfly
* Stay Awhile
Blue Tears
* Badness
* Pass The Music On
Slipstream
 
Life on the Wire (1982 - below) It's About Time (1983 - below) This Must Be The Place (1985 - below)
Helped by:
Carol Kenyon - vocals (sensational!)
Tony Beard - drums
Chris Fletcher - percussion
John McKenzie - bass
John Critchinson - keyboards
Danny Schogger - synthesizer
Helped by:
Tessa Niles - Vocals
Joe Hubbard - Bass guitar
Neal Wilkinson - Drums
Chris Fletcher - Percussion
Damon Butcher - Keyboards
Chris Hunter and Guy Barker - Brass section
Gavin Wright - String section
Jess Bailey - Keyboards
Helped by:
Pete Jacobson - Keyboards
Trevor Barry - Bass
Neal Wilkinson - Drums
Chris Fletcher - Percussion
Noel McCalla - Vocals
Life On The Wire It's About Time This Must Be The Place
Tracks:
* Life On The Wire
Takin' Time
Face Of A Child
* Come And Get Me
Brazil Nut
Ships That Pass In The Night
Dreams So Real
Running Out Of Time
Tracks:
Stop And Look Around
It's About Time
Ounce Of Bounce
So So Fine
Ol' Sax And Captain Axe
* Bladerunner
Why Does It Always Happen To Me?
I Pull The Strings
Do I Do
Above The Clouds
Tracks:
A Tear For Crystal
Mean Time
This Must Be The Place
With You
Southend Pierre
Visions
All I Want To Do
 
Happy Hour (1988 - below) After Dark (1983 - below) One Step (single) (1984 - below)
Helped by:
Pete Jacobson - Keyboards
Neal Wilkinson - Drums
Trevor Barry - Bass
Chris Fletcher - Percussion
Solo album by the late Dick Morrissey,
Jim Mullen guesting
Tracks:
One Step
One Step (Club Mix)
Happy Hour After Dark One Step
Tracks:
Other Streams
Singing In The Acid Rain
Where?
Blueprint
Happy Hour
E-scape
That's Jazz
Watch This Space
Tracks:
March On
I Won't Last A Day Without You
They Say It's Wonderful
Pili Pili
Running Out Of Time
The Way We Were
Lou Grant
Change Partners
Other single releases:

Mercy Mercy
(two versions, backed with Stay Awhile)

* Tracks as marked above

Others may have been released

Dick Morrissey and Jim Mullen have also guested on numerous other recordings and released their own albums
Cover images above created at the Underview by scanning and digital graphic reconstruction

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