U.K DISCOGRAPHY

DECCA RECORDS - The Singles (45r.p.m.)

CHERRY PIE / THERE'S GONNA BE A DAY (F11236) 1960

OUT OF LUCK / UNLESS YOU MEAN IT (F11259) 1960

MYSTERY GIRL / THE BIG WHITE HOUSE (F11315) 1961

THIS PULLOVER / WHY AM I LIVING? (F11348) 1961
(Note; "Why Am I Living" from the film "Rag Doll") (See Filmography)

I SEE YOU / OH! YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL (F11375) 1961

EVERY BREATH I TAKE / WALK AWAY (F11394) 1961

HEY LITTLE GIRL / TWIST MY WRIST (F11412) 1961 (Picture cover)
(Note; From the Bri-Lon Sweater Film)

PRETTY JENNY / YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU TRY (F11511) 1962

AS YOU LIKE IT / IT'S ABOUT TIME (F11620) 1963
(Note: "It's About Time" from the ATV series The Human Jungle. Episode "The Flip-Side Man") (See E.P. listing)

Album (33 1/3 r.p.m)

JESS FOR YOU (Decca LK4390) 1961 (Issued only in 'Mono')
(Walk Away/Why Am I Living/That's My Weakness Now/You Too/Rag Doll/Cherry Pie/(I Wanna) Love My Life Away/Little Ship/An Angel Cries/It Tears Me All To Pieces/Out Of Luck/Mystery Girl)

E.P.s (45 r.p.m)

JESS CONRAD (Decca DFE6666) 1961
(Mystery Girl/Just The Two Of Us/ (I Wanna) Love My Life Away/Maybe You'll Be There)

TWIST MY WRIST (Decca DFE6702) 1962
(Twist My Wrist/It Tears Me To Pieces/Walk Away/Every Breath I Take)

THE HUMAN JUNGLE (Decca DFE 8524) 1963
(With the Rhet Stoller Group)
(It's About Time/I Don't Care/One Of These Days/Down Home Tonight)

Jess on his Decca recordings………………

"During my Decca days I recorded with some of the top musical directors including Ian Fraser, Syd Dale, Gordon Franks, Charles Blackwell, Johnny Keating, Jack Martin, Ivor Raymonde and Arthur Greenslade.
I recorded songs by Gene Pitney, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, Trevor Peacock, Les Vandyke. Johnny Gentle, Gordon Mills, Gerry Goffin and Carole King to name but a few.
I was first produced by legendary TV and records producer Jack Good."

COLUMBIA RECORDS - The Singles

Take Your Time / I Know You (DB 4969) 1963

Pussycat / Tempted (DB 7223) 1964

Things I'd Like To Say/ Don't Turn 'Round (DB 7561) 1965</ b>
(Note: "Things I'd Like To Say" from the film The Golden Head ) See Filmography)

PYE RECORDS

Hurt Me / It Can Happen To You (7N 15849) 1965

(Note: These tracks were produced by legendary record producer Joe Meek)

Little Bit Of Loveliness / Tin Pan Alley Rag ( PY 133) 1966

(Recorded during a tour with Kathy Kirby. Issued in South Africa only)

PRESIDENT RECORDS

The Other Side Of Life / See The Tinker Ride (PT 269) 1969

Crystal Ball Dream / Pussycat (PT 292) 1970

(Note: "Pussycat" is a different song to that of Columbia DB 7223)

Here She Comes Again /My Idea (PT 357) 1971

ANTIC RECORDS

These Are Not My People / Yesterday Man (K11508) 1974

(Recorded under the name 'MEN' this was with Troy Dante, also Dave Dee (of Dozy,Beaky,Mick and Tich fame) with Dave Dee producing,Junior Campbell of Marmalade plays guitar and backing vocals) The label was a subsidiary of Warner Brothers Records in the UK.

E.M.I.

Save It For A Rainy Day / Lock Up Your Daughters (EMI 2682) 1977

(Initial pressings came with a plain black and white picture cover)

K-TEL RECORDS

Click the cover to read track list more easily.

Kenny Everett's 'World's Worst Records Show' (NE1023) 1979 (Green Vinyl Pressing) Features Jess's re-recordings of "Cherry Pie", "This Pullover" and "Why Am I Living". (Plus other artists.) Note the tracks by Jess were recut for this issue.

COMPACT DISC ALBUMS

Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection (Pickwick Label/Karussell PWKS 4065) 1993

Andrew Lloyd Weber Songbook (Pickwick Label PK521 1993)

Marti Webb – Music & Songs from Evita (Pickwick Label PWKS 4233) 1995
(Jess features on “Oh What A Circus”)

JESS CONRAD-GOLDEN BOY OF THE SIXTIES (K-Tel Label ECD 3559)

This CD is the most interesting of Jess's more recent recorded work (2001) It features one new song "Salute The Kings & Queens of Rock 'n' Roll" some re-recordings of some of his sixties Decca cuts, plus previously unreleased recordings from the 1980's and 90's, from rock 'n' roll to MOR. 20 Tracks in all.

(See JESS' SHOP)

Jess is also featured on numerous CD compilations, too many to list, however, one CD compilation worthy of note is the top selling “Three Steps To Heaven” part of the Dreamboats And Petticoats series (Universal Music Label) for which Jess was awarded a gold disc for sales of over 100,000 copies in 2012.

(Click on CD covers for track listings)

VINYL- PRIVATE PRESSING 7" E.P. (33 1/3 r.p.m)

One other 'Collectable' record by Jess is his 1978 'Private Pressing' on the SRT Label.

This was sold at performances in theatre, cabaret etc. and titled "A SOUVENIR OF AN EVENING SPENT WITH  JESS CONRAD" SRTS/CUS 046.

Tracks are: BE-BOP-A-LULA / FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING / WITHOUT A WORRY IN THE WORLD / DIZZY MISS LIZZIE / GIVE ME A STAR / CRYSTAL BALL DREAM. Issued in a picture cover E.P sleeve.

A CD compilation was issued by the UK Vocalion label in 2006 which gathered together Jess’s Decca releases including the highly sought-after 1961 album “Jess For You”. The 30 track  set was nicely packaged utilising the 1961 album cover photo and researched sleeve notes  (Vocalion Label-CDK4326)

Click on the picture for CD track titles

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