Barry Ryan - Singing The Songs Of Paul Ryan (1968)

Barry Ryan - Singing The Songs Of Paul Ryan (1968)

Barry Ryan

ALBUMS:
1 SINGS PAUL RYAN (MGM MGM-C(S) 8106) 1968 SC
2 BARRY RYAN (Polydor 583 067) 1969
3 ELOISE (Polydor 2872 109) 1982


45s:
1 Goodbye/I'm So Sad (MGM MGM 1423) 1968 -
2 Eloise/Love I Almost Found You (MGM MGM 1442) 1968 2
3 Love Is Love/I'll Be On My Way Dear (MGM MGM 1464) 1968 25
4 The Hunt/Oh, For The Love Of Me (Polydor BM 56348) 1969 34
5 Magical Spiel/Caroline (Polydor BM 56370) 1970 49
6 Kitsch/Give Me A Sign (Polydor 2001 035) 1970 37
7 It Is Written/Annabelle (Polydor 2001 154) 1971 -
8 Can't Let You Go/When I Was A Child (Polydor 2001 256) 1971 32
9 From My Head To My Toe/Alimony Money Blues (Polydor 2001 335) 1972 -
10 I'm Sorry Susan/LA Woman (Polydor 2001 362) 1972 -
11 Do That/Summer's Over (Dawn DNS 1109) 1975 -
12 Where Were You/Making Do (Private Stock PVT 70) 1976 -
13 Brother/Life's So Easy (Private Stock PVT 87) 1977 -


Reissue 45s:
14 Eloise/Love Only Comes Tomorrow (Polydor 2001 630) 1976 -
15 Eloise/(Flip by different artist) (Old Gold OG 9440) 1984 -


Barry along with his brother, Paul, who were both identical twin sons of Marion Ryan, a fifties pop singer, were signed by Decca in 1965. With neat long hair and carefully selected fashionable clothes they were skilfully marketed by Decca although thankfully none of the slushy songs written for them (I haven't bothered to list them in this book) met with much success. In 1968 Barry Ryan went solo and Paul took to songwriting. An early result of this new partnership was Eloise, a stunning single with its melodramatic vocal style and heavily orchestrated backing. This was certainly Barry's magnum opus and he soldiered on for several years after without achieving the same heights again.

Compilation appearances include: There You Go on The Mod Scene (CD), Pop Inside The '60s, Vol. 2 (CD), Sixties Lost And Found, Vol. 3 (LP) and Sixties Explosion, Vol. 1 (CD); Gotta Go Out To Work on A Whiter Shade Of Pale (LP); I Can't Make A Friend on Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks (CD).

Tracklist:

1. Theme to Eutopia 3:36
2. Why Do You Cry My Love? 3:30
3. The Colour of My Love 2:48
4. Crazy Days 2:29
5. Eloise 5:52
6. My Mama 3:51
7. I Will Bring You Love 2:34
8. Love Is on the Way 2:30
9. What's That Sleeping in My Bed? 2:20
10. You Don't Know What You're Doing 3:35
11. Kristan Astra Bella 2:52
12. The Hunt 3:03
13. Sunday Theme 2:41
14. Swallow Fly Away 2:59
15. Sunrise in the Morning 3:03
16. Isn't That Wild? 3:27
17. Man Alive 2:28
18. Makin' Eyes 2:57
19. No Living Without Her Love 3:03
20. Sea of Tranquility 3:22
21. I See You 2:52
22. Feeling Unwell 2:56
23. Where Have You Been? 3:03
24. Look to the Right, Look to the Left 2:28
25. Oh for the Love of Me 3:00