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album put up the money for Nelson to take his seven-piece band Bill Nelson and the Lost
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although no songs from that studio album appeared on the live one, apart from a tantalizing snippet of the audience singing along to "Down On
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on saxophone, in which capacity the latter had previously contributed to "Ships in the Night". An album followed. Nelson has subsequently released numerous albums and singles under his own name, frequently playing all instruments himself.
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which covered 40 years of recordings, including the Be-Bop Deluxe period, released expanded, multiple CD versions of the Be-Bop Deluxe albums and the Bill Nelson's Red Noise album, having acquired the rights from EMI.
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Stylistically, the songs took elements from progressive rock, glam rock (the band had flirted with make-up in the early days) and hard guitar rock. "Ships in the Night", taken from the band's third album
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for the subsequent tour, after which Clark joined the band. This final line-up remained constant until the band's dissolution in 1978. Jeffreys died in the bombing of
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1439:(2004) Pp. 425-31 Bill Nelson's collected diaries from between 1999 and 2003, previously published on his official website Pomona
1227:(2004) Pp. 78-9 Bill Nelson's collected diaries from between 1999 and 2003, previously published on his official website Pomona
1092:(2011) 8-CD set, 40-year career retrospective mixture of Be-Bop Deluxe, Bill Nelson's Red Noise, and Bill Nelson solo material
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Postcards from the Future... Introducing Be-Bop Deluxe
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The Best of Be-Bop Deluxe: Raiding the Divine
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Permanent Flame (The Beginners Guide to Bill Nelson)
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