Kid In A Big World
John’s debut album in 1975 reissued on CD for the first time by RPM Records in October 2003 including added out-takes, demos & alternative versions never released before.
Technicolour Biography
Originally intended as the follow-up to Kid In A Big World. However, CBS pulled the plug on the project before it was completed. After the success of its reissue of Kid, RPM Records decided to release Technicolour Biography in August 2004, thirty years after it was first recorded!
Can You Hear Me OK?
Planned for release February 1976 but shelved, produced by Biddu and arranged by Pip Williams. This is the final piece in the ‘Kid Trilogy’. Now featuring four bonus cuts produced by Trevor Horn plus an ECD TV promo clip.
The Pros and Cons of Passion
Recorded in 1996 this is the first commercial release of the album. Taken from the original 1996 CD master it features several Howard originals as well as his take on the songs of kd lang, Stephen Sondheim, Neil Young, George Harrison and Lou Reed.
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The Dangerous Hours
John’s first writing collaboration with Manchester poet/lyricist Robert Cochrane. Recorded through 2004/5, produced, performed and arranged by John. This is the debut release for new indie label The Bad Pressings, through Cargo Records.
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As I Was Saying
In 2005 this was the first album to be released of John’s words and music for thirty years, As I Was Saying is out now on Cherry Red Records. Recorded March – May 2005 with John on piano/vocals, Andre Barreau on guitars/percussion and Phil King on bass, this album is seen as picking up where John left off in 1975, as the title implies. And as well as featuring 10 new songs, John and the boys also give us a new take on the popular ‘Dear Glitterheart’, originally on The Dangerous Hours.
Same Bed, Different Dreams
Recording began in 2004, completion was then delayed till early in 2006. Disques Euro-visions released the album in France in May ’06 and it was released internationally by Cargo Records in early 2007.
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Barefoot With Angels
John’s seventh studio set, the first album he recorded in his home studio, comprising 12 Howard originals including Magdalena Merrywidow, dedicated to April Ashley, and Who’s Listening, dedicated to Kenneth Williams.
Navigate Home
Written and recorded over almost 2 years, Navigate Home, released in April 2009, reflects a journey of anticipation and nostalgia captured in 13 fabulous tracks.
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Can You Hear Me OK? (Special Edition)
Newly sleeved re-issue of John’s 1976 album which RPM released in 2005, this Special Edition was issued in 2010 featuring two extra bonus tracks, one of which was written by Norman Hurricane Smith, the other was produced by Kenny Everett’s favourite recording artist, Chris Rainbow.
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As I Was Saying (Special Edition)
The 2005 album but with a new sleeve, from a photo taken in the album’s bassist Phil King’s Baker Street apartment, and including four extra bonus cuts: two live recordings of performances John gave at The 12 Bar club in Denmark Street in 2006, plus alternate takes of The Time of Day and Sanctuary’s Sojourn.
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Exhibiting Tendencies
John’s tenth studio album, released in February 2011, featuring 13 Howard originals, all instruments and percussion played by John himself. The album took 12 months to make and is his first studio set to be released for 2 years.
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Dry Run – the ‘Navigate Home’ demos
Recorded in the spring of 2007, these demos were made in preparation for John’s 2009 release, Navigate Home. They reveal an intimate never-before-heard ‘live in the studio’ performance of the songs, and the album also includes two previously unreleased compositions.
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