Howard Gray is a musician, sound engineer, programmer, composer, re-mixer and producer who has worked with, and on the work of Public Image Ltd, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England...

, Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty Anna MacColl was an English singer-songwriter.MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s...

, The Armoury Show

The Armoury Show

The Armoury Show was a New Wave band formed in 1983 by Richard Jobson on vocals, Russell Webb on bass guitar, John McGeoch on guitar and John Doyle on drums. Each member was known for being in a previously acclaimed band, as Jobson and Webb were in The Skids and McGeoch and Doyle in Magazine. The...

, The Pale Fountains

The Pale Fountains

The Pale Fountains were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1980, and composed of Mick Head , Chris McCaffery , Thomas Whelan and former Dislocation Dance trumpeter Andy Diagram .-Career:...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, The Stranglers

The Stranglers

The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...

, Simple Minds

Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...

, The Pretenders

The Pretenders

The Pretenders are an English rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman-Scott , Pete Farndon , and Martin Chambers...

, XTC

XTC

XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...

, UB40

UB40

UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...

, Scritti Politti

Scritti Politti

Scritti Politti are a British band, originally formed in 1977 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Although there have been various changes to the line-up, Cardiff-born singer-songwriter Green Gartside was the founding member of the band and the only member to have remained throughout the group's...

,, Cherubs

Cherubs (band)

Cherubs were a five-piece band from the United Kingdom and Norway. The band comprised Staale Krantz Bruland, Espen Dahl, Matthew Orchard, Jørgen Raa and Glenn Wange...

, Terence Trent D'Arby, Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...

, The Cure

The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...

, The Manic Street Preachers, U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

, Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...

, Tom Jones

Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...

 and Van Morrison

Van Morrison

Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...

.

He is a founder member of the dance/rock group Apollo 440

Apollo 440

Apollo 440 are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1990. Apollo 440 have written, recorded and produced four albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as Apollo 440 and as ambient cinematic alter-ego Stealth Sonic Orchestra, and created music for film, television,...

.

Early years

Howard James Gray was born on 15 July 1962 in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, shortly after his parents emigrated from their native Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

. The family returned to Liverpool when Gray was six months old, and the city played its role in forming the young Gray's musical passions. An early interest in music and sound recording led to the formation of his first band at the age of 15, Alvin the Aardvark and the Fuzzy Ants, with his brother, Trevor Gray, and fellow schoolfriends Jono 'Kumo

Kumo (musician)

Kumo is a British musician and composer, the pseudonym of Jono Podmore who was born in 1965.-Biography:Kumo came into existence in 1994 when composer, producer, engineer and arranger Jono Podmore began work at Watershed Studios, London and with Plink Plonk records, founding 2 sister labels to Plink...

' Podmore, James Gardner

James Gardner (musician)

James Gardner is a British-born musician and composer , now resident in New Zealand.Schoolfriend of Noko and Howard Gray, with whom he later formed the band Apollo 440, Gardner spent much of the 1980s in London playing and programming keyboards and synthesizers for a variety of artists...

, Norman 'Noko' Fisher-Jones and Gary Hancock.

In 1980, during his last year at school, Gray landed a job as a tape operator at Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....

's notorious Manor Studio, the residential facility built on a country estate near Oxford. Throughout his tenure at The Manor, and at Branson's recently completed Townhouse Studios

Townhouse Studios

Townhouse Studios was a recording studio in west London. Built by Richard Branson in 1978, and managed by Barbara Jeffries as part of the Virgin Studios Group. The Virgin Studios Group was acquired by EMI when Richard sold Virgin Records to EMI in 1992. The Sanctuary Group bought the studio from...

 in London's Hammersmith, Gray worked with many producers, first as an assistant sound engineer, then as an engineer. The producer he worked with most often was Steve Lillywhite

Steve Lillywhite

Steve Lillywhite is an English Grammy Award winning record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited for working on over 500 records and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dave Matthews Band, U2, Peter Gabriel,...

. Some of the many artists Gray worked with include Public Image Ltd, The Stranglers, Kirsty MacColl, The Armoury Show, Japan, Rip Rig + Panic and Van Morrison. He was Virgin's House Engineer on Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's album "Architecture and Morality", and engineered producer Adrian Sherwood

Adrian Sherwood

Adrian Sherwood is an English record producer best known for his work with dub music as well as for remixing a number of popular acts such as Coldcut, Depeche Mode, The Woodentops, Primal Scream, Pop Will Eat Itself, Sinéad O'Connor, and Skinny Puppy...

's groundbreaking Dub Syndicate

Dub Syndicate

Dub Syndicate is a dub band, formed by Adrian Sherwood, and it became a showcase for Adrian Sherwood's collaboration with Style Scott, former ace drummer with the Roots Radics and Creation Rebel....

 album "The Pounding System (Ambience in Dub)".

1980s: from sound engineer to producer

When Gray broke away from the Virgin studio system, he initially went to work as Steve Lillywhite's engineer, which lead to him working with such diverse artists as Simple Minds, XTC, the Pretenders, UB40 and Abba's Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Anni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss von Plauen , is a Norwegian-born Swedish pop singer...

 ('Frida').

As a producer in his own right Gray's big break came when, in 1983, he was asked by UB40

UB40

UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...

 to help produce their multi-platinum selling album of cover versions, "Labour of Love

Labour of Love

Labour of Love is a reggae album by UB40, the band's fourth studio album. It was originally released on 1 September 1983 and included the hits, "Red, Red Wine" , "Cherry Oh Baby" , "Many Rivers to Cross" , and "Please Don't Make Me Cry" .The entire album consists of cover versions of songs...

". Gray had previously worked with the band at the Townhouse on their "UB44

UB44

UB44 is the third studio album album by UB40 . It was released in September 1982. The early release of the packaging had a hologram cover. It reached No 4 in the UK album chart...

" album. Credited as Engineer and Assistant Producer of "Labour of Love", an administrative error caused Gray's role to be credited only as Tape Operator on the UK and US #1 single "Red Red Wine

Red Red Wine

"Red Red Wine" is a song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond. It has been covered by Tony Tribe, Jimmy James & the Vagabonds, and more famously by British reggae group UB40, whose version topped the U.S. and UK singles charts...

". Still only 21 years old, Gray also engineered and co-produced UB40's next album "Geffery Morgan

Geffery Morgan

Geffery Morgan is the fifth studio album by UB40. Released in October 1984, it takes its title from a piece of chalk graffiti on a wall: "Geffery Morgan...loves white girls". Following the huge success of their covers album, Labour of Love, all tracks on this album are self-penned...

".

Gray went on to work with Scritti Politti on "Cupid & Psyche 85

Cupid & Psyche 85

Cupid & Psyche 85 is the second album by the British new wave pop group Scritti Politti.It remains the band's most successful album, reaching No. 5 in the UK, and was certified Gold by the BPI for 100,000 copies sold. The album contained five singles, three of which were top 20 hits in the UK...

", the Cure on "The Head On The Door

The Head on the Door

The Head on the Door is the sixth studio album by British band The Cure, released in 1985. The album is the first to feature drummer Boris Williams, it also features the return of Simon Gallup and is Porl Thompson's first album as an official member....

" and he produced Terence Trent D'Arby's debut single, "If You Let Me Stay", from his 12 million selling album "Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is Terence Trent D'Arby's debut album. It was released in July 1987 on Columbia Records, and became an instant number-one smash in the UK and spending a total of nine weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart and eventually being certified 5x...

". Some of the many other artists Gray produced through the mid to late 80's include The Pale Fountains, Head, The Screaming Blue Messiahs

The Screaming Blue Messiahs

The Screaming Blue Messiahs were a rock band, formed in 1983 in London by Bill Carter , Chris Thompson and Kenny Harris in the wake of the pub rock and punk scenes that had been so predominant on the UK capital's live music circuit during the late '70s/ early '80s...

, Hugh Cornwell

Hugh Cornwell

Hugh Alan Cornwell is an English musician and songwriter, best known for being the vocalist and guitarist for the punk/new wave group, The Stranglers, from 1974 to 1990.-Career:...

, Red Guitars

Red Guitars

The Red Guitars were an English indie rock band active from 1982 to 1986. Based in Hull, the Red Guitars' first single "Good Technology" was a minor hit, selling 60,000 copies...

, Danny Wilson

Danny Wilson (band)

Danny Wilson were a New Wave group formed in Dundee, Scotland.-History:Having been initially formed in the early 80's performing under the names Perfect Strangers and then Dream Kitchen, brothers Gary Clark and Kit Clark formed a band with friend Ged Grimes in 1984, initially under the name...

  and Age of Chance

Age of Chance

Age of Chance were a British alternative rock-dance crossover band from Leeds, England active from 1985 to 1991. They were perhaps most known for their mutant metallic cover of Prince's "Kiss" which topped the UK Indie Chart in 1986, and peaked at #50 in the UK Singles Chart in January the...

 (with whom he created one of the first albums to be sampled and sequenced entirely on a Studio 440 sampling device).

1990s - 2000s: Apollo 440, soundtracks, remixes and producing

In 1990 Gray formed the dance/rock group Apollo 440

Apollo 440

Apollo 440 are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1990. Apollo 440 have written, recorded and produced four albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as Apollo 440 and as ambient cinematic alter-ego Stealth Sonic Orchestra, and created music for film, television,...

  with brother Trevor Gray and old friends and colleagues James Gardner and Noko, who had continued their musical careers with other bands, including Luxuria (Noko) and The Umbrella (Noko and Gardner). Gray's role within Apollo 440 revolves mostly around sound sculpture/production or, as he refers to it, his role is that of the "Vibe Controller".

Apollo 440 have to date released four albums on their Stealth Sonic Recordings label, distributed by Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

, and achieved three UK Top 10 and eight UK Top 40 singles releases.

With Apollo 440, and under their Stealth Sonic Orchestra guise, Gray has recorded for various film soundtracks, including Lost in Space

Lost in Space

Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, filmed by 20th Century Fox Television, and broadcast on CBS. The show ran for three seasons, with 83 episodes airing between September 15, 1965, and March 6, 1968...

  and Charlies Angels, worked on a number of games for Sony Playstation, including Fifa '98, Spiderman and Anti-Grav, and remixed a diverse range of artists, including The Manic Street Preachers, Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...

, U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

, Puretone, Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...

 and James

James (band)

James are a British rock band from Manchester, England. They formed in 1982 and were active throughout the 1980s, but most successful during the 1990s. Their hit singles include "Come Home", "Sit Down", and "She's a Star" as well as their American College Radio hit "Laid"...

. Apollo 440 have worked on a number of tracks with Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...

, Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...

 (producing three tracks on Beck's album "Jeff") and Tomoyasu Hotei

Tomoyasu Hotei

is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Hotei at number 70 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.- Life and career :...

.

In addition to his role with Apollo 440, Gray continues to undertake outside productions, including work with Tom Jones, The Manic Street Preachers, Gareth Sager & Jock Scott, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Drive By Argument and The Wolfgang Press

The Wolfgang Press

The Wolfgang Press was an English post-punk band, active from 1983 until 1995, recording for the 4AD label. The core of the band was Michael Allen , Mark Cox , and Andrew Gray , with many guest musicians....

. Gray has also collaborated with John Fortis on the production of The Cazals, Eight Legs and Art Brut's acclaimed debut album Bang Bang Rock and Roll

Bang Bang Rock and Roll

Bang Bang Rock & Roll is the debut album from British rock band Art Brut. It was re-released in 2006 with bonus CD.-Reception:The music review online magazine Pitchfork Media placed Bang Bang Rock & Roll at number 192 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s...

.

2010 - present day

Howard Gray has recently finished working on the upcoming album by the artist Josh Bray

Josh Bray

Josh Bray is a folk blues singer-songwriter born in Devon, currently living in London. His debut album Whisky And Wool will be released on March 7, 2011 on NewTide Records...

. Apollo 440 are set to release their fifth studio album, The Future's What It Used To Be, late 2011.

Trivia

Gray's debut production, Trevor Herion

Trevor Herion

Trevor Herion, born John Trevor Herion, was an Irish singer, born in Cork who formed part of the punk and new wave scenes in the 1970s and 1980s...

's "Love Chains", features the uncredited backing vocals of Holly Johnson

Holly Johnson

Holly Johnson is an English artist, writer and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and former bassist for Big in Japan.- Big in Japan :...

, who was to record "Relax" with Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson , with Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole , and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and...

 in the same studio the next day.

David Slade, the director of the music video 'Stop The Rock' for Gray's band Apollo 440, went on to direct Eclipse, the third film in the Twilight

The Twilight Saga (film series)

The Twilight Saga is a series of supernatural romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four Twilight series novels by the American author Stephenie Meyer. The films star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. The series has grossed over $2 billion in worldwide...

series.

Film soundtrack discography

• The Game Plan (2007) - track: "Heart Go Boom"
• Cursed (2005) - track: "Stadium Parking Lot" - aka "Wes Craven's Cursed"
• Gran Turismo 4 (2004) - track: "Hot Rod Honeymoon"
• Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) - track: "Time is Running Out"
• EuroTrip (2004) - track: "Make My Dreams Come True"
• Chasing Liberty (2004) - track: "Stop the Rock"
• Resident Evil (2002) - track: "Wall of Death"
• ATV Offroad Fury (2001) - track: "Yo! Future"
• Evil Woman (2001) - track: "Stop The Rock"
• Charlie's Angels (2000) - "Charlie's Angels 2000"
• Bedazzled (2000) - track: "Stop the Rock (Mint Royale Mix)"
• Spider-Man (2000) - "Theme Song"
• Loser (2000) - track: "Stop The Rock"
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) - track: "Stop the Rock"
• Daria (1 episode, 2000) - I Loathe a Parade (2000) TV episode - track: "Stop the Rock"
• Gran Turismo 2 (1999) (VG) - track: "Cold Rock the Mic"
• Rogue Trader (1999) - track: "Liquid Cool"
• Lost in Space (1998) - track: "Will & Penny's Theme"

Production discography (selected)

• Pacific Street (CD, Album) Toshiba EMI Ltd 2001
• Unless (12") Virgin 1983 Unless (7", Single)
• (Don't Let Your Love) Start A War (Single) (Don't Let Your Love) ... Virgin
• Geffery Morgan... (LP) Virgin 1984
• I'm Not Fooled (12") DEP International
• If It Happens Again (7", Single) Virgin Records
• New Dreams For Old (12") On The Beach Red Flame
• Now That's What I Call Music 4 (2xLP) If It Happens Again EMI Records, Virgin 1984
• Riddle Me (7") Virgin 1984
• Take It Round Again (12") Arista 1984
• We Can Be Brave Again (7") We Can Be Brave Again ... Parlophone 1984
• Close To Me (CDV, Single, PAL) Stop Dead Fiction Records 1988
• Elle Adore Le Noir Pour Sortir Le Soir (7", Single) EMI Music (Belgium) 1985
• Half An Octopuss (10", Ltd) Stop Dead Fiction Records 1985
• I Got You Babe (7", Single) Nkomo A Go Go Virgin Music (Canada), DEP International 1985
• I Got You Babe / Nkomo A Go Go (7") Nkomo A Go Go (Special... A&M Records 1985
• The Head On The Door (LP, Album) Elektra 2006
• Twin Cadillac Valentine (7") Twin Cadillac Valentine WEA, 1985
• Who's That Girl (7") EMI Music (Belgium) 1985
• Yé-Yé (LP) EMI Music (Belgium) 1985 Yé Yé (CD, Album) EMI Music (Belgium) 2004
• America And Me (7") Marianne Virgin 1986
• Gun-Shy (CD, Album) Elektra 1986
• National Avenue (Sunday Afternoon) (12", Promo) Virgin
• Quadpus (12", Single) A Night Like This Elektra
• Tales Of The Expected (CD, Album) Virgin
• The Best Of (Ça Vient, Ça Vient, Change Pas Demain) (LP) EMI Music (Belgium) 1986
• Wild Blue Yonder (7") WEA Records Ltd., WEA Records Ltd.
• Don't Get Mad...Get Even! (12") Virgin
• If You Let Me Stay (12") If You Let Me Stay (Re... CBS
• Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby (LP, Album) CBS
• Love In Anger (12") Love In Anger, Uptown,... Parlophone
• Mary's Prayer (7") Monkey's Shiny Day Virgin Records America, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc.
• Meet Danny Wilson (CD, Album) Virgin 1987
• New York City (12") New York City, New York... Parlophone
• On The Corner (12") On The Corner (7") EMI Records Ltd.
• One Thousand Years Of Trouble (CD, Album) Virgin
• The Best Of UB40 - Volume 1 (CD) EMI Music (Brazil)
• Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Noise? (12") Virgin
• Wishing Well (The Darbinian Mix) (12") If You Let Me Stay CBS
• Badman (LP, Album) Uptown/Downtown Parlophone 1988
• Car's Outside (12") Virgin 1988
• I Can Speak American (12") Twin Cadillac Valentine WEA Records Ltd., WEA Records Ltd. 1988
• Sin Bin (12") Virgin 1988
• Wanted (CD) Got To Share, Fine Time Big Life
• Never Gonna Be The Same (10", Single) Nothing Ever Goes To P... Virgin 1989 Totally Religious (CD, Album) Elektra
• Heart Of Darkness (LP, Album) ZTT, ZTT
• Little Brother (Remix) (12") Little Brother Big Life 1990
• Come On! (12") Reverb Records (2) 1991
• Don't Lose Your Dreams (10", Ltd, Num) Siren Records (8)
• Electric Landlady (CD, Album) Walking Down Madison Virgin
• Infamy! Or How I Didn't Get Where I Am Today (LP) Siren Records (8)
• Pandora's Box (7") All She Wants Is Every... Virgin
• Scarlet Red And Blue (Cass) Mountains, Rainbow PolyGram, M & G Records 1991
• Sugar Tax (Album) ◄ (13 versions) Virgin Records America ... 1991
• Sweet Danny Wilson (LP, Album) Ruby's Golden Wedding,... Virgin 1991
• Sweet Danny Wilson/Three-In-A-Bed Romp (2xCD, Comp, Ltd) Ruby's Golden Wedding,... Virgin 1991
• Walking Down Madison (7") Virgin 1991
• Beneath The Pavement...The Beach (CD, EP, Ltd) Rev., Capital Of Pain Concrete Productions 1994
• Going South (CD, Maxi) Going South (7" Version) 4AD, Warner Bros. Records 1994
• The Lead And How To Swing It (Album) ◄ (5 versions) Show Me Atlantic ... 1994
• The Lead And How To Swing It (CD, Album) Show Me Interscope Records, Atlantic, ZTT 1994
• Kevin Carter - The Remixes (12", Promo) Epic 1996
• The First Wave (CD, Single, Enh) Toys 1:70, Sony Music Entertainment (Norway) 1997
• If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (CD, Single) Prologue To History, M... Epic 1998
• BSE Bangin' Summer Extravaganza (CD, Album) Prologue To History Select Magazine 1999
• The Very Best Of UB40 1980 - 2000 (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) If It Happens Again Simply Vinyl (S12) ... 2000
• The Very Best Of UB40 1980 - 2000 (CD, Comp) Virgin, Dep International 2000
• Everything Is Beautiful (A Retrospective 1983-1995) (CD, Comp, Album) Executioner (Adamson Mix) 4AD 2001
• Forever Delayed - The Greatest Hits - Special Edition (2xCD, Comp) The Everlasting (Steal... Epic 2002
• The Best Of 1990-2000 & B-Sides (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Mysterious Ways (Solar... Interscope Records 2002
• 50 Years Of The Greatest Hit Singles - Platinum Collection (2xCD, Comp) Red Red Wine Virgin, Virgin 2003
• Essential (CD) EMI Music (Belgium) 2003
• Lipstick Traces - A Secret History Of Manic Street Preachers (2xCD, Comp) Prologue To History Epic 2003
• Sugar Tax / Junk Culture (2xCD) Speed Of Light Virgin 2003
• Uncovered By Heartbeat (CD and 12" album) Cargo Records 2005
• Bang Bang Rock & Roll (CD, Album) Fierce Panda 2005
• It's Magnetic / Out On 24s (7") Kids 2006
• LateNightTales (CD, Album, Comp) Unless Azuli Records, Azuli Records 2007
• Leigh-On-Sea (7", Single, Ltd) Leigh-On-Sea Label Fandango 2007
• Sex Lines Are Expensive Comedy (7", Single) Lizard King Records 2007
• The Sega Method / Lower Your Pieces (7", Ltd) Lizard King Records 2007
• What Is Woman? (12", Red) Stiff Records 2007
• Drive-By Argument (CD, Album) Lizard King Records 2008

External links

• http://www.apollo440.com/
• http://www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk/interviews/irlm_vs_aoc.html - Interview
• http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov99/articles/apollo.htm - interview
• http://www.discogs.com/artist/Howard+Gray
• http://www.discogs.com/artist/Apollo+440
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/90e0158e-4152-463e-8a76-212dd48cbcf1
• http://www.facebook.com/Apollo440
• http://www.myspace.com/apollofourforty
• http://www.reverbxl.com/index.htm and http://www.reverbxl.com/xltalent/xltalent_roster.htm