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I acknowledge that I have drawn on a wide variety of sources for information, but whenever there has been any conflict that I have been unable to resolve in any other way, I have relied on information found in Record Collector magazine, when available and appropriate.

CODE NUMBERS: In response to requests from collectors, who have found these reference numbers of value, I guarantee that no changes will be made to the numbers of records and CDs after 30 September 2000.

LPs

  ISSUE DATE NUMBER TITLE UK LP CHART HIGH .

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L1 May 1960 Decca LF1329 Sound Of Fury 18 Check the bottom right hand corner of the back of the sleeve for the pressing date (eg 60, 64 etc), if this is important to you. Track list
The Sound Of Fury LP is now highly-regarded, but it should be remembered that in 1960, it was not a big seller.It entered the Top 20 LP chart for one week at number 18 in June, fell out, then re-entered for one week at number 20 in July.
L2 November 1960 Ace Of Clubs ACL1047 Billy Fury

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Review

L3 September 1961 Ace Of Clubs 1083 Halfway To Paradise 5
(9-week run in LP Top 20)

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L4 1961 Ace Of Clubs 1108 Thank Your Lucky Stars . Various artists - Billy sings Jealousy Track list
L5 April 1963 Decca LK 4533 Billy 6
(21-week run in LP Top 20)
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L6 October 1963 Decca LK4548

Decca SLK4548

We Want Billy 14
(In Top 20 for only two weeks)
Issued in both mono and stereo. Track list
L7 1965 Decca LK4677 I've Gotta Horse

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L8 May 1965 Decca LK4695 Fourteen . Various artists - Billy sings Diamond Ring Track list
L9 October 1965 Decca LK4734 Bumpa Bundle . Various artists - Billy sings In Thoughts Of You Track list
L10 March 1967 Ace Of Clubs ACL1229 Best Of Billy Fury . . Track list
L11 February 1972 Decca SPA188 World Of Billy Fury .

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L12 May 1973 Ronco MR2002/3 That'll Be The Day 1 Various artists - Billy sings five songs Track list
L13 February 1977 Decca 3303/4 The Billy Fury Story

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L14 March 1979 K-Tel NE1030 Billy Fury - The Golden Years .

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L15 March 1980 Decca SPA575 World Of Billy Fury, Volume 2 . . Track list
L16 March 1980 Decca DPA3087/8 They Called It Rock And Roll . Various artists - Billy sings four songs including previously unreleased I Got Someone Track list
L17 July 1981 Decca LFT1329 Sound Of Fury

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L18 March 1982 Decca TAB37 Hit Parade 44 (in February 1983) . Track list
L19 August 1982 Decca TAB46 The Decca Originals 1960-1964

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Various artists - Billy sings Halfway To Paradise Track list
L20 September 1982 Decca TAB47 The Decca Originals 1965-69

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Various artists - Billy sings In Thoughts Of You Track list
L21 November 1982 Decca TAB51 Thank Your Lucky Stars . Various artists - Billy sings Jealousy. (Although Billy's track is the same, this is not a re-issue of L4.) Track list
L22 December 1982 Decca TAB61 The Decca Originals Volume 3 . Various artists - Billy sings Jealousy Track list
L23 December 1982 Dakota OTA1001 Heroes And Villains . Various artists - Billy sings Wondrous Place Track list
L24 1983 Polydor POSP488 Billy Fury In Interview With Stuart Coleman

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L25 February 1983 Decca TAB62 We Want Billy . Re-issue Track list
L26 March 1983 Polydor POLD5069 The One And Only Billy Fury 54 . Track list
L27 April 1983 Decca DPA3093 Made In Britain . Various artists - Billy sings Hippy Hippy Shake Track list
L28 June 1983 K-Tel NE1227 Memories . Re-issue of NE1030 Billy Fury - The Golden Years Track list
L29 November 1983 Red Bus BUSLP1003 The Missing Years 1967-80

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L30 May 1984 Magnum MFLP1027 Loving You . . Track list
L31 November 1984 See For Miles SEE32 The Other Side Of BillyFury

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L32 January 1985 Meteor SMT001 Twenty Classic Rock And Roll Tracks . Various artists - Billy sings Sheila and All The Way To The USA Track list
L33 March 1985 Magnum MFLP2029 Sticks 'n' Stones . . Track list
L34 September 1985 See For Miles SEE59 The EP Collection . . Track list
L35 November 1985 Old Gold OG1006 Old Gold 60s Volume 3 . Various artists - Billy sings Halfway To Paradise  
L36 April 1987 Castle Communications CCSLP160 The Collection .

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L37 June 1992 Castle Communications CC SLP 160 Billy Fury - The Collection     Track list
L38 24 July 2000 Decca LF1329 The Sound Of Fury Re-issue of original 10" . Track list

 

CDs

  There are many other compilations of the K-Tel tracks, which I have not attempted to record, as at any one time, there might be two or three differently-packaged CDs with the same tracks, at £1.99-£3.99, in the same supermarket dump bin. After the re-issue of CD8 in the guise of CD22, I took the view that I would not list further re-issues which made no other contribution. These issues will, however, be mentioned on the New Releases page.  
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CD1 June 1987 K-Tel ONCD 5125 The Best Of Billy Fury Track list
CD2 1988 Deram 820 627-2 The Sound Of Fury + 10 Track list
CD3 1989 See For Miles SEECD59 The Billy Fury EP Collection Track list
CD4 March 1989 London 820 625-2 Billy Track list
CD5

June 1992

Castle CCSCD160 The Collection Track list
CD6 January1989 Deram Once Upon A Dream Track list
CD7 August 1990 Deram 820 924-2 Halfway To Paradise Track list
CD8 April 1991/ 1997 Magnum Force CDMF 072 Rough Diamonds And Pure Gems Track list
CD9 May 1991 Pickwick PWKS 4053P In Thoughts Of You Track list
CD10 1993/1997/ 1998 Spectrum 550011-2 Billy Fury - Paradise Track list
CD11 1993 See For Miles SEECD 383 The Other Side Of Billy Fury Track list
CD12 1993 Deram 820 982-2 Am I Blue Track list
CD13 1993 Polydor 529861-2 The One And Only Track list
CD14

20 March 1995

BGO258 We Want Billy/Billy Track list

 

CD15

1987

Deram 820 530-2 The Billy Fury Hit Parade Track list
CD16

1994

Deram 820 983-2 Nothin' Shakin' Track list
CD17 1998 Decca 844 874-2 The 40th Anniversary Anthology Track list
CD18 17 April 2000 Ozit 0052 Wondrous Place Live Track list
CD19 24 July 2000 Decca 844 990-2 The Sound Of Fury Track list
CD21 September 2000 Going For A Song GFS307 Halfway To The Hits Track list
CD22 August 2001 Ozit 0056 Billy Fury Sings A Buddy Holly Song Track list
CD23 September 2001 Decca 882 963-2 Billy Fury, The Best Of Track list
CD24 September 2002 Decca 8829512 Billy Fury Love Songs Track list

Review

CD25 December 2002 Peaksoft PEA001 Without You Track list
CD26 December 2002 SelCD 608 The Sound Of Fury Demos Track list
CD27 April 2003 Ozit CD220 The Last Concert - special edition. Track list
CD28 March 2004 Ozit CD223 Rarities and Teenage Jottings Track list
CD28A April 2004   Rarities and Teenage Jottings Track list
CD29 October 2004 Readers Digest DCD 4551-3 The Very Best Of Billy Fury Track list
CD30 March 2005 Spectrum 9818651 Billy Fury The Rocker Track list
CD31 November 2005 Castle CMQDD1170 The Luxembourg Sessions Track list
  Several Ozit CDs were issued in 2006-7, each consisting mainly, or wholly, of informal recordings that were not of the highest technical quality, that had previously been available as bootlegs.  Subsequent "rarities" releases on the same label largely offered new compilations of the same recordings.  
CD32 August 2006 Peaksoft PEA002 Dreaming Track list
CD33 September 2006 Decca 9841393 Billy Fury Live At The BBC Track list
CD34 December 2006 Castle CMQCD1311 Oh You Pretty Things - songs of David Bowie Track list
CD35 September 2007 Universal 5305875 His Wondrous Story Track list
CD36 November 2008 Decca 984222-6 Classics And Collectibles Track list
CD37 February 2009 RPM Retro 846 Gonks Go Beat/I've Gotta Horse Track list
  As a matter of policy, no attempt is being made to list the proliferation of CDs that now begin to appear, to take advantage of the lapse of copyright under the 50-year rule, unless some attempt is made to add intrinsic value.  
CD38 June 2010 Peaksoft PEA009 The Complete Parlophone Singles Track list
CD39 January 2011 Peaksoft PEA010 The Road To Paradise Track list

A good first buy for anyone interested in Billy's music is the superb 40th Anniversary double CD, complete with Chris Eley's excellent, highly literate sleeve notes, or the later Classics and Collectibles CD.