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Julie Driscoll Tippetts (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress.


Career

Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of
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", and Donovan's " Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger and the Trinity. Along with the Trinity, she was featured prominently in the 1969
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style with Micky Dolenz. She and Auger had previously worked in
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, with
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and Rod Stewart. "This Wheel's on Fire" reached number five in the United Kingdom in June 1968, number 13 in Canada, and Bubbled Under the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States at #106 that August. With distortion, the imagery of the title and the group's dress and performance, this version came to represent the psychedelic era in
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. Driscoll recorded the song again in the early 1990s with
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.'' Since the 1970s, Driscoll has concentrated on experimental vocal music. She married
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and collaborated with him and now uses the name Julie Tippetts, adopting the original spelling of her husband's surname. She took part in Keith Tippett's big band Centipede, and sang in Robert Wyatt's Theatre Royal Drury Lane concert in 1974. She released a solo album, ''Sunset Glow'', in 1975; was lead vocalist on Carla Bley's album ''
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, and Brian Eley. She reunited with Auger for the 1978 album ''Encore''. In the early 1980s, Julie Tippetts was a guest vocalist on an early single by pop-jazz band Working Week, on the song "Storm of Light", which brought them to the attention of a wider audience. In 2009, she started collaborating with Martin Archer. The duo released six albums between 2009 and 2022.


Discography


LP/CD releases of note

Below is a selected list of Driscoll's work, sorted mostly by recording date: * 1963 – "Take Me by the Hand (And Lead Me)" (with Harold Geller Group) * 1967 – ''Open'' (with
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) * 1968 – "This Wheel's on Fire" (with Brian Auger & the Trinity) * 1968 – "Road To Cairo" (with Brian Auger & the Trinity) * 1969 – ''
Streetnoise ''Streetnoise'' is a 1969 album by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, originally released as a double LP. It includes cover versions of The Doors’ "Light My Fire", Nina Simone’s "Take Me To The Water", Laura Nyro’s "Save the Co ...
'' (with Brian Auger & the Trinity) * 1969 – ''Jools & Brian'' (with Brian Auger & the Trinity) – compilation of early UK singles (rec. 1965–1967): 5 Parlophone titles by Driscoll, and 6 Columbia titles by Auger & The Trinity (Capitol) * 1970 – ''The Best of Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity'' – compilation (Polydor) (#94 Canada) * 1971 – ''
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'' (featuring the
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Group) * 1971 – ''Quartet Sequence'' (with John Stevens, Ron Herman and
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) * 1971 – ''
Septober Energy ''Septober Energy'' is the only album of the jazz/progressive rock big band Centipede. Produced by Robert Fripp under the musical direction of Keith Tippett, it was originally released 1971 in the UK as a double LP, and 1974 in the US with a d ...
'' (with Centipede) (recorded at
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, London, during three days, produced by
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) * 1972 – ''Blueprint'' (with Keith Tippett,
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, Frank Perry and Keith Bailey) (produced by Robert Fripp) * 1974 – ''Tropic Appetites'' (with Carla Bley) * 1974 – ''Genesis: Brian Auger & The Trinity Featuring Julie Driscoll'' – compilation (Polydor) * 1975 – ''The Rock Peter and The Wolf'' (an arrangement of songs of the classic
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story, with
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Keith Tippett Keith Graham Tippetts (25 August 1947 – 14 June 2020), known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "..spanned jazz-rock, progressive rock, improvised and contemporary ...
,
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) * 1976 – ''Ovary Lodge'' (with Keith Tippett, Harry Miller and Frank Perry) * 1976 – ''Sunset Glow'' (featuring Keith Tippett Group) * 1978 – (22, 23, 24 May) ''Frames: Music for an Imaginary Film'' (Keith Tippett's Ark) (recorded at Wessex Sound Studios, London) * 1978 – ''Encore'' (with
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) * 1982 – (29 June – 3 July) with ''Company'' (
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, Fred Frith, George E. Lewis, Akio Suzuki, Keith Tippett, Moto Yoshizawa,
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, Phil Wachsmann & Derek Bailey) (recorded in London during Company Week) * 1984 – "Storm of Light" – single with Working Week * 1987 – '' Couple in Spirit'' (duet with
Keith Tippett Keith Graham Tippetts (25 August 1947 – 14 June 2020), known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "..spanned jazz-rock, progressive rock, improvised and contemporary ...
) (mixed by
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) * 1989 – ''Fire in the Mountain'' (with Working Week) * 1989 – ''Women With Voices'' (track #12, with
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, Sue Ferrar and
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, recorded live, 4 March, at Air Gallery, London) * 1991 – (1 June) '' The Bristol Concert'' (with Mujician & The Georgian Ensemble as honorary guest) (recorded live at St. George's concert hall,
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, Bristol, UK, for BBC) * 1992 – ''Best of Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger'' – compilation (Polydor) * 1992 – (2 and 3 January) ''Spirits Rejoice'' (with
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) (recorded at Gateway Studios, Kingston, Surrey, UK) * 1993 – (23 October) ''Twilight Etchings'' (with Willi Kellers & Keith Tippett) (recorded at the Podewil in Berlin during the Total Music Meeting) * 1994 – (3, 4, 5 January) ''Ixesha (Time)'' (with The Dedication Orchestra) (recorded at Gateway Studios, Kingston, Surrey, UK) * 1996 – ''Couple in Spirit II'' (duet with Keith Tippett) (recorded live at The Stadtgarten,
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) * 1998 – (6 February & 30 April) ''The First Full Turn'' (with RoTToR: Paul Rutherford, Julie & Keith Tippett, Paul Rogers) (recorded at various locations) * 1998 – (3 May) ''First Weaving: Live at Le Mans Jazz Festival'' (Keith Tippett Tapestry Orchestra) * 1998 – "HeXtet: Through the Ear of a Raindrop" (with
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,
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, Paul Rutherford,
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and Peter Whyman (Leo Records 254) * 1999 – ''The Mod Years (1965–1969...Complete Singles, B-sides and Rare Tracks)'' – compilation (Disconforme; later released on Fresh Fruit/MIG 00492) * 1999 – ''Shadow Puppeteer'' – solo * 2001 – ''If Your Memory Serves You Well (The
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Sessions)'' – compilation (Dressed To Kill) reviously released on Charly as ''London 1964-1967''* 2002 – (November & February) ''Fluvium'' (with Martin Archer and Geraldine Monk) (electronics recorded at Telecottage,
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, between January 2000 & March 2002; vocals & acoustic instruments recorded at The Sound Kitchen, Sheffield, between November 2001 and February 2002) * 2003 – ''The Dartington Trio'' (with Keith Tippett and
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) – Live at the BBC & live at The Vortex * 2004 – (8 August) ''Dartington Improvising Trio'' (with Keith Tippett and Paul Dunmall) – Live at The Priory (recorded live at Priory Park, 3rd Southend International Jazz Festival) * 2004 – ''A Kind of Love-In 1967–1971'' – compilation (Raven) * 2004 – (5 September) ''Viva La Black: Live at Ruvo Jazz Festival'' (with Keith Tippett, Louis Moholo-Moholo and Canto General) in
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, Bari, Apulia, Italy * 2005 – (24 April) ''Mahogany Rain'' (with Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs and Keith Tippett) (recorded at Victoria Rooms Studio,
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, UK) * 2008 – (14 November) ''Couple in Spirit – Live at the Purcell Room'' (duet with Keith Tippett) (recorded at the
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, London, as part of the 2008 London Jazz Festival) * 2008 – ''Nostalgia 77 Sessions featuring Keith & Julie Tippett'' * 2009 – ''Ghosts of Gold'' (with Martin Archer) * 2011 – ''Tales of FiNiN'' (with Martin Archer) * 2011 – (30 & 31 January) ''From Granite to Wind'' (with Keith Tippett Octet) * 2012 – ''Serpentine'' (with Martin Archer) * 2015 – ''Vestigium'' (with Martin Archer) * 2016 – ''The Nine Dances of Patrick O'Gonogon'' (with Keith Tippett Octet) * 2022 – ''Illusion'' (with Martin Archer)


Early UK singles

Parlophone (UK) Records: *Jun 1965 – R 5296 – Don't Do It No More // I Know You (with Blossom Toes) *May 1966 – R 5444 – I Didn't Want To Have To Do It // Don't Do It No More *Apr 1967 – R 5588 – I Know You Love Me Not // If You Should Ever Leave Me


References


External links


Mind Your Own Music (Keith Tippett/Julie Tippetts website)
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Julie Driscoll @ pHinnWeb
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BBC – Classic Pop/Rock Review – Brian Auger Julie Driscoll & The Trinity, Open, Definitely What!, StreetnoiseJulie Driscoll
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Harvey Lisberg Harvey Brian Lisberg (born 2 March 1940) is an English talent manager and impresario, best known for discovering Herman's Hermits in 1963. In 1965, he signed songwriter Graham Gouldman, a founder member of 10cc, who Lisberg also managed, along w ...
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