Mike de Albuquerque (born 24 June 1947,

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) is an English musician, who was a member of the progressive rock band

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from 1972 to 1974.

Biography

In 1971, in partnership with percussionist Frank Ricotti, Albuquerque released the

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album ''First Wind''. Under the name 'Ricotti and Albuquerque', the band featured Albuquerque on guitar and vocals and Ricotti on

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and

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, with Trevor Tomkins on drums, Chris Laurence on

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and

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and John Taylor on

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, supplemented by Michael Keen and Henry Lowther on trumpet. Between 1972 and 1974, he was the bassist and secondary vocalist for

. He left for domestic reasons, during the recording sessions for the group's fourth album '' Eldorado'', and was replaced by Kelly Groucutt. He released two solo

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albums, ''We May Be Cattle But We've All Got Names'' (1973) and ''Stalking The Sleeper'' (1976). Albuquerque also featured as a guitarist and vocalist alongside former ELO bandmate

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in Violinski. His contributions on record for ELO were '' ELO 2'', ''

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'', '' The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach'' and some of ''Eldorado''. His song "My Darling Girl" was recorded by

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for his last album, ''

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'', in 1973. In 1975, he played bass on Maxine Nightingale's album '' Right Back Where We Started From'' along with its

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. In 1981, he founded the band Sundance, along with Mike Hurst and

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. They released one album, ''Sundance'', in 1982 on

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, which was re-released on CD in 2002

Discography

Solo and collaborations

* ''First Wind'', (Ricotti & Albuquerque), (with Frank Ricotti), 1971, Pegasus: PEG 2 * ''We May Be Cattle But We've All Got Names'', 1973,

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: SF 8383; Think Like A Key TLAK1173 * ''Stalking The Sleeper'', 1976,

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: K56276

With Sundance

* ''Sundance'', 1982, Angel Air: SJPCD113

References

External links

* Music link from ''First Wind'' (1971) 1947 births Living people Electric Light Orchestra members English rock bass guitarists British male bass guitarists People from Wimbledon, London English rock singers English male singers Musicians from the London Borough of Merton {{UK-bass-guitarist-stub