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Singles
Raid the Palace
October 1991
- 7″ & MC – Raid The Palace/Still In The Air
- 12″ & CD – Raid The Palace/Still In The Air/Devil On My Back
Megalomania
February 1992 (number 73 in UK chart)
- 7″ & MC – Megalomania/It’s A War of Nerve
- 12″ & CD – Megalomania/It’s A War of
Nerve/The Boer Song
Fair Blows The Wind For France
June 1992 (number 62 in UK chart)
- 7″ & MC – Fair Blows The Wind For France/It’s A War of Nerve (Live)
- CD – Fair Blows The Wind For France/It’s A War of Nerve (Live)/Oh Lord (Live)
- 10″ – “Live Name and Number EP” Limited Edition of 5,000: Fair Blows The Wind For France/Name and Number (Live)/Monkey Scream(Live)/Oh Lord (Live)
Fireworks
September 1992
- 7″ & MC – Fireworks/Time For Treason
- “The Celtic Rumour EP” Limited Edition of 5,000 digipacks:
- CD1 – Fireworks/Time For Treason/Fireworks (Live)
- CD2 – Fireworks/Moondance/Time For Treason/The Green Fields of France
Fat Black Heart
July 1993 (number 75 in UK chart)
- MC – Fat Black Heart/The Pain Of A Drinking Song
- 10″ Limited Edition: Fat Black Heart (Full)/Highway Patrol Man/Richard Cory
- CD & 12″ – Fat Black Heart/The Pain Of A Drinking Song/Moondance/One Night In May
- CD (Dutch release) – Dureco 1104922 – Fat Black Heart/The Pain Of A Drinking Song/Moondance/One Night In May
Fat Black Heart – Pele – Irish release?
Don’t Worship Me
November 1993
- MC – Don’t Worship Me/Isn’t This The Way10″ – Don’t Worship Me/Isn’t This The Way/The Longest Day (Indiana Wants Me)/The Green Fields Of France
- CD1 – Don’t Worship Me/Isn’t This The Way/The Longest Day (Indiana Wants Me)Don’t Worship Me CD2 single
- CD2 – Don’t Worship Me/Policeman (Original Version)/Hot Housed (Unreleased Version)
- CD 1994 (German release) – Don’t Worship Me/Fat Black Heart (short version)/Policeman
Don’t Worship Me (German release)
Albums
Fireworks
April 1992
(Reissued in 2017 special edition album)
- LP & MC – Raid The Palace/Megalomania/Policeman/Fair Blows The Wind For France/Sly Times/ Searchlight/Fireworks/A Kings Ransom/Swingin’ From A Tree/Time Is Money/Monkey Scream/Oh Lord
- CD – Extra tracks – Still In The Air/The Boar Song
- Japanese CD release with obi strip – Polydor KK (POCCP 1226) – Raid The Palace/Megalomania/Policeman/Fair Blows The Wind For France/Sly Times/ Searchlight/Fireworks/A Kings Ransom/Swingin’ From A Tree/Time Is Money/Monkey Scream/Oh Lord/Still In The Air/The Boar Song
The Sport of Kings – Pele
The Sport of Kings
December 1993
(Reissued in 2018 special edition album)
- LP & MC – Beside The Fields/Don’t Worship Me/Hey America/Fat Black Heart (Natural Born Enemy)/The Word Is…/Oh Lord Part II/The Chosen One/Understanding Sadness/Name and Number/ Hot Housed/Land Of The Free/Everyman and Woman Blues/Spirit If The Times/The Sport Of Kings
- CD – Extra track – The Longest Day (Indiana Wants Me)
A-Live-A-Live-O – Pele
A-Live A-Live O
June 1994
- LP, MC, CD – Don’t Worship Me/Fair Blows The Wind For France/Swingin’ From A Tree/Oh Lord Part II (The Chosen One)/Mairas Wedding/Monkey Scream/A Kings Ransom/Fireworks/In The Beginning
This Time Next Year – Pele
This Time Next Year
December 2001
- CD – She Rules My Life/This Time Next Year/I Won’t Ever Let Her Say…/Coming Home Soon/She Wrote, For Once/Empire/Your Wounded Stare/All My Heroes/I Love Him/Marvellous Marvin Gaye/The Dole Bug/Living Here/Total Breakdown/Let The Truth In/In The Beginning
Pele – The Black Sessions
2012
Sangatte Records
Limited edition of 1,000 released and numbered CDs. Session no.7 recorded live at Studio 105, Paris, France.
- CD – Name and Number/Megalomania/Radio the Palace/Oh Lord/Interview/Policeman/Fair Blows the Wind for France/Monkey Scream/Fireworks
Fireworks – 25th anniversary edition
- Vinyl – Raid The Palace/Megalomania/Policeman/Fair Blows The Wind For France/Sly Times/ Searchlight/Fireworks/A Kings Ransom/Swingin’ From A Tree/Time Is Money/Monkey Scream/Oh Lord
- CD – Raid The Palace/Megalomania/Policeman/Fair Blows The Wind For France/Sly Times/ Searchlight/Fireworks/A Kings Ransom/Swingin’ From A Tree/Time Is Money/Monkey Scream/Oh Lord/Still In The Air/The Boar Song/It’s A War Of Nerve/Policeman (demo)/Holy Organ (unused demo)/Sunshine (unused live demo)/Raid The Palace (7″ version)
DVDs/videos
The Pele Story
The Pele Story
Raid the Palace (video)/Megalomania (video)/Fair Blows the Wind for France (video)/Fireworks (video)/Fat Black Heart (video)/Don’t Worship Me (video)/Name and Number – Gosport festival (home video)/Megalomania – Brighton Heineken festival (home video)/Fair Blows the Wind for France – Loughboro’ University (home video)/Butterfly Collector – Liverpool Poly (home video)/A King’s Ransom – Chester Gateway theatre (home video)/Longest Day – Gosport festival (home video)/It’s a War of Nerve – Mean fiddler (home video)/Moondance – Brighton festival/This Time Next Year / 8000 Miles by Joseph Groom Towers (Ian’s first band) on the Chart Show (tv appearance)/Granada Reports (tv appearance)/James Whale show (tv appearance)/Eggs’n’Baker (plus interview) (tv appearance)/Sky News (tv appearance)/What’s Up Doc? (tv appearance)/The Big E (tv appearance
Promos
Pele1
Raid The Palace/Megalomania/Fair Blow The Wind For France
A-Live-A-Live-O sampler
In the Beginning/Fair Blows the Wind For France/Monkey Scream
Five track tape
Pele tape promo
Raid The Palace/Megolamania/Policemen/Fairwind Blows For France [sic]/Sly Times
Compilations
Never Again (Anti-Nazi league)
Nil Satis Records (NIL 001 CD)
1992
Searchlight appeared on this compilation, alongside tracks by the Redskins, The Proclaimers, Tom Robinson Band, The Shamen, Pop Will Eat Itself, Flowered Up, Bomb The Bass and more
Hybrid
Polygram Europe
1992 (cat no. rich 7)
Raid The Palace appeared on this compilation. Inside the gatefold sleeve it says: Pele – Organic fiddle fed pop grown from pure passion young soul rebels
‘t Gaat Vooruit ’94 – Studio Brussel
Studio Brussel – ‘t Gaat Vooruit ’94
Studio Brussel – ‘t Gaat Vooruit ’94 Belgium
1994
Included Don’t Worship Me.
Chartbusters
Netherlands
August 1994
Included Fat Black Heart.
Thanks to Bazza for his help in compiling this discography.
Ian Prowse and Amsterdam 