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Maggie Reilly

"A shooting star fell down to earth, lightning cracked the sky
Soemething weird is happening, something I can't deny"
(Reilly / MacKillop 'Everytime We Touch')

Maggie Reilly was a lead vocalist of the blues-rock band Cado Belle from Glasgow in Scotland in the 70's. The band recorded only one self-titled album, which was released in the fall of 1976. Tracks:

All Too Familiar
Infamous Mister
Rocked To Stony Silence
I Name This Ship Survival
Paper In The Rain
That Kind Of Fool
Airport Shutdown
Rough Diamonds
Got To Love
Stone's Throw From Nowhere

Having charming and warm voice Maggie was a constant guest on Mike Oldfield albums since 1980. We can listen to her on "QE2", "Five Miles Out", "Crises", "Discovery" and "Earth Moving". She also appeared on the premiere concert of "Tubular Bells 2" in Edinburg.
There is no doubt, that Maggie Reilly took a chance for a solo career given to her by singing with Mike Oldfield. She recorded pretty nice and quite successful song "Everytime We Touch". In the middle of the 90's she came back to the material, she recorded together with Mike in the 80's.

Solo discography:

"Echoes" (1992):
1. Everytime We Touch
2. Tears In Heaven
3. Echoes
4. You'll Never Lose
5. Gaia
6. Real World
7. I'm Sorry
8. Wait
9. What About Tomorrows Children
10. Only A Fool
11. I Know That I Need You
12. Everytime We Touch (long version)
"Midnight Sun" (1993):
1. Follow The Midnight Sun
2. So Much More
3. Every Single Heartbeat
4. On My Heart
5. Tell Me
6. Don't Wanna Lose You
7. I Won't Turn Away
8. Silver On The Tree / Angel Tears
9. Sunlight
10. Only Love
11. Once In A While
12. All My Heart Can Hold
Elena (1996):
1. Walk On By
2. To France (hit from Mike Oldfield album "Discovery" in new version with another arrangement)
3. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
4. Little Boy's Eyes
5. You Brightened Up The Darkness
6. Listen To Your Heart
7. Syonia
8. In The Heat Of The Night
9. Elena
10. Brought Up To Believe
11. Torn between Lovers
12. He Moved Through The Fair
13. As Darkness Falls
in 1997 the single "To France: The Mixes" was released; also special albums "All The Mixes" and "Elena: The Mixes (Limited Edition)" with dance mixes of the songs from previous albums;
"There And Back Again - The Best Of Maggie Reilly" (1998):
1. One Little Word (album version)
2. Everytime We Touch ('98)
3. Walk On By
4. To France (version from the album "Elena")
5. Listen To Your Heart
6. Brought Up To Believe
7. Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield)
8. Little Boys Eyes
9. All My Heart Can Hold
10. Foreign Affair (Mike Oldfield)
11. Family Man (Mike Oldifeld)
12. Don't Wanna Lose
13. Follow The Midnight Sun
14. Echoes
15. Wait
In 2000 Maggie released album called "Starcrossed" [EMI] with twelve brand new songs. Unfortunatelly they are not so beautiful and melodic like the ones from her first solo albums. Even beautiful voice is not enough to save the album.
Tracks:
1. Reunion 4:53
2. Stolen Heart 4:37
3. Adalena 4:55
4. When It's Over 4:57
5. Half-light 4:09
6. Always You 4:01
7. Now 4:09
8. Replay 4:49
9. I Think It's Gonna Rain 2:31
10. Talking To Myself 4:41
11. Changes 4:11
12. Memories 4:14
Danny Schogger (keyboards) and Chris Rea (guitar) appear on the album.

Some of Maggie Reilly more notable to date guest appearance:

Peter Blegvad "Naked Shakespeare"(1983) - in "Blue Eyes William";
Mason & Fenn "Profiles" (1986) - duet with David Gilmour from Pink Floyd "Lie For A Lie";
Flairck "Sleight Of Hand" (EMI, 1986) - in "At The Blacksmith's Hand (part 1 & 2)", "Trick Of The Night" and "Walk Upon Dreams";
Mike Batt "The Hunting Of The Shark" (Epic 1986);
Jack Bruce "Willpower" (Polydor 1989) - in "Ships In The Night";
Sisters Of Mercy "Vision Thing" (WEA, 1990) - in "Vision Thing", "Detonation Boulevard", "Something Fast" and "Doctor Jeep";
Smokie "Wild Horses - The Nashville Album" (1998) - in "Wrong Reasons".