Gilbert has been recording and releasing music for nearly forty years
now, from his first single in 1967 called Disappear on the CBS label to his latest album A Scruff At Heart released in Japan on 25 October 2006 on the Victor label. In between there have been numerous releases on a variety of labels. A second single on CBS followed in 1968 called What Can I Do and then there was Mr. Moody's Garden on the Major Minor label in 1969. The majority of Gilbert's singles and in fact his most successful ones were released on the MAM label beginning with Nothing Rhymed in 1970. After seven top ten hits in the UK including two number ones, Gilbert moved back to the CBS label in 1980. After the release of two albums and six singles on CBS, Gilbert stopped recording and prepared himself for the legal battle he faced with his former manager Gordon Mills.
In 1987 Gilbert re-emerged with the release of Frobisher Drive in Germany. This album was released in the UK under the title In The Key of G in 1989 with a slightly different track listing. At this time Gilbert was releasing singles in the UK on the Dover label beginning with Lost A Friend.
In the early 90s Gilbert became popular in Japan due to the inclusion of Alone Again (Naturally) in the Japanese animated series Maison Ikkoku. This led to the release of the Original Collection, a 5 CD box set of Gilbert's first albums on the MAM label. Also included in the set was a bonus 3 inch CD single of Alone Again (Naturally) backed by Save It. Gilbert's entire back catalogue is now available on CD in Japan and both we the fans and in fact Gilbert himself are only to aware of the role his Japanese popularity has played in the revival of his career.
Since the early 90s Gilbert has released an album approximately every two years both in Japan and later in Europe. They included Sounds Of The Loop, By Larry / The Little Album, Every Song Has It's Play, Singer Sowing Machine, Irlish, Piano Foreplay and the latest being A Scruff At Heart.
Caricature a 73 track, 3 CD box set was released in the USA in January 2004. With tracks spanning 1967-2001, this three-disc boxed set from Rhino
Handmade is the first in-depth survey of Gilbert's lengthy career. It contains numerous singles and B-sides, tracks from 16 of his albums, and five previously unreleased tracks.
A B-Sides collection called The Other Sides Of Gilbert O'Sullivan was released in Japan in February 2004 and was followed in March by the release of The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan in the UK on the EMI label.
Gilbert played a series of concert dates in Japan in June 2004, some of which were recorded for a DVD which was released in Japan in February 2005. The DVD was accompanied by a 17 track live CD.
Gilbert's first downloadable single "Just So You Know" was released on 23 April 2007 in advance of the UK release of A Scruff At Heart in June and a second downloadable single "You Can't Con-crete" was released in September 2007.
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DATE |
NAME |
FORMAT |
LABEL |
COUNTRY |
SLEEVE |
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Nov 1967 |
Disappear You |
7" |
CBS 3089 |
UK |
|
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April 1968 |
What Can I Do You |
7" |
CBS 3399 |
UK |
|
|
May 1969 |
Mr. Moody's Garden I Wish I Could Cry |
7" |
Major Minor MM 613 |
UK |
|
|
Oct 1970 |
Nothing Rhymed Everybody Knows |
7" |
MAM 3 |
UK |
|
|
1971 |
I Wish I Could Cry Mr. Moody's Garden |
7" |
Odeon Records EOR-10284 |
Japan |  |
|
Feb 1971 |
Underneath The Blanket Go Doing The Best I Can |
7" |
MAM 13 |
UK |
 |
|
1971 |
Underneath The Blanket Go Doing The Best I Can |
7" |
MAM TOP-1614 |
Japan |  |
|
1971 |
Susan Van Heusen I Didn't Know What To Do |
7" |
MAMR 24 |
Holland |  |
|
July 1971 |
We Will I Didn't Know What To Do |
7" |
MAM 30 |
UK |
 |
|
Aug 1971 |
Himself Intro/January Git/Bye Bye/Permissive Twit/Matrimony/Independent Air/Nothing Rhymed/Too Much Attention/Susan Van Heusen/If I Don't Get You (Back Again)/Thunder & Lightning/Houdini Said/Doing The Best I Can/Outro |
LP |
MAM SS 501 |
UK |
 |
|
Aug 1971 |
I Wish I Could Cry Mr. Moody's Garden |
7" |
Columbia DB 8779 |
UK |
 |
|
1971 |
Thunder And Lightning Bye Bye |
7" |
MAM 51 |
Sweden |  |
|
Nov 1971 |
No Matter How I Try If I Don't Get You (Back Again) |
7" |
MAM 53 |
UK |
 |
|
1972 |
You What Can I Do Disappear |
7" EP |
Maxi CBS 8337 |
Germany Italy Holland |
 |
|
1972 |
Matrimony January Git |
7" |
MAM 64 |
Sweden |  |
|
1972 |
Nothing Rhymed No Matter How I Try Alone Again (Naturally) Ooh Wakka Doo Wakka Day |
7" EP |
MAMEP 11 |
New Zealand |  |
|
1972 |
Alone Again (Naturally) Nothing Rhymed No Matter How I Try We Will |
7" EP |
MAM MEP 1001 |
Australia |  |
|
1972 |
Alone Again (Naturally) Bye Bye Matrimony Too Much Attention |
7" EP |
MAM 7MMD-4001 |
Brazil |  |
|
1972 |
Alone Again (Naturally) Too Much Attention Nothing Rhymed If I Don't Get You (Back Again) |
7" EP |
Peerless EPP 15040 |
Mexico |  |
|
Feb 1972 |
Alone Again (Naturally) Save It |
7" |
MAM 66 |
UK |
 |
|
April 1972 |
Alone Again (Naturally) Save It |
7" |
MAM TOP-1714 |
Japan |  |
|
1972 |
No Matter How I Try If I Don't Get You (Back Again) |
7" |
MAM TOP-1678 |
Japan |  |
|
May 1972 |
Himself Intro/January Git/Bye Bye/Permissive Twit/Matrimony/Independent Air/Nothing Rhymed/Too Much Attention/Alone Again (Naturally)/If I Don't Get You (Back Again)/Thunder & Lightning/Houdini Said/We Will/Outro |
LP |
MAM 4 |
USA |  |
|
1972 |
Alone Again (Naturally) Matrimony |
7" |
MAM 71 |
Germany |  |
|
May 1972 |
Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day But I'm Not |
7" |
MAM 78 |
UK |
 |
|
1972 |
Humble Beginnings Of England's Gilbert O'Sullivan And Gerry Dorsey Mr. Moody's Garden/Get Out Of My Life/Mr. & Mrs. Regards/Came To See Me Yesterday/I Wish I Could Cry |
LP |
Pickwick SPC 3334 |
USA |
 |
|
1972 |
Alone Again (Naturally) Clair Get Down Ooh Baby |
7" EP |
OH-98 |
Japan |  |
|
Oct 1972 |
Back To Front Intro/I Hope You'll Stay/In My Hole/Clair/That's Love/Can I Go With You/But I'm Not/Outro/I'm In Love With You/Who Was It?/What Could Be Nicer/Out Of The Question/The Golden Rule/I'm Leaving/Outro |
LP |
MAM SS 502 |
UK |  |
|
Oct 1972 |
Clair What Could Be Nicer |
7" |
MAM 84 |
UK |
 |
|
1972 |
Clair Ooh Wakka Doo Wakka Day |
7" |
MAM 3626 |
USA |  |
|
1972 |
Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day Susan Van Heusen But I'm Not Bye Bye |
7" EP |
P MAM 1001 |
Portugal |  |
|
1972 |
Clair What Could Be Nicer Matrimony Too Much Attention |
7" EP |
EP MAM 1002 |
Portugal |
 |
|
Nov 1972 |
Clair What Could Be Nicer |
7" |
MAM TOP-1768 |
Japan |  |
|
1972 |
Alone Again (Naturally) Save It No Matter How I Try If I Don't Get You (Back Again) |
7" EP |
MAM EP3 |
UK |
 |
|
1972 |
Out Of The Question Everybody Knows |
7" |
MAM 3628 |
USA | |
|
1972 |
Clair What Could Be Nicer Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day But I'm Not |
7" EP |
MAM EP4 |
UK |
 |
|
Jan 1973 |
I Wish I Could Cry Mr. Moody's Garden |
7" |
Columbia DB 8967 |
UK |
 |
|
March 1973 |
Get Down A Very Extraordinary Sort Of Girl |
7" |
MAM 96 |
UK |
 |
|
1973 |
Get Down |
7" EP |
- |
Thailand |  |
|
1973 |
Get Down Alone Again (Naturally) Clair Matrimony |
7" EP |
MAM 1C 016-98970 |
Germany |  |
|
Aug 1973 |
Ooh Baby Good Company |
7" |
MAM 107 |
UK |
 |
|
1973 |
Alone Again (Naturally) Ooh Baby |
7" |
Rockmania RMGD 888 |
Canada |  |
|
Sept 1973 |
I'm A Writer Not A Fighter I'm A Writer Not A Fighter/A Friend Of Mine/They've Only Themselves To Blame/Who Knows Perhaps Maybe/Where Peaceful Waters Flow/Ooh Baby/I've Never Loved You As Much As I Love You Today/Not In A Million Years/If You Love Me Like You Love Me/Get Down |
LP |
MAM SS 505 |
UK |  |
|
Sept 1973 |
Ooh Baby Good Company |
7" |
MAM / London 3633 |
USA | |
|
1973 |
Soy Poeta Y No Un Atleta I'm A Writer Not A Fighter/A Friend Of Mine/They've Only Themselves To Blame/Who Knows Perhaps Maybe/Where Peaceful Waters Flow/Clair/I've Never Loved You As Much As I Love You Today/Not In A Million Years/If You Love Me Like You Love Me/Get Down |
LP |
MAM 504 |
Spain |  |
|
Oct 1973 |
Ooh Baby Good Company |
7" |
MAM TOP-1845 |
Japan |  |
|
Nov 1973 |
Why Oh Why Oh Why You Don't Have To Tell Me |
7" |
MAM 111 |
UK |
 |
|
1974 |
Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day Doing What I Know |
7" |
EFR 20254 |
Japan |
 |
|
1974 |
Gilbert O'Sullivan Came To See Me Yesterday/I Don't Know What To Do/Get Out Of My Life/Going Home/Don't Ever Change Your Mind |
