Clive Langer
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Worked as a producer alongside Alan Winstanley with Morrissey after he left Stephen Street in 1989.
In his 2014 book: "House Of Fun: The Story Of Madness", John Reed cites Morrissey:
After The Smiths disintegrated in summer 1987, Morrissey had swiftly set about a solo career, teaming up with producer Stephen Street for his successful debut album Viva Hate , issued in spring 1988. After some acrimony with Street, Morrissey opted instead to recruit Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley for sessions beginning August 1989. “I was a serious Madness fan years ago,” Morrissey admitted at the time. “It was largely their sense of perverse fun I quite liked. I never considered the records to be standard pop fare. I quite liked the peculiarity. People say music hall, which I suppose is quite true.”
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- Found Found Found
- Kill Uncle
- Mute Witness
- November Spawned A Monster (single)
- Striptease With A Difference
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- (I'm) The End Of The Family Line
- Asian Rut
- At Amber
- Born To Hang
- Driving Your Girlfriend Home
- East West
- Found Found Found
- Get Off The Stage
- Girl Least Likely To
- He Knows I'd Love To See Him
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Production team made up of Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.
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Clive Langer (born 19 June 1954) is an English record producer and songwriter, active from the mid-1970s onwards. He usually works with Alan Winstanley. He composed the music for the films Still Crazy and Brothers of the Head. Prior to his record producing career he was a guitarist with the British cult band Deaf School. Langer sometimes performed under the alias of 'Cliff Hanger', and his production work was sometimes attributed to 'Clanger'. After Deaf School, in mid 1977, Langer joined Big in Japan which he suggested to his friend Bill Drummond (later founder of Zoo Records and member of The KLF) to form, but Langer quit shortly afterwards and began a new band, Clive Langer and the Boxes. Their releases were I Want the Whole World, a 12" EP released in 1979 on Radar Records. and Splash!, an album released in 1980 on F-Beat Records. Langer co-wrote the song "Shipbuilding" with Elvis Costello, and played organ on the version by Robert Wyatt which was a Top 40 hit in the UK.