Artist

Louis Tillett

Louis Tillett: bands, collaborations and discography.

Louis Tillett

01 Profile

Louis Tillett’s archive connects his bands and collaborations with a detailed discography spanning solo records and work with Charlie Owen.
02

Recorded work

Records

Archive record NO DANCE Carnival Of Soul 7" (1984)

Musicians

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals & Acoustic Piano
  • Brett Myers: Acoustic Guitar
  • Damien Lovelock: 12 String Guitar
Reference : Hot Records - HOT709

Archive record PARIS GREEN A minute to midnight .... LP (1987)

1 Track on this compilation

  1. Leaving Here

Musicians

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals
  • Charlie Owen: Guitar
  • Louis Burdett: Drums
  • Raoul hawking: Bass
  • jamie Fielding: keys
Reference : Adrenalin - ADR1201

Archive record WET TAXIS Come On/Clock On The Wall - 7" (1984)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals & Acoustic Piano
  • Simon Knuckey: Lead Guitar
  • Tim Knuckey: Bass Guitar
  • Nick Fisher: Drums
  • Penny Ikinger:Rythm Guitar

Produced by David Connor & Kent Steedman

Recorded at Honeyfarm Studios

Reference: Hot: HOT712

Archive record Wet Taxis Sailor's Dream / Ambulance Ride 7" (1987)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals & Acoustic Piano
  • Jason Kain: Lead Guitar
  • Rodney Howard: Bass Guitar
  • Nick Fisher: Drums
  • Penny Ikinger:Rythm Guitar
  • Mary-Ellen: Vocals on 3 and Backing Vocals on 4 & 8
  • Diane Spence: Tenor Sax
  • Kathy Wemyss: Trumpet
  • Glad Reed: Trombone

Produced by Rob Younger

Recorded & Mixed at Paradise Studios, May 1986

, Engineered by Alan Thorne

Reference: Citadel : CIT028

Archive record This Is Hot (1985)

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2 Tracks on this compilation

  1. C’Mon (Wet Taxis) release July 1984 - HOT712
  2. Swinging In The Mirror (No Dance) release March 1984 - HOT709

No Dance

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals & Acoustic Piano
  • Brett Myers: Acoustic Guitar
  • Damien Lovelock: 12 String Guitar

Wet Taxis

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals & Acoustic Piano
  • Simon Knuckley: Lead Guitar
  • Tim Knuckey: Bass Guitar
  • Nick Fisher: Drums
  • Penny Ikinger:Rythm Guitar
Reference : Hot Records - HOT1

Archive record A minute to midnight .... LP (1987)

Archive record artwork

2 Track on this compilation

  1. Bury Me Dead
  2. Hellfire

Musicians

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals
  • Jason Kane: Lead Guitar
  • Rodney Howard: Bass Guitar
  • Nick Fisher: Drums
  • Penny Ikinger: Guitar
  • Diane Spence: Tenor Sax
  • Kathy Wemyss: Trumpet
Reference : Adrenalin - ADR1201

Archive record LOUIS TILLETT Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell (1987)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals, Piano & Keyboards
  • Charlie Owen : Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Lapsteel
  • Lenny Bastiaans: Bass Guitar
  • Louis Burdett: Drums
  • Penny Ikinger:additional guitar on 4 & 5
  • Mary-Ellen: Vocals on 3 and Backing Vocals on 4 & 8
  • Diane Spence: Soprano Sax on 1, Tenor Sax on 7
  • Alan Hunt: Trumpet on 2 & 8

Tracks

  1. Trip To Kalu-Ki-Bar
  2. Duet In Blue Minor
  3. Swimming In The Mirror
  4. Dream Well
  5. Voluntary Slavery
  6. On Your Way Down
  7. Persephone’s Dance
  8. Dead End Street In The Lucky Country

Engineered by Roy Cooper, Mixed by Bruce “Cub” Callaway

Reference:

  • Citadel : CITLP509
  • Normal Records: CGAS802

Archive record Positively Elisabeth Street (1989)

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2 Tracks on this compilation

  1. Trip To Kalu-Ki-Bar (from Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell )
  2. Sailor’s Dream (from Wet Taxis’ Sailor’s Dream / Ambulance Ride 7" ) Only on CD.
Reference :
  • Citadel - CITLP523
  • Closer - CIF05 /RE405 (LP)
  • Normal Records - CGAS803CD (CD with 5 bonus tracks)

Archive record Louis Tillet A Cast Of Aspersions (1990)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals, Piano, hammond Organ, Harmonica
  • Charlie Owen : Guitar
  • Lenny Bastiaans: Bass Guitar
  • Louis Burdett: Drums
  • Penny Ikinger:Guitar
  • Mary-Ellen Stringer: Vocals
  • Jason Morphett: Baritone, Tenor, Soprano Saxophone
  • Miroslav Bukovsky: Trumpet, Flugel Horn
  • Mark Simmonds: Tenor Saxophone
  • Diane Spence: Tenor Solo on 6
  • John Murphy & Arnie Hannah: Noises on 7

Tracks

  1. Carousel
  2. Condemned To Live
  3. From Me To You
  4. Dig It Up
  5. Liferaft
  6. Long Walk Home
  7. Children Of The Cave
  8. Midnight Witch

Produced by Louis Tillet & Charlie Owen

Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, August 1989

, Engineered by Alan Thorne

Reference:

Archive record Louis Tillet & The Aspersion Caste Condemned To Live / Midnight Witch (1989)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals, Piano, hammond Organ, Harmonica
  • Charlie Owen : Guitar
  • Lenny Bastiaans: Bass Guitar
  • Louis Burdett: Drums
  • Penny Ikinger:Guitar
  • Jason Morphett: Baritone, Tenor, Soprano Saxophone
  • Miroslav Bukovsky: Trumpet, Flugel Horn
  • Jason Morphett: Trombone

Produced by Louis Tillet & Charlie Owen

Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, August 1989

, Engineered by Alan Thorne

Reference:

Archive record Louis Tillet Letters To A Dream (1992)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillet: Vocals, Piano, Hammond Organ, Hacksaw, Axe & Boldcutters
  • Jackie orszaczky: Bass
  • Sunil de Silva: Percussion
  • Sarah Peet: Cello
  • Ellen Stringer: Female Vocals
  • Jade de Silva: Backing Vocals on 2,3 & 5
  • Peter Boyd: Alto & Soprano Saxophone

Tracks

  1. Entering The World Of Morpheus
  2. Ship Of Dreams
  3. Harpies Bizarre
  4. Cyren’s Call
  5. The Tempest
  6. Dancing With The Devil, parts I & II
  7. Pennelopes’s Lament
  8. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
  9. Work Song
  10. Daybreak’s Reprieve

Produced by Barry Wolfison with Louis Tillet

Recorded at Electric Avenue Studios, Rozelle, Australia, Feb 1992

Reference:

Archive record Louis Tillet & Charlie Owen The Ugly Truth (1994)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillett: Piano, Hammond, Percussion, Vocal.
  • Charlie Owen : All Guitars, Percussion and hammond on 4

Tracks

  1. Trip to Kalu-Ki-Bar
  2. Sailor’s Dream
  3. Wilt
  4. Swimming in the Mirror
  5. The rational One
  6. From Me To You
  7. One Kind Flavor
  8. The Ugly Truth
  9. Liferaft
  10. Condemned To Live
  11. Ode To A Falling Star

Produced by Charlie Owen

Recorded at Atlantis Studios, Melbourne, Australia, on the Australian winter solstice, 1993

Reference: Normal Records/Return to sender - RTS5 (Limited Edition of 2.000 copies)

Archive record Louis Tillet & Charlie Owen Midnight Rain (1995)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillett: Vocals, Piano, Hammond Organ, Roland Synthetizer, Soprano Saxophone.
  • Charlie Owen : All Guitars, and everything on 5

Tracks

  1. Around You
  2. Summer
  3. Alligator Wine
  4. An Ancient Song
  5. Last Thing That I’ll Say
  6. Gloomy Sunday
  7. Midnight rain
  8. When
  9. Clock On The Wall
  10. I’m Down

Recorded by Tony Cohen at Metropolis Studios, Melbourne, March, 1995

Reference: Normal Records/Return to sender - RTS18 (Limited Edition of 2.000 copies)

Archive record Louis Tillet & Charlie Owen Midnight Rain - 2CD (1995)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillett: Vocals, Piano, Hammond Organ, Synthetizer, Soprano Saxophone., harmonica, Triangle
  • Charlie Owen : Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitar, Drum, Percussion, and everything on 5

Tracks on Disc 1

  1. Around You
  2. Midnight rain
  3. Summer
  4. An Ancient Song
  5. Last Thing That I’ll Say
  6. Clock On The Wall
  7. Alligator Wine
  8. Gloomy Sunday
  9. When
  10. I’m Down

Tracks on Disc 2 (“Songs from The Ugly Truth”)

  1. Trip to Kalu-Ki-Bar
  2. Ode To A Falling Star
  3. Sailor’s Dream
  4. Wilt
  5. Swimming in the Mirror

Recorded by Tony Cohen at Metropolis Studios, Melbourne, March, 1995

Reference: Red Eye/Polygram: REDCD52 / 529 339-2

Archive record Louis Tillet Cry Against The Faith (1998)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillett - vocals,piano,hammond organ,synthesiser,soprano sax
  • Diane Spence - tenor sax
  • Jim Dickson - bass guitar
  • Nick Fisher - drums
  • Penny Ikinger - guitars
  • Charlie Owen - guitar,bass mandolin on “In loving memory of”

Tracks

  1. Since you’ve been gone
  2. Chained to the stone
  3. Window pane
  4. Feeling free
  5. Hold me
  6. omstone eyes
  7. And she sang
  8. In loving memory of
  9. It’s gonna rain
  10. Musician & production credits!!

Recorded by Phil Punch, at Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, Australia, over Easter 1997.

Mastered by Don Barteley at Studio 301 Sydney, Australia.

The credits were performed by Don Walker.

Reference: Normal - 212CD

Archive record Louis Tillet & Charlie Owen Storming The Citadel 10" (1998)

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Musicians

  • Louis Tillett: Vocals, Keyboards
  • Charlie Owen : Guitars, Tambourine

1 Tracks on this record

  1. Headin’ South (New Christs)

Recorded by Jorden Bach at Damien Gerard Studios, Sydney, Jan 30 & Feb 1, 1998

Produced by Rob Younger

Reference: Divine Rites Records - DR03 - Limited Edition of 700

Verified research · 15 September 2026

Catalogue update

2 new entries

Louis Tillett’s later solo catalogue includes Soliloquy and To Ride a Dead Pony. Tillett died on 6 August 2023; the official site is now maintained as his estate archive.

Louis Tillett official site · Wikipedia

Soliloquy by Louis Tillett album cover
2006 Studio album · CD Archive record

Soliloquy

Credits & release details

Production & release

Solo album released by ORiGiN Recordings (OR089).

Discogs release · Official album page

To Ride a Dead Pony by Louis Tillett album cover
2018 Studio album · digital Archive record

To Ride a Dead Pony

Credits & release details

Production & release

Digital album first released in April 2018; Discogs documents a later digital edition.

Discogs release · Official discography