Allan Taylor

The Lady, 1971  Sometimes, 1971  The American Album, 1973  Cajun Moon, 1976  The Traveller, 1978  Roll on the Day, 1980  Circle Round Again, 1983 Win Or Lose, 1984  Lines, 1988 Out of Time, 1991 So Long, 1993 Faded Light, 1995 Looking For You, 1996 Alex Campbell Tribute Concert, 1997 Colour to the Moon, 2000 Out of Time – Remastered, 2002 Banjoman – Derroll Adams Tribute, 2002  Hotels & Dreamers, 2003 Old Friends – New Roads, 2007 Leaving at Dawn, 2009 In The Groove, 2010 Songs for the Road, 2010 Down The Years I Travelled..., 2012 All Is One, 2013 There Was A Time, 2016 Behind The Mix, 2017

《It's Good to See You》 (拥有全球超过100个翻唱版本，被译成不同的语言）、《Roll on the Day》《Some Dream》等等。

《Colour TO The Moon》发行于2000年，大部分歌曲都是他在一次名为"记忆之旅"的巴黎演唱会旅途中完成的。《Brighton Bay》是回忆他17岁时开始演唱生涯的英国度假海滩布莱顿，《Back Again》则是他1976年旧作重新编曲演唱。这些歌曲在时间与空间中尽情悠游，像是阅读一本精彩的回忆录。当然标题歌曲《Colour to the moon》有萨克斯风的画龙点睛，绝对是不可错过。录音采用包括B&W Nautilus 801喇叭在内的种种精品，道尽了Stockfish这家唱片公司对录音品质的坚持。Stockfish专精于推广吉他音乐，因此对于空心吉他的录音可说驾轻就熟。这张唱片的吉他录制都充满了柔软弹性与充满金属光泽的美感，于充满空间中的残影。当然，Allan Taylor低沉舒缓的嗓音更仿佛有按摩作用，聆听这张专辑，可随着他的歌声进入一段又一段的旅途。

Allan left school in 1961. Apprenticeship in Telecommunications until 1965. Inspired by Skiffle and the Beat Generation he started singing and playing guitar in the folk clubs of Brighton through his teenage years. He became a full time musician in 1966 and left Brighton to become part of the music scene first in London and then throughout Great Britain, playing all of the major folk clubs of the time (for example, the famous Troubadour Club in London). He toured with Fairport Convention throughout Britain and signed recording contract with United Artists Record Company in 1970. Recorded albums "Sometimes" and "The Lady" LP in London (1970/71). He then moved to New York and became part of the singer-songwriter scene in Greenwich Village, playing legendary clubs such as Gerde's, The Gaslight, The Bitter End, The Mercer Arts Center and The Bottom Line. He toured throughout America and recorded "The American Album" in Nashville and Los Angeles (1973). He signed to Island Records as a songwriter 1974. In the mid-seventies he returned to live in UK, and then formed the band Cajun Moon. He then signed a recording contract with Chrysalis Records and made one LP. (Cajun Moon, 1976). In 1976 he ended the band and became a solo artist. He made three records with Black Crow/Rubber Records from 1978 to 1983 ("The Traveller", winner of the Grand Prix du Disque de Montreaux for best European Record, "Roll on the Day" and "Circle ‘Round Again"). Formed T Records in 1980 and made "Win or Lose" – 1984, "Lines" 1988, "Out of Time" 1991, "So Long" 1993, "Faded Light" 1995, "The Alex Campbell Tribute Concert" 1997. From 1980 to 1992 (whilst continuing as a singer-songwriter, recording/performing artist and working occasionally for the BBC presenting documentary programmes) he gained University degree for Bachelor of Arts (Leeds University), Master of Arts (Lancaster University) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD Ethnomusicology – The Queen's University of Belfast). In 1995 he started his relationship with Stockfisch Records (Northeim, Germany), making "Looking for You" 1996, "Colour to the Moon" 2001, "Hotels and Dreamers" 2003, "Old Friends New Roads"2007, "Leaving at Dawn" 2009, "Songs for the Road" 2010, "All Is One" 2013, "There was a Time" 2015.

"Allan Taylor is one of the more literate and sensitive of contemporary songwriters in terms of words and music, and one who is capable of exploring more complex subjects than most of his contemporaries… he should probably be regarded as potentially the most important songwriter of his generation." (Dr. Frederick Woods, The Oxford Book of Traditional Verse)