Alistair Griffin - Recordings

Recordings

In 1999-2000, Griffin recorded several demos of his own compositions which were made available online at Songmanagement.com. These have never been officially released.

In 2002 he recorded the football anthem "Stand Up" which was included in the compilation album Boro Songs - The Sound Of The Riverside.

Several covers he recorded for the Fame Academy programme were released as download only tracks by the BBC during the course of the show in 2003. These were also included in the compilation albums Fame Academy "Bee Gees Special" and Fame Academy - The Finalists also released in 2003.

In October 2003 Griffin signed a record deal with UMTV and at the end of December released his first single, "Bring It On"; a double A-side also featuring 'My Lover's Prayer', a duet with Robin Gibb. Although it received very little airplay, it was voted #1 for 6 consecutive weeks on the music TV channel 'The Box' and reached the top 5 in the UK Singles Chart. On 9 January 2004, he was therefore able to fulfil one of his lifetime ambitions to appear live on Top of the Pops.

In January 2004, he released his debut album, also titled Bring It On, featuring mainly self-penned songs. This charted at number 12 in the UK Albums Chart. His second single, You and Me (Tonight) reached the top 20 but Griffin parted with both his record company and management soon afterwards.

In late 2004 he released an independent solo CD, "Live in Germany", featuring live recordings of the acoustic set he performed in Germany while supporting Robin Gibb. This included "Bring it On", "You and Me (Tonight)", "In Your Smile" and "I Have Lived" with a cover of "I Can't Make You Love Me". The limited edition CD was only made available for a short time at his concerts.

At his Christmas concert in December 2006 he released another independently recorded, three track solo CD; finding Boethius, consisting of one co-written song, "Let Love Speak Its Name", a cover of "Hallelujah" which he regularly sings live, and an acoustic cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

In March 2007, "Mark Viduka" was released by popular demand, as a download single only, with all the proceeds going to charity.

Brand new versions of four of the songs which were originally recorded with his former band Albion, but never released, are included on his most recent solo CD Alistair Griffin (May 2008), again produced independently and only available to buy at live concerts during the Ivyrise tour. These are "Blown Away", "I Have Lived", "Silent Suicide" and "Is It Me".

Unreleased demos of his own compositions are regularly previewed on his official Myspace.

Griffin's song, "Just Drive", was played in full over the BBC's F1 montage at the end of the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and subsequently appeared again in the BBC's 2010 F1 season review programme. "Just Drive" has received positive reviews and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 38, the track was produced with David Watts at the Oakwood Studios, York. "Just Drive" has been chosen as the title song for Sky's F1 coverage on their new channels "Sky Sports F1" and "Sky Sports F1 HD"

On 2 July 2012 he released his second solo album Albion Sky on the label Dramatico Entertainment.

Griffin's song "Always, No.1" was played in full over the BBC's F1 montage at the end of the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.