John Jones Music

An album of song demos written and recorded by John Jones between 1994 and 1995!

Too Much Love

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Keys: TS-10, VFX, TX-802, AKAI S1000, AKAI DD1000
Bass: S1000
Guitars: Yamaha acoustic. Steinberger w EMGs electric
Guitar Amp: Mesa Boogie MK III
Recording-Mixing: Mackie, ADAT, Panasonic DAT. HHB CDR. DD1000
Written by John Idris Jones ©1994
Produced and Recorded by John Jones
©1994-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

Beat the Same Heart

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Keys: TS-10, VFX, TX-802, AKAI S1000, AKAI DD1000
Bass: S1000
Piano: Ensoniq TS-10
Guitars: Yamaha acoustic. Steinberger w EMGs electric
Guitar Amp: Mesa Boogie MK III
Recording-Mixing: Mackie, ADAT, Panasonic DAT. HHB CDR. DD1000
Written by John Idris Jones ©1995
Produced and Recorded by John Jones
©1995-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

Let Her Go (Hwy 101)

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator.
Keys: TS-10, VFX, TX-802, AKAI S1000, AKAI DD1000
Piano: Ensoniq TS-10
Guitars: Yamaha acoustic. Guitar Center Anniversary Stratocaster electric
Guitar Amp: Mesa Boogie MK III
Bass: Fender Jazz w EMGs
Recording-Mixing: Mackie, ADAT, Panasonic DAT. HHB CDR. DD1000
Written by John Idris Jones ©1994
Produced and Recorded by John Jones
©1994-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

Hide Your Love Away

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Piano: Ensoniq TS-10
Bass: Jazz w EMGs
Keys: Ensoniq TS-10, VFX, TX-802, AKAI S1000, AKAI DD1000
Guitars: Yamaha acoustic. Steinberger w EMGs electric
Guitar Amp: Mesa Boogie MK III
Recording-Mixing: Mackie, ADAT, Panasonic DAT. HHB CDR. DD1000
Written by Lennon and McCartney ©1965
Produced and Recorded in 1993 by John Jones
©1993-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

What Gives You This Hate (I Love You)

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Piano: Ensoniq TS-10
Bass: S1000
Keys: Ensoniq TS-10, VFX, TX-802, AKAI S1000, AKAI DD1000
Guitars: Yamaha acoustic. Fender Stratocaster
Guitar Amp: Mesa Boogie MK III
Recording-Mixing: AKAI MG-1212, Panasonic DAT. AKAI DD1000
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones
©1993-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

J’taime

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Keys: Ensoniq TS-10, VFX, TX-802, AKAI S1000, AKAI DD1000
Bass: S1000
Guitars: Yamaha acoustic
Recording-Mixing: AKAI MG-1212, Panasonic DAT. AKAI DD1000
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones
©1993-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

How

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Piano: Ensoniq TS-10
Keys: Ensoniq TS-10, VFX, TX-802, AKAI S1000, AKAI DD1000
Guitars: Yamaha acoustic
Recording-Mixing: Mackie, ADAT, Panasonic DAT. HHB CDR. DD1000
Written by John Idris Jones ©1995
Produced and Recorded by John Jones
©1995-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

An album of song demos written and recorded by John Jones between 1992 and 2003.

Face to Face (No Edit Mix)

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Break Our Bread

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

How Could I Do This (No Edit Mix)

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones, Walter Turbitt
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones and Walter Turbitt

All Left to Do

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

This Time I’m Leaving

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Piece of My Heart

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

You Bastard

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Digidesign Pro Tools
Written by John Idris Jones @1999
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Pt Talk

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Digidesign Pro Tools 24 bit
Written by John Idris Jones @1999
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Buddy See You Later

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Digidesign Pro Tools
Written by John Idris Jones @1999
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Call My Name

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones. Drums: Mick Fleetwood
Band: Digidesign Pro Tools
Written by John Idris Jones @1999
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Alien Rock

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones. Drums: Mick Fleetwood
Band: Digidesign Pro Tools
Written by John Idris Jones @1999
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Dear John

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones. Drums: Mick Fleetwood
Band: Digidesign Pro Tools
Written by John Idris Jones @1999
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Ansafone

Vocals and Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1995
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Stan the Man

Vocals and Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©2000
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Always

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones @2000
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

It’s Got Nothing to Do with Oil

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones @2001
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Awesome Rocker

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones @2002
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

I Didn’t Want to Save You

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones @2002
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Forgive Me

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Band: Notator
Written by John Idris Jones @2002
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

©1992-2003 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

An album of song demos written and recorded by John Jones between March and June 1993.

She’s a Girl

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

This is No Time

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

This Time

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Lose You

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

As Long as I Can

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

If You Want Me Too

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

The Venus

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded in 1994 by John Jones

©1993-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

An album of song demos written and recorded by John Jones between January and February 1993.

It’s Only Love

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Break These Chains

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Let The Bombs Fall

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Dancing in the Moonlight

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Don’t Talk

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Daylight

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

How Could I Do This

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Someday

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones. Drums by Steve Ferrone
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones
Mixed by Stuart Breed

Heart of Stone

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Love & Faith

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1993
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

©1993-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

An album of song demos written by John Jones and recorded between August and December 1992.

Walking Next to Me

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Communist, Socialist

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Sarah

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Turn to Me

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Can’t Get Enough

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

I Don’t Remember

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

Never Let Us Go (feat. Mark Dwyer)

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones & Mark Dwyer
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones & Mark Dwyer

I Want It All

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

What’s a Nation

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

When I Wake You Up

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

More

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

In My Heart

Vocals & Instruments: John Jones
Written by John Idris Jones ©1992
Produced and Recorded by John Jones

©1992-2025 johnjonesmusic-jibjones

For many years I have been a fan and a student of the Beatles and all who sailed their ship. But, there was one person on the team I knew little about – Norman Smith, the musician, engineer, producer, recording artist and the 6th Beatle!

Norman recorded the Beatles from the very beginning through the Rubber Soul album. At the end of 1965 George Martin founded A.I.R. with his EMI producing partners and Norman was promoted to producer and took over the Parlophone label from George.

Norman signed Pink Floyd in 1967 and produced and engineered three of their first four albums, including Ummagumma, and then in 1971 went on to have a #1 hit in America as recording artist Hurricane Smith!

When I was in London a few years ago recording Joey Niceforo and the Steve Sidwell orchestra in Studio One at Abbey Road with Steve Price, I met Richard Hale, longtime engineer at E.M.I. Studios. I’ll save Richard’s story for another day, but suffice to say that he regaled me with tales of Norman Smith, and lent me a copy of Norman’s “auto biography” – John Lennon Called Me Normal.

Norman was in the glider division of the Royal Air Force in the last year of World War II. Fortunately for him he was never deployed and ended up spending a couple of years in a jazz band playing on the roof top of a hotel in Venice, Italy.

But, the best part for me is finally seeing the man himself, and he is fantastic, and definitely the missing link in all the stories of the greatest band of the 1960’s!

©2021 johnjonesmusic