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This is the press kit for the debut self titled album by Mike and The Mechanics, this press kit is dated September 1985. Record label is WEA International, which leads …

Mike and the Mechanics were formed after Mike Rutherford of Genesis has released two solo albums, Mike sought to form a group were the members could be interchangeable (except him …

Catalogue Number WEA International Inc. – (U8908 T) RPM Tracks Side A Silent Running [On Dangerous Ground] (6:10) Engineer – Simon Hurrell Producer – Christopher Neil Side B I Get …

  Press photo for the very first Mike and The Mechanics album in 1985.

This is a postcard mailed out to those on a mailing list for the forthcoming Mike and the Mechanics single – Silent Running. The postcard was mailed out on the …

The debut album – Mike and The Mechanics – 1985 This is the Japanese vinyl single for the following songs: SIDE A Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) SIDE B I …

Mike and the Mechanics debut album. This is an advert for the single – Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) by Mike and the Mechanics. Published in Melody Maker on the …

Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) / I Get The Feeling was the first single of the newly formed Mike and The Mechanics, released on 15th February 1986 it reached number …

All I Need Is A Miracle was released in the UK on the 31st May 1986, reaching the peak position of number 53 in the UK charts were it remained …

Mike and The Mechanics (Debut album tour) This is a ticket for the show at The Curtis Hixon Center, in Tampa, Florida – USA on the 6th June 1986. (Many …

Mike and the Mechanics Debut album tour – 1986 This is a review of the show at The Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, Florida, USA on the 5th June 1986. This …

Mike and the Mechanics Debut Album tour – 1986 This is a review of the show at The Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, USA on the 6th June 1986. This …

The Debut Album (Miracle) tour – 1986 This is a ticket for the show at The Kiel Opera House, St Louis, Missouri, USA on the 11th June 1986.

The Miracle tour – 1986 Ticket for the show at The Midland Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri – USA on the 12th June 1986 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for …

Mike and the Mechanics are interviewed in Musik Scene by Tim Renner. First published in the June issue of Musik Scene in 1986. An interesting interview with the whole of …

The Debut Album tour This is a ticket for the show at The Kingswood Music Theatre, Vaughan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 17th June 1986. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon …

Debut Album Tour This is a ticket for the show at The Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA on the 19th June 1986 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for …

Mike and The Mechanics – Debut album tour – 1986 This is a review of the show which took place on the 22nd June 1986 at The Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, …

The Debut Album tour – 1986 This is a ticket for the show at The Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angele, California, USA on the 1st July 1986. (Many thanks to Mark …

The First Mike and the Mechanics tour, named after the band and album. A ticket for the show at The Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, California on the 2nd July …

An Atlantic Records press sheet for Mike and The Mechanics, Mike and The Mechanics take in the gold, They are presented with Gold RIAA awards for sales of the first …

Hanging By A Thread / I Don’t Want To Know was released by WEA in Germany on the 29th August 1986, this single was the third single to be released …

Mike and The Mechanics – The Living Years – Atlantic Records (therefore American) press kit.

This is a trio of photos featruing group members of Mike and the Mechanics from around 1988 which would have been the era of The Living Years album..

Tracks “Nobody’s Perfect” (Rutherford, B. A. Robertson) – 4:48 “The Living Years” (Rutherford, Robertson) – 5:32 “Seeing Is Believing” (Rutherford, Robertson) – 3:13 “Nobody Knows” (Rutherford, Christopher Neil) – 4:24 …

  Mike Rutherford is interviewed about Mike and The Mechanics as well as Genesis.

The Living Years / Too Many Friends, was released in the UK on the 14th January 1989 reaching number 2 in the UK charts and staying in these charts for …

An Atlantic Records press sheet about some of the Promotion surrounding the album The Living Years. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this item)

The Living Years UK tour advert published in NME 11th February 1989.

The Living Years tour (1989) North American leg This is a press sheet featuring information about the upcoming Mike and The Mechanics tour in North America, complete with an itinerary …

An advert for the Living Years tour of 1989 in Germany. The advert was placed in the Music Express Music magazine in the March 1989 issue. This magazine was published …

The Living Years Tour – 1989 This is a poster for the show at Göta Lejon, Stockholm, Sweden on the 2nd March 1989. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this …

The Living Years tour A ticket for the show at The Hammersmith Odeon in London, England on the 6th March 1989. (Many thanks to M.Kenyon for this ticket)

The Living Years tour – 1989 This is a poster advertising the show at The Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany on the 9th March 1989. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for …

The Living Years tour A ticket for the show at The Kongress Saal Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany on the 9th March 1989. (Many thanks to George German for this …

The Living Years Tour A ticket for the show at The Rheingoldhalle in Mainz, Germany on the 10th March 1989. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

The Living Years tour 1989 This is a ticket for the show at The Olympia, Paris, France on the 13th March 1989 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

The Living Years tour A ticket for the show at the Music Centrum in Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands on the 15th March 1989. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this …

International Musician and Recording World – Magazine – March 1989, Mike and the Mechanics are interviewed in this edition interesting points are 1) Mike’s writing set up 2) That Steinberger …

The Living Years tour A ticket for the show at The Playhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 17th March 1989 (Many thanks to Gerry for this ticket)

The Living Years Tour A ticket for the show at The Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, England on the 18th March 1989 (Many thanks to George German for this ticket)

An interview with Mike Rutheford of the Mechanics in New Musical Express on the 18th March 1989. (Many thanks to Jeff Kaa for this item and many others)

The Living Years tour A ticket for the show at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England on the 19th March 1989 (Many thanks to Robert Wilson for this ticket and …

Mike and the Mechanics – Living Years – 1989 This interview was published in The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida), on the 24th March 1989.

The Living Years tour – 1989 This is a ticket for the show at The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on the 1st April 1989. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon …

The Living Years tour – 1989 This is a ticket for the show at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA on the 7th April 1989. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon …

The Living Years tour A ticket for the show at The Holiday Star Theatre in Merrillville, Indiana – USA on the 20th April 1989. (Many thanks to M.Kenyon for this …

This is a press sheet from Atlantic Records, it is talking about the Living Years album going GOLD in terms of Sales in America. There is an announcement of the …

The Living Years tour (1989) A ticket for the show at The Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angles, California, USA on the 26th April 1989 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for …

The Mike and The Mechanics single Nobody Knows / Why Me ( 7 Inch ) with German promo sheet. Taken from the album “The Living Years” this single was the …

A press sheet written by Atlantic Records about Mike and the Mechanics. Announcements: Mike and The Mechanics play the Universal Amphitheatre The Living Years goes RIAA Gold New single “Nobody …

  Paul Carrack and Adrian Lee of Mike and The Mechanics are interviewed in this issue of Keyboard, an interesting feature complete with a few photos and useful facts.

The Living Years tour A ticket for the show at the Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan, USA on the 10th August 1989. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this …

The Living Years tour – 1989 This is an advert for the concert at The Six Flags, St Louis, Eureka, Missouri, USA on the 12th August 1989. This advert was …

The Living Years Tour This is a ticket for the show at The Poplar Creek, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA on the 13th August 1989. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for …

The Living Years tour – 1989 This is a ticket for the show at The Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, California, USA on the 27th August 1989 (Many thanks to Mark …

Word Of Mouth was the first single from the eagerly awaited Mike and The Mechanics 1991 album Word Of Mouth. This single was released on the 16th March 1991 and …

An Atlantic Records Press sheet dated 25th March 1991. Items covered: Word Of Mouth (Album) Released this week. Album recorded at The Farm in surrey and Olympic Studios in London. …

Track listing ”Get Up” (Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack) – 4:23 ”Word of Mouth” (Rutherford, Christopher Neil) – 3:55 ”A Time and Place” (Rutherford, B.A. Robertson) – 4:52 ”Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” …

An Atlantic Records (therefore American) press kit for the 1991 Mike and the Mechanics album “Word Of Mouth”.

a few Mike and The Mechanics promo photos taken around the time of “The Word Of Mouth” album!

A Time And Place was released on the 15th June 1991 reaching number 58 in the UK Charts and spending 3 weeks in the charts this single is taken from the 1991 album …

A Time And Place was released on the 15th June 1991 reaching number 58 in the UK Charts and spending 3 weeks in the charts this single is taken from the 1991 album …

This is the deleted single Get Up which was released on the 12th August (a promo appeared on ebay with that date on the virgin sticker), recalled/cancelled for reasons unknown? …

Stop Baby was released on the 30th September 1991, and is taken from the 1991 album Word Of Mouth! Side A Stop Baby Side B Get Up Released on Virgin Records (VS …

Everybody Gets A Second Chance was released on the 27th January 1992 reaching number 56 in the UK Charts and spending 4 weeks in these charts. Side A Everybody Gets …

An Atlantic Records (therefore American Record Company) press kit for the Mike and Mechanics 1995 album A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold, featuring the vocal talents of Paul Young …

Track listing A Beggar on a Beach of Gold (B.A. Robertson, Rutherford) – 4:35 Another Cup of Coffee (Christopher Neil, Rutherford) – 4:42 You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me …

A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold – 1995 This is an Associated Press interview, republished in The Californian (Salinas, California), on the 1st April 1995

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold Tour This is an Atlantic Records press sheet announcing The mechanics upcoming performances first Headlining a show in Boston and then at The …

Mike Rutherford is interviewed about the Mike and The Mechanics album, Beggar On A Beach Of Gold. published in The Guitar Magazine – April 1995 (vol 5 number 4) (An …

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold Tour A ticket for the show at The Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 2nd June 1995 Standard Bank Arena, …

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold tour – 1995 This is a ticket for the show at The Musical Theatre, Offenbach, Germany on the 12th June 1995. (Many thanks …

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold tour – 1995 This is a ticket for the show at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England on the 15th June 1995. (Many …

A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold was a single taken from the album of the same name, it was released on the 17th June 1995 and it reached number …

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold tour – 1995 This is a ticket for the show at the International Conference Centre, Windsor Hall, Bournemouth, Dorset, England on the 18th …

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold tour A ticket for the show at The Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England on the 21st June 1995. (many thanks to M.Kenyon)

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold tour A Set List for the show at St Davids Hall in Cardiff, Wales on the 22nd June 1995. (Many thanks to Lamia …

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold tour A ticket for the show at The Dome in Brighton,England on 13th July 1995 (many thanks to Lamia for this ticket)

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold Tour A ticket for the show at The Empire Theatre, Shepherds Bush, London, England on the 18th July 1995 (Many thanks to Lamia …

A Cloth Pass for the Mike and The Mechanics A Beggar On Beach of Gold tour 1995. This cloth pass was for the working crew at The City Hall in …

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold tour A ticket for the show at The Sands Centre in Carlisle, England on the 24th July 1995. Ticket is fully signed by …

The Beggar On A Beach Of Gold tour A ticket for the show at The Assembly Rooms in Derby, England on the 25th July 1995. (Many thanks to Lamia for …

Another Cup Of Coffee was released on the 2nd Of September 1995 reaching number 51 in the UK Charts and staying in these charts for 4 weeks. This is the …

Another Cup Of Coffee was released on the 2nd Of September 1995 reaching number 51 in the UK Charts and staying in these charts for 4 weeks. Track Listing Another …

A Mike and The Mechanics HITS tour flyer for the UK dates!

All I Need Is A Miracle 1996 was a remix and new interpretation of the 1985 Mike and The Mechanics song All I Need Is A Miracle. It was released …

Mike and The Mechanics decided to capitalise on the success of the 1995 album Beggar On A Beach Of Gold and tour with the release of HITS! Track listing “All …

Mike and The Mechanics 1996 Hits tour press kit. This is a small press kit to announce the dates for the UK leg of the 1996 Mike and The Mechanics …

Hits (1996) tour A ticket for the show at The Royal Centre in Nottingham, England on the 7th March 1996. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

Mike and The Mechanics Hit’s tour 1996 This is a ticket for the show at The Labatt’s, Apollo, Manchester, England on the 9th March 1996 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon …

Hits tour 1996 A ticket for the show at The City Hall in Sheffield, England on the 11th March 1996 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket!)

The Hits Tour A ticket for the show at The City Hall in Newcastle, England on the 12th March 1996 (Many thanks to Lamia for this Hits tour ticket)

Hits tour 1996 A ticket for the show at Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 14th March 1996 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this item)

The Hits tour A ticket for the show at The Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England on the 22nd March 1996 (Many thanks to M.Kenyon for this ticket)

  Here are a selection of press photos from the 1996 album Hits…. In these photos are Mike Rutherford (band leader)… Paul Young (from Sad Cafe) and Paul Carrack (from …

Hits Tour, A ticket for the show at The Assembly Rooms in Derby, England on the 5th April 1996.

Hits tour – 1996 This is a ticket for the show at The International Conference Centre, Windsor Hall, Bournemouth, Dorset, England on the 10th April 1996 (Many thanks to Dan …

The Hits tour – 1996 This is a ticket for the show at The De Montfort Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire, England on the 11th April 1996. (Many thanks to Lamia for …

The Hits Tour of 1996. A ticket for the show at The Empire Theatre in Liverpool, England on the 14th April 1996. (Many thanks to Lamia for this M and …

The Hits Tour 1996 A ticket for the show at The Royal Albert Hall in London, England on the 18th April 1996. (Many thanks to Lamia for this ticket)

Silent Running was one of the songs on the 1996 Hits album taken from the debut Mike and The Mechanics album from 1985 hence its re release on the 20th …

Hits tour 1996 (Festival appearance) A ticket for the weekend of 24/25/26th May 1996 for the Rock Am Ring Festival, Nurburgring, Nurburg, Germany on the 25th May 1996 It was …

M6 Tour – 1999 pre tour warm up gig. This was a competition arranged with BBC Radio 2, the venue was the Hanover Grand,Hanover St, London, W1, England on the …

M6 Tour This is a poster advertising the 1999 Mike and the Mechanics UK tour, this includes an advert for the forth coming single Now That You’ve Gone. (Many thanks …

Now That You’ve Gone – Radio promo 1 track, was released on the 17th May 1999 in order to promote the upcoming single Now That You’ve Gone. Released on Virgin …

The M6 Tour – 1999 This is a ticket for the show at The International Conference Centre, Windsor Hall, Bournemouth, Dorset, England on the 20th May 1999. Note: This show …

The M6 Tour This is a ticket for the show at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England on the 24th May 1999 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

M6 album and M6 Tour – 1999 This is a German Virgin Records press kit for the 1999 Mike and The Mechanics album M6, it includes some information connected to …

M6 Tour A cloth pass for “AFTERSHOW” of the show at The Colston Hall in Bristol, England on the 28th May 1999. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this Pass)

M6 Tour A ticket for the show at The Colston Hall in Bristol, England on the 28th May 1999. (Thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

These two promo photos are from the 1999 album M6 sadly it would be the last for Paul Young.

Sadly this would prove to be the final album for co lead singer Paul Young who passed away in 2000. A strong album in most places and the tour that …

The M6 Tour A ticket for the show at The Symphony Hall in Birmingham, England on the 1st June 1999 (many thanks to M.Kenyon for this item)

The M6 tour – 1999 Paul Young of Mike and The Mechanics is interview in The Evening Post, Nottingham. The extra date in Nottingham is announced as well. First published …

This single was released on the 5th June 1999 reaching number 35 and remaining in the charts for 2 weeks – information according to Uk Chart Info. Track Listing Now …

The M6 Tour – 1999 This is a ticket for the show at The SCC, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland on the 5th June 1999. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for …

Aired on the 9th June 1999 for promotion of the M6 album. Produced by VH1 and all songs recorded live. Introduction And Talk About Over My Shoulder Over My Shoulder …

The M6 Tour A ticket for the show at The City Hall in Newcastle, England on the 9th June 1999 (many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this Mike and the …

The M6 Tour 1999 This is a ticket for the show at The Museumsplatz, Bonn, Germany on the 18th June 1999. Volker tells us that at the end of the …

Whenever I Stop was the second single from the 1999 M6 album by Mike and The Mechanics, the single was released on the 28th August 1999 (This promo was released …

Mike and the Mechanics perform excellently on this german show. The full original broadcast. This is one of the last shows Paul Young plays with Mike and the Mechanics. Set …

Sadly with the untimely demise of Paul Young you can never truly know how this album would have turned out, here Paul Carrack and Mike Rutherford continue the Mechanics but …

This is the promo single for the Mike and The Mechanics album REWIRED, this promo was for the song One Left Standing, it was meant to be released on the …

Final Farewell Tour A ticket for the show at the Alvalade Stadium XXI in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 3rd July 2004. Supported by Mike and The Mechanics on their Rewired …

A single most likely released to Radio stations to promote the 2004 Mike and The Mechanics album Rewired, this promo single was released on the 6th September 2004 Track 1 …

The Rewired tour A ticket for the show at The Shepherds Bush Empire in London, England on the 7th September 2004. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

An interview in Bass Guitar Magazine published Jan/Feb 2005. Mike talks about The Mechanics and their latest album “Rewired”, he talks about The Lamb in surround sound and other aspects. …

Mike and The Mechanics + Paul Carrack filmed at the Shepherds Bush Empire 7th September 2004 is the first official live DVD of Mike and The Mechanics, sadly too late …

Reach Out And Touch The Sun – Promo single released on the 21st February 2011. This single was released to promote the 2011 Mike and The Mechanics album The Road …

This is a tour flyer for the Mike and The Mechanics – Hit The Road tour in support of the 2011 album The Road.

Here is a flyer for the German led of the Hit The Road tour of 2011

The Road This advert was published in The Independent (London, Greater London, England), on the 15th April 2011

The Road marks a departure in the Mechanics line up of Paul Carrack and also a move to a new record label from Virgin to Arista. It also marks a …

The Road Tour A Cloth pass for the show at the Grand Opera House in York, England on the 1st May 2011. This is a working pass. (Many thanks to …

Mike and The Mechanics Hit The Road 2011 tour gig advert for the show at The Royal Albert Hall in London, England on the 9th May 2011. (many thanks to …

The Road Tour (2011) A ticket for the show at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England on the 9th May 2011 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

The Road Tour A ticket for the show at The Plymouth Pavilion’s, Plymouth, England on the 15th May 2011 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this item)

The Road Tour This is a ticket for the show at The Cardiff International Arena (Motorpoint Arena), Cardiff, Wales on the 17th May 2011 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for …

(Hit) The Road tour 2011 A ticket for the show at The O2 Apollo in Manchester, England on the 20th May 2011.

The Road Tour A ticket for the show at The Sage in Gateshead, England on the 26th May 2011. (many thanks to M.Kenyon)

The Road Tour – 2011 This is a ticket for the show at The Theatre Am Mairentor, Duisburg, Germany on the 1st June 2011 (Many thanks to Volker Warncke for …

Hit The Road tour A ticket for the show at The Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Germany on the 6th June 2011 (many thanks to M.Kenyon for this ticket)

The Road Tour – 2012 This is a poster for the show at The Capitol Theatre, Offenbach, Germany on the 14th July 2012. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this …

The Road Tour – 2012 This is a ticket for the show at The Capitol Theatre, Offenbach, Germany on the 14th July 2012 (Many thanks to Michael Ebert for this …

Compilation album by Mike & the Mechanics featuring the array of career spanning singles. Released in two editions in conjunction with ‘The Living Years 25th Anniversary’ and Mike’s book. The …

The Living Years Deluxe was released on the 20th January 2014, for reasons only known to Mike Rutherford there is not a Surround Sound version of this Remaster. Produced by …

Mike discusses his time in the band and his new book on BBC’s Breakfast Air Date: 21st January Channel: BBC One Show: Breakfast Presenter: Bill Turnbull and Louise Minchin Source: …

Let Me Fly is the eighth studio album by Mike + The Mechanics and the second to feature the currently line up, released in 2017 by BMG This album reached …

Let Me Fly tour – 2017 This is a poster advertising the show at The ColumbiaHalle in Berlin, Germany on the 21st September 2017. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for …

Let Me Fly Tour 2017 This is a ticket for the show at The Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Germany on the 29th September 2017. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this …

Let Me Fly tour – 2018 This is a ticket for the show at The Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis, Maryland, USA on the 28th March 2018 (Many thanks to …

Out Of The Blue – released on the 5th April 2019 in a variety of formats, this is the track listing for the Deluxe version that is in a DVD …