Little Axe / Skip McDonald discography

As well as his solo releases Skip was a vocalist, keyboardsman and guitarist on the Tackhead's / Fats Comet's releases. He has also featured on numerous other On-U Sound releases particularly with Doug Wimbish and Keith LeBlanc. Together with Doug and Keith he featured in many early Sugarhill Records releases as a member of the backing house band and has been a guest musician with many well known artists such as James Brown, Afrika Bambaataa and Duke Bootee. All releases listed here are Little Axe / AMS co-productions.

1. Album: Little Axe - 'Never Turn Back'
2. Singles: Little Axe - 'Ride On (Fight On)'
3. Promo EP: Little Axe - 'The Wolf That House Built'
4. Album: Little Axe - 'The Wolf That House Built'
5. Singles: Little Axe - 'Another Sinful Day'
6. Singles: Little Axe - 'Storm Is Rising'
7. Promo album: Little Axe - 'Short Fuse'
8. Album: Little Axe - 'Slow Fuse'
9. Album: Little Axe - 'Hard Grind'
10. Album: Little Axe - 'Champagne & Grits'
11. Album: Little Axe - 'Stone Cold Ohio'

	Album: Little Axe - 'Never Turn Back' On-U Sound Records / February 1993 (WL UKLP) Spin - Alfa Records / April 1993 (JpCD) WL UKLP: ON-U LP 62 / JpCD: ALCA 477
*  Ride On (Fight On) *  Never Turn Back (Parts 1 and 2) +  Hammerhead *  Wolf's Story || =  15 To 4 *  Hear My Cry *  Wake The Town *  Falling Down *< Dayton  < Hammerhead (Remix) * Subsequently reissued on 'The Wolf That House Built' album. + Subsequently reissued on LP63 compilation. = Subsequently reissued on '15 Years In An Open Boat' compilation. < JpCD only tracks.
Originally titled 'Blues Continually!!!' by Skip McDonald / Blind Willie Drug Pig. The album was only fully released in this form to Japan due to difficulty finding distributors for elsewhere. The WL UKLP may have been limited to as few as 25 copies. The album was re-compiled and released as 'The Wolf That House Built' on Wired Recordings in 1994. ^ To Top

	Singles: Little Axe - 'Ride On (Fight On)' Wired Recordings / 1994 (UK released editions) Wired Recordings / 1995 (Promo UK12"s) Festival / 1995 (AuCDS) Sony - Okeh / 1995 (US10") (Cat. no details - see below)
UK10" (WIRED 108): * Ride On (Fight On) (Original version) || + Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Lo-Fi mix) UK12" (WIRED 128): + Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise) + Ride On (Fight On) (Skip-Mask mix) ||   No More War (Space mix) + Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise instrumental) UKCDS (WIRED 28): AuCDS (D11940): + Ride On (Fight On) (7" edit) + Ride On (Fight On) (Control Tower mix) + Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise) + Hear My Cry (Version) Promo US10" (3ES 6785 / XSS 6785): * Ride On (Fight On) (Original version) || * Another Sinful Day (Original version) + Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise) Promo UK12"#1 (AXE1): + Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise) || + Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Lo-Fi instrumental) + Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise instrumental) Promo UK12"#2 (AXE2): + Ride On (Fight On) (Control Tower mix) + Ride On (Fight On) (Off My Head Butt mix) || = No More War (Axe mix) # No More War (Dub / Space - Max's mix) * Also on 'The Wolf That House Built' album. + Remixed from 'The Wolf That House Built' album. = Track later released on the 'Another Sinful Day' UKCDS and UKCS. # The same as the 'Space mix'.
Fine print on the US promo 10" record labels (both sides) states "DEMONSTRATION - NOT FOR SALE". It also features different artwork to the UK editions. ^ To Top

	Promo EP: Little Axe - 'The Wolf That House Built' Wired Recordings / 1994 CDEP: AXE CD 1
Crossfire Another Sinful Day The Time Has Come Hear My Cry
A promo only sampler of tracks from 'The Wolf That House Built' album. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'The Wolf That House Built' Wired Recordings / 1994 (UK editions) Sony - Okeh / 1994 (US editions) UKDLP: WIRED 17 / UKCD: WIRED 27 Promo USCLP: (?) / USCD: EK 64254 USCLP: (?)
Ride On (Fight On)   The Time Has Come * Out In The Rain And Cold || (UKDLP) + Back To The Crossroads   Never Turn Back (Parts 1 and 2)   Another Sinful Day || (UKDLP) = Out In The Rain And Cold || (Promo USCLP)   Crossfire   Wolf's Story   Hear My Cry || (UKDLP)   Dayton   Falling Down   Wake The Town * On UK editions only. + Called 'Crossroads' on the USCD and promo USCLP. = On US editions only.
The original version of this album was released fully only to Japan as 'Never Turn Back' and as a white label only LP in the UK (ON-U LP62) in 1993. The promo USCLP came in a plain red printed sleeve. The full release USCD features completely different artwork to the UK releases. Some UKDLP copies came with a limited edition 'art print', signed by Skip McDonald, of which there are thought to be 251 copies. ^ To Top

	Singles: Little Axe - 'Another Sinful Day' Wired Recordings / 1995 (UK editions) Sony - Okeh / 1995 (Promo USCDS) M&G Records / 1995 (Fr editions) (Cat. no details - see below)
Promo UK12" (AXE3): UK12" single (WIRED 1212): * Another Sinful Day (Raw Stylus and Skip McDonald Collaboration mix) * Another Sinful Day (Raw Stylus and Skip McDonald instrumental) || * Another Sinful Day (Skip and Harvey's Mix Part 7) + Another Sinful Day (Original mix) Promo UKCDS (?): * Another Sinful Day (7" edit) UKCDS (WIRED 212): UKCS (WIRED 412): * Another Sinful Day (7" edit) * Another Sinful Day (Adrian's Dub mix 12") = No More War (Axe mix) * Another Sinful Day (Acoustic version) Promo USCDS (?): * Another Sinful Day (7" edit) * Ride On (Fight On) (7" edit?) Promo FrCDS#1 (C4280395): * Another Sinful Day (7" edit) + Another Sinful Day (Album version) * Another Sinful Day (Acoustic version) * Another Sinful Day (Adrian's Dub mix 12") Promo FrCDS#2 (C1190695): * Another Sinful Day (Raw Stylus and Skip McDonald Collaboration mix) * Remixed from 'The Wolf That House Built' album. + The same track from the 'The Wolf That House Built' album but given different mix names. = This and another mix first appeared on various of the 'Ride On (Fight On)' singles.
The UKCS single plays the same on both sides. The promo FrCDSs came in card sleeves. ^ To Top

	Singles: Little Axe - 'Storm Is Rising' Wired Recordings / 1996 12": WIRED 1236 / CDS: WIRED 236
Storm Is Rising (Radio edit)   Storm Is Rising (The Herbalizer - 'For A Few Dollars More' remix) ||   Storm Is Rising (Crimes For The Minds - 'Deep Southern' remix)   Storm Is Rising (Spacek mix) * Storm Is Rising (The Acid Blues) * Storm Is Rising (Instrumental) * CDS only tracks.
All tracks are remixed from the 'Slow Fuse' album. ^ To Top

	Promo album: Little Axe - 'Short Fuse' Wired Recordings / 1996 CD: FUSE 1
Blue   On The Beat Sound   Storm Is Rising   Black Diamond Train   Short Fuse   Going Down Slow   Must Have Been The Devil   People Do   Amber   Chains   Return   Too Late   Speak Easy * Ride On (Fight On) * From 'The Wolf That House Built' album.
The title of this promo only release appears to be mis-printed throughout. Copies were issued in individually numbered card sleeves. Tracks 1-7 and 9-13 were later released as the main part of the 'Slow Fuse' album. Track 8 also appeared on the album, but as a completely new version. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'Slow Fuse' Wired Recordings / 1996 (UK editions) Festival / 1996 (AuDCD) UKDLP: WIRED 133 / UKCD: WIRED 233 Bonus UKCD: WIRED 233-2 / UKCLP: WIRED 433 AuDCD: D31639
Main album: 'Slow Fuse'   Blue   On The Beat Sound * Storm Is Rising   Black Diamond Train ||   Short Fuse   Going Down Slow   Must Have Been The Devil ||   People Do   Amber   Chains ||   Return   Too Late   Speak Easy Bonus CD: 'Fusion'   On The Beat Sound (Remix) * Storm Is Rising (Remix)   Too Late (Remix)   Going Down Slow (Remix)   Lift Off + Falling Down (Remix)   Must Have Been The Devil (Remix)   Judgement   Fallen Grace   On The Beat Sound (Instrumental) * Re-remixed from a single. + Remixed from 'The Wolf That House Built' album.
The bonus CD, featuring remixes and additional tracks, was reportedly released only with initial batches of the main CD album. DCD versions also came packaged in an outer card sleeve. These released editions were pre-dated by a single CD promo version called 'Short Fuse' with a slightly different track listing. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'Hard Grind' On-U Sound Records / May 2002 (UKCD) Nocturne Records / May 2002 (FrCD) Epitaph - Anti - Fat Possum Records / June 2002 (USCD) Nocturne Records / 2007 (FrTCD) UKCD: ON-U CD 1001 / USCD: 80357-2 FrCD: NTCD122 / FrTCD: NTCD194D
Dark As The Night Cold As The Ground Blues Story 2 Run Here Boy One Drop Blues All Night Party Midnight Dream Long Way To Go Walk Right Shoes Down To The Valley Tight Like That Seek The Truth
The UKCD matrix gives the catalogue number as ON-U CD 101 and its sleeve reverses tracks 7 and 8 (correct above). The recording of this album took several years of on and off work and represented the first new release from On-U as a label for several years. Many unreleased demo / development versions of the released tracks exist plus several tracks that have not been released at all from these sessions. The FrTCD edition came packed with 3 Head's 'Blackwater' double album. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'Champagne & Grits' Real World Records - Virgin / September 2004 (UK/USCD) Virgin - EMI Records / September 2004 (EuroCD) UK promo CD: CDRWDJ119 / UK/USCD: CDRW119 EuroCD: 5767472
People Grinning In Your Face Finger On The Trigger Mean Things The Way I See It Walk On Water Go Away Devil Say My Name Take Me Back To The Country All In The Same Boat Living And Sleeping In A Dangerous Time Will I Ever Get Back Home Again? Cloud Sinners
UK promo CD copies came in a customised card sleeve. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'Stone Cold Ohio' Real World Records - Virgin / October 2006 CD: CDRW140
If I Had My Way   Jive Talk   Same People   Rockin' Shoes   Pray   Prisoner   Victims   Let Me Ride   Trouble In Mind   Blue Neck Dub * Hard Times   Almighty   No Bottom   She   No More Mourning * Re-uses, in part, 'Storm Is Rising' from LP79.
Promo CD copies came in a customised card sleeve. Skip is known to have signed 20 copies of the album, which were available for sale at the time of it's launch. ^ To Top