Richard Ashcroft: Lovin’ You

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On October 10, 2025, Richard Ashcroft self-released “Lovin’ You” his seventh studio album. It was recorded in 2025, and was produced by Richard Ashcroft, Mirwais Ahmadzai, Chris Potter and Emre Ramazanoglu.

Personnel:

  • Richard Ashcroft – vocals, guitars, keyboards, musical direction
  • Steve Wyreman – guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Mirwais Ahmadzai – keyboards, programming
  • Sarah Carter – backing vocals
  • Richard Robson – keyboards
  • Emre Ramazanoglu – bass, drums, synthesizer, programming
  • Will Baldocchi – drums
  • Joe Bagale – drums
  • Effie Zilch – backing vocals
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Miles Showell – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Ashcroft, except where noted.

  1. Lover – Richard Ashcroft, Joan Armatrading
  2. Out of These Blues
  3. Heavy News
  4. Oh’Lamour
  5. I’m a Rebel – Richard Ashcroft, Mirwais Ahmadzai
  6. Find Another Reason
  7. Lovin’ You – Richard Ashcroft, Mason Williams
  8. Live with Hope
  9. Crimson Fire
  10. Fly to the Sun – Richard Ashcroft, Chris Potter

Orb: Buddhists Hipsters

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On October 10, 2025, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Buddhist Hipsters”, the eighteenth Orb studio album. It was recorded 2024 – 2025, and was produced by Alex Paterson and Michael Rendall.

Personnel:

  • Alex Paterson – programming
  • Michael Rendall – programming
  • Steve Hillage – guitar
  • Roger Eno – keyboards
  • Andy Falconer – synthesizer
  • Youth – bass guitar
  • Eric Von Skywalker – vocals
  • Violeta Vicci – violin
  • Rome Alone – vocals
  • Andy Caine – vocals
  • Trevor Walters – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Paterson and Michael Rendall, except where noted.

  1. Spontaneously Combust – Alex Paterson, Michael Rendal, Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Martin Glover
  2. P-1
  3. Baraka
  4. A Sacred Choice
  5. Arabebonics – Alex Paterson, Michael Rendal, Rome Alone, Violeta Vicci
  6. It’s Coming Soon – Alex Paterson, Michael Rendal, Andy Caine
  7. Doll’s House
  8. The Oort Cloud (Too Night) – Alex Paterson, Michael Rendal, Dr. D, Trevor Waters
  9. Under the Bed – Alex Paterson, Michael Rendal, Andy Falconer
  10. Khàron – Alex Paterson, Michael Rendal, Roger Eno

Beatie Wolfe And Brian Eno: Luminal

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On October 10, 2025, “Verve” label released “Liminal”, the third Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno album. It was recorded in 2025, and was produced by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • Beatie Wolfe – vocals, guitars, omnichord, synthesizers, keys, melodica, design
  • Brian Eno – synthesizers, keys, slide guitar, bass, omnichord, backing vocals, design
  • Dean Martin Hovey – mastering
  • Jeff Powell – lacquer cut
  • Nick Robertson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno.

  1. Part of Us
  2. Ringing Ocean
  3. The Last to Know
  4. Procession
  5. Little Boy
  6. Flower Moon
  7. Shallow Form
  8. Before Life
  9. Laundry Room
  10. Corona
  11. Shudder Like Crows

Jacob Collier: The Light For Days

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On October 10, 2025, “Hajanga” label released “The Light for Days”, the sixth Jacob Collier studio album. It was recorded in 2025 in London, and was produced by Jacob Collier.

Personnel:

  • Jacob Collier – vocals, acoustic 5-string, 10-string and bass guitars; mandolin, synth bass, double bass, toy piano, flute, clarinet, dulcitone, music box, kick drum, upright and electric pianos, synthesizer, harp, bells, arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • audience choirs of Glasgow and Lisbon, 2022 – choir
  • Ben Bloomberg – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Bob DeMaa – mastering assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Jacob Collier, except where noted.

  1. You Can Close Your Eyes – James Taylor
  2. Heaven (Butterflies) – Jacob Collier, The Days on Earth
  3. Thom Thumb
  4. Fairytale Lullaby – John Martin
  5. Norwegian Wood – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  6. Keep on Eye on Summer – Brian Wilson, Bob Norberg, Mike Love
  7. I Know (A Little)
  8. Where Did My Apple Fall?
  9. Sweet Melody
  10. Icarus – The Staves
  11. Something Heavy

Tamam Shud: Goolutionites and the Real People

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In October 1970, “Earner Bros” label released “Goolutionites and the Real People”, the second Tamam Shud album. It was recorded in 1970, at “United Sound Studios” in Sydney, and was produced by John Bromell.

Personnel:

  • Lindsay Bjerre – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Tim Gaze – lead guitar, piano
  • Peter Barron – bass guitar, fuzz base
  • Dannie Davidson – drums
  • Maurice Wilmore – engineer
  • Francis Pithers – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lindsay Bjerre, except where noted.

  1. The Goolutionites (And the Real People)
  2. They’ll Take You Down on the Lot
  3. I Love You All
  4. Heaven is Closed
  5. A Plague
  6. Stand in the Sunlight – lyrics by Kevin Platt, music by Lindsay Bjerre
  7. Take a Walk on a Foggy Morning
  8. Gooluionites Theme Part 1
  9. Gooluionites Theme Part 2

Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan: Construction #1

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In October 1969, “Polydor” label released “Construction #1”, album by Ten Wheel Drive with Genya Ravan. It was recorded in 1969, at “Gotham Studiosa” in New York City, and was produced by Walter Raim.

Personnel:

  • Genya Ravan – vocals, harmonica, tambourine
  • Aram Schefrin – guitar, percussion
  • Mike Zager – piano, organ, clarinet
  • Louie Hoff – tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, arrangements
  • Jay Silva – trumpet, flute, flugelhorn
  • Richard Meisterman – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Peter Hyde – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Dennis Parisi – trombone
  • Bill Takas – bass
  • Leon Rix – cello, drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Lee Hulko – lacquer cut
  • David Krieger – design
  • Robert Golden – front cover photography
  • Bruce Meisterman – back cover photography
  • Jane Zager – interior photography

Track listing:

  1. Tight Rope – Genya Ravan, Leon Rix
  2. Lapidary – Aram Schefrin, Mike Zager
  3. Eye of the Needle – Aram Schefrin, Mike Zager
  4. Candy Man Blues – Elizabeth Hoff
  5. Ain’t Gonna Happen – Aram Schefrin, Mike Zager
  6. Polar Bear King – Aram Schefrin, Mike Zager
  7. House in Central Park – Aram Schefrin, Mike Zager
  8. I Am a Want Ad – Aram Schefrin, Mike Zager

Pat Martino: El Hombre

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In October 1967, “Prestige” label released “El Hombre”, Pat Martino album. It was recorded in May 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Cal Lampley.

Personnel:

  • Pat Martino – guitar
  • Danny Turner – flute
  • Trudy Pitts – Hammond organ
  • Mitch Fine – drums
  • Vance Anderson – bongos
  • Abdu Johnson – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

All tracks by Pat Martino except where noted.

  1. Waltz for Geri
  2. Once I Loved – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
  3. El Hombre
  4. Cisco
  5. One for Rose
  6. A Blues for Mickey-O
  7. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis

Billy Bragg: The Million Things That Never Happened

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On October 8, 2021, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “The Million Things That Never Happened”, the twelve Billy Bragg album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Ech Zoo” in Eastbourne, England, and was produced by Romeo Stodard and Dave Izumi.

Personnel:

  • Billy Bragg – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, whistling
  • Romeo Stodart – acoustic and electric, guitar, Wurlitzer, bass, piano, banjo, Univox, Burns Electric, backing vocals
  • Joe Harvey Whyte – lap steel, pedal steel, banjo, dobro, high strung acoustic
  • Jack Valero – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Dave Izumi – Hammond organ, mellotron, Minimoog, organs, Moog, Univox
  • Michele Stodart – backing vocals, bass
  • Darren Beckett – drums, percussion
  • Nick Pynn – fiddle, five string violin
  • Maisie Rose Skipper – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Bragg, except where noted.

  1. Should Have Seen It Coming
  2. Mid-Century Modern
  3. Lonesome Ocean
  4. Good Days and Bad Days
  5. Freedom Doesn’t Come for Free
  6. Reflections on the Mirth of Creativity
  7. The Million Things That Never Happened
  8. The Buck Doesn’t Stop here No More
  9. I Believe in You
  10. Pass It On
  11. I Will Be Your Shield
  12. Ten Mysterious Photos That Can’t Be Explained – Billy Bragg, Jack Valero

A.F.T.: Automatic Fine Tuning

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In October 1976, “Charisma” label released “Automatic Fine Tuning”, the only A.F.T. album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Ridge Farm Studios” in Rusper, England, and was produced by Loyd Grossman and Neal Grossman.

Personnel:

  • Robert Cross – guitar
  • Paul A. MacDonnell – guitar
  • Trevor Darks – bass
  • Dave Ball – vocals, drums
  • Steve Bruno – engineer
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Alan Chatfield – design
  • Three’s Company – art concept, design, back cover photography
  • Phil Jude – front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul A. MacDonnell and Trevor Darks, except where noted.

The Great Panjadrum Wheel (part one)

  1. Wolverine (part one)
  2. Horizons
  3. Wolverine (part two)
  4. Maneater
  5. Gladioli – Robert Cross

The Great Panjadrum (part two)

  1. Panjadrum
  2. Epic
  3. Terminal C
  4. City Business
  5. Dragon Fly
  6. Queen of the Night

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