Florence And The Machine: Ceremonials

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On October 28, 2011, “Island” label released “Ceremonials”, the second Florence and the Machine studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, at “Abbey Road” and “Wolf Tone” in London, and was produced by Paul Epworth, James Ford, Charlie Hugall, Ben Roulston, Isabella Summers and Eg White.

Personnel:

  • Florence Welch – vocals
  • Robert Ackroyd – guitar
  • Tom Monger – bass, harp
  • Christopher Lloyd Hayden – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Mark Saunders – percussion, bass, additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Isabella Summers – piano, drum programming, strings, choir parts, synth, celeste, programming, additional backing vocals recording
  • Rusty Bradshaw – keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Sally Herbert – violin, string arrangements
  • Rick Koster – violin
  • Oli Langford – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Richard George – violin
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Max Baillie – viola
  • Lucy Shaw – double bass
  • Bullion – drum programming, additional esoteric sonics
  • Paul Epworth – pump organ
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – piano
  • Jack Peñate – backing vocals
  • Sian Alice – backing vocals
  • Lisa Moorish – backing vocals
  • Jessie Ware – backing vocals
  • Mark Rankin – engineering, mixing
  • Peter Hutchings – engineer assistant
  • Joseph Hartwell Jones – engineer assistant
  • Henrik Michelsen – additional engineering assistant
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Ben Baptie – mixing assistant
  • Matty Green – mixing assistant
  • Bryan Wilson – mixing assistant
  • Ben Roulston – additional backing vocals recording
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, except where noted.

  1. Only If for a Night
  2. Shake It Out
  3. What the Water Gave Me – Florence Welch, Francis White
  4. Never Let Me Go – Florence Welch, Francis White
  5. Breaking Down – Florence Welch, Francis White
  6. Lover to Lover – Florence Welch, Francis White
  7. No Light, No Light – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  8. Seven Devils
  9. Heartlines
  10. Spectrum
  11. All This and Heaven Too – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  12. Leave My Body

Bohren & der Club of Gore: Black Earth

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On October 28, 2002, “Wonder” label released “Black Earth”, the fourth Bohren & der Club of Gore album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Morten Gass.

Personnel:

  • Morten Gass – piano, Fender Rhodes, mellotron, engineer, mixing
  • Cristoph Closer – piano, fender Rhodes, saxophone, engineer, mixing
  • Robin Rodenberg – bass, engineer, mixing
  • Thorsten Benning – drums, percussion, engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Morten Gass, Christoph Clöser, Robin Rodenberg and Thorsten Benning.

  1. Midnight Black Earth
  2. Crimson Ways
  3. Maximum Black
  4. Vigilante Crusade
  5. Destroying Angels
  6. Grave Wisdom
  7. Constant Fear
  8. Skeletal Remains
  9. The Art of Coffins

Ocean: God’s Clown

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In October 1977, “Crypto” label released “God’s Clown”, the debut Ocean album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Studio Family Sound” in Paris, France, and was produced by Germinal Floréal Tenas.

Personnel:

  • Georges Bodossian – voice, guitar, synthesizer, arrangements
  • Noël Alberola – voice, bass guitar, arrangements
  • Robert Belmonte – voice, percussion, arrangements
  • Bernard Leroy – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Jean-Pierre Sedjerari – engineer
  • Gérard Pernet, Nany – engineer assistant
  • Philippe Huart – artwork
  • Fabrice Laurent – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Conih, all music by Georges Bodossian.

  1. Sunnyday
  2. Strange Rain
  3. Love Is Blind
  4. The Loneliness of the Long Distance
  5. From Death to Life
  6. Fields of Pain
  7. The Juggler
  8. With the Sound I Can Escape

Circus: Movin’ On

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In October 1977, “Zyglogge” label released “Movin’ On”, the second Circus album. It was recorded in May 1977, at “Sinus Studio” in Bern, Switzerland, and was produced by Marco Cerletti, Roland Fret, Fritz Hauser and Andreas Grider.

Personnel:

  • Roland Frei – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Marco Cerletti – vocals, twelve-string guitar, bass, synthesizer, arrangements
  • Andreas Grieder – vocals, alto saxophone, flute, tambourine, arrangements
  • Fritz Hauser – drums, percussion, vibraphone, arrangements
  • E. Martz, P. J. MacTaggart – engineer
  • Martin Enggist – engineer assistant
  • Christian Hügin – design
  • Stefan Wenger – photography
  • R. So – lacquer cut

Track listing:

  1. The Bandsman
  2. Laughter Time
  3. Loveless Time
  4. Dawn
  5. Movin’ On

Hoelderlin: Rare Birds

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In October 1977, “Spiegelei” label released “Rare Birds”, the fourth Hoelderlin album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Studio Nedeltschev” in Cologne, Germany, and was produced by Christoph Noppeney, Pablo Weeber, Joachim Grumbkow, Hans Bäär and Michael Bruchmann.

Personnel:

  • Christoph Noppeney – vocals, viola
  • Pablo Weeber – vocals, guitar
  • Joachim Grumbkow – vocals, keyboards
  • Hans Bäär – bass
  • Michael Bruchmann – drums, percussion
  • Manfred von Bohr – drums
  • Jörg-Peter (Büdi) Siebert – saxophone
  • Manfred Schunke – effects, mixing
  • Cedric Beatty – recording, co-producer
  • Joachim Käseberg – engineer
  • Christian Grumbkow – art concept, painting, design
  • Ingo Hamacher – photography

Track listing:

  1. Häktik Intergaläktik
  2. Sky-Lift
  3. Before You Lay Down Rough And Thorny
  4. Rare Bird
  5. Necronomicon
  6. Sun Rays

Closure In Moscow: Soft Hell

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On October 27, 2023, “Bird’s Robe” label released “Soft Hell”, the third Closure in Moscow studio album.

Personnel:

  • Christopher de Cinque – lead vocals
  • Mansur Zennelli – vocals, guitar
  • Michael Barrett – guitar
  • Duncan Millar – bass
  • Salvatore Aidone – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Christopher de Cinque, Mansur Zennelli, Michael Barrett, Duncan Millar and Salvatore Aidone.

  1. Jaeger Bomb
  2. Primal Sinister
  3. Absolute Terror Field
  4. Better Way
  5. Holy Rush
  6. Keeper of the Lake
  7. Lock & Key
  8. Don Juan Triumphant
  9. Soft Hell
  10. Fine
  11. Lovelash
  12. My Dearest Kate

Taking Back Sunday: 152

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On October 27, 2023, “Fantsy” label released “152”, the eighth Taking Back Sunday studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Tushar Apte.

Personnel:

  • Adam Lazzara – vocals, engineer
  • John Nolan – guitar, strings, backing vocals, engineer
  • Shaun Cooper – bass guitar, engineer
  • Mark O’Connell – drums, engineer
  • Nick Montopoli – strings
  • Nathan Cogan Post – piano
  • Tushar Apte – engineer
  • Kyle Black – engineer
  • Zack Sisco – engineer
  • Matt Keller – engineer
  • Alec Eitrem – engineer
  • Raoul Ahmad – engineer
  • Neal Avron – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Shaun Cooper, Adam Lazzara, John Nolan, and Mark O’Connell, except where noted.

  1. Amphetamine Smiles
  2. S’old – Shaun Cooper, Adam Lazzara, John Nolan, Mark O’Connell, Tushar Apte
  3. The One
  4. Keep Going
  5. I Am the Only One Who Knows You
  6. Quit Trying – Shaun Cooper, Adam Lazzara, John Nolan, Mark O’Connell, Nathan Cogan Post
  7. Lightbringer
  8. New Music Friday
  9. Juice 2 Too
  10. The Stranger

Amon Düül II: Wolf City

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In October 1972, “United Artists” label released “Wolf City”, the fifth Amon Düül II studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Bavaria Studios” in Munich, Germany, and was produced by Olaf Kübler, Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz, Chris Karrer, John Weinzierl, Falk-Ulrich Rogner, Lothar Meid and D. Secundus Fichelscher

Personnel:

  • Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz – lead and backing vocals
  • Chris Karrer – electric guitar, 12 string guitar, soprano saxophone, violin
  • John Weinzierl – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar
  • Falk-Ulrich Rogner – organ, clavioline, synthesizer, raven sounds
  • Lothar Meid – lead vocals, bass, synthesizer
  • D. Secundus Fichelscher – lead and backing vocals, drums, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Olaf Kübler – lead vocals, soprano saxophone
  • Al Sri Al Gromer – sitar
  • Pandit Shankar Lal – tablas
  • Liz van Neienhoff – tambura
  • Paul Heyda – violin
  • Jimmy Jackson – choir organ, piano
  • Rolf Zacher – lead vocals
  • Peter Leopold – lead vocals, synthesizer, timbales

Track listing:

All tracks by John Weinzierl, except where noted.

  1. Surrounded by the Stars – Chris Karrer, Falk-Ukrich Rogner
  2. Green Bubble Raincoated Man
  3. Jail House Frog
  4. Wolf City – John Weinzierl, Chris Karrer, Lothar Meid, Falk-Ukrich Rogner, Daniel Fichelscher
  5. Wie der Wind am Ende einer Strasse – John Weinzierl, Chris Karrer, Lothar Meid, Falk-Ukrich Rogner, Daniel Fichelscher
  6. Deutsche Nepal – Olaf Kübler, Lothar Meid
  7. Sleepwalker’s Timeless Bridge – Falk-Ukrich Rogner, Daniel Fichelscher

Earth And Fire: Song Of The Marching Children

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In October 1971, “Polydor” label released “Song of the Marching Children”, the second Earth and Fire album. It was recorded in 1971, at “GTB Studios” in The Hague, Netherlands, “Phonogram Studios” in Hilversum, Netherland, “Soundpush Studio” in Blaricum, Netherland, and was produced by Fred Haayen and Jaap Eggermont.

Personnel:

  • Jerney Kaagman – lead vocals
  • Chris Koerts – vocals, acoustic and lead guitar, oscillator
  • Gerard Koets – vocals, organ, piano, vibraphone, mellotron, synthesizer, flute, virginal
  • Hans Ziech – bass guitar
  • Ton V.D. Kleij – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Eric Bakker, Henri Bentzon – engineer
  • Albert Kos, Jan Schuurman, Pieter Nieboer, Dick Bakker, John Sonneveld – engineer
  • Erik Van Der Weijden – design

Track listing:

  1. Carnaval of the Animals
  2. Ebbtide
  3. Storm and Thunder
  4. In the Mountains

Song of the Marching children

  1. Theme of the Marching Children
  2. Opening of the Seal
  3. Childhood
  4. Affliction
  5. Damnation
  6. Purification
  7. The March

Focus: Focus II

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In October 1971, “Imperial Records” label released Focus II (known as Moving Waves), the second Focus studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Sound Techniques” and “Morgan” in London, and was produced by Mike Vernon.

Personnel:

  • Jan Akkerman – guitars
  • Thijs van Leer – vocals, keyboards, flute, yodelling, scat singing
  • Cyril Havermans – vocals, bass
  • Pierre van der Linden – drums
  • Jerry Boys – engineer
  • Dennis Kloeth – design
  • Janos Barendsen – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Hocus Pocus
  2. Le Clochard
  3. Janis
  4. Moving Waves
  5. Focus II
  6. Eruption (Parts i–v, a 22-minute epic inspired by Jacopo Peri’s opera Euridice)

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