Absoluuttinen Nollapiste: Mahlanjuoksuttaja

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On October 5, 2005, Johanna Kustannus label released “Mahlanjuoksuttaja”, the eight Absoluuttinen Nollapiste album.

Personnel:

  • Tommi Liimatta – vocals
  • Aki Lääkkölä – guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Janne Hast – keyboards, trumpet
  • Aake Otsala – bass guitar
  • Tomi Krutsin – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Tommi Liimatta and Aki Lääkkölä, except where noted.

  1. Missä on kaikki mitä rakastan?
  2. Miten tässä vielä käy?
  3. Milloin näiden vaikutus lakkaa?
  4. Ruukunvalajat – Tommi Liimatta
  5. Mikä meitä vaivaa?
  6. Nielenkö todisteet?
  7. Eksynyt marjastaja
  8. Onko meiltä kuulunut meteliä?
  9. Aution saaren irtain
  10. Mahlanjuoksuttaja

Steve Harley: The Candidate

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On October 5, 1979, “EMI” label released “The Candidate”, the second Steve Harley studio album. It was recorded in February 1979, and was produced by Jimmy Horowitz and Steve Harley.

Personnel:

  • Steve Harley – vocals
  • Jo Partridge – guitar
  • Nico Ramsden – guitar, backing vocals
  • Phil Palmer – guitar
  • Joey Carbone – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Steve Gregory – saxophone, saxophone arrangement
  • John Giblin – bass
  • Stuart Elliott – drums
  • Bryn Haworth – mandolin
  • Jimmy Horowitz – celesta
  • The English Chorale – choir
  • Robert Howes – choir director
  • Yvonne Keeley – backing vocals
  • Tony Clark – engineer
  • Haydn Bendall – engineer assistant
  • Mike Hedges – mixing
  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • Graham Marks – design (front cover lettering)
  • Mick Rock – front/back cover photography, design for TRA Studios Inc., art direction for TRA Studios Inc.
  • Ernie Thormahlen – design for TRA Studios Inc., art direction for TRA Studios Inc.
  • Richard Young – inner sleeve photography
  • Billyee – design (inner sleeve and album back jacket graphic and design) for Bine Graphic Designs Inc.
  • Neal Kandel – design (inner sleeve and album back jacket graphic and design) for Bine Graphic Designs Inc.

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Harley except where noted.

  1. Audience with the Man
  2. Woodchopper
  3. Freedom’s Prisoner – Steve Harley, Jimmy Horowitz
  4. Love on the Rocks
  5. Who’s Afraid
  6. One More Time
  7. How Good It Feels
  8. From Here to Eternity
  9. Young Hearts (The Candidate)

Jimmy Woods Sextet: Conflict

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In October 1963, “Contemporary” label released “Conflict”, album by Jimmy Woods Sextet (the second Jimmy Woods album overall). It was recorded in March 1963, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koening.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Woods – alto saxophone
  • Carmell Jones – trumpet
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Hill – piano
  • George Tucker – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Woods.

  1. Conflict
  2. Coming Home
  3. Aim
  4. Apart Together
  5. Look to Your Heart
  6. Pazmuerte

Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider: Sun On Sand

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On October 4, 2019, “Nonesuch” label released “Sun on Sand”, album by Joshua Redman and Brooklyn Rider. This is a concept album, interpreting eight compositions taken from a suite written by Patrick Zimmerli. It was recorded in 2019, at “Power Station” and “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Patrick Zimmerli.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Redman – tenor sax
  • Scott Colley – bass
  • Satoshi Takeishi – drums
  • Brooklyn Rider – strings
  • Patrick Zimmerli – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Patrick Zimmerli.

  1. Flash
  2. Between Dog and Wolf
  3. Sun on Sand
  4. Dark White
  5. Soft Focus
  6. Through Mist
  7. Starbursts and Haloes
  8. Between Dog and Wolf (reprise)

The Who: Odds & Sods

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On October 4, 1974, “Track” label released “Odds & Sods”, album by Who (The). It is an album of studio outtakes, ten of the recordings on the original eleven-song album were previously unreleased. It was recorded 1964 – 1973, and was produced by Glyn Johns, Kit Lambert, Peter Meaden, Chris Parmenter, Shel Talmy, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon and John Entwistle.

Personnel:

  • Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonica, sleeve concept
  • Pete Townshend – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, liner notes
  • John Entwistle – lead and backing vocals, bass, brass, album compilation
  • Keith Moon – occasional vocals, drums
  • John Alcock – album compilation
  • Graham Hughes – design concept, design, photography
  • Glyn Johns – associate production

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

  1. Postcard – John Entwistle
  2. Now I’m a Farmer
  3. Put the Money Down
  4. Little Billy
  5. Too Much of Anything
  6. Glow Girl
  7. Pure and Easy
  8. Faith in Something Bigger
  9. I’m the Face (The High Numbers) – Peter Meaden
  10.  Naked Eye
  11. Long Live Rock

Louis Armstrong: Satchmo Plays King Oliver

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In October 1960, “Audio Fidelity” label released “Satchmo Plays King Oliver”, album by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra. It was recorded in October 1959, at “Radio Recorders Studio” in Hollywood.

Personnel:

  • Louis Armstrong – trumpet
  • Trummy Young – trombone
  • Peanuts Hucko – clarinet
  • Billy Kyle – piano
  • Mort Herbert – bass
  • Danny Barcelona – drums

Track listing:

  1. St. James Infirmary (Gambler’s Blues)
  2. I Want a Big Butter & Egg Man – Percy Venable
  3. I Ain’t Got Nobody – Roger Graham, Spencer Williams
  4. Panama
  5. Dr. Jazz – King Oliver, Walter Melrose
  6. Hot Time in the Old Time Tonight
  7. Frankie and Johnny
  8. I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll – Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams
  9. Drop That Sack – Louis Armstrong, Philmore Holley
  10. Jelly Roll Blues – Jelly Roll Morton
  11. Old Kentucky Home
  12. Chimes Blues – King Oliver

Joan Baez: Same

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In October 1960, “Vanguard” label released the self-titled, debut Joan Baez album. It was recorded in July 1960, at “Manhattan Towers Hotel Ballroom” in New York City, and was produced by Maynard Solomon. In 2015, the album was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the “Library of Congress” and selected for inclusion in the “National Recording Registry”.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocal, guitar, arrangements
  • David Gude – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks traditional, except where noted.

  1. Silver Dagger
  2. East Virginia
  3. Fare Thee Well (10.000 Miles)
  4. House of the Rising Sun
  5. All My Trials
  6. Wildwood Flower
  7. Donna Donna – Sholom Secunda, Aaron Zeitlin, Arthur Кevess, Teddi Schwartz
  8. John Riley
  9. Rake and Rambling Boy
  10. Little Moses
  11. Marry Hamilton
  12. Henry Martin
  13. El Preso Número Nueve – Roberto Cantoral

Sparks: Madder!

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On October 3, 2025, “Transgressive Records” label released “Madder!”, the debut Sparks studio EP. It was recorded in 2025, and was produced by Ron Mael and Russell Mael.

Personnel:

  • Ron Mael – keyboards, synthesizers, programming
  • Russell Mael – vocals, programming
  • Eli Pearl, Evan Weiss – guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Max Whipple – bass
  • Stevie Nistor – drums
  • Bill Inglot, Dave Schultz – mastering
  • Galen Johnson – design
  • Munachi Osegbu – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ron Mael and Russell Mael.

  1. Porcupine
  2. Fantasize
  3. Mess Up
  4. They

Galleon: From Land To Ocean

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In October 3, 20023, “Progress Records” label released “From Land to Ocean”, the seventh Galleon album. It was recorded 2000 – 2003, at Fenix, and was produced by Dan Fors, Sven Larson, Göran Fors, Ulf Petterson and Tanja Hedlund,   

Personnel:

  • Tanja Hedlund – vocals, arrangements
  • Dan Fors – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Sven Larsson – lead guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Göran Fors – lead vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, arrangements
  • Ulf Petterson – keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements, artwork
  • Johnny Martinsson – drums
  • Steffan Olsson – cittern
  • Kristina Olsson – flute
  • Hoffe Stannow – mastering
  • Stefan Polzer – design
  • Jenny Markusson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Three Colours
  2. Fall of Fame
  3. The Porch
  4. Liopleurodon
  5. Land
  6. Solitude
  7. The Price
  8. The Ocean

The Tragically Hip: Now For Plan A

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On October 2, 2012, “Universal” label released “Now for Plan A”, the 12th Tragically Hip (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Noble Street” in Ontario, “The Bathouse” in Bath, Ontario, and was produced by Gavin Brown.

Personnel:

  • Gord Downie – lead vocals
  • Rob Baker – lead guitar
  • Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Gord Sinclair – bass, backing vocals
  • Johnny Fay – drums
  • Sarah Harmer – backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Gordon Downie, all music by Johnny Fay, Gord Sinclair, Gordon Downie, Rob Baker and Paul Langlois.

  1. At Transformation
  2. Man Machine Poem
  3. The Lookahead
  4. We Want to Be It
  5. Streets Ahead
  6. Now for Plan A
  7. The Modern Spirit
  8. About This Map
  9. Take Forever
  10. Done and Done
  11. Goodnight Attawapiskat

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