Unwound: The Future Of What

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On April 24, 1995, “Kill Rock Stars” label released “The Future of What”, the third Unwound studio album. It was recorded in December 1994, at “John and Stu’s” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Steve Fisk.

Personnel:

  • Justin Trosper – vocals, guitar
  • Vern Rumsey – bass
  • Sara Lund – drums
  • Steve Fisk – optigan
  • John Goodmanson – engineer
  • Kathi Wilcox – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Justin Trosper, Vern Rumsey and Sara Lund.

  1. New Energy
  2. Demolished
  3. Natural Disaster
  4. Re-Enact the Crime
  5. Equally Stupid
  6. Pardon My French
  7. Descension
  8. Accidents on Purpose
  9. Petals Like Bricks
  10. Vern’s Answer to the Masses
  11. Here Come the Dogs
  12. Disappoint
  13. Swan

Mountain: Live: The Road Goes Ever On

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On April 24, 1972, “Windfall” label released “Live: The Road Goes Ever On”, the first live Mountain album. It was recorded August 1969, December 1971, January 1972, at “Woodstock Festival” in Bethel, New York, “Academy of Music” in New York City, “Rainbow Theatre” in London, and was produced by Felix Pappalardi.

Personnel:

  • Leslie West – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Knight – keyboards
  • Felix Pappalardi – vocals, bass
  • N. D. Smart – drums
  • Corky Laing – drums
  • Bob d’Orleans – engineer
  • Beverly Weinstein – art direction
  • Gail Collins – artwork, photography
  • Bud Prager – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Long Red – Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg
  2. Waiting to Take You Away – Leslie West
  3. Crossroader – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  4. Nantucket Sleighride – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins

V.A.: Jazz Sabbath Vol. 2

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On April 23, 2022, “Blacklake” label released “Jazz Sabbath – Vol. 2”, album by various artists. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Milton Keanes.

Personnel:

  • Angus Guitaropoulus, Arthur Itis, Newton Abbot Wes Tostrayer – guitar
  • Milton keanes – piano
  • Leighton B’Zard – Hammond organ
  • Jacque T’Fono – upright bass
  • Allen Kees – Fender Rhodes
  • Juan Take – drums
  • Francis Mellie – percussion
  • Fenton Breezley – saxophone, clarinet
  • Elton Spanks-William – trumpet
  • Lester Trumpton – trombone, euphonium
  • Loquacious Fellaish – horns, arrangements
  • Adam Wakeman – mixing
  • Brett Caldas-Lima – mastering
  • Backlake – design

Track listing:

  1. Paranoid
  2. Snowblind
  3. Behind the Wall of Sleep
  4. Sabbra Cadabra
  5. Symptom of the Universe
  6. N.I.B.
  7. Black Sabbath

Rob Frye: Exoplanet

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On April 23, 2021, “Astral Spirits” label released “Exoplanet”, the third Rob Frye album.

Personnel:

  • Rob Frye – woodwind, synthesizer
  • Cooper Crain – electric organ, synthesizer
  • Nick Ciontea – synthesizer
  • Daniel Quinlivan – synthesizer, electronics
  • Ben Lamar Gay – cornet
  • Quin Kircher – drums
  • Tommaso Moretti – drums
  • Macie Stewart – violin
  • Edbrass Brasil – voice

Track listing:

  1. Sunrise on Pruhina
  2. XC175020
  3. Innercosmos
  4. Jupiter Control
  5. XC222182
  6. Lightship Sgr A Star
  7. Goldilocks
  8. Sunset on Jgelu

Dave Mason

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On April 19, 2026, David Thomas Mason died aged 79. He was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the band Traffic. He recorded and performed with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Graham Nash, Steve Winwood, Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Delaney & Bonnie, Cass Elliot, The Spencer Davis Group, Leon Russell, Paul McCartney and Wings, Julian Covey & The Machine, Stephen Stills, Phoebe Snow, Mike Finnigan, The Scaffold, Gordon Jackson, Family, Ron Wood, Noel Redding, David Crosby, Don Felder, Jim Capaldi, The Rolling Stones and George Harrison. As leader he released 16 studio and seven live albums.

King Crimson: USA

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In April 1975, “Island” label released “USA”, the second King Crimson live album. It was recorded in June 1974, at the “Casino” in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the “Palace Theatre” in Providence, Rhode Island, and was produced by Robert Fripp, John Wetton, David Cross and Bill Bruford.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – electric guitar, mellotron, Hohner pianet, mixing
  • David Cross – violin, viola, mellotron, Hohner Pianet
  • John Wetton – vocals, bass guitar, mixing
  • Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
  • Eddie Jobson – violin overdubs, Hohner Pianet overdubs 
  • David Hewitt – recording
  • George Chkiantz – recording, mixing
  • Nicholas de Ville – design
  • Bob Bowkett, C.C.S. – typography
  • Willie Christie – photography
  • Joe Pizzo, David Zink, Riley Jackson – Kirlian photography
  • Peter Walmsley, Chris Kettle, Tex Read, Harvey Baker, Nick Bell – road team
  • Dik Fraser – special thanks

Track listing:

  1. Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (Part II) – Robert Fripp
  2. Lament – Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James
  3. Exiles – David Cross, Robert Fripp, Richard Palmer-James
  4. Asbury Park – David Cross, Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford
  5. Easy Money – Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James
  6. 21st Century Schizoid Man – Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield

Deodato: Whirlwinds

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In April 1974, “MCA” label released “Whirlwinds”, the twelve Deodato album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Eumir Deodato.

Personnel:

  • Eumir Deodato – keyboards, percussion, conductor, arrangements, adaptations
  • John Tropea – guitar
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • John Giukino – bass
  • Alvin Breh – arco bass
  • Russel Savakus – arco bass
  • Nick Remo – drums
  • Rubens Bassini – percussion, bongos, congas
  • Gilmore Digap – percussion
  • Artie Kaplan, George Marge, Joe Temperley, Phil Bodner, Romeo Pengue – saxophone, flute
  • Alan Rubin – trumpet
  • John Eckert – trumpet
  • John Faddis – trumpet
  • Larry Spencer – trumpet
  • Marv Stamm – trumpet
  • Victor Paz – trumpet
  • Sam Burtis – trombone
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Brooks Tillotson, Jimmy Buffington – French horn
  • Tony Price – tuba
  • Carmel Malin, Emanuel Green, Harold Kahon, Harry Glickman, Irving Spice, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Ellen, Michael Spivakowsky, Norman Carri, Paul Winter – violin
  • Al Brown – viola
  • Selwart Clark – viola
  • Alan Shulman, Charlie McCracken, Gloria Lanzarone – cello
  • Carmine Rubino – engineer
  • Kevin Herron, Richard Apuzzo – engineer assistant
  • Alen MacWeeney – photography
  • Frank Laffitte – liner photography

Track listing:

  1. Moonlight Serenade – Glenn Miller
  2. Ave Maria – Franz Schubert
  3. Do It Again – Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
  4. West 42nd Street – Eumir Deodato
  5. Havana Strut – Eumir Deodato
  6. Whirlwinds – Eumir Deodato, John Tropea

Eberhard Weber: The Colours Of Chloë

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In April 1974, “ECM” label released “The Colours of Chloë”, the debut Eberhard Weber studio album. It was recorded in December 1973, at “Tonstudio Bauer” in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Eberhard Weber – voice, bass, cello, ocarina
  • Rainer Brüninghaus – piano, synthesizer
  • Peter Giger – drums
  • Ralf Hübner – drums
  • Ack van Rooyen – fluegelhorn
  • Gisela Schäuble – voice
  • celli of the Südfunk Orchestra, Stuttgart

Track listing:

All tracks by Eberhard Weber.

  1. More Colours
  2. The Colours of Chloe
  3. An Evening with Vincent Van Ritz
  4. No Motion Picture

Willie Hutch: The Mack

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In April 1973, “Motown” label released “The Mack”, the fourth Willie Hutch album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Mo West” in Hollywood, and was produced by Willie Hutch.

Personnel:

  • Willie Hutch – guitar, arrangements
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Weldon Dean Parks – guitar
  • Louie Shaldon – guitar
  • Clarence McDonald – piano, organ, clavinet
  • Wilton Felder – bass
  • Edward Green – drums
  • Bobbye Hall – congas
  • Jene Estes – percussion
  • Ernie Watts – horns, strings
  • A.D. Brisbois, George Bohanon, Joseph Kelson Jr., Keneth Shruyer, Paul Hubinon, Plass Johnson, William Green – horns
  • Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Denzil Lauchton, Douglas Davis, Frederic Seykora, Gareth Nuttycolbe, Gail Vevant, Jerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jack Shulman, Jacob Krachmalnick, Lou Raderman, Myron Sandler, Paul Bergstrom, Paul Shure, Henry Ruth, Samuel Boghossian – strings
  • Carolyn Willis, Julia Waters Tillman, Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals
  • Arthur Stewart, Calvin Harris – engineer
  • Jim Britt – photography

Track listing:

  1. Vampin’
  2. Theme of the Mack
  3. I Choose You
  4. Mack’s Stroll / The Getaway (Chase Scene)
  5. Slick
  6. Mack Man (Got to Get Over)
  7. Mother’s Theme (Mama)
  8. Now That It’s All Over
  9. Brother’s Gonna Work It All

The Chi-Lites: A Lonely Man

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In April 1972, “Brunswick” label released “A Lonely Man”, the fourth Chi-Lites (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Eugene Record.

Personnel:

  • Eugene Record – vocals, arrangements
  • Marshall Thompson – vocals
  • Robert “Squirrel” Lester – vocals
  • Creadel “Red” Jones – vocals
  • Thomas (Tom Tom) Washington – arrangements, conductor
  • Cliff Davis – arranger
  • Bruce Swedien – engineer
  • Craig Barksdale – technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Eugene Record, except where noted.

  1. Oh Girl
  2. Living in the Footsteps of Another Man – Samuel Garner, James Smith
  3. Love Is
  4. Being in Love – Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin
  5. A Lonely Man – Eugene Record, J. Edward Haycraft
  6. The Man & the Woman (The Boy & the Girl)
  7. Ain’t Too Much of Nothin’
  8. The Coldest Days of My Life – Eugene Record

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