Monthly Archives: January 2016

XTC: White Music

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On January 20, 1978, “Virgin” label released “White Music”, the debut XTC studio album. It was recorded April – October, 1977, at the “Manor” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by John Leckie.

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar
  • Colin Moulding – vocals, bass
  • Barry Andrews – steam piano, clapped out organs
  • Terry Chambers – drums

Track listing:

  1. Radios in Motion – Andy Partridge
  2. Cross Wires – Colin Moulding
  3. This is Pop – Andy Partridge
  4. Do What You Do – Colin Moulding
  5. Statue of Liberty – Andy Partridge
  6. All Along the Watchtower – Bob Dylan
  7. Into the Atom Age – Andy Partridge
  8. I’ll Set Myself on Fire – Colin Moulding
  9. I’m Bugged – Andy Partridge
  10. New Town Animal – Andy Partridge
  11. Spinning Top – Andy Partridge
  12. Neon Shuffle – Andy Partridge

Gerry Rafferty: City To City

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City to city

On January 20, 1978, “United Artists” released “City to City”, the second Gerry Rafferty studio album. It was recorded in 1977,at the “ Chipping  Norton Recording Studios”, and was produced by Hugh Murphy. The album featured the song  “Baker Street”, which reached  5 million plays on British radio, and became Rafferty’s best known song. “City to City” was certified Platinum the US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Gerry Rafferty– lead and backing vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
  • Tommy Eyre– piano, electric piano, grand piano, Moog synthesizer, organ, keyboards, brass arrangements
  • Jerry Donahue– lead, rhythm and electric guitar
  • Hugh Burns– acoustic, rhythm and electric guitar
  • Nigel Jenkins, Andy Fairweather-Low– rhythm and electric guitar
  • Micky Moody– acoustic guitar
  • Brian Cole– steel guitar, dobro
  • Graham Preskett– fiddle, mandolin, synthesizer, string machine, strings, bass, arrangements
  • Paul Jones– harmonica
  • Hugh Murphy – tambourine
  • Willy Ray – accordion
  • Mo Foster– bass, backing vocals
  • Henry Spinetti– drums
  • Glen LeFleur- drums, percussion, tambourine
  • Raphael Ravenscroft– saxophone
  • Roger Brown, Vivian McAuliff, John McBurnie, Rab Noakes, Barbara Dickson, Joanna Carlin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerry Rafferty.

  1. The Ark
  2. Baker Street
  3. Right Down the Line
  4. City to City
  5. Stealin’ Time
  6. Mattie’s Rag
  7. Whatever’s Written In Your Heart
  8. Home and Dry
  9. Island
  10. Waiting for the Day

 

Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks

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On January 20, 1975, “Columbia” label released “Blood on the Tracks”, the fifteenth Bob Dylan studio album.  It was recorded in September 1974, at ”A & R Recording “in New York, and December, 1974, at “Sound 80” in Minneapolis, and was produced by Bob Dylan. In 2003, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked the album at number 16, on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”, and in 2004, it was placed at number 5 on “Pitchfork Media’s” list of the “Top 100 Albums of the 70s”. “Blood on the Tracks” was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by “RIAA”.

Personnel

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Buddy Cage– steel guitar
  • Barry Kornfeld – guitar
  • Charles Brown III – guitar
  • Kevin Odegard – guitar
  • Chris Weber – guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Eric Weissberg– banjo, guitar
  • Peter Ostroushko– mandolin
  • Thomas McFaul – keyboards
  • Paul Griffin– organ, keyboards
  • Gregg Inhofer – keyboards
  • Billy Peterson– bass guitar
  • Tony Brown – bass guitar
  • Bill Berg– drums
  • Richard Crooks – drums

Track listing

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Tangled up in Blue
  2. Simple Twist of Fate
  3. You’re a Big Girl Now
  4. Idiot Wind
  5. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
  6. Meet Me in the Morning
  7. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
  8. If You See Her, Say Hello
  9. Shelter From the Storm
  10. Buckets of Rain

Jerry Garcia: Garcia

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On January 20, 1972, “Warner Bros” released “Garcia”, the debutJerry Garcia album.  It was recorded in July 1971, and was produced by Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor and Bill Kreutzmann.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia – vocals, acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitar, bass, piano, organ, samples
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Bob Seidman – design, photography
  • Herb Greene – photography

Track listing:

  1. Deal – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  2. Bird Song – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  3. Sugaree – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  4. Loser – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  5. Late For Supper – Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
  6. Spidergawd – Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
  7. Eep Hour – Jerry Garcia, Billy Kreutzmann
  8. To Lay Me Down – Robert Hunter,Jerry Garcia
  9. An Odd Little Place – Jerry Garcia, Billy Kreutzmann
  10. The Wheel – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Billy Kreutzmann

 

 

 

Glenn Frey

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On January 18, 2016, Glenn Lewis Frey died aged 67. He was musician, (guitar, keyboards), singer, songwriter, producer and actor, best known as a founding member of The Eagles.  As a member of The Eagles, Frey won six “Grammy Awards”, and five “American Music Awards”. In 1998, as member of The Eagles, he was inducted in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. As leader, Frey released five studio and one live album.

Spoon: Transference

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Transference

On January 19, 2010, “Merge” label released “Transference”, the seventh Spoon studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Britt Daniel and Jim Eno. The album was ranked at number 22 in the magazine “Rolling Stone” list of “30 Best Albums of 2010” and at number 9 in the “Exclaim!’s” list of Best Pop & Rock Albums of 2010″.

Personnel:

  • Britt Daniel – lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, bass, piano, shaker, tambourine
  • Eric Harvey – keyboard, guitar, piano, backing vocals, sound effects
  • Rob Pope – bass, guitar, keyboard, melodica, backing vocals
  • Jim Eno – drums
  • William Eggleston – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Britt Daniel.

  1. Before Destruction
  2. Is Love Forever?
  3. The Mystery Zone
  4. Who Makes Your Money
  5. Written in Reverse
  6. I Saw the Light
  7. Trouble Comes Running
  8. Goodnight Laura
  9. Out Go the Lights
  10. Got Nuffin
  11. Nobody Gets Me But You

Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet: The Juliet Letters

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Juliet letters

On January 19, 1993, “Warner Bros” label released “The Juliet Letters”, the fourteen Elvis Costello studio album.  It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by The Brodsky Quartet, Elvis Costello and and Kevin Killen.

Personnel:

  • Declan MacManus (Elvis Costello)– vocal

The Brodsky String Quartet

  • Ian Belton– violin
  • Michael Thomas– violin
  • Paul Cassidy– viola
  • Jaqueline Thomas– cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Declan MacManus, except where noted.

  1. Deliver Us
  2. For Other Eyes – MacManus,Paul Cassidy, Marina Thomas
  3. Swine – Declan MacManus, Paul Cassidy
  4. Expert Rites
  5. Dead Letter – Paul Cassidy
  6. I Almost Had a Weakness – Declan MacManus, Michael Thomas
  7. Why? – Declan MacManus, Ian Belton
  8. Who Do You Think You Are? – Declan MacManus, Marina Thomas, Michael Thomas
  9. Taking My Life in Your Hands – Declan MacManus,Jaqueline Thomas, Marina.Thomas, Paul Cassidy
  10. This Offer Is Unrepeatable – Declan MacManus, Paul Cassidy, Ian Belton, Jaqueline Thomas, Michael Thomas
  11. Dear Sweet Filthy World – Declan MacManus, Ian Belton, Marina Thomas
  12. The Letter Home – Declan MacManus, Ian Belton, Paul Cassidy
  13. Jacksons, Monk and Rowe – Declan MacManus, Jaqueline Thomas, Michael Thomas
  14. This Sad Burlesque – Declan MacManus, Paul Cassidy
  15. Romeo’s Séance – Declan MacManus, Marina Thomas, Michael Thomas
  16. I Thought I’d Write to Juliet
  17. Last Post – Michael Thomas, traditional
  18. The First to Leave
  19. Damnation’s Cellar
  20. The Birds Will Still Be Singing

Hüsker Dü: Warehouse: Songs And Stories

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On January 19, 1987, “Warner Bros” label released “Warehouse: Songs and Stories”, the sixth and final Hüsker Dü studio album.  It  was recorded August – November 1986, and was produced by Bob Mould, Grant Hart and Greg Norton.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould– vocals, guitar, bass guitar, photography
  • Greg Norton– vocals, bass guitar, photography
  • Grant Hart– vocals, drums, bass guitar, photography
  • Daniel Corrigan – photography

Track listing:

  1. These Important Years – Bob Mould
  2. Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope – Grant Hart
  3. Standing in the Rain – Bob Mould
  4. Back from Somewhere – Grant Hart
  5. Ice Cold ice – Bob Mould
  6. You’re a Soldier – Grant Hart
  7. Could You Be the One – Bob Mould
  8. Too Much Spice – Grant Hart
  9. Friend, You’ve Got to Fall – Bob Mould
  10. Visionary – Bob Mould
  11. She Floated Away – Grant Hart

 

 

Styx: Paradise Theatre

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On January 19, 1981, “A&M” label released “Paradise Theatre”, the tenth Styx album.  It was recorded in 1980 at “Pumpkin Studios” in Oak Lawn, Illinois, and was produced by Dennis Young, Chuck Panozzo, John Panozzo, Tommy Shaw and James Young. The album is the only Styx US #1 album, band’s fourth triple-platinum album and the last multi-platinum album.

Personnel:

  • Dennis DeYoung– vocals, keyboards
  • Tommy Shaw– vocals, guitars, vocoder
  • James Young– vocals, guitar
  • Chuck Panozzo– bass
  • John Panozzo– drums, percussion
  • Steve Eisen -saxophone
  • Dan Barber – horn
  • Mike Halpin – horn
  • John Haynor – horn
  • Mark Ohlson – horn
  • Billy Simpson – horn

Track listing:

  1. D. 1928 – Dennis DeYoung
  2. Rockin’ the Paradise – Dennis DeYoung,James Young, Tommy Shaw
  3. Too Much Time on My Hands – Tommy Shaw
  4. Nothing Ever Goes as Planned – Dennis DeYoung
  5. The Best of Times – Dennis DeYoung
  6. Lonely People – Dennis DeYoung
  7. She Cares – Tommy Shaw
  8. Snowblind – James Young, Dennis DeYoung
  9. Half-Penny, Two-Penny – James Young, Ray Brandle
  10. D. 1958 – Dennis DeYoung
  11. State Street Sadie – Dennis DeYoung

Pretenders: Same

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Pretenders first album

On January 19, 1980, “Real Records” label released the self titled, debut Pretenders album.  It was recorded in 1979 at “Wessex Studios” and “Air Studios” and was produced by Chris Thomas, except “Stop Your Sobbing” produced by Nick Lowe. In 1982 the album was certified Platinum in US by “RIAA”. In 1989 magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked the album at number 20 on its list at “Best Albums of the 1980s” and in 2003 at number 155 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”. In 2012, magazine “Slant” ranked the album at number 64 on its list of “Best Albums of the 1980s”.

Personnel:

  • Chrissie Hynde– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • James Honeyman-Scott– lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Pete Farndon– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Martin Chambers– drums, backing vocals
  • Chris Thomas– keyboards, sound effects
  • Chris Mercer –saxophone
  • Geoff Bryant– horn
  • Henry Lowther– trumpet
  • Jim Wilson – trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Chrissie Hynde, except where noted.

  1. Precious
  2. The Phone Call
  3. Up the Neck
  4. Tattooed Love Boys
  5. Space Invader – Pete Farndon, James Honeyman-Scott
  6. The Wait – Chrissie Hynde, Pete Farndon
  7. Stop Your Sobbing – Ray Davies
  8. Kid
  9. Private Life
  10. Brass in Pocket – James Honeyman-Scott, Chrissie Hynde
  11. Lovers of Today
  12. Mystery Achievement