Monthly Archives: March 2016

Tangerine Dream: Rubycon

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Rubycon

On March 21, 1975, “Virgin” label released “Rubycon”, the sixth Tangerine Dream studio album. It was recorded in January 1975, at “The Manor” in Shipton-on-Cherwell, and was produced by Edgar Froese. Peter Baumann and Christopher Franke.

Personnel:

  • Edgar Froese – bass, gong, guitar, keyboards, mellophonium, mellotron, organ, synthesizers
  • Peter Baumann –  voices, ARP synthesizer, keyboards, organ, piano, piano technician, synthesizer, arrangements
  • Christopher Frank – gong, Moog synthesizer, organ, piano, piano technician, synthesizer, arrangements
  • Mick Glossop– engineer
  • Monique Froese – photography
  • Roland Paulick – technical assistance

Track listing:

  1. Rubycon, Part One – Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, Peter Baumann
  2. Rubycon, Part Two – Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann

Gil Evans

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On March 20, 1988, Ian Ernest Gilmore “Gil” Evans died aged 75. He was musician (piano), arranger, composer and bandleader, had important role in the development of free jazz, cool jazz, modal jazz and jazz fusion. Evans performed and recorded with many important jazz musicians including: Miles Davis, Lee Konitz, Glen Hall, Steve Lacy, Claude Thornhill, Johnny Mathis, Hal McKusick, Marcy Lutes, Helen Merill, Don Elliot, Astrud Gilberto and Kenny Burrell. In 1986, Evans was inducted into the “Down Beat”  “Jazz Hall of Fame”. He won two “Grammy Awards” – in1960: “Sketches of Spain”, “Grammy Award for Best Original  Jazz Composition” with Miles Davis; in 1986: “Bud and Bird”, “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band”.

Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society

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On March 20, 2012, “Heads Up International” label released “Radio Music Society”, the fourth Esperanza Spalding studio album. It was recorded in summer 2011, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding, Q-Tip and Dave Love. The album won two “Grammy Awards”, for “Best Jazz Vocal Album” and “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the track, “City of Roses”.

Personnel:

  • Esperanza Spalding – vocals, acoustic and electric bass
  • Gilad Hekselman – guitar
  • Ricardo Vogt – guitar
  • Lionel Loueke – voice, guitar
  • Jef Lee Johnson – guitar
  • Leo Genovese – piano, Rhodes, guembri, keyboards
  • Janice Scroggins: piano
  • James Weidman – organ
  • Raymond Angry – organ
  • Billy Hart – drums
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Terri Lyne Carrington – drums
  • Lyndon Rochelle – drums
  • Jamie Haddad – percussion
  • Q-Tip – vocals, glockenspiel
  • American Music Program (Big Band):
  • Daniel Blake: saxophones, flute
  • Anthony Diamond – saxophone
  • Stanley Matabane – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Sam Seacrest – alto saxophone
  • Kyle Zimmerman – alto saxophone
  • Renato Caranto – alto saxophone
  • Andrew Olsen – alto saxophone
  • John Carey – alto saxophone
  • Adam Reihs – tenor saxophone
  • Aaron Reihs – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
  • Tivon Penicott – tenor saxophone
  • Hayden Conrad – tenor saxophone
  • Nicole Glover – tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Rathbone – baritone saxophone
  • Kama Bell – clarinet
  • Darren Barrett – trumpet
  • Benjamin C. McDonald – trumpet
  • Benjamin Seacrest – trumpet
  • Noah Conrad – trumpet
  • Tre Palmedo – trumpet
  • Noah Hocker – trumpet
  • Kiran Bosely – trumpet
  • Igmar Thomas – trumpet
  • Corey King – trumpet
  • Stan Bock – trombone
  • Jeff Galindo – trombone
  • Ian Garner – trombone
  • Javier Nero – trombone
  • Matt Warming – trombone
  • Ashton Summers – trombone
  • Dan Brewster – trombone
  • Jerry Stalnaker – bass trombone
  • Olivia Deprado: violin
  • Jody Redhage – viola
  • Lalah Hathaway – vocals
  • Algebra Blessett – vocals
  • Savannah Children’s Choir – choral voices
  • Raydar Ellis – spoken word, sounds
  • Gretchen Parlato – backing vocals, spoken word
  • Leni Stern – backing vocals
  • Becca Stevens – backing vocals
  • Justin Brown – backing vocals
  • Alan Hampton – backing vocals
  • Chris Turner – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Esperanza Spalding except where noted.

  1. Radio Song
  2. Cinnamon Tree
  3. Crowned & Kissed – Esperanza Spalding, Algebra Blessett
  4. Land of the Free
  5. Black Gold
  6. I Can’t Help It – Susaye Brown Greene, Stevie Wonder
  7. Hold On Me
  8. Vague Suspicions
  9. Endangered Species – Esperanza Spalding, Wayne Shorter, Joseph Vitarelli
  10. Let her
  11. City of Roses
  12. Smile like That
  13. Jazz Ain’t Nothin But Soul – Norman Mapp

Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha

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On March 20, 2007, “Fat Possum” label released “Armchair Apocrypha”, the fourth Andrew Bird studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Pachyderm Studios” in Cannon Falls, “Crazy Beast Studio” in Northeast Minneapolis, “Wall2Wall Recording” in Chicago, “Third Ear Recording” in Minneapolis, “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, “SAE Mastering” in Phoenix and “Pachyderm Studios”, and was produced by Andrew Bird and Ben Durrant.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, violin, whistling, guitar, glockenspiel
  • Ben Durrant – vocals, guitars, recording, mixing
  • Ben Durrant– guitar
  • Jeremy Ylvisaker– guitar
  • Chris Morrissey– bass
  • Martin Dosh– drums, electric piano, other sounds
  • Kevin O’Donnell– drums
  • Haley Bonar– vocals
  • Jon Davis– bass clarinet
  • Dan Dietrich – recording
  • Martin Dosh – recording
  • Gregg Norman – recording
  • Tom Herbers – recording, mixing
  • David Boucher – mixing
  • Brent Sigmeth – mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Quemadura– artwork, design
  • Lynne Roberts-Goodwin – photography
  • Cameron Wittig – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Bird, except where noted.

  1. Fiery Crash
  2. Imitosis
  3. Plasticities
  4. Heretics
  5. Armchairs
  6. Darkmatter
  7. Simple X – Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh
  8. The Supine
  9. Cataracts
  10. Scythian Empires
  11. Spare-Ohs
  12. Yawny at the Apocalypse

Throbbing Gristle: Part Two: The Endless Not

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PartTwo

On March 20, 2007, “Mute” label released “Part Two: The Endless Not”, the seventh Throbbing Gristle album. It was recorded 2004-2005, and was produced by Chris Carter, Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti and Peter Christophenson.

Personnel:

  • Genesis P-Orridge– vocals, bass guitar, violin
  • Cosey Fanni Tutti – lead guitar, cornet, samples
  • Peter Christopherson – samples, art direction, design
  • Chris Carter– synthesizer, programming, mastering
  • Martin Gray – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Genesis P-Orridge, all music by P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson and and Chris Carter.

  1. Vow of Silence
  2. Rabbit Snare
  3. Separated
  4. Almost a Kiss
  5. Greasy Spoon
  6. Lyre Liar
  7. Above the Below
  8. Endless Not
  9. The Worm Waits Its Turn
  10. After the Fall

Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now

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On March 20, 2000, “Reprise” label released “Both Sides Now”, the seventeenth Joni Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by Joni Mitchell and Larry Klein. In 2001, the album won two “Grammy Awards”, for “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” and “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)” for the song “Both Sides, Now”.

Personnel:

  • Joni Mitchell— vocals, cover art
  • Herbie Hancock— piano
  • Dave Arch — piano
  • Chris Laurence— double bass
  • Peter Erskine— drums
  • Frank Ricotti— percussion
  • Wayne Shorter— soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Mark Isham— trumpet
  • John Barclay — trumpet
  • Pete Beachill — trombone
  • Richard Henry — bass trombone
  • John Anderson — oboe
  • Julie Andrews — bassoon
  • Nick Bucknall — clarinet
  • Stan Sulzmann— clarinet, flute
  • Philip Todd — clarinet, flute, alto flute
  • Jamie Talbot — clarinet, flute, alto flute, alto saxophone
  • Andrew Findon — flute
  • Philip Eastop — horn
  • Owen Slade — tuba
  • Vaughan Armon — violin
  • Kate Wilkinson — viola
  • Dave Daniels — cello
  • Skaila Kanga— harp

Track listing:

  1. You’re My Thrill – Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney
  2. At Last – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  3. Comes Love – Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias
  4. You’ve Changed – Bill Carey , Carl Fisher
  5. Answer My Love – Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman, Gerhard Winkler
  6. A Case of You – Joni Mitchell
  7. Don’t Go Strangers – Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, David Mann
  8. Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans
  9. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
  10. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  11. I Wish I Were in Love Again – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  12. Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell

The Fall: Extricate

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Extricate

On March 20, 1990, “Phonogram” label released “Extricate”, the twelve Fall (The) album. It was recorded 1989 and 1990, and was produced by Craig Leon, Mark E. Smith and Adrian Maxwell Sherwood.

Personnel:m

  1. Mark E. Smith– vocals
  2. Martin Bramah– guitar, backing vocals
  3. Craig Scanlon– guitar
  4. Marcia Schofield – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  5. Steve Hanley– bass guitar
  6. Simon Wolstencroft– drums
  7. Mike Edwards – guitar
  8. Craig Leon– organ, backing vocals
  9. Cassell Webb– organ, backing vocals
  10. Kenny Brady – fiddle
  11. Charlotte Bill – flute, oboe
  12. Anthony Frost– front cover painting

Track listing:

  1. Sing! Harpy – Martin Bramah, Mark E. Smith
  2. I’m Frank – Craig Scanlon, Mark E. Smith
  3. Bill Is Dead – Craig Scanlon, Mark E. Smith
  4. Black Monk Theme, Part I – The Monks
  5. Popcorn, Double Feature – Scott English
  6. Telephone Thing – Matt Black, Jon More, Mark E. Smith
  7. Hilary – Mark E. Smith
  8. Chicago, Now! – Mark E. Smith
  9. The Littlest Rebel – Steve Hanley, Craig Scanlon, Mark E. Smith, Simon Wolstencroft
  10. And Therein… –  Martin Bramah, Mark E. Smith

 

Goldfrapp: Head First

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On March 19, 2010, “Mute” label released “Head First”, the fifth Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded in July – December 2010, and was produced by Pascal Gabriel, Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory and Richard X.

  • Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, recording, art direction
  • Will Gregory – keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, drum programming, recording
  • Chris Goulston – guitar
  • Alex Lee – guitar
  • Charlie Jones– bass
  • Ged Lynch– drums
  • Davide Rossi– violin
  • Tim Goldsworthy– arrangements, additional programming, drums recording
  • Nick Batt – additional programming
  • Greg Freeman – drum recording
  • Bruno Ellingham – additional engineering
  • Mark ‘Spike’ Stent– mixing
  • Neil Comber – mixing assistant
  • Matty Green – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Mat Maitland– art direction, images
  • Serge Leblon – images

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

  1. Rocket
  2. Believer
  3. Alive
  4. Dreaming
  5. Head First
  6. Hunt
  7. Shiny and Warm
  8. I Wanna Life
  9. Voicething

Depeche Mode: Violator

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On March 19, 1990, “Mute” label released “Violator”, the seventh Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded May 1989 – January 1990, at “Logic Studios” in Milan, “Pukrecording Studios” in Gjerlev (Denmark), “The Church” and “Master Rock Studios” in London, “Axis” in New York, and was produced by Flood, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder and Martin Gore. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 342 on its list of the “500 greatest albums of all time” and on number 57 on its list of “100 best albums of the nineties”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – vocals
  • Martin Gore – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Alan Wilder – synthesizers
  • Alan Gregorie – engineer
  • Goh Hotoda – engineer
  • Peter Iversen – engineer
  • Dennis Mitchell – engineer
  • Pino Pischetola – engineer
  • Phil Legg – engineer
  • Steve Lyon – engineer
  • Dick Meaney – engineer assistant
  • Daryl Bamonte – engineer assistant
  • David Browne – engineer assistant
  • Mark Flannery – engineer assistant
  • Flood– mixing
  • François Kevorkian– mixing
  • Daniel Miller– mixing
  • Area – sleeve
  • Anton Corbijn– sleeve

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore.

  1. World in My Eyes
  2. Sweetest Perfection
  3. Personal Jesus
  4. Halo
  5. Waiting for the Night
  6. Enjoy the Silence / Interlude Crucified
  7. Policy of Truth
  8. Blue Dress / Interlude
  9. Clean

Robert Plant: Manic Nirvana

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Robert Plant Manic Nirvana

On March 19, 1990, “Es Paranza” label released “Manic Nirvana”, the fifth Robert Plant solo studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Robert Plant, Phil Johnstone and Mark “Spike” Stent.

Personnel:

  • Robert Plant- vocals
  • Robert Stride- vocals
  • Laila Cohen- vocals
  • Micky Groome- vocals
  • Carolyn Harding- vocals
  • Jerry Wayne- vocals, voiceover
  • Siddi Makain Mushkin- voices
  • Doug Boyle- guitar
  • Phil Johnstone- guitar, keyboards
  • Charlie Jones- bass
  • Chris Blackwell – guitar, drums
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – engineer
  • Michael Butterworth – engineer assistant
  • Jeremy Wheatley – engineer assistant
  • Bill Price – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Hurting Kind (I’ve Got My Eyes on You – Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, Chris Blackwell, Doug Boyle, Phil Johnstone
  2. Big Love – Robert Plant, Blackwell, Phil Johnstone
  3. S S S & Q – Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, Chris Blackwell, Doug Boyle, Phil Johnstone
  4. I Cried – Robert Plant and Phil Johnstone
  5. She Said – Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, Chris Blackwell, Doug Boyle, Phil Johnstone
  6. Nirvana – Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, Doug Boyle
  7. Tie Dye on the Highway – Robert Plant, Chris Blackwell
  8. Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night – Mel Glazer, Stephen Schlaks
  9. Anniversary – Robert Plant, Phil Johnstone
  10. Liars Dance – Robert Plant, Doug Boyle
  11. Watching You – Robert Plant, Chris Blackwell, Phil Johnstone