Monthly Archives: September 2016

Interpol: Antics

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On September 27, 2004, “Matador” label released “Antics” the second Interpol studio album. It was recorded March – May 2004, at “Tarquin Studios” in Bridgeport,  Connecticut, and was produced by Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler, Carlos Dengler, Sam Fogarino and Peter Katis.

Personnel:

  • Paul Banks– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Daniel Kessler– lead guitar
  • Carlos Dengler– bass, keyboards
  • Sam Fogarino– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler, Carlos Dengler and Sam Fogarino.

  1. Next Exit
  2. Evil
  3. Narc
  4. Take You on a Cruise
  5. Slow Hands
  6. Not Even Jail
  7. Public Pervert
  8. C’mere
  9. Length of Love
  10. A Time to Be So Small

 

R.E.M.: Monster

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On September 27, 1994, “Warner Bros” label released “Monster” the ninth R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded April – May 1994, at “Kingsway Studio” in New Orleans; “Crossover Soundstage” in Atlanta; ”Criteria Studios” in Miami; “Ocean Way Recording” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Scott Litt, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe. The album was certified Platinum in Austria by “IFPI”; 6 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; Platinum in Spain by “PROMUSICAE”; Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”; Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; 3 x Platinum in UK by “BPI” and 4 x Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe– lead vocals
  • Peter Buck– guitar, Farfisa organ
  • Mike Mills– vocals, bass guitar, piano, organ, guitar
  • Bill Berry– drums, percussion, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Thurston Moore– vocals, guitar
  • Ané Diaz – backing vocals
  • Sally Dworsky– backing vocals
  • Lou Kregl – backing vocals
  • Rain Phoenix– backing vocals
  • Lynda Stipe– backing vocals
  • Pat McCarthy– engineer
  • Mark Howard – engineer
  • David Colvin – second engineer
  • Jeff DeMorris – second engineer
  • Mark Gruber – second engineer
  • Victor Janacua – second engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Mark “Microwave” Mytrowitz – technical assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

  1. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
  2. Crush with Eyeliner
  3. King of Comedy
  4. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
  5. Star 69
  6. Strange Currencies
  7. Tongue
  8. Bang and Blame
  9. I Took Your Name
  10. Let Me In
  11. Circus Envy
  12. You

 

The Fall: Room To Live

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On September 27, 1982, “Kamera” label released “Room to Live” (subtitled  Undilutable Slang Truth!), the fifth Fall (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1982, at “Cargo Studios” in Rochdale, England, and was produced by Mark E. Smith, Kay O’Sullivan and John Brierley.

Personnel:

  • Mark E. Smith– vocals, violin, guitar, tapes
  • Craig Scanlon– guitar
  • Karl Burns– bass guitar, drums, guitar, percussion
  • Steve Hanley– bass guitar
  • Paul Hanley– drums
  • Marc Riley– guitar, keyboards
  • Arthur Kadmon– guitar
  • Adrian Niman – saxophone

Track listing:

  1. Joker Hysterical Face – Mark E. Smith, Steve Hanley, Marc Riley
  2. Marquis Cha-Cha – Mark E. Smith, Karl Burns
  3. Hard Life in Country – Mark E. Smith, Arthur Kadmon
  4. Room to Live – Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanion
  5. Detective Instinct – Mark E. Smith, Steve Hanley, Karl Burns
  6. Solicitor in Studio – Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanion, Karl Burns
  7. Papal Visit – Mark E. Smith

Depeche Mode: A Broken Frame

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On September 27, 1982, “Mute” label released “A Broken Frame” the second Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded December 1981–July 1982, at “Blackwing Studios” in London, and was produced by Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher and Daniel Miller. It was featured on the cover of “Life Magazine’s” 1990 edition of “World’s Best Photographs 1980 – 1990”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan– lead vocals
  • Martin Gore– lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Andy Fletcher– keyboards, backing vocals
  • John Fryer, Eric Radcliffe – engineer
  • Martyn Atkins – design
  • Ching Ching Lee – calligraphy
  • Brian Griffin – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore.

  1. Leave in Silence
  2. My Secret Garden
  3. Monument
  4. Nothing to Fear
  5. See You
  6. Satellite
  7. The Meaning of Love
  8. A photograph of You
  9. Shouldn’t Have Done That
  10. The Sun & the Rainfall

Leonard Cohen: Recent Songs

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On September 27, 1979, “Columbia” label released “Recent Songs” sixth  studio Leonard Cohen album. It was recorded April – May 1979, at “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Leonard Cohen and Henry Lewy.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals, arrangements
  • Ricardo Gonzalez – guitar
  • John Bilezikjian – guitar
  • Everado Sandoval – guitar
  • Mitch Watkins – guitar
  • Bill Ginn – keyboards
  • Randy Waldman – keyboards
  • Charles Beck – bass
  • John Miller – bass
  • Steve Meador – drums
  • Paul Ostermayer – saxophone
  • Jose Perez – trumpet
  • Pablo Sandoval – trumpet
  • Earl Dumler – oboe
  • Jim Gilstrap – vocals
  • Roger St Kennerly – vocals
  • Stephanie Spruill – vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters – vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes – vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – vocals
  • Skip Cottrell – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Derek Dunann – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Glen Christensen – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Leonard Cohen, except where noted.

  1. The Guests
  2. Humbled in Love
  3. The Window
  4. Came So Far for Beauty – Leonard Cohen, John Lissauer
  5. The Lost Canadian (Un Canadien errant) – traditional, Antoine Gérin-Lajoie
  6. The Traitor
  7. Our Lady of Solitude
  8. The Gypsy’s Wife
  9. The Smokey Life
  10. Ballad of the Absent Mare

Harry Chapin: Portrait Gallery

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On September 27, 1975, “Columbia” label released “Portrait Gallery”, the fifth Harry Chapin studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Connecticut Recording Studios, Inc” in Connecticut, and was produced by Paul Leka.

Personnel:

  • Harry Chapin – vocals, guitar
  • John Tropea – guitar
  • Ronald Palmer – vocals, guitar
  • Paul Leka – piano, celeste, harpsichord
  • Steve Chapin- vocals, piano, clavinet
  • Tim Moore – keyboards, clavinet
  • Ron Bacchiocchi – synthesizer, percussion
  • Donald Peake – synthesizer
  • John Wallace – vocals, bass
  • Don Payne – bass
  • Gene Bianco – harmonica
  • Frank Porto – accordion
  • Allan Schwartzberg – drums
  • Bob Springer – percussion
  • Jackie Kelso – saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone, flute
  • Ed Bednarski – clarinet
  • George Bohanon- trombone
  • Bud Brisbois – trumpet
  • Paul Hubinon – trumpet
  • Jim Horn- saxophone
  • Ken Smith – flute, mandolin
  • Jack Shulman – violin
  • Murray Adler – violin
  • Henry Roth – violin
  • Stanley Plummer – violin
  • Assa Drori – violin
  • Ronald Folsom – violin
  • James Getzoff – violin
  • Alexander Neiman – viola
  • Gareth Nuttycombe – viola
  • Armand Kaproff – cello
  • Michael Masters – cello
  • Tim Scott – cello
  • Jesse Ehrlich – cello
  • Bill Hymanson – strings
  • Rob White – whistle
  • Geoff Parker – vocals, choir, chorus
  • Sheila Turner – vocals
  • Christopher Von Koschembahr – vocals
  • Joan Fishman – vocals
  • Joe Flood – vocals
  • Jeff Gross – vocals
  • Betty MacIver – vocals
  • Pete MacIver – vocals
  • Marti McCall – vocals
  • Todd Mulder – vocals
  • Katherine Anne Porter – vocals
  • Judi Parker – vocals
  • David Kondziela – vocals
  • Kris Kristofferson – vocals
  • Jonathan B. Lindle-vocals
  • Frank Simms – vocals
  • George Simms – vocals
  • Tom Chapin- vocals
  • Rita Coolidge- vocals
  • Kathy Ramos – vocals
  • Billy Swan – vocals
  • Susan White – vocals
  • Carolyn Willis – vocals
  • Milton Glaser – design, illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Chapin except where noted.

  1. Dreams Go By
  2. Tangled Up Puppet – Harry Chapin, Sandy Chapin
  3. Star Tripper
  4. Babysitter
  5. Someone Keeps Calling My Name
  6. The Rock
  7. Sandy
  8. Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails
  9. Bummer
  10. Stop Singing These Sad Songs

Cat Stevens: Catch Bull At Four

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On September 27, 1972, “Island” label released “Catch Bull at Four”, the sixth Cat Stevens studio album. It was recorded in May 1972, at “The Manor Studio” in Oxfordshire; “Château d’Hérouville” in Hérouville, France; “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Paul Samwell-Smith. The album was certified Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Cat Stevens– lead and backing vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Minimoog, Böhm Diamond organ, Spanish guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, electric mandolin, RMI Electra piano, synthesizer, penny whistle, drums, percussion
  • Alun Davies– acoustic guitar, Spanish guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Taylor– Spanish guitar
  • Andreas Toumazis –bouzouki
  • Jean Roussel– piano, Hammond organ
  • Alan James – bass, backing vocals
  • Gerry Conway– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Del Newman –string arrangements
  • S. Choir – backing vocals
  • Linda Lewis– backing vocals
  • Lauren Cooper – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Cat Stevens except where noted.

  1. Sitting
  2. Boy with a Moon & Star on His Head
  3. Angel Sea
  4. Silent Sunlight
  5. Can’t Keep It In
  6. 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare)
  7. Freezing Steel
  8. O Caritas – Andreas Toumazis, Jeremy Taylor, Cat Stevens
  9. Sweet Scarlet
  10. Ruins

Status Quo: Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo

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On September 27, 1968, “Pye” label released “Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo”the debut Status Quo studio album. It was recorded January – September 1968, at “Pye Studios” in London, and was produced by John Schroeder.

Personnel:

  • Francis Rossi- vocals, lead guitar
  • Rick Parfitt- vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Roy Lynes- vocals, organ
  • Alan Lancaster- bass guitar
  • John Coghlan– drums

Track listing:

  1. Black Veils of Melancholy – Francis Rossi
  2. When My Mind Is Not Live – Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt
  3. Ice in the Sun – Marty Wilde, Ronnie Scott
  4. Elizabeth Dreams – Marty Wilde, Ronnie Scott
  5. Gentleman Joe’s Sidewalk Café – Kenny Young
  6. Paradise Flat – Marty Wilde, Ronnie Scott
  7. Technicolour Dreams – Anthony King
  8. Spicks and Specks – Barry Gibb
  9. Sunny Cellophane Skies – Alan Lancaster
  10. Pictures of Matchstick Men – Francis Rossi
  11. Sheila – Tommy Roe
  12. Green Tambourine – Paul Leka, Shelley Pinz

Sonic Youth: Washing Machine

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On September 26, 1995, “DGC” label released “Washing Machine”, the ninth Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded January – May 1995, at “Easley Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and “Mott and Greene Street Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley and John Siket.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore– vocals, guitar
  • Lee Ranaldo– vocals, guitar
  • Kim Gordon– vocals, guitar, bass
  • Steve Shelley– drums
  • Kim Deal– additional vocals
  • Lorette Velvette – additional vocals
  • Melissa Dunn – additional vocal
  • John Siket– recording, mixing
  • Davis McCain – engineer assistant
  • Doug Easley – engineer assistant
  • Phil Painson – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Mike Mills – art direction
  • Lance Acord – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley except where noted.

  1. Becuz
  2. Junkue’s Promise
  3. Saucer-Like
  4. Washing Machine
  5. Unwind
  6. Little Trouble Girl
  7. No Queen Blues
  8. Party Lies
  9. Becuz Coda
  10. Skip Tracer – additional lyrics by Leah Singer
  11. The Diamond Sea

AC/DC: Ballbreaker

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On September 26, 1995, “EastWest” label released “Ballbreaker”, the thirteenth AC/DC album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, and was produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Fraser. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by “RIIA”, and Platinum in Latvia by “LaMPA”.

Personnel:

  • Brian Johnson– lead vocals
  • Angus Young– rhythm and lead guitars
  • Malcolm Young– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Cliff Williams– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Phil Rudd– drums, percussion
  • Noel Rafferty – pre production engineer
  • Mike Fraser – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Mark Dernley, Steve Holroyd, Brandon Harris, Kyle Bess, Rory Romano – recording assistant
  • George Marino – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Angus Young and Malcolm Young..

  1. Hard as a Rock
  2. Cover You in Oil
  3. The Furor
  4. Boogie Man
  5. The Honey Roll
  6. Burnin’ Alive
  7. Hail Caesar
  8. Love Bomb
  9. Caught With Your Pants Down
  10. Whiskey on the Rocks
  11. Bailbreaker