Monthly Archives: October 2016

Oasis: Dig Out Your Soul

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On October 6, 2008, “Big Brother Records” label released “Dig Out Your Soul”, the seventh and final Oasis studio album. It was recorded August – December 2007, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and January – March 2008, at “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Dave Sardy.

Personnel:

  • Liam Gallagher– vocals, tambourine
  • Noel Gallagher– vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, electronics, drums, additional percussion
  • Gem Archer– electric guitar, keyboards, bass
  • Andy Bell– bass, electric guitar, tamboura, keyboards
  • Zak Starkey– drums, percussion, additional handclaps,acoustic guitar
  • Jay Darlington– mellotron and electronics
  • The National In-Choir – backing vocals
  • Dave Sardy– mixing
  • Ryan Castle – engineer
  • Cameron Barton – engineer
  • Chris Bolster – engineer
  • Ghian Wright – engineer
  • Andy Brohard – Pro Tools editing
  • Ian Cooper – mastering
  • Alec Gomez, Lawrie Medina – assistant

Track listing:

  1. Bag It Up – Noel Gallagher
  2. The Turning – Noel Gallagher
  3. Waiting for the Rapture – Noel Gallagher
  4. The Shock of the Lightning – Noel Gallagher
  5. I’m Outta Time – Liam Gallagher
  6. (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady – Noel Gallagher
  7. Falling Down – Noel Gallagher
  8. To Be Where There’s Life – Gem Archer
  9. Ain’t Got Nothin’ – Liam Gallagher
  10. The Nature of Reality – Andy Bell
  11. Soldier On – Liam Gallagher

Soul Asylum: Grave Dancers Union

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On October 6, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Grave Dancers Union”, the sixth Soul Asylum studio album. It was recorded May 1992, at “The Powerstation” and “River Sound” in New York City; “Pachyderm Discs” and  “Cannon Falls” in Minnesota, and “Cherokee Studios” in  Hollywood, and was produced by Michael Beinhorn. The cover illustration is by Czech erotic art photographer Jan Saudek. In 1993, the album song “Runaway Trains” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Rock Song”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Pirner– vocals, guitar, arranger, horn arrangements
  • Dan Murphy – vocals, guitar
  • Karl Mueller– bass
  • Grant Young– drums
  • Sterling Campbell– drums, percussion
  • Booker T. Jones III– organ, Hammond organ
  • Kraig Johnson,Gary Louris – backing vocals
  • Meridian String Quartet – strings
  • Sonny Kompanek – arrangements, conductor
  • Michael Beinhorn– celeste, glockenspiel, horn arrangements, arrangements,
  • Chris Shaw – engineer
  • Eric Anderson, Bruce Ross – additional engineering
  • David Michael Dill, Dan Gellert, Bill Smith – engineer assistant
  • Andy Wallace– mixing
  • David Leonard– mixing
  • Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Francesca Restrepo – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Pirner.

  1. Somebody to Shove
  2. Black Gold
  3. Runaway Train
  4. Keep It Up
  5. Homesick
  6. Get on Out
  7. New World
  8. April Fool
  9. Without a Trace
  10. Growing into You
  11. 99%
  12. The Sun Maid

 

XTC: Go 2

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On October 6, 1978, “Virgin” label released “Go 2” the second XTC studio album. It was recorded August–September, 1978, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by John Leckie. The album’s cover was designed by Hipgnosis

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge – vocals, guitars
  • Colin Moulding – vocals, bass
  • Barry Andrews – vocals, crumar group 49 cheesy organ, farfisa organ, lawrence electric piano, wurlitzer e-piano,  minimoog,  clavinet, steinway grand piano, saxophone
  • Terry Chambers-  vocals, drums
  • John Leckie –  engineer
  • Haydn Bendall- engineer assistant
  • Pete James- engineer assistant
  • Andy Llewelyn- engineer assistant
  • Jess Sutcliffe- engineer assistant
  • Dave Eagle – photography
  • Martin Rushent- associate producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
  2. Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)
  3. Buzzcity Talking – Colin Moulding
  4. Crowded Room – Colin Moulding
  5. The Rhythm – Colin Moulding
  6. Are You Receiving Me?
  7. Red
  8. Beatown
  9. Life Is Good in the Greenhouse
  10. Jumping In Gomorrah
  11. My Weapon – Barry Andrews
  12. Super-Tuff – Barry Andrews
  13. I’m the Audience – Colin Moulding

Peter Buck: Same

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On October 5, 2012, “Mississippi” label released the self-titled, debut Peter Buck album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Peter Buck.

Personnel:

  • Peter Buck– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar
  • Scott McCaughey– vocals, guitar
  • Mike Mills– vocals, bass guitar
  • Bill Rieflin– drums
  • Jenny Conlee– percussion
  • Corin Tucker– vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Buck

  1. 10 Million BC
  2. It’s Alright
  3. Some Kind of Velvet Sunday Morning
  4. Travel Without Arriving
  5. Migraine
  6. Give Me Back My Wig
  7. Nothing Matters
  8. So Long Johnny
  9. V.M.F.
  10. Nothing Means Nothing
  11. Hard Old World
  12. Nowhere No Way
  13. Vaso Loco
  14. I’m Alive

Tame Impala: Lonerism

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On October 5, 2012, “Modular Recordings” label released “Lonerism” the second  Tame Impala studio album. It was recorded 2010–2012, at Perth, Australia and in Paris, and was produced by Kevin Parker. In November 2012, “Lonerism” won the 2012 “J Award” for Australian “Album of the Year”. In 2013 tame Impala won the “Rolling Stone Australia” award for “2012 Album of the Year”. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Parker– vocals, instrumentation, cover photogarphy
  • Jay Watson – piano, keys
  • Melody Prochet– spoken voice
  • Dave Fridmann– mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Leif Podhajsky– artwork, layout
  • Matthew C. Saville – studio photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Parker, except “Apocalypse Dreams” and “Elephant”, by Kevin Parker and Jay Watson.

  1. Be Above It
  2. Endors Toi
  3. Apocalypse Dreams
  4. Mind Mischief
  5. Music to Walk Home By
  6. Why Won’t They Talk to Me?
  7. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
  8. Keep on Lying
  9. Elephant
  10. She Just Won’t Believe Me
  11. Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
  12. Sun’s Coming Up

 

Mazzy Star: So Tonight That I MIght See

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On October 5, 1993, “Capitol” label released “So Tonight That I Might See” the second Mazzy Star studio album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by David Roback.

Personnel:

  • Hope Sandoval- vocals, harmonica, guitar, tambourine
  • David Roback- guitar, piano, keyboard
  • Jason Yates – bass
  • Keith Mitchell – drums
  • William Cooper – strings
  • Dale Everingham – technical assistance

Track listing:

All tracks by Hope Sandoval and David Roback except “Five String Serenade” by Arthur Lee.

  1. Fade into You
  2. Bells Ring
  3. Mary of Silence
  4. Five String Serenade – Arthur Lee
  5. Blue Light
  6. She’s My Baby
  7. Unreflected
  8. Wasted
  9. Into Dust
  10. So Tonight That I Might See

Einstürzende Neubauten: Kollaps

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On October 5, 1981, “ZickZack” label released “Kollaps” the debut Einstürzende Neubauten album. It was recorded in 1981, and was produced by Blixa Bargeld, U. Unruh and M. Einheit.

Personnel:

  • Blixa Bargeld- lead vocals, guitars, noises
  • U. Unruh – vocals, percussion
  • M. Einheit – vocals, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Tanz Debil(Dance Retardedly)
  2. Steh auf Berlin(Go For Berlin / Stand Up Berlin)
  3. Negativ Nein(Negative No)
  4. U-Haft-Muzak(Pretrial Detention Muzak)
  5. Draußen ist Feindlich(Outside Is Hostile)
  6. Schmerzen Hören (Hören mit Schmerzen)(Hearing Pain (Listen With Pain)
  7. Jet’m(Serge Gainsbourg)
  8. Kollaps(Collapse)
  9. Sehnsucht
  10. Vorm Krieg(Before War)
  11. Hirnsäge(Brainsaw)
  12. Abstieg & Zerfall(Degression & Disintegration)
  13. Helga
  14. Schieß Euch Ins Blut(Shoot In Your Blood)
  15. Negativ Nein(live)

 

Caravan: For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night

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On October 5, 1973, “Deram” label released “For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night” the fifth Caravan studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Tolling Park Studios”; “Chipping Norton Recording Studios”; “Decca Studios” in West Hampstead, and was produced by David Hitchcock.

Personnel:

  • Pye Hastings – vocals, guitar
  • David Sinclair– organ, piano, electric piano, Davoli synthesizer, A.R.P. synthesizer
  • Rupert Hine– A.R.P. synthesizer
  • John G. Perry – vocals, bass, percussion
  • Richard Coughlan– drums, percussion, timpani
  • Frank Ricotti– congas
  • Tony Coe– clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Pete King– flute, alto saxophone
  • Tom Whittle– clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Harry Klein – clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Henry Lowther– trumpet
  • Jimmy Hastings– flute
  • Chris Pyne– trombone
  • Barry Robinson – piccolo
  • Geoff Richardson– viola
  • Paul Buckmaster– electric cello
  • Jill Pryor – voice
  • John Bell – arrangements
  • Martyn Ford – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Pye Hastings, except where noted.

  1. Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss
  2. Hoedown
  3. Surprise, Surprise
  4. C’thlu Thlu
  5. The Dog, The Dog, He’s at It Again
  6. Be All Right / Chance of a Lifetime
  7. L’Auberge du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards / A Hunting We Shall Go (reprise) – John G. Perry, Mike Ratledge

Muddy Waters: Electric Mud

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On October 5, 1968, “Cadet” label released “Electric Mud” the fifth Muddy Waters studio album with Rotary Connection. It was recorded May 1968, at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Marshall Chess and Charles Stepne.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters– vocal
  • Phil Upchurch– guitars
  • Roland Faulkner – guitars
  • Pete Cosey– guitars
  • Charles Stepney– organ, arranger
  • Louis Satterfield– bass
  • Morris Jennings – drums
  • Gene Barge – tenor saxophone
  • Stu Black – engineer
  • Abner Spector – mixing
  • Meire Murakami – design
  • Bill Sharpe – cover design
  • Vartan – art direction

Track listing:

  1. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
  2. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon
  3. Let’s Spend the Night Together – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  4. She’s Alright – Morganfield
  5. Mannish Boy – Morganfield
  6. Herbert Harper’s Free Press News – Sidney Barnes, Robert Thurston
  7. Tom Cat – Charles Williams
  8. The Same Thing – Willie Dixon

My Morning Jacket: Z

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On October 4, 2005, “ATO” label released “Z” the fourth My Morning Jacket studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Allaire Studios” in Shokan, New York, and was produced by John Leckie and  Jim James. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 457 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”; and on number 31st on its list of the “100 Best Albums of the 2000s”, and 23rd of the “40 Greatest Stoner Albums Ever”.

Personnel:

  • Jim James– vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
  • Carl Broemel– guitar
  • Bo Koster– keyboards
  • Tom Blankenship– bass guitar
  • Patrick Hallahan– drums
  • Ward– acoustic guitar, choirs
  • Andrew Bird– strings, whistles
  • Katie Beach
  • Guy Burwel
  • Nicolai Denchev
  • Mike Fulkerson
  • Brandon Jones
  • Kathleen Lolley

 Track listing:

All tracks by Jim James, except where noted:

  1. Wordless Chorus
  2. It Beats 4 U
  3. Gideon
  4. What a Wonderful Man
  5. Off the Record – Jim James, Tom Blankenship, Patrick Hallahan
  6. Into the Woods
  7. Anytime
  8. Lay Low
  9. Knot Comes Loose
  10. Dondante