Monthly Archives: November 2016

Beck: Mutations

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On November 3, 1998, “DGC Records” label released “Mutations”, the third Beck studio album. It was recorded March – April 1998, and was produced by Beck Hansen and Nigel Godrich. “Mutations” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Alternative Music Album”. “Mutations” was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”.

Personnel:

  • Beck – guitar, harmonica, piano, glockenspiel, synthesizer, vocals
  • Smokey Hormel– guitar, percussion, cuica, backing vocals
  • Warren Klein– sitar, tamboura
  • Roger Manning– synthesizer, organ, keyboards, harpsichord, percussion, backing vocals
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen– bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Joey Waronker– percussion, drums, synthesizer drums
  • Elliot Caine– trumpet
  • David Campbell – viola, arranger, conductor
  • Larry Corbett– cello
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • David Ralicke– flute, trombone
  • Nigel Godrich– mixing
  • Robert Fisher– art direction
  • John Sorenson– engineer assistant
  • Charlie Gross– photography
  • Autumn de Wilde– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Beck, except where noted.

  1. Cold Brains
  2. Nobody’s Fault but My Own
  3. Lazy Files
  4. Canceled Check
  5. We Live Again
  6. Tropicalia
  7. Dead Melodies
  8. Bottle of Blues
  9. O Maria
  10. Sing it Again
  11. Static

Neil Young: Hawks & Doves

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On November 3, 1980, “Reprise” label released “Hawks & Doves”, the tenth Neil Young studio album. It was recorded 1974–1977, 1980, at “Quadrafonic” in Nashville; “Village Recorders” in LA; “Indigo Recording Studio” in Malibu; “Triad Recording Studio” in Ft. Lauderdale, and “Gold Star Recording Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Neil Young, Tim Mulligan and Elliot Mazer.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Tim Drummond– bass
  • Dennis Belfield – bass
  • Greg Thomas – drums
  • Levon Helm– drums
  • Ben Keith– steel and dobro, harmony vocals
  • Rufus Thibodeaux– fiddle
  • Tom Scribner – sawplayer
  • Ann Hillary O’Brien – harmony vocals
  • Stew Romaine – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Little Wing
  2. The Old Homestead
  3. Lost in Space
  4. Captain Kennedy
  5. Stayin’ Power
  6. Coastline
  7. Union Man
  8. Comin’ Apart at Every Nail
  9. Hawks & Doves

The Jam: All Mod Cons

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On November 3, 1978, “Polydor” label released “All Mod Cons”, the third Jam (The) album. It was recorded July – August 1978, at “RAK” and “Eden Studios” in London, and was produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and Chris Parry. In 2000,  “Q”  magazine  ranked “All Mod Cons” at number 50 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”, in 2013, “NME” magazine ranked it at number 219 in its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, design
  • Bruce Foxton – vocals, bass, design
  • Rick Buckler – drums, percussion, design
  • Gregg Jackman, Roger Bechirian, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – soundboard engineer
  • Peter Schierwade, Phil Thornalley – engineer assistant
  • Bill Smith – design
  • Peter “Kodick” Gravelle – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller, except where noted.

  1. All Mod Cons
  2. To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)
  3. Clean
  4. David Watts – Ray Davies
  5. English Rose
  6. In the Crowd
  7. Billy Hunt
  8. It’s Too Bad
  9. Fly
  10. The Place I Love
  11. ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street
  12. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

Rage Against The Machine: The Battle Of Los Angeles

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On November 2, 1999, “Epic” label released “The Battle of Los Angeles”, the third Rage Against the Machine studio album. It was recorded September – October 1998, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien. The album cover art was artwork by the LA Street Phantom aka Joey Krebs aka Joel Jaramillo.Both “Time” and “Rolling Stone” magazines named it the Best Album of 1999.

Personnel:

  • Zack de la Rocha– vocals, co-productin
  • Tom Morello– guitars, co-production
  • Tim Commerford (credited as “YTimK”) – bass, co-production
  • Brad Wilk– drums, co-production
  • Nick DiDia – engineer, recording
  • Ryan Williams – engineer
  • Russ Fowler – additional engineering
  • Sugar D – additional engineering
  • German Villacorta – engineer assistant
  • Roger Sommers – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Lively – engineer assistant
  • Karl Egsieker – engineer assistant
  • Monique Mitzrahl – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Dean – engineer assistant
  • Michael Parnin – engineer assistant
  • “Atom” – engineer assistant
  • Brendan O’Brien– mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Andrew Garver – digital editing
  • Rage Against the Machine – art direction
  • Aimee Macauley – art direction
  • Joey Krebs – artwork
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Matt DeMello (eye cue) – photography
  • Steven Tirona – additional photography
  • Cheryl Mondello – production coordination
  • Erin Haley – production coordination

Track listing:

All lyrics by Zack de la Rocha, all music by Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk.

  1. Testify
  2. Guerilla Radio
  3. Calm Like a Bomb
  4. Mic Check
  5. Sleep Now in the Fire
  6. Born of a Broken Man
  7. Born as Ghosts
  8. Maria
  9. Voice of the Voiceless
  10. New Millennium Homes
  11. Ashes in the Fall
  12. War Within a Breath

Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre: On The Road To Freedom

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On November 2, 1973, “Chrysalis” label released “On the Road to Freedom”, the first Alvin Lee album. Lee recorded the album together with the gospel singer Mylon LeFevre, at “Space Studio”, Lee’s home studio in south Oxfordshire, which he and LeFevre built especially for this project. Lee was also the producer of the album.

Personnel:

  • Alvin Lee– lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass; sitar, drums, mixing
  • Mylon LeFevre– lead, harmony and backing vocals; 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, bass, percussion
  • George Harrison (as Hari Georgeson) – acoustic guitar, dobro, bass, harmony vocals
  • Ron Wood– electric and 12-string acoustic guitars, bass, slide guitar, drums
  • Steve Winwood– piano, electric piano
  • Tim Hinkley– piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Boz Burrell– bass, backing vocals
  • Bob Black– steel guitar
  • Ian Wallace– drums
  • Mick Fleetwood– drums
  • Jim Capaldi– drums, percussion
  • Mike Patto– percussion, backing vocals
  • Reebop Kwaku Baah– congas
  • Andy Stein– fiddle
  • Harold Burgon, Andy Jaworski – recording
  • Andy Jaworski, Roger Lowe – ohotography

Track listing:

  1. On the Road to Freedom – Alvin Lee
  2. The World Is Changing (I Got a Woman Back in Georgia) – Alvin Lee, Mylon LeFevre
  3. So Sad (No Love of His Own) – George Harrison
  4. Fallen Angel – Alvin Lee
  5. Funny – Alvin Lee
  6. We Will Shine – Mylon LeFevre
  7. Carry My Load – Mylon Lee
  8. Lay Me Back – Mylon LeFevre
  9. Let ‘Em Say What They Will – Ron Wood
  10. I Can’t Take It – Mylon LeFevre
  11. Riffin – Alvin Lee, Mylon LeFevre
  12. Rockin’ ‘Til the Sun Goes Down – Alvin Lee, Mylon LeFevre

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Willy And The Poor Boys

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On November 2, 1969, “Fantasy” label released “Willy and the Poor Boys”, the fourth Creedence Clearwater Revival studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by John Fogerty. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 392 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time.

Personnel:

  • John Fogerty– vocals, lead guitar, piano, harmonica, arranger
  • Tom Fogerty– rhythm guitar
  • Stu Cook– bass, washtub bass
  • Doug Clifford– drums, washboard
  • Steve Cropper– guitar
  • Booker T. Jones– organ
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn– bass
  • Al Jackson, Jr.– drums
  • Basul Parik – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Fogerty, except where noted.

  1. Down on the Corner
  2. It came Out of the Sky
  3. Cotton Fields -Huddie Ledbetter
  4. Poorboy Shufle
  5. Feelin’ Blue
  6. Fortunate Son
  7. Don’t Look Now (It Ain’t You or Me)
  8. The Midnight Special – traditional arr. John Fogerty
  9. Side o’ the Road
  10. Effigy