Monthly Archives: December 2016

Nico: Desertshore

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In December 1970, “Reprise” label released “Desertshore”, the third Nico studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Sound Techniques Ltd.” in London, and “Studios Davout” in Paris, and was produced by John Cale and Joe Boyd. The album covers feature stills from the film La cicatrice interieure by Philippe Garrel, which starred Nico, Phillippe Garrel and her son Ari Boulogne.

Personnel:

  • Nico – vocals, harmonium
  • John Cale – various instrumentst, harmony voices
  • Ari Boulogne – vocals
  • Adam Miller – harmony voices

Track listing:

All tracks by Nico.

  1. Janitor of Lunacy
  2. The Falconer
  3. My Only Child
  4. Le petit chevalier
  5. Abschied
  6. Afraid
  7. Mütterlein
  8. All That Is My Own

Bijelo Dugme: Doživjeti stotu

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On December 12, 1980, “Jugoton” label released “Doživjeti stotu” (Live to Be 100), the fifth Bijelo Dugme studio album. It was recorded October – November 1980, at “Studio 4” in Radio Belgrade, in Belgrade, Serbia, and was produced by Goran Bregović.

Personnel:

  • Goran Bregović- guitar
  • Željko Bebek- vocals
  • Vlado Pravdić– keyboard
  • Zoran Redžić- bass
  • Điđi Jankelić- drums
  • Jelenko Milaković – percussion
  • Jovan Maljoković – saxophone
  • Paul Pignon – saxophone
  • Predrag Kostić – trumpet
  • Rade Ercegovac – engineer
  • Mirko Ilić– design
  • Željko Stojanović – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Goran Bregović, except where noted.

  1. Doživjeti stotu – Trifunović, Goran Bregović
  2. Lova
  3. Tramvaj kreće (kako biti heroj u ova šugava vremena)
  4. Hotel, motel
  5. Pjesma mom mlađem bratu (iz Niša u proljeće ’78
  6. Čudesno jutro u krevetu gospođe Petrović
  7. Mogla je biti prosta priča
  8. Ha, ha, ha
  9. Zažmiri i broj
  10. Pristao sam biću sve što hoće – Trifunović, Goran Bregović

Brian Eno: Before And After Science

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In December 1977, “Polydor” label released “Before and After Science”, the fifth Brian Eno studio album.It was recorded in 1977, at “Basing Street Studios” in London, and “Conny’s Studio” in Cologne, and was produced by Brian Eno and Rhett Davies.

Personnel:

  • Brian Eno – voices, synthesizers, guitar, synthesised percussion, piano,  brass, vibes, metallics, bell, cover design
  • Phil Manzanera – rhythm guitar
  • Robert Fripp – guitar
  • Fred Frith – modified guitar, cascade guitars
  • Kurt Schwitters – voice
  • Achim Roedelius– grand piano, electric piano
  • Paul Rudolph– bass, rhythm guitar, harmonic bass
  • Percy Jones– fretless bass, analogue delay bass
  • Möbi Moebius – bass Fender piano
  • Bill MacCormick – bass
  • Brian Turrington – bass
  • Rhett Davies – a gong-gong, stick
  • Phil Collins – drums
  • Jaki Liebezeit– drums
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Shirley Williams (Robert Wyatt) – brush timbales, time
  • Andy Fraser– drums
  • Rhett Davies – engineer
  • Conny Plank– engineer
  • Dave Hutchins – engineer
  • Cream – artwork
  • Peter Schmidt– art prints
  • Ritva Saarikko – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno, except where noted.

  1. No One Receiving
  2. Backwater
  3. Kurt’s Rejoinder
  4. Energy Fools the Magician – arranged by Percy Jones and Brian Eno
  5. King’s Lead Hat
  6. Here He Comes
  7. Julie With …
  8. By This River – Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius
  9. Through Hollow Lands (for Harold Budd) – arranged by Fred Frith and Brian Eno
  10. Spider and I

 

Quicksilver Messenger: What About Me

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In December 1970, “Capitol” label released “What About Me”, the fifth Quicksilver Messenger Service album. It was recorded May – June 1970, and was produced by John Palladino.

Personnel:

  • Dino Valenti– lead vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Nicky Hopkins– piano
  • Gary Duncan– guitar, bass, percussion, organ, backing vocals
  • John Cipollina– guitar, percussion
  • David Freiberg– lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar
  • Greg Elmore– drums, percussion
  • Jose Rico Reyes -conga, percussion, backing vocals
  • Mark Naftalin- piano
  • Ron Taormina -baritone and soprano saxes
  • Martin Fierro- tenor and alto saxes, flute
  • Frank Morin – tenor sax
  • Pat O’Hara -trombone

Track listing:

  1. What About Me – Jesse Oris Farrow
  2. Local Color – John Cipollina
  3. Baby Baby – Jesse Oris Farrow
  4. Won’t Kill Me – David Freiberg
  5. Long Haired Lady – Jesse Oris Farrow
  6. Subway – Gary Duncan, Jesse Oris Farrow
  7. Spindrifter – Nicky Hopkins
  8. Good Old Rock and Roll – Jesse Oris Farrow
  9. All in My Mind – Gary Duncan, Jesse Oris Farrow
  10. Call on Me – Jesse Oris Farrow

Love: False Start

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In December 1970, “Blue Thumb Records” released “False Start”, the sixth Love album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Arthur Lee.

Personnel:

  • Arthur Lee – vocal, rhythm guitar, piano, harmonica
  • Gary Rowles – lead guitar
  • Nooney Rickett – rhythm guitar, backing vocal
  • Frank Fayad – bass
  • George Suranovich – drums
  • Jimi Hendrix – lead guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Arthur Lee.

  1. The Everlasting First – arranged by Jimi Hendrix and Arthur Lee
  2. Flying
  3. Gimi a Little Break
  4. Stand Out
  5. Keep On Shining
  6. Anytime
  7. Slick Dick
  8. Love Is Coming
  9. Feel Daddy Feel Good
  10. Ride That Vibration

 

Eric Burdon and War: The Black-Man’s Burdon

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In December 1970, “MGM” label released “The Black-Man’s Burdon”,the second Eric Burdon and War album. It was recorded 1970, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jerry Goldstein.

Personnel:

  • Eric Burdon– lead vocals
  • Howard Scott– vocal, guitar
  • Lee Oskar– vocal, harmonica
  • Lonnie Jordan– vocal, organ, piano
  • B. Dickerson– vocal, bass
  • Harold Brown– drums
  • Dee Allen– vocal, conga, percussion
  • Charles Miller– tenor, baritone, alto sax, flute
  • Sharon Scott and the Beautiful New Born Children of Southern California – vocals
  • Chris Huston – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks written Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard E. Scott except where noted.

  1. Paint It Black [medley]
  • Black on Black in Black
  • Paint It Black I – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • Laurel and Hardy
  • Pintelo Negro II – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • P.C. 3
  • Black Bird
  • Paint It Black III – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  1. Spirit
  2. Beautiful New Born Child – Papa Dee Allen,Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott, Jerry Goldstein
  3. Nights in White Satin – Justin Hayward
  4. The Bird and the Squirrel
  5. Nuts, Seeds and Life
  6. Out of Nowhere
  7. Nights in White Satin – Justin Hayward
  8. Sun / Moon
  9. Pretty Colors
  10. Gun
  11. Jimbo
  12. Bare Back Ride
  13. Home Cookin
  14. They Can’t Take Away Our Music – Papa Dee Allen,Harold Brown,Eric Burdon, B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. ScottWar, Jerry Goldstein

Minutemen: 3-Way Tie (For Last)

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In December 1985, “SST” label released “3-Way Tie (For Last)”, the fourth and final Minutemen album. It was recorded August – September 1985, and was produced by Mike Watt, D. Boon and Ethan James.

Personnel:

  • D. Boon– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, cover painting
  • Joe Baiza– lead guitar
  • Mike Watt– vocal, bass, acoustic and electric guitar
  • George Hurley– drums
  • Ethan James– Linn drum, Vietnam War battlefield tape

Track listing:

  1. Price of Paradise – D. Boon
  2. Lost – Kirkwood
  3. The Big Stick – D. Boon
  4. Political Nightmare – Roessler, Mike Watt
  5. Courage – D. Boon
  6. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? – Fogerty
  7. The Red and the Black – Bloom, Bouchard, Pearlman
  8. Spoken Word Piece – Mike Watt
  9. No One – Roessler, Mike Watt
  10. Stories – Roessler, Mike Watt
  11. What Is It? – Roessler, Mike Watt
  12. Ack Ack Ack – Johansen, Jones, Talley
  13. Just Another Soldier – D. Boon
  14. Situations at Hand – Mike Watt
  15. Hittin’ the Bong – Mike Watt
  16. Bermuda – Roky Erickson

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Lick My Decals Off, Baby

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In December 1970, “Straight Records” label released “Lick My Decals Off, Baby”, the fourth Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band album. It was recorded May 1970, at “United Recording Corporation” in Hollywood, and was produced by Don Van Vliet.

Personnel:

  • Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) — vocals, bass clarinet, tenor sax, soprano sax, harmonica, back cover painting
  • Zoot Horn Rollo— electric and glass finger guitar
  • Rockette Morton— bassius-o-pheilius
  • Drumbo— percussion, broom
  • Ed Marimba— marimba, percussion, broom
  • Peacock Ink — album concept
  • Ed Thrasher— art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Don Van Vliet.

  1. Lick My Decals Off, Baby
  2. Doctor Dark
  3. I Love You, You Big Dummy
  4. Peon
  5. Bellerin’ Plain
  6. Woe-is-uh-Me-Bop
  7. Japan in a Dishpan
  8. I Wanna Find a Woman That’ll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go
  9. Petrified Forest
  10. One Red Rose That I Mean
  11. The Buggy Boogie Woogie
  12. The Smithsonian Institute Blues (or the Big Dig)
  13. Space-Age Couple
  14. The Clouds Are Full of Wine (not Whiskey or Rye)
  15. Flash Gordon’s Ape

Love: Out Here

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In December 1969, “Blue Thumb Records” label released “Out Here”, the fifth Love album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Arthur Lee.

Personnel:

  • Arthur Lee – vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica, piano, organ, engineer
  • Jay Donnellan- lead guitar
  • Paul Martin- lead guitar
  • Gary Rowles- lead guitar
  • Jim Hobson – organ, piano
  • Frank Fayad- bass
  • George Suranovich- drums
  • Drachen Theaker– drums
  • George Gaal – engineer
  • Burt Shonberg – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Arthur Lee, except where noted.

  1. I’ll Pray for You
  2. Abalony
  3. Signed D.C.
  4. Listen to My Song
  5. I’m Down
  6. Stand Out
  7. Discharged
  8. Doggone
  9. I Still Wonder – Jay Donnellan, Arthur Lee
  10. Love Is More Than Words or Better Late Than Never
  11. Nice to Be
  12. Car Lights On in the Daytime Blues
  13. Run to the Top
  14. Willow Willow
  15. Instra-Mental
  16. You Are Something
  17. Gather ‘Round

Wire: Pink Flag

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In December 1977, “Harvest” label released “Pink Flag”, the debut Wire studio album. It was recorded September – October 1977, at “Advision Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Thome. In 2009,“Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Pink Flag” at number 412 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked “Pink Flag” at number 378 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Gilbert– guitar
  • Colin Newman– vocals, guitar
  • Graham Lewis– bass guitar
  • Robert Gotobed– drums
  • Kate Lukas– flute
  • Dave Oberlé– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis, Colin Newman, and Robert Gotobed, except where noted.

  1. Reuters
  2. Field Day for the Sundays
  3. Three Girl Rhumba
  4. Ex Lion Tamer
  5. Lowdown
  6. Start to Move
  7. Brazil
  8. It’s So Obvious
  9. Surgeon’s Girl
  10. Pink Flag
  11. The Commercial
  12. Straight Line
  13. 106 Beats That
  14. Suit
  15. Strange
  16. Fragile
  17. Mannequin
  18. Different to Me – Annete Green
  19. Champs
  20. Feeling Called Love
  21. 12 X U