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Echo & The Bunnymen: Ocean Rain

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On May 4, 1984, “Korova” label released “Ocean Rain”, the fourth Echo & the Bunnymen studio album. It was recorded at “Studio des Dames” and “Studio Davout” in Paris, “Crescent Studio” in Bath, “Amazon Studios” in Liverpool, and was produced by Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas, Gil Norton and Henri Loustau.

Personnel:

  • Ian McCulloch– vocals
  • Will Sergeant– guitar, harpsichord, sitar
  • Les Pattinson– bass
  • Pete de Freitas– drums
  • Adam Peters – piano, cello
  • Alan Perman – harpsichord
  • Luvan Kiem – clarinet
  • Adam Peters – orchestral arrangements
  • Gil Norton– engineer, mixing
  • Henri Loustau-  engineer
  • David Lord – engineer
  • Jean-Yves – engineer assistant
  • Martyn Atkins – artwork
  • Brian Griffin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas except where noted.

  1. Silver
  2. Nocturnal Me
  3. Crystal Days
  4. The Yo Yo Man
  5. Thorn of Crowns
  6. The Killing Moon
  7. Seven Seas
  8. My Kingdom
  9. Ocean Rain

Frank Zappa: Orchestral Favorites

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On May 4, 1979, “DiscReet Records” label released “Orchestral Favorites”, the twenty seventh Frank Zappa album. It was recorded in September 1975, at “Rotce Hall”, UCLA, and was produced by Frank Zappa. The album features instrumental music performed by the 37-piece Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Mike Lang – keyboards
  • Dave Parlato – bass
  • Terry Bozzio– drums
  • Emil Richards– percussion
  • Malcolm McNab– trumpet
  • Bruce Fowler– trombone
  • Dana Hughes – bass trombone
  • David Duke – French horn
  • Earle Dumler – oboe
  • Joann McNab – bassoon
  • Mike Altschul – flute, clarinet
  • Ray Reed – flute
  • David Shostac – flute
  • Bobby Dubow – violin
  • John Wittenberg – violin
  • Pamela Goldsmith – viola
  • Jerry Kessler – cello

Track listing:

All tracks ny Frank Zappa.

  1. Strictly Genteel
  2. Pedro’s Dowry
  3. Naval Aviation in Art
  4. Duke of Prunes
  5. Bogus Pomp

Suede: Head Music

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On May 3, 1999, “Nude Records” label released “Head Music”, the fourth Suede album. It was recorded August 1998 – February 1999, and was produced by Steve Osborne and Bruce Lampcov.

Personnel:

  • Brett Anderson– vocals, artwork
  • Richard Oakes– guitar
  • Mat Osman– bass guitar
  • Simon Gilbert– drums
  • Neil Codling– synthesisers
  • Steve Osborne– mixing
  • Paul Corckett – engineer
  • Ben Hillier– engineer
  • Bruce Lampcov – engineer, mixing
  • Peter Saville– art direction
  • Nick Knight– photography
  • Howard Wakefield – design, digital photo manipulation
  • Paul Hetherington – design, digital photo manipulation

Track listing:

  1. Electricity – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling, Richard Oakes
  2. Savoir Faire – Brett Anderson
  3. Can’t Get Enough – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  4. Everything Will Flow – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  5. Down – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  6. She’s in Fashion – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  7. Asbestos – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  8. Head Music – Brett Anderson
  9. Elephant Man – Neil Codling
  10. Hi-Fi – Brett Anderson
  11. Indian Strings – Brett Anderson
  12. He’s Gone – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  13. Crack in the Union Jack – Brett Anderson

The Allman Brothers Band: Where It All Begins

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On May 3, 1994, “Sony Music” label released “Where It All Begins”, the eleventh Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded in January 1994, at “BR Ranch Studios”, and was produced by Tom Dowd. This was band’s last studio album with the original line-up guitarist Dickey Betts.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman – lead vocals, organ
  • Dickey Betts – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Warren Haynes – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Allen Woody – bass guitar
  • Jaimoe– drums, percussion
  • Butch Trucks– drums
  • Marc Quinones– percussion

Track listing:

  1. All Night Train – Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Chuck Leavell
  2. Sailin’ ‘Cross the Devil’s Sea – Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, Jack Pearson
  3. Back Where It All Begins – Dickey Betts
  4. Soulshine – Warren Haynes
  5. No One to Run With – Dickey Betts, John Prestia
  6. Change My Way of Living – Dickey Betts
  7. Mean Woman Blues – Dickey Betts
  8. Everybody’s Got a Mountain to Climb – Dickey Betts
  9. What’s Done Is Done – Gregg Allman, Allen Woody
  10. Temptation Is a Gun – Gregg Allman, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon

New Order: Republic

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On May 3, 1993, “London” label released “Republic”, the sixth New Order studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Real World Studios”; “Box” in Witshire, and “RAK Studios” in London and was produced by Stephen Hague and New Order.

Personnel:

  • Bernard Sumner– vocals, guitars, synthesizers, programming
  • Peter Hook– 4 and 6-stringed bass, synthesizers, programming, backing vocals
  • Stephen Morris– drums, synthesizers, programming
  • Gillian Gilbert– vocal, synthesizers, programming
  • David Rhodes – guitar
  • Audrey Riley– cello, string arrangements
  • Dee Lewis – backing vocals
  • Andy Duncan – additional programming
  • Peter Saville– art direction (designed at Pentagram)
  • Pascal Gabriel– pre-production
  • Simon Gogerly, Mike ‘Spike’ Drake, Owen Morrisand Richard Chappell – engineer
  • Ben Findlay and Sam Hardaker – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner and Stephen Hague.

  1. Regret
  2. World
  3. Ruined in a Day
  4. Spooky
  5. Everyone Everywhere
  6. Young Offender
  7. Liar
  8. Chemical
  9. Times Change
  10. Special Avalanche

The Madness: Same

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On May 3, 1988, “Virgin” label released the self-titled, debut Madness (The) studio album. It was recorded 1988, and was produced by The Three Eyes and Steve Chase.

Personnel:

  • Suggs(Graham McPherson) – lead and backing vocals, piano, timbales
  • Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth) – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
  • Chris Foreman– guitar, sitar, synthaxe, piano
  • Lee Thompson– saxophones, flute, backing vocals
  • Steve Nieve– keyboards
  • Roy Davies– keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Ian Price –piano synthesizer
  • Jerry Dammers– piano, electronic organ, Hammond organ, hi hat
  • Seamus Beaghen –accordion, Keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Bruce Thomas– bass guitar
  • Earl Falconer– bass guitar
  • Dick Cuthell– horns, cowbell
  • Rick Walker– tenor saxophone
  • Andy Minnion –baritone saxophone
  • Malcolm Buck – tenor saxophone
  • Simon Driscoll – trombone
  • Esmail Sheik – tablas
  • Simon Phillips– drums
  • Lorenzo Hall – backing vocals
  • Anthony Lee Brian – backing vocals
  • Robbie Ellington – backing vocals
  • Steve Chase – engineer
  • Nick Froome – engineer
  • Hugh Padgham– mixing
  • Michael H. Brauer – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Nail Down the Days – Cathal Smyth
  2. What’s That – Cathal Smyth
  3. I Pronounce You – Lee Thompson, Cathal Smyth. Ronnie West
  4. Oh – Cathal Smyth
  5. In Wonder – Graham McPherson
  6. Song in Red – Cathal Smyth
  7. Nightmare Nightmare – Graham McPherson
  8. Thunder and Lightning – Graham McPherson, Chris Foreman
  9. Beat the Bride – Lee Thompson, Cathal Smyth
  10. Gabriel’s Horn – Cathal Smyth

Frank Zappa: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

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On May 3, 1982, “Barking Pumpkin” released “Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch”, the thirty fifth album by Frank Zappa. It was recorded September 1981–early 1982, Live and at “UMRK” (studio tracks), and was produced by Frank Zappa. The album’s first half consists of studio recordings, while the second half consists of live recordings.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, lead guitar
  • Steve Vai– guitar
  • Ray White– vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Tommy Mars– keyboards
  • Bobby Martin – vocals, keyboards, sax
  • Scott Thunes– bass
  • Arthur Barrow– bass
  • Patrick O’Hearn– bass
  • Chad Wackerman– drums
  • Ed Mann– percussion
  • Roy Estrada– vocals
  • Ike Willis– vocals
  • Bob Harris – vocals
  • Lisa Popeil– vocals
  • Moon Unit Zappa– vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. No Not Now
  2. Valley Girl
  3. I Come to Nowhere
  4. Drowning Wiych
  5. Envelopes
  6. Teen-Age-Prostitute

Nick Mason: Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports

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On May 3, 1981, “Harvest” label released “Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports”, the debut Nick Mason album. It was recorded in October 1979,, at “Grog Kill Studios” in New York City and was produced by Carla Bley and Nick Mason.

Personnel:

  • Nick Mason– drums, percussion,  recording engineer assistant
  • Chris Spedding– guitars
  • Carla Bley– keyboards
  • Terry Adams– piano, harmonica, clavinet
  • Steve Swallow– bass guitar
  • Robert Wyatt– vocals
  • Karen Kraft– lead vocal, duet vocal, backing vocals
  • Michael Mantler– trumpets, recording engineer
  • Gary Windo– tenor, bass clarinet, flute, additional voices
  • Gary Valente– trombones, additional voices
  • Howard Johnson– tuba
  • Carlos Ward– additional voices
  • Sharpe – additional voices
  • Vincent Chancey– additional voices
  • Earl McIntyre – additional voices
  • James Guthrie– mixing
  • Hipgnosis & Geoff Halpin – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Carla Bley.

  1. Can’t Get My Motor to Start
  2. I Was Wrong
  3. Siam
  4. Hot River
  5. Boo To You Too
  6. Do Ya?
  7. Wervin’
  8. I’m a Mineralis

Aerosmith: Rocks

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On May 3, 1976, “Columbia” released “Rocks”, the fourth Aerosmith studio album. It was recorded February–March 1976, at “Wherehouse” and “The Record Plant”, and was produced by Jack Douglas, Joe Perry, Tom hamilton, Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Rocks” at number 176 at its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Times”. The album has been quadruple Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Steven Tyler– lead vocals, keyboards, electric bass, harmonica
  • Joe Perry– guitars, six-string bass, electric bass, backing vocals
  • Brad Whitford– guitars
  • Tom Hamilton – bass, guitar
  • Joey Kramer– drums, percussion
  • Paul Prestopino – banjo
  • Jack Douglas– arrangements, backing vocals
  • Aerosmith – arrangements
  • Jay Messina – engineer
  • Rod O’Brien – engineer assistant
  • Sam Ginsburg – engineer assistant
  • David Krebs, Steve Leber –direction
  • Pacific Eye & Ear – design

Track listing:

  1. Back in the Saddle – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  2. Last Child – Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford
  3. Rats in the Cellar – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  4. Combination – Joe Perry
  5. Sick as a Dog – Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton
  6. Nobody’s Fault – Steven Ttler, Brad Whitford
  7. Get the Lead Out – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  8. Lick and a Promise – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  9. Home Tonight – Steven Tyler

Leon Russell: Leon Russell and the Shelter People

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Leon Russell And The Shelter People

On May 3, 1971, “Shelter” label released “Leon Russell and the Shelter People”, the second Leon Russell solo album. It was recorded August – December, 1970 and January 1971, and was produced by Leon Russell and Denny Cordell.

Personnel:

  • Leon Russell – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
  • Claudia Lennear– vocals
  • Kathi McDonald– vocals
  • Joey Cooper – vocals, guitar
  • Don Preston – vocals, guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson– guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis– guitar
  • Chris Stainton– guitar
  • Jim Price – organ
  • Barry Beckett– organ
  • John Gallie – organ
  • Carl Radle– bass guitar
  • David Hood– bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Chuck Blackwell – drums
  • Roger Hawkins– drums
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Terry Manning– Moog programmer, engineer
  • Glyn Johns– engineer
  • Andy Johns– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Leon Russell, except where noted.

  1. Stranger in a Strange Land – Leon Russell, Don Preston
  2. Of Thee I Sing – Leon Russell, Don Preston
  3. A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan
  4. Crystal Closet Queen
  5. Home Sweet Oklahoma
  6. Alcatraz
  7. The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen
  8. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Bob Dylan
  9. She Smiles Like a River
  10. Sweet Emily
  11. Beware of Darkness – George Harrison