Yearly Archives: 2016

Hot Tuna: The Phosphorescent Rat

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Phosphorescent Rat

On January 3, 1974, “Grunt” label released “The Phosphorescent Rat”, the fourth Hot Tuna album.  It was recorded May – October, 1973, at the “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Mallory Earl.

Personnel:

  • Jorma Kaukonen– vocals, guitars
  • Jack Casady– electric bass, bass balalaika
  • Sammy Piazza –drums, spoons, percussion
  • Andrew Narell – steel drums
  • Tom Salisbury – conductor of strings and woodwinds
  • Marek A. Majewski – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jorma Kaukonen, except where noted

  1. I See the Light
  2. Letter to the North Star
  3. Easy Now
  4. Corners Without Exits
  5. Day to Day Out the Window Blues
  6. In the Kingdom
  7. Seeweed Strut
  8. Living Fust for You
  9. Soliloquy for 2
  10. Sally, Where’d You Get Your Liquor From? – Reverend Gary Davis

Ian McDonald and Michael Giles: McDonald and Giles

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On January 3, 1971, “Island” label released “McDonald and Giles”, album by Ian McDonald and Michael Giles. It was recorded May – July, 1970, at the  “Island Studios”, and was produced by Ian McDonald and Michael Giles.

Personnel:

  • Ian McDonald – vocals, guitar, piano, organ, saxes, flute, clarinet, zither, sundries
  • Steve Winwood– organ, piano
  • Peter Giles– bass guitar
  • Michael Giles – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Michael Blakesley – trombone
  • Mike Gray – strings and brass arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Suite in C- Ian McDonald
  • Turnham Green
  • Here I Am
  • And many more
  1. Flight of the Ibis – music by Ian McDonald, lyrics by BP Fallon
  2. Is She Waiting? – Ian McDonald
  3. Tomorrow’s People – The Children of Today – Michael Giles
  4. Birdman – music by Ian McDonald, lyrics by Peter Sinfield
  • The Inventor’s Dream (O.U.A.T.)
  • The Workshop
  • Wishbone Ascension
  • Birdman Flies!
  • Wings in the Sunset
  • Birdman – The Reflection

 

 

Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs

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Syd Barrett - Mad Cap Laughs

On January 3, 1970, “Harvest” label released “The Madcap Laughs”, the debut Syd Barrett solo album.  It was recorded May 1968 – August 1969, at the “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Syd Barrett, Peter Jenner, Malcolm Jones, David Gilmour and Roger Waters.

Personnel:

  • Syd Barrett– lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitar
  • David Gilmour– bass guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, drums
  • Mike Ratledge– keyboards
  • Hugh Hopper– bass guitar
  • Willie Wilson– bass guitar
  • Jerry Shirley– drums
  • Robert Wyatt– drums
  • Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis – design
  • Mick Rock– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Syd Barrett, except where noted.

  1. Terrapin
  2. No Good Trying
  3. Love You
  4. No Man’s Land
  5. Dark Globe
  6. Here I Go
  7. Octopus
  8. Golden Hair – lyrics based on a poem by James Joyce, music by Syd Barrett
  9. Long Gone
  10. She Took A Long Cold Look
  11. Feel
  12. If It’s in You
  13. Late Night

Melody Maker

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Melody Maker 1926

On January 2, 1926, first issue of “Melody Maker”, British weekly magazine was published.  “Melody Maker” was probably the earliest world music magazine and at its beginnings it was magazine for jazz, dance bands and musicians.  Publisher was Lawrence Wright and the first editor was Edgar Jackson. In 2000 “Melody Maker’ was merged into “New Musical Express”.

Graham Nash: Wild Tales

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Graham_Nash_Wild Tales

On January 2, 1974, “Atlantic” label released “Wild Tales”, the second Graham Nash studio album.  It was recorded in 1973, at  “Rudy Records Studio” in San Francisco, and was produced by Graham Nash.

Personnel:

  • Graham Nash – lead vocal, acoustic, electric and rhythm guitar, electric piano, piano, harmonica
  • Joel Bernstein – acoustic guitar
  • Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, dobro
  • David Lindley – electric slide guitar, mandolin
  • Dave Mason – twelve string guitar
  • Harry Halex – electric piano, acoustic guitar
  • Joe Yankee (a pseudonym for Neil Young) – acoustic piano
  • Tim Drummond – bass
  • Johnny Barbata – drums
  • David Crosby: vocal
  • Joni Mitchell: vocal
  • Stanley Johnston: voice montage

Track listing

All tracks by Graham Nash

  1. Wild Tales
  2. Hey You (Looking at the Moon)
  3. Prison Song
  4. You’ll Never Be The Same
  5. And So It Goes
  6. Grave Concern
  7. Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier)
  8. I Miss You
  9. On The Line
  10. Another Sleep Song