On March 18, 2017, Don Hunstein died aged 88. He was photographer, best known for his work at “Columbia Records” and for his photographs that were featured on covers of some famous albums including Thelonious Monk’s Monk’s Dream; Blood, Sweat & Tears’s Mirror Image; Miles Davis’s Nefertiti, and the famous photograph of Bob Dylan walking with Suze Rotolo, used for the cover of “Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” album.
Monthly Archives: March 2017
The Strokes: Comedown Machine
On March 26, 2013, “Rough Trade” label released “Comedown Machine”, the fifth Strokes (The) studio album. It was recorded July – November 2012 at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and “One Way Studios” in Upstate New York, and was produced by Gus Oberg.
Personnel:
- Julian Casablancas– vocals
- Albert Hammond, Jr.– guitar, keyboards
- Nick Valensi– guitar, keyboards, mellotron
- Nikolai Fraiture– bass guitar, double bass
- Fabrizio Moretti– drums, percussion
- Gus Oberg – engineer, mixing
- Phil Joy – engineer
- Dave Lutch – mastering
- Brett Kilroe – art direction, design
- Fab Moretti – art direction
- Tina Ibañez – design
- Colin Lane – original band photography
- Jason McDonald – still life photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond, Jr., Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti, except where noted.
- Tap Out
- All the Time – Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture
- One Way Trigger – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond, Jr.
- Welcome to Japan – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond, Jr., Nick Valensi
- 80’s Comedown Machine – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond, Jr., Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti
- 50/50
- Slow Animals – Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi
- Partners in Crime – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond, Jr.
- Chances – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond, Jr., Fabrizio Moretti
- Happy Ending
- Call It Fate, Call It Karma – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond, Jr., Nick Valensi
Level 42: Running in the Family
In March 1987, “Polydor” label released “Running in the Family”, the seventh Level 42 studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Sarm West” and “Maison Rouge”, and was produced by Wally Badarou, Mark King, Phil Gould, Boon Gould, Wally Badarou, Mike Lindup, Gary Barnacle and Krys Mach. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the UK by “BPI”.
Personnel:
- Boon Gould– lead and rhythm guitars
- Wally Badarou– keyboards, backing vocals
- Mike Lindup– keyboards, backing vocals
- Gary Barnacle– saxophone
- Krys Mach – saxophone
- Mark King– lead vocals, bass
- Phil Gould– drums
Track listing:
- Lessons in Love – Wally Badarou, Boon Gould, Mark King
- Children Say – Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phi Gould
- Running in the Family – Phil Gould, Wally Badarou, Mark King
- It’s Over – Mark King, R. Gould, Wally Badarou
- To Be with You Again – Mark King, R. Gould
- Two Solitudes – Mark King, Phil Gould, Mike Lindup
- Fashion Fever – Mark King, Phil Gould, R. Gould, Mike Lindup
- The Sleepwalkers – Mark King, Phil Gould
- Freedom Someday – Mark King, Phil Gould, R. Gould, Mike Lindup
Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey: Going Back Home
On March 25, 2014, “Chess” label released “Going Back Home” album by Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey. It was recorded in November 2013, at “Yellow Fish Studios” in Uckfield, and was produced by Dave Eringa.
Personnel:
- Wilko Johnson- lead guitar
- Roger Daltrey- lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Mick Talbot- piano, Hammond organ
- Steve Weston – harmonica
- Norman Watt-Roy- bass guitar
- Dylan Howe- drums, percussion
Track listing:
All by Wilko Johnson except where noted.
- Going Back Home – Wilko Johnson, Mick Green
- Ice on the Motorway
- I Keep it to Myself
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window – Bob Dylan
- Turned 21
- Keep On Loving You – Wilko Johnson, Norman Watt-Roy, Salvatore Ramundo
- Some Kind of Hero
- Sneaking Suspicion
- Keep It Out of Sight
- Everybody’s Carrying a Gun
- All Through the City
Johnny Cash: Out Among The Stars
On March 25, 2014, “Legacy Recordings” label released “Out Among the Stars” the posthumous Johnny Cash studio album. The album materials come from the lost 1980s sessions with producer Billy Sherrill, shelved by “Columbia Records”, and discovered and compiled by Cash’s son John Carter Cash in 2012. The materials were recorded 1981-1984, at “Columbia Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “1111 Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and were produced by Billy Sherrill, John Carter Cash and Steve Berkowitz.
Personnel:
- Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
- June Carter Cash– duet
- Waylon Jennings– duet
- Pete Bordonali – guitar
- Jerry Carrigan – guitar
- Jerry Kennedy– guitar
- Billy Sanford – guitar
- Dale Sellers – guitar
- Robert Wray – guitar
- Pete Drake– steel guitar
- Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
- Buddy Miller– guitar
- Pat McLaughlin – guitar
- Bryan Sutton– acoustic guitar, banjo
- Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
- Marty Stuart– guitar, mandolin
- Sam Bush– mandolin
- Tony Harrell – keyboards
- Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
- Bobby Wood – piano
- Terry McMillan– harmonica
- Mark Fain – upright bass
- Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
- John C. Williams – bass guitar
- Kenny Malone– drums
- Rick Lonow – percussion
- Niko Bolas– percussion
- Blade – percussion
- Laura Cash – fiddle
- Jerry Douglas– Dobro
- Minnie Pearl– vocals
- Carlene Carter– backing vocals
- Cash Cabin Vocal Group” and the full student body of Sumner Academy of Gallatin, Tennessee – additional vocals
- Chuck Turner – engineer
- Nathan Yarborough – additional mixing
- Niko Bolas – mixing
- Joseph M. Palmaccio– mastering
- Lou Robin – executive production
Track listing:
- Out Among the Stars – Adam Mitchell
- Baby Ride Easy – Richard Dobson
- She Used to Love Me a Lot – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
- After All – Charles Cochran, Sandy Mason
- I’m Movin’ On – Hank Snow
- If I Told You Who It Was – Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
- Call Your Mother – Johnny Cash
- I Drove Her Out of My Mind – Gary Gentry, Hillman Hall
- Tennessee – Rick Scott
- Rock and Roll Shoes – Paul Kennerley, Graham Lyle
- Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time – Tommy Collins
- I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
- She Used to Love Me a Lot (JC/ECVersion) – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
James Marshall
On March 24, 2010, James Joseph Marshall died aged 74. He was photographer, best known for his photographs of rock musicians, including The Beatles (final paid live concert in San Francisco’s Candlestick Park), Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, The Allman Brothers Band, The Who, Guns N’ Roses and Santana. He was also the chief photographer at Woodstock.
Butthole Surfers: Locust Abortion Technician
In March 1987, “Touch and Go” label released “Locust Abortion Technician”, the third Butthole Surfers album. It was recorded 1985-1986, and was produced by Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, Jeff Pinkus, King Coffey and Teresa Nervosa. Album front cover illustration was painted by Arthur Sarnoff, entitled “Fido and the Clowns”.
Personnel:
- Gibby Haynes- lead vocals
- Paul Leary- guitar
- Jeff Pinkus– bass
- King Coffey- drums
- Teresa Nervosa- drums
- Aurthur Sarnoff – painting
Track listing:
All tracks by Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, Jeff Pinkus, King Coffey and Teresa Nervosa, except where noted.
- Sweat Loaf
- Graveyard
- Pittsburgh to Lebanon
- Weber
- HAY
- Human Cannonball
- S.S.A.
- The O-Men
- Kuntz – Kong Katkamhaeng
- Graveyard
- 22 Going on 23
Peter Wolf: Come As You Are
In March 1987, “EMI America” label released “Come as You Are”, the second Peter Wolf solo album. It was recorded 1986-1987, at “Syncro Sound” in Boston, and was produced by Peter Wolf and Eric Thorngren.
Personnel:
- Peter Wolf – lead and backing vocals
- Jeff Golub- guitar
- Skip McDonald- guitar
- Victor LeComer – keyboards
- Tom Mandel- keyboards
- John Songdahl – keyboards
- Doug Wimbish– bass
- Jim Gregory – bass
- Bobby Chouinard – drums
- Steve Scales – percussion
- Arno Hecht – horn
- John Turi – horn
- Lonnie Groves – backing vocals
- Frank Simms- backing vocals
- George Simms – backing vocals
- Bird Taylor – backing vocals
- Buck Taylor – backing vocals
- Eric “ET” Thorngren – engineer, mixing
- Marc Cobrin – mixing assistant
- Jack Skinner – mastering
- Gary Wright – studio assistant
- Henry Marquez, Janet Perr – art direction
- Janet Perr – design
- Annie Leibovitz – photography
Track listing:
- Can’t Get Started – Peter Wolf
- Love on Ice – Peter Wolf, Timothy S. Mayer
- Thick as Thieves – Peter Wolf, Timothy S.Mayer
- Blue Avenue – Peter Wolf, Timothy S.Mayer, Carin Goldberg
- Wind Me Up – Peter Wolf
- Come as You Are – Peter Wolf, Timothy S.Mayer
- Flame of Love – Peter Wolf
- Mamma Said – Peter Wolf, Michael Jonzun
- Magic Moon – Peter Wolf
- 2 Lane – Peter Wolf
- Run Silent Run Deep – Peter Wolf, Timothy S.Mayer
Simply Red: Men And Women
In March 1987, “WEA Records” label released “Men and Women”, the second Simply Red album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Alex Sadkin, Mick Hucknall and Yvonne Ellis.
Personnel:
- Mick Hucknall- lead and backing vocals
- Sylvan Richardson- guitars
- Tim Kellett- keyboards, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, live backing vocals
- Fritz McIntyre- keyboards, backing vocals
- Tony Bowers- bass guitar, percussion
- Chris Joyce- drums, percussion
- Ian Kirkham- tenor and baritone saxophones
- Derek Wadsworth- trombone
- Eleanor Morris – cello
- Janette Sewell – backing vocals
- Steve Rainford – keyboards programming
- Barry Mraz, Yvonne Ellis – engineer
- Chris Dickie – engineer assistant
- Alex Sadkin, Barry Mraz, Chris Dickie, Nick Launay, Joe Barbaria – mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Robert Erdmann – photography
Track listing:
- The Right Thing – Mick Hucknall
- Infidelity – Mick Hucknall, Lamont Dozier
- Suffer – Mick Hucknall, Lamont Dozier
- I Won’t Feel Bad – Mick Hucknall, Chris Joyce, Tony Bowers, Tim Kellett, Fritz McIntyre, Sylvan Richardson
- Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
- Let Me Have It All – Sylvester Stewart
- Love Fire – Bunny Wailer
- Move On Out – Mick Hucknall
- Shine – Mick Hucknall
- Maybe Someday…Mick Hucknall
Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
On March 24, 2015, “Milk! Records” label released “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit”, the debut Courtney Barnett studio album. It was recorded April 2014, at “Head Gap Studio” in Preston, Victoria, and was produced by Courtney Barnett, Burke Reid and Dan Luscombe.
Personnel:
- Courtney Barnett– vocals, guitar
- Dan Luscombe – guitar
- Andrew ‘Bones’ Sloane – vocals, bass
- Dave Mudie – vocals, drums, percussion
- Burke Reid– engineer, mixing
- Dan Luscombe – mixing
- Courtney Barnett– artwork
- Tajette O’Halloran – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Courtney Barnett.
- Elevator Operator
- Pedestrian at Best
- An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in New York)
- Small Poppies
- Depreston
- Aqua Profundal
- Dead Fox
- Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party
- Debbie Downer
- Kim’s Caravan
- Boxing Day Blues
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