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Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams

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On May 3, 2011, “Reprise” label released “In Your Dreams”, the seventh Stevie Nicks studio album. It was recorded February-December 2010, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mike Campbell, David A. Stewart and Glen Ballard.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Nicks: vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Lindsey Buckingham: guitar, backing vocals
  • Glen Ballard: guitars, keyboards, piano
  • Dave Stewart: guitars, vocals
  • Tom Bukovac: guitar
  • Rob Cavallo: guitar
  • Neale Heywood: guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel: guitar
  • Greg Leisz: mandolin
  • Mike Campbell: guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Ned Douglas: keyboards
  • Ricky Peterson: Hammond organ, piano
  • Mike Rojas: Hammond organ, piano
  • Zac Rae: Hammond organ
  • Mike Rowe: keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Mike Bradford: bass
  • Simon Smith: bass
  • Michael Rhodes: bass
  • Al Ortiz: bass
  • Mick Fleetwood- drums
  • Chad Cromwell: drums
  • Steve Ferrone: drums
  • Blair Sinta: drums
  • Scott Campbell: drum programming, additional percussion
  • Lenny Castro: percussion
  • Mike Fasano: percussion
  • Ann Marie Calhoun: violin
  • Torrey DeVitto: violin
  • Sharon Celani – backing vocals
  • Lori Nicks: backing vocals
  • Scott Campbell, Ned Douglas, Karen Johnston, Mike Linett, John McBride – engineer
  • Marcus Johnson, Shin Miyazawa, Chris Owens – recording assistant
  • Chris Lord-Alge; assisted by Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpin, Andrew Schubert, Brad Townsend – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Secret Love – Stevie Nicks
  2. For What It’s Worth – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  3. In Your Dreams – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  4. Wide Sargasso Sea – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  5. New Orleans – Stevie Nicks, Neale Heywood
  6. Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream) – Stevie Nicks
  7. Annabel Lee – Stevie Nicks, Edgar Allan Poe, Waddy Wachtel
  8. Soldier’s Angel – Stevie Nicks
  9. Everybody Loves You – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  10. Ghosts Are Gone – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  11. You May Be The One – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  12. Italian Summer – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
  13. Cheaper Than Free – Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart

Fall Out Boy: From Underr the Cork Tree

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On May 3, 2005, “Island” label released “From Under the Cork Tree”, the second Fall Out Boy studio album. It was recorded November 2004-January 2005, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Neal Avron. The album was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Patrick Stump– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Joe Trohman– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Pete Wentz– bass guitar, backing vocals, unclean vocals
  • Andy Hurley– drums, percussion
  • William Beckett – guest vocals
  • Brendon Urie – backing vocals
  • Chad Gilbert– guest vocals
  • Neal Avron– mixing
  • Tom Lord-Alge– mixing
  • Femio Hernandez – mixing assistant
  • Brian “Big Bass” Gardner– mastering
  • Travis Huff – Pro Toolsengineer
  • Mike Fasano – drum tech
  • Dan Suh – guitar tech
  • Louis Marino – creative direction
  • Frank Gargiulo – art direction, album design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Pete Wentz; all music by Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley.

  1. Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn’t Get Sued
  2. Of All the Gin Joints in All the World
  3. Dance, Dance
  4. Sugar, We’re Goin Down
  5. Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner
  6. I’ve Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)
  7. 7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)
  8. Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year
  9. Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends
  10. I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
  11. A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More Touch Me
  12. Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part to Save the Scene and Stop Going to Shows)
  13. XO

Animal Collective: Sung Tongs

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On May 3, 2004, “FatCat” label released “Sung Tongs”, the fifth Animal Collective studio album. It was recorded in September 2003, and was produced by David Portner and Noah Lennox.

Personnel:

  • David Portner (Avey Tare)
  • Noah Lennox (Panda Bear)
  • Rusty Santos– engineering
  • Abby Portner– cover art
  • Rob Carmichael – design, layout

Track listing:

All music by David Portner and.Noah Lennox.

  1. Leaf House
  2. Who Could Win a Rabbit
  3. The Softest Voice
  4. Winters Love
  5. Kids on Holiday
  6. Sweet Road
  7. Visiting Friends
  8. College
  9. We Tigers
  10. Mouth Wooed Her
  11. Good Lovin Outside
  12. Whaddit I Done

 

Lykke Li: I Never Learn

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On May 2, 2014, “LL Recordings” label released “I Never Learn”, the third Lykke Li studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Ingrid”, “Studio Spegeln”, ”Music & Words”, “Decibel Studios” in Stockholm, Sweden, “Echo Studio”, “Sonora Recorders” in Los Angeles, California, “The Green Building”  in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Greg Kurstin, Lasse Mårtén, Lykke Li and Björn Yttling.

Personnel:

  • Lykke Li– vocals, harmonies
  • Bjorn Yttling– acoustic guitar, electric bass, Mellotron, percussion, piano, production, recording, sitar, Taurus, zither
  • Thomas Tjärnkvist – electric guitar
  • Rick Nowels– acoustic guitar, recording
  • Anders Pettersson – electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Calle Olsson – synthesizer
  • Greg Kurstin– bass, drums, electric guitar, guitar, keyboards,  Mellotron, Orchestron, organ, percussion, piano, recording
  • Lars Skoglund – drums, percussion
  • John Eriksson– percussion
  • Erik Arvinder – violin
  • Ketil Solberg – violin
  • Conny Lindgren – violin
  • Andreas Forsman – violin
  • Erik Holm – viola
  • Christopher Öhman – viola
  • Leo Svensson – cello
  • Cecilia Linné – cello
  • Mariam Wallentin – vocals
  • Andrea Thomas – choir
  • Talitha Manor – choir
  • Lasse Mårtén – percussion, drum programming, recording, mixing
  • Vincent Brantley – choir
  • Katherine Dancy – choir
  • Sean Dancy – choir
  • Yolanda Dancy – choir
  • Brandon Hampton – choir
  • Amanda Hollingby Matsson– additional vocals
  • Laura Sisk – recording
  • Kieron Menzies – recording
  • Julian Burg – recording
  • Alex Pasco – recording
  • Nille Perned – recording
  • Gustav Lindelöw – recording
  • Hans Stenlund – recording
  • Trevor Yasuda – recording
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Karl Lindman – art direction
  • Brendan Dunne – design
  • Josh Olins – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Lykke Li; all music by Lykke Li and Björn Yttling except where noted.

  1. I Never Learn
  2. No Rest for the Wicked
  3. Just Like a Dream
  4. Silver Line – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling, Greg Kurstin
  5. Gunshot – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
  6. Love Me Like I’m Not Made of Stone – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
  7. Never Gonna Love Again
  8. Heart of Steel – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
  9. Sleeping Alone

Paul Beaver, Mort Garson, Jacques Wilson and Faryar: The Zodiac:Cosmic Sounds

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In May 1967, “Elektra” label released “The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds”, concept album on the theme of the signs of the Zodiac, by Paul Beaver, Mort Garson, Jacques Wilson and Cyrus Faryar. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Alex Hassilev.

Personnel:

  • Cyrus Faryar– narration
  • Paul Beaver– Moog, electronic instruments
  • Mike Melvoin– keyboards
  • Carol Kaye– bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine– drums
  • Emil Richards– exotic percussion
  • Bud Shank– bass flute

Track listing:

All music by Mort Garson, all lyrics by Jacques Wilson

  1. Aries – The Fire-Fighter
  2. Taurus – The Voluptuary
  3. Gemini – The Cool Eye
  4. Cancer – The Moon Child
  5. Leo – The Lord of Lights
  6. Virgo – The Perpetual Perfectionist
  7. Libra – The Flower Child
  8. Scorpio – The Passionate Hero
  9. Sagittarius – The Versatile Daredevil
  10. Capricorn – The Uncapricious Climber
  11. Aquarius – The Lover of Life
  12. Pisces – The Peace Piper

The 5th Dimension: Up, Up and Away

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In May 1967, “Soul City” label released “Up, Up and Away” the debut 5th Dimension album. It w was produced byas recorded April 1966-March 1967, and was produced by Marc Gordon, Willie Hutch, Johnny Rivers and Rob Santos. In 1967, “Up, Up and Away” won four “Grammy Award” including “Record of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Billy Davis, Jr. – lead and backing vocals
  • Marilyn McCoo- lead and backing vocals
  • Lamonte McLemore- backing vocals
  • Ron Townson- backing vocals
  • Florence LaRue- backing vocals
  • Al Casey- guitar
  • Johnny Rivers– guitar
  • F. Sloan– guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco– guitar
  • Larry Knechtel- piano, keyboards
  • Jimmy Webb -keyboards,  musical conductor, arrangements
  • Joe Osborn- bass, guitar
  • Hal Blaine- drums, percussion
  • Marty Paich – horns and strings arrangements
  • Elliot Federman – mastering
  • Arlessa Barnes, Glenn Delgado, Christina DeSimone, Robin Diamond, Mandana Eidgah, Karyn Friedland, Felicia Gearhart, Laura Gregory, Jeremy Holiday, Robin Manning, Brooke Nochomson, Ed Osborne, Larry Parra, Dana Renert, Bill Stafford, Steve Strauss – project coordinator
  • Bones Howe, Tom Tierney, Russ Wapensky – production assistant
  • Joanna Feltman – archivist
  • Mike Hartry – transfer
  • Mathieu Bitton – art direction, design
  • Wardy Woodward – art direction
  • Wayne Kimbell – design
  • Bernard Yeszin – cover photography
  • Rob Santers – photography
  • Mike Ragehoa – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Up, Up and Away – Jimmy Webb
  2. Another Day, Another Heartache – Steve Barri, F. Sloan
  3. Which Way to Nowhere- Jimmy Webb
  4. California My Way – Willie Hutch
  5. Misty Roses – Tim Hardin
  6. Go Where You Wanna Go – John Phillips
  7. Never Gonna Be the Same – Jimmy Webb
  8. Pattern People – Jimmy Webb
  9. Rosecrans Blvd. – Jimmy Webb
  10. Learn How to Fly – Willie Hutch
  11. Poor Side of Town – Lou Adler, Johnny Rivers