Monthly Archives: June 2017

Harry Nilsson: Aerial Pandemonium Ballet

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In June 1971, “RCA Victor” label released “Aerial Pandemonium Ballet”, the seventh Harry Nilsson studio album. It was recorded 1966-1968, with new vocals and remixes in 1971, and was produced by Harry Nilsson and Rick Jarrard.

Personnel:

  • Harry Nilsson – vocals
  • George Tipton – arrangements
  • Dick Bogert – engineer
  • Pet Leraci – engineer
  • Dennis Smith – technician
  • Dick Hendler – design
  • Jeff Gold – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Nilsson except where noted

  1. Introduction
  2. 1941
  3. Daddy’s Song
  4. Richland’s Favorite Song
  5. Good Old Desk
  6. Everybody’s Talkin
  7. Bath
  8. River Deep – Mountain High – Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
  9. Sleep Late, My Lady Friend
  10. Don’t Leave Me
  11. Without Her
  12. Together
  13. One
  14. Closing

Third Eye Blind: Dopamine

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On June 16, 2015, “Mega Collider” label released “Dopamine”, the fifth Third Eye Blind album. It was recorded 2010 – 2015, and was produced by Stephan Jenkins, Ryan Rabin, Ched Copelin, Jason Lader and Martin Teref.

Personnel:

  • Stephan Jenkins– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Kryz Reid – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Alex Kopp – keyboards
  • Alex LeCavalier – bass
  • Brad Hargreaves – drums
  • K. Flay – spoken word
  • Sean Beresford – engineer
  • Andrew Dawson – engineer
  • Doug Boehm – engineer
  • Jason Lader – engineer
  • Mark Needham – mixing
  • Ryan Hewitt – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephan Jenkins, except where noted.

  1. Everything Is Easy – Stephan Jenkins, Abe Millett
  2. Shipboard Cook
  3. All the Souls
  4. Dopamine
  5. Rites of Passage – Stephan Jenikins, Kryz Reid
  6. Back to Zero
  7. Something in You – Stephen Jenkins, Kryz Reid, Brad Hargeaves, Alex Kopp
  8. Get Me Out of Here
  9. Blade
  10. All These Things
  11. Exiles
  12. Say It – includes coda of “Rites of Passage” as a hidden track

Feeder: Silent Cry

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On June 16, 2008, “Echo” label released “Silent Cry”, the sixth Feeder studio album. It was recorded 2007-2008, at “Crypt Studios” in London, and was produced by Grant Nicholas and Matt Sime.

Personnel:

  • Grant Nicholas- vocals, guitars, keyboards, mixing, string arrangements
  • Taka Hirose- bass
  • Mark Richardson- drums
  • Sarah Clark – backing vocals
  • Audrey Riley- string arrangements
  • Kevin Metcalfe – sequencing
  • Chris Bolster – strings engineer
  • Stephen Marshall – strings engineer assistant
  • Matt Sime -strings arrangements,  engineer, mixing
  • Adrian Bushby – mixing
  • Helen Atkinson – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen- mastering
  • Nils Leonard – art direction, illustration, design
  • Hank Gidney – image manipulation
  • Max Oppenheim – photography
  • Perou- photography

Track listing:

All tracks written by Grant Nicholas.

  1. We Are the People
  2. Itsumo
  3. Miss You
  4. Tracing Lines
  5. Silent Cry
  6. Fires
  7. Heads Held High
  8. 18
  9. Who’s the Enemy
  10. Space
  11. Into the Blue
  12. Guided By a Voice
  13. Sonorous

Biffy Clyro: The Vertigo Of Bliss

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On June 16, 2003, “Beggars Banquet” label released “The Vertigo of Bliss”, the second Biffy Clyro studio album. It was recorded 2002 – 2003, at “Great Linford Manor”, “Eden Studios”, “The Church Studios” and “Sanctuary Westside Studios” in London, and was produced by Chris Sheldon, Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston. The album cover art was by Milo Manara.

Personnel:

  • Simon Neil– vocals, guitars
  • James Johnston– bass, vocals
  • Ben Johnston– drums, vocals
  • Kimberlee McCarrick – violin
  • Martin McCarrick– cello
  • Chris Sheldon- recording, engineer
  • Phil English – engineer
  • Sam Miller – engineer
  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • Phil Lee – design
  • Stefan De Batselier – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Simon Neil; all music by Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston.

  1. Bodies in Flight
  2. The Ideal Height
  3. With Aplomb
  4. A Day Of…
  5. Liberate the Illiterate/A Mong Among Mingers
  6. Diary of Always
  7. Questions and Answers
  8. Eradicate the Doubt
  9. When the Faction’s Fractioned
  10. Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys
  11. All the Way Down: Prologue Chapter 1
  12. A Man of His Appalling Posture
  13. Now the Action Is on Fire! – features hidden track “Ewen’s True Mental You

Grin: Same

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In June 1971, “Spindizzy” label released the self-titled, debut Grin album. It was recorded 1969-1970, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by David Briggs.

Personnel:

  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Bob Gordon – vocals, bass
  • Bob Berberich – vocals, drums
  • Ben Keith- steel guitar
  • Danny Whitten, Neil Youngand Ralph Molina – harmony vocals
  • Jerry Williams – scat singing
  • Bruce McCauley – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Nils Lofgren

  1. Like Rain
  2. See What A Love Can Do
  3. Everybody’s Missin’ The Sun
  4. 18 Faced Lover
  5. Outlaw
  6. We All Sung Together
  7. If I Were a Song
  8. Take You To The Movies Tonight
  9. Direction
  10. Pioneer Mary
  11. Open Wide
  12. I Had Too Much (Miss Dazi)

Tangerine Dream: Electronic Meditation

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In June 1970, “Ohr” label released “Electronic Meditation”, the debut Tangerine Dream album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler.

Personnel:

  • Edgar Froese – six- and twelve-string guitar, organ, piano, sound effects, tapes
  • Conrad Schnitzler – cello, violin, addiator
  • Jimmy Jackson – organ
  • Thomas Keyserling – flute
  • Klaus Schulze – drums, percussion, metal sticks

Track listing:

All tracks by Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler..

  1. Genesis
  2. Journey Through a Burning Brain
  3. Cold Smoke
  4. Ashes to Ashes
  5. Resurrection

The Monkees: Changes

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In June 1970, “Colgems” label released “Changes”, the ninth Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded in October 1966 and September 1969, at “RCA Victor Studios” and “The Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Bill Chadwick and Jeff Barry.

Personnel:

  • Davy Jones – lead vocals
  • Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee, Louie Shelton – guitars
  • Tommy Boyce – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Taylor – bass
  • Billy Lewis – drums
  • Bobby Hart – organ
  • Jay Miglior – saxophone
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet
  • Alan Robinson – French horn
  • Dick Hyde – trombone
  • Harold Ayres, John DeVoogdt, James Getzoff, Joy Lulu, Norman Serkin – violin
  • William Hymanson, Gareth Nuttycombe – viola
    Frederick Seykora – cello
  • Gene Estes – bell
  • Bobby Hart, Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
  • Jimmie Haskell – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, except where noted.

  1. Oh My My
  2. Ticket on a Ferry Ride – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
  3. You’re So Good to Me – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
  4. It’s Got to Be Love – Neil Goldberg
  5. Acapulco Sun – Ned Albright,Steven Soles
  6. 99 Pounds – Jeff Barry
  7. Tell Me Love – Jeff Barry
  8. Do You Feel It Too?
  9. I Love You Better
  10. All Alone in the Dark – Ned Albright, Steven Soles
  11. Midnight Train – Micky Dolenz
  12. I Never Thought It Peculiar – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart

Rod Stewart: Gasoline Alley

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In June 1970, “Vertigo” label released “Gasoline Alley”, the second Rod Stewart studio album. It was recorded February – April 1970, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Rod Stewart and Lou Reizner.

Personnel:

  • Rod Stewart– vocals, guitar
  • Martin Quittenton– classical guitar
  • Ronnie Wood– guitar, bottleneck guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
  • Stanley Matthews – mandolin
  • Pete Sears– piano
  • Ian McLagan– piano, organ
  • Ronnie Lane– vocals, bass
  • Mick Waller– drums
  • Kenney Jones– drums
  • Dennis O’Flynn – violin, bass
  • Dick Powell – violin
  • William Gaff – whistle
  • Jack Reynolds – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Gasoline Alley – Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood
  2. It’s All Over Now – Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack
  3. Only a Hobo – Bob Dylan
  4. My Way of Giving – Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott
  5. Country Comfort – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  6. Cut Across Shorty – Wayne P. Walker, Marijohn Wilkin
  7. Lady Day – Rod Stewart
  8. Jo’s Lament – Rod Stewart
  9. You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want to Discuss It) – Dick Cooper, Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby

James Taylor: Before This World

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On June 15, 2015, “Concord” label released “Before This World”, the seventeenth James Taylor studio album.It was recorded 2014-2015, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor — guitar, vocals, harmonica, guitar synthesizer
  • David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller, Andrea Zonn – vocals
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • David Mann, Lou Marini, Roger Rosenberg – saxophone
  • Walt Fowler, Barry Danielian, Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Randy Andos, Michael Davis – trombone
  • Tony Kadlek – flugelhorn
  • Larry Di Bello, David Peel – French horn
  • Jonathan Dinklage, Rachel Golub, Hiroko Taguchi, Entcho Todorov, Orlando Wells, Andrea Zonn – violin
  • Katharine Kresek, Philip Payton – viola
  • Emily Brause, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Sachon – cello
  • Rob Mounsey – arrangements
  • Ted Jensen- mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Today Today Today
  2. You and I Again
  3. Angels of Fenway
  4. Stretch of the Highway
  5. Montana
  6. Watchin’ Over Me
  7. SnowTime
  8. Before This World / Jolly Springtime
  9. Far Afghanistan
  10. Wild Mountain Thyme – Francis McPeake

Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do

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On June 15, 2012, “Clean State” label released “The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do”,the fourth Fiona Apple studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Charley Drayton and Fiona Apple.

Personnel:

  • Fiona Apple (referred to as “Feedy”) – vocals, artwork, celesta, duck, field recording, keyboard bass, loops, percussion, piano, thighs, truck stomper, timpani, voice strings
  • Charley Drayton(referred to as “Seedy”) – baritone vocals, bouzouki, guitar, kora, harp, marimba, drums, percussion, Teisco, thighs, truck stomper, voice of pain, voice strings, field recordings
  • Sebastian Steinberg– acoustic bass
  • Maude Maggart– high harmony
  • Eddison Sainsbury – engineer
  • John Would– engineer
  • Dave Way– mixing
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Dan Gerbarg – mastering
  • Eric Roinestad – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Fiona Apple.

  1. Every Single Night
  2. Daredevil
  3. Valentine
  4. Jonathan
  5. Left Alone
  6. Werewolf
  7. Periphery
  8. Regret
  9. Anything We Want
  10. Hot Knife