Monthly Archives: July 2017

Humble Pie: Same

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In July 1970, “A&M” label released the self-titled, third Humble Pie studio album..It was recorded in 1970, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Glyn Johns, Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley and Peter Frampton. The cover artwork was by Aubrey Beardsley.

Personnel:

  • Steve Marriott- vocals, guitar, keyboards, design
  • Peter Frampton – vocals, guitar, keyboards, design
  • Greg Ridley – vocals, bass, guitar, design
  • Jerry Shirley – vocals, drums, guitar, design
  • John Wilson – drums
  • Brian John Cole- steel guitar
  • Glyn (The Man) Johns – recording
  • Aubrey Beardsley – illustration
  • John Kelly – typography, photography

Track listing:

  1. Live With Me – Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley, Peter Frampton
  2. Only a Roach – Jerry Shirley
  3. One Eyed Trouser Snake Rumba – Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley and Peter Frampton
  4. Earth and Water Song – Peter Frampton
  5. I’m Ready – Willie Dixon
  6. Theme from Skint (See You Later Liquidator) – Steve Marriott
  7. Red Light Mama, Red Hot! – Steve Marriott, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley and Peter Frampton
  8. Sucking on the Sweet Vine – Greg Ridley

Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise

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On July 5, 2005, “Asthmatic Kitty” label released “Illinois” (Sufjan Stevens Invites You To: Come On Feel the Illinoise), the fifth Sufjan Stevens studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “The Buddy Project” in New York City, and various locations in New York City, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.

Personnel:

  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, bass guitar,  oboe, alto saxophone,  flute,  banjo,  glockenspiel, accordion, vibraphone, alto, sopranino, soprano, and tenor recorders, Casiotone MT-70, sleigh bells,  shaker,  tambourine, triangle, electronic organ,  drums, arrangements,  engineer, recording
  • James McAlister – drums, drum engineering
  • Craig Montoro – trumpet, backing vocals
  • Julianne Carney – violin
  • Rob Moose – violin
  • Marla Hansen – viola
  • Maria Bella Jeffers – cello
  • The Illinoisemaker Choir – clapping, backing vocals
  • Daniel and Elin Smith – clapping, backing vocals
  • Katrina Kerns – backing vocals
  • Shara Worden– backing vocals
  • Matt Morgan – backing vocals
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Jon Galloway – remix
  • Tom Eaton
  • Jennifer Hoover
  • Katrina Kerns
  • Beccy Lock
  • Tara McDonnel
  • Divya Srinivasan – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Sufjan Stevens.

    1. Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois
    2. The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You’re Going to Have to Leave Now, or, ‘I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!
    3. Come On! Feel the Illinoise!” (Part I: The World’s Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)
    4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
    5. Jacksonville
    6. A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons
    7. Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!
    8. One Last ‘Whoo-Hoo!’ for the Pullman!!
    9. Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!
    10. Casimir Pulaski Day
    11. To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and It Involves Tube Socks, a Paper Airplane, and Twenty-Two Able-Bodied Men
    12. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
    13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
    14. A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
    15. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
    16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
    17. Let’s Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don’t Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bloomington–Normal
    18. In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
    19. The Seer’s Tower
    20. The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders Part I: The Great Frontier – Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now
    21. Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
    22. Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run

The Auteurs: How I Learned To Love The Bootboys

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On July 5, 1999, “Hut” label released “How I Learned to Love the Bootboys”, the fourth and final Auteurs (The) album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Luke Haines, Pete Hofmann and Phil Vinall.

Personnel:

  • Luke Haines– vocal, guitar, keyboards
  • James Banbury – keyboards, programming, strings
  • Alice Readman – bass guitar
  • Barny C. Rockford – drums
  • Chris Wyles – drums
  • Theresa Whipple – viola
  • Abigail Trundle, Bern Davis – cello
  • Sarah Nixey– backing vocals
  • John Moore – backing vocals
  • Pete Hofmann – mixing
  • Rip – portrait photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Haines, except where noted.

  1. The Rubettes – Luke Haines, John Moore, Bickerton, Waddington
  2. 1967
  3. How I Learned to Love the Bootboys
  4. Your Gang, Our Gang
  5. Some Changes
  6. School
  7. Johnny and the Hurricanes
  8. The South Will Rise Again
  9. Asti Spumante – Luka Haines, S. Medway–Smith
  10. Sick of Hari Krisna
  11. Lights Out
  12. Future Generation

Smog: Julius Caesar

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On July 5, 1993, “Drag City” label released “Julius Caesar”, the third Bill Callahan  (also known as Smog) album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by Bill Callahan.

Personnel:

  • Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar
  • Kim Osterwalder – cello
  • Blue Water – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan.

  1. Strawberry Rash
  2. Your Wedding
  3. 37 Push Ups
  4. Stalled on the Tracks
  5. One Less Star
  6. Golden
  7. When You Walk
  8. I Am Star Wars
  9. Connections
  10. When the Power Goes Out
  11. Chosen One
  12. What Kind of Angel
  13. Stick in the Mud

Bryan Ferry: Another Time, Another Place

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On July 5, 1974, “island” label released “Another Time, Another Place”, the second Bryan Ferry studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Island Studios”, “Ramport Studios” and “AIR studios” in London, and was produced by  Bryan Ferry and John Punter.

Personnel:

  • Bryan Ferry – lead vocal, harmonica, organ, cover concept
  • David O’List– guitar
  • John Porter– guitar
  • Mark Warner – guitar
  • Peter Robinson – keyboards
  • John Wetton– bass guitar, fiddle
  • John Punter– bass guitar
  • Tony Carr, Tony Charles, Bruce Rowland– drums
  • Bruce Rowland– drums
  • Morris Pert– percussion
  • Ruan O’Lochlainn – alto saxophone
  • Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Daly, Bob Efford, Ronnie Ross– saxophone
  • Henry Lowther– trumpet
  • Paul Cosh, Martin Drover– trumpet
  • Chris Pyne– trombone
  • Malcolm Griffiths – trombone
  • Jimmy Hastings– flute
  • Vicki Brown, Helen Chappelle, Barry St. John, Liza Strike – choir
  • Martyn Ford – brass arrangements
  • Ann Odell – string arrangements
  • John Punter – engineer
  • Rhett Davies, Mark Dodson, Gary Edwards, Sean Milligan – engineer assistant
  • Bob Bowkett – artwork
  • Nicholas de Ville – design
  • Eric Boman – photography
  • Antony Price – fashion

Track listing:

  1. The ‘In’ Crowd – Billy Page
  2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  3. Walk a Mile in My Shoes – Joe South
  4. Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
  5. You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
  6. (What a) Wonderful World – Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler
  7. It Ain’t Me Babe – Bob Dylan
  8. Fingerpoppin’ – Ike Turner
  9. Help Me Make It Through the Nigh – Ike Turner
  10. Another Time, Another Place – Brian Ferry

Country Joe And The Fish: Here We Are Again

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In July 1969, “Vanguard” label released “Here We Are Again”, the fourth Country Joe and the Fish album. It was recorded January – March 1969, at “Vanguard Studios” in  New York City, and “Pacific High Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Samuel Charters.

Personnel:

  • “Country Joe” McDonald – vocals, guitar
  • Barry “The Fish” Melton – vocals, lead guitar
  • David Bennett Cohen – Hammond organ, piano, guitar
  • Gary “Chicken” Hirsh – drums
  • Tom Weller – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Here I Go Again – Country Joe McDonald
  2. Donovan‘s Reef – Country Joe McDonald
  3. It‘s So Nice to Have Love – Country Joe McDonald
  4. Baby, You’re Driving Me Crazy – Barry Melton
  5. Crystal Blues – Country Joe McDonald
  6. For No Reason – Country Joe McDonald
  7. I’ll Survive – Country Joe McDonald
  8. Maria – Country Joe McDonald
  9. My Girl 0 Barry Melton
  10. Doctor of Electricity – Barry Melton

Edgar Broughton Band: Wasa Wasa

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In July 1969, “Harvest” label released “Wasa Wasa”, the debut Edgar Broughton Band studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Peter Jenner.

Personnel:

  • Edgar Broughton – vocals, guitar
  • Victor Unitt – guitar
  • Arthur Grant – vocals, bass
  • Steve Broughton – drums
  • Peter Bown – engineer
  • Peter Mew– engineer
  • Jim Epps – design
  • Dick Imrie – photography
  • John Hopkins – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Death of an Electric Citizen – Arthur Grant, Robert Edgar Broughton, Steve Broughton
  2. American Boy Soldier – Arthur Grant, Robert Edgar Broughton, Steve Broughton
  3. Why Can’t Somebody Love Me? – Arthur Grant, Robert Edgar Broughton, Steve Broughton
  4. Neptune – Steve Broughton
  5. Evil – Robert Edgar.Broughton
  6. Crying – Robert Edgar Broughton
  7. Love in the Rain – Robert Edgar Broughton
  8. Dawn Crept Away – Robert Edgar Broughton, Steve Broughton

Leslie West: Mountain

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In July 1969, “Windfall” label released “Mountain”, the debut Leslie West album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Felix Pappalardi.

Personnel:

  • Leslie West- vocals, guitars
  • Norman Landsberg – Hammond organ
  • Felix Pappalardi- bass, keyboards
  • Norman Don Smart – drums
  • Bob d’ Orleans – engineer
  • Beverly Weinstein – art direction
  • The Graffeteria – design
  • David Krieger – design
  • Joel Brodsky – photography

Track listing:

  1. Blood of the Sun – Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  2. Long Red – Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg
  3. Better Watch Out – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  4. Blind Man – Gail Collins, Felix Pappalardi, Leslie West, John Ventura
  5. Baby, I’m Down – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  6. Dreams of Milk and Honey – Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg
  7. Storyteller Man – Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, John Ventura, NormanLandsberg
  8. This Wheel’s on Fire – Bob Dylan, Rick Danko
  9. Look to the Wind – Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, John Ventura
  10. Southbound Train – Leslie West, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg
  11. Because You Are My Friend – Leslie West