iamthemorning: Lighthouse

On April 1, 2016, “Kscope” label released “Lighthouse”, the third iamthemorning studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Murder Mile Studios” in London,  “Mosfilm Studios” in Moscow, and was produced by Gleb Kolyadin and Marjana Semkina.

Personnel:

  • Marjana Semkina – lead and backing vocals
  • Gleb Kolyadin – grand piano, keyboards
  • Vlad Avy – guitars
  • Alexander Kuznetcov – double bass
  • Colin Edwin– bass
  • Gavin Harrison– drums
  • Mariusz Duda– vocals
  • Perezvony” Choir – Stanislava Sorokina, Svetlana Utkina, Yury Volkov, Maria Cherepanova, Elizaveta Levina, Anastasia Andriyanenko, Daria Severinova, Alina Vahrina, Anastasia Kavalerova, Nikol Zgeib, Anna Sokolova, Anastasia Malova, Sofia Liberman, Margarita Raspopova, Martin Sadomirsky, Svetlana Philippova, Serafima Chervotkina
  • Evan Carson – bodhrán, percussion
  • Andres Izmailov – harp
  • Tatiana Rezetdinova – flute
  • Roman Erofeev – clarinet
  • Sergey Korolkov – trumpet
  • Oksana Stepanova – bombard
  • Larisa Yarutskaya – conductor, art-director
  • Philipp Saulin – violin
  • Anastasia Razumets, Aleksandra Svidunovich, Zhuldyz Bukina, Tatiana Kuvaitseva, Philipp Saulin – violin
  • Aleksander Bogdanovich, Ksenia Ivanova – viola
  • Mikhail Ignatov, Evgenia Ignatova, Mikhail Ignatov – cello
  • Gianluca Capacchione, Vlad Avy – mixing
  • Neil Pickles, Marcel van Limbeek – mixing, mastering
  • Constantine Nagishkin – artwork
  • Mikhail Meerov – design

Track listing:

All tracks written by Gleb Kolyadin and Marjana Semkina.

  1. I Came Before the Water Pt I
  2. Too Many Years
  3. Clear Clearer
  4. Sleeping Pills
  5. Libretto Horror
  6. Lighthouse
  7. Harmony
  8. Matches
  9. Belighted
  10. Chalk and Coal
  11. I Came Before the Water Pt II
  12. Post Scriptum

Killing Joke: Democracy

On April 1, 1996, “Big Life” label released “Democracy”, the tenth Killing Joke studio album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, and was produced by Martin “Youth” Glover.

Personnel:

  • Jaz Coleman– vocals, synthesizer
  • Kevin “Geordie” Walker– guitar
  • Martin “Youth” Glover– bass guitar
  • Geoff Dugmore– drums
  • Nick Holywell-Walker– synthesizer

Track listing

All tracks by Jaz Coleman, Martin “Youth” Glover and Geordie Walker.

  1. Savage Freedom
  2. Democracy
  3. Prozac People
  4. Lanterns
  5. Aeon
  6. Pilgrimage
  7. Intellect
  8. Medicine Wheel
  9. Absent Friends
  10. Another Bloody Election

Carlos Santana: Havana Moon

On April 1, 1983, “CBS” label released “Havana Moon”, the fifth Carlos Santana album. It was recorded in 1982, at “The Automatt” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett.

Personnel:

  • Carlos Santana– guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Roberto Moreno – vocals
  • Willie Nelson– vocals
  • Greg Walker – vocals
  • Candelario Lopez – vocals
  • Jose Santana – vocals, violin
  • Chris Solberg – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Jimmie Vaughan– guitar
  • Booker T. Jones– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Richard Baker – keyboards
  • Barry Beckett– keyboards
  • Alan Pasqua– vocals, keyboards
  • Flaco Jiménez– accordion
  • Kim Wilson– harmonica, backing vocals
  • Keith Ferguson– bass
  • Luis Gonsalez – bass
  • David Hood– bass
  • David Margen – bass, percussion
  • Fran Christina – drums
  • Armando Peraza– vocals, percussion, bongos
  • Graham Lear– percussion, drums
  • Raul Rékow – percussion, conga, backing vocals
  • Alex Ligertwood– vocals, percussion
  • Orestes Vilató– flute, percussion, timbales, backing vocals
  • Jose Salcedo – trombone, trumpet
  • Oscar Chavez– trombone, trumpet
  • Mic Gillette– trumpet, horn
  • Lanette Stevens – horn
  • Stephen Kupka– horn
  • Marc Russo– horn
  • Tramaine Hawkins– horn
  • Emilio Castillo– horn, backing vocals
  • Greg Adams– horn, strings
  • Gabriel Arias – violin
  • Francisco Coronado – violin
  • Raymundo Coronado – violin
  • Cherline Hall – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Watch Your Step – Phil Belmonte, Bobby Parker
  2. Lightnin’ – Booker T. Jones, Carlos Santana
  3. Who Do You Love? – Ellas McDaniel
  4. Mudbone – Carlos Santana
  5. One with You – Booker T. Jones
  6. Ecuador – Carlos Santana
  7. Tales of Kilimanjaro – Alan Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Carlos Santana
  8. Havana Moon – Chuck Berry
  9. Daughter of the Night – Hasse Huss, Mikael Rickfors
  10. They All Went to Mexico – Greg Brown
  11. Vereda Tropical – Gonzalo Curiel

Wire: Silver / Lead

On March 31, 2017, “Pinkflag” label released “Silver/Lead”, the sixteenth Wire studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rockfield Studios” in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, “Swim Studio” in London, and was produced by Colin Newman.

Personnel:

  • Colin Newman– lead vocals,  keyboards, acoustic, 12-string and electric guitar, mandola, M-Tron baritone, mixing
  • Graham Lewis– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, Casio SK-1, loops, samples, cover image
  • Matthew Simms – electric guitar, lap steel, mandola, modular synth, Korg MS-10, fx, autoharp
  • Robert Grey– drums
  • Tim Lewis– engineer
  • Jeroen Melchers – engineer
  • Denis Blackham– mastering
  • Jon Wozencroft– art direction

Track listing:

All lyrics by Graham Lewis, all music by Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Grey and Matthew Simms.

  1. Playing Harp for the Fishes
  2. Short Elevated Period
  3. Diamonds in Cups
  4. Forever & a Day
  5. An Alibi
  6. Sonic Lens
  7. This Time
  8. Brio
  9. Sleep on the Wing
  10. Silver / Lead

Bob Dylan: Triplicate

On March 31, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Triplicate”, the 38th Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Frost.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals
  • Charlie Sexton, Dean Parks – guitar
  • Donnie Herron – steel guitar
  • Tony Garnier – bass
  • Geoff Gans – drums
  • George Receli – drums
  • James Harper – conductor, arrangements
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Steve Genewick – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Tom Piazza – linear notes
  • John Shearer – photography

Track listing:

Disc 1 – ‘Til the Sun Goes Down

  1. I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plans – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  2. September of My Years – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  3. I Could Have Told You – Carl Sigman, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Once Upon a Time – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  5. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. This Nearly Was Mine – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  7. That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
  8. It Gets Lonely Early – Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  9. My One and Only Love – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
  10. Trade Winds – Cliff Friend, Charles Tobias

Disc 2 – Devil Dolls

  1. Braggin – Jimmy Shirl, Robert Marko, Henry Katzman
  2. As Time Goes By – Herman Hupfeld
  3. Imagination – Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. How Deep Is the Ocean? – Irving Berlin
  5. S. I Love You – Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer
  6. The Best Is Yet to Come – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. But Beautiful – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  8. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  9. Where Is the One – Alec Wilder, Edwin Finckel
  10. There’s a Flaw in My Flue – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke

Disc 3 – Comin’ Home Late

  1. Day In, Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  2. I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  3. Sentimental Journey – Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green
  4. Somewhere Along the Way – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Gallop
  5. When the World Was Young – Philippe-Gérard, Angèle Vannier, Johnny Mercer
  6. These Foolish Things – Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey
  7. You Go to My Head – John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie
  8. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  9. It’s Funny to Everyone But Me – Jack Lawrence
  10. Why Was I Born? – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II

Neal Schon: Beyond the Thunder

On March 30, 1995, “Higher Octave” label released “Beyond the Thunder”, the second Neal Schon album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Wild Horse Studio” in Novato, CA, and was produced by Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon.

Personnel:

  • Neal Schon– acoustic, electric and synth guitars, string arrangements
  • Jonathan Cain- keyboards, string arrangements
  • Billy Peterson- bass, string arrangements
  • Tony Saunders– bass
  • Tommy Bradford– drums
  • Steve Smith– drums
  • Jose Areas- percussion
  • Michael Carabello– percussion
  • John Hernandez– percussion
  • Jonathan Cain- engineer, mixing
  • Dale Everingham, Thomas Leukens- additional engineering
  • Matt Marshall, Dan Selene- executive producer

 Track listing:

All tracks by Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, except where noted.

  1. Big Moon
  2. Bandalero
  3. Cool Breeze
  4. Zanzibar
  5. Send Me an Angel
  6. Boulevard of Dreams
  7. Espanique
  8. Caribbean Blue
  9. Someone’s Watching Over Me / Iguassa Falls – Neal Schon
  10. Deep Forest – Neal Schon
  11. Call of the Wild

The Sounds: Something To Die For

On March 29, 2011, “SideOneDummy” label released “Something to Die For”, the fourth Sounds studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Arnioki Studios, and was produced by Maja Ivarsson, Felix Rodriguez, Jesper Anderberg, Johan Bengtsson and Fredrik Blond.

Personnel:

  • Maja Ivarsson – vocals
  • Felix Rodriguez – vocals, guitar, programming
  • Jesper Anderberg – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Johan Bengtsson – bass
  • Fredrik Blond – drums
  • Brian Virtue – programming, engineer
  • Mathias Schlegel, Will Brierre – engineer
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Mark Needham – mixing
  • Dirk Fritz – artwork
  • Kirsti Anna Urpa – band photography
  • Roland Bengtsson – studio photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Felix Rodriguez, Fredrik Bold and Jesper Anderberg, all music by Felix Rodriguez and Jesper Anderberg.

  1. It’s So Easy
  2. Dance with the Devil
  3. The No No Song
  4. Better Off Dead
  5. Diana
  6. Something to Die For – album version
  7. Yeah Yeah Yeah
  8. Won’t Let Them Tear Us Apart
  9. The Best of Me
  10. Wish You Were Here

James LaBrie: Elements of Persuasion

On March 29, 2005, “InsideOut Music” label released “Elements of Persuasion”, the third James LaBrie album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Iguana Recording Studios”, “Cawaja Sound”, “Ear Kandy Studios”, and was produced by James LaBrie and Matt Guillory.

Personnel:

  • James LaBrie- all vocals, arrangements
  • Marco Sfogli- lead and rhythm guitars
  • Matt Guillory- keyboards, guitar
  • Bryan Beller- bass
  • Mike Mangini- drums
  • Matt Guillory – arrangements
  • Richard Chycki – recording, mixing
  • Edmund Monsef – recording
  • Steve Chahley, Tom Wilson – engineer

Track listing:

All lyrics by James LaBrie except where noted; all music by James LaBrie and Matt Guillory except where noted.

  1. Crucify – lyrics by Matt Guillory
  2. Alone – lyrics by Matt Guillory
  3. Freaks – music by James LaBrie, Matt Guillory, Brian Wherry
  4. Invisible – music by James LaBrie, Matt Guillory, Brian Wherry
  5. Lost – music by Matt Guillory
  6. Undecided – music by James LaBrie, Matt Guillory, Brian Wherry
  7. Smashed
  8. Pretender – music by James LaBrie, Matt Guillory, Brian Wherry
  9. Slightly Out of Reach
  10. Oblivious – music by James LaBrie, Matt Guillory, Brian Wherry
  11. In Too Deep
  12. Drained

Stian Wasterhus & Pale Horses: Maelstrom

On March 28, 2014, “Rune Gramofon” label released “Maelstrom”, the fourth Stian Wasterhus album, and the first one as Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses. It was recorded in 2013, at “Oslo Klang” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Stian Westerhus.

Personnel:

  • Stian Westerhus – vocals, guitars,  mellotron, piano, electronics, recording, mixing
  • Øystein Moen – synthesizers, mellotron, electronics
  • Erland Dahlen – drums, percussion
  • Johnny Skalleberg – recording, mixing
  • Helge Sten – mastering

Track listing

All tracks by Stian Westerhus.

1. Don’t Say That You Care

2. Nights and Sleepless Days

3. Bed on Fire

4. On and On

5. Times Like These

6. Chasing Hills

7. Maelstrom

Ray Manzarek: The Golden Scarab

On March 28, 1974, “Mercury” label released “The Golden Scarab”, the debut Ray Manzarek solo album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bruce Botnick and Bob Brown.

Personnel:

  • Ray Manzarek – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, organ, synthesizer, kalimba
  • Patti Smith – vocals
  • Larry Carlton- guitar
  • Jerry Scheff- bass
  • Tony Williams– drums
  • Mayuto Correa- wood block, bongos, congas
  • Milt Holland- pandeiro, cabasa, quica, African cowbell
  • Steve Forman – tuned cowbells, whistles, guiro, tuned wood blocks
  • Ernie Watts- tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Brashear- trumpet
  • George Bohanon- trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray Manzarek except where noted.

  1. He Can’t Come Today
  2. Solar Boat
  3. Downbound Train – Chuck Berry
  4. The Golden Scarab
  5. The Purpose of Existence Is?
  6. The Moorish Idol
  7. Choose Up and Choose Off
  8. Oh Thou Precious Nectar Filled Form (or) A Little Fart