Monthly Archives: August 2019

Bill Haley And His Comets: Rockin’ The Oldies

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On August 12, 1957, “Decca” label released “Rockin’ the Oldies”, the fifth Bill Haley and His Comets album. It was recorded March – April, 1957, in New York, and was produced by Milt Gabler.

Personnel:

  • Bill Haley– vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Franny Beecher– lead guitar
  • Billy Williamson– steel guitar
  • Johnny Grande– piano
  • Al Rex– double bass
  • Ralph Jones– drums
  • Frankie Scott- tenor saxophone

Track listing:

  1. The Dipsy Doodle – Larry Clinton
  2. You Can’t Stop Me from Dreaming – Cliff Friend, Dave Franklin
  3. Apple Blossom Time- Albert Von Tilzer, Neville Fleeson
  4. Moon Over Miami- Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie
  5. Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
  6. Carolina in the Morning- Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  7. Miss You- Charles Tobias, Henry Tobias, Harry Tobias
  8. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone- Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare
  9. Ain’t Misbehavin’- Harry Brooks, Fats Waller, Andy Razaf
  10. One Sweet Letter from You – Harry Warren, Lew Brown, Sidney Clare
  11. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter- Joe Young, Fred E. Ahlert
  12. Somebody Else is Taking My Place – Dick Howard, Bob Ellsworth, Russ Morgan

Dan Mangan: Nice, Nice, Very Nice

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On August 11, 2009, “Arts & Crafts Productions” label released “Nice, Nice, Very Nice”, the second Dan Mangan album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Dan Mangan and John Critchley..

Personnel:

  • Dan Mangan – vocals, piano, banjo, acoustic and electric guitar, clapping, glockenspiel, organ, shaker, sleigh bells, tambourine, Wurlitzer
  • Aaron Joyce – electric guitar, string and horn arrangements
  • John Critchley – electric guitar, engineer, editing, mixing
  • Ryan Wayne – mandolin
  • Veda Hille – vocals, piano, Casio
  • Mark Berube – vocals, accordion, piano
  • John Walsh – upright bass, electric bass, clapping, choir
  • Kenton Loewen – drums, tambourine, clapping
  • Jean Olivier Bégin – trombone, horn and string arrangements
  • Shaun Brodie – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Todor Kobakov – string arrangements
  • Csaba Koczo – violin
  • Rachel Prince – violin
  • Aya Miyagawa – violin
  • Yosef Tamir – viola
  • Anne Bourne – cello
  • Rafael Hoekman – cello
  • Justin Rutledge – vocals
  • Mark Sasso – vocals
  • Tyler Bancroft – choir
  • Heather Berry – choir
  • Lana Gay – choir
  • Hannah Georgas – choir
  • Zach Gray – choir
  • Rebekah Grayston – choir
  • Melissa Lawrence – choir
  • Lori Lozinski – choir
  • John McNorton – choir
  • Ben Worcester – choir
  • Ron Skinner – mastering
  • Colin Moore – choir, illustrations, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Mangan.

  1. Road Regrets
  2. Robots
  3. The Indie Queens Are waiting
  4. Sold
  5. Fair Verona
  6. You Silly Git
  7. Tina’s Glorious Comeback
  8. Et les mots croisés
  9. Some People
  10. Pine for Cedars
  11. Basket
  12. Set the Sails

The Robert Cray Band: This Time

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On August 11, 2009, “Vanguard” and “Nozzle Records” labels released “This Time”, album by Robert Cray Band (The) album (the 18th Robert Cray album overal). It was recorded in 2009, at “Santa Barbara Sound Design” in Santa Barbara, California, and was produced by Robert Cray.

Personnel:

• Robert Cray – vocals, guitar
• Jim Pugh – keyboards
• Richard Cousins – bass guitar
• Tony Braunagel – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Cray, except where noted.

1. Chicken In The Kitchen
2. I Can’t Fail
3. Love 2009 – Jim Pugh
4. That’s What Keeps Me Rockin’ – Tony Braungel, Schell
5. This Time
6. To Be True – Jim Pugh, Richard Cousins
7. Forever Goodbye – Robert Cray, Sue Turner-Cray
8. Trouble and Pain
9. Truce – Richard Cousins, Hendrix Ackle

Graham Coxon: Thy Sky Is Too High

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On August 10, 1998, “Transcopic” label released “The Sky Is Too High”, the first Graham Coxon album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Matrix Studios”, and was produced by Graham Coxon.

Personnel:

  • Graham Coxon – vocals, all instruments, recording, photography
  • John Smith – engineer
  • Alex Hutchinson – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Graham Coxon.

  1. That’s All I Wanna Do
  2. Where’d You Go?
  3. In a Salty Sea
  4. A Day Is Far Too Long
  5. R U Lonely?
  6. I Wish
  7. Hard and Slow
  8. Me You, We Two
  9. Waiting
  10. Who the Fuck?
  11. Mornin’ Blues

I Mother Earth: Dig

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On August 10, 1993, “Capitola” label released “Dig”, the debut I Mother Earth album. It was recorded in 1993, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles; “Rumbo Recorders” in Canoga Park; “Studio 56” in “Track Record Studios” in Hollywood, “Red Zone” in Burbank, and was produced by Mike Clink.

Personnel:

  • Edwin– vocals
  • Jagori Tanna– guitars, bass, backing vocals
  • Bruce Gordon– bass
  • Christian Tanna– drums
  • Luis Conte– percussion
  • Armando Borg– percussion
  • Mike Finnigan– Hammond B3 organ

Track listing:

All tracks by Edwin, Jagori Tanna, Bruce Gordon and Christian Tanna.

  1. The Mothers
  2. Levitate
  3. Rain Will Fall
  4. So Gently We Go
  5. Not Quite Sonic
  6. Production
  7. Lost My America
  8. No One
  9. Undone
  10. Basketball
  11. And the Experience
  12. The Universe in You

Tom Zé: Estudando o Pagode

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On August 9, 2005, “Trama Records” label released “Estudando o Pagode”, the 15th Tom Zé album. It is a three-act operetta about women and their relationship to men. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Jair Oliveira.

Personnel:

  • Tom Zé – vocals and voices, human whistle, bass, metal objects, project support, linear notes
  • Jair Oliveira – vocals, choir, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, human whistle, arranger, programming
  • Cristina Carneiro – vocals, keyboards, bottles
  • Sérgio Caetano – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Daniel Maia – vocal, acoustic guitar, bass
  • Edmilson Capelupi – cavaquinho, acoustic guitar
  • Gilberto Assis – bass, guitar
  • Lauro Lellis – drums
  • Guilherme Kastrup – drums, percussion
  • Márcio Forte – percussion
  • Paulo Lepetit – guitar, bass, percussion, effects, programming, arranger
  • Webster Santos – bandolim, cavaquinho, guitar
  • Jarbas Mariz – cavaquinho, viola, percussion
  • Rodrigo Sanchez – vocal, engineer, mixing, sound design
  • Luciana Mello – vocals, voices
  • Patrícia Marx – vocal, voices
  • Edson Cordeiro – vocal, voices
  • Zélia Duncan – vocal, voices
  • Mônica Fuchs – vocal
  • Suzana Salles – vocals, choir
  • Dona Amália – choir
  • Benzedeira Eloísa DaSilva – choir
  • Rezedeira Amália Costa – choir
  • Marietta Benevente – choir
  • Dona Eloisa – choir
  • Dona Marieta – choir
  • Vange Milliet – voices
  • Doctor Osiris Camponês DoBrasil – vocal director
  • Mara Behlau – vocal director
  • Luciana Paes DeBarros – choir, artwork
  • Neusa S. Martins – sound effects
  • Marcos “Golden Ears” Eagle – mastering
  • Elifas Andreato – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Ave Dor Maria
  2. Estúpido Rapaz
  3. Proposta de Amor
  4. Quero Pensar (A Mulher de Bath)
  5. Mulher Navio Negreiro
  6. Pagode-Enredo Dos Tempos Do Medo
  7. Canção de Nora (Casa de Bonecas)
  8. O Amor é Um Rock
  9. Duas Opinioes
  10. Elaeu
  11. Vibração Da Carne
  12. Para lá Do Pará
  13. Prazer Carnal
  14. Teatro (Dom Quixote)
  15. A Volta Do Trem das Onze (8.5 Milhões de km²)
  16. Beatles a Granel

Tanya Donelly: Lovesongs For Underdogs

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On August 9, 1997, “Sire” and “Warner Bros” labels released “Lovesongs for Underdogs”, the debut Tanya Donelly album.  It was recorded in 1997 and was produced by Tanya Donelly, Wally Gagel and Gary Smith.

Personnel:

  • Tanya Donelly– vocals, guitar, keyboards, arranger
  • Dean Fisher – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, accordion, keyboards
  • Rich Gilbert – guitar, accordion, bass, keyboards, saw
  • Jonathan Williams – electric guitar
  • Wally Gagel – bass, percussion, keyboards, drum machine, arranger
  • Stacy Jones – drums
  • David Lovering– drums
  • David Narcizo– drums
  • Hilken Mancini – backong vocals
  • Chris Toppin – backing vocals
  • Matthew Ellard, Wally Gagel, Dan McLoughlin – engineer
  • Jesse Henderson, Suzanne Kapa, Kelly Wohlford – engineer assistant
  • Wally Gagel, Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade – mixing
  • Dave Kirkpatrick – mixing assistant
  • Brian Lee – mastering
  • Carl Plaster – drums technician
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Andrew Catlin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tanya Donelly except where noted.

  1. Pretty Deep
  2. The Bright Light
  3. Landspeed Song
  4. Mysteries of the Unexplained
  5. Lantern
  6. Acrobat – Tanya Donelly, Dean Fisher
  7. Breathe Around You
  8. Bum
  9. Clipped
  10. Goat Girl
  11. Manna
  12. Swoon

Comets On Fire: Avatar

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On August 8, 2006, “Sub Pop” label released “Avatar”, the fourth Comets on Fire album. It was recorded January – April 2006, at “Louder Studios in San Francisco, and “Prairie Sun Studios” in Sonoma County, California.

Track listing:

  • Ethan Miller – vocals, electric guitar
  • Ben Chasny – acoustic, electric and baritone guitar
  • Ben Flashman – Hammond organ, baritone guitar, bass
  • Noel von Harmonson – Hammond organ, drums
  • Utrillo Kushner – drums, piano
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Dogwood Rust
  2. Jaybird
  3. Lucifer’s Memory
  4. The Swallow’s Eye
  5. Holy Teeth
  6. Sour Smoke
  7. Hatched Upon the Age

Fourplay: X

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On August 8, 2006, “Arista” label released “X”, the ninth Fourplay studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Ken Freeman, Bob James, Larry Carlton, Nathan East and Harvey Mason.

Personnel:

  • Bob James– keyboards
  • Larry Carlton– guitar
  • Nathan East– bass guitar
  • Harvey Mason– drums
  • Michael McDonald– vocals
  • Michele Pillar– vocals
  • Kevin DiSimone – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Turnabout – Bob James
  2. Cinnamon Sugar – Larry Carlton
  3. Eastern Sky – Marcel East, Nathan East
  4. Kid Zero – Harvey Mason
  5. My Love’s Leavin’ – Vivian Stanshall, Steve Winwood
  6. Screenplay – Bob James
  7. Twilight Touch – Harvey Mason
  8. Be My Lover – Larry Carlton, Nathan East
  9. Sunday Morning – Nathan East