Monthly Archives: March 2020

Gary Moore: Back to the Blues

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On March 12, 2001, “Sanctuary Records” label released “Back to the Blues”, the thirteenth Gary Moore studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Gary Moore, Chris Tsangarides.

Personnel:

  • Gary Moore– vocals, guitar, bass arrangement
  • Vic Martin – keyboards
  • Pete Rees – bass
  • Darrin Mooney- drums
  • Frank Mead – tenor saxophone
  • Nick Pentelow – tenor saxophone
  • Nick Payn – baritone saxophone

Track listing:

  1. Enough of the Blues – Gary Moore
  2. You Upset Me Baby – Bihari, King, Taub
  3. Cold Black Night – Gary Moore
  4. Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker
  5. I Ain’t Got You – Calvin Carter
  6. Picture of the Moon – Gary Moore
  7. Looking Back – Johnny Guitar Warson
  8. The Prophet – Gary Moore
  9. How Many Lies – Gary Moore
  10. Drowning in Tears – Gary Moore

Lola V. Stain: Ikona

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On March 12, 1990, “Blind Dog Records” label released “Ikona” the debut Lola V. Stain album. It was recorded in January 1990, at “Art Studio” in Zagreb, Croatia, and was produced by Željko Jerbić, Zlatko Oriđanski and Pavel Rendžov

Personnel:

  • Zlatko Oriđanski – vocals, fretless bass, acoustic and electric guitar, tamburitza, mandolin
  • Pavel Rendžov – vocals, percussion
  • Miroslav Spasov – vocals, keyboards
  • Pece Atanasovski – bagpipes
  • Luiđi Gados – oboe
  • Viktor Libl – design
  • Vlado Georgiev – Čika – photography

Track listing:

  1. Makova Polja
  2. Rani Jadi

The Foetus Symphony Orchestra: York (First Exit to Brooklyn)

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On March 11, 1997, “Thirsty Ear Recordings” label released “York (First Exit to Brooklyn)”, album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra featuring Lydia Lunch. It was recorded on July 18, 1996, at “The Anchorage” in New York City, and was produced by J. G. Thirlwell.

Personnel:

  • G. Thirlwell– vocals, conch, tin whistle illustrations
  • Steve Bernstein – trumpet, slide trumpet
  • Oren Bloedow– guitar, electric Oud
  • Brian Emrich– bass guitar, EBow, keyboard bass
  • Lydia Lunch– spoken word
  • David Ouimet– trombone
  • Marcus Rojas– tuba, didgeridoo
  • Vinnie Signorelli– drums
  • Rob Sutton – engineer
  • Kurt Wolf – guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by J. G. Thirlwell.

  1. Black Adonis
  2. Crumpled City
  3. Puddlin’ Doorway
  4. Egomaniacs With Insecurity Problems
  5. Arschficken

Meredith Monk: Volcano Songs

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On March 11, 1997, “ECM New Series” label released “Volcano Songs”, the tenth Meredith Monk album. It was recorded 1988 – 1994, and was produced by Tina Pelikan

Personnel:

  • Meredith Monk– vocals
  • Allison Easter – vocals, photography
  • Dina Emerson – vocals
  • Katie Geissinger – vocals
  • Harry Huff – piano
  • Nurit Tilles – piano
  • James A. Farber – engineer
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug– engineer
  • Michael Hofstetter – design
  • Tina Pelikan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Meredith Monk.

Volcano Songs: Duets (1993)

  1. Walking Song
  2. Lost Wind
  3. Hips Dance
  4. Cry 1
  5. New York Requiem

Volcano Songs: Solos (1994)

  1. Offering
  2. Boat Man
  3. Skip Song
  4. Old Lava
  5. Cry 2
  6. Petersburg Waltz
  7. Three Heavens and Hells

From Light Songs (1988)

  1. Click Song #1
  2. Click Song #2

Harry Chapin: Heads & Tales

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On March 11, 1972, “Elektra” label released “Heads & Tales”, the debut Harry Chapin album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, at “Elektra Sound Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jac Holzman.

Personnel:

  • Harry Chapin– vocals, guitar
  • Steve Chapin– keyboards
  • Ronald Palmer – vocals, guitar
  • John Wallace– vocals, bass
  • Russ Kunkel- drums, percussion
  • Tim Scott – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Chapin.

  1. Could You Put Your Light On, Please
  2. Greyhound
  3. Everybody’s Lonely
  4. Sometime, Somewhere Wife
  5. Empty
  6. Taxi
  7. Any Old Kind of Day
  8. Dogtown
  9. Same Sad Singer

 

 

The Shins: Heartworms

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On March 10, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Heartworms”, the fifth Shins (The) studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, and was produced by James Mercer and Richard Swift.

  1. James Mercer – voices, guitar, bass, chord organ, harmonica, synthesizer, ukulele, percussion
  2. Mark Watrous – guitar, piano, castanets, kalimba, strings, synthesizer bass
  3. Chris Funk – guitar, dulcimer
  4. Yuuki Matthews – bass, synthesizer, drums, percussion, mixing
  5. Richard Swift – drums, percussion, mellotron, synthesizer
  6. Joe Plummer – drums, engineer
  7. Jon Sortland – drums
  8. Brian Lucey – mastering
  9. Steve Drizos – percussion
  10. Jacob Escobedo – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Mercer.

  1. Name for You
  2. Painting a Hole
  3. Cherry Hearts
  4. Fantasy Island
  5. Mildenhall
  6. Rubber Ballz
  7. Half a Million
  8. Dead Alive
  9. Heartworms
  10. So Now What
  11. The Fear

Laura Marling: Semper Femina

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On March 10, 2017, “More Alarming Records” label released “Semper Femina”, the sixth Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Blake Mills.

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling – vocals, guitar
  • Matt Ingram – drums
  • Nick Pini – bass
  • Pete Randall – guitar
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Rob Moose– strings, arrangements
  • Matt Chamberlain– additional drums
  • Sebastian Steinberg – additional bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling, except where noted.

  1. Soothing – Laura Marling, Blake Mills
  2. The Valley
  3. Wild Fire
  4. Don’t Pass Me By
  5. Always This Way
  6. Wild Once
  7. Next Time
  8. Nouel
  9. Nothing, Not nearly

Joan As Police Woman: The Classic

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On March 10, 2014, “PIAS” label released “The Classic”, the fifth Joan As Police Woman (Joan Wasser) studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Ground Control Studios”, “Maid’s Room Studios”, “Trout Recording” and “Vibromonk”, and was produced by Joan Wasser and Tyler Wood.

Personnel:

  • Joan Wasser– vocals, guitar, strings, clavinet, electric piano
  • Oren Bloedow – guitar
  • Tyler Wood – bass guitar, electronic organ, trumpet, piano, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
  • Parker Kindred – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Doug Wieselman – baritone and tenor saxophone
  • Briggan Krauss – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Steven Bernstein – trumpet, French horn
  • Joseph Arthur, Nathan Larson, Michelle Zayla, Stephanie McKay, Toshi Reagon – backing vocals
  • Reggie Watts– outro on “Holy City”, human beatbox
  • Tyler Wood  – engineer, mixing
  • Murray Trider  – engineer
  • Jack McKeever & TJ Doherty  – engineer
  • Adam Sachs  – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Shatzky  – engineer
  • Lance Scott Walker – design
  • Stephanie Sidjakov – design, photography
  • Dan Monick – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Wasser.

  1. Witness
  2. Holy City
  3. The Classic
  4. Good Together
  5. Get Direct
  6. What Would You Do
  7. New Year’s Day
  8. Shame
  9. Stay
  10. Ask Me

James Brown: Universal James

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On March 9, 1993, “Scotti Bros. Records” label released “Universal James”, the 56th James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by Jazzie B.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocals, arranger, art direction
  • Will Mowat – keyboards, arranger
  • Glenn Nightingale – guitar
  • Greg Harewood – bass
  • Carl James – bass
  • Michael “Bami” Rose – saxophone, flute
  • Gary Barnacle – saxophone
  • Dan Wilensky – saxophone
  • Michael Hunter – trumpet
  • Patrick Tenyue – trumpet
  • Henry Tenyue – trombone
  • Leaders of the New School – rap, drums
  • Duran Ramos – rap, drums
  • Q-Unique – drums
  • Luis Jardim – percussion
  • Trilogy – rap
  • Lamya Al-Mughiery – backing vocals
  • Alisa Anderson – backing vocals
  • Martha High-Harvin – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Morey – backing vocals
  • Basil Meade – backing vocals
  • Lisa Rushton – backing vocals
  • Alan Friedman- programming
  • Ricky Crespo – programming, editing
  • Robert Clivillés – arranger, editing, engineer, mixing
  • David Cole – arranger, engineer, mixing
  • Eugene Eugenius Ellis – engineer, mixing
  • Ian D. Clarke – engineer
  • Richard Joseph – engineer
  • Acar S. Key – engineer
  • Tony Matthew – engineer
  • Howard Lovett – engineer
  • Doug Haverty – art direction
  • Michelle Harbord – design
  • Luis M. Fernández – design

Track listing:

  1. Can’t Get Any Harder
  2. Just Do It
  3. Mine All Mine
  4. Watch Me
  5. Georgia – Lina
  6. Show Me Your Friends
  7. Everybody’s Got a Thang
  8. How Long
  9. Make It Funky 2000
  10. Moments

Curve: Doppelgänger

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On March 9, 1992, “Anxious Records” label released “Doppelgänger”, the debut Curve studio album. It was recorded July – October 1991, at “Todai Studios” in London, and was produced by Flood, Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday.

Personnel:

  • Dean Garcia– guitar, keyboards, bass, drum programming
  • Toni Halliday– vocals
  • Alex Mitchell – guitar
  • Alan Moulder– guitar
  • Debbie Smith– guitar
  • Monti – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday.

  1. Already Yours
  2. Horror Head
  3. Wish You Dead
  4. Doppelgänger
  5. Lillies Dying
  6. Ice That Melts the Tips
  7. Split Into Fractions
  8. Think and Act
  9. Fait Accompli
  10. Sandpit