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Golden Palominos: Pure

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On October 11, 1994, “Restless Records” label released “Pure”, the seventh Golden Palominos studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Greenpoint Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Anton Fier.

Personnel:

  • Nicky Skopelitis – guitar, twelve-string guitar
  • Lori Carson – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Bill Laswell – bass guitar
  • Anton Fier – drums, percussion, programming
  • Knox Chandler – guitar
  • Bootsy Collins – guitar
  • Lydia Kavanagh – vocals
  • Amanda Kramer – keyboards
  • Bruce Calder – recording
  • Garry Rindfuss – recording
  • Rich Costey – recording
  • Oz Fritz – recording, mixing
  • Matt Stein – recording, mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Masanari Tamai – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lori Carson and Anton Fier, except where noted.

  1. Little Suicides
  2. Heaven – Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis
  3. Anything – Anton Fier, Lydia Kavanagh, Nicky Skopelitis
  4. Wings – Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis
  5. Pure
  6. No Skin
  7. Gun – Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis
  8. Break in the Road
  9. Touch You – Anton Fier

John Surman Quartet: Stranger Than Fiction

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On October 11, 1994, “ECM” label released “Stranger than Fiction”, album by John Surman Quartet (the 20th John Surman album overal). It was recorded in December 1993, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • John Surman – alto, soprano and baritone saxophone, alto and bass clarinet
  • John Taylor – piano
  • Chris Laurence – bass
  • John Marshall – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by John Surman except where noted.

  1. Canticle with Response
  2. A Distant Spring
  3. Tess
  4. Promising Horizons – John Marshall, John Surman, John Taylor
  5. Across the Bridge
  6. Moonshine Dancer
  7. Running Sands
  8. Triptych: Hidden Orchid/Synapsis/Paratactic Paths

Lloyd Cole: Bad Vibes

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On October 11, 1993, “Polydor” label released “Bad Vibes”, the sixth Lloyd Cole studio album. It was recorded 1992 – 1993, in New York City, and was produced by Adam Peters.

Personnel:

  • Lloyd Cole – lead vocals, guitars, bass, banjo, piano, harmonica, synthesizer 
  • Matthew Sweet – vocal, guitar, bass
  • Neil Clark – guitar
  • John Carruthers – guitar
  • “Lightning” Bob Hoffnar – pedal steel guitar
  • John Micco – bass, backing vocals
  • Anton Fier – drums, percussion
  • Curtis Watts – drums
  • Dan McCarroll – drums
  • Fred Maher – drums
  • Dana Vlcek – saxophone
  • Peter Mark – viola
  • Ann Charlotte Vensgaarde – backing vocals
  • Dave O’Donnell, Fred Kevorkian, Jon Goldberger, Lloyd Puckitt, Michael White, Mike Krowiak – recording
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Michael Nash Associates – design
  • David Sims – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lloyd Cole.

  1. Morning Is Broken
  2. So You’d Like to Save the World
  3. Holier Than Thou
  4. Love You So What
  5. Wild Mushrooms
  6. My Way to You
  7. Too Much of a Good Thing
  8. Fall Together
  9. Mister Wrong
  10. Seen the Future
  11. Can’t Get Arrested
  12. For the Pleasure of Your Company
  13. 4 M.B

Jackson Browne: I’m Alive

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On October 11, 1993, “Elektra” label released “I’m Alive”, the tenth Jackson Browne album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Groove Masters” in Santa Monica, CA, and was produced by Jackson Browne, Scott Thurston, and Don Was. The album was in “Q” magazine list of “The 50 Best Albums Of 1993”.

Personnel:

  • Jackson Browne – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • David Lindley – guitar, bouzouki, oud
  • John Leventhal – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Scott Thurston – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mike Campbell – guitar
  • Mark Goldenberg – guitar
  • Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel – guitar
  • Jai Winding – piano
  • Benmont Tench – Hammond organ 
  • James “Hutch” Hutchinson – bass guitar
  • Kevin McCormick – bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Mauricio-Fritz Lewak – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Sweet Pea Atkinson – backing vocals
  • Sir Harry Bowens – backing vocals
  • Ryan Browne – backing vocals
  • Katia Cardenal – backing vocals
  • Valerie Carter – backing vocals
  • David Crosby – backing vocals
  • Doug Haywood – backing vocals
  • Don Henley – backing vocals
  • William “Bill” Greene – backing vocals
  • Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
  • Steven Soles – backing vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes – backing vocals
  • Paul Dieter; Rik Pekkonen – engineer
  • Steve Onuska, Bob Salcedo, Kathy Yore – engineer, assistant
  • Ed Cherney – mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Robin Lynch – art direction, design
  • Alli Truch – design
  • Bruce Weber – photography
  • Susann McMahon – producer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Jackson Browne.

  1. I’m alive
  2. My Problem Is You
  3. Everywhere I Go
  4. I’ll Do Anything
  5. Miles Away
  6. Too Many Angels
  7. Take This Rain
  8. Two of Me, Two of You
  9. Sky Blue and Black
  10. All Good Things

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Enrico Rava: The Third Man

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On October 10, 2007, “ECM” label released “The Third Man”, the 34th Enrico Rava album. It was recorded in November 2006, at “Auditorio Radio Svizzera” in Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Enrico Rava – trumpet
  • Stefano Bollani – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Enrico Rava except where noted.

  1. Estate – Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino
  2. The Third Man – Stefano Bollani, Enrico Rava
  3. Sun Bay
  4. Retrato Em Branco y Preto – Antonio Carlos Jobim
  5. Birth of a Butterfly
  6. Cumpari
  7. Sweet Light
  8. Santa Teresa – Stefano Bollani
  9. Felipe – Moacir Santos
  10. In Search of Titina
  11. Retrato Em Branco y Preto, Var. – Antonio Carlos Jobim
  12. Birth of a Butterfly, Var.

The Wallflowers: Breach

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On October 10, 2000, “Interscope” label released “Breach”, the third Wallflowers studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Sunset Sound”, “The Sound Factory” in Hollywood, “Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, “Sound Inn” in Tokyo, and was produced by Andrew Slater and Michael Penn.

Personnel:

  • Jakob Dylan – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Michael Ward – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Rami Jaffee – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Greg Richling – bass guitar
  • Mario Calire – drums, percussion
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jakob Dylan.

  1. Letters from the Wasteland
  2. Hand Me Down
  3. Sleepwalker
  4. I’ve Been Delivered
  5. Witness
  6. Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  7. Mourning Train
  8. Up from Under
  9. Murder 101
  10. Birdcage
  11. Babybird (hidden track) 

Tony MacAlpine: Evolution

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On October 10, 1995, “Shrapnel” label released “Evolution”, the sixth Tony MacAlpine studio album. It was recorded in July 1995, at “Prairie Sun Recording Studios” in Cotati, California, and was produced by Tony MacAlpine and Steve Fontano.

Personnel:

  • Tony MacAlpine – guitar, keyboard, mixing
  • Tony Franklin – bass
  • Mike Terrana – drums
  • Steve Fontano – engineer, mixing
  • Kenneth K. Lee, Jr. – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony MacAlpine, except where noted.

  1. The Sage
  2. Oversea Evolution
  3. Eccentrist
  4. Time Table
  5. Seville
  6. Futurism
  7. Etude H5/Opus №10 – Frédéric Chopin
  8. Powerfield
  9. Plastic People
  10. Sinfonia
  11. Astarias KV467№21 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Wallflowers: Glad All Over

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On October 9, 2012, “Columbia” label released “Glad All Over”, the sixth Wallflowers studio album. It was recorded January – February 2012, at “Easy Eye Studio” and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Jakob Dylan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Rami Jaffee – keyboards
  • Greg Richling – bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jack Irons – drums, percussion
  • Mick Jones – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – guitar, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jakob Dylan; all music by Jakob Dylan, Jack Irons, Rami Jaffee, Stuart Mathis and Greg Richling.

  1. Hospitals for Sinners
  2. Misfits and Lovers
  3. First One in the Car
  4. Reboot the Mission
  5. It’s a Dream
  6. Love Is a Country
  7. Have Mercy on Him Now
  8. The Devil’s Waltz
  9. It Won’t Be Long (Till We’re Not Wrong Anymore)
  10. Constellation Blues
  11. One Set of Wings

Birthday Massacre: Hide and Seek

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On October 9, 2012, “Metropolis” label released “Hide and Seek”, the fifth Birthday Massacre studio album. It was recorded January – July 2012, and was produced by Rainbow and Michael Falcore.

Personnel:

  • Chibi – vocals
  • Rainbow – rhythm guitar
  • Falcore – lead guitar
  • Owen – keyboards
  • Nate Manor – bass
  • Rhim – drums
  • Kevin James Maher – programming
  • Dave Ogilvie – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Chibi, Rainbow and M. Falcore, except where noted.

  1. Leaving Tonight
  2. Down
  3. Play With Fire – Aaron Cunningham, Chibi, Rainbow, M. Falcore
  4. Need
  5. Calling
  6. Alibis
  7. One Promise
  8. In This Moment
  9. Cover My Eyes
  10. The Long Way Home

Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Dark Eyes

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On October 9, 2009, “ECM” label released “Dark Eyes”, the fourth Tomasz Stanko Quintet studio album. It was recorded in April 2009, at “Studios La Buissonne” in Pernes-les-Fontaines, France, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Tomasz Stańko – trumpet
  • Jakob Bro – guitar
  • Alexi Tuomarila – piano
  • Anders Christensen – bass guitar
  • Olavi Louhivuori – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Tomasz Stańko except where noted.

  1. So Nice
  2. Terminal 7
  3. The Dark Eyes of Martha Hirsch
  4. Grand Central
  5. Amsterdam Avenue
  6. Samba Nova
  7. Dirge for Europe – Krzysztof Komeda
  8. May Sun
  9. Last Song
  10. Etiuda Baletowa No.3 – Krzystof Komeda