Yearly Archives: 2020

Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused to Sing

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On February 25, 2013, “Kscope” label released “The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)”, the third Steven Wilson album. It was recorded in September 2012, at “EastWest Studios” in Los Angeles, October 2012 at “Angel Recording Studios” in London, and was produced by Alan Parsons and Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– lead vocals, mellotron, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, mixing
  • Guthrie Govan– lead guitar
  • Nick Beggs– bass guitar, Chapman Stick, backing vocals
  • Adam Holzman– keyboards, hammond organ, piano, minimoog
  • Marco Minnemann– drums, percussion
  • Theo Travis– flute, saxophone, clarinet
  • Jakko Jakszyk– additional vocals
  • Alan Parsons– wah-wah guitar,ding engineer recor
  • Dave Stewart – strings arrangements
  • The London Session Orchestra
  • Perry Montague-Mason – soloist
  • Niko Tsonev– guitar
  • Brendan Dekora – assistant engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson.

  1. Luminol
  2. Drive Home
  3. The Holy Drinker
  4. The Pin Drop
  5. The Watchmaker
  6. The Raven That Refused to Sing

Marc Ribot: Exercises in Futility

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On February 25, 2008, “Tzadik Records” label released “Exercises in Futility”, the 17th Marc Ribot album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Marc Ribot.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot – guitars

Track listing:

All tracks by Marc Ribot.

  1. Etude No. 1. Five Gestures
  2. Etude No. 2. Morton 1
  3. Etude No. 3. Elvis
  4. Etude No. 4. Bombasto
  5. Etude No. 5. Lame
  6. Etude No. 6. Cowboy
  7. Etude No. 7. Ballad
  8. Etude No. 8. Groove?
  9. Etude No. 9. Morton 2
  10. Etude No. 10. Min
  11. Etude No. 11. Ascending
  12. Etude No. 12. Mirror
  13. Etude No. 13. Wank
  14. Etude No. 14. Event on 10th Avenue
  15. The Joy of Repetition

 

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Chasm

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On February 25, 2004, “Warner Music Japan” label released “Chasm”, the 15th Ryuichi Sakamoto album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Arto Lindsay.

Personnel:

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto– piano, keyboards
  • Sketch Show– sound programming, looped piano
  • David Sylvian– vocals
  • Keigo Oyamada– guitar, looped piano
  • Luiz Brasil– guitar
  • Amadeo Pace – guitar, looped piano
  • Jaques Morelenbaum– cello
  • MC Sniper– vocals
  • Maucha Adnet – vocals
  • Haruomi Hosono– medicine drum
  • Ryoji Ikeda– processing
  • Marcelo Costa – percussion
  • Cao Xue Jing – erhu
  • Carlos Núñez– whistle
  • Jiang Jian Hua – erhu
  • Jan Xiao-Qing – gu zheng
  • Aya Motohashi – hichiriki
  • Dozan Fujiwara – shakuhachi

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryuichi Sakamoto, except where noted.

  1. undercooled – lyrics by MC Snioer, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto
  2. coro
  3. War & Peace – lyrics by Arto Lindsay and Ryuichi Sakamoto, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto
  4. CHASM
  5. World Citizen – I won’t be disappointed/looped piano – lyrics by David Sylvian, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto
  6. only love can conquer hate
  7. Ngo/bitmix – lyrics translated into Brazilian / Portuguese by Maúcha Adnet
  8. break with
  9. + pantonal
  10. the land song – music for Artelligent City/one winter day mix
  11. 20 msec
  12. Lament
  13. World Citizen/re-cycled – David Sylvian
  14. Seven Samurai – ending theme

Maceo Parker: Made by Maceo

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On February 25, 2003, “What Are” label released “Made by Maceo”, the twelve Maceo Parker album. It was recorded October – November 2002, and was produced by Joachim Becker and Maceo Parker.

Personnel:

  • Maceo Parker – vocals, percussion, alto saxophone
  • Candy Dulfer- alto saxophone
  • Vincent Henry – tenor saxophone
  • Will Boulware – keyboards
  • Greg Boyer – trombone
  • Rodney Curtis – bass
  • Bruno Speight – guitar
  • James “Son” Thomas – drums
  • Ron Tooley – trumpet
  • Corey Parker – vocals
  • Cynthia Johnson, Giorge Pettus, Carrie Harrington – backging vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Maceo Parker; except where noted.

  1. Come By and See
  2. Off the Hook
  3. Hats Off to Harry
  4. Quick Step
  5. Those Girls – lyrics by Corey Parker, music by Maceo Parker
  6. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  7. Lady Luck – Lloyd Price, Harold Logan
  8. Don’t Say Goodnight
  9. Once You get Started
  10. Those Girls
  11. Lady Luck Reprise – Lloyd Price, Harold Logan

Brad Mehldau: Anything Goes

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On February 24, 2004, “Warner Bros” label released “Anything Goes”, the 14th Brad Mehldau album. It was recorded October 2002, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Matt Pierson and Brad Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Brad Mehldau– piano
  • Larry Grenadier– bass
  • Jorge Rossy– drums
  • James Farber, Steve Mazur, Aya Takemura – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Lawrence Azerrad Design – art direction, design
  • Warren Darius Aftahi – photography
  • Dana Watson – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Get Happy – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  2. Dreamsville – Raymond B. Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini
  3. Anything Goes – Cole Porter
  4. Tres Palabras – Osvaldo Farrés
  5. Skippy – Thelonious Monk
  6. Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  7. Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon
  8. Everything in Its Right Place – Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood
  9. Smile – Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons, James John Turner Phillips
  10. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft: Fünfzehn neue D.A.F.-Lieder

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On February 24, 2003, “Superstar” label released “Fünfzehn neue D.A.F.-Lieder”, the seventh Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft album. It was recorded September – October 2002, and was produced by Robert Görl.

Personnel:

  • Robert Görl- drums, percussion, electronic instruments
  • Gabriel “Gabi” Delgado-López– vocals

Track listing:

  1. Der Sheriff (Anti-Amerikanisches Lied)
  2. Ich Bin Tot (Romantisches Lied)
  3. Du Bewegst Dich (Tanzlied)
  4. Kinderzimmer (Heldenlied)
  5. Rock Hoch (Sexlied)
  6. Mira Como Se Menea (Spanisches Lied)
  7. Satellit (Weltraumlied)
  8. Moschino, Heckler & Koch (Ganovenlied)
  9. Seltsame Freunde (Kriegslied)
  10. Algorithmus (Zahlenlied)
  11. Der Präsident (Erste Welt Lied)
  12. Liebeszimmer (Hexenlied)
  13. Komm’ In Meine Welt (Liebeslied)
  14. Die Lüge (Wahrheitslied)
  15. Ich Bin Morgen Wieder Da (Abschiedslied)

Tony Banks: Five

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On February 23, 2018, “BMG Records” label released “Five”, the sixth Tony Banks studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Angel Studios” in London, “CNSO Studio Gallery 1” in Prague, Czech Republic, and was produced by Nick Davis and Tony Banks.

Personnel:

  • Tony Banks– piano, celesta, liner notes
  • Czech National Symphony Orchestraand choir
  • Nick Ingman– conductor, orchestrations
  • John Barclay – cornet, trumpet
  • Martin Robertson – saxophone, duduk
  • Frank Ricotti– percussion
  • Skaila Kanga– harp
  • Simon Rhodes – engineer
  • Steve Price – engineer
  • Tom Mitchell – mixing
  • Nick Davis– mixing
  • Miles Showell – mastering
  • Stefan Knapp– artwork
  • Ryan Art – sleeve design
  • Emily Banks – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Banks.

  1. Prelude to a Million Years
  2. Reveille
  3. Ebb and Flow
  4. Autumn Sonata
  5. Renaissance

Jimmy Eat World: Clarity

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On February 23, 1999, “Capitol” label released “Clarity”, the third Jimmy Eat World studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Sound City” and “Clear Lake Audio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mark Trombino.

Personnel:

  • Jim Adkins – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, keys, stringarrangement, art direction
  • Rick Burch – bass guitar
  • Zach Lind – drums, percussion, vibes, bells, chimes, programming
  • Tom Linton – lead and backing vocals, guitars
  • Joel Derouin – violin
  • Suzie Katayama – cello, string arrangement
  • Mark Trombino– minimoog, sequencing, additional percussion, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Dean Fisher – engineer assistant
  • Nick Raskulinecz– engineer assistant
  • Ron Rivera – engineer assistant
  • Justin Smith – engineer assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Jim Adkins and Tom Linton, all music by Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, Zach Lind and Tom Linton.

  1. Table for Glasses
  2. Lucky Denver Mint
  3. Your New Aesthetic
  4. Believe in What you Want
  5. A Sunday
  6. Crush
  7. 23.95
  8. Ten
  9. Just Watch the Fireworks
  10. For Me This is Heaven
  11. Blister
  12. Clarity
  13. Goodbye Sky harbor

Ketil Bjørnstad: The Sea II

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On February 23, 1998, “ECM” label released “The Sea II”, the 19th Ketil Bjørnstad album. It was recorded in December 1996, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Ketil Bjørnstad – piano
  • Terje Rypdal – guitar
  • David Darling – cello
  • Jon Christensen – drums

 Track listing:

All tracks by Ketil Bjørnstad except where noted.

  1. Laila
  2. Outward Bound
  3. Brand
  4. The Mother
  5. Song for a Planet
  6. Consequences – David Darling, Jon Christensen, Ketil Bjørnstad, Terje Rypdal
  7. Agnes
  8. Mime
  9. December
  10. South

John Mayall: Nobody Told Me

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On February 22, 2019, “Forty Below Records” label released “Nobody Told Me”, the 38th John Mayall album. It was recorded in 2018, at “606 Studios” in Northridge, California,  and was produced by Eric Come.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall – vocal, keyboards, harmonica, artwork, design
  • Joe Bonamassa – guitar
  • Steven Van Zandt – guitar
  • Alex Lifeson – guitar
  • Carolyn Wonderland – guitar
  • Larry McCray – guitar
  • Todd Rundgren – guitar
  • Billy Watts – guitar
  • Ron Dziubla – saxophone
  • Mark Pender – trumpet
  • Richard A. Rosenberg – trombone
  • Greg Rzab – bass guitar
  • Jay Davenport – drums
  • Eric Corne – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering
  • David Gomez – photography
  • Cristina Arrigoni – inside photography

Track listing:

  1. What Have I Done Wrong – Sam Meghett
  2. The Moon Is Full – Gwendolyn Colins
  3. Evil and Here to Stay – Jeff Healey, Tom Stephen
  4. That’s What Love Make You Do – Milton Campbell
  5. Distant Lonesome Train – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge
  6. Delta Hurricane – Arno Hecht, Bob Funk
  7. The Hurt Inside – Gary Moore
  8. It’s So Tough – John Mayall
  9. Like It Like You Do – John Mayall
  10. Nobody Told Me – John Mayall