Monthly Archives: March 2021

Bill Connors: Swimming With a Hole in My Body

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On March 25, 1980, “ECM” label released “Swimming with a Hole in My Body” the fifth Bill Connors album. It was recorded in August 1979, at “Talent Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Bill Connors – acoustic guitar
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
  • Barbara Wojirsch – design
  • Dieter Rehm – design
  • Isio Saba – photography
  • Joel Meyerowitz – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Connors

  1. Feet First
  2. Wade
  3. Sing and Swim
  4. Frog Stroke
  5. Surrender to the Water
  6. Survive
  7. With Strings Attached
  8. Breath

White Denim: Stiff

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On March 25, 2016, “Downtown” label released “Stiff” the seventh White Denim studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Echo Mountain” in Asheville, North Carolina, and was produced by Ethan Johns.

Personnel:

  • James Petralli – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Terebecki – bass, synthesizer, group vocals
  • Jonathon Horne – guitar, group vocals
  • Jeff Olson – drums, percussion, synthesizer, group vocals

Track listing:

  1. Had 2 Know (Personal)
  2. Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah)
  3. Holda You (I’m Psycho)
  4. There’s a Brain in My head
  5. Take It Easy (Ever After Lasting Love)
  6. (I’m the One) Big Big Fun
  7. Real Deal Momma
  8. Mirrored in Reverse
  9. Thank You

Circa Zero: Circus Hero

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On March 25, 2014, “429 Records” label released “Circus Hero” the only Circa Zero album. It was recorded in May 2013, at “Bowl of Cherries Studios” in Venice, California, and was produced by Andy Summers and Rob Giles.

Personnel:

  • Andy Summers – guitar
  • Rob Giles – vocals. bass guitar, drums
  • Dan Epand – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Summers and Rob Giles.

  1. Levitation
  2. Underground
  3. The Story Ends Here
  4. Say Goodnight
  5. Gamma Ray
  6. Night Time Travelers
  7. Shoot Out the Stars
  8. Underwater
  9. Summer Lies
  10. No Highway
  11. Light the Fuse & Run
  12. Whenever You Hear the Rain
  13. Hot Camel

Peace: In Love

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On March 25, 2013, “Columbia” label released “In Love” the debut Peace album. It was recorded in November 2012, at “Chapel Studios” in Lincolnshire, “SARM Studios” and “Strongroom Studios” in London, and was produced by Jim Abbiss.

Personnel:

  • Harrison Koisser – lead vocals, guitar
  • Samuel Koisser – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Douglas Castle – lead guitar
  • Dominic Boyce – drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Harrison Koisser, Sam Koisser, Douglas Castle and Dominic Boyce, except where noted.

  1. Higher Than the Sun
  2. Follow Baby
  3. Lovesick
  4. Float Forever
  5. Wraith
  6. Delicious
  7. Waste of Paint
  8. Toxic
  9. Sugarstone
  10. California Daze

Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams: Aporia

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On March 24, 2020, “Asthmatic Kitty” label released “Aporia”, album by Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams (Sufjan Stevens eight album overall). It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.

Personnel:

  • Sufjan Stevens – mixing
  • Lowell Brams 
  • Thomas Bartlett
  • Nick Berry
  • Cat Martino
  • Yuuki Matthews
  • James McAllister
  • Steve Moore
  • John Ringhofer
  • D. M. Stith
  • T. W. Walsh – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams.

  1. Ousia
  2. What It Takes
  3. Disinheritance
  4. Agathon
  5. Determined Outcome
  6. Misology
  7. Afterworld Alliance
  8. Palinodes
  9. Backhanded Cloud
  10. Glorious You
  11. For Raymond Scott
  12. Matronymic
  13. The Red Desert
  14. Conciliation
  15. Ataraxia
  16. The Unlimited
  17. The Runaround
  18. Climb That Mountain
  19. Captain Praxis
  20. Eudaimonia
  21. The Lydian Ring

Falling Up: Fangs!

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On March 24, 2009, “BEC Recordings” label released “Fangs!” the fourth Falling Up studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Casey Crescenzo.

Personnel:

  • Jessy Ribordy – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, programming
  • Daniel Elder – guitar
  • Jeremy Miller – bass guitar
  • Josh Shroy – drums, percussion
  • Casey Crescenzo – additional vocals, additional guitar, engineer, mixer
  • Troy Glessner – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Blooming from the Corner
  2. A Colour Eoptian
  3. Lotus and the Languorous
  4. Streams of Woe at Acheron
  5. Magician Reversed
  6. The Discoveratory
  7. Golden Arrows
  8. The King’s Garden
  9. Panic and Geo-Primaries
  10. The Moonn and Sixpence
  11. Our Lady Satuernn’s Reef
  12. Goddess of the Dayspring, Am I
  13. The Sidewinder Flux
  14. Gears Under the Water
  15. The Chilling Alpine Adventure
  16. Swimming Towards Propellers
  17. The Signal From Forum A

Mystery Jets: Twenty One

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On March 24, 2008, “679 Recordings” label released “Twenty One”, the second Mystery Jets studio album. It was recorded October 2006 – December 2007 at “The Madhouse”, “Konk”, “The Pool”, “The Garden”, “Musikbox”, “Olympic Studios”, “The Dairy”, “Hercules Studios”, “Hoxton Square”, “Eden & Sofa Sound” in London, and was produced by Erol Alkan and Stephen Street.

Personnel:

  • Blaine Harrison – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Henry Harrison – keyboards, guitar, vox
  • Kai Fish – vocals, bass, engineer
  • Kapil Trivedi – drums
  • Laura Marling – vocals
  • Erol Alkan – engineer, mixing
  • Ferg Peterkin – engineer, mixing
  • Cenzo Townshend – engineer, mixing
  • Alan O’Connell, Ben Mason, Rick Levy, Tom Stanley – engineer
  • Mark Alloway, Oliver Wright, Pete Hutchings, Zoe – engineer assistant
  • Jimmy Robertson, Nick Launay, Atom – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Hideway
  2. Young Love
  3. Half in Love with Elizabeth
  4. Flakes
  5. Veiled in Grey
  6. Two Doors Down
  7. MJ
  8. Umbrellahead
  9. Hand Me Down
  10. First to Know
  11. Behind the Bunhouse (Includes hidden track Twenty One)
  12. Somewhere in my Heart

Bettie Serveert: Pharmacy of Love

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On March 23, 2010, “Second Motion Records” label released “Pharmacy of Love”, the eighth Bettie Serveert studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “La Chapelle Studios” in Waimes, Belgium, and “IJland Studio” in Amsterdam.

Personnel:

  • Carol Van Dyk – vocals, guitar, mixing, artwork
  • Peter Visser – guitar, mixing
  • Martijn Blankestijn – keyboards, guitar
  • Herman Bunskoeke – bass
  • Joppe Molenaar – drums
  • Zlaya Hadic, Bettie Serveert, Jeffrey Kok – engineer
  • Remko Schouten – mixing
  • Darius van Helfteren – mastering
  • Jordan Decauwer – litography

Track listing:

All tracks by Carol Van Dyk, except where noted.

  1. Deny All
  2. Semaphore – Peter Visser
  3. Love Lee
  4. Mossie
  5. The Pharmacy
  6. Souls Travel
  7. Calling – Peter Visser
  8. Change4me – Peter Visser
  9. What They Call Love (loud version) – Peter Visser

Spock’s Beard: Day for Night

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On March 23, 1999, “Metal Blade” album released “Day for Night”, the fourth Spock’s Beard studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Neal Morse, Alan Morse, Dave Meros, Nick D’Virgilio and Ryo Okumoto.

Personnel:

  • Neal Morse – lead vocals, piano, all synths, acoustic guitar
  • Alan Morse – vocals, electric guitar, Mellotron
  • Dave Meros – vocals, bass
  • Nick D’Virgilio – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Ryo Okumoto – Hammond organ, mellotron
  • John Garr – saxophone
  • Joy Worland – French horn
  • Eric Brenton, Tom Tally, John Krovoza – string section
  • Byron House – string bass, cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Neal Morse, except where noted.

  1. Day for Night
  2. Gibberish
  3. Skin
  4. The Distance to the Sun
  5. Crack the Big Sky
  6. The Gypsy
  7. Can’t Get It Wrong – Nick D’Virgilio, Alan Morse, Neal Morse
  8. The Healing Colors of Sound
  9. The Healing Colors of Sound Pt. 1
  10. My Shoes
  11. Mommy Comes Back
  12. Ley It Down
  13. The Healing Colors of Sound Pt. 2
  14. My Shoes (revisited)

David Sanborn: Inside

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On March 23, 1999, “Elektra” label released “Inside”, the 20th David Sanborn album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Camel Island” in New Jersey, “Avatar Studios”, “Hiatus Studios”, “Sound On Sound” and “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Marcus Miller and David Isaac.

Personnel:

  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone
  • Marcus Miller – keyboards, Rhodes piano, guitar, bass, drums, clarinet, backing vocals, arrangements, engineer
  • Ricky Peterson – Hammond B3 organ
  • Gil Goldstein – electric piano, arrangements
  • Davis Isaac – keyboards
  • Marvin Sewell – National resaphonic guitar
  • Dean Brown – guitar
  • Bill Frisell – guitar
  • Fareed Haque – acoustic guitar
  • Gene Lake – drums
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
  • Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone
  • Wallace Roney – trumpet
  • Hank Roberts – cello
  • Cassandra Wilson – lead vocals
  • Eric Benét – lead and backing vocals
  • Lalah Hathaway – lead and backing vocals
  • Sting – lead vocals
  • Davis Isaac – engineer
  • Goh Hotada – engineer, mixing
  • Paul Mitchell – engineer
  • Malcolm Pollack – engineer
  • Dean Sharenow – engineer
  • Takamasa Hondu – engineer assostant
  • John R. Reigert III – engineer assistant
  • Rory Romano – engineer assistant
  • Mike Tocci – engineer assostant
  • Zach Wind – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Bibi Green – production coordinator
  • Jennifer Roddie – art direction, design
  • Michael Wilson – cover photography
  • Eric Johnson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Marcus Miller, except where noted.

  1. Corners (For Herbie)
  2. Day Dreaming – Aretha Franklin
  3. Trance
  4. Brother Ray
  5. Lisa – David Sanborn
  6. When I’m With You
  7. Naked Moon
  8. Cane – Meshell Ndegeocello
  9. Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
  10. Miss You – David Sanborn