Monthly Archives: March 2021

Circa Waves: Sad Happy

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On March 13, 2020, “Prolifica” label released “Sad Happy”, the fourth Circa Waves studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by James Dring and Kieran Shudall.

Personnel:

  • Kieran Shudall – vocals, guitar, keyboards, mellotron, engineer, mixing, photography
  • Joe Falconer – vocal, guitar
  • Sam Rourke – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Colin Jones – vocal, drums
  • Heather Shudall – backing vocals
  • Gillian Maguire – strings
  • Matt Wiggins – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Gillian Hyland – artwork, photography
  • Annelise Keestra – design, packaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Kieran Shudall.

Happy track listing:

  1. Jacqueline
  2. Be Your Drug
  3. Move to San Francisco
  4. Wasted on You
  5. The Things We Knew Last Knight
  6. Call Your Name
  7. Love You More

Sad track listing:

  1. Sad Happy
  2. Wake Up Call
  3. Sympathy
  4. Battered & Brused
  5. Hope There’s a Heaven
  6. Train to Lime Street
  7. Birthday Cake

The Boomtown Rats: Citizens of Boomtown

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On March 13, 2020, “BMG” label released “Citizens of Boomtown”, the seventh Boomtown Rats (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Brick Music” in Acton, London, “Barnstorm Studios” in Outwood, UK, and was produced by Pete Briquette.

Personnel:

  • Bob Geldof – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Daren Beale – lead guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Alan Dunne – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Pete Briquette – bass guitar, keyboards, programming, recording
  • Simon Crowe – vocals, drums
  • Garry Roberts – guitar
  • Paul Cuddeford – guitar
  • Luciano Cusack – backing vocals
  • Serafina Cusack – backing vocals
  • Rob Barrie – recording
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Clemens Gritl – original artwork
  • Sagan Cowne – design
  • Mark Cowne – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Geldof except where noted.

  1. Trash Glam Baby
  2. Sweet Thing
  3. Monster Monkeys – Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette
  4. She Said No
  5. Passing Through – Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette
  6. Here’s a Postcard
  7. K.I.S.S. – Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette
  8. Rock ‘n’ Roll Yé Yé – Daren Beale, Bob Geldof
  9. Get a Grip – Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette
  10. The Boomtown Rats – Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette

Porridge Radio: Every Bad

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On March 13, 2020, “Secretly Canadian” label released “Every Bad”, the second Porridge Radio studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Jenn Decilveo.

Personnel:

  • Dana Margolin – vocals, guitar, painting
  • Josh Harvey – guitar
  • Georgie Stott – vocals, guitar
  • Maddie Ryall – bass
  • Sam Yardley – bass, guitar, synth, drums, drum programing
  • Maria Marzaioli – violin
  • Matt Wiggins – mixing
  • Oliver Barton-Wood – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Dana Margolin.

  1. Born Confused
  2. Sweet
  3. Don’t Ask Me Twice
  4. Long
  5. Nephews
  6. Pop Song
  7. Give/Take
  8. Lilac
  9. Circling
  10. Something
  11. Homecoming Song

Peter Doherty: Grace / Wastelands

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On March 13, 2009, “EMI” label released “Grace/Wastelands”, the debut Peter Doherty album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Stephen Street.

Personnel:

  • Pete Doherty – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, organ, harmonica, melodica, artwork
  • Graham Coxon – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Stephen Street – acoustic and electric guitar, guitar, harmonium, dulcimer, percussion, snare drums, mellotron, tambourine, backing vocals, programming, mixing
  • Peter Wolfe – electric guitar
  • John Robinson – acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Stephen Large – organ, piano, vox continental
  • Adam Ficek – accordion, cymbals, brushes, drums
  • Drew McConnell – bass
  • Dot Allison – vocals
  • Trevor Myers – trombone
  • Benny Cummings – trumpet
  • Martin Burgess – violin
  • Sally Herbert – violin
  • Richard Koster – violin
  • John Metcalfe – viola
  • Sophie Harris – cello
  • Tom Stanley – engineer, mixing
  • Dave Emery – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Murabito – design, reworking
  • Alize Meurisse – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Doherty wherte noted

  1. Arcady
  2. Last of the English Roses
  3. 1939 Returning
  4. A Little Death Around the Eyes – Pete Doherty, Carl Barât
  5. Salomè
  6. I Am the Rain – Pete Doherty, John Robinson
  7. Sweet by and By – Pete Doherty, Alan Wass
  8. Palace of Bone
  9. Sheepskin Tearaway – Pete Doherty, Dot Allison
  10. Broken Love Song – Pete Doherty, Peter Wolfe
  11. New Love Grows on Trees
  12. Lady Don’t Fall Backwards

Devendra Banhart: Mala

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On March 12, 2013, “Nonesuch” label released “Mala”, the eighth Devendra Banhart studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson.

Personnel:

  • Devendra Banhart – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, organ, drums, drum machine, percussion, artwork, layout, recording engineer, mixing
  • Joseph Steinbrick – electronic wind instrument, Dulcimer, bass, synthesizer, percussion, handclaps
  • Ana Kraš – vocal, design, layout
  • Rodrigo Amarante – electric guitar, percussion
  • Noah Georgeson – guitar, bass, synthesizer, drums, drum machine, percussion, programming, recording engineer, mixing
  • Todd Dahlhoff – bass
  • Greg Rogove – drums, xylophone, chains, switch blade
  • Bram Inscore – cello
  • Samur Khouja – recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Devendra Banhart except where noted.

  1. Golden Girls
  2. Daniel
  3. Für Hildegard von Bingen
  4. Never Seen Such Good Things
  5. Mi Negrita
  6. Your Fine Petting Duck
  7. The Ballad of Keenan Milton
  8. A Gain
  9. Won’t You Come Over – Devendra Banhart, Noah Georgeson
  10. Cristobal Risquez
  11. Hatched Wound
  12. Mala
  13. Won’t You Come Home
  14. Taurobolium

The Divine Comedy: Regeneration

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On March 12, 2001, “Parlaphone” label released “Regeneration”, the seventh Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “RAK Studio” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, guitar, additional keyboards
  • Bryan Mills – bass, additional guitar
  • Stuart ‘Pinkie’ Bates – organ, synthesizer, recorder
  • Ivor Talbot – guitar, additional bass
  • Miggy Barradas – drums, percussion
  • Rob Farrer – percussion, additional drums
  • Joby Talbot – piano, synthesizer, recorder, string arrangements
  • Philip Sheppard – cello
  • Millennia Strings – strings
  • London TeleFilmonic Orchestra
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – recording assistant
  • Gerard Navarro – mixing assistant
  • Claire Burbridge – art direction, sculptures
  • Harry Borden – photography
  • Duncan Smith – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon.

  1. Timestretched
  2. Bad Ambassador
  3. Perfect Lovesong
  4. Note to Sell
  5. Lost Property
  6. Eye of the Needle
  7. Love What You Do
  8. Dumb It Down
  9. Mastermind
  10. Regeneration
  11. The Beauty Regime

Afghan Whigs: Black Love

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On Mach 12, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Black Love”, the fifth Afghan Whigs studio album. It was recorded August – September 1995, at “Bear Creek Studio” and “Robert Lang Studios” in Washington, and was produced by Greg Dulli.

Personnel:

  • Greg Dulli – lead vocals, guitars, drums, machine, percussion, timpani, sleigh bells, mixing
  • Rick McCollum – guitars, pedal steel, hammered dulcimer
  • John Curley – vocals, guitar, bass, Arp, assistant engineering, location recording
  • Paul Buchignani – drums, percussion, congas
  • Harold Chichester – vocals, organ, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, piano
  • Doug Falsetti – vocals, percussion
  • Shawn Smith – vocals
  • Jeff Powell – vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Jeffrey Reed – effects
  • Barbara Hunter – cello
  • Jeffrey Reed, Ryan Hadlock, Aaron Warner, Joe Hadlock, Don Fawcett, Erik Flettrich, Dubby – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Dulli except where noted.

  1. Crime Scene Part One
  2. My Enemy 
  3. Double Day – Greg Dulli, Rick McCollum
  4. Blame, Etc.
  5. Step into the Light
  6. Going to Town
  7. Honky’s Ladder
  8. Night by Candlelight
  9. Bulletproof
  10. Summer’s Kiss
  11. Faded

Hal Blaine

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On March 11, 2019, Harold Simon Belsky aka Hal Blaine died aged 90. He was musician (drums) regarded to be one of the most recorded studio drummers in the history of the modern music. He had more than 35,000 recording sessions in various music genres including big number of film and TV soundtracks. He worked with Shelley Fabares, The Crystals, Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys, Dean Martin, Lorne Greene, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, The Byrds, Sonny & Cher, Barry McGuire, Petula Clark, Nancy Sinatra, The Mamas & the Papas, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Rivers, The Supremes, The Association, Simon & Garfunkel, Tommy Roe, The 5th Dimension, Henry Mancini, The Carpenters, Neil Diamond, The Partridge Family, The Raiders, Barbra Streisand, John Denver, Captain & Tennille, Diana Ross, Sam Cooke, Van Dyke Parks, John Lennon, Lulu, Dennis Wilson, Paul Simon, Richard Harris, Glen Campbell, Emitt Rhodes, Art Garfunkel, Juice Newton, Michael Nesmith, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, J.J. Cale, José Feliciano, Bobby Darin, Rosanne Cash, Cass Elliot, Rodney Crowell, Dion DiMucci, Paul Anka, Barry Mann, Emmylou Harris, Jackie Lomax, Elkie Brooks, Helen Reddy, John Philips, Thelma Houston and Leonard Cohen. As leader Blaine released five albums.

Teddy Edwards: Smooth Sailing

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On March 11, 2003, “High Note” label released “Smooth Sailing” the 30th and the final Teddy Edwards album. It was recorded in 2001 at “M&I Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Houston Person.

Personnel:

  • Teddy Edwards – tenor saxophone
  • Richard Wyands – piano
  • Ray Drummond – double bass
  • Chip White – drums

Track listing:

  1. Going Home – Teddy Edwards
  2. All Too Soon – Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman
  3. Hank’s Tune – Hank Mobley
  4. Indian Summer – Victor Herbert, Al Dubin
  5. Robbin’s Nest – Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell
  6. It’s the Talk of the Town – Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
  7. Smooth Sailing – Arnett Cobb
  8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke