Monthly Archives: July 2021

Angus & Julia Stone: Same (third album)

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On August 1, 2014, “EMI Music Australia” label released the self-titled, third Angus & Julia Stone album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Shangri-La Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Complex”, “Grand Street Recording”, and was produced by Rick Rubin, Angus Stone and Julia Stone.

Personnel:

  • Angus Stone – vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano, bass
  • Julia Stone – vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, trumpet
  • Jordan Power, Ken Rich, Tomek Miernowski – recording
  • Ryan Hewitt – recording, mixing
  • Adam Fuller, Jason Gossman, Sean Oakley – editing
  • Billy Bush – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Jennifer Stenglein – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Angus Stone and Julia Stone.

  1. A Heartbreak
  2. My Word for It
  3. Grizzly Bear
  4. Heart Beats Slow
  5. Wherever You Are
  6. Get Home
  7. Death Defying Acts
  8. Little Whiskey
  9. From the Stalls
  10. Other Things
  11. Please You
  12. Main Street
  13. Crash and Burn
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Herbie Mann: Do the Bossa Nova

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In August 1962, “Atlantic” label released “Do The Bossa Nova”, the 30th Herbie Mann album.

Personnel:

  • Herbie Mann – flute, alto flute
  • Antonio Carlos Jobim – vocals, piano, arranger, conductor
  • Luiz Carlos Vinhas – piano 
  • Sergio Mendes – piano
  • Baden Powell – guitar
  • Durval Ferreira – guitar
  • Gabriel – bass 
  • Octavio Bailly Jr – bass
  • Dom Um – drums 
  • Juquinha – drums
  • Papao – drums
  • Pedro Paulo – trumpet
  • Paulo Moura – alto saxophone
  • Bossa Nova Rio Group
  • Bossa Três 
  • Zezinho E Sua Escola De Samba
  • Umverto – engineer
  • Loring Eutemey – design
  • Nesuhi Ertegun – supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Deve Ser Amor – Baden Powell, Vinicius De Moraes
  2. Menina Feia – Oscar Castro Neves
  3. Amor Em Paz – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes
  4. Voce E Eu – Carlos Lyra, Vinicius De Moraes
  5. One Note Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca
  6. Blues Walk – Clifford Brown
  7. Consolacao – Baden Powell
  8. Bossa Velha – Herbie Mann

Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky: Please Leave Your Light On

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On July 31, 2020, “Emi Music Australia” released “Please Leave Your Light On”, an album by Paul Kelly and Paul Grabowsky. It was recorded in August 2019, at “David Li Sound Gallery” at Monash University in Melbourne, and was produced by

Personnel:

  • Paul Kelly – vocals, harmonica
  • Paul Grabowsky – piano
  • Ben Grayson – recording
  • Lachlan Garrick – mixing, mastering
  • Pete Salmon Lomas – design
  • Pia Johnson – photography
  • Andy Doherty – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Kelly; except where noted.

  1. True to You
  2. Petrichor
  3. What a Woman Loves a Man
  4. Sonnet 138 – lyrics by William Shakespeare
  5. Time and Tide – Paul Kelly, Alan Pigram
  6. Young Lovers – lyrics by Paul Kelly, music by Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Dane Kelly
  7. Every Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
  8. Please Leave Your Light On
  9. You Can Put Your Shoes Under My Bed
  10. Winter Coat
  11. God’s Grandeur – lyrics by Gerard Manley Hopkins
  12. If I Could Start Today Again

The Psychedelic Furs: Made of Rain

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On July 31, 2020, “Cooking Vinyl” album released “Made of Rain”, the eighth Psychedelic Furs (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Richard Fortus, Richard Butler, Tim Butler, Paul Garisto, Rich Good, Amanda Kramer and Mars Williams.

Personnel:

  • Richard Butler – vocals
  • Rich Good – guitar
  • Amanda Kramer – keyboards
  • Tim Butler – bass guitar
  • Paul Garisto – drums
  • Mars Williams – saxophone
  • Richard Fortus
  • BT
  • Jon Carin
  • Joe McGinty
  • Paisley Fortus
  • Clover Fortus
  • Jason McEntire – engineer
  • Tim Palmer – mixing

Track listing:

  1. The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll – Richard Butler, Rich Good
  2. Don’t Believe – Richard Butler, Tim Butler, Paul Garisto, Rich Good
  3. You’ll Be Mine – Richard Butler, Tim Butler
  4. Wrong Train – John Ashton, Richard Butler, Tim Butler
  5. This’ll Never Be Like Love – Richard Butler, Chris Good
  6. Ash Wednesday – Richard Butler, Paul Garisto
  7. Come All Ye Faithful – Richard Butler, Rich Good
  8. No-One – Richard Butler, Rich Good
  9. Tiny Hands – Richard Butler, Tim Butler
  10. Hide the Medicine – Richard Butler, Richard Fortus
  11. Turn Your Back on Me – Richard Butler, Paul Garisto
  12. Stars – Jon Carin, Richard Butler, Richard Fortus

Alanis Morissette: Such Pretty Forks in the Road

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On July 31, 2020, “Epiphany” label released “Such Pretty Forks in the Road”, the ninth Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Alex Hope and Catherine Marks.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – lead and backing vocals
  • Alex Hope – guitars, synths, marxophone, programming, string arrangements
  • Steven Milbourne – acoustic guitar
  • Chris J. Alderton – guitar
  • David Levita – guitar
  • Frank Turner – guitar
  • Michael Farrell – piano, synths, organ, marxophone, string arrangements
  • Catherine Marks – synths, programming, string arrangements
  • Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett – acoustic guitar, synths, programming
  • Tyler Last – bass
  • Cedric Lemoyne – bass
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Chris Dugan – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Alanis Morissette and Michael Farrell.

  1. Smiling
  2. Ablaze
  3. Reasons I Drink
  4. Diagnosis
  5. Missing the Miracle
  6. Losing the Plot
  7. Reckoning
  8. Sandbox Love
  9. Her
  10. Nemesis
  11. Pedestal

Bob Geldof: The Vegetarians of Love

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In July 1990, “Mercury” label released “The Vegetarians of Love”, the second Bob Geldof studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “Maison Rouge Studios” in London, and was produced by Rupert Hine.

Personnel:

  • Bob Geldof – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Phil Palmer – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Geoff Richardson – viola, electric and acoustic guitar, clarinet, saxophone, recorders, penny whistles, ukulele, assorted kitchen utensils
  • Rupert Hine – piano, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steve Fletcher – piano, organ
  • Alan Dunn – accordion, organ
  • Pete Briquette – bass guitar, keyboard
  • Bob Loveday – violin, penny whistle, bass guitar
  • Gerry Moffet – electric guitar
  • Gordon Bonnar – guitar
  • David A. Stewart – guitar
  • Paul Carrack – organ
  • Geoff Dugmore – drums, percussion
  • Kevin Godley – backing vocals
  • Cameron Jenkins – saxophone
  • Stephen W Tayler – recording, mixing
  • Andrew Scarth – recording
  • Emmanuel Taylor – recording assistant
  • Cameron Jenkins – mixing
  • Arun Chakraverty – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

  1. A Gospel Song
  2. Love or Something – Bob Geldof, David A. Stewart
  3. The Great Song of Indifference
  4. Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things – Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette
  5. Big Romantic Stuff
  6. Crucified Me
  7. The Chains of Pain – Bob Geldof, Danny Mitchell
  8. A Rose at Night
  9. No Small Wonder – Bob Geldof, Danny Mitchell
  10. Walking Back to Happiness
  11. Let It Go
  12. The End of the World

James Brown: Get Up Offa That Thing

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In July 1978, “Polydor” label released “Get Up Offa That Thing”, the 43rd James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocals, arrangements
  • Patricia Dryden – cover illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Deanna Brown, Deirdre Brown and Yamma Brown, except where noted.

  • Get Up Offa That Thing / Release the Pressure
  • You Took My Heart – Deanna Brown, Deirdre Brown, St. Clair Pinckney, Yamma Brown
  • I Refuse to Lose
  • Can’t Take it with You
  • Home Again
  • This Feeling

Joseph Michael “Dusty” Hill

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On July 28, 2021, Joseph Michael “Dusty” Hill died aged 72. He was musician (bass guitar, keyboards), singer and songwriter, performed and recorded with Willy & the Wolves, Freddie King, The Warlocks, The Cellar Dwellers, American Blues, but was best known as bassist and vocalist of ZZ Top. In 2004, as member of ZZ Top he was inducted in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.

Jenny Lewis: The Voyager

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On July 29, 2014, “Warner Bros” label released “The Voyager”, the third Jenny Lewis studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Pax-Am Studios” in Hollywood, CA. “ARC Studios” in Omaha, NE, and was produced by Ryan Adams, Beck Hansen, Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Rice and Mike Viola.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Lewis – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, layout
  • Alex Greenwald – vocal
  • Beck Hansen – vocal
  • Johanna Söderberg – vocal
  • Jonathan Rice – vocal
  • Klara Söderberg – vocal
  • Mike Viola – vocal
  • Farmer Dave Scher – vocal
  • Benmomt Tench – vocal, keyboards
  • Ryan Adams – vocal, guitar
  • Elizabeth Berg – vocal, guitar
  • Jason Boesel – vocal, guitar
  • Rebecca Stark – vocal, tambourine
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Gus Seyffert – guitar
  • Lou Barlow – bass, guitar
  • Mike Elizondo – bass, keyboards
  • Mickey Madden – bass
  • Wyllie Gelber – bass
  • Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion
  • Jason Boessel – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Nate Walcott – horn
  • The Section Quartet
  • Lili Haydn – violin
  • Daphine Chen – string arrangements
  • Nathaniel Walcott – string arrangements
  • The Watson Twins
  • Charlie Stavish, David Labrel, Mike Mogis – recording
  • Brent Arrowood, Chris Szcech, Cole Marsden, Grief Neill, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, Jason Lader, Jim Watts, Mario Borgatta, Pierre de Reeder, Robert Rossman – additional recording
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Norman Wonderly, Stephen Walker – layout
  • Autumn De Wilde – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Head Underwater
  2. She’s Not Me – Jonathan Rice
  3. Just One of the Guys
  4. Slippery Slopes
  5. Late Bloomer
  6. You Can’t Outrun ‘Em
  7. The New You – Jonathan Rice
  8. Aloha & the Three Johns
  9. Love U Forever
  10. The Voyager

Barenaked Ladies: Gordon

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On July 28, 1992, “Sire” label released “Gordon”, the debut Barenaked Ladies studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Le Studio” in Morin-Heights, Quebec, and was produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda.

Personnel:

  • Steven Page – vocals, guitar, shaker, wat-ups, moronic intro synth, cartoon noises, secret noises
  • Ed Robertson – vocals, guitar, shaker, cowbell, bionic intro synth, crowd noise, funky mouth
  • Jim Creeggan – vocals, double bass, arco double bass, shaker, secret noises
  • Andy Creeggan – vocals, organ, piano, conga, tambourine, triangle, claves, cuíca, shaker, mark tree, güiro, finger cymbals, cabasa, vibraphone, scat, wat’ups, marimba, mbira, suitcase, secret noises
  • Tyler Stewart – vocals, drums, shaker, wat’ups, bass drum, snare drums
  • Michael Phillip Wojewoda – tambourine, teutonic intro vocal, shaker, stupid keyboard bass, secret noises
  • Lewis Melville – pedal steel guitar
  • Martin Tielli – guitar solo
  • Chris Brown – organ
  • Tim Witlson – bagpipes
  • Bob Wiseman – accordion
  • Dave Allen – fiddle
  • Chris Howells – flugelhorn
  • Catherine MacDonnell-Stephens – bassoon
  • Tom Walsh – trombone

The Jimmy Crack Horns

  • Nic Gotham – baritone saxophone
  • Gene Hardy – tenor saxophone
  • Chris Howells – trumpet
  • Tom Walsh – trombone

The Horn Cuskers

  • Nic Gotham – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Gene Hardy – tenor saxophone

The Suburban Tabernacle Choir

  • Dave Allen
  • Mike Barber
  • Gregor Beresford
  • Arlene Bishop
  • Chris Brown
  • Erica Buss
  • Meryn Cadell
  • Naida Creeggan
  • Matthew DeMatteo
  • Kate Fenner
  • Gene Hardy
  • Natalie Herbert
  • Shelley Hines
  • Sally Lee
  • Lewis Melville
  • Jason Mercer
  • Janet Morassutti
  • Moxy Früvous
  • Keith Nakonechny
  • Blair Packham
  • Matthew Page
  • Steve Pitkin
  • Jason Plumb
  • Rheostatics
  • Wilma Robertson
  • Tannis Slimmon
  • Earl Stokes
  • Wayne Stokes
  • Bob Wiseman
  • Michael-Philip Wojewoda – engineer, remix
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Page and Ed Robertson, except where noted.

  1. Hello City
  2. Enid
  3. Grade 9 – Andy Creeggan, Jim Creeggan, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart
  4. Brian Wilson – Steven Page, Ed Robertson
  5. Be My Yoko Ono
  6. Wrap Your Arms Around Me – Jim Creeggan, Steven Page, Ed Robertson
  7. What a Good Boy
  8. The King of Bedside Manor
  9. Box Set Page Robertson – Steven Page
  10. I Love You – Andy Creeggan, Jim Creeggan, Steven Page, Ed Robertson
  11. New Kid (On the Block) – Scott Dibble, Steven Page, Ed Robertson
  12. Blame It on Me
  13. The Flag – Steven Page
  14. If I Had $1000000
  15. Crazy
  16. Dat Folder – hidden track