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Jake Bugg: Hearts That Strain

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On September 1, 2017, “Virgin EMI” label released “Hearts That Strain”, the fourth Jake Bugg studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Jake Bugg.

Personnel:

  • Jake Bugg – vocals, guitar
  • Dan Auerbach – electric and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Sweeney – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone electric guitar, backing vocals, photography
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
  • David Ferguson – acoustic 12 string guitar, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Sean Sullivan – baritone electric guitar, congas, recording
  • Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
  • Bobby Wood – piano, electric piano, keyboards, organ, xylophone
  • Ian Fitchuk – Farfisa organ, piano, melodica, congas
  • Dave Roe – bass, backing vocals
  • Fred Eltringham – drums
  • Gene Chrisman – drums
  • Pat McInerney – percussion
  • Kenny Malone – percussion
  • Denis Solee – saxophone
  • Matt Combs – violin, viola, cello
  • Carole Neuen Rabinowitz – cello
  • Noah Cyrus – vocal
  • Suzi Ragsdale – backing vocals
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • The Magnificient Pete Barrett, Esg – artwork
  • Jesse Lirola, Keith Armstrong – photography

All tracks by Jake Bugg.

  1. How Soon the Dawn
  2. Southern Rain
  3. In the Event of My Demise
  4. This Time
  5. Waiting
  6. The Man on Stage
  7. Hearts That Strain
  8. Burn Alone
  9. Indigo Blue
  10. Bigger Love
  11. Every Color in the World

Eric Carmen: Boats Against the Current

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In April 1977, “Arista” label released “Boats Against the Current”, the second Eric Carmen studio album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Crystal Sound” and “Studio 55” in Los Angeles, “Sound Factory” in Hollywood, “Brother Studio” in Santa Monica, and was produced by Eric Carmen.

Personnel:

  • Eric Carmen – lead vocals, acoustic piano, synthesizers, 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, conductor, electric harpsichord, drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Andrew Gold – electric guitar solo, electric guitar
  • Richard Reising – acoustic and electric guitar, acoustic piano, backing vocals
  • Richie Zito – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizers
  • Dave Wintour – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
  • Gene Estes – percussion
  • Ollie E. Brown – percussion
  • Jim Horn – saxophone
  • Bobby Keys – saxophone
  • Tom Scott – saxophone
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements, conductor
  • Burton Cummings – backing vocals
  • Curt Becher – backing vocals
  • Joe Chemay – backing vocals
  • Bruce Johnston – backing vocals, arrangements
  • Brian Wilson – backing vocals
  • Kevin Beamish – engineer
  • Larry Emerine – engineer
  • David Henson – engineer
  • Mark Howlett – engineer
  • Dennis Kirk – engineer
  • Tim Kramer – engineer
  • Earle Mankey – engineer
  • Howard Steele – engineer
  • Thom Wilson – engineer
  • Val Garay – mixing
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Bob Heimall – art direction
  • Ed Caraeff – design, photography
  • Benno Friedman – inside photography effects
  • Norman Adams – inside artwork
  • Michael Manoogian – calligraphy

All tracks by Eric Carmen:

  1. Boats Against the Current
  2. Marathon Man
  3. Nowhere To Hide
  4. Take It or Leave It
  5. Love Is All That Matters
  6. She Did It
  7. I Think I Found Myself
  8. Run Away

Brownsville Station: Yeah!

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In August 1973, “Big Tree” label released “Yeah!”, the third studio Brownsville Station studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Mediasound” in New York City, and was produced by Doug Morris and Eric Stevens.

Personnel:

  • Cub Koda – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Lutz – vocals, bass
  • Henry “H Bomb” Weck – drums
  • Michael Delugg – engineer
  • Beverly Weinstein – art direction
  • Rob Nalli – photography

Track listing:

  1. Question of Temperature – Mike Appel, Ed Schnug, Don Henny
  2. Lightnin’ Bar Blues – Hoyt Axton
  3. Take It or Leave It – H. Cardell
  4. All Night Long – Mike Lutz, Cub Koda
  5. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah – Jimmy Cliff
  6. Sweet Jane – Lou Reed
  7. Love, Love, Love – Terry Knight
  8. Go Out and Get Her – Doug Morris
  9. Barefootin’ – Robert Parker
  10. Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room – Mike Lutz, Cub Koda

Maria Muldaur: Same

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In August 1973, “Reprise” label released the self-titled, debut Maria Muldaur album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Warner Bros Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joe Boyd.

Personnel:

  • Maria Muldaur – vocals
  • Ry Cooder – acoustic guitar
  • Andrew Gold – acoustic guitar
  • David Nichtern – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Clarence White – acoustic guitar
  • David Lindley – Hawaiian guitar
  • Bill Keith – banjo, steel guitar
  • David Grisman – mandolin
  • Dr. John – keyboards, horn arrangements
  • Jim Dickinson – piano
  • Mark T. Jordan – piano
  • Spooner Oldham – piano
  • Greg Prestopino – vocal and background vocals, piano
  • James Gordon – organ, clarinet
  • Chris Ethridge – bass
  • Klaus Voormann – bass
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Dave Holland – bowed bass
  • Jimmy Calhoun – bass
  • Tommy McClure – bass
  • Freebo – bass
  • Amos Garrett – vocals, bass, guitar
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums
  • John Boudreaux – drums
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Chris Parker – drums
  • Nick DeCaro – accordion, string arrangements
  • Jerry Jumonville – alto horn, horn arrangements
  • Artie Butler – alto horn, horn arrangements
  • Richard Greene – violin
  • Beryl Marriott – violin
  • Larry Packer – violin, viola
  • Karen Alexander – backing vocals
  • Gloria Jones – backing vocals
  • Ellen Kearney – backing vocals
  • Bettye LaVette – backing vocals
  • Jessica Smith – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Any Old Time – Jimmie Rodgers
  2. Midnight at the Oasis – David Nichtern
  3. My Tennessee Mountain Home – Dolly Parton
  4. I Never Did Sing You a Love Song – David Nichtern
  5. The Work Song – Kate McGarrigle
  6. Don’t You Feel My Leg (Don’t You Get Me High) – Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams
  7. Walkin’ One and Only – Dan Hicks
  8. Long Hard Climb – Ron Davies
  9. Three Dollar Bill – Mac Rebennack
  10. Vaudeville Man – Wendy Waldman
  11. Mad Mad Me – Wendy Waldman

Buffalo: Volcanic Rock

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In August 1973, “Vertigo” label released “Volcanic Rock”, the second Buffalo studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “United Sound” in Sydney, and was produced by Spencer Lee.

Personnel:

  • Davic Tice – lead vocals
  • John Baxter – guitar
  • Peter Wells – bass
  • Jimmy Economou – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by David John Tice and John Allan Baxter, except where noted.

  1. Sunrise (Come My Way)
  2. Freedom
  3. Till My Death
  4. The Prophet
  5. Intro: Pound of Flesh / Shylock – John Baxter, Pete Wells

Ben & Ben: Pebble House Vol. 1: Kuwaderno

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On August 29, 2021, “Sony Music Philippines” label released “Pebble House, Vol. 1: Kuwaderno”, the second Ben & Ben studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Miguel Benjamin Guico, Paolo Benjamin Guico, Poch Barretto, Jam Villanueva, Agnes Reoma, Patricia Lasaten, Jean Paul Verona and Sam Marquez.

Personnel:

  • Miguel Benjamin Guico – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Paolo Benjamin Guico – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Poch Barretto – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Patricia Lasaten – keyboards
  • Agnes Reoma – bass
  • Jam Villanueva – drums
  • Toni Muñoz – lead and backing vocals, percussion
  • Andrew de Pano – percussion, backing vocals
  • Keifer Cabugao – violin, backing vocals
  • Manila String Machine – violin instrumentals
  • Chito Miranda, Moira Dela Torre, Aild and Juan Karlos, SB 19, Munimui, KZ Tandingan – co-lead vocals
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • Isobel Funk, Karen Dela Fuente, Karelle Bulan – creative directors

Track listing:

All tracks by Paolo Guico and Miguel Guico except where noted.

  1. Kuwaderno – P. Barretto, T.Munoz
  2. Kasayaw
  3. Swimming Pool
  4. Elyu
  5. Pasalubong – Miguel Benjamin Guico, Paolo Benjamin Guico, M. Dela Torre, J. Hernandez
  6. Magpahinga
  7. Lunod
  8. Sabel – Miguel Benjamin Guico, Paolo Benjamin Guico, T. Munoz
  9. Kapangyarihan – Miguel Benjamin Guico, Paolo Benjamin Guico, J. Nase
  10. Sugat – Paolo Benjamin Guico, T. Munoz
  11. Upuan
  12. Ilang Tulog Na Lange – T. Munoz, Paolo Benjamin Guico
  13. Kayumanggi

Jimmy Barnes: 30:30 Hindsight

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On August 29, 2015, “Liberation Music”, label released “30:30 Hindsight”, the fifteenth Jimmy Barnes studio album. The album contains 17 new recordings and 13 classic Jimmy Barnes tracks spanning his solo career. It was recorded 1984 – 2014, at “Freight Train Studios”, “Revolver Studios”, “Addiction Sound”, “Studio at the Palms” and “Studio Guillaume Tell”, and was produced by David Kalmusky, Jonathan Cain, Kevin Shirley, Steven Van Zandt and Bernard Fanning.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Barnes – lead and backing vocals
  • Mahalia Barnes – lead and backing vocals
  • Bernard Fanning – vocal, acoustic guitar
  • Steve Sheehan – acoustic guitar
  • Steven van Zandt – guitar, backing vocals
  • Ian Moss – guitar
  • Ben Rodgers – guitar
  • Chris Cheney – guitar, backing vocals
  • Danny Spencer – guitar
  • Dave Leslie – guitar
  • Davey Lane – guitar
  • Franco Raggatt – guitar
  • Joe Bonamassa – guitar, slide guitar
  • Jon Toogood – guitar
  • Keith Urban – vocal, guitar
  • Mark Lizotte – guitar
  • Neal Schon – guitar
  • Phil Knight – guitar
  • Stuart Fraser – guitar
  • Tom Bukovac – guitar
  • Jon Stevens – vocal, steel guitar
  • Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar
  • Jimmy Mantingly – mandolin
  • Jonathan Cain – piano, keyboards
  • Lachian Doley – piano, keyboards
  • Arian Schierbaum – keyboards
  • Howard Duck – Hammond organ
  • Ben Rodgers – bass
  • Dario Bortolin – bass
  • John Dymond – bass
  • Karl Kippenberger – bass
  • Michael Hegerty – bass
  • Michael Menell – bass
  • Michael Rhodes – bass
  • Scott Owen – bass
  • Jackie Barnes – drums, backing vocals
  • Andy Strachan – drums
  • Anton Fig – drums
  • Tom Larkin – drums
  • Mick Skelton – drums
  • Greg Morrow – drums
  • Dave Hibbard – drums
  • Charley Drayton – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Charlie Owen – dobro
  • David Woodford – saxophone
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet
  • David Campbell – vocal
  • Jon Toogood – vocal
  • Matk Lizotte – vocal
  • Suze Demarchi – vocal
  • Tina Arena – vocal
  • Troy Cassar Daley – vocal
  • Doug Henthorn, Eliza Jane Barnes, Jane Barnes, Elly May Barnes, Gary Pinto, Jade MacRae, Juanita Tippins, Ruby Rogers, Scot Hull – backing vocals
  • Jeff Bova – orchestration
  • David Nicholas – engineer
  • Jared Kvitka – engineer
  • Jean Paul Fung – engineer
  • Mark Gray – engineer
  • Nick Didia – engineer
  • Dennis Caribaux – engineer
  • James Freeman – engineer
  • Nick Kallstrom – engineer
  • Pal Thrall – engineer
  • Ethan Berrette – engineer
  • Sean Astill – engineer
  • Zachary Miller – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Lay Down Your Guns – featuring The Living End
  2. Time Will Tell – featuring Baby Animals
  3. Good Times – featuring Keith Urban
  4. Ride the Night Away – featuring Steven Van Zandt
  5. Stand Up – featuring Mahalia Barnes and the Soul Mates
  6. I’d Die to Be with You Tonight – featuring Diesel
  7. Stone Cold – featuring Tina Arena and Joe Bonamassa
  8. Working Class Man – featuring Jonathan Cain and Ian Moss
  9. Going Down Alone – featuring Jonathan Cain, Joe Bonamassa and Meal Schon
  10. Love and Hate – featuring Shihad
  11. No Second Prize – featuring The Family Choir
  12. I’d Rather Be Blind – featuring Jon Stevens
  13. When Your Love is Gone – featuring Ruby Rodgers and The Tin Lids
  14. Too Much Ain’t Enough Love – featuring Joe Bonamassa
  15. I’m Still on Your Side – featuring Bernard Fanning
  16. Walk On – featuring David Campbell
  17. The Other Kind – Troy Cassar Daley

1984 – 2010

  1. No Second Prize
  2. Daylight
  3. Working Class Man
  4. Driving Wheels
  5. Let’s Make It Last All Night
  6. Love Is Enough
  7. When Something Is Wrong with My Baby – featuring John Farnham
  8. The Weight – featuring The Badloves
  9. Change of Heart
  10. Lover Lover
  11. Out in the Blue
  12. Red Hot
  13. Large Pier Hotel

Fred Frith & Evelyn Glennie: The Sugar Factory

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On August 28, 2007, “Tzadik” label released “The Sugar Factory”, album Fred Frith and Evelyn Glennie. It was recorded July 2003 – October 2006, at “Zucker Fabrik” in Dormagen, Germany, “Guerrilla HiFI” in Oakland, California, and was produced by Fred Frith.

Personnel:

  • Fred Frith – electric guitar, bass guitar, organ, metal objects
  • Evelyn Glennie – voice, drums, gongs, cymbals, metal objects, vibraphone, steel drum, marimba, simtak, toy piano, bell-tree, paper
  • Myles Boisen – recording, mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Fred Frith and Evelyn Glennie, except where noted.

  1. A Route of Wolves, improvisation for 2 players
  2. In the World to Change the World, improvisation for 2 players
  3. A Rag of Colts, improvisation for 2 players
  4. Scuttlebut, improvisation for 2 players
  5. A Cast of Hawks, improvisation for 2 players
  6. Walls are Loosening – Fred Frith, Evelyn Glennie / A Little Prayer – Evelyn Glennie

Julian Cope: 20 Mothers

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On August 28, 1995, “Echo” label released “20 Mothers” the twelfth Julian Cope album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Julian Cope and Ed Stasium.

Personnel:

  • Julian Cope – vocals, guitar, bass, mellotron
  • Michael “Moon Eye” Watts – guitar
  • Ed Stasium – 12-string guitar, mixing
  • Thighpaulsandra – synthesizer,  piano,  string arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Danny Thompson – double bass 
  • James Eller – bass, Moog synthesizer 
  • Dorian Cope (credited asMavis Grind) – second lead vocals
  • Donald Ross Skinner – omnichord 
  • Mark “Rooster” Cosby – drums, percussion
  • Steve Ferrera – drums, bongos 
  • Terry Edwards – saxophones, trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Martin Schellard – conductor
  • Shaun Harvey – additional recording
  • Jill Furmanovsky – photography
  • Bruce and Mark @ Design by Green Ink – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Cope, except where noted.

  1. Wheelbarrow Man
  2. I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud
  3. Try Try Try
  4. Stone Circles ‘n’ You
  5. Queen Mother
  6. I’m Your Daddy
  7. Highway to the Sun
  8. 1995
  9. By the Light of the Silbury Moon
  10. Adam and Eve Hit the Road
  11. Just Like Poor Bear
  12. Girl Call
  13. Greedhead Detector
  14. Don’t Take Roots
  15. Senile Get
  16. The Lonely Guy
  17. Cryingbabiessleeplesnights
  18. Leli B
  19. Road of Dreams
  20. When I Walk through the Land of Fear

Steve Hackett: Till We Have Faces

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In August 1984, “Lamborghini Records” label released “Till We Have Faces”, the eighth Steve Hackett album. It was recorded 1983 – 1984, and was produced by Steve Hackett.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett – vocals, guitars, guitar synth, koto, rainstick, Etruscan guitar, marimba, percussion, harmonica
  • Nick Magnus – keyboards, percussion, drum programming
  • Fernando Moura – Rhodes piano
  • Clive Stevens – wind synthesizer
  • Ronaldo Diamante – bass
  • Rui Mota – drums
  • Sérgio Lima – drums
  • Ian Mosley – drums, percussion
  • Waldemar Falcão – flute, percussion
  • The Brazilian Percussionists – Sidinho Moreira, Junior Homrich, Jaburu, Peninha, Zizinho, Baca
  • Kim Poor – Japanese voice

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Hackett, except where noted.

  1. Duel
  2. Matilda Smith-Williams Home for the Aged – Steve Hackett, Nick Magnus
  3. Let Me Count the Ways
  4. A Doll That’s Made in Japan
  5. Myopia – Steve Hackett, Nick Magnus
  6. What’s My Name – Steve Hackett, Nick Magnus
  7. The Rio Connection
  8. Taking the Easy Way Out
  9. When You Wish Upon a Star – Ned Washington, Leigh Harline