Monthly Archives: April 2023

The Youngbloods: Elephant Mountains

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In April 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Elephant Mountain”, the third Youngbloods (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1968, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World” in Hollywood, and was produced by Charlie Daniels, Bob Cullen, Jesse Colin Young, Lowell Levinger and Joe Bauer.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Colin Young – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Lowell Levinger – guitar, electric piano, backing vocals
  • Joe Bauer – drums
  • David Lindley – fiddle
  • Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Clayton – trumpet
  • Victor Feldman – vibraphone
  • Richie Schmidt – engineer
  • Hank Cicalo – engineer
  • Mickey Crofford – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Colin Young, except where noted.

  1. Darkness, Darkness
  2. Smug
  3. On Sir Francis Drake – Lowell Levinger
  4. Sunlight
  5. Double Sunlight – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  6. Beautiful
  7. Turn It Over – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  8. Rain Song (Don’t Let the Rain Bring You Down) – Jerry Corbitt, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  9. Trillium – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  10. Quicksand
  11. Black Mountain Breakdown – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  12. Sham
  13. Ride the Wind – Jesse Colin Young

Spanky and Our Gang: Like To Get To Know You

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In April 1968, “Mercury” label released “Like to Get to Know You”, the second Spanky and Our Gang studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Western Recorders” in Hollywood, “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, “Impact Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Dorough and Stuart Scharf.

Personnel:

  • Spanky McFarlane – vocals
  • Malcolm Hale – vocals, lead guitar, trombone
  • Lefty Baker – vocals, lead guitar, banjo
  • Nigel Pickering – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Kenny Hodges – vocals, bass
  • John Seiter – vocals, drums
  • Mike Deasy – guitar
  • Walter Raim – 12-string guitar
  • Red Rhodes – steel guitar
  • Artie Schroeck – organ, piano
  • Chet Amsterdam, Larry Knechtel, Richard Davis – bass
  • Bill LaVorgna, Donald MacDonald, Hal Blaine – drums
  • Lee Katzman – trumpet

Track listing:

  1. The Swingin’ Gate – John Ferrell, Geoffrey Meyers
  2. Prescription for the Blues – Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders
  3. Three Ways from Tomorrow – Lefty Baker
  4. My Bill – Bob Dorough, Daniel Greenburg, Monte Ghertler
  5. Sunday Mornin’ – Margo Guryan
  6. Echoes (Everybody’s Talkin’) – Fred Neil
  7. Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
  8. Stuperflabbergasted – Bruce Summers, Carlos Bernal
  9. Like to Get to Know You – Stuart Scharf
  10. Chick-a-Ding-Ding – Stuart Scharf
  11. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  12. Coda (Like to Get to Know You) – Stuart Scharf

Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley: Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection

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On April 9, 2021, “Spacebomb Records” label released “Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection”, album by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley. It was recorded in 2020, at “Sound Pure Studios” in Durham, North Carolina, and was produced by Adrian Olsen and Matthew E. White.   

Personnel:

  • Lonnie Holley – vocal, artwork
  • Matthew E. White – overdubbed, editing, post production
  • Alan Parker – guitar, sequencer
  • Daniel Clarke – piano, additional keyboards, synthesizer
  • Devonne Harris – piano, additional keyboards, synthesizer
  • Cameron Ralston – bass, percussion
  • Pinson Chanselle – drums, percussion
  • Giustino Riccio – percussion, congas, synthesizer
  • Brina Jones – electronic drums, percussion
  • Adrian Olsen – engineer, mixing, overdubbed, editing, post production
  • Chris Boerner – engineer
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Travis Robertson – design
  • David Raccuglia – photography
  • Shawn Brackbill – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew E. White and Lonney Holley.

  1. This Here Jungle of Moderness / Composition 14
  2. Broken Mirror (A Selfie Reflection) / Composition 9
  3. I Cried Space Dust / Composition 12
  4. I’m Not Tripping / Composition 8
  5. Get Up! Come Walk with Me / Composition 7

Vijay Iyer: Uneasy

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On April 9, 2021, “ECM” label released “Uneasy”, album by Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, and Tyshawn Sorey. It was recorded December 2019, at “Oktaven Audio” in Mount Vernon, New York, and was produced by Manfred Eicher and Vijay Iyer.

Personnel:

  • Vijay Iyer – piano, liner notes
  • Tushawn Sorey – drums
  • Linda May Han Oh – double bass
  • Ryan Streber – engineer
  • Cristoph Stickel – mastering
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Rita Dove – liner notes
  • Edward Berenson – liner notes
  • Woong Chul An – cover photography
  • Craig Marsden – liner photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Vijay Iyer, except where noted.

  1. Children of Flint
  2. Combat Breathing
  3. Night and Day – Cole Porter
  4. Touba – Mike Ladd, Vijay Iyer
  5. Drummer’s Song – Geri Allen
  6. Augury
  7. Configurations
  8. Uneasy
  9. Retrofit
  10. Entrustment

Jack White: Fear of the Dawn

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On April 8, 2022, “Third Man Records” label released “Fear of the Dawn”, the fourth Jack White studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Third Man Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Jack White.

Personnel:

  • Jack White – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, drums, guitar, bass, synthesizers, percussion, theremin, vibraphone, samples, engineer, mixing
  • Duane Denison – rhythm guitar, guitar solo
  • Olivia Jean – acoustic rhythm guitar, electric guitar
  • Quincy McCrary – Wurlitzer electronic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizer, harmony vocals
  • Mark Watrous – Juno synthesizer, synthesizer
  • Dominic Davis – bass guitar
  • Scarlett White – bass guitar
  • Jack Lawrence – bass guitar
  • Daru Jones – drums
  • Q-Tip – vocals, handclaps
  • Bone Dust Mancini – 1975 Harley-Davidson Ironhead
  • Joshua V. Smith – engineer, mixing
  • Bill Skibbe – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Dan Mancini – engineer assistant
  • Jennifer Dionisio – cover illustration
  • Sara Deck – page 1 illustration
  • Mikel Janín – page 3 illustration
  • Olivia Jean – page 5 illustration
  • Ben Jenkins – side 1 label illustration, side 2 label concept, raven
  • Bruce Yan – sun emblem, side 2 label illustration
  • Johnny Dombrowski – page 4 illustration, back cover illustration, back cover camouflage patterns, paneled illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.

  1. Taking Me Back
  2. Fear of the Dawn
  3. The White Raven
  4. Hi-De-Ho – Jack White, Kamaal Fareed, Cab Calloway, Buster Harding, Jack Palmer
  5. Eosophobia
  6. Into the Twilight – Jack White, John Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli, Jon Hendricks, Jay Graydon, Alan Paul
  7. Dusk
  8. What’s the Trick
  9. That Was Then (This Is Now)
  10. Eosophobia (reprise)
  11. Morning, Moon and Night
  12. Shedding My Velvet

Fergus McCreadie: Forest Floor

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On April 8, 2022, “Edition Records” label released “Forest Floor”, the third Fergus McCreadie studio album. It was recorded in July 2021, at “Quiet Money Studios” in Hastings, England, and was produced by Fergus McCreadie. In 2022, “Forest Floor” won the “Scottish Album of the Year” award.

Personnel:

  • Fergus McCreadie – piano
  • David Bowden – double bass
  • Stephen Henderson – drums
  • Dave Stapleton – executive producer
  • James McMillan – recording, mixing
  • Michael Scherchen – mastering
  • Oli Bentley – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Fergus McCreadie.

  1. Law Hill
  2. The Unfurrowed Field
  3. Morning Moon
  4. Landslide
  5. Forest Floor
  6. The Ridge
  7. White Water
  8. Glade

Duško Gojković 

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On April 5, 2023, Duško Gojković died aged 91. He was musician (trumpet), composer and arranger. Regarded as one of the best jazz trumpet players in the world, he recorded and performed with many famous musicians, including Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Oscar Pettiford, Maynard Ferguson, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Duke Jordan, Slide Hampton, Rolf Ericson, Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland and Woody Herman. In 1966, he released “Swinging Macedonia”, which is regarded as the definitive album of the Balkan’s jazz music. As leader, Gojković released 32 albums.

Tarnation: Mirador

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On April 7, 1997, “4AD” label released “Mirador”, the third Tarnation album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Prairie Sun Recording Studios” in Cotati, California, and was produced by David Katznelson, Paula Frazer, Alex Propeza, Jamie Meagan and Juma Joe Byrnes.

Personnel:                                                                                                                                        

  • Paula Frazer – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, piano, Hammond organ, accordion, saw, percussion
  • Alex Propeza – guitar, lap steel, Hammond organ, backing vocals 
  • Jamie Meagan – bass, guitar, lap steel, organ, percussion, backing vocals
  • Yuma Joe Byrnes – drums, percussion, whistling
  • Jim Passarell – trumpet
  • Shella Schat – violin, cello
  • Arch Stanton – noises
  • Dylan Champagne – engineer
  • Scotty Johnson – engineer
  • Mark Mooka Rennick – engineer, mixing
  • Wally Traugott – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Paula Frazer, except where noted.

  1. An Awful Shade of Blue
  2. Wait
  3. A Place Where I Know
  4. Is She Lonesome Now?
  5. Your Thoughts and Mine
  6. Christine
  7. Destiny
  8. There’s Someone
  9. Like a Ghost
  10. Idly
  11. Little Black Egg – Michael S. Stone
  12. You’ll Understand
  13. The Well Sequel (hidden track)
  14. Sailor’s Lament (hidden track)

Tír na nÓg: A Tear and a Smile

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On April 7, 1972, “Chrysalis” label released “A Tear and a Smile”, the second Tír na nÓg studio album. It was recorded in February 1972, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Bill Leader and Tony Cox.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Condell – vocals, guitar, clavinette, percussion
  • Leo O’Kelly – vocals, guitar
  • Larry Steele – bass
  • Barry De Souza – drums
  • Nick Harrison – arranger
  • Paul Tregurtha – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Condell, except where noted.

  1. Come and See the Show
  2. Down Day
  3. When I Came Dawn – Leo O’Kelly
  4. The Same Thing Happening – Leo O’Kelly
  5. Bluebottle Stew
  6. So Freely – Leo O’Kelly
  7. Hemisphere
  8. Lady Ocean – Leo O’Kelly
  9. Goodbye My Love – Leo O’Kelly
  10. Two White Horses

John Lee Hooker: That’s My Story

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In April 1960, “Riverside” label released “That’s My Story”, an album by John Lee Hooker. It was recorded in February 1960, at “Reeves Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • John Lee Hooker – vocals, guitar
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Paul Bacon – design, cover production
  • Ken Braren – design, cover production
  • Harris Lewine – design, cover production
  • Lawrence Shustak – photography
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by John Lee Hooker, except where noted.

  1. I Need Some Money – additional lyrics by John Lee Hooker, music by Berry Gordi, Janie Bradford
  2. Come on and See About Me
  3. I’m Wanderin’
  4. Democrat Man
  5. I Want to Talk About You
  6. Gonna Use My Rod
  7. Wednesday Evenin’ Blues
  8. No More Doggin’ 
  9. One of These Days
  10. I Believe I’ll Go Back Home
  11. You’re Leavin’ Me, Baby
  12. That’s My Story