Monthly Archives: June 2023

Lou Rawls: All Things in Time

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On June 7, 1976, “Philadelphia International Records” label released “All Things in Time”, the 27th Lou Rawls album. It was recorded 1975 – 1976, at “Sigma Sound” in Philadelphia, and was produced by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Bunny Siegler, Dexter Wansel, Jack Faith and Bobby Martin.

Personnel:

  • Lou Rawls – vocals
  • Jack Faith – arrangements
  • Bobby Martin – arrangements
  • Richard Rome – arrangements
  • Dexter Wansel – arrangements
  • Joe Tarsia – engineer
  • Jim Gallagher – engineer
  • Carl Paroulo – engineer
  • Jay Mark – engineer
  • Herb Powers Jr. – mastering
  • Ed Lee – design
  • Frank Laffitte – photos

Track listing:

  1. You’re the One – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
  2. You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
  3. Time – Jack Faith, Allan Felder
  4. Groovy People – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
  5. Need You Forever – Bunny Siegler
  6. From Now On – Bunny Siegler
  7. Pure Imagination – Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
  8. This Song Will Last Forever – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert
  9. Let’s Fall in Love All Over Again – Bobby Martin

Jon Anderson: Survival & Other Stories

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On June 6, 2011, “Gonzo/Voiceprint” label released “Survival & Other Stories”, the fourteenth Jon Anderson album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, and was produced by Jon Anderson and Jane Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Stefan Podell – orchestration
  • Ryan Fraley – orchestration
  • Christophe Lebled – soundscape
  • Daniel Reinker – viola
  • Patrick MacDougall – mixing
  • Mike Pietrini – mastering
  • Jay Nungesser – package design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jon Anderson, all music as noted.

  1. New New World – Jamie Dunlap
  2. Understanding Truth – Peter Kiel
  3. Unbroken Spirit – Jann Castor
  4. Love of the Life – Dan Spollen
  5. Big Buddha Song – Kevin Shima
  6. Incoming – Dan Spollen
  7. Effortlessly – Jamie Dunlap
  8. Love and Understanding – Steve Layton
  9. Just One Man – Jeremy Cubert
  10. Sharpening the Sword – Jamie Dunlap
  11. Cloudz – Paul Quinn

Allen Toussaint: Toussaint

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On June 6, 1971, “Sceptor” and “DJM” labels released “Toussaint”, the second Allen Toussaint studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Charles Greene and Allen Toussaint.

Personnel:

  • Allen Toussaint – vocal, piano, arrangements
  • Terry Kellman – guitar
  • Mac Rebennack – organ, guitar
  • Eddie Hohner – bass
  • Freddie Staehle – drums
  • John Boudreaux – drums
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • Earl Turbinton – alto saxophone
  • Frederic Kemp – tenor saxophone
  • Clyde Kerr – trumpet
  • Merry Clayton – backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields – backing vocals
  • Dick Smith – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Allen Toussaint, except where noted.

  1. From a Whisper to a Scream
  2. Chokin’ Kind – Harlan Howard
  3. Number Nine
  4. Either
  5. Sweet Touch of Love
  6. Working in a Coal Mine
  7. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
  8. Louie
  9. What is Success
  10. Pickles
  11. Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Carel Rowe, Vince Guaraldi

Buckethead: Somewhere over the Slaughter House

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On June 5, 2001, “Stray Records” label released “Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse”, the sixth Buckethead studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, in the kitchen Pilo’s Loft”, “Travis Dickerson’s studio, and was produced by Travis Dickerson.

  • Buckethead (Brian Patrick Carroll) – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
  • P-Sticks – electronic programming, drum programming, tape effects, artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Buckethead, except where noted.

  1. Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse – Buckethead, Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg
  2. Help Me
  3. Pin Bones and Poultry
  4. My Sheetz
  5. Day of the Ulcer
  6. You Like Headcheese?
  7. Burlap Curtain
  8. You Like This Face
  9. Wires and Clips
  10. Knockingun
  11. Conveyor Belt Blues

Blue Öyster Cult: Curse of the Hidden Mirror

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On June 5, 2001, “CMC / Sanctuary” label released “Curse of the Hidden Mirror”, the fourteenth Blue Öyster Cult studio album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Millbrook Sound Studios” in Millbrook, New York, and was produced by Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma.

Personnel:

  • Eric Bloom – vocals, stun guitars, associate producer
  • Donald ‘Buck Dharma’ Roeser – vocals, lead guitars
  • Allen Lanier – rhythm guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Danny Miranda – bass, backing vocals
  • Bobby Rondinelli – drums, percussion
  • Norman DelTufo – percussion
  • George Cintron – backing vocals
  • Paul Orofino – engineer, mixing
  • Leon Zervos – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Dance on Stills – Donald Roeser, John Shirley
  2. Showtime – Eric Bloom, John Trivers
  3. The Old Gods Return – Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser, John Shirley
  4. Pocket – Donald Roeser, John Shirley
  5. One Step Ahead of the Devil – Eric Bloom, Danny Miranda, Bobby Rondinelli, John Shirley
  6. I Just Like to Be Bad – Eric Bloom, Bryan Neumeister, John Shirley
  7. Here Comes That Feeling – Donald Roeser, Dick Trismen
  8. Out of the Darkness – Danny Miranda, Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser, John Shirley
  9. Stone of Love – Donald Roseser, Richard Meltzer
  10. Eye of the Hurricane – Eric Bloom, Bryan Neumeister, Donald Roeser, Bobby Rondinelli, John Shirley
  11. Good to Feel Hungry – Danny Miranda, Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser, John Shirley

Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite

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In June 1958, “Riverside” label released “Freedom Suite”, the 16th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded February – March 1958, at “WOR Recording Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews and Bill Grauer.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Sam Morse – engineer
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Paul Weller – photography
  • Orin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The Freedom Suite – Sonny Rollins
  2. Someday I’ll Find You – Noël Coward
  3. Will You Still Be Mine? – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
  4. Till There Was You – Meredith Willson
  5. Shadow Waltz – Al Dubin, Harry Warren

Hank Mobley: Same

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In June 1958, “Blue Note” label released the self-titled, eleventh Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in June 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Porter – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Bill Hardman – trumpet
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

  1. Mighty Moe and Joe – Curtis Porter
  2. Falling in Love with Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. Bags’ Groove – Milt Jackson
  4. Double Exposure – Hank Mobley
  5. News – Curtis Porter

Squirrel Nut Zippers: Hot

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On June 4, 1996, “Mammoth” label released “Hot”, the second Squirrel Nut Zippers studio album. It was recorded October – November 1995, and was produced by Brian Paulson and Mike Napolitano. The album was certified Platinum in USA by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Jimbo Mathus – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano
  • Katharine Whalen – vocals, banjo, baritone ukulele
  • Tom Maxwell – vocals, guitar, baritone saxophone, clarinet, chandelier
  • Ken Mosher – vocals, guitar, alto and baritone saxophones
  • Don Raleigh – double bass, gong
  • Chris Phillips – drums, percussion, announcement
  • Clay Walker – multimedia
  • Duke Heitger – trumpet, cornet
  • Andrew Bird – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimbo Mathus, except where noted.

  1. Got My Own Thing Now
  2. Put A Lid On It – Tom Maxwell
  3. Memphis Exorcism
  4. Twilight – Tom Maxwell
  5. It Ain’t You
  6. Prince Nez
  7. Hell – Tom Maxwell
  8. Meant to Be – Tom Maxwell
  9. Bad Businessman – Jimbo Mathus, Ken Mosher
  10. Flight of the Passing Fancy – Jimbo Mathus, Ken Mosher
  11. Blue Angel – Jimbo Mathus, Ken Mosher
  12. The Interlocutor – Ken Mosher

James: Gold Mother

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On June 4, 1990, “Fontana” label released “Gold Mother”, the third James studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Out of the Blue” in Manchester, “The Windings” in Wrexham, and was recorded by Tim Booth, Larry Gott, Jim Glennie and Nick Garside.

Personnel:

  • Tim Booth – vocals
  • Jim Glennie – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Gott – guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Hunter – keyboards, accordion
  • Saul Davies – violin, guitar, cowbell
  • Andy Diagram – trumpet, backing vocals
  • David Baynton-Power – drums, percussion
  • Vinny Corrigan – saxophone
  • John Slater – percussion
  • Martine McDonagh – backing vocals
  • Inspiral Carpets – backing vocals
  • Nick Garside – engineer
  • Tim Palmer – remix
  • Christopher Lord – design
  • Vladimiar Bagrianski – photo
  • Adrian Wilson – photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Booth, Jim Glennie and Larry Gott, except where noted.

  1. Come Home
  2. Government Walls
  3. God Only Knows
  4. You Can’t Yell How Much Suffering (On a Face That’s Always Shining)
  5. Crescendo
  6. How Was It for You
  7. Hang On
  8. Walking the Ghost
  9. Gold Mother
  10.  Top of the World – Tim Booth, Jim Glennie, Larry Gott, Gavan Whelan

Everything But the Girl: Eden

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On June 4, 1984, “Blanco y Negro Records” label released “Eden”, the debut Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in January 1984, at “Power Plant” in London, and was produced by Robin Millar.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ben Watt – vocals, guitars, Hammond organ, piano, horn arrangements
  • Simon Booth – guitar
  • Joao Bosco De Oliveira – percussion
  • Charles Hayward – drums
  • Chucho Merchán – double bass
  • Pete King – alto saxophone
  • Nigel Nash – tenor saxophone
  • Dick Pearce – flugelhorn
  • Mike Pela – engineer
  • Jane Fox – design

Track listing:

  1. Each and Every One – Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt
  2. Bittersweet – Tracey Thorn
  3. Tender Blue – Ben Watt
  4. Another Bridge – Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt
  5. The Spice of Life – Tracey Thorn
  6. The Dustbowl – Tracey Thorn
  7. Crabwalk – Ben Watt
  8. Even So – Tracey Thorn
  9. Frost and Fire – Tracey Thorn Ben Watt
  10. Fascination – Tracey Thorn
  11. I Must Confess – Ben Watt
  12. Soft Touch – Ben Watt