Monthly Archives: June 2023

Johnny Cash: The Sound of Johnny Cash

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On June 4, 1962, “Columbia” label released “The Sound of Johnny Cash”, the eighth Johnny Cash studio album. It was recorded April 1961 – February 1962, and was produced by Frank Law and Frank Jones.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Luther Perkins – lead guitar
  • Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Don Helms – steel guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Leigh Wiener – photography

Track listing:

  1. Lost on the Desert – Dallas Frazier, Buddy Mize
  2. Accidentally on Purpose – Darrell Edwards, George Jones
  3. In the Jailhouse Now – Jimmie Rodgers
  4. Mr. Lonesome – Tompall Glaser
  5. You Won’t Have Far to Go – Charles Glaser
  6. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) – Lead Belly
  7. Delia’s Gone – Karl Silbersdorf, Dick Toops
  8. I Forgot More than You’ll Ever Know – Cecil A. Null
  9. You Remembered Me – Johnny Cash
  10. I’m Free from the Chain Gang Now – Lou Herscher, Saul Klein
  11. Let Me Down Easy – Tompall Glaser, Jim Glasser
  12. Sing It Pretty, Sue – Johnny Cash

Drive – By Truckers: Welcome 2 Club XIII

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On June 3, 2022, “ATO” label released “Welcome 2 Club XIII”, the fourteenth Drive-By Truckers released on June 3, 2022. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Favid Barne.

Personnel:

  • Patterson Hood – vocals, guitar, mandocello
  • Mike Cooley – vocals, guitar
  • Jay Gonzalez – keyboards, guitars and vocals
  • Matt Patton – bass, bass 6 and vocals
  • Brad Morgan – drums
  • Margo Price – vocals
  • Schaefer Liana – vocals
  • Mike Mills – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Patterson Hood, except where noted.

  1. The Driver
  2. Maria’s Awful Disclosures – Mike Cooley
  3. Shake and Pine
  4. We Will Never Wake You in the Morning
  5. Welcome 2 Club XIII
  6. Forged in Hell and Heaven Sent
  7. Every Single Storied Flameout – Mike Cooley
  8. Billy Ringo in the Dark
  9. Wilder Days

Angel Olsen: Big Time

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On June 3, 2022, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Big Time”, the sixth Angel Olsen studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Fivestarstudios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Angel Olson.

Personnel:

  • Angel Olsen – vocals, guitar
  • Jonathan Wilson – guitar, Mellotron, zither, bass, double bass, mandolin, harmonium, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Jake Blanton – guitar, bells, sitar
  • Gus Seyffert – guitar
  • Spencer Cullum – guitar
  • Emily Elhaj – bass, guitar
  • Drew Erickson – piano, organ, Wurlitzer, harpsichord, bass, clavichord, synthesizer, string and horn arrangements, conductor
  • Dan Higgins – flute, saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
  • Steve Holtman – trombone
  • Grant Milliken – vibraphone
  • Andrew Bullbrook – violin
  • Wynton Grant – violin
  • Zach Dellinger – viola
  • Jacob Braun – cello
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Grant Milliken – studio assistant
  • Mirza Sherrif – studio assistant

Track listing:

All lyrics by Angel Olsen, except where noted.

  1. All the Good Times
  2. Big Time – Beau Thibodeaux, Angels Olsen
  3. Dream Thing
  4. Ghost On
  5. All the Flowers
  6. Right Now
  7. This Is How It Works
  8. Go Home
  9. Through the Fires
  10. Chasing the Sun

Belle and Sebastian: Storutelling

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On June 3, 2002, “Jeepster” label released “Storytelling”, the fifth Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Water Music” and “Magic Studios” in New York City, “Ca Va Studios” in Glasgow, and was produced by Tony Doogan.   

Personnel:

  • Gary Grochla – double bass
  • Roy Hunter – double bass
  • Kenneth Broom – saxophone
  • Jenny Divers – tenor saxophone
  • Ronan Breslin – bass trombone
  • Andrea Kuypers – flute
  • Alastair Savage – violin
  • Cheryl Crockett – violin
  • Dervilagh Cooper – violin
  • Gillian Risi – violin
  • Liza Webb – violin
  • Mary Ward – violin
  • Murray Fergusson – violin
  • George Cuthbertson – viola
  • Jacqui Penfold – viola
  • Joel Hunter – viola
  • Jacqui Sharples – cello
  • Susan Dance – cello
  • Catriona MacKay – harp
  • Geoff Allen – engineer
  • Dave Paterson – engineer
  • Michael Bannister, Willie Deans – engineer assistant
  • Juan Garcia – engineer assistant
  • Tom Unish – engineer assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Robin Rankin – editing
  • Tony Doogan – editing
  • Divine Inc. – design

Track listing:

  1. Fiction
  2. Freak
  3. Dialogue: Conan, Early Letterman
  4. Fuck This Shit
  5. Night Walk
  6. Dialogue: Jersey’s Where It’s At
  7. Black and White Unite
  8. Consuelo
  9. Dialogue: Toby
  10. Storytelling
  11. Dialogue: Class Rank
  12. I Don’t Want to Play Football
  13. Consuelo Leaving
  14. Wandering Alone
  15. Dialogue: Mandingo Cliché
  16. Scooby Driver
  17. Fiction Reprise
  18. Big Joh Shaft

Saigon Kick: The Lizard

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On June 2, 1992, “Third Stone” and “Atlantic” labels released “The Lizard”, the second Saigon Kick studio album. It was recorded February – March 1992, at “Soundtrade” in Solna, Sweden, and was produced by Jason Bieler.

Personnel:

  • Matt Kramer – vocals, cover concept
  • Jason Bieler – vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • Tom DeFile – bass
  • Phil Varone – drums, percussion
  • Ronny Lahti – engineer, mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Ronald Bonkert – cover art
  • Jonathan Shaw – cover art
  • Bob Defrin – art direction
  • Larry Freemantle – art direction
  • Tim Gavin – logo design
  • Adam Blumenthal – handwriting
  • Sheila Rock – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Bieler, except where noted.

  1. Cruelty
  2. Hostile Youth – Jason Bieler, Matt Kramer
  3. Feel the Same Way
  4. Freedom – Jason Bieler, Matt Kramer
  5. God of the 42nd Street
  6. My Dog – Matt Kramer
  7. Peppermint Tribe – Jason Bieler, Matt Kramer
  8. Love is on the Way
  9. The Lizard – Jason Bieler, Matt Kramer
  10. All Alright
  11. Sleep
  12. All I Want
  13. Body Bags – Matt Kramer, Phil Varone
  14. Miss Jones
  15. World Goes Round
  16. Chanel

Teddy Pendergrass: Life Is a Song Worth Singing

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On June 2, 1978, “Philadelphia International Records” label released “Life Is a Song Worth Singing”, the second Teddy Pendergrass studio album. It was recorded 1977 – 1978, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen and Sherman Marshall.

Personnel:

  • Teddy Pendergrass – vocal
  • Thom Bell – arranger
  • Jack Faith – arranger
  • Dexter Wansel – arranger
  • John Usry – arranger
  • Jerry Block – engineer
  • Jay Mark – engineer
  • Jim Gallagher – engineer
  • Arthur Stoppe – engineer
  • Joe Tarisa – engineer
  • Peter Humphreys – engineer assistant
  • Darrell Rogers – engineer assistant
  • Rocky Schnaars – engineer assistant
  • Jeffrey Stewart – engineer assistant
  • Mike Tarisa – engineer assistant
  • Ed Lee – design
  • Phyllis H. B. – design
  • Ronald G. Harris – photography
  • David Nathan – liner notes
  • Pam Brady – production coordinator
  • Margaret Goldfarb – production coordinator
  • Cheryl Pawelski – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, except where noted.

  1. Life Is a Song Worth Singing – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  2. Only You
  3. Cold, Cold World – Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead
  4. Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose
  5. Close the Door
  6. It Don’t Hurt Now – Sherman Marshall, Ted Wortham
  7. When Somebody Loves You Back

B. B. King: Singin’ the Blues

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In June 1957, “Crown” label released “Singin’ the Blues”, the debut B.B. King album. The album contains tracks that were issued between 1951 and 1956 on singles by “RPM Records”. The album was produced by Florette Bihari.

Personnel:

  • B. B. King – vocals, guitar
  • Florette Bihari – art direction
  • Gene Lesser – photography
  • Cy Schneider – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by B.B. King and Jules Bihari (credited under the pseudonym Jules Taub).

  1. Please Love Me
  2. You Upset Me Baby
  3. Every Day I Have the Blues – recorded by Peter Chapman (Memphis Slim)
  4. Bad Luck – derived from “Bad Luck Blues” by Ivory Joe Hunter
  5. 3 O’Clock Blues – recorded by Lowell Fulson
  6. Blind Love – derived from “Standing at My Window” by Arthur Crudup
  7. Woke Up This Morning
  8. You Know I Love You
  9. Sweet Little Angel – recorded by Lucille Bogan and Tampa Red as Black Angel Blues
  10. Ten Long Years – similar track “Five Long Years” recorded by Eddie Boyd
  11. Did You Ever Love a Woman – recorded by Gatemouth Moore
  12. Crying Won’t Help You – recorded by Tampa Red