Monthly Archives: November 2023

Neil Young With Crazy Horse: World Record

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On November 18, 2022, “Reprise” label released “World Record”, the 43rd Neil Young studio album, and the 15th with Crazy Horse. It was recorded in 2022, at “Shangri-La”, Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin and Neil Young.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – lead vocals, guitar, pump organ, Wurlitzer electric and upright piano, harmonica, kick tub drum, Marxophone, vibes
  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, lap steel guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, guitar, bottleneck guitar, acoustic guitar, muted upright piano, accordion, dobro, percussion 
  • Billy Talbot – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ralph Molina – vocals, drums
  • Ryan Hewitt – engineer, mixing
  • Louis Remenapp – engineer assistant
  • Taylor Jackson – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Love Earth
  2. Overhead
  3. I Walk with You (Earth Ringtone)
  4. This Old Planet (Changing Days)
  5. The World (Is in Trouble Now)
  6. Break the Chain
  7. The Long Day Before
  8. Walkin’ on the Road (To the Future)
  9. The Wonder Won’t Wait
  10. Chevrolet
  11. This Old Planet (reprise)

Nickelback: Get Rollin’

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On November 18, 2022, “Nickelback II Productions” label released “Get Rollin’”, the tenth Nickelback studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Little Mountain View Studio” in Salt Lake City, US, and was produced by Chris Baseford, Jeff Johnson, Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger and Daniel Adair.

Personnel:

  • Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, guitar
  •  Ryan Peake – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Kroeger – bass guitar
  • Daniel Adair – vocals, drums
  • Ian Thornley – solo guitar
  • Ricardo Germain – engineer
  • Chris Baseford – mixing
  • Andrew Cruz – mixing assistant, digital editing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Justin Schturz – mastering assistant
  • Chris “Hollywood” Holmes – digital editing
  • Jessica Schmidt – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Chad Kroeger, except where noted.

  1. San Quentin
  2. Skinny Little Missy
  3. Those Days – Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake
  4. High Time – Chad Kroeger, Jeff Johnson, Mike Kroeger Simon Clow
  5. Vegas Bomb
  6. Tidal Wave – Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Chris Baseford
  7. Does Heaven Even Knows You’re Missing
  8. Steel Still Rusts
  9. Horizon – Chad Kroeger, Jennifer Denmark, Troy Cartwright, Zach Abend
  10. Standing in the Dark – Chad Kroeger, Arnold Lanni
  11. Just One More – Chad Kroeger, Coleman Hell, Rob Benvegnu

Grant Green: Sunday Mornin’

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In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Sunday Mornin’”, the fourth Grant Green album. It was recorded in June 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Kenny Drew – piano
  • Ben Tucker – bass
  • Ben Dixon – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Joe Goldberg – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Green except where noted.

  1. Freedom March
  2. Sunday Mornin’
  3. Exodus – Ernest Gold
  4. God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog, Jr. Billie Holiday
  5. Come Sunrise
  6. So What – Miles Davis

Miles Davis: Live-Evil

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On November 17, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Live-Evil”, album of live and studio recordings by Miles Davis. It was recorded February – June 1970, at “Columbia Studio B” in New York City, December 1970, at “The Cellar Door” in Washington, D.C., and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, electric trumpet with wah-wah
  • Herbie Hancock – electric piano
  • Chick Corea – electric piano
  • Keith Jarrett – electric piano, organ
  • Joe Zawinul – electric piano
  • Khalil Balakrishna – electric sitar
  • Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
  • Steve Grossman – soprano saxophone
  • John McLaughlin – electric guitar
  • Dave Holland – acoustic and electric bass
  • Ron Carter – acoustic bass
  • Michael Henderson – electric bass
  • Hermeto Pascoal – vocals, voice, drums, electric piano, whistling 
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Sivad – Miles Davis
  2. Little Church – Hermeto Pascoal
  3. Medley: Gemini/Double Image – Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul
  4. What I Say – Miles Davis
  5. Nem Um Talvez – Hermeto Pascoal
  6. Selim – Hermeto Pascoal
  7. Funky Tonk – Miles Davis
  8. Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts – Miles Davis

Wes Montgomery: Full House

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In November 1962, “Riverside” label released “Full House”, the sixth Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in June 1962, at Tsubo, Berkeley, California, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Wally Heider – engineer
  • Ken Deardoff – design
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Full House – Wes Montgomery
  2. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  3. Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  4. Cariba – Wes Montgomery
  5. Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
  6. S.O.S. – Wes Montgomery

Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble: The African Beat

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In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “The African Beat”, album by Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble (the fifth Art Blakey album overall). It was recorded in January 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs”, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey — drums, timpani, telegraph drum, gong
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik — bass
  • Yusef Lateef — cow horn, flute, tenor saxophone, mbira, oboe
  • Curtis Fuller — timpani
  • Chief Bey — double gong, conga, telegraph drum
  • Robert Crowder — Batá drum, conga
  • James Ola. Folami — conga
  • Solomon G. Ilori — vocals, talking drum, pennywhistle
  • Montego Joe — corboro drum, log drum, bambara drum, double gong
  • Garvin Masseaux — shekere, African maracas, conga
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Prayer – Solomon G. Ilori
  2. Ife L’ayo (There Is Happiness in Love) – Solomon G. Ilori
  3. Obirin African (Woman of Africa) – Garvin Masseaux
  4. Love, The Mystery of – Guy Warren
  5. Ero Ti Nr’Ojeje – Solomon G. Ilori
  6. Ayiko, Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling) – Solomon G. Ilori
  7. Tobi Ilu – James H. Bey

Horace Silver: The Tokyo Blues

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In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “The Tokyo Blues”, the eleventh Horace Silver album. It was recorded in July 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Gene Taylor – bass
  • John Harris, Jr. – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

 All tracks by Horace Silver, except where noted.

  1. Too Much Sake
  2. Sayonara Blues
  3. The Tokyo Blues
  4. Cherry Blossom – Ronnell Bright
  5. Ah! So

Mark Knopfler: Down The Road Wherever

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On November 16, 2018, “British Grove Records” label released “Down the Road Wherever”, the ninth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2017, January – February 2018, at “British Grove” in Chiswick, London, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
  • Richard Bennett – guitars
  • Robbie McIntosh – guitar
  • Guy Fletcher – keyboards, engineer
  • Jim Cox – keyboards
  • Glenn Worf – upright and electric bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • Nigel Hitchcock – tenor saxophone
  • Tom Walsh – trumpet
  • Trevor Mires – trombone
  • John McCusker – fiddle
  • Mike McGoldrick – whistle
  • Lance Ellington – backing vocals
  • Beverley Skeete – backing vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Kris Drever – backing vocals
  • Imelda May – backing vocals
  • Martin Hollis – engineer
  • Rowan McIntosh, Jason Elliot, Andy Cook, Poppy Kavanagh, Josh Tyrell – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Trapper Man
  2. Back on the Dance Floor
  3. Nobody’s Child
  4. Just a Boy Away from Home
  5. When You Leave
  6. Good on You Son
  7. My Bacon Roll
  8. Nobody Does That
  9. One Song at a Time
  10. Floating Away
  11. Slow Learner
  12. Heavy Up
  13. Matchstick Man

The Smashing Pumpkins: Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun

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On November 16, 2018, “Napalm Records” label released “Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun”, the tenth Smashing Pumpkins (The) studio album. It was recorded February – June 2018, at “Shangri La Studios”, in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • James Iha – guitar, bass guitar
  • Jeff Schroeder – guitar
  • Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
  • The Section Quartet – strings
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Eric Forman – violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Charissa Nielsen, Briana Lee, Missi Hale – additional backing vocals
  • Dana Nielsen – recording, mixing
  • Jason Lader – additional recordings, strings recording
  • Davis Spreng – additional recordings
  • Vlado Meller – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan, except where noted.

  1. Knights of Malta
  2. Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)
  3. Travels
  4. Solara
  5. Alienation
  6. Marchin’ On
  7. With Sympathy – Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin
  8. Seek and You Shall Destroy

Miyuki Nakajima: Goodbye Girl

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On November 16, 1988, “Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK” label released “Goodbye Girl”, the 16th Miyuki Nakajima studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Sound Valley”, “Z’d, Sound Inn”, “Vincent and Epicurus Studios”, and was produced by Ichizo Seo and Miyuki Nakajima.

Personnel:

  • Miyuki Nakajima – lead and backing vocals
  • Tsuyoshi Kon – electric guitar
  • Hideo Saitō – electric guitar
  • Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar
  • Ichizo Seo – keyboards, computer programming, backing vocals
  • Nobuo Kurata – keyboards
  • Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
  • Ken Shima – keyboards
  • Elton Nagata – keyboards
  • Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass guitar
  • Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar
  • Yasuo Tomikura – bass guitar
  • Jun Aoyama – drums
  • Hideo Yamaki – drums
  • Toru Hasebe – drums
  • Toshihiko Furumura – tenor sax
  • Tomota Group – strings
  • Masatsugu Shinozaki – electric violin
  • Kazuyo Sugimoto – backing vocals
  • Tatsuhiko Mori – computer programming
  • Keishi Urata – computer programming
  • Nobuhiko Nakayama- computer programming
  • Fairlight CMI, TR-707 – programming drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Miyuki Nakajima.

  1. Nousagi no You ni 
  2. Fura Fura
  3. Megami
  4. Ki ni Shinaide
  5. December
  6. Tatoe Sekai ga Sora kara Ochitemo 
  7. Ai Yorimo
  8. Namida -Made in Tears
  9. Fubuki