Monthly Archives: January 2024

Gaz Coombes: Turn The Car Around

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On January 13, 2023, “Hot Fruit Records” label released “Turn the Car Around”, the fourth Gaz Coombes studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “The Cabin” and “Courtyard Studio” in Oxfordshire, UK, and was produced by Ian Davenport and Gaz Coombes.

Personnel:

  1. Gaz Coombes – lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, synthesizer, drums, percussion, mixing
  2. Nick Fowler – bass guitar, guitar
  3. Garo Nahoulakian – bass guitar, guitar, piano, percussion, piano arrangements
  4. Loz Colbert – drums
  5. Mike Monaghan – congas, percussion
  6. Tomas Greenhalf – saxophone
  7. Amy Ashworth – backing vocals
  8. Emma Brammer – backing vocals
  9. Piney Gir – backing vocals
  10. Willie J. Healey – backing vocals
  11. Matt Colton – mastering 
  12. Steve Stacey – design
  13. Tom Cockram – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gaz Coombes.

  1. Overnight Trains
  2. Don’t Say It’s Over
  3. Feel Loop (Lizard Dream)
  4. Long Live the Strange
  5. Not the Only Things
  6. Turn the Car Around
  7. This Love
  8. Sonny the Strong
  9. Dance On

Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila

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In January 1963, Blue Note” label released “Portrait of Sheila”, the debut Sheila Jordan album. It was recorded September – October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion. In the 1963 “Down Beat” magazine “Critics Poll”, Sheila Jordan was ranked first in the vocal category for “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition”.

Personnel:

  • Sheila Jordan – vocal
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Steve Swallow – bass
  • Denzil Best – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Ziggy Willmann – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  3. Am I Blue – Grant Clarke, Harry Akst
  4. Dat Dere – Bobby Timmons
  5. When the World Was Young – M. Philippe-Gérard, Johnny Mercer
  6. Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
  7. Laugh, Clown, Laugh – Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Ted Fiorito
  8. Who Can I Turn To Now – Alec Wilder, William Engvick
  9. Baltimore Oriole – Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster
  10. I’m a Fool to Want You – Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra
  11. Hum Drum Blues – Oscar Brown Jr.
  12. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell

Gil Evans: Into the Hot

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In January 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Into the Hot”, the fifth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September – October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio”, in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – conductor, supervision

The John Carisi Orchestra:

  • John Carisi – trumpet, arrangements
  • John Glasel – trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Harvey Phillips – tuba
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Gene Quill – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Eddie Costa – piano, vibes
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Arnold Newman – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

The Cecil Taylor Unit:

  • Cecil Taylor = piano
  • Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Ted Curson – trumpet
  • Roswell Rudd – trombone
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Sunny Murray – drums

Track listing:

  1. Moon Taj – John Carisi
  2. Pots – Cecil Taylor
  3. Angkor Wat – John Carisi
  4. Bulbs – Cecil Taylor
  5. Barry’s Tune – Jogn Carisi
  6. Mixed – Cecil Taylor

Osanna: Palepoli

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On January 12, 1973, “Fonit Cetra” label released “Palepoli”, the third Osanna album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Danilo Rustici, Lino Vairetti, Elio D’Anna, Lello Brandi and Massimo Guarino.

Personnel:

  • Danilo Rustici – vocals, guitars, vox organ, electric piano, arrangements
  • Lino Vairetti – lead vocals, rhythm guitars, ARP 2600, Mellotron, arrangements
  • Elio D’Anna – soprano and tenor saxophone, flute, arrangements
  • Lello Brandi – bass, arrangements
  • Massimo Guarino – drums, vibraphone, percussion, arrangements
  • Plinio Chiesa – engineer
  • Carlo De Simone – design
  • Laura Mancini – design
  • Umberto Telesco – photography
  • Gianni Cesarini – photography
  • Vincenzo Buonassisi – liner notes

Track listing:

Alllyrics by Lino Vairetti, all music by Danilo Rustici, Lino Vairetti, Elio D’Anna, Lello Brandi and Massimo Guarino.

  1. Oro caldo
  2. Stanza città
  3. Animale senza respiro

Shame: Songs Of Praise

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On January 12, 2018, “Dead Oceans” label released “Songs of Praise”, the debut Shame studio album. It was recorded in April 2017, at “Rockfield Studios” in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, and was produced by Nathan Boddy and Dan Foat.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Steen – lead vocals
  • Sean Coyle-Smith – guitar, backing vocals
  • Eddie Green – guitar, backing vocals
  • Josh Finerty – bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Charlie Forbes – drums, backing vocals
  • Dan Foat – keyboards, programming
  • Nathan Boddy – keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Holly Whitaker – backing vocals 
  • Sean Genockey – engineer
  • Joe Jones – assistant engineer
  • Paul Carr – assistant engineer
  • Ric Baxendale – additional engineering
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Samir Alikhanizadeh – additional production
  • Miles Johnson – design
  • Holly Whitaker – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Steen, Sean Coyle-Smith, Eddie Green, Josh Finerty and Charlie Forbes.

  1. Dust on Trial
  2. Concrete
  3. One Rizla
  4. The Lick
  5. Tasteless
  6. Donk
  7. Gold Hole
  8. Friction
  9. Lampoon
  10. Angie

Fire! Orchestra: Exit

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On January 11, 2013, “Rune Grammofon” label released “Exit!”, the debut Fire! Orchestra album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Fylkingen” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin.

Personnel:

  • Mats Gustafsson – tenor saxophone, electronics, conductor, mixing
  • Johan Berthling – electric bass, mixing
  • Andreas Werliin – drums, mixing
  • Mariam Wallentin, Sofia Jernberg – voice
  • Emil Svanängen – voice, guitar
  • Andreas Söderström, David Stackenäs, Sören Runolf – guitar
  • Sten Sandell – piano, electronic
  • Tomas Hallonsten – organ
  • Dan Berglund, Joe Williamson, Joel Grip – bass
  • Andreas Werliin, Johan Holmegard, Raymond Strid, Thomas Mera Gartz – drums 
  • Joachim Nordwall – electronics
  • Anna Högberg – alto saxophone
  • Elin Larsson – tenor saxophone
  • Fredrik Ljungkvist – baritone saxophone, clarinet
  • Jonas Kullhammar – bass saxophone
  • Emil Strandberg, Magnus Broo, Niklas Barnö – trumpet
  • Mats Äleklint – trombone
  • Per Åke Holmlander – tuba
  • Mikael Werliin – recording
  • Sigge Krantz – recording, mixing
  • Kim Hiorthøy – sleeve, design

Track listing:

All music by Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin, all lyrics by Arnold De Boer.

  1. Exit! Part One
  2. Exit! Part Two

Milko: Luğe

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On January 11, 2013, “PMG Recordings” released “Luğe”, the debut Milko album. It was recorded in 2012, at “MarryPhat Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Ivica Jankulovski.

Personnel:

  • Sašo Mitrevski – vocal, guitar
  • Filip Popovski – bass guitar
  • Stefan Terpini – drums
  • Ivica Jankulovski – synthesizer
  • Aleksandar Stojanovski – mouth organ

Track listing:

  1. Mağepsan i čuden svet
  2. Prodolžuvaš da sonuvaš
  3. Kako si stari
  4. Pogled
  5. Ti ne si sam
  6. Bez ime
  7. Bez izlez
  8. Odi bez zborovi
  9. Never Let Them Win
  10. She Knows Everyone

Polygon Window: Sufing On Sine Waves

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On January 11, 1993, “Warp” label released “Surfing on Sine Waves”, album by Polygon Window (Richard D. James) album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Liannerlog Studios” Cornwall, UK, and was produced by Richard D. James.

Personnel:

  • Richard D. James – programming, arrangements, engineer, location recording
  • The Designers Republic – design
  • Samantha Robinson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard D. James.

  1. Polygon Window
  2. Audax Powder
  3. Ouoth (sample)
  4. If It Really Is Me
  5. Supremacy II
  6. UTI – dot
  7. (untitled)
  8. Quixote
  9. Quino – phec

Howlin’ Wolf: Same

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On January 11, 1962, “Chess” label released the self-titled, second Howlin’ Wolf album. It is a collection of singles previously released from 1960 through 1962, and was produced by Ralph Bass.

Personnel:

  • Howlin’ Wolf – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • William Johnson – guitar
  • Freddy Robinson – guitar
  • Jimmy Rogers – guitar
  • Otis “Big Smokey” Smothers – guitar
  • Hubert Sumlin – guitar
  • Jody Williams – guitar
  • Henry Gray – piano
  • Johnny Jones – piano
  • Hosea Lee Kennard – piano
  • Lafayette Leake – piano
  • Otis Spann – piano
  • Willie Dixon – vocals, bass
  • Buddy Guy – bass
  • Fred Below – drums
  • Junior Blackman – drums
  • Sam Lay – drums
  • S.P. Leary – drums
  • Sammy Lewis – drums
  • Earl Phillips – drums
  • J. T. Brown – saxophone
  • Donald Hankins – baritone saxophone
  • Arnold Rogers – tenor saxophone
  • Ron Malo – engineer
  • Don S. Bronstein – cover illustration, photography
  • Ralph Bass – sleeve notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Willie Dixon, except where noted.

  1. Shake for Me
  2. The Red Rooster
  3. You’ll Be Mine
  4. Who’s Been Talkin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
  5. Wang Dang Doodle
  6. Little Baby
  7. Spoonful
  8. Going Down Slow – St. Louis Jimmy Oden
  9. Down in the Bottom
  10. Back Door Man
  11. Howlin’ for My Darlin’
  12. Tell Me – Howlin’ Wolf

Emmylou Harris: Bluebird

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On January 10, 1989, “Warner Bros” label released “Bluebird”, the fifteenth Emmylou Harris studio album. It was recorded in 1988, in Nashville, and was produced by Richard Bennett.

Personnel:

  • Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion
  • Richard Bennett – acoustic, electric and 12-string guitar, mandolin, bass, percussion
  • Steve Fishell – acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel, electric bass, dobro
  • Paul Kennerley – acoustic guitar
  • Barry Tashian – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Henderson – slide guitar
  • Bonnie Raitt – slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Kieran Kane – mandolin
  • Glen Duncan – mandolin
  • Mark O’Connor – mandolin
  • Marty Stuart – mandolin
  • Carl Marsh – synthesizer, Hammond organ
  • Glen Hardin – piano, synthesizer
  • Kate McGarrigle – accordion, backing vocals
  • Dave Pomeroy – acoustic and electric bass, bass violin
  • Billy Thomas – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Kenny Malone – percussion
  • Ashley Cleveland – backing vocals
  • Donivan Cowart – backing vocals
  • Mary Ann Kennedy – backing vocals
  • Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
  • Pamela Rose – backing vocals
  • Harry Stinson – backing vocals
  • Emory Gordy, Jr. – conductor, string arrangements
  • Donivan Cowart – engineer
  • Mark Richardson – engineer
  • Eric Paul – engineer assistant
  • George Massenburg – mixing
  • Sharon Rice – mixing assistant
  • Paul Dieter – mixing assistant
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Janet Levinson – art direction, design
  • Caroline Greyshock – photography

Track listing:

  1. Heaven Only Knows – Paul Kennerley
  2. You’ve Been on My Mind – Rodney Crowell
  3. Icy Blue Heart – John Hiatt
  4. Love Is – Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle, Jane McGarrigle
  5. No Regrets – Tom Rush
  6. Lonely Street – Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson, Kenny Sowder
  7. Heartbreak Hill – Emmylou Harris, Paul Kennerley
  8. I Still Miss Someone – Johnny Cash, Roy Cash, Jr.
  9. A River for Him – Emmylou Harris
  10. If You Were a Bluebird – Butch Hancock