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Carpenters: A Song For You

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On June 13, 1972, “A&M” label released “A Song for You”, the fourth Carpenters studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “A&M” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jack Daugherty Productions.

Personnel:

  • Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Richard Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electronic piano, Hammond organ, celesta, orchestration, remastering
  • Tony Peluso – lead guitar
  • Louie Shelton – guitar
  • Red Rhodes – steel guitar
  • Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar 
  • Joe Osborn – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Bob Messenger – tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
  • Earl Dumler – oboe, English horn
  • Tim Weisberg – bass flute
  • Norm Herzberg – bassoon
  • Bernie Grundman – remastering

Track listing:

  1. A Song for You – Leon Russell
  2. Top of the World – John Bettis, Richard Carpenter
  3. Hurting Each Other – Gary Geld, Peter Udell
  4. It’s Going to Take Some Time – Carole King, Toni Stern
  5. Goodbye to Love – John Bettis, Richard Carpenter
  6. Intermission – Richard Carpenter
  7. Bless the Beasts and Children – Perry Botkin Jr., Harry DeVorzon
  8. Flat Baroque – Richard Carpenter
  9. Piano Picker – Randy Edelman
  10. I Won’t Last a Day Without You – Roger Nichols, Paul Williams
  11. Crystal Lullaby – John Bettis, Richard Carpenter
  12. Road Ode – Gary Sims, Dan Woodhams
  13. A Song for You (reprise) – Leon Russell

Big Country: Why The Long Face

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On June 12, 1995, “Transatlantic” label released “Why the Long Face”, the seventh Big Country studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, and was produced by Chris Sheldon, Stuart Adamson, Bruce Watson, Tony Butler and Mark Brzezicki.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Adamson – lead vocals, guitar, e-bow, slide guitar, B-Bender guitar
  • Bruce Watson – guitar, e-bow, mandolin
  • Tony Butler – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Brzezicki – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Josh Phillips – keyboards
  • James McNally – low whistle

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Adamson, except where noted.

  1. You Dreamer
  2. Message of Love
  3. I’m Not Ashamed
  4. Sail into Nothing
  5. Thunder & Lightning
  6. Send You
  7. One in a Million
  8. God’s Great Mistake – Stuart Adamson, Tony Butler
  9. Wildland in My Heart
  10. Take You to the Moon
  11. Far from Me to You
  12. Charlotte – Stuart Adamson, Bruce Watson
  13. Post Nuclear Talking Blues – Stuart Adamson, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson, Mark Brzezicki
  14. Blue on a Green Planet – Stuart Adamson, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson, Mark Brzezicki

Pointer Sisters: Black & White

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On June 12, 1981, “Planet” label released “Black & White” the eighth Pointer Sisters studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Studio 55” in Los Angeles, “Celebration Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Perry.

Personnel:

  • Anita Pointer – lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • June Pointer – lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Ruth Pointer – lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
  • Tim May – guitar
  • James Newton Howard – keyboards, synthesizers
  • John Barnes – keyboards, electric piano, acoustic piano
  • Ed Walsh – synthesizers
  • William Smith – organ
  • Mike Cotten – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
  • David Foster – keyboards, arrangements
  • Greg Phillinganes – electric piano
  • Danny Faragher – organ
  • Nathan Watts – bass
  • Mike Porcaro – bass
  • John Robinson – drums
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas
  • Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone
  • Gabe Veltri – recording
  • Piers Plaskitt – additional recording
  • Tim Dennen – engineer assistant
  • Stuart Furusho – engineer assistant
  • Bobby Gerber – engineer assistant
  • Bill Schnee – remix
  • Larry Emerine – mastering
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Michael Barackman – music coordinator
  • Kosh – art direction, design
  • Aaron Rapoport – photography
  • Trevor Lawrence – associate producer
  • David Foster – production assistant
  • Susan Epstein – production coordinator
  • Michael Solomon – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Lover Man – Jerry Ragovoy, Len Roberts
  2. Someday We’ll Be Together – Russ Ballard
  3. Take My Heart, Take My Soul – Ken Gold, Mickey Denne
  4. Slow Hand – Michael Clark, John Bettis
  5. We’re Gonna Make It – David Foster, Mike Cotton, Anita Pointer, June Pointer
  6. What a Surprise – Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Trevor Lawrence
  7. Got to Find Love – David Lasley, Willie Wilcox
  8. Fall in Love Again – Patrick Henderson, Wornell Jones
  9. Should I Do It – Layng Martine Jr.

The Stone Poneys: Evergreen, Vol. 2

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On June 12, 1967, “Capitol” label released “Evergreen, Vol. 2”, the second Stone Poneys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nick Venet.

Personnel:

  • Linda Ronstadt – lead vocals, finger cymbals
  • Bobby Kimmel – guitar
  • Kenny Edwards – guitar, sitar
  • Jimmy Bond – bass
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Pete Childs – guitar
  • John T. Forsha – guitar
  • Bernie Leadon – guitar
  • Cyrus Faryar – acoustic guitar, bouzouki
  • Steve Gillette – guitar, harmony vocals
  • Joe Osborn – electric bass
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Billy Mundi – drums
  • Don Randi – harpsichord
  • Jesse Ehrlich – strings, violin, viola, cello
  • Harry Hyams – strings, violin, viola, cello
  • William Kurasch – violin, viola, cello
  • Stanley Plummer – strings, violin, viola, cello
  • Robert Sushel – strings, violin, viola, cello
  • Sidney Sharp – violin, concertmaster
  • Norman Botnick – strings
  • William Durasch – strings
  • Leonard Malarsky – strings
  • Warren Barnett – mastering
  • Richie Unterberger – liner notes
  • Ian McFarlane – release preparation
  • Kevin Mueller – release preparation

Track listing:

  1. December Dream – John Braheny
  2. Song About the Rain – Steve Gillete
  3. Autumn Afternoon – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  4. I’ve Got to Know – Pamela Polland
  5. Evergreen (Part One) – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  6. Evergreen (Part Two) – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  7. Different Drum – Mike Nesmith
  8. Driftin – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  9. One for One – Al Silverman, Austin DeLone
  10. Back on the Street Again – Steve Gillette
  11. Toys in Time – Ken Edwards, Bobby Kimmel
  12. New Hard Times – Mayne Smith, Bobby Kimmel

The Tallest Man On Earth: There’s No Leaving Now

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On June 11, 2012, “Dead Oceans” label released “There’s No Leaving Now”, the third Tallest Man on Earth (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Kristian Matsson.

Personnel:

  • Kristian Matsson – vocals, guitars, piano, various instruments, recording, mixing
  • Mats Winkvist – bass
  • Niclas Nordin – drums
  • Jakob Grundtman – mixing
  • Joe Laporta – mastering
  • Daniel Murphy – sleeve
  • Amanda Matsson – picture

Track listing:

All tracks by Kristian Matsson.

  1. To Just Grow Away
  2. Revelation Blues
  3. Leading Me Now
  4. 1904
  5. Bright Lanterns
  6. There’s No Leaving Now
  7. Wind and Walls
  8. Little Brother
  9. Criminals
  10. On Every Page

Mickey Hart: Mickey Hart’s Mystery Box

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On June 11, 1996, “Rykodisc” label released “Mickey Hart’s Mystery Box”, album by Mickey Hart. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Bob Weir – guitar
  • Jeff Sterling – keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Robin Millar – keyboards, marimba, sine bass
  • Bruce Hornsby – accordion, backing vocals
  • Mark Smith – bass guitar
  • Habib Faye – bass guitar
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – drums, percussion
  • Zakir Hussain – drums, percussion
  • Taro Hart – drums
  • Sikiru Adepoju – talking drum
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Graham Wiggins – didgeridoo 
  • Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir – vocals
  • Debbie Charles – vocals
  • Elizabeth Charles – vocals
  • Julie Isaac – vocals
  • Debbie Longworth – vocals
  • Marcia Charles – vocals
  • Sandra Charles – vocals
  • Mark Smith – programming
  • Andrew Scheps – programming
  • Tom Flye – recording, mixing
  • Jeff Sterling – second engineer, programming
  • Bob Levy – additional engineering
  • Jen Monnar – additional engineering
  • Wayne Pooley – additional engineering
  • Robin Millar – mixing, co-production
  • Steven Jurgensmeyer – design
  • Karen B. Ollis – photography
  • John Werner – photography
  • Jay Blakesberg – photography
  • Verna Gillis – photography
  • Howard Cohen – production management and coordination
  • Barry Melton – production consultant
  • Jack Crymes – technical support

Track listing:

  1. Where Love Goes (Sito) – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Mint Juleps, Babatunde Olatunji, Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hidalgo
  2. Full Steam Ahead – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Dave Jenkins, Vince Welnick, Mint Juleps, Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hidalgo, Sikiru Adepoju
  3. Down the Road – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Dave Jenkins, Vince Welnick, Giovanni Hidalgo
  4. The Sandman – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Dave Jenkins, Vince Welnick, Mint Juleps, Zakir Hussain
  5. The Next Step – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Dave Jenkins, Vince Welnick, Jeff Sterling, Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hidalgo, Sikiru Adepoju
  6. Look Away – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Mint Juleps, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo
  7. Only the Strange Remain – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart
  8. Sangre de Cristo – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Dave Jenkins, Vince Welnick, Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hidalgo
  9. John Cage is Dead – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Dave Jenkins, Vince Welnick, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain
  10. The Last Song – Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Mint Juleps, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo

Dead Can Dance: Aion

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On June 11, 1990, “4AD” label released “Aion”, the fifth Dead Can Dance studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at Brendan Perry’s estate in “Quivvy Church” in Ireland “Woodbine Street Recording Studios” in Leamington Spa, England, and was produced by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The album cover shows a detail from the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights”.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals, instrumentation
  • Brendan Perry – vocals, instrumentation, design
  • David Navarro Sust – vocals
  • John Bonnar – keyboards, co-arrangements 
  • Robert Perry – bagpipes
  • Andrew Robinson – bass viol
  • Anne Robinson – bass viol
  • Honor Carmody – tenor viol
  • Lucy Robinson – tenor viol 

Track listing:

  1. The Arrival and the Reunion
  2. Saltarello
  3. Mephisto
  4. The Song of the Sibyl!
  5. Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
  6. As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins
  7. The End of Words
  8. Black Sun
  9. Wilderness
  10. The Promised Womb
  11. The Garden of Zephirus
  12. Radharc

Red Garland: Red Garland’s Piano

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In June 1957, “Prestige” label released “Red Garland’s Piano”, the second Red Garland album. It was recorded March 1957 – December 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Tom Hannan – design
  • Bob Weinstock – supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Please Send Me Someone to Love – Percy Mayfield
  2. Stompin’ at the Savoy – Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb
  3. The Very Thought of You – Ray Noble
  4. Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  5. If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
  6. I Know Why (And So Do You) – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  7. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  8. But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Letlive: If I’m The Devil…

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On June 10, 2016, “Epitaph” label released “If I’m the Devil…”, the fourth and final Letlive studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Justin Pilbrow, Jason Aalon Butler, Jeff Sahyoun, Ryan Jay Johnson and Loniel Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Jason Aalon Butler – lead vocals
  • Jeff Sahyoun – guitars, keyboard, backing vocals
  • Ryan Jay Johnson – bass, backing vocals
  • Loniel Robinson – drums, percussion
  • Carson Rick – strings
  • Andrew Tholl – strings
  • Paul Cartwright – strings
  • Robert Allaire – strings
  • Derek Stein – strings
  • Cheyenne Wright – additional vocals
  • Courtney Jackson – additional vocals
  • Janelle Ioimo – additional vocals
  • Hannah Marshall – additional vocals
  • Justine Zimbron – additional vocals
  • Yvonne Marder – additional vocals
  • Nikki Simmons – additional vocals
  • Benjamin Knapp – engineer
  • Neil Baldock – engineer
  • Dan Korneff – mixing, mastering
  • Jason Link – layout, design
  • Jonathan Weiner – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Aalon Butler, Jeff Sahyoun, Ryan Jay Johnson and Loniel Robinson.

  1. I’ve Learned to Love Myself
  2. Nü Romantics
  3. Good Mourning, America
  4. Who You Are Not
  5. A Weel Ago
  6. Foreign Cab Rides
  7. Reluctantly Dead
  8. Elephant
  9. Another Offensive Song
  10. If I’m the Devil…
  11. Copper Colored Quiet

George Ezra: Gold Rush Kid

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On June 10, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Gold Rush Kid”, the third George Ezra studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Stuart Price, Joel Pott, Daniel Moyler and Barney Lister.

Personnel:

  • George Ezra – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Joel Pott – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, piano, drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Daniel Moyler – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals, programming
  • David Klinke – guitar
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Sims – bass, percussion, backing vocal
  • Stuart Price – bass, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Barney Lister – bass, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Fabio De Oliveira – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Hal Ritson – drums, programming
  • Richard Adlam – drums, programming
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, brass, performance arrangements
  • Cochemea Gastelum – saxophone
  • Ian Hendrickson-Smith – saxophone
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Lily Carassik – brass, backing vocals
  • Yasmin Ogilvie – brass, backing vocals
  • Matthew Benson – brass, backing vocals
  • The Dap Kings – brass, performance arrangements
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • Kate Robinson – violin
  • Nicky Sweeney – violin
  • Nirupam Raja Halder – violin
  • Oli Langford – violin
  • Tamara Elias – violin
  • Marianne Haynes – violin
  • Max Baillie – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Andrew Parker – viola
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Bryony Elizabeth Moody – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Mzansi Youth Choir – backing vocals
  • Adam Scarborough – backing vocals
  • Evie Howard – backing vocals
  • Freddie Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Jessica Barnett – backing vocals
  • Myla Pott – backing vocals
  • Ian Mizen – whistles
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming
  • Tobie Tripp – conductor, performance arrangements
  • Daniel Moyler – engineer
  • Andy Maxwell – engineer
  • Jonny Breakwell – engineer assistant
  • Joe Wyatt – engineer assistant
  • Tristan Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Ben Loveland – engineer assistant
  • Connor Panayi – engineer assistant
  • Felipe Gutierrez – engineer assistant
  • Charles Haydon-Hicks – mixing
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Luke Burgoyne – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by George Ezra and Joel Pott, except where noted.

  1. Anyone for You (Tiger Lily)
  2. Green Green Grass – George Ezra, Joel Pott, Stuart Price
  3. Gold Rush Kid
  4. Manila
  5. Feel in Love at the End of the World – George Ezra
  6. Don’t Give Up
  7. Dance All Over Me
  8. I Went Hunting
  9. In the Morning – George Ezra
  10. Sweetest Human Being Alive
  11. Love Somebody Else
  12. The Sun Went Down – George Ezra