Merle Haggard: Strangers

On September 27, 1965, “Capitol” label released “Strangers”, the debut Merle Haggard, studio album. It was recorded 1963 – 1965, and was produced by Ken Nelson and Fuzzy Owen.

Personnel:

  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
  • Roy Nichols – guitar
  • Ralph Mooney – steel guitar
  • Tommy Collins – guitar
  • Wynn Stewart – guitar
  • Gene Moles – guitar
  • Phil Baugh – guitar
  • George French, Jr. – piano
  • Bobby Austin – bass
  • Robert Morris – bass
  • Helen Price – drums
  • Henry Sharpe – drums
  • Clifford Hills – fiddle

Track listing:

  1. (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Starngers – Liz Anderson
  2. Falling for You – Ralph Mooney
  3. Please Mr. DJ – Merle Haggard
  4. You Don’t have Far to Go – Merle Haggard, Red Simpson
  5. Sing a Sad Song – Wynn Stewart
  6. Sam Hill – Tommy Collins
  7. I’m Gona Break Every Heart I Can – Merle Haggard
  8. You Don’t Even Try – Merle Haggard, Fuzzy Owen
  9. If I Had Left It Up to You – Merle Haggard
  10. I’d Trade All of My Tomorrows (For Just One Yestreday) – Jenny Carson
  11. The Worst Is Yet to Come – Liz Anderson
  12. Walking the Floor Over You – Ernest Tubb

Tucky Buzzard: Same

On September 26, 1971, “Capitol” label released the self-titled, second Tucky Buzzard studio album. It was recorded 1969 – 1971, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Bill Wyman.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Henderson – lead vocals
  • Terry Taylor – guitars
  • Nicky Graham – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Dave Brown – lead vocals, bass
  • Chris Johnson – drums
  • Mick Taylor – guitar

Track listring:

  1. There Will Be Your Doctor – Paul Francis, Nicky Graham, David Leonard Brown
  2. Stainless Steel Lady – Nicky Graham, David Leonard Brown, Jimmy Henderson, Terry Taylor
  3. Sally Shotgun – David Leonard Brown, Terry Taylor
  4. Gu Gu Gu – Nicky Graham, David Leonard Brown, Terry Taylor
  5. My Friend – Paul Francis, Nicky Graham, David Leonard Brown, Terry Taylor
  6. Pisces Apple Lady – Leon Russell
  7. She’s Meat – Nicky Graham, David Leonard Brown, Jimmy Henderson, Terry Taylor
  8. Ace the Face – Paul Francis, Nicky Graham, David Leonard Brown, Terry Taylor
  9. Whiskey Eyes – Paul Francis, Nicky Graham, Jimmy Henderson, Terry Taylor

Boney James: Shine

On September 26, 2006, “Concord” label released “Shine”. the tenth Boney James album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Backyard”, “Record Plant” and “Westlake Studios” in Los Angeles, Capitol Studios”, “Sunset Studios” “Schnee Studios” in Hollywood, “Cocoa Butt Studios” in Culver City, California, “Porcupine Studios” in Chandler, Arizona, “Studio A” in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, and was produced by Boney James.

Personnel:

  • Boney James – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, keyboards, flute, arrangements, recording
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars, acoustic guitar
  • Tony Maiden – electric guitar, guitars
  • Kleber Jorge – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Michael Thompson – guitars
  • Agape – guitars
  • Dean Parks – guitars, acoustic guitar
  • Wah Wah Watson – guitars, rhythm guitar
  • George Benson – lead guitar
  • Darrell Smith – keyboards, acoustic piano, Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Eric Daniels – acoustic piano
  • Johnny Britt – acoustic piano, arrangements
  • George Duke – Rhodes piano
  • Rex Rideout – acoustic piano, Rhodes piano, keyboards
  • Tim Carmon – keyboards, arrangements, Rhodes piano, organ, acoustic piano
  • Gerald McCauley – Moog synthesizer, arrangements
  • Herman Jackson – Rhodes piano
  • Tollak Ollestad – harmonica
  • Alex Al – bass
  • Teddy Campbell – drums
  • Lil’ John Roberts – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Dan Higgins – saxophones, flute
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangements
  • Christian Scott – trumpet
  • Romeo – vocal arrangements
  • Esthero – lead and backing vocals
  • Lauren Evans – backing vocals, ooh vocals
  • Dwele – vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Faith Evans – vocals
  • Philip Bailey – vocals
  • Ann Nesby – vocals

String section

  • Jackie Brand, Bruce Dukov, Julie Gigante, Henry Gronnier, Alan Grunfeld, Natalie Leggett, Ralph Morrison, Alyssa Park, Katia Popov, Tereza Stanislav, Sarah Thornblade, Margaret Wooten – violin
  • Sam Formicola, Carrie Holzman-Little, Roland Kato, Victoria Miskolczy – viola
  • Stephen Erdody, Trevor Handy, Paula Hochhalter, Tina Soule – cello
  • Jerry Hey – arrangements
  • Darrell Smith – arrangements
  • Todd Fairall – recording
  • Darius Fong – recording, second engineer
  • Dave Rideau – recording
  • Bill Schnee – recording, mixing
  • Michael Thompson – recording
  • John Adams – second engineer
  • Jeff Harris – second engineer
  • Jimmy Hoyson – second engineer
  • Ryan Kennedy – second engineer
  • Mark McLaughlin – second engineer
  • Philip Ramos – second engineer
  • Eric Rennaker – second engineer
  • Assen Stoyanov – second engineer
  • Erich Talaba – second engineer
  • Aaron Walk – second engineer
  • John Wroble – second engineer
  • Koji Egawa – Pro Tools consultant
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Robert Hadley – mastering
  • Lexy Shroyer – production coordinator
  • Glenn Barry – art production
  • Andy Engel – design
  • Don Miller – photography

Track listing:

  1. Shine – Boney James, Lauren Evans, Lily Mariye
  2. The Total Experience – Boney James, Johnny Britt
  3. Aquas de Março – Antonio Carlos Jobim
  4. Let It Go – Boney James, Rex Rideout
  5. In the Rain – Anthony Hestor
  6. Gonna Get It – Boney James, Rahsaan Patterson
  7. Breathe – Boney James, Phil Davis
  8. Love Song – Boney James, Eric Daniels, Johnny Britt
  9. Hypnotic – Boney James
  10. The Way She Walks – Boney James, Leon Bisquera
  11. Dedication – Boney James, Gerald McCauley, Joe Wolfe
  12. Soft – Chuck Mangione

Jesse Cook: Free Fall

On September 26, 2000, “Narada” label released “Free Fall”, the fourth Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Pizazzudio”, “Musickkloftet”, “National Arts Centre” and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, keyboards, shaker, handclaps, goblet drum, surdo, congas, drum programming, handclaps, engineer, mixing
  • Kevin Laliberté – guitar
  • Danny Wilde – vocals
  • Etric Lyons – bass
  • Peter Cardinali – bass
  • Paul Antonio – drums
  • Samba Squad – percussion
  • Mario Melo – surdo, repinique, congas, rattle, arrangements
  • Art Avalos – timbales, cowbell, triangle, djembe, goblet drum, shaker, congas, surdo
  • Ron Allen – bansuri
  • Djivan Gasparyan – duduk, ney
  • Rick Shadrach Lazar – goblet drum, tambourine, shaker, finger cymbals, percussion
  • Steven Greenman – violin
  • Kathleen Kajioka – viola
  • George Gao – fiddle
  • Nancy Cardwell – handclaps
  • Pacy Shulman, Vidar Lunden, Michel Lardie – engineer
  • Richard Denhart – mixing, executive producer
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering
  • Connie Gage – design
  • Julio Moya – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. Switchback
  2. Air
  3. Virtue
  4. Free Fall
  5. Paloma
  6. Incantation
  7. All That Remains
  8. On Walks the Night
  9. Querido Amigo
  10. Viva
  11. Fall At Your Feet – Neil Finn

Meat Puppets: Golden Lies

On September 26, 2000, “Atlantic” label released “Golden Lies”, the tenth Meat Puppets album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Curt Kirkwood and Paul Leary.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood – lead vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Kyle Ellison – vocals, guitar, co-producer
  • Andrew Duplantis – vocals, bass
  • Shandon Sahm – drums 
  • Mat Mitchell – programming
  • Jim Vollentine – engineer assistant
  • Brian “Big Bass” Gardner – mastering
  • Joseph Cultice – photography
  • Martin Ogolter – artwork
  • Shayne Ivy – artwork, design
  • John Plymale – co-producer

Track listing:

  1. Intro
  2. Armed and Stupid
  3. I Quit
  4. Lamp
  5. Hercules
  6. Batwing
  7. Take Off Your Clothes
  8. You Love Me
  9. Pieces of Me
  10. Push the Button
  11. Tarantula
  12. Endless Wave
  13. Wipeout
  14. Fatboy/Fat/ Requiem

Jesse Cook: Tempest

On September 26, 1995, “Narada” label released “Tempest”, the debut Jesse Cook album.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, palmas, synthesizer, djembe, percussion
  • Andrew Morales – bass guitar
  • Mario Melo – congas, percussion, palmas
  • Blake Manning – darbuka, timbali

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook.

  1. Tempest
  2. Cascada
  3. Breeze from Saintes Maries
  4. Baghdad
  5. Parasol
  6. Dance of Spring
  7. Soledad
  8. Orbit
  9. Fate (Parasol Reprise)
  10. Jumpstart

The Remains: Same

On September 26, 1966, “Epic” label released the self-titled, debut Remains (The) album. It was recorded January 1965 – August 1966, and was produced by Ted Cooper, Bob Morgan, Robin McBridge and Billy Sherrill.

Personnel:

  • Barry Tashian – vocals, guitar
  • Bill Briggs – keyboards
  • Vern Miller – bass
  • Chip Damiani – drums

Track listing:

  1. Heart – Georges Aber, Tony Hatch
  2. Lonely Weekend – Charlie Rich
  3. Don’t Look Back – Billy Vera
  4. Why Do I Cry? – Barry Tashian
  5. Diddy Wah Diddy – Ellas McDaniel, Willy Dixon
  6. You Got a Hard Time Coming – Barry Tashian, Vern Miller
  7. Once Before – Vern Miller, Chip Damiani
  8. Thank You – Barry Tashian
  9. Time of Day – Barry Tashian
  10. Say You’re Sorry – Bill Briggs

Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension

On September 25, 2020, “Asthmatic Kitty” label released “The Ascension”, the eighth Sufjan Stevens studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.

Personnel:

  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, drums and percussion, tempest, electric guitar, Prophet ’08, Prophet 6, Prophet X, piano, recorders, performance, recording, engineer, arrangements, mixing, original art, layout, design, typography
  • Bryce Dessner – electric guitar
  • Casey Foubert – bass guitar, vibraphone, electric guitar, lead electric guitar, recording, engineer
  • James McAlister – additional drums, percussion, vocal cut-up effects, recording, engineer
  • Emil Nikolaisen – black magic; engineer
  • TW Walsh – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Sufjan Stevens.

  1. Make Me an Offer I Cannot Refuse
  2. Run Away with Me
  3. Video Game
  4. Lamentations
  5. Tell Me You Love Me
  6. Die Happy
  7. Ativan
  8. Ursa Major
  9. Landslide
  10. Gilgamesh
  11. Death Star
  12. Goodbye to All That
  13. Sugar
  14. The Ascension
  15. America

The Bad Plus: Made Possible

On September 25, 2012, “E1 Music” label released “Made Possible”, the tenth Bad Plus (The) album. It was recorded in November 2011, at “Club House Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Reid Anderson – bass, electronics, synthesizer
  • David King – drums, electric drums
  • Pete Rende – engineer, mixing
  • Huntley Miller – mastering
  • Sherman Iverson – illustrations
  • Greg Meyers – design
  • Chris Hinderaker – executive producer
  • Darryl Pitt – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Reid Anderson, except where noted.

  1. Pound the Pound
  2. Seven Minute Mind
  3. Re-Elect That – Ethan Iverson
  4. Wolf Out – David King
  5. Sing for a Silver Dollar – Ethan Iverson
  6. For My Eyes Only – David KIng
  7. I Want to Feel Good Pt. 2 – David King
  8. In Stitches
  9. Victoria – Paul Motian

Bruce Springsteen: Magic

On September 25, 2007, “Columbia” label released “Magic”, the fifteenth Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded March – May 2007, at “Southern Tracks” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen – lead and backing vocals, guitars, pump organ, harmonica, synthesizer, glockenspiel, percussion
  • Nils Lofgren – guitars, backing vocals
  • Steven Van Zandt – guitars, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Roy Bittan – piano, organ
  • Danny Federici – organ, keyboards
  • Garry Tallent – bass guitar
  • Max Weinberg – drums
  • Clarence Clemons – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Chatzky – upright bass 
  • Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, tack piano
  • Soozie Tyrell – violin, backing vocals
  • Daniel Laufer – cello 
  • Kenn Wagner, Jay Christy, Justin Bruns, William Pu, Cristopher Pulgram, John Meisner, Olga Shpitko, Sheela Lyengar – violin
  • Tania Maxwell Clements, Amy Chang, Lachlan McBane – viola
  • Karen Freer, Daniel Laufer, Charae Kruege – cello
  • Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
  • Eddie Horst – string arrangements
  • Nick DiDia – recording
  • Billy Bowers – additional engineering
  • Tom Tapley – recording and mixing assistant
  • Toby Scott – additional recording
  • Tom Syrowski, Matt Serrecchio, Glenn Pittman, Kevin Mills – additional recording
  • Brendan O’Brien – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Patti Horst, Shari Sutcliffe – string contractors
  • Michelle Holme, Chris Austopchuk – album art direction
  • Mark Seliger, Danny Clinch – photography
  • Bea Nettles – disk icon

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Radio Nowhere
  2. You’ll Be Coming Down
  3. Livin’ in the Future
  4. Your Own Worst Enemy
  5. Gypsy Biker
  6. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
  7. I’ll Work for Your Love
  8. Magic
  9. Kast to Die
  10. Long Walk Home
  11. Devil’s Arcade
  12. Terry’s Song (hidden track)