Yearly Archives: 2024

Snarky Puppy: Immigrance

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On March 15, 2019, “Ground UP” label released “Immigrance”, the thirteenth Snarky Puppy album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Michael League, Jay Jennings, Mike Maher, Chris Bullock, Bob Reynolds, Zach Brock, Bill Laurance, Shaun Martin, Bobby Sparks, Justin Stanton, Bob Lanzetti, Mark Lettieri, Chris McQueen, Larnell Lewis, Keita Ogawa, Jamison Ross, Jason Thomas, Marcelo Woloski and Nate Werth.

Personnel:

  • Michael League – bass guitar, oud
  • Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Chris Bullock – tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, bansuri, percussion, bass, clarinet
  • Bob Reynolds – tenor saxophone
  • Zach Brock – violin
  • Bill Laurance – piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Shaun Martin – Minimoog, clavinet, keyboards
  • Bobby Sparks – Hammond B3 organ, clavinet, Minimoog, keyboards
  • Justin Stanton – Fender Rhodes, Prophet 6, keyboards, trumpet
  • Bob Lanzetti – guitars
  • Mark Lettieri – guitars
  • Chris McQueen – guitars
  • Larnell Lewis – drums
  • Keita Ogawa – drums, percussion
  • Jamison Ross – drums
  • Jason Thomas – drums
  • Marcelo Woloski – drums, percussion
  • Nate Werth – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Chonks – Michael League
  2. Bigly Strictness – Michael League
  3. Coven – Chris mc Queen
  4. Bling Bling – Chris Bullock
  5. Xavi – Michael League
  6. While We’re Young – Mike ‘Maz’ Maher
  7. Bad Kids to the Back – Justin Stanton
  8. Even Us – Michael League

Dr. Dog: Easy Beat

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On March 15, 2005, “Park the Van” label released “Easy Beat”, the second Dr. Dog studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at Dr. Dog’s home studio, and was produced by Scott McMicken, Andrew Jones, Zach Miller, Tony Leaman and Juston Stens.

Personnel:

  • Scott McMicken – vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Andrew Jones – guitar, engineer
  • Zach Miller – keyboards, engineer
  • Toby Leaman – vocals, bass, engineer
  • Juston Stens – vocals, drums, engineer
  • Dimitri Manos – drums
  • Uncle Mark – bowed bass
  • Jesse Moynihan – violin
  • Brendan Cooney – string arrangements
  • Bill Moriarty – mixing
  • Steven Vertel – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are by Scott McMicken, Andrew Jones, Zach Miller, Tony Leaman and Juston Stens.

  1. The World May Never Know
  2. The Pretender
  3. Oh No
  4. Easy Beat
  5. Dutchman Falls
  6. Fools Life
  7. Say Something
  8. Today
  9. Wake Up

Aly & AJ: With Love From

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On March 15, 2023, “Aly & AJ Music” and “AWAL” labels released “With Love From”, the fifth Aly & AJ studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, James McAlister and Yves Rothman.

Personnel:

  •  AJ Michalka – vocals
  • Aly Michalka – vocals
  • Sam Stewart – guitars
  • Amir Yaghmai – guitars
  • Joe Kennedy – acoustic piano, organ, synthesizers, guitars
  • Yves Rothman – synthesizers, drum programming
  • Connor Sullivan – pedal steel guitar, guitars
  • Keith Karman – bass
  • James McAlister – drums, percussion
  • Sylvan Carton – saxophone
  • Joy Oladokun – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Open to Something and that Something Is You – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Ryan Spraker
  2. With Love From – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, James McAlister
  3. After Hours – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Ryan Spraker
  4. Blue Dress – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Ryan Spraker
  5. Love You This Way – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Jorge Elbrecht
  6. Way of Nature Way of Grace – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Thad Cockrell, Eddie Soear
  7. Tear the Night Up – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Jorge Elbrecht, Yves Rothman
  8. Sunchoke – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, James McAlister, Yves Rothman
  9. Talking in My Sleep – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Leah Haywood, Dan Pringle
  10. Baby Lay Your Head Down – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Ryan Spraker
  11. 6 Months of Staring Into the Sun – Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Ryan Spraker

The Jesus Lizard: Goat

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On March 15, 1991, “Touch and Go” label released “Goat”, the second Jesus Lizard (The) studio album. It was recorded in September 1990, and was produced by Steve Albini.

Personnel:

  • David Yow – vocals
  • Duane Denison – guitar
  • David Wm. Sims – bass, cover art
  • Mac McNeilly – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by David Yow, Duane Denison, Davod Wm. Sims and Mac McNeilly.

  1. There Comes Dudley
  2. Mouth Breather
  3. Nub
  4. Seasick
  5. Monkey Trick
  6. Karpis
  7. South Mouth
  8. Lady Shoes
  9. Rodeo in Joliet

Smokey Robinson: Pure Smokey

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On March 15, 1974, “Tamla” label released “Pure Smokey”, the second Smokey Robinson album. It was recorded September – December 1973, and was produced by Smokey Robinson and Willie Hutch.

Personnel:

  • Smokey Robinson – vocals, arrangements
  • Melvin “Wah Wah” Ragin – guitar
  • Marvin Tarplin – guitar
  • Henry Davis – bass guitar
  • Jeffrey Osborne – drums
  • Bobbye Hall – percussion
  • Russ Turner – keyboards, arrangements
  • Gene Page – arrangements
  • Bruce Ellison, Jim Hilton, Larry Miles, Russ Terrana, Tom Knox – recording
  • Russ Terrana – mixing
  • Robert Gleason – design
  • Jim Britt – photography

Track listing:

  1. It’s Her Turn to Live – Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin
  2. The Love Between Me and My Kids – Smokey Robinson
  3. Asleep on My Love – Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin
  4. I Am I Am – Smokey Robinson
  5. Just Passing Through – Marvin Tarplin, Janie Bradford, Al Cleveland
  6. Virgin Man – Smokey Robinson, Rose Ella Jones
  7. She’s Only a Baby Herself – Smokey Robinson
  8. Fulfill Your Need – Smokey Robinson, Marin Tarplin, Pamela Moffett
  9. A Tattoo – Smokey Robinson

Ruben And The Jets: For Real!

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In March 1973, “Mercury” label released “For Real!”, the debut Ruben and the Jets (the debut Rubén Guevara Jr.’s new lineup, after the group name had previously been used as an alias of The Mothers of Invention in 1968.) It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Rubén Guevara Jr. – vocals, tambourine, keyboards
  • Tony Duran – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Robert “Frog” Camarena – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • John Martinez – vocals, Hammond organ
  • Bill Wild – bass guitar, tenor vocals
  • Bob Zamora – drums
  • Frank Zappa – guitar
  • Robert “Buffalo” Roberts – tenor saxophone
  • Jim Sherwood – baritone saxophone, tambourine

Track listing:

  1. If I Could Only Be Your Love Again – Frank Zappa
  2. Dedicated to the One I Love – Lowman Pauling, Ralph Bass
  3. Show Me the Way to Your Heart – Tony Duran, Leonard Duran
  4. Sparkie – Tony Duran, Ruben Guevara
  5. Wedding Bells – Robert “Frog” Camarena
  6. Almost Grown – Chuck Berry
  7. Charlena – Manuel Chavez, H. Chaney
  8. Mah Man Flash – Ruben Guevara
  9. Santa Kari – Ruben Guevara
  10. Spider Woman – Paul Hof, Lonnie Scott, Tony Duran, Ruben Guevara
  11. All Night Long – John Gray

Link Wray: Be What You Want To

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In March 1973, “Polydor” label released “Be What You Want To”, the ninth Link Wray album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francsico, and was produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye.

Personnel:

  • Link Wray – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, pedal steel
  • Bobby Black – steel guitar
  • David Bromberg – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Chris Michie – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Kaukonen – electric guitar
  • John McFee – electric guitar
  • Greg Douglass – slide guitar
  • Commander Cody – piano, keyboards
  • Tom Salisbury – organ, piano, clavinet, backing vocals, horn and string arrangements
  • Paul Barlow – bass
  • Kip Maercklein – bass
  • Rick Shlosser – drums
  • Lance Dickerson – drums
  • Andy Stein – fiddle
  • Jules Broussard – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Jack Schroer – baritone saxophone
  • Tom Harrell – trumpet
  • Jules Rowell – valve trombone
  • Nathan Rubin – violin
  • Teresa Adams – cello
  • Bruce Steinberg – harmonica
  • David Coffin, Henry Coleman, Keith Crossan, Frank Demme, Diane Earl, Robert Frost, Zeller Hurd, Carl Johnson, Thomas Jefferson Kaye, Greg Kenney, Barbara Mauritz, Dorothy Morrison, Ralph Payne – backing vocals
  • Mallory Earl, Don Ososke – engineer
  • Mallory Earl – mixing
  • Bruce Steinberg – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Link Wray, except where noted.

  1. Be What You Want To
  2. All Cried Out – Mann Curtis, Michel Deborah
  3. Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Lloyd Price
  4. Tucson, Arizona
  5. Riverbend
  6. You Walked By
  7. Walk Easy, Walk Slow
  8. All the Love in My Life
  9. You Really Got a Hold on Me
  10. Shine the Light
  11. Morning

Warhorse: Red Sea

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In March 1972, “Vertigo” label released “Red Sea”, the second and last Warhorse album. It was recorded in1971, and was produced by Ian Kimmet, Ashley Holt, Pete Parks, Nick Simper, Frank Wilson and Mac Poole.

Personnel:

  • Ashley Holt – vocals
  • Pete Parks – guitar
  • Frank Wilson – keyboards, organ, piano
  • Nick Simper – bass
  • Mac Poole – drums
  • Peter Parks – acoustic guitar
  • Dave Stock – engineer
  • Rick Breach – artwork, design, photography
  • Phillip Walker – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ashley Holt, Pete Parks, Nick Simper, Frank Wilson and Mac Poole, except where noted.

  1. Red Sea
  2. Back in Time
  3. Confident But Wrong
  4. Feeling Better
  5. Sybilla
  6. Mouthpiece
  7. I (Who Have Nothing) – Carlo Donida, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

A Silver Mt. Zion: He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…

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On March 13, 2000, “Constellation” label released “He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…”, the debut A Silver Mt. Zion album. It was recorded in November 1999, at the Hotel2Tango, and was produced by Thierry Amar and Efrim Menuck.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – vocals, piano, guitar, organ, radio
  • Thierry Amar – double bass, bass guitar
  • Sophie Trudeau – vocals, violin
  • Sam Shalabi – guitar
  • Aidan Girt – drums, tapes
  • Gordon Krieger – bass clarinet

Track listing:

  1. Lonely as the Sound of Lying on the Ground of an Airplane Going Down
  2. The World Is SickSICK; (So Kiss Me Quick)!

The Undertones: The Sin Of Pride

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On March 13, 1983, “Ardeck-EMI” label released “The Sin of Pride”, the fourth Undertones (The) album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at “Playground Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Hedges, Feargal Sharkey, Damian O’Neil, John O’Neil, Michael Bradley and Billy Doherty.

Personnel:

  • Feargal Sharkey – lead vocals
  • Damian O’Neill – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • John O’Neill – rhythm guitar
  • Michael Bradley – co-lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Billy Doherty – drums
  • Dick Blewett – saxophone
  • Dave Price – trumpet
  • The Rumour Brass – brass
  • Anne Stephenson, Virginia Howes – violin
  • Caroline Lavelle – cello
  • Sylvia & The Sapphires – backing vocals
  • The Chanter Sisters – backing vocals
  • Mike Hedges – engineer, mixing
  • Leo Peppas – engineer
  • Nigel Green – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Got To Have You Back – Ivy Jo Hunter, Leon Ware, Stephen Bowden
  2. Valentine’s Treatment – Damian O’Neil, Michael Bradley
  3. Luxury – J. J. O’Neil
  4. Love Before Romance – Damian O’Neil
  5. Untouchable – Damian O’Neil
  6. Bye Bye Baby Blue – J. J. O’Neil, Michael Bradley
  7. Conscious – Damian O’Neil
  8. Chain of Love – J. J. O’Neil
  9. Soul Seven – J. J. O’Neil
  10. The Love Parade – Damian O’Neil, Michael Bradley
  11. Save Me – William Robinson, Warren “Pete” Moore, Robert Rogers
  12. The Sin of Pride – Damian O’Neill, Michael Bradley