Yearly Archives: 2024

Story Of The Year: Tear Me To Pieces

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On March 10, 2023, “SharpTone” label released “Tear Me to Pieces”, the sixth Story of the Year studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Colin Brittain, Kevin McCombs and Lucky West.

Personnel:

  • Dan Marsala – lead vocals
  • Ryan Phillips – guitars
  • Adam Russell – vocals, bass guitar
  • Josh Wills – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Russel, Colin Brittan, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills and Ryan Phillips, except where noted.

  1. Tear Me to Pieces
  2. Real Life
  3. Afterglow
  4. Dead and Gone – Adam Russell, Cameron Walker-Wright, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Lachlan West, Ryan Phillips
  5. War – Nick Bailey, Elisha Noll, Adam Russell, Cameron Walker-Wright, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Josh Westr, Ryan Phillips
  6. Can’t Save You – Jordan Witzigreuter, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Josh West, Ryan Phillips
  7. 2005 – Keith Varon, Nick Bailey, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips
  8. Sorry About Me
  9. Take the Ride – Nick Furlong, Nick Bailey, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips
  10. Knives Out – Kevin Skaff, Nick Bailey, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips
  11. Use Me – Aaron Gillespie, Kyle Fishman, Bailey Russell, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips

Tangerine Dream: Alpha Centauri

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In March 1971, “Ohr” label released “Alpha Centauri”, the second Tangerine Dream studio album. It was recorded in January 1971, at “Dierks Studio” in Köln, Germany, and was produced by Edgar Forese and Christopher Franke.

Personnel:

  • Edgar Froese – guitar, organ, bass
  • Christopher Franke – drums, percussion, flute, zither, piano, VCS3
  • Steve Schroyder – voice, organ, echo machines, iron stick
  • Udo Dennebourg – voice, flute
  • Roland Paulick – synthesizer

All tracks by Edgar Froese.

  1. Sunrise in the Third System
  2. Fly and Collision of Comas Sola
  3. Alpha Centauri

Miles Davis: Porgy And Bess

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On March 9, 1959, “Columbia” label released “Porgy and Bess”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded July – August 1958, at “Columbia 30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Cal Lampley.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci – trumpet
  • Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett – trombone
  • Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller – horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque – flute, alto flute, clarinet
  • Danny Bank – alto flute, bass flute, bass clarinet
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Gil Evans – arrangements, conductor
  • Frank Laico – recording
  • Roy DeCarava – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by George Gershwin, except where noted.

  1. Buzzard Song
  2. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  3. Gone – Gil Evans
  4. Gone, Gone, Gone
  5. Summertime
  6. Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess
  7. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
  8. Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab
  9. My Man’s Gone Now
  10. It Ain’t Necessarily So
  11. Here Come de Honey Man
  12. I Wants to Stay Here (a.k.a. I Loves You, Porgy)
  13. There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York

The Bad Plus: Give

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On March 9. 2004, “Sony” label released “Give”, the third Bad Plus (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Real World Studios”, in Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Tchad Blake, Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Reid Anderson – double bass
  • David King – drums, art direction, design
  • Tchad Blake – recording, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Claire Lewis – engineer assistant
  • Matt Freisen – illustration
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. 1979 Semi-Finalist – David King
  2. Cheney Piñata – Ethan Iverson
  3. Street Woman – Ornette Coleman
  4. And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation – Reid Anderson
  5. Frog and Toad – David King
  6. Velouria – Charles Thompson
  7. Layin’ a Strip for the Higher-Self State Line – David King
  8. Do Your Sums/Die Like a Dog/Play For Home – Ethan Iverson
  9. Dirty Blonde – Reid Anderson
  10. Neptune (The Planet) – Reid Anderson
  11. Iron Man – Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward

Scorpions: Eye II Eye

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On March 9, “East West” label released “Eye II Eye”, the fourteenth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Little America Studios” in Austria, and was produced by Peter Wolf.

Personnel:

  1. Klaus Meine – lead vocals, arrangements
  2. Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
  3. Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
  4. Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals, arrangements
  5. James Kottak – co-lead and backing vocals, drums, arrangements
  6. Mick Jones – acoustic guitar
  7. Peter Wolf – piano, keyboards, arrangements, mixing
  8. Michelle Wolf – backing vocals
  9. Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals
  10. Herman Rarebell – backing vocals
  11. A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen, Kenji Nakai – engineer
  12. Bill Schnee – mixing
  13. Chris Kimsey – mixing
  14. Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
  15. Dirk Rudolph – design
  16. Olaf Heine – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted, all music as noted.

  1. Mysterious – Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron
  2. To Be No. 1 – Peter Wolf, Matthias Jabs
  3. Obsession – Klaus Meine, Peter Wolf
  4. 10 Light Years Away – lyrics by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker
  5. Mind Like a Tree – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  6. Eye to Eye (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf’s fathers) – Rudolf Schenker
  7. What U Give U Get Back – Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  8. Skywriter – Rudolf Schenker
  9. Yellow Butterfly – Rudolf Schenker, Marti Fredericksen
  10. Freshly Squeezed – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  11. Priscilla – Rudolf Schenker
  12. Du bist so schmutzig – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, James Kottak, music by Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker
  13. Aleyah – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker
  14. A Moment in a Million Years – Klaus Meine

Rodriguez: Cold Fact

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In March 1970, “Sussex Records” label released “Cold Fact”, the debut studio Rodriguez studio album. It was recorded August – September 1969, in Detroit, and was produced by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey.

Personnel:

  • Rodriguez (Sixto Rodriguez) – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dennis Coffey – electric guitar, bass
  • Mike Theodore – keyboards, brass and string arrangements
  • Bob Babbitt – bass
  • Andrew Smith – drums
  • Bob Pangborn – percussion
  • Leader Carl Reatz – baritone saxophone, trombone
  • Detroit Symphony (leader Gordon Staples) – strings
  • Friends and family of Joyce Vincent and Telma Hopkins – children’s choir
  • Mike Theodore – arrangements, engineer
  • Dennis Coffey – arrangements
  • Ray Hall – remix
  • Nancy Chester (See/Hear! & How!) – design
  • Ransier and Anderson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sixto Rodriguez, except where noted.

  1. Sugar Man
  2. Only Good for Conversation
  3. Crucify Your Mind
  4. This Is Not a Song, It’s an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues
  5. Hate Street Dialogue – Gary Harvey, Mike Theodore, Dennis Coffey
  6. Forget It
  7. Inner City Blues
  8. I Wonder
  9. Like Janis
  10. Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme) – Gary Harvey, Mike Theodore, Dennis Coffey
  11. Rich Folks Hoax
  12. Jane S. Piddy

The Amboy Dukes: Marriage on the Rocks/Rock Bottom

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In March 1970, “Polydor” label released “Marriage on the Rocks/Rock Bottom”, the fourth  Amboy Dukes (The) album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Mirasound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Edwin H. Kramer, Ted Nugent, Andy Solomon, Greg Arama and Dave Palmer.

Personnel:

  • Ted Nugent – vocals, guitar
  • Andy Solomon – vocals, keyboards, saxophone
  • Greg Arama – bass
  • Dave Palmer – drums, engineer
  • Edwin H. Kramer – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – lacquer cut

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent, except where noted.

  1. Marriage (Part 1: Man. Part 2: Woman. Part 3: Music)
  2. Breast-Fed ‘Gator – Bait
  3. Get Yer Guns
  4. Non-Conformist Wilderbeastman
  5. Today’s Lesson (Ladies & Gentlemen)
  6. Children of the Woods
  7. Brain Games of Yesteryear
  8. The Inexhaustible Quest for the Cosmic Cabbage – includes excerpts from Bartók’s “String quartet no. 2”

Waylon Jennings: Just To Satisfy You

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In March 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Just to Satisfy You”, the eleventh Waylon Jennings album. It was recorded in 1968, at “RCA Victor Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Chet Atkins.

Personnel:

  • Waylon Jennings – vocal
  • Anita Carter – vocals

 Track listing:

  1. Lonely Weekends – Charlie Rich
  2. Sing the Blues to Daddy – Ray Corbin
  3. Change My Mind – Curly Putman
  4. Farewell Party – Lawton Williams
  5. Rings of Gold – Gene Thomas
  6. Alone – Dee Moeller
  7. Just to Satisfy You – Don Bowman, Waylon Jennings
  8. I Lost Me – Helen Carter
  9. I’ve Been Needing Someone Like You – Ben Peters
  10. For the Kids – Shel Silverstein
  11. I Got You – Ricci Mareno, Gordon Galbraith
  12. Straighten My Mind – Dee Moeller

Ike & Tina Turner: Outta Season

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In March 1969, “Blue Thumb” label released “Outta Season”, the eight Ike & Tina Turner album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Bob Krasnow and Tina Turner.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner – vocal
  • Ike Turner – guitar
  • Tom Wilkes – art direction
  • Barry Feinstein – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Reding, Jerry Butler
  2. Mean Old World – adapted by Ike Turner
  3. 3 O’clock in the Morning Blues – B.B. King, Jules Taub
  4. Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd
  5. Dust My Broom – adapted by Ike Turner
  6. Grumbling – Ike Turner
  7. I am a Motherless Child – Tina Turner
  8. Crazy ‘Bout You Baby – Sonny Boy Williamson
  9. Reconsider Baby – Lowell Fulson
  10. Honest I Do – Ewart Abner, Jimmy Reed
  11. Please Love Me – B. B. King, Jules Taub
  12. My Babe – Willie Dixon
  13. Rock Me Baby – B. B. King, Joe Josea

Hour Glass: Power Of Love

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In March 1968, “Liberty” label released “Power of Love”, the second Hour Glass studio album. It was recorded January – February 1968, and was produced by Dallas Smith.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman – vocals, organ, piano, guitar
  • Duane Allman – guitars, electric sitar
  • Paul Hornsby – vocals, piano, organ, guitar
  • Pete Carr – vocal, bass guitar, guitar
  • Johnny Sandlin – drums, guitar, gong
  • Un-credited studio musicians on horns, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Bruce Ellison – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Power of Love – Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn
  2. Changing of the Guard
  3. To Things Before
  4. I’m Not Afraid
  5. I Can Stand Alone
  6. Down in Texas – Marlon Greene, Eddie Hinton
  7. I Still Want Your Love
  8. Home for the Summer – Marlon Greene, Eddie Hinton
  9. I’m Hanging Up My Heart for You – John Berry, Don Covay
  10. Going Nowhere
  11. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  12. Now Is the Time
  13. Down in Texas (alternate version) – Marlon Greene, Eddie Hinton
  14. It’s Not My Cross to Bear
  15. Southbound
  16. God Rest His Soul – Steve Alaimo
  17. February 3rd
  18. Apollo 8