Yearly Archives: 2024

Campfire Songs: Same

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On March 1, 2003, “Catsup Plate” label released the self-titled, only Campfire Songs album. Later it was classified as the third studio album by band Animal Collective. It was recorded in November 2001, in Maryland.

Personnel:

  • Avey Tare (as Doon) – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Panda Bear (as Sia) – vocals, acoustic guitar, painting
  • Deakin (as Sweet James) – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Nicolas Vernhes – mixing, mastering
  • Abby Portner – design

Track listing:

  • Queen in my Pictures
  • Doggy
  • Two Corvettes
  • Moo Rah Rah Rain
  • De Soto de Son

Sarah Vaughan: Vaughan And Violins

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In March 1959, “Mercury” label released “Vaughan and Violins”, the eleventh Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in July 1958, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals
  • Marcel Hrasko – alto saxophone
  • Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
  • Jo Hrasko – baritone saxophone
  • William Boucya – baritone saxophone 
  • Pierre Culaz – guitar
  • Ronnell Bright – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Pierre Michelot – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Michel Hausser – vibraphone
  • Quincy Jones – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. Please Be Kind – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin
  2. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set – Dorcas Cochran, Quincy Jones, Henri Salvador
  3. Live for Love – Paul Misraki, Carl Sigman
  4. Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
  5. I’m Lost – Otis René
  6. Love Me – John Lehmann, John Lewis
  7. That’s All – Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
  8. Day by Day – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  9. Gone with the Wind – Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel
  10. I’ll Close My Eyes – Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid
  11. The Thrill Is Gone – Lew Brown, Ray Henderson

Dizzy Gillespie: Duets

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In March 1958, “Verve” label released “Duets”, the 26th Dizzy Gillespie album. It was recorded in December 1957, at “Nola Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone 
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone 
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Tommy Bryant – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Norman Granz – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Dizzy Gillespie

  1. Wheatleigh Hall
  2. Sumphin’
  3. Con Alma
  4. Haute Mon’

Lemon Demon: Spirit Phone

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On February 20, 2016, Lemon Demon (Neil Cicierega) self-released “Spirit Phone” its seventh album. It was recorded 2009 – 2016, and was produced by Neil Cicierega.

Personnel:

  • Neil Cicierega – vocals, instruments, programming, recording
  • Dave Kitsberg – electric guitar
  • Ming Doyle – cover artwork, picture disc artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Cicierega, except where noted.

  1. Lifetime Achievement Award
  2. Touch-Tone Telephone
  3. Cabinet Man
  4. No Eyed Girl
  5. When He Died
  6. Sweet Bod
  7. Eighth Wonder
  8. Ancient Aliens
  9. Soft Fuzzy Man
  10. As Your Father, I Expressly Forbid It
  11. I Earn My Life
  12. Reaganomics
  13. Man-Made Object
  14. Spiral of Ants

Everything But The Girl: Idlewild

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On February 29, 1988, “Blanco y Negro” and “Sire“ labels released “Idlewild”, the fourth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Livingston Recording Studios” in London, and was produced by Ben Watt.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals
  • Ben Watt – vocals, guitar
  • Damon Butcher – piano, synthesizer
  • Steve Pearce – bass
  • Chucho Merchán – bass
  • Peter King – alto saxophone
  • Ian Fraser – tenor saxophone
  • James McMillan – trumpet
  • Jerry Boys – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn, except where noted.

  1. Love Is Here Where I Live
  2. These Early Days – Tracey Thorn
  3. I Always Was Your Girl
  4. Oxford Street – Tracey Thorn
  5. The Night I Heard Caruso Sing – Ben Watt
  6. Goodbye Sunday
  7. Shadow on a Harvest Moon – Tracey Thorn
  8. Blue Moon Rose
  9. Tears All Over Town – Ben Watt
  10. Lonesome for a Place I Know
  11. Apron Strings

Dragon: Sunshine

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In February 1977, “CBS” label released “Sunshine”, the third Dragon studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Peter Dawkins.

Personnel:

  • Marc Hunter – lead vocals
  • Robert M. Taylor – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Paul Hewson – keyboards
  • Todd Hunter – bass guitar
  • Kerry Jacobson – drums
  • Neil Storey – drums
  • Tony Buchanan – tenor saxophone
  • William Motzing – brass arranger
  • Bruce Brown – engineer
  • Wyn Wynard – engineer assistant
  • J. Peter Thoeming – art direction, design
  • Carroll Holloway – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Same Old Blues – Paul Hewson
  2. Blacktown Boogie – Marc Hunter, Robert M. Taylor, Todd Hunter
  3. Sunshine – Paul Hewson
  4. On the Beachead – Robert M. Taylor
  5. This Time – Paul Hewson, Marc Hunter, Neil Storey, Robert M. Taylor, Todd Hunter
  6. Get that Jive – Paul Hewson
  7. Street Between Your Feet – Marc Hunter, Robert M. Taylor
  8. New Machine – Paul Hewson
  9. MX – Marc Hunter, Robert M. Taylor
  10. The Letter – Marc Hunter, Robert M. Taylor

Jimmy Buffet: Living and Dying in ¾ Time

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In February 1974, “Dunhill” label released “Living and Dying in ¾ Time”, the fourth Jimmy Buffett studio album. It was recorded in October 1973, at “Woodland Sound Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Don Gant.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Buffett – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Lanny Fiel – acoustic, electric and slide guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric guitar
  • Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar
  • Mike Utley – keyboards
  • Greg “Fingers” Taylor – harmonica
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass
  • Sammy Creason – drums
  • Ferrell Morris – congas, vibes
  • Billy Puett – horns
  • Don Gant, Buzz Cason, Bergen White – backing vocals
  • Bergen White – string and horn arrangements
  • David McKinley – recording
  • Tommy Semmes – mixing
  • Bob Sowell – mastering
  • Rick Bibby – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Buffett, except where noted.

  1. Pencil Thin Mustache
  2. Come Monday
  3. Ringling, Ringling
  4. Brahma Fear
  5. Brand New Country Star – V. Arnold, Jimmy Buffett
  6. Livingston’s Gone to Texas
  7. The Wino and I Know
  8. West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown
  9. Saxophones
  10. Ballad of Spider John – Willis Alan Ramsey
  11. God’s Own Drunk – Lord Buckley

Robert Cray: That’s What I Heard

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On February 28, 2020, “Nozzle” label released “That’s What I Heard”, the 20th Robert Cray album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Steve Jordan.

Personnel:

  • Robert Cray – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Steve Perry – vocals
  • The Craylettes – vocals
  • The Steves – vocals
  • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
  • Dover Weinberg – keyboards
  • Richard Cousins – bass
  • Terence F. Clark – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steve Jordan – vocals, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Trevor Lawrence – saxophone, recording
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet, valve trombone
  • Steve Genewick – additional recording
  • Al Schmitt – mixing
  • Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Keith Brogdon – cover design
  • Jeff Katz – cover photography
  • Antonie Sanfuentes – additional photography
  • Gregory Zaccaria – guitar technician
  • Paul Jamieson – drums technician

Track listing:

  1. Anything You Want – Robert Cray
  2. Burying Ground – Don Robey
  3. You’re the One – Deadric Malone
  4. This Man – Robert Cray
  5. You’ll Want Me Back – Curtis Mayfield
  6. Hot – Robert Cray
  7. Promises You Can’t Keep – Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson, Steve Jordan
  8. To Be with You – Robert Cray
  9. My Baby Likes to Boogaloo – Don Gardner
  10. Can’t Make Me Change – Robert Cray
  11. A Little Less Lonely – Hendrix Ackle, Richard Cousins
  12. Do It – Jack Ashford, Lorraine Chandler

Momus: Otto Spooky

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On February 28, 2005, “Analog Baroque” label released “Otto Spooky”, the 18th Momus studio album. It was recorded in 2004, in Berlin, and was produced by John Talaga.

Personnel:

  • Momus (Nick Currie) – main performer
  • John Talaga – electronics, morphs between songs
  • Bernhard Gal – background sounds
  • James Goggin – design
  • Julia Gorostidi – design assistance

Track listing:

  1. Sempreverde
  2. Life of the Fields
  3. Corkscrew King
  4. Klaxon
  5. Robin Hood
  6. Lady Fancy Knickers
  7. Lute Score
  8. Belvedere
  9. Your Fat Friend
  10. Mr Ulysses
  11. Water Song
  12. Jesus In Furs
  13. Bantam Boys
  14. Cockle Pickers
  15. The Artist Overwhelmed

The Television PersonalitiesL My Dark Places

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On February 27, 2006, “Domino” label released “My Dark Places”, the ninth Television Personalities (The) album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Soup Studio” in London, and was produced by Simon Trought.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Treacy – vocal, guitars, keyboards
  • Ed Ball – vocal, bass
  • Mathew Sawyer – drums
  • Victoria Yeulet – vocal
  • Gerard Bennett – bass
  • John Bennett – drums
  • Alison Cotton – viola
  • Simon Trought – engineer
  • Graeme Wilson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Daniel Treacy.

  1. Special Chair
  2. All the Young Children on Crack
  3. Sick Again
  4. Ex-Girlfriend Club
  5. Dream the Sweetest Dreams
  6. Velvet Underground
  7. My Dark Places
  8. I’m Not Your Typical Boy
  9. You Kept Me Waiting Too Long
  10. They’ll Have to Catch Us First
  11. She Can’ Stop Traffic
  12. Tell Me About Your Day
  13. Then a Big Boy Came and Knocked It All Down
  14. No More I Hate You’s
  15. There’s No Beautiful Way to Say Goodbye