Yearly Archives: 2024

The Miracles: The Miracles Doin’ Mickey’s Monkey

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On November 11, 1963, “Tamla” label released “The Miracles Doin’ Mickey’s Monkey”, the fifth Miracles (The) album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Hitsville USA”, and was produced by Smokey Robinson, Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.

Personnel:

  • Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
  • Claudette Rogers Robinson – lead and backing vocals
  • Bobby Rogers – backing vocals
  • Ronnie White – backing vocals
  • Pete Moore – backing vocals
  • Marv Tarplin – guitar
  • The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
  • Stanley Mouse – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Mickey’s Monkey – Holland-Dozier-Holland
  2. Dance What You Wanna – James Alexander, Sam Cooke, Clifton White
  3. The Wah-Watusi – Dave Appell, Kal Mann
  4. The Twist – Hank Ballard
  5. Dancin’ Holiday – Diane Rogers, Fred Smith, Zelda Samuels
  6. Land of a Thousand Dances – Chris Kenner
  7. I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying – Holland-Dozier-Holland
  8. The Monkey Time – Curtis Mayfield
  9. The Groovey Thing – Smokey Robinson
  10. Twist and Shout – Phil Medley, Bert Russell
  11. Do You Love Me – Berry Gordy, Jr.  

Plas Johnson: This Must Be The Plas

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In November 1959, “Capitol” label released “This Must Be the Plas”, the fourth Plas Johnson album. It was recorded in 1959, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood.

Personnel:

  • Plas Johnson – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman – vibraphone
  • Paul Smith – piano
  • Ernie Freeman – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Howard Roberts, Bill Pitman – guitar
  • Red Callender – double bass
  • Earl Palmer – drums

Track listing:

  1. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
  2. I Hadn’t Anyone Till You – Ray Noble
  3. Heart and Soul – Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
  4. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
  5. Memories of You – Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
  6. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  7. There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
  8. If I Had You – Irving King, Ted Shapiro
  9. My Silent Love – Edward Heyman, Dana Suesse
  10. Day In-Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  11. My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnson
  12. S’il vous plait – John Lewis

Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde: The Moon And The Melodies

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On November 10, 1986, “4AD” label released “The Moon and the Melodies” studio album by Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins). It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde.

Personnel:

  • Harold Budd – piano
  • Elizabeth Fraser – vocals
  • Robin Guthrie – guitar
  • Simon Raymonde – bass guitar
  • Richard Thomas – saxophone, drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde and Harold Budd.

  1. Sea, Swallow Me
  2. Memory Gongs
  3. Why Do You Love Me?
  4. Eyes are Mosaics
  5. She Will Destroy You
  6. The Ghost Has No Home
  7. Bloody and Blunt
  8. Ooze Out and Away, Onehow

Beirut: Hadsel

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On November 19, 2023, “Pompeii” label released “Hadsel”, the sixth studio Beirut studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Zach Condon.

Personnel:

  • Zach Condon (Zachary F. Condon) – trumpet, modular synthesizer, French horn, church organ, pump organ, glockenspiel, Moog Voyager, baritone ukulele, Rhythm Ace drum machine, piano, tenor ukulele, electric organ, continuo organ, tape delay, accordion, Roland RS-505, Roland Jupiter, percussion, bells, Auto-Orchestra drum machine, recording, mixing
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Francesco Donadello – mastering
  • Lina Gaisser – artwork, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Zachary F. Condon.

  1. Hadsel
  2. Arctic Forest
  3. Baion
  4. So Many Plans
  5. Melbu
  6. Stokmarkness
  7. Island Life
  8. Spillhaugen
  9. January 18th
  10. Süddeutsches Ton-Bild-Studio
  11. The Tern
  12. Regulatory

Daneshevskaya: Long Is The Tunnel

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On November 10, 2023, “Winspear” label released “Long Is the Tunnel”, the debut Daneshevskaya studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Ruben Radlauer, Artur Szerejko and Hayden Ticehurst.

Personnel:

  • Anna Daneshevskaya Beckerman – vocals
  • Madeline Leshner – keyboards
  • Artur Szerejko – guitar, synthesizer, bass guitar, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Hayden Ticehurst – synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Ruben Radlauer – drums, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Lewis Evans – saxophone
  • Finnegan Shanahan – violin
  • Winona Hudec – layout, design
  • Marcus Maddox – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Anna Daneshevskaya Beckerman, except where noted.

  1. Challenger Deep
  2. Somewhere in the Middle
  3. Bougainvillea – Anna Daneshevskaya Beckerman, Madeline Leshner
  4. Big Bird
  5. Pink Mold
  6. ROY G BIV
  7. Ice Pigeon

Mickey Hart: RAMU

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On November 10, 2017, “Verve Forecast” label released “RAMU”, the 16th Mickey Hart album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – traps, RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe), beam, percussions, arrangements, sound design, mixing
  • Tarriona “Tank” Ball – vocals
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocals
  • Avey Tare – vocals
  • Peter Coyote – spoken word
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, synth guitar
  • Steve Kimock – guitar, lap guitar
  • Oteil Burbridge – bass guitar
  • Sikiru Adepoju – talking drum
  • Samuel Goodman – strings
  • Jason Hann – additional traps
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – vocals, bata, congas
  • Zakir Hussein – tabla, madal, arrangements, mixing
  • Sabir Khan – sarangi
  • Niladri Kumar – sitar, zitar
  • Sekaa Jegog Yuskumara – gamelan
  • Charles Lloyd – saxophone
  • Michal Menert – arrangements, sound design, mixing
  • Adam Tenenbaum, Boris Gladkihl – sound design
  • Nic Pope – recording, mixing
  • Tom Flye, Adam Tenenbaum, Boris Gladkihl, John-Paul McLean, Jason Mills – recording
  • Bassy Bob – additional recording, mixing and production
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Stanley Mouse – cover illustration
  • Jacob Lerman – package design
  • Jay Blakesberg, Atiba Jefferson, Camille Lenain, Susana Millman, John Werner – photography
  • Michal Menert – co-producer
  • Reya Hart – associate producer
  • “Decibel” Dave Dennison – archival

Track listing:

All tracks by Mickey Hart, except where noted.

  1. Auctioneers
  2. Wayward Son – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  3. Big Bad Wolf – Mickey Hart, Tarriona “Tank” Ball
  4. The Lost Coast
  5. Who Do You Think You Are? – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  6. You Remind Me – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  7. When the Morning Comes – Mickey Hart, Tarriona “Tank” Ball
  8. Jerry – Mickey Hart, Jerry Garcia
  9. Wine Wine Wine
  10. Nacare
  11. Spreading the News – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  12. Time Beyond Reason – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia

Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go

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On November 10, 2008, “Naïve Records” label released “Easy Come, Easy Go”, the 18th Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 2008, “Sear Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Hal Willner.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Barry Reynolds – guitars
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
  • Sean Lennon – vocals, guitars
  •  Gil Goldstein – piano, accordion, arrangements, string direction
  • Brian Mitchell – piano
  • Steve Weisberg – piano, electric piano, celesta, arrangements, conducting
  • Rob Burger – piano, organ
  • Greg Cohen – bass
  • Jim White – drums
  • Joey Baron – drums
  • Art Baron – bass recorder, trombone
  • Doug Wieselman – clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Ken Peplowski – bass clarinet
  • Marty Ehrlich – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Lenny Pickett – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, sarrusophone, double bass
  • Steven Bernstein – glockenspiel, mellophone, alto brass, trumpet
  • Maxin Moston, Rob Moose – violin
  • Warren Ellis – violin, electric violin
  • Michael Nicholas – viola
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Chan Marshall – vocals
  • Nick Cave – vocals
  • Antony Hegarty – vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals
  • Jarvis Cocker – vocals
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
  • Cat Power – backing vocals
  • Jean-Baptiste Mondino– art direction, photography

Track listing:

  1. Down from Dover – Dolly Parton
  2. Hold On, Hold On – Neko Case
  3. Solitude – Duke Ellington
  4. The Crane Wife 3 – The Decemberists
  5. Easy Come, Easy Go – Bessie Smith
  6. Children of Stone – Espers
  7. How Many Worlds – Brian Eno
  8. In Germany Before the War – Randy Newman
  9. Ooh Baby Baby – Smokey Robinson
  10. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  11. Salvation – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  12. Black Coffee – Sarah Vaughan
  13. The Phoenix – Judee Sill
  14. Dear God Please Help Me – Morrissey
  15. Kimbie – Jackson C. Frank
  16. Many a Mile to Freedom – Traffic
  17. Somewhere (A Place for Us) – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  18. Flandyke Shore – traditional

Fiona Apple: When The Pawn…

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On November 9, 1999, “Epic” label released “When the Pawn…”, the second Fiona Apple studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, and was produced by Jon Brion. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “When the Pawn…” at number 108 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list.

Personnel:

  • Fiona Apple – vocals, piano, synthesized bass, art concept, design
  • Jon Brion – various instruments, engineer assistant, mixing
  • Mike Elizondo – bass
  • Greg Cohen – bass guitar
  • Jonathan “Butch” Norton, Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
  • Wendell Kelly, Jean Martinelli, John Noreyko, Paul Loredo – horns
  • Mike Breaux – woodwind
  • Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, Wurlitzer
  • Charlie Bisharat, Eve Butler, Susan Chatman, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Peter Kent, Brian Leonard, Robert Peterson, Michele Richards, Edmund Stein, John Wittenberg – violin
  • Robert Becker, Denyse Buffman, Scott Haupert, Maria Newman – viola
  • Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama – cello
  • John Bainbridge – arrangements, orchestration
  • Tom Banghart, Rob Brill, Greg Collins, Bryan Jackson, Steve Mixdorf, John Tyree – engineer assistant
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Eddy Scheyer – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Fiona Apple.

  1. On the Bound
  2. To Your Love
  3. Limp
  4. Love Ridden
  5. Paper Bag
  6. A Mistake
  7. Fastr as You Can
  8. The Way Things Are
  9. Get Gone
  10. I Know

The Dave Matthews Band: Remember Two Things

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On November 9, 1993, “Bama Rags” label released “Remember Two Things”, the debut Dave Matthews Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Trax” in Charlottesville, “Flood Zone” in Richmond, “The Muse” in Nantucket, “Flat Five” in Salem, and was produced by John Alagia. In 2002, the album was certified Platinum in US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • David Matthews – vocals, guitar
  • Stefan Lessard – bass guitar
  • Carter Beauford – vocals, percussion
  • LeRoi Moore – vocals, woodwinds
  • Boyd Tinsley – vocals, violin
  • Greg Howard – Chapman Stick, synthesizer, percussion samples
  • Tim Reynolds – guitars

Track listing:

All tracks by David Matthews, except where noted.

  1. Ants Marching
  2. Tripping Billies
  3. Recently
  4. Satellite
  5. One Sweet World
  6. The Song That Jane Likes – Mark Roebuck
  7. Minarets
  8. Seek Up
  9. I’ll Back You Up
  10. Christmas Song

The Damned: Machine Gun Etiquette

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On November 9, 1979, “Chiswick” label released “Machine Gun Etiquette”, the third Damned (The) studio album. It was recorded March – August 1979, at “Sound Suite”, “Wessex Sound Studios”, “Utopia Studios”, “Workhouse Studios”, “SGS Studios” “Chalk Farm Studios”, and was produced by Roger Armstrong, Ed Hollis, Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies and Algy Ward.

Personnel:

  • Dave Vanian – lead vocals
  • Captain Sensible – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, mandolin, inner sleeve drawing
  • Algy Ward – bass, backing vocals
  • Rat Scabies – lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Lemmy Kilmister – bass, guitar, backing vocals 
  • Anthony More – synthesizer
  • Joe Strummer – backing vocals 
  • Topper Headon – backing vocals 
  • Henry Badowski – backing vocals 
  • Paul Simonon – hand claps
  • Alvin Clarke – engineer
  • Mike Shipley – engineer 
  • Gary Edwards – engineer 
  • Jeremy Green – engineer 
  • Rik Watton – engineer 
  • Damian Korner – engineer 
  • G. H. Wallis – engineer
  • Vic Keary – engineer 
  • Phil Smee – artwork
  • Alan Ballard – front cover photography
  • Mick Young – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian and Algy Ward, except where noted.

  1. Love Song
  2. Machine Gun Etiquette
  3. I Just Cam’t Be Happy Today – Rat Scabies, Captain Sensinble, Dave Vanian, Algy Ward, Giovanni Dadomo
  4. Melody Lee
  5. Anti-Pope – Rat Scabies, Captain Sensinble, Dave Vanian, Algy Ward, Phillip Burns
  6. These Hands
  7. Plan 9 Channel 7
  8. Noise, Noise, Noise – Rat Scabies, Captain Sensinble, Dave Vanian, Algy Ward, Jennet Ward
  9. Looking at You – Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred “Sonic” Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner
  10. Liar
  11. Smash It Up (Part 1)
  12. Smash It Up (Part2)