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Hubert Laws: The Rite Of Spring

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On August 26, 1971, “CTI” label released “The Rite of Spring”, the sixth Hubert Laws album. It was recorded in June 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Wally Kane, Jane Taylor – bassoon
  • Bob James – piano, electric piano, electric harpsichord
  • Gene Bertoncini, Stuart Scharf – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Dave Friedman – vibraphone, percussion
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Don Sebesky – arranger, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Pavane – Gabriel Fauré
  2. The Rite of Spring – Igor Stravinsky
  3. Syrinx – Claude Debussy
  4. Brandenburg Concerto #3 (First Movement) – Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. Brandenburg Concerto #3 (Second Movement) – Johan Sebastian Bach

Freda Payne: Band Of Gold

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In August 1970, “Invictus” label released “Band of Gold”, the third Freda Payne studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “HDH Sound Studios” (Holland-Dozier-Holland Sound Studios, Inc.) in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by William Weatherspoon.

Personnel:

  • Freda Payne – vocal
  • Lawrence Horn – recording
  • Bob Dennis – mastering
  • Bob Wortham – cover photography
  • William Weatherspoon – production supervision

Track listing:

  1. Band of Gold – Ron Dunbar, Edythe Wayne
  2. I Left Some Dreams Back There – Norma Toney, Ron Dunbar
  3. Deeper and Deeper – Norma Toney, Ron Dunbar, Edythe Wayne
  4. Rock Me in the Cradle – Ron Dunbar, General Johnson, Gregg Perry
  5. Unhooked Generation – Ron Dunbar, Edythe Wayne
  6. Love on Borrowed Time – William Weatherspoon
  7. Through the Memory of My Mind – William Weatherspoon
  8. This Girl Is a Woman Now – Alan Bernstein, Vic Millrose
  9. The World Don’t Owe You a Thing – Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
  10. Nos Is the Time to Say Goodbye – Scherrie Payne
  11. Happy Heart – Wayne P. Walker
  12. The Easiest Way to Fall – Ron Dunbar, Edythe Wayne, Scheerie Lavette

Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra

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In August 1970, “Capitol” label released “The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra”, the 46th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in June 1970, in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – piano, electric piano
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • William S. Fischer – conductor
  • Lalo Schifrin – conductor
  • Unidentified orchestra

Track listing:

  1. Experience in E – Joe Zawinul, William Fischer
  2. Tensity – David Axelrod
  3. Dialogues for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra – Lalo Schifrin

Royal Blood: Same

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On August 25, 2014, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled, debut Royal Blood album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Rockfield“ in Monmouthshire, Wales, and was produced by Tom Dalgety, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher.

Personnel:

  • Mike Kerr – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Ben Thatcher – drums
  • Tom Dalgety – recording, mixing
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Dave Sardy – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mike Kerr, all music by Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher.

  1. Out of the Black
  2. Come on Over
  3. Figure It Out
  4. You Can Be So Cruel
  5. Blood Hands
  6. Little Monster
  7. Loose Change
  8. Careless
  9. Ten Tone Skeleton
  10. Better Strangers

The Bad Plus: Inevitable Western

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On August 25, 2014, “Okeh Records” label released “Inevitable Western”, the twelve Bad Plus (The) album. It was recorded in January 2014, at “The Terrarium” in Minneapolis, MN, and was produced by Reid Anderson, Ethan Iverson and David King.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Reid Anderson – bass
  • David King – drums
  • Jason Orris – engineer, mixing, illustrations
  • Huntley Miller – mastering
  • Greg Meyers – design
  • David King – artwork
  • Chris Hinderaker – executive producer
  • Darryl Pitt – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Reid Anderson, except where noted.

  1. I Hear You
  2. Gold Prisms Incorporated – David King
  3. Self Serve – Ethan Iverson
  4. You Will Lose All Fear
  5. Do It Again
  6. Epistolary Echoes – David King
  7. Adopted Highway – David King
  8. Mr. Now – Ethan Iverson
  9. Inevitable Western – Ethan Iverson

Everything But The Girl: Baby, The Stars Shine Bright

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On August 25, 1986, “Blanco y Negro” label released “Baby, the Stars Shine Bright”, the third Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded March – April 1986, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Hedges, Tracey Horn and Ben Watt.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals
  • Ben Watt – guitar, orchestral arrangements
  • Cara Tivey – organ, piano
  • Micky Harris – bass
  • Rob Peters – drums
  • Steve Henderson, Joao Bosco De Oliveira, Frank Ricotti, Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Jeff Daly, Philip Todd, Peter King, Nigel Nash, Ray Swinfield – saxophone
  • Alan Downey, Derek Watkins, Luke Tunney, Stuart Brooks – trumpet
  • Andy Fawbert, Peter Thoms, Chris Pyne, Alan Hutt – trombone
  • James Handy, John Pigneguy – French horn
  • Gavyn Wright, Wilfred Gibson, John Willison, Richard Studt, Dave Woodcock, James Archer, Levine Andrade, Basil Smart, Bill Benham, Peter Oxer, Tim Good – violin
  • Kenneth Essex, George Robertson, Cathy Stevens, David Emanuel, Roger Garland – viola
  • Chris Green, Paul Kegg, Helen Liebmann, Clive Anstee – cello
  • Clare Torry, Linda Allen, Bob Saker, Lance Ellington, Gary Taylor, Tony Burrows, Vicky Silva, Tessa Niles – backing vocals
  • Nick Ingman – conductor, director
  • Caryn Gough – artwork
  • Richard Haughton – photography

Track listing:

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

  1. Come on Home
  2. Don’t Leave Me Behind
  3. A Country Mile – Tracey Thorn
  4. Cross My Heart
  5. Don’t Let the Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart – Ben Watt
  6. Careless – Ben Watt
  7. Sugar Finney
  8. Come Hell or High Water
  9. Fighting Talk
  10. Little Hitler – Tracey Thorn

Frank Sinatra: A Man Alone

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In August 1969, “Reprise” label released “A Man Alone” (fully titled A Man Alone: The Words and Music of McKuen), the 55th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in March 1969, in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny Burke.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocal
  • Don Costa – arrangements, conductor
  • Jerry Whitman – vocal
  • Nancy Adams, Tom Bahler, Betty Baker, James Bryant, Jan Gassman, Bill Lee, Diana Lee, Susan Tallman, Marie Vernon – vocals
  • Al Viola  – guitar 
  • Bill Miller – piano
  • Chuck Berghofer, Eddie Gilbert – bass
  • Alvin Stoller – drums 
  • Irving Cottler – drums
  • Larry Bunker – percussion
  • Gene Cipriano, Norman Herzberg, Bill Hood, Ronny Lang, Don Lodice, Ted Nash, Bud Shank, Nino Tempo – saxophone
  • John Cave, Vincent DeRosa, James Decker, James McGee, Arthur Maebe, William Hinshaw, Richard Perissi – French horn
  • Thelma Beach, Arnold Belnick, James Getzoff, William Kurasch, Emo Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig, Israel Baker, Bonnie Douglas, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure – violin
  • Alvin Dinkin, Alex Neiman, Allan Harshman, Paul Robyn – viola
  • Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher. Nino Rosso – cello
  • Kathryn Julye – harp
  • Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Ray Kramer, Jacqueline Lustgarten – vielle

Track listing:

All tracks by Rod McKuen.

  1. A Man Alone
  2. Night (spoken)
  3. I’ve Been to Town
  4. From Promise to Promise (spoken)
  5. The Single Man
  6. The Beautiful Strangers
  7. Lonesome Cities
  8. Love’s Been Good to Me
  9. Empty Is – (spoken)
  10. Out Beyond the Window – (spoken)
  11. Some Traveling Music – (spoken)
  12. A Man Alone (reprise)

Drive-By Truckers: The Dirty South

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On August 24, 2004, “New West” label released “The Dirty South”, the fifth Drive-By Truckers album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by David Barbe.

Personnel:

  • Mike Cooley – lead and backing vocals, guitars, banjo, harmonica
  • Patterson Hood – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano
  • Jason Isbell – lead and backing vocals, guitars, 12 string electric Hagstrom guitar, mellophones, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, B3 organ
  • Shonna Tucker – bass, backing vocals
  • Brad Morgan – drums, percussion
  • David Barbe – piano, Fender Rhodes, B3 organ, backing vocals, direction, recording
  • Clay Leverett – backing vocals
  • The Minor Hill Singers – (Jason Isbell, Kimberly Morgan, Shonna Tucker) – backing vocals
  • The State Line Chain Gang – percussive auto parts

Track listing:

  1. Where the Devil Don’t Stay – Mike Cooley
  2. Tornadoes – Patterson Hood
  3. The Day John Henry Died – Jason Isbell
  4. Puttin’ People on the Moon – Petterson Hood
  5. Carl Perkins’ Cadillac – Mike Cooley
  6. The Sands of Iwo Jima – Patterson Hood
  7. Danko / Manuel – Jason Isbell
  8. The Boys from Alabama – Patterson Hood
  9. Cottonseed – Mike Cooley
  10. The Buford Stick – Paterson Hood
  11. Dady’s Cup – Mike Cooley
  12. Never Gonna Change – Jason Isbell
  13. Lookout Montain – Paterson Hood
  14. Goddamn Lonely Love – Jason Isbell

Steve Earle: The Revolution Starts Now

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On August 24, 2004, “E-Squared Records” label released “The Revolution Starts Now”, the 11th Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy. In 2005, at the 47th “Grammy Awards”, Steve Earle won “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitars, mandola, organ, harmonica, harmonium

The Dukes

  • Eric “Roscoe” Ambel – vocals, guitars
  • Kelley Looney – vocals, bass
  • Will Rigby – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Patrick Earle – percussion
  • Emmylou Harris – vocals
  • String quartet
  • Chris Carmichael – viola, arrangements, conductor
  • David Angell – violin
  • David Henry – cello
  • Edward Henry – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle.

  1. The Revolution Starts …
  2. Home to Houston
  3. Rich Man’s War
  4. Warrior
  5. The Gringo’s Tale
  6. Condi, Condi
  7. F the CC
  8. Comin’ Around
  9. I Thought You Should Know
  10. The Seeker
  11. The Revolution Starts Now

Enrico Rava: Rava On The Dance Floor

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On August 24, 2012, “ECM” label released “Rava on the Dance Floor”, the 42nd Enrico Rava album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Auditorium Parco della Musica” in Rome, Italy, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Enrico Rava – trumpet
  • Daniele Tittarelli – alto saxophone, flute
  • Dan Kinzelman – tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Andrea Tofanelli, Claudio Corvini – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Mauro Ottolini – trombone, tuba
  • Marcello Giannini – electric guitar
  • Franz Bazzani – keyboard
  • Giovanni Guidi – piano, Fender Rhodes, toy piano
  • Dario Deidda – bass
  • Zeno de Rossi – drums
  • Ernesto Lopez Maturell – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Jackson, except where noted.

  1. Speechless
  2. They Don’t Care About Us
  3. Thriller – Rod Temperton
  4. Privacy – Bernard Belle, LaShawn Daniels, Michael Jackson, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins
  5. Smile – Charlie Chaplin
  6. I Just Can’t Stop Loving You/Smooth Criminal
  7. Little Susie
  8. Blood on the Dance Floor – Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley
  9. History – James Harris III, Michael Jackson, Terry Lewis