Monthly Archives: January 2025

Dan Deacon: Mystic Familiar

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On January 31, 2020, “Domino” label released “Mystic Familiar”, the fifth Dan Deacon album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Headford Hall Studios” in Headford, Ireland, “Shanch Studios”, “Tempo House Studios”, “Switched On”, “Vagabond Inn”, and was produced by Dan Deacon.

Personnel:

  • Dan Deacon – performer, arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Craig Bowen – engineer
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Cristina Daury – illustration
  • Rob Carnuchael – design
  • Alex Silva – technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Dean Deacon, except where noted.

  1. Become a Mountain
  2. Hypnagogic
  3. Sat by a Tree
  4. Arp I: Wide Eyed
  5. Arp III: Far From Shore
  6. Arp III: Far From Shore
  7. Arp IV: Any Moment
  8. Weeping Birch – Dan Deacon, Ruby Fulton
  9. Fell Into The Ocean
  10. My Friend
  11. Bumble Bee Crown King – Dan Deacon, Ruby Fulton

Fairport Convention: Myths And Heroes

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In January 2015, “Marty Grooves Records” label released “Myths and Heroes”, the 27th Fairport Convention album. It was recorded at “Woodworm Studios” on Oxfordshire, UK, and was produced by John Gale, Simon Nicol, Chris Leslie, Ric Sanders, Dave Pegg and Gerry Conway.

Personnel:

  • Simon Nicol – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Chris Leslie – vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, violin, banjo, celtic harp, tenor guitar, chromatic harmonica, whistle
  • Ric Sanders – violin, keyboards, ukulele, bass ukulele
  • Dave Pegg – vocals, bass guitar, bass ukulele, double bass, bouzouki, mandolin, tenor banjo
  • Gerry Conway – drums, percussion
  • Matt Pegg – bass guitar
  • Jake Thornton – alto saxophone
  • Benjamin Hill – alto saxophone
  • Emma Jones – tenor saxophone 
  • Rob Spalton – trumpet
  • Joe Broughton – violin
  • Paloma Trigas – violin
  • Aria Trigas – violin

Track listing:

  1. Myths and Heroes – Chris Leslie
  2. Clear Water – Ralph McTell
  3. The Fylde Mountain Time / Roger Bucknall’s Polka – Chris Leslie, Dave Pegg
  4. Theodore’s Song – Chris Leslie
  5. Love at First Sight – Chris Leslie
  6. John Condon – Richard Laird, Sam Starrett, Tracey McRory
  7. The Gallivant – Ric Sanders
  8. The Man in the Water – Rob Beattie
  9. Bring Me Back My Feathers – Anna Ryder
  10. Grace and Favour – Chris Leslie
  11. Weightless / The Gravity Reel – James Wood, Chris Leslie
  12. Home – PJ Wright
  13. Jonah’s Oak – Ric Sanders

Kinston Wall: I

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In January 1992, “Trinity” label released “I”, the debut Kinston Wall album. It was recorded in 1991, in Helsinki, Finland, and was produced by Pedro Cucaracha.

Personnel:

  • Petri Walli – vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Jukka Jylli – bass, Egyptian horn, backing vocals
  • Sami Kuoppamäki – drums, percussion
  • Mark Flynn – Sound effects, rambling
  • Tom Vuori – mixing
  • Kie Von Hertzen – design, illustrations
  • Petteri Vilkki – technical support, colors
  • Joni Vihervä – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Petri Walli, Jukka Jylli and Sami Kuoppamäki, except where noted.

  1. With My Mind
  2. Used to Feel Before
  3. I’m Not the One
  4. Fire – Jimi Hendrix
  5. Waste of Time
  6. Nepal
  7. And I Hear You Call
  8. Tanya – 3:51
  9. 9 – 16. – Mushrooms

I Prelude

II On My Own

III The Weep

IV Mushrooms

V Circumstances

VI Captain Relief

VII More Mushrooms

VIII The Answer

Marianne Faithfull

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On January 30, 2025, Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull died aged 78. She was singer and actress, regarded as one of the lead female artists during the British Invasion in the United States. In 2009, Faithfull received the “World Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement” at the “Women’s World Awards”. In 2011, she was awarded the “Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”, one of France’s highest cultural honours. As leader Faithfull released 22 studio and 4 live albums.

The Shamen: In Gorbachev We Trust

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On January 30, 1989, “Moksha Records” label released “In Gorbachev We Trust”, the second Shamen (The) studio album.

  • Colin Angus – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
  • Will Sinnott (Will Sin) – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • John Delafons – drums, electronic percussion
  • Brian Pugsley, Derek Birkett, Evil Ed, John Vic, Kev Patterson – recording
  • Stroppi Bastado XII – artwork
  • Rogan Jeans – design
  • Steve Double – photography

Track listing:

  1. Synergy
  2. Sweet Young Thing
  3.  Raspberry Infundibulum
  4. War Prayer
  5. Adam Strange
  6. Jesus Loves Amerika (Fundamental)
  7. Transcendental
  8. Misinformation
  9. Raptyouare
  10. In Gorbachev We Trust
  11. Yellow Cellophane Day
  12. Mayhew Speaks Out

Univers Zero: Ceux du dehors

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On January 30, 1981, “Recommended” label released “Ceux du dehors”, the third Univers Zero album.

Personnel:

  • Andy Kirk – vocals, harmonium, piano, organ, Yamaha CP70
  • Guy Segers – vocals, bass, clarinet
  • Daniel Denis – vocals, drums, percussion, harmonium
  • Michel Berckmans – English horn, bassoon, oboe
  • Patrick Hanappier, Jean-Luc Aimé – violin, viola
  • Jean Debefre – hurdy gurdy
  • Thierry Zaboïtzeff – cello
  • Ilona Chale – vocal

Track listing:

  1. Dense – Daniel Denis
  2. La corne du bois des pendus – Daniel Denis
  3. Bonjour chez vous – Daniel Denis
  4. Combat – Andy Kirk
  5. La musique d’Erich Zann – Daniel Denis, Andy Kirk, Guy Segers, Michel Berckmans, Jean Debefve, Patrick Hanappier
  6. La tête du corbeau – Guy Segers

Ramsey Lewis: Funky Serenity

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On January 30, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Funky Serenity”, the 39th Ramsey Lewis album. It was recorded in October 1972, and was produced by Ramsey Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Ramsey Lewis – piano, electric piano, harpsichord
  • Cleveland Eaton – bass, electric bass, percussion
  • Morris Jennings – drums, congas, percussion
  • Ed Green – percussion, violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Cleveland Eaton, Morris Jennings and Ramsey Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Kufanya Mapenzi (Making Love) – Eddie Green
  2. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right – Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson
  3. What It Is!
  4. My Love for You – Eddie Green
  5. Nights in White Satin – Justin Hayward
  6. Serene Funk
  7. Dreams
  8. Betcha by Golly, Wow – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  9. Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter

Mars Volta: The Bedlam In Goliath

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On January 29, 2008, “Gold Standard Laboratories” and “Universal Motown Records” labels released “The Bedlam in Goliath”, the fourth Mars Volta studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, Rodriguez-Lopez’s home studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar, synthesizers
  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Isaiah Ikey Owens – keyboards
  • Juan Alderete – bass
  • Thomas Pridgen – drums
  • John Frusciante – guitar
  • Owen Levine – double bass
  • Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, keyboards
  • Adrián Terrazas-González – flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
  • Paul Hinojos – sound manipulation
  • Henry Trejo – “Because”s on “Agadez”
  • Nathaniel Tookey – string composition and arrangement
  • Edwin Outwater – strings conductor
  • Sam Bass – cello
  • Edwin Huizinga – violin
  • Anthony Blea – violin
  • Charith Premawardhana – viola

Track listing:

All lyrics Cedric Bixler-Zavala, all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.

  1. Aberinkula
  2. Metatron
  3. Hyena
  4. Wax Simulacra
  5. Tourniquet Man
  6. Cavalettas
  7. Agadez
  8. Askepios
  9. Ouroboros
  10. Soothsayer
  11. Conjugal Burns

Chicago: Twenty 1

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On January 29, 1991, “Full Moon” label released “Twenty 1”, the seventeenth Chicago studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Record Plant” in Hollywood, “Can-Am Recorders” in Tarzana, CA, “Ground Control Studios” in Santa Monica, CA and was produced by Humberto Gatica and Ron Nevison.

Personnel:

  • Dawayne Bailey – guitars, backing vocals
  • Robert Lamm – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, brass arrangements
  • Bill Champlin – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, brass arrangements
  • Jason Scheff – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Tris Imboden – drums, percussion
  • Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals, brass arrangements
  • James Pankow – trombone, backing vocals, brass arrangements
  • Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, backing vocals
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • David Foster – acoustic piano
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
  • Tom Keane – keyboards
  • Efrain Toro – keyboards
  • Steve Porcaro – keyboards programming
  • John Keane – drums
  • Stephen “Doc” Kupka – baritone saxophone
  • Jerry Hey – brass arrangements
  • Dennis Matkosky – brass arrangements
  • Humberto Gatica –engineer, mixing
  • Ron Nevison –engineer tracks
  • Jim Mitchell – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Poe – engineer assistant
  • Alex Rodriguez – additional engineering
  • Deandra Miller – production assistant
  • Kosh Brooks Design – art direction, design
  • Chris Cuffaro – photography

Track listing:

  1. Explain It to My Heart – Diane Warren
  2. If It Were You – J. Scheff, Darin Scheff, Tony Smith
  3. You Come to My Senses – Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
  4. Somebody, Somewhere – Bill Champlin, Dennis Matkosky, Kevin Dukes
  5. What Does It Takes – J. Scheff, Gerard McMahon
  6. One from the Heart – Robert Lamm, Gerard McMahon
  7. Chasin’ the Wind – Diane Warren
  8. God Save the Queen – James Pankow, J. Scheff
  9. Man to Woman – J. Scheff, Adam Mitchell
  10. Only Time Can Heal the Wounded – Robert Lamm, Gerard McMahon
  11. Who Do You Love – Bill Champlin, Dennis Matkosky
  12. Holdin’ On – Bill Champlin, Tom Saviano

Noir Désir: Veuillez Rendre L’Âme (À Qui Elle Appartient)

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On January 29, 1989, “Barclay” label released “Veuillez Rendre L’Âme (À Qui Elle Appartient)”, the second Noir Désir studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “ICP Recording Studios” in Ixelles, Belgium, and was produced by Ian Broudie.  

Personnel:

  • Bertrand Cantat – vocals, harmonica, guitar 
  • Serge Teyssot-Gay – guitar, piano, backing vocals 
  • Frederic Vidalenc – bass, backing vocals
  • Denis Barthe – drums, backing vocals
  • François “Bubu” Boirie – violin
  • Phil Delire – engineer
  • Vincent Epplay – painting
  • Alain Duplantier – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bertrand Cantat, all music by Serge Teyssot-Gay, Frederic Vidalenc, Denis Barthe and Bertrand Cantat.

  1. À L’Arrière Des Taxis
  2. Aux Sombres Héros De L’Amer
  3. Le Fleuve
  4. What I Need
  5. Apprends À Dormir
  6. Sweet Mary
  7. La Chaleur
  8. Les Écorchés
  9. Joey I
  10. Joey II
  11. The Wound