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John Prine: The Tree Of Forgiveness

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On April 13, 2018, “Oh Boy” label released “The Tree of Forgiveness”, the eighteenth and final John Prine studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “RCA Studio A” in Nashville, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • John Prine – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, theremin, kazoo, handclaps, liner notes
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, mellotron
  • Jason Wilber – electric guitar
  • Mike Webb – piano, B3. mellotron
  • Matt Ross-Sprang – engineer
  • Pat McLaughlin – mandolin, backing vocals
  • Dave Jacques – bass
  • Ken Blevins – drums, kick drum, rack torn
  • Gena Johnson – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Bob Delevante – layout, design
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Fiona Whelan Prine, Jody Whelan – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Knockin on Your Screen Door – Pat McLaughlin, John Prine
  2. I Have met My Love Today – Roger Cook, John Prine
  3. Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone) – Pat McLaughlin, John Prine
  4. Summer’s End – Pat McLaughlin, John Prine
  5. Caravan of Fools – Dan Auerbach, Pat McLaughlin, John Prine
  6. The Lonesome Friends of Science – John Prine
  7. No Ordinary Blue – John Prine, Keith Sykes
  8. Boundless Love – Dan Auerbach, Pat McLaughlin, John Prine
  9. God Only Knows – John Prine, Phil Spector
  10. When I Get to Heaven – John Prine

Amadou & Mariam: Sou Ni Tilé

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On April 13, 1999, “Tinder” label released “Sou Ni Tilé”, the second Amadou & Mariam studio album. It was recorded in August 1997, and was produced by Amadou Bagayoko and Marc Antoine Moreau.

Personnel:

  • Amadou Bagayoko – vocals, guitar
  • Mariam Doumbia – vocals
  • Awa Timbo – vocals, backing vocals
  • Matu – Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ
  • Loïc Landois  – harmonica
  • Shihab M’Ghezzi Bekhoughe – bass
  • Stephane San Juan – drums, percussion
  • Barbara Teuntor Garcia – trumpet
  • Andrés Viáfara – trombone, arrangements
  • Alberto Rodriguez – trombone, arrangements
  • Alain Hatot – flute, transverse flute
  • Idwar Iskandar – Arabian flute, flute, ney
  • Sameh Catalan – violin
  • Johar Ali Khan  –violin
  • Walde Baba Sissoko – tama
  • Sanata Doumbia – backing vocals
  • Laurent Jaïs – engineer, mixing
  • Sherif Megahed – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Philippe Savoir – design, visuals
  • Marie Laure Dagnaux – photography
  • Thomas Delepière – photography
  • Frederic Fauchet – liner notes, lyric translation
  • Jean-Philippe Allard – executive producer
  • Daniel Richard – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Amadou Bagayoko.

  1. Je Pense à Toi (I Think of You)
  2. Combattants (Warriors)
  3. Mouna (I Wonder Why?)
  4. Pauvre Type (Poor Guy)
  5. Dogons
  6. Baara (Work)
  7. Dounia (The World)
  8. A Radio Mogo
  9. Djandjola (Adventure)
  10. On Se Donne La Main (Hand in Hand)
  11. Mon Amour, Ma Chérie (My Love, My Darling) 
  12. A Chacun Son Problème
  13. Teree La Sebin (Evil Eye) 
  14. Toubala Kono (Lonely Bird)
  15. C’est La Vie (That’s Life) 

Warren Zevon: Learning To Flitch

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On April 13, 1993, “Giant Records” label released “Learning to Flinch”, the second Warren Zevon live album. It was recorded June – October 1992, at various venues in the United States, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia, and was produced by Duncan Aldrich and Warren Zevon.

Personnel:

Warren Zevon – guitar, keyboards, vocals, harmonica

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Splendid Isolation
  2. Lawyers, Guns and Money
  3. Mr. Bad Example – Jorge Calderón, Warren Zevon
  4. Excitable Boy – LeRoy Marinell, Warren Zevon
  5. Hasten Down the Wind
  6. The French Inhaler
  7. Worrier King
  8. Roland Chorale – David Lindell, Warren Zevon
  9. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner – Davis Lindell, Warren Zevon
  10. Searching for a Heart
  11. Boom Boom Mancini
  12. Jungle Work – Jorge Calderón, Warren Zevon
  13. Piano Fighter
  14. Werewolves of London – LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon
  15. The Indifference of Heaven
  16. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
  17. Play It All Night Long

Maynard Ferguson: The New Sounds Of Maynard Ferguson

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In April 1963, “Cameo” label released “The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson”, the 21st Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded in March 1963, at “Fine Recording Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Dave Edelman.

Personnel:

  • Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone, French horn
  • Lanny Morgan – alto saxophone
  • Willie Maiden, Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
  • Dusan Goykovitch, Nat Pavone, Rick Kiefer – trumpet
  • Don Doane, Kenny Rupp – trombone
  • Mike Abene – piano
  • Linc Milliman – bass
  • Rufus Jones – drums
  • Mike Abene, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
  2. Bossa Nova de Funk – Willie Maiden
  3. Gravy Waltz – Steve Allen, Ray Brown
  4. Cherokee (Indian Love Song) – Ray Noble
  5. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
  6. One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie
  7. At the Sound of the Trumpet – Maynard Ferguson, Willi Maiden
  8. Maine Bone – Mike Abene
  9. Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock
  10. Danny Boy – traditional

Mark Knopfler: One Deep River

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On April 12, 2024. “British Grove” and “EMI” labels released “One Deep River”, the tenth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Richard Bennett –, acoustic and electric guitar, bouzouki
  • Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel
  • Guy Fletcher – synthesizer, Mellotron, harmonium
  • Jim Cox – digital piano, piano, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ
  • Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass 
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • John McCusker – fiddle
  • Mike McGoldrick – uilleann pipes, whistle
  • Emma Topolski – backing vocals
  • Tamsin Topolski – backing vocals
  • Guy Fletcher – engineer, mixing
  • Edie Delafield – engineer assistant
  • Eve Morris – engineer assistant
  • Rowan McIntosh – engineer assistant
  • Tom Coath – engineer assistant
  • Luie Stylianou – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Knopfler.

  1. Two Pairs of Hands
  2. Ahead of the Game
  3. Smart Money
  4. Scavengers Yard
  5. Black Tie Jobs
  6. Tunnel 13
  7. Janine
  8. Watch Me Gone
  9. Sweeter Than the Rain
  10. Before My Train Comes
  11. This One’s Not Going to End Well
  12. One Deep River

James: Yummy

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On April 12, 2024, “Nothing But Love” and “Virgin Music” labels released “Yummy”, the eighteenth James studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Leo Abrahams.

Personnel:

  • Tim Booth – lead vocals
  • Adrian Oxaal – guitar, cello, backing vocals
  • Saul Davies – guitar, keyboards, violin, drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Mark Hunter – keyboards; piano, bass guitar, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Andy Diagram – trumpet, whistle, backing vocals
  • Jim Glennie – bass guitar; backing vocals
  • Debbie Knox-Hewson – drums
  • Peter Glennie – guitar, trumpet, backing vocals, sound effects, engineer
  • Jon Hopkins – piano
  • Harvey Grant – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Andres Malta – keyboards, backing vocals, engineer
  • Alex Thomas – drums
  • Chloe Alper – backing vocals, additional vocal arrangements
  • Leo Abrahams – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, mellotron, synthesizer, backing vocals, programming, strings arrangements, recording
  • Emma Smith – violin
  • Serafina Steer – harp
  • Collette Byrne – backing vocals
  • Sam Frank – programming
  • Peter Glennie – programming
  • CJ Harper – additional engineering
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Frank Awkwright – mastering
  • Studio Fury – design, creative direction
  • Studio Evo – cover image

Track listing:

  1. Is This Love
  2. Life’s a Fucking Miracle
  3. Better with You
  4. Stay
  5. Shadow of a Giant
  6. Way Over Your Head
  7. Mobile God
  8. Our World
  9. Rogue
  10. Hey
  11. Butterfly
  12. Folks

Still House Plants: If I Don’t Make It, I Love U

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On April 12, 2024, “Bison” label released “If I Don’t Make It, I Love U”, the third Still House Plants studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Shaun Crook and Darren Clark.

Personnel:

  • Jess Hickie-Kallenbach – vocals
  • Finlay Clark – guitar
  • David Kennedy – drums

Track listing:

  1. M M M
  2. Pant
  3. Sticky
  4. More Boy
  5. Probably
  6. 3xcr3w3
  7. Silver Grit Passes Thru My Teeth
  8. Headlight
  9. No Sleep Deep Risk\
  10. Pushed
  11. More More Faster

Stara Rzeka: Cień Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem

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On April 11, 2013, “Instant Classic” label released “Cień Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem”, album by Stara Rzeka.

Personnel:

  • Kuba Ziolek – performer, recording, mixing
  • Hanna Trubicka – voice
  • Radek Dziubek – samples
  • A. Ziemny – translation
  • Agnieszka Zwara – illustrations, graphics

Track listing:

All tracks by Kuba Ziolek, except where noted.

  1. Przebudzenie Boga Wschodu
  2. Tej Nocy/Broń Nas Od Złego – lyrics by Awraham Chalfi, Kuba Ziołek
  3. Cień Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem
  4. Prześwit
  5. Nächtlich Spaziergang Durch Klinger
  6. My Only Child – lyrics by Nico, music by Kuba Ziolek, Nico

The Flower Kings: Stardust We Are

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On April 11, 1997, “Foxtrot Records” label released “Stardust We Are”, the third Flower Kings (The) studio album. It was recorded December 1996 – 1997, and was produced by Don Azzaro.

Personnel:

  • Hasse Fröberg – lead and backing vocals
  • Roine Stolt – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards
  • Tomas Bodin – Waldorf synthesizer, Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, pipe organ, Rhodes piano, Optigan, accordion, effects
  • Michael Stolt – bass guitar
  • Jaime Salazar – drums
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Ulf Wallander – soprano saxophone
  • Håkan Almkvist – sitar, tabla
  • Dexter Frank Jr. – engineer, mixing
  • David Palermo – artwork, image design
  • Hippiefied Art – book
  • Stefan Bodin – photography
  • Lilian Forsberg – photography
  • Per Nordin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt, except where noted.

  1. In the Eyes of the World
  2. A Room with a View
  3. Just This Once
  4. Church of Your Heart
  5. Poor Mr. Rain’s Ordinary Guitar
  6. The Man Who Walked with Kings
  7. Circus Brimstone
  8. Crying Clown
  9. Compassion (actual song length, hidden instrumental track follows)

Iron Maiden: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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On April 11, 1988, “EMI” label released “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”, the seventh Iron Maiden studio album. It was recorded February – March 1988, at “Musicland” in Munich, Germany, and was produced by Martin Birch.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Dickinson – vocals
  • Dave Murray – guitars
  • Adrian Smith – guitars, synthesiser
  • Steve Harris – bass, string synthesiser
  • Nicko McBrain – drums
  • Martin “Disappearing Armchair” Birch – tape operator, engineer, mixing
  • Stephane Wissner – engineer
  • Bernd Maier – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Rod Smallwood – sleeve concept
  • Derek Riggs – sleeve illustrations
  • Ross Halfin – photography

Track listing:

  1. Moonchild – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson
  2. Infinite Dreams – Steve Harris
  3. Can I Play with Madness – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris
  4. The Evil That Men Do – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris
  5. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – Adrian Smith
  6. The Prophecy – Dave Murray, Steve Harris
  7. The Clairvoyant – Steve Harris
  8. Only the Good Die Young – Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson