Monthly Archives: May 2025

The Clash: The Cost Of Living

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On May 11, 1979, “CBS” label released “The Cost of Living”, the second Clash (The) EP. It was recorded in 1978, and was produced by Bill Price, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Nicky “Topper” Headon.

Personnel:

  • Joe Strummer – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Mick Jones – lead and backing vocals, lead guitar
  • Paul Simonon – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Nicky “Topper” Headon – drums, percussion 

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, except where noted.

  1. I Fought the Law – Sonny Curtis
  2. Groovy Times
  3. Gates of the West
  4. Capital Radio
  5. The Cost of Living Advert

Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy On The French Riviera

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In May 1962, “Phillips” label released “Dizzy on the French Riviera”, the 36th Dizzy Gillespie album. It was recorded in 1962, and was produced by Quincy Jones.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Gillespie – vocals, trumpet
  • Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements
  • Charlie Ventura – tenor and bass saxophone
  • Leo Wright – vocals, flute, alto saxophone, vocals
  • Elek Bacsik – guitar
  • Chris White – double bass
  • Rudy Collins – drums
  • Pepito Riestria – percussion

Track listing:

  1. No More Blues – Antonio Carlos Jobim-Vinicius de Moraes
  2. Long, Long Summer – Lalo Schifrin
  3. I Waited for You – Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie
  4. Desafinado – Jobim-Mendonça
  5. Here It Is – Dizzy Gillespie
  6. Pau de Arara – Luiz Gonzaga, Guio de Morais
  7. For the Gypsies – Dizzy Gillespie

Hampton Hawes: This Is Hampton Hawes

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In May 1956, “Contemporary” label released “This Is Hampton Hawes”, the second Hampton Hawes label. It was recorded June – December 1955, January 1956, at “Los Angeles Police Academy” in Chavez Ravine, “Contemporary’s Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Chuck Thompson – drums

Track listing:

  1. You and the Night and the Music – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  2. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  3. Blues for Jacque – Hampton Hawes
  4. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  5. Steeplechase – Charlie Parker
  6. ‘Round About Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  7. Just Squeeze Me – Duke Ellington
  8. Autumn in New York – Vernon Duke
  9. Section Blues – Red Mitchell, Chuck Thompson

Kings Of Leon: Can We Please Have Fun

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On May 10, 2024, “Love Tap” label released “Can We Please Have Fun”, the ninth Kings of Leon studio label. It was recorded in 2023, at “Dark Horse Recording” in Franklin, Tennessee, and was produced by Kid Harpoon.

Personnel:

  • Caleb Followill – vocals, guitar
  • Jared Followill – vocals, bass guitar
  • Nathan Followill – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Matthew Followill – vocals, guitar, synthesizer
  • Liam O’Neil – organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Brian Rajaratnam – recording
  • Akarsh Vaidyanathan, Drew Boals, Emi Trevena, and Jacob Spitzer – engineer assistant
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Randy Merrill – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Nathan Followill, and Matthew Followill.

  1. Ballerina Radio
  2. Rainbow Ball
  3. Nowhere to Run
  4. Mustang
  5. Actual Daydream
  6. Split Screen
  7. Don’t Stop the Bleeding
  8. Nothing to Do
  9. M Television
  10. Hesitation Gen
  11. Ease Me On
  12. Seen

Jim White & Marisa Anderson: Swallowtail

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On May 2024, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Swallowtail”, the second Jim White and Marisa Anderson studio album. It was recorded in June 2022, in “Resting Bell Studio” in Point Lonsdale, in Victoria, Australia.

Personnel:

  • Marisa Anderson – guitar
  • Jim White – drums
  • Nick Huggins – recording
  • Tucker Martine – mixing
  • Amy Dragon – mastering 
  • Anna White – artwork
  • Daniel Castrejón – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim White and Marisa Anderson.

  1. Aerie
  2. Bitterroot Valley Suite I: Water
  3. Bitterroot Valley Suite II: Tree
  4. Bitterroot Valley Suite III: Wind
  5. Peregrine
  6. Aurora

Tom Krell: I Am Toward You

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On May 10, 2024, “Sargent House” label released “I Am Toward You”, the sixth Tom Krell studio album.

Personnel:

  • How to Dress Well (Tom Krell) – vocals, instrumentation
  • Aaron Read – guitar
  • CFCF – instrumentation
  • Patrick McDermott – instrumentation
  • Trayer Tryon – instrumentation and inspiration, mixing
  • Ukiah Bogle – drums
  • Brian Allen Simon – reed instruments
  • Chris Votek – cello
  • Anarthia DLT – vocals
  • Noah Allaire – vocals
  • Joel Ford – vocal engineering
  • Zac Emerson – mastering
  • Adam Badî Donovan – additional mastering
  • Joshua James Clancy – artwork
  • Dan Krell – inspiration and poetics

Track listing:

  1. New Confusion
  2. Contingency/Necessity (Modality of Fate)
  3. Crypt Sustain
  4. No Light
  5. Nothingprayer
  6. On It and Around It
  7. Song in the Middle
  8. Gas Station Against Blackened Hillside
  9. A Faint Glow Through a Window of Thin Bone (That’s How My Fate Is Shown)
  10. The Only True Joy on Earth
  11. A Secret Within the Voice

Bibi Club: Feu de garde

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On May 10, 2024, “Secret City” label released “Feu de garde”, the second Bibi Club studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Studio Waterhouse”, and was produced by Nicolas Basque and Adèle Trottier-Rivard.

Personnel:

  • Nicolas Basque – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, field recording
  • Adèle Trottier-Rivard – vocals, synthesizer, drums, congas, percussion
  • Helena Deland – vocals
  • Camille Delean – vocals
  • Emma Broughton – vocals
  • Eugénie Jobin – vocals
  • Mischa Karam – vocals
  • Robin Love – vocals
  • Safia Nolin – vocals
  • Carmel Scurti-Belley – vocals
  • Mili Hong – drums
  • Marie-Christine Trottier – flute
  • Lévi Basque – bells
  • Noé Basque – bells
  • Ali Chant – mixing
  • Niklas Lueger – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Mégane Voghell – artwork
  • Daniel Yates – artwork, graphic design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nicolas Basque and Adèle Trottier-Rivard.

  1. La terre
  2. Parc de Beauvoir
  3. Shloshlo
  4. Le feu
  5. You can wear a jacket or a shirt
  6. Les guides
  7. L’île aux bleuets
  8. Samedi / le lit
  9. ce qui va disparaître
  10. Nico
  11. Rue du Repos

The Jayhawks: Smile

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On May 9, 2000, “American” label released “Smile”, the sixth Jayhawks (The) album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Flowers Studio” in Minneapolis, MN, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Gary Louris – vocals, guitar
  • Kraig Johnson – guitar
  • Karen Grotberg – vocals, keyboards
  • Marc Perlman – vocals, bass, mandolin
  • Tim O’Reagan – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bob Ezrin – vocals, synthesizer, percussion, accordion, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Eric Heywood – dobro, pedal steel guitar
  • Patrick Seymour – synthesizer
  • Armadillo String Quartet – strings
  • Jonathan Sacks – orchestration, string arrangements
  • Joseph Bishara – programming
  • Richard Werbowenko – programming
  • Ed Ackerson – programming, engineer
  • Jay Healy – engineer, mixing
  • Ok Hee Kim – engineer assistant
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction
  • David Katzenstein – cover photography
  • Ken Schles – photography
  • Andy Wolf – studio technician

Track listing:

  1. Smile – Gary Louris
  2. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Gary Louris, Taylor Rhodes
  3. What Led Me to This Town – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Karen Grotberg, Tim O’Reagan
  4. Somewhere in Ohio – Marc Perlman, Gary Louris, Tim O’Reagan, Bob Ezrin
  5. A Break in the Clouds – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Karen Grotberg, Tim O’Reagan
  6. Queen of the World – Gary Louris, Bob Ezrin
  7. Life Floats By – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  8. Broken Harpoon – Gary Louris
  9. Pretty Thing – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  10. Mr. Wilson – Gary Louris, Tim O’Reagan
  11. (In My) Wildest Dreams – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Bob Ezrin
  12. Better Days – Gary Louris
  13. Baby, Baby, Baby – Gary Louris

Clutch: Same

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On May 9, 1995, “East West Records” label released the self-titled, Clutch studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – January 1995, at “Uncle Punchy Studios” in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was produced by Larry Packer, Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines, Jean Paul Gaster and Richard More.

Personnel:

  • Neil Fallon – vocals
  • Tim Sult – guitar
  • Richard Morel – organ
  • Dan Maines – bass
  • Jean-Paul Gaster – drums
  • Larry “Uncle Punchy” Packer – engineer
  • Danio Saratak – digital engineer
  • Jay Ryan – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero – mixing
  • Mike Hamady – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jennifer Roddie – design
  • Rob Eberhardt – 3D typogtaphy
  • Dan Winters – photography
  • Wendy Berry – A&R representation

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines, Jean Paul Gaster and Richard Morel.

  1. Big News I
  2. Big News II
  3. Rock n’ Roll Outlaw
  4. Texan Book of the Dead
  5. Escape from the Prison Planet
  6. Spacegrass
  7. I Have the Body of John Wilkes Booth
  8. Tight Like That
  9. Animal Farm
  10. Droid
  11. The House That Peterbilt
  12. 7 Jam
  13. Tim Sult vs. The Greys

The Auteurs: Now I’m a Cowboy

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On May 9, 1994, “Hut” label released “Now I’m a Cowboy”, the second Auteurs (The) studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, at “Townhouse” in Protocol, Milo, and was produced by Phil Vinall and Luka Haines.

Personnel:

  • Luke Haines – vocals, guitar, piano
  • James Banbury – cello, Hammond
  • Alice Readman – bass guitar
  • Barny Rockford – drums
  • Joe Beckett – percussion
  • Louise Elliot – saxophone
  • Belinda Sykes – oboe
  • Phil Vinall – engineer
  • Pete Hoffman – engineer assistant
  • Giles Hall – engineer assistant
  • Peter Barrett – design
  • Andrew Biscomb – design
  • Stefan De Batselier – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Haines.

  1. Lenny Valentino
  2. Brainchild
  3. I’m a Rich Man’s Toy
  4. New French Girlfriend
  5. The Upper Classes
  6. Chinese Bakery
  7. A Sister Like You
  8. Underground Movies
  9. Life Classes / Life Model
  10. Modern History
  11. Daughter of a Child