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Hayley Williams: Petals For Armor

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On May 8, 2020, “Atlantic” label released “Petals for Armor”, the debut Hayley Williams studio album. It was recording 2019 – 2020, at “East iris” in Nashville, “Music Friends” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Taylor York.

Personnel:

  • Hayley Williams – vocals; guitar, keyboards, drums
  • Mike Weiss – guitar
  • Rusty Williams – vocals, piano
  • Steph Marziano – keyboards, programming
  • Joey Howard – bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, additional production
  • Brian Robert Jones – bass
  • Aaron Steele – drums, congas, percussion, programming
  • Zac Farro – drums
  • Benjamin Kaufman – violin, chin cello
  • Julien Baker – backing vocals
  • Phoebe Bridgers – backing vocals
  • Lucy Dacus – backing vocals
  • Taylor York – additional instrumentation
  • Daniel James – string arrangements, additional production
  • Carlos de la Garza – engineer, additional production
  • Micah Tawlks – engineer, additional production
  • Michael Craver – mixing assistant, studio assistant
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • David Fitzgibbons – mixing assistant, studio assistant
  • Kevin Boettger – studio assistant
  • Michelle Freetly – studio assistant
  • Jake Butler – studio assistant
  • Steph Marziano – additional production
  • Lindsey Byrnes – creative direction, photography
  • Alex Mata – design, layout

Track listing:

  1. Simmer – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard, Taylor York
  2. Leave It Alone – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  3. Cinnamon – Hayley Williams, Taylor York
  4. Creepin’ – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard, Steph Marziano
  5. Sudden Desire – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  6. Dead Horse – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  7. My Friend – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  8. Over Yet – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard, Steph Marziano
  9. Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris – Hayley Williams, Daniel James, Taylor York
  10. Why We Ever – Hayley Williams, Micah Tawlks
  11. Pure Love – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard
  12. Taken – Hayley Williams, Joey Howard, Steph Marziano
  13. Sugar on the Rim – Hayley Williams, Taylor York
  14. Watch Me While I Bloom – Hayley Williams, Daniel James, Taylor Yok
  15. Crystal Clear – Hayley Williams, Taylor York

Elliot Smith: New Moon

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On May 8, 2007, “Domino” label released “New Moon”, the second posthumous Elliot Smith (the seventh album overall) album. It was produced by Rob Schnapf.

Personnel:

  • Elliot Smith – vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
  • Rob Jones – recording
  • Rob Schnapf – overdubs, mixing
  • Tom Rothrock – overdubs, mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Larry Crane – mixing, mastering supervision, research, archiving, liner notes, sequencing, compiled by
  • Maggie Vail – sequencing, compiled by
  •  Mike King – artwork
  • Chanda Helzer, Mike King – typography
  • Christopher O’Riley, Rebecca Gates, Sam Coomes, Sean Croghan – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Angel In the Snow
  2. Talking To Mary
  3. High Times
  4. New Monkey
  5. Looking Over My Shoulder
  6. Going Nowhere
  7. Riot Coming
  8. All Cleaned Out
  9. First Timer
  10. Go By
  11. Miss Misery (Early Version)
  12. Thirteen
  13. Georgia, Georgia
  14. Whatever (Folk Song In C)
  15. Big Decision
  16. Placeholder
  17. New Disaster
  18. Seen How Things Are Hard
  19. Fear City
  20. Either/Or
  21. Pretty Mary K (Other Version)
  22. Almost Over
  23. See You Later
  24. Half Right

Elbow: Asleep In The Back

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On May 7, 2001, “V2” label released “Asleep in the Back”, the debut Elbow studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 2001, and was produced by Steve Osborne, Ben Hillier, Danny Evans, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Craig Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

Personnel:

  • Guy Garvey – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, analogue synth, wine glasses, harmonica, wybercron, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Mark Potter – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Craig Potter – piano, organ, analogue synth, percussion, wine glasses, keyboards, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Pete Turner – bass guitar, analogue synth, wine glasses, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Richard Jupp – drums, percussion, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • The Elbow Choir – vocals
  • Danny Evans – percussion loops, recording, mixing
  • Ben Hillier – percussion, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Francoise Lemoignan – saxophone
  • Bob Sastri – brass, French horn
  • Nick Coen – brass
  • Martin Field – bassoon
  • Stuart King – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Matthew Gunner – French horn
  • Jonathan Snowden – flute, alto flute
  • Dominic Kelly – Cor Anglais
  • Ian Burdge – cello, musical director, woodwind arrangements
  • Andrea Wright – recording, mixing
  • Steve Lloyd – recording
  • Ed Chadwick – recording, mixing
  • Danton Supple – recording
  • Steve Osborne – mixing
  • Clare Lewis – mixing
  • Bruno Ellington – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Guy Garvey, all music by Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Craig Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

  1. Any Day Now
  2. Red
  3. Little Beast
  4. Powder Blue
  5. Bitten by the Tailfly
  6. Newborn
  7. Don’t Mix Your Drinks
  8. Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)
  9. Coming Second
  10. Can’t Stop
  11. Scattered Black and Whites

Randy Weston Trio: With These Hands…

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In May 1956, “Riverside” label released “With These Hands…”, the fourth Randy Weston album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Randy Weston – piano
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone 
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
  • Wilbert Hogan – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Weston, except where noted.

  1. The Man I Love – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. Serenade in Blue – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  3. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  4. This Can’t Be Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  5. These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
  6. Lifetime
  7. Do Nothing till You Hear from Me – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
  8. Little Niles

Kenny Clarke Ernie Wilkins Septet: Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins

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In May 1955, “Savoy” label released “Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins”, album by the Kenny Clarke-Ernie Wilkins Septet. It was recorded in March 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Ernie Wilkins – alto and tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • George Barrow – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Eddie Bert – trombone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Ernie Wilkins, except where noted.

  1. Pru’s Bloose – Ozzie Cadena
  2. I Dig You the Most
  3. Cute Tomato
  4. Summer Evening – Ozzie Cadena
  5. Oz – the Wizard
  6. Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
  7. Plenty for Kenny – Ozzie Cadena

Ash: 1977

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On May 6, 1977, “Home Grown” and “Infectious” labels released “1977”, the debut Ash studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1996, at “Loco” in Usk Valley, Wales, “Rockfield” in Rockfield, Wales, and was produced by Owen Morris, Mark Hamilton, Rick McMurray and Tim Wheeler.

Personnel:

  • Tim Wheeler – vocals, guitar, string arrangements, interior photography
  • Mark Hamilton – bass, interior photography
  • Rick McMurray – drums, interior photography
  • Lisa Moorish – extra vocals
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements
  • Owen Morris – string arrangements
  • Phil Thornalley – mixing 
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing 
  • Nick Brine – studio assistant
  • Sorrel Merchant – studio assistant
  • Neil Kiely – studio assistant
  • Brian Cannon – design, sleeve director, interior photography
  • Mark Hamilton – artwork assistant
  • Ed van der Eisken – cover photography
  • Ash – interior photography
  • Rolant Dafis – interior photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Wheeler, except where noted.

  1. Lose Control – Mark Hamilton, Tim Wheeler
  2. Goldfinger
  3. Girl from Mars
  4. I’d Give You Anything
  5. Gone the Dream
  6. Kung Fu
  7. Oh Yeah
  8. Let It Flow
  9. Innocent Smile – Mark Hamilton
  10. Angel Interceptor – Tim Wheeler, Rick McMurray
  11. Lost in You
  12. Darkside Lightside (includes hidden track Sick Party)

The Highwayman: Same

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On May 6, 1985, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Highwayman (The) album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Moman’s Recording” and “Woodland” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Chips Moman. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by ARIA, and Platinum in US by RIAA.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals
  • Waylon Jennings – vocals, guitar
  • Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar
  • Kris Kristofferson – vocals
  • Johnny Rodriguez – lead and backing vocals
  • Chips Moman – guitars, backing vocals
  • J. R. Cobb – guitars
  • Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
  • Reggie Young – guitars
  • Bobby Wood – keyboards
  • Bobby Emmons – keyboards
  • Paul Davis – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Mike Leech – bass guitar
  • Jimmy Tittle – bass guitar
  • Gene Chrisman – drums
  • Chips Moman – engineer
  • David Cherry – engineer
  • Ken Criblez – engineer assistant
  • Larry Greenhill – engineer assistant
  • Denny Purcell – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Highwayman – Jimmy Webb
  2. The Last Cowboy Song – Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson
  3. Jim, I Wore a Tie Today – Cindy Walker
  4. Big River – Johnny Cash
  5. Committed to Parkview – Johnny Cash
  6. Desperados Waiting for a Train – Guy Clark
  7. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) – Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman
  8. Welfare Line – Paul Kennerley
  9. Against the Wind – Bob Seger
  10. The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over – Steve Goodman, John Prine

Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison

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On May 6, 1968, “Columbia” label released “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison”, the first live Johnny Cash album. It was recorded on January 13, 1968, at “Folsom State Prison” in California, and was produced by Bob Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • June Carter – vocal
  • Carl Perkins – vocals, electric guitar
  • Luther Perkins – electric guitar
  • Marshall Grant – bass guitar
  • W.S. Holland – drums
  • The Statler Brothers (Lew DeWitt, Don Reid, Harold Reid, Phil Balsley) – vocals
  • Bob Breault – engineer
  • Bill Britain – engineer
  • Jim Marshall – photography

Track listing:

  1. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
  2. Dark as the Dungeon – Merle Travis
  3. I Still Miss Someone – Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jr,
  4. Cocaine Blues – T.J. Arnall
  5. 25 Minutes to Go – Shel Silverstein
  6. Orange Blossom Special – Ervin T. Rouse
  7. The Long Black Veil – Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill
  8. Send a Picture of Mother – Johnny Cash
  9. The Wall – Harlan Howard
  10. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog – Jack H. Clement
  11. Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart – Jack H. Clement
  12. Jackson – Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber
  13. Give My Love to Rose – Johnny Cash
  14. I Got Stripes – Johnny Cash, Charlie Williams
  15. Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
  16. Greystone Chapel – Glen Sherley

Chris Stapleton: Traveller

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On May 5, 2015, “Mercury Nashville” label released “Traveller”, the debut Chris Stapleton studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Historic RCA Studio A” and “Blckbird” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton.

Personnel:

  • Chris Stapleton – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Webb – Mellotron, organ, piano
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Derek Mixon – drums, percussion
  • Morgane Stapleton – backing vocals
  • Vance Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Drew Long – assistant
  • Ed Spear – assistant
  • Steve Blackmon – assistant
  • Sorrel Brigman – assistant
  • Mary Hooper – design
  • Becky Fluke – photography
  • Shane Stern – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton, except where noted.

  1. Traveller – Chris Stapleton
  2. Fire Away – Danny Green, Chris Stepleton
  3. Tennessee Whiskey – Dean Dillon, Linda Hargrove
  4. Parachute – Chris Stapleton, Jim Beavers
  5. Whiskey and You – Chris Stapleton, Lee Thomas Miller
  6. Nobody to Blame – Chris Stapleton, Barry Bales, Ronnie Bowman
  7. More of You – Chris Stapleton, Ronnie Bowman
  8. When the Stars Come Out – Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson
  9. Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore – Chris Stapleton
  10. Might as Well Get Stoned – Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Alan Stewart, Justin McGhee
  11. Was It 26 – Don Sampson
  12. The Devil Named Music – Chris Stapleton
  13. Outlaw State of Mind – Chris Stapleton, Jerry Salley, Ronnie Bowman
  14. Sometimes I Cry – Clint Ingersoll, Chris Stapleton

The Zombies: As Far as I Can See

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On May 5, 2004, “Rhino” label released “As Far as I Can See”, the fourth Zombies (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Rod Argent.

Personnel:

  • Colin Blunstone – vocals
  • Keith Airey – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Rod Argent – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals
  • Steve Rodford – drums
  • Mark Johns – rhythm guitar
  • Chris White – backing vocals
  • Andrew Powell – conductor
  • Steve Orchard – engineer, mixing
  • Nick Robbins – mastering
  • Phil Smee – design, photography
  • Chris Cook, Keith Curtis – photography
  • Gavyn Wright – leader
  • Paul Atkinson – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Rod Argent, except where noted.

  1. In My Mind a Miracle
  2. Memphis
  3. Southside of the Street
  4. I Want to Fly
  5. Time to Move
  6. I Don’t Believe in Miracles – Russ Ballard
  7. As Far as I Can See
  8. With You Not Here
  9. Wings Against the Sun
  10. Together
  11. Look for a Better Way