Monthly Archives: May 2026

Peter Murphy: Silver Shade

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On May 9, 2025, “Metropolis Records” label released “Silver Shade”, the tenth Peter Murphy studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Youth.

Personnel:

  • Peter Murphy – vocals
  • Youth – guitar, bass
  • Michael Rendall – keyboards, synthesizer, strings. programming, recording, mixing
  • Eddie Banda – synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming
  • Justin Chancellor – bass
  • Amir John Haddad – oud, bouzouki, acoustic and electric guitar, flamenco guitar, handclaps
  • Boy George – vocals
  • Trent Reznor – vocals
  • Danny Carey – drums, percussion
  • Emilio DiZefalo – violin
  • Tim Dawson – additional engineering
  • Lore Young – engineering assistant
  • Tim Debney – mastering
  • Robert Hakalski – cover art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Murphy and Martin Glover, except where noted.

  1. Swoon
  2. Hot Roy
  3. Sherpa
  4. Silver Shade – Peter Murphy, Paul Statham
  5. The Artroom Wonder
  6. Meaning of My Life
  7. Xavier New Boy
  8. Cochita is Lame – Peter Murphy, Kevin Haskins, Peter DiStefano, Eric Avery, Doug DeAngelis
  9. Soothsayer
  10. Time Waits – Peter Murphy, Mark Mason
  11. Sailmaker’s Charm
  12. Let the Flowers Grow – Peter Murphy, Boy George, Martin Glover

Counting Crows:Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!

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On May 9, 2025, “BMG” label released “Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!”, the eighth Counting Crows studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Vrian Deck.

Personnel:

  • Adam Duritz – lead and harmony vocals, piano
  • David Bryson – guitar, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Immerglück – vocals, harmony vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin
  • Dan Vickrey – guitar, 12-string guitar, harmony vocals
  • Charlie Gillingham – keyboards, piano, Hammond B3 organ, Mellotron, harmony vocals
  • Millard Powers – bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Jim Bogios – drums, percussion, harmony vocals
  • Curtis Watson – trumpet
  • Dave Drago – backing vocals
  • Neil Strauch – recording
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Meghan Foley – art direction
  • Beth Hoeckel – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Adam Duritz.

  1. With Love, From A-Z
  2. Spaceman in Tulsa
  3. Boxcars
  4. Virginia Through the Rain
  5. Under the Aurora
  6. The Tall Grass
  7. Elevator Boots
  8. Angel of 14th Street
  9. Bobby and the Rat-Kings

Arcade Fire: The Pink Elephant

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On May 9, 2025, “Columbia” label released “Pink Elephant”, the seventh Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Win Butler, Régine Chassagne and Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Win Butler – vocals, backing vocals, synthesizer, acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, Wurlitzer piano, organ, mellotron, bass guitar, drums, percussion, drum machine, theremin, cowbell; timpani, cymbals
  • Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Régine Chassagne – vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar, pedal steel guitar, theremin, mellotron, drums, bells, glockenspiel, timpani, programming
  • Tim Kingsbury – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Jeremy Gara – drums, synthesizer
  • Daniel Lanois – pedal steel guitar, percussion
  • Dan Boeckner – electric guitar
  • Micah Nelson – electric guitar
  • Marley Mackey – synthesizer
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Sarah Neufeld – violin
  • Gerardo “Jerry” Ordonez – engineer, mixing, co-production 
  • Eric Heigle – co-production, additional engineering
  • John Krischer – additional engineering
  • Maria Paula Mariño – engineer assistant
  • Emily Eck – engineer assistant
  • Marc Olivier-Germain – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne.

  1. Open Your Heart or Die Trying
  2. Pink Elephant
  3. Year of the Snake
  4. Circle of Trust
  5. Alien Nation
  6. Beyond Salvation
  7. Ride or Die
  8. I Love Her Shadow
  9. She Cries Diamond Tears
  10. Stuck in My Head

Grant Green: The Latin Bit

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In May 1963, “Blue Note” label released “The Latin Bit”, the fifth Grant Green album. It was recorded April – September 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone
  • John Adriano Acea – piano
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Willie Bobo – drums
  • Carlos “Patato” Valdes – conga
  • Garvin Masseaux – chekere 
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Green, except where noted

  1. Mambo Inn – Mario Bauzá, Edgar Sampson, Bobby Woodlen
  2. Bésame Mucho – Consuelo Velázquez
  3. Mama Inez – L. Wolfe Gilbert, Eliseo Grenet
  4. Brazil – Ary Barroso
  5. Tico Tico – Zequinha de Abreu
  6. My Little Suede Shoes – Charlie Parker

Sonny Clark: Leapin’ And Lopin’

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In May 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Leapin’ and Lopin’”, the twelve and final Sonny Clark album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
  • Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
  • Butch Warren – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Clark, except where noted.

  1. Somethin’ Special
  2. Deep in a Dream – Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange
  3. Melody in C
  4. Eric Walks – Butch Warren
  5. Voodoo
  6. Midnight Mambo – Tommy Turrentine

Sabu Martinez And His Jazz Espagnole: Sabu’s Jazz Espagnole

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On May 7, 1961, “Alegre Records” label released “Sabu’s Jazz Espagnole”, album by Sabu Martinez and his Jazz Espagnole (the fourth Sabu Martinez album overall). It was recorded in 1960, and was produced by Al Santiago.

Personnel:

  • Sabu Martinez – congas
  • Arty Jenkins – piano
  • Bobby Porcellki – alto saxophone
  • Mart Sheller – trumpet
  • Bill Salter – bass
  • Arsenio Rodriguez, Ernie Newsum, Louie Ramirez – percussion
  • Israel Sanabria – design

Track listing:

  1. Intro
  2. The Oracle
  3. I remember Carmen
  4. Delilah
  5. Breakin’ In It
  6. Flipping
  7. Otra Vez
  8. Flamenco Ain’t Bad
  9. Woody’n You
  10. Enchantmene
  11. Nica’s Dream
  12. Coda

Duke Ellington: Blues In Orbit

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In May 1960, “Columbia” label released “Blues in Orbit”, the 32nd Duke Ellington album. It was recorded in February 1958, February – December 1959, at “Radio Recorders” in Los Angeles, “Columbia 30th Street” in New York.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Billy Strayhorn – piano
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone 
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
  • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin
  • Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Fats Ford – trumpet
  • Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Matthew Gee, Booty Wood – trombone
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Woode – bass
  • Jimmy Johnson – drums
  • Sam Woodyard – drums
  • Teo Macero – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington except as noted.

  1. Three J’s Blues – Jimmy Hamilton
  2. Smada – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  3. Pie Eye’s Blues
  4. Sweet and Pungent – Billy Strayhorn
  5. C Jam Blues – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard
  6. In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
  7. Blues in Blueprint
  8. The Swingers Get the Blues, Too – Duke Ellington, Matthew Gee
  9. The Swinger’s Jump
  10. Blues in Orbit – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  11. Villes Ville Is the Place, Man

Tony Bennett With The Count Basie Orchestra: Strike Up The Band

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In May 1959, “Roulette” label released “Strike Up the Band”, album by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra. It was recorded in January 1959, at “Capitol Studios” in New York, and was produced by Teddy Reig.

Personnel:

  • Tony Bennett – vocals
  • Ralph Sharon – piano, arrangements

The Count Basie Orchestra:

  • Count Basie – piano
  • Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
  • Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey – trombone
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums

Track listing:

  1. Strike Up the Band – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Chicago – Fred Fisher
  4. With Plenty of Money and You – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  5. Anything Goes – Cole Porter
  6. Life Is a Song – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
  7. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  8. Jeepers Creepers – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren
  9. Growing Pains – Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz
  10. Poor Little Rich Girl – Noël Coward
  11. Are You Havin’ Any Fun? – Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen

The Waterboys: All Souls Hill

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On April 6, 2022, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “All Souls Hill”, the fifteenth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Sussex, “The Bunker” in Welwyn, “Crow’s Nest” in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee, US, “Goyt Valley Sound”, “Miracle Studios”, “Nabby Road Studio” in Liverpool, “Ocean Soul Studios”, “Puck Towers”, “Rustic Souls” “Verlimont Studios” in Hampstead, England, “Wilbury Road Studios”, and was produced by Paul Brown, Simon Dine, James Hallawell and Mike Scott.

Personnel:

  • Mike Scott – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, sound effects, soundscaping
  • “Brother” Paul Brown – keyboards, synthesizer, sound effects, guitar, backing vocals, mixing
  • James Hallawell – piano, organ, mellotron, guitar, Marxophone, backing vocals, sound effects
  • Simon Dine – sound effects, lead guitar
  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  • Aongus Ralston – bass guitar
  • Ralph Salmins, Greg Morrow – drums
  • Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar
  • Pee Wee Ellis – saxophone
  • Ian McNabb – backing vocals
  • Barny Fletcher – backing vocals
  • Rob D. Cureton – choir vocals, choir arrangements
  • Jason Eskridge – choir vocals, engineer
  • Niki Conley, Kiley Phillips – choir vocals
  • Ciaron Bell – engineer
  • Don Jackson – mastering
  • Ian James Ross – design
  • Kahn & Selesnik – photography
  • Howard Rankin – photography
  • Charlotte Annand – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Dine and Mike Scott, except where noted.

  1. All Souls Hill
  2. The Liar
  3. The Southern Moon
  4. Blackberry Girl
  5. Hollywood Blues – James Hallawell, Aongus Ralston, Ralph Salmins, Mike Scott
  6. In My Dreams
  7. Once Were Brothers – Robbie Robertson
  8. Here We Go Again
  9. Passing Through – Dick Blakeslee

Pino Presti: 1st Round

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On May 6, 1976, “Atlantic” label released “1st Round”, the debut Pino Presti album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Regson Studio” in Milan, Italy, and was produced by Pino Presti.

Personnel:

  • Pino Presti – vocal, electric bass, Fender Rhodes, percussions, conductor, arrangements
  • Andrea Sacchi – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Massimo Luca – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ernesto Massimo Verardi – acoustic and twelve string guitar
  • Claudio Bazzari – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Riccardo Zappa: acoustic guitar 
  • Alberto Radius – synth guitar
  • Alberto Baldan Bembo – Moog, marimba
  • Alberto Mompellio – Hammond organ, Eminent, piano
  • Bruno De Filippi – harmonica
  • Ellade Bandini – drums
  • George Aghedo – rap vocals, conga, percussions
  •  Renè Mantegna – conga, percussions
  • Attilio Donadio – alto saxophone 
  • Giorgio Baiocco – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Fermo Lini – trumpet
  • Giuliano Bernicchi – trumpet
  • Gianni Caranti – trombone
  • Sergio Almangano -1st violin
  • Arturo Prestipino Giarritta – 1st violin
  • La Bionda – vocals
  • Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
  • Gianluigi Pezzera, Paolo Bocchi – engineer
  • Mario Convertino – artwork
  • Karin Hemp – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pino Presti, except where noted.

  1. Smile – Charlie Chaplin
  2. L’estate di Laura
  3. Funky Bump – lyrics by Ronnie Jones
  4. Aspettando Il Giorno
  5. Aghedo Osanwony
  6. Angie
  7. E Se Non Arrivasse
  8. C.so Buenos Aires
  9. Firefly – Kenny Nolan
  10. Sunny – Bobby Hebb
  11. C’era Una Volta