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In June 1979.

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In June 1979, “Warner Bros” label released “Life and Love”, the 16th Leon Russell album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produces by Leon Russell.

Personnel:

  • Leon Russell – vocal, guitar, piano
  • Jody Pein – guitar
  • Marty Greeb – guitar, saxophone
  • Roger Linn – guitar
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Roger Linn – drums, engineer
  • Bernetta Rand, Frances Pye, Lena Luckey, Wornell Jones, Joe Chemay – backing vocals
  • Tom Kemp – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Leon Russell.

  1. One More Love Song
  2. You Girl
  3. Struck By Lightning
  4. Strange Love
  5. Life and Love
  6. On the First Day
  7. High Horse
  8. Sweet Mystery
  9. On the Borderline

In June 1971.

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In June 1971, “Chrysalis” label released the self-titled, debut Mick Abrahams album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Chris Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Mick Abrahams – vocal, guitar, pedal steel guitar, steel guitar
  • Bob Sargeant – vocal, guitar, piano, organ
  • Walt Monaghan – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ritchie Dharma – drums, percussion, congas
  • John Punter – engineer
  • CCS Associates – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Abrahams, except where noted.

  1. Greyhound Bus
  2. Awake
  3. Winds of Change
  4. Why Do You Do Me This Way – Bob Sargeant
  5. Big Queen
  6. Not To Rearrange – Bob Sargeant
  7. Seasons

In June 1970.

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In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Expansions”, the tenth McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in August 1968, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Duke Pearson.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, wooden flute
  •  Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Ron Carter – cello
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Freddie Waits – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner, except where noted.

  1. Vision
  2. Song of Happiness
  3. Smitty’s Place
  4. Peresina
  5. I Thought I’d Let You Know – Cal Massey

In June 1967.

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In June 1967, “Hit-Tin” label released “We Are Paintermen”, the debut Creation (The) studio album. It was recorded May – June 1967, at “IBC”, “Olympic”, “Pye Studios”, and was produced by Shel Talmy.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Pickett – lead vocals
  • Eddie Phillips – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Bob Garner – lead vocals, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Kim Gardner – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jack Jones – drums
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano, tack piano, organ
  • Steve Aldo – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Eddie Phillips and Kenny Pickett except where noted.

  1. Cool Jerk – Donald Storball
  2. Making Time
  3. Through My Eyes – Eddie Phillips, Bob Garner
  4. Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
  5. Can I Join Your Band
  6. Tom Tom – Eddie Phillips, Bob Garner
  7. Try and Stop Me
  8. If I Stay Too Long – Eddie Phillips, Bob Garner
  9. Biff, Bang, Pow
  10. Nightmares
  11. Hey Joe – traditional, arr, by Eddie Phillips
  12. Painter Man

On June 26, 2020.

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On June 26, 2020, “Epitaph Records” label released “A Portrait of an Ugly Man”, the third Remo Drive studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Erik Paulson.

Personnel:

  • Erik Paulson – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, aux percussion
  • Stephen Paulson – bass guitar, programming
  • Sam Becht – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Erik Paulson and Stephen Paulson.

  1. A Guide to Live By
  2. Star Worship
  3. Dead Man
  4. If I’ve Ever Looked Too Deep in Through
  5. The Ugly Man Sings
  6. True Romance Lives
  7. Ode to Joy 2
  8. The Night I Kidnapped Remo Drive
  9. A Flower and a Weed
  10. Easy as That

On June 26, 2020.

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On June 26, 2020, “Loma Vista” label released “Amends”, the third Grey Daze studio album. It is composed of Chester Bennington’s vocals from the 1990s over newly recorded instrumentals. The album was recorded at “Salt Mine Studios”, “NRG Recording Studios”, and was produced by Jay Baumgardner and Rene Mata.

Personnel:

  • Chester Bennington – vocals
  • Christin Davis – guitar
  • Mace Beyers – bass
  • Sean Dowdell – drums, backing vocals
  • Jean-Yves D’Angelo – piano
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Heidi Gadd – strings
  • Carah Faye, Jaime Bennington, Laura Pergolizzi – additional vocals
  • Brian Welch, Chris Taynor, James Shaffer, Jasen Rauch, Marcos Curiel, Ryan Shuck, Page Hamilton – additional guitar
  • Brennen Brochard, Carston Dowdell – additional drums
  • Daniel Pampuri – drum programming
  • Kyle Hofmann – recording
  • Adam Schoeller, Andrea Roberts, Andy Kipnes, Tenni Ghaarakhanian – engineer
  • Jay Baumgardner – mixing
  • Ted Jansen – mastering
  • Mike Lythgoe – art direction, artwork
  • Jim Louvau, Kerry Rose, Mark Silverstein, Mike Walliser – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Chester Bennington and Sean Dowdell.

  1. Sickness
  2. Sometimes
  3. What’s in the Eye
  4. The Syndrome
  5. In Time
  6. Just Like Heroin
  7. B12
  8. Soul Song
  9. Morei Sky
  10. She Shines
  11. Shouting Out

On June 25, 2021.

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On June 25, 2021, “Merge” label released “Dark in Here”, the 20th Mountain Goats studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Fames Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle – vocals. guitars, piano
  • Matt Douglas – piano, guitar, woodwinds
  • Peter Hughes – bass
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Spooner Oldham – Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer organ
  • Will McFarlane – guitar
  • Susan Marshall – vocal harmony
  • Reba Russell – vocal harmony
  • Matt Ross-Spang – engineer
  • Shana Gandhi – mixing
  • Brent Lambert – mastering
  • John Lee Gifford – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

  1. Parisian Enclave
  2. The Destruction of the Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower
  3. Mobile
  4. Dark in Here
  5. Lizard Suit
  6. When a Powerful Animal Comes
  7. To the Headless Horseman
  8. The new Hydra Collection
  9. The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums
  10. Before I Got There
  11. Arguing with the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review
  12. Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light

On June 25, 2021.

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On June 25, 2021, “Sacred Bones Records” label released “The Turning Wheel”, the third Spellling studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Spelling (Chrystia “Tia” Cabral).

Personnel:

  • Spelling – vocals
  • Milo Jimenez – acoustic guitar
  • Macgregor Munson – banjo
  • Donia Jarrar – piano
  • Javier Santiago – piano
  • Brijean Murphy – conga drum
  • Lidia Rodriguez – baritone saxophone
  • Monica Benson – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Sara Mayo – trombone
  • Jennifer Hinkle – bass trombone
  • Rebecca Steinberg – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Carolyn Walter – bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Erin Paul – horn
  • Calliope Brass Quintet – brass
  • Del Sol Quartet – strings
  • Sabrina Tabby – violin
  • Jinty McTavish – violin
  • Rita Andrade – viola
  • Dharma Mooney – choir
  • Ezra Teshome – choir
  • Noor Al-Samarrai – choir
  • Ted Case – string arrangements
  • Nick Marchione – brass arrangement
  • Aleks Ozolins – engineer
  • John Finkbeiner – engineer
  • Drew Vandenberg – additional production, mixing
  • Adrian Morgan – mastering
  • Jonny Esser – mastering
  • Mike Johnson – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Spellling.

  1. Little Deer
  2. Always
  3. Turning Wheel
  4. The Future
  5. Awaken
  6. Emperor with an Egg
  7. Boys at School
  8. Legacy
  9. Queen of Wands
  10. Magic Act
  11. Revolution
  12. Sweet Talk

On June 24, 2008.

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On June 24, 2008, “Pi Recordings” label released “Party Intellectuals”, the debut Ceramic Dog studio album. It was recorded in October 2007, and was produced by Joel Hamilton. 

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot – vocals, guitar
  • Shahzad Ismaily – vocals, bass guitar, Moog synthesizer
  • Ches Smith – vocals, drum kit, percussion, electronics
  • Martín Verajano – percussion
  • Janice Cruz – vocals
  • Jenni Quilter – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Marc Ribot, except where noted.

  1. Break On Through – John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison
  2. Party Intellectuals – Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  3. Todo el Mundo es Kitsch
  4. When We Were Young and We Were Freaks – Emilio Cubierto, Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  5. Digital Handshake – Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith, Alessandro Stefana
  6. Bateau
  7. For Malena
  8. Pinch – Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  9. Girlfriend – Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  10. Midost
  11. Shsh Shsh – Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Jenni Quilter
  12. Never Better

In June 1968.

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In June 1968, “Track” label released the self-titled, debut Crazy World of Arthur Brown (The) debut studio album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Kit Lambert.

Personnel:

  • Arthur Brown – vocals
  • Vincent Crane – keyboards, vibes, arrangements, orchestration
  • Nick Greenwood – bass guitar
  • Drachen Theaker – drums
  • John Marshall – drums
  • David King – design
  • David Montgomery – photography
  • Pete Townshend – associate producer

Track listing:

  1. Prelude/Nightmare – Arthur Brown
  2. Fanfare/Fire Poem – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  3. Fire – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver, Peter Ker
  4. Come and Buy – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  5. Time/Confusion – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  6. I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
  7. Spontaneous Apple Creation – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  8. Rest Cure – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  9. I’ve Got Money – James Brown
  10. Child of My Kingdom – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane