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Boo Radleys: Giant Step

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On August 31, 1993, “Creation” label released “Giant Steps”, the third Boo Radleys album. It was recorded February – March 1993, at “First Protocol Studios” in London; and was produced by Martin Carr, Tim Brown and Andy Wilkinson.The album title was inspired by John Coltrane’s album of the same name. “Giant Step” was voted album of the year by “NME” and “Select”.

Personnel:

  • Sice (Simon Rowbottom) – vocals
  • Martin Carr – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Timothy Brown – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Rob Cieka – drums, percussion
  • Steve Kitchen – trumpet, flugel horn
  • Jackie Toy – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Chris Moore – trumpet
  • Yvette Lacey – vocals
  • Meriel Barham– vocals
  • Nick Addison – vocals
  • Guy Fixsen – vocals
  • Kle – vocals
  • Laurence – vocals
  • Keith Cameron – vocals
  • Moose – handclaps, vocals
  • Russell – handclaps
  • Margaret Fiedler – cello
  • Lindsay Johnston – cello
  • Andy Wilkinson – engineer
  • Giles Hall – engineer assistant
  • Anjali Dutt – mixing
  • Kevin & Barry – mastering
  • Alan Moulder– remixi
  • Sarah Bedingham – assistance
  • Stephen A. Wood – sleeve art
  • Designland Limited – layout

Tracks listing:

All lyrics by Martin Carr, all music by Martin Carr, Simon Rowbottom, Rob Hanson and Timothy Brown.

  1. I Hang Suspended
  2. Upon 9th and Fairchild
  3. Wish I Was Skinny
  4. Leaves and Sand
  5. Butterfly McQueen
  6. Rodney King (Song for Lenny Bruce)
  7. Thinking of Ways
  8. Barney (…and Me)
  9. Spun Around
  10. If You Want It, Take It
  11. Best Lose the Fear
  12. Take the Time Around
  13. Lazarus
  14. One Is For
  15. Run My Way Runway
  16. I’ve Lost the Reason
  17. The White Noise Revisited

Dr. John: The Sun Moon & Hearts

Sun Moon Herbs

 On August 31, 1971, “Atco” label released “The Sun Moon & Herbs”, the fourth Dr. John album. It was recorded July – October 1970, at “Trident Studios” in London, “Criteria Studios” in Miami, and was produced by Mac Rebennack and Charles Greene.

Personnel:

  • Dr. John (Mac Rebbenack) – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, vibes, percussion
  • Eric Clapton- guitar
  • Tommy Ferrone – rhythm guitar
  • Walter Davis Jr. – piano
  • Ronnie Barron- keyboards
  • Steve York- bass
  • Jesse Boyce – bass
  • Carl Radle- bass
  • John Boudreaux – drums
  • Fred Staehle – trap drums
  • Freeman Brown – percussion
  • Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuels – percussion
  • Jim Gordon- percussion, conga
  • Vic Brox- pocket trumpet, organ
  • Graham Bond- alto saxophone
  • Ray Draper- tuba, percussion, backing vocals
  • Wayne Jackson- trumpet, horn
  • Chris Mercer – saxophone
  • Jerry Jumonville – saxophone
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
  • Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Love- tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Keys- tenor saxophone
  • Jim Price- trumpet
  • Jack Hale – trombone
  • Kenneth Terroade – flute
  • Mick Jagger, Doris Troy, Shirley Goodman, Tami Lynn,  P. Arnold, Bobby Whitlock- backing  vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Mac Rebennack except where noted.

  1. Black John the Conqueror
  2. Where Ya at Mule
  3. Craney Crow
  4. Familiar Reality (Opening) – Mac Rebennack, Jesse Hill
  5. Pots on Fiyo (Filé Gumbo) / Who I Got to Fall On (If the Pot Get Heavy)
  6. Zu Zu Mamou
  7. Familiar Reality (Reprise)

 

 

The Beach Boys: Sunflower

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On August 31, 1970, “Reprise” label released “Sunflower”, the 16th Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded June–October 1967, January 1969, July 1970, at “Sunset Sound Recorders”, “Gold Star Studios”, and Brian Wilson’s home studio in Los Angeles, and was produced by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Mike Love and Bruce Johnston.. In 1997, “Guardian” ranked “Sunflower” at number 66 on its list of the “100 Best Albums Ever”.

Personnel:

  • Brian Wilson– vocals, piano, bass,  Moog synthesizer
  • Carl Wilson– vocals, guitar, bass
  • Al Jardine– vocals, guitar
  • Bruce Johnston– vocals
  • Mike Love– vocals
  • Daryl Dragon– drums, tubular bell, harpsichord, piano, vibraphone
  • Igor Horeshevsky– cello
  • Michel Colombier– arranger, string arrangement
  • Stephen Desper– chief engineer, mixing
  • Ed Thrasher– art direction, inner photography
  • Ricci Martin– cover photo

Track listing:

  1. Slip On Through – Dennis Wilson
  2. This Whole World – Brian Wilson
  3. Add Some Music to Your Day – Brian Wilson, Joe Knott, Mike Love
  4. Got to Know the Woman – Dennis Wilson
  5. Deirdre – Bruce Johnston, Brian Wilson
  6. It’s About Time – Dennis Wilson, Bob Burchman, Al Jardine
  7. Tears in the Morning – Bruce Johnston
  8. All I Wanna Do – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  9. Forever – Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson
  10. Our Sweet Love – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine
  11. At My Window – Brian Wilson, Al Jardine
  12. Cool, Cool Water – Brian Wilson, Mike Love

 

 

 

Feeder: Yesterday Went Too Soon

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On August 30, 1999, “The Echo” label released “Yesterday Went Too Soon”, the second Feeder album. It was recorded 1998-1999, and was produced by Grant Nicholas, Taka Hirose and Jon Henry Lee.

Personnel:

  • Grant Nicholas – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Taka Hirose- bass guitar
  • Jon Henry Lee- drums, percussion
  • Audrey Riley- string arrangements
  • Matt Sime – engineer
  • Andy Wallace- mixing
  • Al Clay – mixing, additional engineering
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Rick Guest – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Nicholas.

  1. Anaesthetic
  2. Insomnia
  3. Picture of Perfect Youth
  4. Yesterday Went Too Soon
  5. Waiting For Changes
  6. Radioman
  7. Day In Day Out
  8. Tinsel Town
  9. You’re My Evergreen
  10. Dry
  11. Hole in My Head
  12. So Well
  13. Paperfaces – Paperfaces – ends at 4:28, hidden track “Bubblehead” starts at 9:25, “Bubblehead”

Bob Dylan: Modern Times

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On August 29, 2006, “Columbia” label released “Modern Times”, the thirty-second Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in February 2006, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan pseudonym). In the 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 204 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In 2007, Dylan won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album” for “Modern Times” and the “Grammy Award” for “Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance” for the song “Someday Baby”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Donnie Herron – steel guitar, violin, viola, mandolin
  • Denny Freeman– guitar
  • Stu Kimball – guitar
  • Tony Garnier– bass guitar, cello
  • George G. Receli – drums, percussion
  • Chris Shaw – engineer
  • Tom Aiezza – engineer assistant
  • Sheldon Yellowhair – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Ted Croner – cover photography (1947 photograph “Taxi, New York at Night”)

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Thunder on the Mountain
  2. Spirit on the Water
  3. Rollin’ and Tumblin’
  4. When the Deal Goes Down
  5. Someday Baby
  6. Workingman’s Blues #2
  7. Beyond the Horizon
  8. Nettie Moore
  9. The Levee’s Gonna Break
  10. Ain’t Talkin

Oasis: Definitely Maybe

Oasis - Definitely Maybe

On August 29, 1994, “Creation Records” label released “Definitely Maybe”, the debut Oasis studio album. It was recorded December 1993– April 1994, at “Clear Studios” in Manchester and “The Pink Museum” in Liverpool, and was produced by Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan, Tony McCarroll, Mark Coyle, Owen Morris and David Batchelor . In June 2006, “NME” magazine conducted a readers’ poll in which “Definitely Maybe” was voted the greatest album of all time. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in France by “SNEP”; Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”; 7 x Platinum in the UK by the “BPI, and Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”

Personnel:

  • Liam Gallagher– vocals, tambourine
  • Noel Gallagher– lead guitar, bass, piano, backing vocals
  • Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs– rhythm guitar, piano
  • Paul McGuigan – bass
  • Tony McCarroll – drums
  • Anthony Griffiths– backing vocals
  • Anjali Dutt – engineer
  • Dave Scott – engineer, mixing
  • Roy Spong – engineer
  • Mark Coyle – mixing
  • Owen Morris– additional mixing
  • Barry Grint– mastering
  • Brian Cannonfor Microdot – sleeve concept, design, art direction
  • Michael Spencer Jones – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Noel Gallagher.

  1. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
  2. Shakermaker
  3. Live Forever
  4. Up in the Sky
  5. Columbia
  6. Supersonic
  7. Bring It On Down
  8. Cigarettes & Alcohol
  9. Digsy’s Dinner
  10. Slide Away
  11. Married with Children

The Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels

Steel Wheels

On August 29, 1989, “Rolling Stones” label released “Steel Wheels”, the 19th Rolling Stones (The) studio album. It was recorded March – June 1989, at “Air Studios” in Montserrat, and was produced by Chris Kimsey and The Glimmer Twins. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”. “Steel Wheels” was the last Bill Wyman’s full-length studio album with The Rolling Stones.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars; harmonica, percussion, keyboards
  • Keith Richards– lead and backing vocals, acoustic, classical and electric guitar, bicycle spokes
  • Ronnie Wood– acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar and acoustic bass, dobro, backing vocals
  • Bill Wyman– bass guitar
  • Charlie Watts– drums
  • Chuck Leavell– organ, piano, keyboards
  • Matt Clifford – electricand acoustic piano, clavinet, harmonium, percussion programming, strings
  • Luis Jardim– percussion
  • Phil Beer– mandolin, fiddle
  • The Kick Horns– brass
  • Roddy Lorimer– trumpet
  • The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir AttarFarafina – African-Moroccan instruments
  • Sonia Morgan – backing vocals
  • Tessa Niles– backing vocals
  • Sarah Dash– backing vocals
  • Lisa Fischer– backing vocals
  • Bernard Fowler– backing vocals
  • Christopher Marc Potter – recording
  • Rupert Coulson – assitant engineer
  • Michael Brauer, Christopher Marc Potter, Chris Kimsey – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • John Warwicker – art direction, design
  • Mark Morton – logo design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

  1. Sad Sad sad
  2. Mixed Emotions
  3. Terrifying
  4. Hold On to Your Heart
  5. Hearts for Sale
  6. Blinded by Love
  7. Rock and a Hard Place
  8. Can’t Be Seen
  9. Almost Hear Your Sign – Steve Jordan
  10. Continental Drift
  11. Break the Spell
  12. Slipping Away

Destroyer: Poison Season

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On August 28, 2015, “Merge” label released “Poison Season”, the tenth Destroyer (Dan Bejar) studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Dan Bejar and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Bejar– vocals, MIDI, mixing
  • Ted Bois – piano, Roland D50
  • Tyson Naylor – DX-7, piano
  • Nicolas Bragg – electric guitar
  • David Carswell– acoustic and electric guitars, MIDI, mixing
  • Dylan Palmer – contrabass
  • John Collins– bass
  • Josh Wells – bongos, congas, drums, percussion
  • JP Carter – effects, trumpet
  • Joseph Shabason – flute, saxophone
  • Jesse Zubot – violin, viola, arranger, editing, string mixing
  • Rebecca Whitling – violin
  • Henry Lee – viola
  • Peggy Leo – cello
  • Stefan Udell – string arrangements
  • Dave Graham – engineer
  • John Raham – editing, engineer, string mixing
  • Erik Nielsen – assistant engineer
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering
  • Maggie Fost – design
  • Fabiola Carranza – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Bejar.

  1. Times Square, Poison Season I
  2. Dream Lover
  3. Forces From Above
  4. Hell
  5. The River
  6. Times Square
  7. Archer on the Beach
  8. Midnight Meet the Rain
  9. Solace’s Bride
  10. Bangkok
  11. Sun in the Sky
  12. Times Square, Poison Season II

The Moody Blues: The Present

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On August 28, 1983, “Threshold” label released “The Present”, the eleventh Moody Blues (The) album. It was recorded March – December 1982, at “Strawberry Studios” in London, and was produced by Pip Williams.

Personnel:

  • Justin Hayward –vocals, guitar
  • Patrick Moraz –keyboards
  • Ray Thomas – vocals, harmonica, flute
  • John Lodge – vocals, bass guitar
  • Graeme Edge –drums
  • Pip Williams – sequencing

Track listing:

  1. Blue World – Justin Hayward
  2. Meet Me Halfway – Justin Hayward,John Lodge
  3. Sitting at the Wheel – John Lodge
  4. Going Nowhere – Graeme Edge
  5. Hole in the World – John Lodge
  6. Under My Feet – John Lodge
  7. It’s Cold Outside of Your Heart – Justin Hayward
  8. Running Water – Justin Hayward
  9. I Am – Ray Thomas
  10. Sorry – Ray Thomas

Cactus: Ot ‘n’ Sweaty

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On August 28, 1972, “Atco” label released “’Ot ‘n’ Sweaty”, the fourth Cactus album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Geoffrey Haslam.

Personnel:

  • Peter French– lead and backing vocals
  • Werner Fritzschings– guitar
  • Duane Hitchings– keyboards, organ, acoustic and electric pianos
  • Tim Bogert– bass, backing vocals
  • Carmine Appice– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Michael Delugg – engineer
  • Jimmy Douglass– engineer
  • Joel Kerr – engineer
  • Tom Scott – engineer
  • Ray Thompson – engineer
  • David Palmer – engineer
  • James E. Vickers – engineer
  • Buzz Richmond – engineer assistant
  • Bernie Kirsh – engineer assistant
  • Geoffrey Haslam – remixing, mixing
  • Jean Ristori – mastering
  • Richard Mantel – art direction, design
  • Urs Tschuppert – design
  • David Willardson – cover art
  • David Gahr – photography
  • Yves Bigot– liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Swim (Let Me Swim) – Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Jim McCarty
  2. Bad Mother Boogie (Big Mama Boogie – Part II) – Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Peter French, Werner Fritzschings, Duane Hitchings
  3. Our Lil Rock ‘n’ Roll Thing – Carmine Appice, Tim  Bogert, Peter French, Werner Fritzschings, Duane Hitchings
  4. Bad Stuff – Peter French, Johnson
  5. Bringing Me Down – Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Peter French, Werner Fritzschings, Duane Hitchings
  6. Bedroom Mazurka – Peter French, Duane Hitchings
  7. Telling You – Peter French, Duane Hitchings
  8. Underneath the Arches – Connely, Flanagan, Jim McCarty