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Thee Silver Mt. Zion: Kollaps Tradixionales

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On February 8, 2010, “Constellation” label released “Kollaps Tradixionales”, the sixth Thee Silver Mt. Zion album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Hotel2 Tango” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Howard Bilerman and RadwaMoumneh.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – vocals, guitar, organ, piano
  • Thierry Amar – vocals, contrabass, horn arrangements
  • David Payant – vocals, drums, organ, piano
  • Jessica Moss – vocals, violin
  • Sophie Trudeau – vocals, violin

Horn section

  • Adam Kinner – tenor saxophone
  • Matana Roberts – alto saxophone
  • Jason Sharp – baritone saxophone
  • Gordon Allen – trumpet
  • Harris Newman – mastering

Track listing:

  1. There Is a Light
  2. I Built Myself a Metal Bird
  3. I Fed My Metal Bird the Wings of Other Metal Birds
  4. Kollapz Tradixional (Thee Olde Dirty Flag)
  5. Collapse Traditional (For Darling)
  6. Kollaps Tradicional (Bury 3 Dynamos)
  7. Kollaps Tradicional (Bury 3 Dynamos)
  8. ‘Piphany Rambler

Belong: October Language

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On February 8, 2006, “Carpark” label released “October Language”, the debut Belong studio album. It was recorded in 2004, in New Orleans, and was produced by Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Eustis – guitar, mastering
  • Turk Dietrich – mastering
  • Michael Jones – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones.

  1. I Never Lose. Never Really
  2. Red Velvet or Nothing
  3. October Language
  4. I’m Too Sleepy… Shall We Swim?
  5. Remove the Inside
  6. Who Told You This Room Exists?
  7. All Equal Now
  8. The Door Opens the Other Way

Jawbox: For Your Own Special Sweetheart

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On February 8, 1884, “Atlantic” label released “For Your Own Special Sweetheart”, the third Jawbox album. It was recorded August – September 1983, at “OZ Studio” in Baltimore, Maryland, and was produced by Ted Niceley.

Personnel:

  • J. Robbins – vocals, electric guitar
  • Bill Barbot – vocals, electric guitar
  • Kim Coletta – bass guitar
  • Zachary Barocas – drums
  • Drew Mazurek – engineer
  • Ted Niceley – engineer, mixing
  • Geoff Turner – engineer, mixing
  • Tim Gregory – engineer assistant
  • Jason Farrell – art direction, design
  • Jim Saah – photography
  • Shawn Scallen – photography
  • Katherine Davis – photography

Track listing:

  1. FF-66
  2. Savory
  3. Breathe
  4. Motorist
  5. LS/MFT
  6. Cooling Card
  7. Green Glass
  8. Cruel Swing
  9. Jackpot Plus!
  10. Chicago Piano
  11. Reel
  12. U-Trau
  13. Whitney Walks

Sibylle Baier: Colour Green

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On February 7, 2006, “Orange Twin Records” label released “Colour Green”, the only Sibylle Baier album. It was recorded 1970 – 1973, in Germany.

Personnel:

  • Sibylle Baier – vocals, guitar
  • Derek Almstead – mastering
  • Laura Carter – layout
  • Robby Baier – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Sibylle Baier.

  1. Tonight
  2. I Lost Something in the Hills
  3. The End
  4. Softly
  5. Remember the Day
  6. Forget About
  7. William
  8. Says Elliott
  9. Colour Green
  10. Driving
  11. Girl
  12. Wim
  13. Forgett
  14. Give Me a Smile

Emmylou Harris: Pieces Of The Sky

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On February 7, 1975, “Reprise” label released “Pieces of the Sky”, the second Emmylou Harris studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Enactron Truck” in Los Angeles, “Track Recorders” in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was produced by Brian Ahem.

Personnel:

  • Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar, guitar, bass
  • Bruce Archer – acoustic guitar
  • Rick Cunha – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • James Burton – electric guitar, Gut-string guitar, dobro
  • Amos Garrett – electric guitar
  • Byron Berline – fiddle, mandolin
  • Herb Pedersen – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, backing vocals
  • Danny Pendleton – pedal steel
  • Ben Keith – pedal steel
  • Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitar, bass, banjo, dobro, backing vocals
  • Bill Payne – piano
  • Glen Hardin – piano, electric piano, string arrangements
  • Richard Greene – fiddle
  • Ricky Skaggs – fiddle, viola
  • Duke Bardwell – bass
  • Tom Guidera – bass
  • Ray Pohlman – bass
  • Ron Tutt – drums
  • Mark Cuff – drums
  • Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals
  • Fayssoux Starling – backing vocals
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Brian Ahern – engineer
  • Chris Skene – engineer
  • Paul Skene – engineer
  • Fran Tate – engineer
  • Stuart Taylor – engineer
  • Lisa Phillips – angel drawings

Track listing:

  1. Bluebird Wine – Rodney Crowell
  2. Too Far Gone – Billy Sherrill
  3. If I Could Only Win Your Love – Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin
  4. Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris, Bill Danoff
  5. Before Believing – Danny Flowers
  6. The Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard
  7. Sleepless Nights – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  8. Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
  9. For No One – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Queen of the Silver Dollar – Shel Silverstein

The Four Seasons: Born To Wander

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On February 7, 1064, “Philips” label released “Born to Wander”, the fifth 4 Seasons (The) album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Stea Philips Studios” in New York, and was produced by Bob Crewe.

Personnel:

  • Frankie Valli (Francesco Stephen Castelluccio) – vocals
  • Gaetano “Tommy” DeVito – vocals, lead guitar
  • Bob Gaudio – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Nick Massi (Nicholas E. Macioci) – vocal, bass, vocal arrangements
  • Charles Calello – arrangements, conductor
  • Gordon Clark – engineer
  • Pete Mayers – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Born to Wander – Al Peterson
  2. Don’t Cry, Elena – Bob Gaudio
  3. Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Pete Seeger
  4. Cry Myself to Sleep – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  5. A Ballad for Our Time – Lou Stallman, Sid Jacobson
  6. Silence Is Golden – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  7. New Town – Phil Ochs
  8. Golden Ribbon – Bob Gaudio
  9. Little Pony (Get Along) – Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi
  10. No Surfin Today – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  11. Searching Wind – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  12. Millie – Bob Gaudio

Mike Ratledge

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On February 5, 2025, Michael Roland Ratledge died aged 81. He was musician (keyboards, flute), member of the Daevid Allen Trio, but was best known as founding member of Soft Machine. Regarded as one of the most influential members of the Canterbury scene, he recorded with Daevid Allen Trio, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, Syd Barrett, David Bedford, Wilde Flowers, Planet Earth, Rubber, Rollercoaster, Karl Jenkins.

16 Horsepower: Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes

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On February 6, 1996, “A&M” label released “Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes”, the debut 16 Horsepower studio album. It was recorded in 1995, at “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Warren Bruleigh.

Personnel:

  • David Eugene Edwards – vocals, banjo, guitar, bandoneon, lap steel guitar
  • Keven Soll – upright bass, flattop acoustic bass, cello, backing vocals
  • Jean-Yves Tola – drums, backing vocals
  • Gordon Gano – fiddle

Track listing:

  1. I Seen What I Saw
  2. Black Soul Choir
  3. Scrawled in Sap
  4. Horse Head
  5. Ruthie Lingle
  6. Harm’s Way
  7. Black Bush
  8. Heel on the Shovel
  9. American Wheeze
  10. Red Neck Reel
  11. Prison Shoe Romp
  12. Neck on the New Blade
  13. Strong Man

Bob Dylan And The Grateful Dead: Dylan & The Dead

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On February 6, 1989, “Columbia” label released “Dylan & the Dead”, album by Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead (The). It was recorded in July 1987, and was produced by Jerry Garcia and John Cutler.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar
  • Jerry Garcia – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Weir – vocals, guitar
  • Brent Mydland – vocals, keyboards
  • Phil Lesh – bass guitar
  • Mickey Hart – drums
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Guy Charbonneau – engineer
  • John Cutler – engineer
  • Gary Hedden – engineer
  • Peter Miller – engineer
  • David Roberts – engineer
  • Billy Rothschild – engineer
  • Chris Wiskes – engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Rick Griffin – art direction
  • Herb Greene – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan except where noted.

  1. Slow Train
  2. I Want You
  3. Gotta Serve Somebody
  4. Queen Jane Approximately
  5. Joey – Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy
  6. All Along the Watchtower
  7. Knockin’ on Heavens Door

Lennie Tristano: Same

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In February 1956, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, eight Lennie Tristano album. It was recorded 1954 – 1955, at Tristano’s home studio in New York, “The Sing-Song Room”, Confucius Restaurant in New York. The “Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings” included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.

Personnel:

  • Lennie Tristano – piano
  • Peter Ind – bass
  • Gene Ramey – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Jeff Morton – drums
  • Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
  • Jay Maisel – artwork
  • Barry Ulanov – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Lennie Tristano, except where noted.

  1. Line Up
  2. Requiem
  3. Turkish Mambo
  4. East Thirty-Second
  5. These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
  6. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  7. If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro
  8. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  9. All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern