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T. Rex: Electric Warrior

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On September 24, 1971, “Fly” label released “Electric Warrior”, the sixth T. Rex studio album. It was recorded March–June 1971 at “Trident Studios” and “Advision Studios” in  London,  “Wally Heider Studios” in Los Angeles and “Media Sound Studios” in New York, and was produced by Tony Visconti. The cover artwork was designed by art design group Hipgnosis, based on a photograph taken by Kieron “Spud” Murphy at concert at the “Albert Hall”, Nottingham on May 14, 1971.

Personnel:

  • Marc Bolan– vocals, guitar
  • Mickey Finn– conga drums, bongos
  • Rick Wakeman– keyboards
  • Steve Currie– bass guitar
  • Bill Legend– drums
  • Ian McDonald– saxophone
  • Burt Collins – flugelhorn
  • Howard Kaylan– backing vocals
  • Mark Volman– backing vocals

All tracks by Marc Bolan.

  1. Mambo Sun
  2. Cosmic Dancer
  3. Jeepster
  4. Monolith
  5. Lean Woman Blues
  6. Get It On
  7. Planet Queen
  8. Girl
  9. The Motivator
  10. Life’s a Gas
  11. Rip Off

Robbie McIntosh

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On September 23, 1974, Robert Broderick James ‘Robbie’ McIntosh died aged 24. He was musician (drums), in the late 60’  member of the bands The Senate and Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express,  but he is best known as a founding member and drummer of The Average White Band.

The Stranglers: No More Heroes

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On September 23, 1977, “United Artists” label released “No More Heroes”, the second Stranglers (Тхе) studio album. It was recorded in July 1977 at “T.W. Studios” in Fulham, and was produced by Martin Rushent. The brass plaque on the album cover was engraved by Steven Stapleton of “Nurse with Wound”.

Personnel:

  • Hugh Cornwell– lead and backing vocals, guitars
  • Dave Greenfield– lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Jean-Jacques Burnel– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Jet Black– drums, percussion
  • Alan Winstanley – engineer
  • Nigel Brooke-Harte – mixing assistant
  • John Dent – lacquer cut
  • Paul Henry – design
  • Trevor Rogers – photography
  • Eamonn O’Keefe – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield and Jet Black.

  1. I Feel Like a Wog
  2. Bitching
  3. Dead Ringer
  4. Dagenham Dave
  5. Bring on the Nubiles
  6. Something Better Change
  7. No More Heroes
  8. Peasant in the Big Shitty
  9. Burning Up Time
  10. English Towns
  11. School Mam

Steely Dan: Aja

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Aja

On September 23, 1977, “ABC” label released “Aja”, the sixth Steely Dan studio album . It was recorded January – July 1977, at the “Village Recorder” in  West Los Angeles, “Producer’s Workshop” and “Sound Labs”  in Hollywood, “Warner Bros” studios in Burbank, “ABC” studios in New York City,  “A&R” studios in Manhattan, and was produced by Gary Katz.  In July 1978, the album won the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording”. In 2003 “Aja” was ranked number 145 on “Rolling Stone” magazine “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Donald Fagen- lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, police whistle
  • Walter Becker- bass, guitar, guitar solos
  • Larry Carlton- guitar, guitar solo
  • Denny Dias- guitar
  • Dean Parks- guitar
  • Steve Khan- guitar
  • Jay Graydon- solo guitar
  • Victor Feldman- electric piano, vibraphone, piano, percussion
  • Joe Sample- electric piano, clavinet
  • Paul Griffin- electric piano, backing vocals
  • Michael Omartian- piano
  • Don Grolnick- clavinet
  • Chuck Rainey- bass
  • Paul Humphrey- drums
  • Steve Gadd- drums
  • Bernard Purdie- drums
  • Rick Marotta- drums
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • Jim Keltner- drums, percussion
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Tom Scott- tenor saxophone, lyricon, horn arrangements
  • Wayne Shorter– tenor saxophone
  • Pete Christlieb- tenor saxophone
  • Jim Horn, Bill Perkins, Plas Johnson, Jackie Kelso – saxophones, flutes
  • Chuck Findley, Lou McCreary, Slyde Hyde – brass
  • Michael McDonald, Timothy B. Schmit, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields, Rebecca Louis – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

  1. Black Cow
  2. Aja
  3. Deacon Blues
  4. Peg
  5. Home At Last
  6. I Got The News
  7. Josie

Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul

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On September 23, 1969, “Enterprise” label released “Hot Buttered Soul”, the second Isaac Hayes studio album. It was recorded in June–July 1969 at the “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and at the “Tera Shirma Studios”, in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Al Bell, Marvell Thomas and Allen Jones.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Hayes– vocals, keyboards
  • The Bar Kays
  • Michael Toles – guitar
  • Marvell Thomas– keyboards
  • James Alexander – bass
  • Willie Hall  – drums

Track listing:

  1. Walk On By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  2. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic – Isaac Hayes, Alvertis Isbell
  3. One Woman – Charles Chalmers, Sandra Rhodes
  4. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Jimmy Webb

King Crimson: Discipline

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On September 22, 1981, “E.G.” label released “Discipline”, the eighth King Crimson studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Basing Street Studios” in London, and was produced by Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford and Rhett Davies.

Personnel:

  • Adrian Belew– lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Robert Fripp– electric guitar, devices (Frippertronics)
  • Tony Levin– Chapman stick , bass, backing vocals
  • Bill Bruford– drums, percussion

All tracks by Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp and Tony Levin.

  1. Elephant Talk
  2. Frame by Frame
  3. Matte Kudasai
  4. Indiscipline
  5. Thela Hun Ginjeet
  6. The Sheltering Sky
  7. Discipline

Love: Love Bites

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On September 22, 1978, “United Artists” label released “Love Bites”, the second Buzzcocks studio album. It was recorded July 1978 – August 1978, at the “Olympic Studios”, in London, and was produced by Martin Rushent.

Personnel:

  • Pete Shelley – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Steve Diggle– lead and backing vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitars
  • Steve Garvey– bass guitar
  • John Maher– drums

Track listing:

  1. Real World – Pete Shelley
  2. Ever Fallen in Love – Pete Shelley
  3. Operator’s Manual – Pete Shelley
  4. Nostalgia – Pete Shelley
  5. Just Lust – Pate Shelley and Alan Dial
  6. Sixteen Again – Pete Shelley
  7. Walking Distance – Steve Garvey
  8. Love is Lies – Steve Diggle
  9. Nothing Left – Pete Shelley
  10. E.S.P. – Pete Shelley
  11. Late for the Train – Pete Shelley, Steve Diggle, John Maher and Steve Garvey

The Band: Same

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On September 22, 1969, “Capitol” label released the self-titled, second Band (The) studio album, also known as “The Brown Album”. It was recorded 1968 – 1969, at the “Pool House” in West Hollywood, and “The Hit Factory” in New York, and was produced by John Simon.

Personnel:

  • Robbie Robertson – acoustic and electric guitars, engineer
  • Garth Hudson – electronic organ, clavinet, acoustic piano, accordion,  melodica, soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones, slide trumpet, bass pedals
  • Richard Manuel – vocals, acoustic piano, drums, baritone saxophone, harmonica
  • Levon Helm – vocals, drums, mandolin, rhythm guitar
  • Rick Danko – vocals, bass guitar, fiddle, trombone
  • John Simon – tuba, electric piano, baritone horn, tenor saxophone, “high school and peck horns”, engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Robbie Robertson, except where noted.

  1. Across the Great Divide
  2. Rag Mama Rag
  3. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  4. When You Awake – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
  5. Up on Cripple Creek
  6. Whispering Pines – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
  7. Jemima Surrender – Levon Helm, Robbie Roberston
  8. Rockin’ Chair
  9. Look Out Cleveland
  10. Jawbone – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
  11. The Unfaithful Servant
  12. King Harvest

Talk Talk: Spirit Of Eden

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On September 16, 1988, “Parlaphone” label released “Spirit of Eden”, the fourth Talk Talk album. It was recorded in 1987 – 1988, at the “Wessex Studios”, in London, and was produced by Tim Friese-Greene.

Personnel:

  • Mark Hollis– vocals, piano, organ, guitar
  • Tim Friese-Greene– harmonium, piano, organ, guitar
  • Paul Webb– electric bass guitar
  • Lee Harris– drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Robbie McIntosh– dobro, twelve-string guitar
  • Mark Feltham– harmonica
  • Simon Edwards– Mexican bass
  • Danny Thompson– double bass
  • Henry Lowther– trumpet
  • Hugh Davies– shozygs
  • Andrew Stowell – bassoon
  • Michael Jeans – oboe
  • Andrew Marriner– clarinet
  • Christopher Hooker – cor Anglais
  • Nigel Kennedy– violin
  • Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral

Track listing:

All compositions by Tim Friese-Greene and Mark Hollis.

  1. The Rainbow
  2. Eden
  3. Desire
  4. Inheritance
  5. I believe in you
  6. Wealth

Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love

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On September 16, 1985, “EMI” label released “Hounds of Love”, the fifth Kate Bush studio album . It was recorded January 1984 – June 1985, at “Wickham Farm Home Studio” in Welling, and was produced by Kate Bush.

Personnel:

  • Kate Bush– lead vocals, Fairlight CMI, piano
  • Alan Murphy– guitar
  • John Williams– guitar
  • Brian Bath – guitar, backing vocal
  • Del Palmer– bass, handclapping, Fairlight basson, Linn programming, backing vocals
  • Youth– bass
  • Eberhard Weber– bass
  • Danny Thompson– double bass
  • Stuart Elliott– drums
  • Charlie Morgan– drums, handclapping
  • Morris Pert– percussion
  • Paddy Bush– violins, balalaika, didjeridu, fujara, backing and harmony vocals
  • Dónal Lunny– bouzouki, Irish bouzouki
  • John Sheahan– whistles
  • Kevin McAlea– synthesiser sequences, synthesiser
  • Liam O’Flynn– uilleann pipes
  • Jonathan Williams – cello
  • The Medici Sextet – strings
  • Dave Lawson– string arrangements
  • John Carder Bush – backing vocals, narration
  • The Richard Hickox Singers– choir
  • Richard Hickox– vocals, choir master
  • Michael Berkeley– vocal arrangements

All tracks by Kate Bush.

  1. Running Up That Hill
  2. Hounds of Love
  3. The Big Sky
  4. Mother Stands for Comfort
  5. Cloudbusting
  6. And Dream of Sheep
  7. Under Ice
  8. Walking the Witch
  9. Watching You Without Me
  10. Jig of Life
  11. Hello Earth
  12. The Morning Fog