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Robert Cray: That’s What I Heard

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On February 28, 2020, “Nozzle” label released “That’s What I Heard”, the 20th Robert Cray album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Steve Jordan.

Personnel:

  • Robert Cray – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Steve Perry – vocals
  • The Craylettes – vocals
  • The Steves – vocals
  • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
  • Dover Weinberg – keyboards
  • Richard Cousins – bass
  • Terence F. Clark – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steve Jordan – vocals, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Trevor Lawrence – saxophone, recording
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet, valve trombone
  • Steve Genewick – additional recording
  • Al Schmitt – mixing
  • Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Keith Brogdon – cover design
  • Jeff Katz – cover photography
  • Antonie Sanfuentes – additional photography
  • Gregory Zaccaria – guitar technician
  • Paul Jamieson – drums technician

Track listing:

  1. Anything You Want – Robert Cray
  2. Burying Ground – Don Robey
  3. You’re the One – Deadric Malone
  4. This Man – Robert Cray
  5. You’ll Want Me Back – Curtis Mayfield
  6. Hot – Robert Cray
  7. Promises You Can’t Keep – Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson, Steve Jordan
  8. To Be with You – Robert Cray
  9. My Baby Likes to Boogaloo – Don Gardner
  10. Can’t Make Me Change – Robert Cray
  11. A Little Less Lonely – Hendrix Ackle, Richard Cousins
  12. Do It – Jack Ashford, Lorraine Chandler

Momus: Otto Spooky

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On February 28, 2005, “Analog Baroque” label released “Otto Spooky”, the 18th Momus studio album. It was recorded in 2004, in Berlin, and was produced by John Talaga.

Personnel:

  • Momus (Nick Currie) – main performer
  • John Talaga – electronics, morphs between songs
  • Bernhard Gal – background sounds
  • James Goggin – design
  • Julia Gorostidi – design assistance

Track listing:

  1. Sempreverde
  2. Life of the Fields
  3. Corkscrew King
  4. Klaxon
  5. Robin Hood
  6. Lady Fancy Knickers
  7. Lute Score
  8. Belvedere
  9. Your Fat Friend
  10. Mr Ulysses
  11. Water Song
  12. Jesus In Furs
  13. Bantam Boys
  14. Cockle Pickers
  15. The Artist Overwhelmed

The Television PersonalitiesL My Dark Places

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On February 27, 2006, “Domino” label released “My Dark Places”, the ninth Television Personalities (The) album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Soup Studio” in London, and was produced by Simon Trought.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Treacy – vocal, guitars, keyboards
  • Ed Ball – vocal, bass
  • Mathew Sawyer – drums
  • Victoria Yeulet – vocal
  • Gerard Bennett – bass
  • John Bennett – drums
  • Alison Cotton – viola
  • Simon Trought – engineer
  • Graeme Wilson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Daniel Treacy.

  1. Special Chair
  2. All the Young Children on Crack
  3. Sick Again
  4. Ex-Girlfriend Club
  5. Dream the Sweetest Dreams
  6. Velvet Underground
  7. My Dark Places
  8. I’m Not Your Typical Boy
  9. You Kept Me Waiting Too Long
  10. They’ll Have to Catch Us First
  11. She Can’ Stop Traffic
  12. Tell Me About Your Day
  13. Then a Big Boy Came and Knocked It All Down
  14. No More I Hate You’s
  15. There’s No Beautiful Way to Say Goodbye

Spacemen 3: Playing With Fire

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On February 27, 1989, “Fire” label released “Playing with Fire”, the third Spacemen 3 studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Sonic Boom and Jason Pierce.

Personnel:

  • Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) – vocals, guitar, organ
  • Jason Pierce – vocals, guitar
  • Will Carruthers – bass
  • George Peckham – mastering
  • The Robert Winterman Design Group – layout
  • Phil Nichols – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Pierce, except where noted.

  1. Honey – Peter Kember
  2. Come Down Softly to My Soul
  3. How Does it Feel? – Peter Kember
  4. I Believe it – Peter Kember
  5. Revolution – Peter Kember
  6. Let Me Down Gently – Peter Kember
  7. So Hot (Wash Away All of My Tears)
  8. Suicide – Jason Pierce, Peter Kember
  9. Lord Can You Hear Me

John Kay: Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes

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In February 1972, “Dunhill” label released “Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes”, the debut John Kay album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Richard Polodor.

Personnel:

  • John Kay – vocals, guitars
  • Kent Henry – lead guitar
  • Hugh O’Sullivan – keyboards
  • George Biondo – bass
  • Pentti Glan – drums
  • Mars Bonfire – lead guitar
  • Richard Podolor – guitar, organ, mandolin, percussion
  • Alexandra Sliwin, Joan Sliwin, Marsha Temmer – backing vocals
  • Bill Cooper – engineer
  • Tom Gundelfinger – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Kay, except where noted.

  1. Many a Mile – Patrick Sky
  2. Walk Beside Me
  3. You Win Again – Hank Williams
  4. To Be Alive
  5. Bold Marauder – Richard Farina
  6. Two of a Kind
  7. Walkin’ Blues – Robert Johnson
  8. Somebody
  9. I’m Moving On – Hank Snow

David Peel and The Lower East Side: The American Revolution

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In February 1970, “Elektra” label released “The American Revolution”, the debut David Peel and The Lower East Side studio album (second David Peel overall album). It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Peter K. Siegel.

Personnel:

  • David Peel – vocals, guitar
  • Billy Joe White – vocals, guitar
  • Harold C. Black – vocals, tambourine
  • David Horowitz – organ
  • Richard Grando – soprano saxophone
  • Herb Bushler – bass guitar
  • Tony Bartoli – drums
  • Stephen Y. Scheaffer – engineer
  • Peter K. Siegel – recording, mixing
  • William S. Harvey – art direction
  • Robert L. Heimall – design
  • Joel Brodsky – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Peel, except where noted.

  1. Lower East Side – Billy Joe White
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Legalize Marijuana
  4. Oink, Oink
  5. I Want to Get High
  6. I Want to Kill You
  7. Girls, Girls, Girls
  8. Hey, Mr. Draft Board – Al De Lory, Fred Darian, Joseph Van Winkle
  9. God

Hep Stars: It’s Been A Long Long Time

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In February 1968, “Cupol” label released “It’s Been a Long Long Time”, the fourth  Hep Stars studio album. It was recorded November – December 1967, and was produced by Steve Clark.

Personnel:

  • Svenne Hedlund – lead vocals
  • Benny Andersson – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Lennart Fernholm – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Unidentified session musicians – guitars, drums, brass instruments, string instruments
  • Michael Lee Henderson – arrangements
  • George S. Whiteman – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Enter the Young – Terry Kirkman
  2. Hope – Buddy Buie, John Rainey Adkins
  3. 5 A.M. – Sandy Salisbury
  4. It’s Time for a Change – Spencer Proffer, Jeffrey Marmelzat
  5. Changing Away from You – John Bettis
  6. It’s Been a Long Long Time – Benny Anderson, Lasse Nerghagen
  7. Musty Dusty – Curt Boettcher
  8. Spinning, Spinning, Spinning – Curt Boettcher, Ruthann Friedman
  9. There Is Love – Jim Valley
  10. Would You Like to Go – Curt Boettcher, Gary Alexander
  11. It’s Now Winter’s Day – Tommy Roe
  12. Another Time – Curt Boettcher

Elvis Presley: How Great Thou Art

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On February 27, 1967, “RCA Victor” label released “How Great Thou Art”, the eighth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded October 1960 – May 1966, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, and was produced by Felton Jarvis. The album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Sacred Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley – vocals
  • The Jordanaires – vocals
  • The Imperials – vocals
  • Millie Kirkham – vocals
  • Dolores Edgin – vocals
  • June Page – vocals
  • Scotty Moore – guitar
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • Charlie McCoy – guitar, bass, harmonica
  • Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • David Briggs – piano, organ
  • Henry Slaughter – piano, organ
  • Boots Randolph – saxophone
  • Rufus Long – saxophone
  • Bob Moore – double bass
  • Henry Strzelecki – double bass
  • D. J. Fontana – drums, tambourine
  • Buddy Harman – drums, timpani

Track listing:

  1. How Great Thou Art – Stuart K. Hine
  2. In the Garden – C. Austin Miles
  3. Somebody Bigger Than You and I – Hy Heath, Sonny Burke, Johnny Lange
  4. Farther Along – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  5. Stand by Me – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  6. Without Him – Mylon LeFevre
  7. So High – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  8. Where Could I Go but to the Lord – James B. Coats
  9. By and By – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  10. If the Lord Wasn’t Walking by My Side – Henry Slaughter
  11. Run On – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  12. Where No One Stands Alone – Mosie Lister
  13. Crying in the Chapel – Artie Glenn

Emitt Rhodes: Rainbow Ends

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On February 26, 2016, “Omnivore Recordings” label released “Rainbow Ends”, the fifth and the final Emitt Rhodes album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Chris Price.

Personnel:

  • Emitt Rhodes – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, additional engineering, mixing
  • Chris Price – acoustic and electric guitar, organ, handclaps, harmony vocals, effects, sounds, engineer, mixing
  • Pat Sansone – acoustic guitar
  • Jon Brion – guitar
  • Nels Cline – guitar
  • Jason Falkner – electric guitar, rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
  • Taylor Locke – electric guitar, rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
  • Probyn Gregory – slide guitar, horns
  • Nelson Bragg – tambourine
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, vibraphone, clavinet, mellotron, harmony vocals
  • Fernando Perdomo – bass
  • Joseph Seiders – drums, percussion, harmony vocals, handclaps
  • Kaitlin Wolfberg – strings
  • Bleu McAuley – harmony vocals
  • Susanna Hoffs – harmony vocals
  • Alex Jules – handclaps
  • Ben Lecourt – handclaps
  • Corey Perez – handclaps
  • Emeen Zarookian – handclaps, additional engineering
  • Kristian Hoffman – handclaps
  • Kyle Fredrickson – engineer
  • Pierre De Reeder – engineer
  • Nathan Flom – additional engineering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Greg Allen – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Emitt Rhodes, except where noted.

  1. Dog On a Chain
  2. If I Knew Then
  3. Isn’t It So
  4. The Wall Between Us – Dan Mayer, Emitt Rhodes, Jim Rolfe, Matt Malley
  5. Someone Else – Chris Price, Emitt Rhodes
  6. I Can’t Tell My Heart
  7. Put Some Rhythm to It
  8. It’s All Behind Us Now
  9. What’s a Man to Do – Dan Mayer, Emitt Rhodes, Jim Rolfe, Matt Malley
  10. Friday’s Love
  11. Rainbow Ends

House Of Love: Same

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On February 25, 1990, “Fontana” label released the self-titled, second House of Love (The) album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Dave Meegan, Paul Staveley O’Duffy, Stephen Hague, Tim Palmer, Guy Chadwick, Terry Bickers, Chris Groothuizen and Pete Evans.

Personnel:

  • Guy Chadwick – vocals, guitars
  • Terry Bickers – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Groothuizen – bass guitar
  • Pete Evans – drums
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Trevor Key – cover photography
  • David Bates – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Guy Chadwick.

  1. Hannah
  2. Shine On
  3. Beatles and the Stones
  4. Shake and Crawl
  5. Hedonist
  6. I Don’t Know Why I Love You
  7. Never
  8. Someone’s Got to Love You
  9. In a Room
  10. Blind
  11. 32nd Floor
  12. Se Dest