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The Raspberries: Same

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On April 10, 1972, “Capitol” label released the self-titled, debut Raspberries (The) album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York City, “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Jimmy Lenner.

Personnel:

  • Wally Bryson – lead and backing vocals, lead guitar
  • Dave Smalley – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Eric Carmen – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, piano
  • Jim Bonfanti – drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Carmen, except where noted.

  1. Go All the Way
  2. Come Around and See Me – Wally Bryson
  3. I Saw the Light – Eric Carmen, Wally Bryson
  4. Rock & Roll Mama – Dave Smalley
  5. Waiting
  6. Don’t Want to Say Goodbye – Eric Carmen, Wally Bryson
  7. With You in My Life – Wally Bryson
  8. Get It Moving – Dave Smalley
  9. I Can Remember

Mother Earth: Bring Me Home

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In April 1971, “Reprise” label released “Bring Me Home”, the fifth Mother Earth album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Travis Rivers.

Personnel:

  • Bob Cardwell – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • John Andrews – electric guitar
  • Tracy Nelson – lead and backing vocals, piano
  • Andy McMahon – piano, organ, backing vocals 
  • David Zettner – bass, backing vocals 
  • Karl Himmel – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • James Day – steel guitar
  • John Gimbel, Sammy Dodge – fiddle
  • Ben Keith – dobro
  • Earthettes, Earthmen, Irma Routen, Sandie Cantrell – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Temptation Took Control of Me and I Fell
  2. There Is No End
  3. Soul of Sadness
  4. I’ll Be Long Gone
  5. Bring Me Home
  6. Tonight the Sky’s About To Cry
  7. Seven Bridges Road
  8. Lo and Behold
  9. Deliver Me

Ray Charles: My Kind of Jazz

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In April 1970, “Tangerine” label released “My Kind of Jazz”, the 29th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in January 1970, at “RPM Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocal, piano
  • Ben Martin – guitar
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Ernest Elly – drums
  • J. Lloyd Miller – alto saxophone, oboe
  • Curtis Peagler – alto saxophone
  • Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
  • Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Glen Childress, Henry Coker, Joe Randazzo – trombone
  • Teddy Edwards – arranger

Track listing:

  1. Golden Boy – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  2. Booty Butt – Ray Charles
  3. This Here – Bobby Timmons
  4. I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson
  5. Sidewinder – Lee Morgan
  6. Bluesette – Toots Thielemans
  7. Pas–Se–O–Ne Blues – John Anderson
  8. Zig Zag – Bill Baker
  9. Angel City – Teddy Edwards
  10. Señor Blues – Horace Silver

The Youngbloods: Elephant Mountains

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In April 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Elephant Mountain”, the third Youngbloods (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1968, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World” in Hollywood, and was produced by Charlie Daniels, Bob Cullen, Jesse Colin Young, Lowell Levinger and Joe Bauer.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Colin Young – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Lowell Levinger – guitar, electric piano, backing vocals
  • Joe Bauer – drums
  • David Lindley – fiddle
  • Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Clayton – trumpet
  • Victor Feldman – vibraphone
  • Richie Schmidt – engineer
  • Hank Cicalo – engineer
  • Mickey Crofford – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Colin Young, except where noted.

  1. Darkness, Darkness
  2. Smug
  3. On Sir Francis Drake – Lowell Levinger
  4. Sunlight
  5. Double Sunlight – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  6. Beautiful
  7. Turn It Over – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  8. Rain Song (Don’t Let the Rain Bring You Down) – Jerry Corbitt, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  9. Trillium – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  10. Quicksand
  11. Black Mountain Breakdown – Lowell Levinger, Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer
  12. Sham
  13. Ride the Wind – Jesse Colin Young

Spanky and Our Gang: Like To Get To Know You

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In April 1968, “Mercury” label released “Like to Get to Know You”, the second Spanky and Our Gang studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Western Recorders” in Hollywood, “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, “Impact Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Dorough and Stuart Scharf.

Personnel:

  • Spanky McFarlane – vocals
  • Malcolm Hale – vocals, lead guitar, trombone
  • Lefty Baker – vocals, lead guitar, banjo
  • Nigel Pickering – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Kenny Hodges – vocals, bass
  • John Seiter – vocals, drums
  • Mike Deasy – guitar
  • Walter Raim – 12-string guitar
  • Red Rhodes – steel guitar
  • Artie Schroeck – organ, piano
  • Chet Amsterdam, Larry Knechtel, Richard Davis – bass
  • Bill LaVorgna, Donald MacDonald, Hal Blaine – drums
  • Lee Katzman – trumpet

Track listing:

  1. The Swingin’ Gate – John Ferrell, Geoffrey Meyers
  2. Prescription for the Blues – Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders
  3. Three Ways from Tomorrow – Lefty Baker
  4. My Bill – Bob Dorough, Daniel Greenburg, Monte Ghertler
  5. Sunday Mornin’ – Margo Guryan
  6. Echoes (Everybody’s Talkin’) – Fred Neil
  7. Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
  8. Stuperflabbergasted – Bruce Summers, Carlos Bernal
  9. Like to Get to Know You – Stuart Scharf
  10. Chick-a-Ding-Ding – Stuart Scharf
  11. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  12. Coda (Like to Get to Know You) – Stuart Scharf

Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley: Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection

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On April 9, 2021, “Spacebomb Records” label released “Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection”, album by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley. It was recorded in 2020, at “Sound Pure Studios” in Durham, North Carolina, and was produced by Adrian Olsen and Matthew E. White.   

Personnel:

  • Lonnie Holley – vocal, artwork
  • Matthew E. White – overdubbed, editing, post production
  • Alan Parker – guitar, sequencer
  • Daniel Clarke – piano, additional keyboards, synthesizer
  • Devonne Harris – piano, additional keyboards, synthesizer
  • Cameron Ralston – bass, percussion
  • Pinson Chanselle – drums, percussion
  • Giustino Riccio – percussion, congas, synthesizer
  • Brina Jones – electronic drums, percussion
  • Adrian Olsen – engineer, mixing, overdubbed, editing, post production
  • Chris Boerner – engineer
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Travis Robertson – design
  • David Raccuglia – photography
  • Shawn Brackbill – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew E. White and Lonney Holley.

  1. This Here Jungle of Moderness / Composition 14
  2. Broken Mirror (A Selfie Reflection) / Composition 9
  3. I Cried Space Dust / Composition 12
  4. I’m Not Tripping / Composition 8
  5. Get Up! Come Walk with Me / Composition 7

Vijay Iyer: Uneasy

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On April 9, 2021, “ECM” label released “Uneasy”, album by Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, and Tyshawn Sorey. It was recorded December 2019, at “Oktaven Audio” in Mount Vernon, New York, and was produced by Manfred Eicher and Vijay Iyer.

Personnel:

  • Vijay Iyer – piano, liner notes
  • Tushawn Sorey – drums
  • Linda May Han Oh – double bass
  • Ryan Streber – engineer
  • Cristoph Stickel – mastering
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Rita Dove – liner notes
  • Edward Berenson – liner notes
  • Woong Chul An – cover photography
  • Craig Marsden – liner photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Vijay Iyer, except where noted.

  1. Children of Flint
  2. Combat Breathing
  3. Night and Day – Cole Porter
  4. Touba – Mike Ladd, Vijay Iyer
  5. Drummer’s Song – Geri Allen
  6. Augury
  7. Configurations
  8. Uneasy
  9. Retrofit
  10. Entrustment

Jack White: Fear of the Dawn

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On April 8, 2022, “Third Man Records” label released “Fear of the Dawn”, the fourth Jack White studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Third Man Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Jack White.

Personnel:

  • Jack White – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, drums, guitar, bass, synthesizers, percussion, theremin, vibraphone, samples, engineer, mixing
  • Duane Denison – rhythm guitar, guitar solo
  • Olivia Jean – acoustic rhythm guitar, electric guitar
  • Quincy McCrary – Wurlitzer electronic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizer, harmony vocals
  • Mark Watrous – Juno synthesizer, synthesizer
  • Dominic Davis – bass guitar
  • Scarlett White – bass guitar
  • Jack Lawrence – bass guitar
  • Daru Jones – drums
  • Q-Tip – vocals, handclaps
  • Bone Dust Mancini – 1975 Harley-Davidson Ironhead
  • Joshua V. Smith – engineer, mixing
  • Bill Skibbe – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Dan Mancini – engineer assistant
  • Jennifer Dionisio – cover illustration
  • Sara Deck – page 1 illustration
  • Mikel Janín – page 3 illustration
  • Olivia Jean – page 5 illustration
  • Ben Jenkins – side 1 label illustration, side 2 label concept, raven
  • Bruce Yan – sun emblem, side 2 label illustration
  • Johnny Dombrowski – page 4 illustration, back cover illustration, back cover camouflage patterns, paneled illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.

  1. Taking Me Back
  2. Fear of the Dawn
  3. The White Raven
  4. Hi-De-Ho – Jack White, Kamaal Fareed, Cab Calloway, Buster Harding, Jack Palmer
  5. Eosophobia
  6. Into the Twilight – Jack White, John Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli, Jon Hendricks, Jay Graydon, Alan Paul
  7. Dusk
  8. What’s the Trick
  9. That Was Then (This Is Now)
  10. Eosophobia (reprise)
  11. Morning, Moon and Night
  12. Shedding My Velvet

Fergus McCreadie: Forest Floor

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On April 8, 2022, “Edition Records” label released “Forest Floor”, the third Fergus McCreadie studio album. It was recorded in July 2021, at “Quiet Money Studios” in Hastings, England, and was produced by Fergus McCreadie. In 2022, “Forest Floor” won the “Scottish Album of the Year” award.

Personnel:

  • Fergus McCreadie – piano
  • David Bowden – double bass
  • Stephen Henderson – drums
  • Dave Stapleton – executive producer
  • James McMillan – recording, mixing
  • Michael Scherchen – mastering
  • Oli Bentley – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Fergus McCreadie.

  1. Law Hill
  2. The Unfurrowed Field
  3. Morning Moon
  4. Landslide
  5. Forest Floor
  6. The Ridge
  7. White Water
  8. Glade

Duško Gojković 

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On April 5, 2023, Duško Gojković died aged 91. He was musician (trumpet), composer and arranger. Regarded as one of the best jazz trumpet players in the world, he recorded and performed with many famous musicians, including Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Oscar Pettiford, Maynard Ferguson, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Duke Jordan, Slide Hampton, Rolf Ericson, Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland and Woody Herman. In 1966, he released “Swinging Macedonia”, which is regarded as the definitive album of the Balkan’s jazz music. As leader, Gojković released 32 albums.