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Greg Kihn Band: Rockihnroll

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In June 1981, “Beserkley” label released “Rockihnroll”, the third Greg Kihn Band album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Fantasy Studios”, and was produced by Matthew King Kaufman.

Personnel:

  • Greg Kihn – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
  • Dave Carpender – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Gary Phillips = keyboards, backing vocals
  • Steve Wright – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Larry Lynch – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Don Cody, Richard Corsello – engineer
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Ron Cor – art direction
  • Norm Ung – art direction
  • Mike Fink – design, artwork
  • C. March – graphics
  • Andy Su – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Kihn, except where noted.

  1. Valerie – Greg Kihn, Jack Heyman, David Rosen
  2. The Breaking Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em) – Greg Kihn, Steve Wright, Gary Phillips
  3. Womankind
  4. Can’t Stop Hurtin’ Myself
  5. Trouble in Paradise
  6. Sheila – Tommy Roe
  7. Nothing’s Gonna Change – Greg Kihn, Steve Wright
  8. The Girl Most Likely – Greg Kihn, Steve Wright, Larry Lynch, Dave Carpenter
  9.  When the Music Starts
  10. True Confession

Derringer: If I Weren’t So Romantic, I’d Shoot You

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In June 1978, “Blue Sky” label released “If I Weren’t So Romantic, I’d Shoot You”, the fifth Derringer album. It was recorded in 1978, and was produced by Mike Chapman.

Personnel:

  • Rick Derringer – vocals, guitar
  • Kenny Aaronson – vocals, bass
  • Myron Grombacher – vocals, drums
  • Paul Coleman – engineer
  • Elena Pavlov – design
  • John Paul Endress – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Rick Derringer.

  1. It Ain’t Funny
  2. Midnight Road
  3. If I Weren’t So Romantic, I’d Shoot You
  4. Ez Action
  5. Lawyers, Guns and Money
  6. Power of Love
  7. Sleepless
  8. Tonight
  9. Rocka Rolla
  10. Attitude
  11. Monomania

Leon Russell: Life and Love

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In June 1979, “Warner Bros” label released “Life and Love”, the 16th Leon Russell album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produces by Leon Russell.

Personnel:

  • Leon Russell – vocal, guitar, piano
  • Jody Pein – guitar
  • Marty Greeb – guitar, saxophone
  • Roger Linn – guitar
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Roger Linn – drums, engineer
  • Bernetta Rand, Frances Pye, Lena Luckey, Wornell Jones, Joe Chemay – backing vocals
  • Tom Kemp – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Leon Russell.

  1. One More Love Song
  2. You Girl
  3. Struck By Lightning
  4. Strange Love
  5. Life and Love
  6. On the First Day
  7. High Horse
  8. Sweet Mystery
  9. On the Borderline

Mick Abrahams: Same

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In June 1971, “Chrysalis” label released the self-titled, debut Mick Abrahams album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Chris Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Mick Abrahams – vocal, guitar, pedal steel guitar, steel guitar
  • Bob Sargeant – vocal, guitar, piano, organ
  • Walt Monaghan – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ritchie Dharma – drums, percussion, congas
  • John Punter – engineer
  • CCS Associates – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Abrahams, except where noted.

  1. Greyhound Bus
  2. Awake
  3. Winds of Change
  4. Why Do You Do Me This Way – Bob Sargeant
  5. Big Queen
  6. Not To Rearrange – Bob Sargeant
  7. Seasons

McCoy Tyner: Expansions

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In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Expansions”, the tenth McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in August 1968, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Duke Pearson.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, wooden flute
  •  Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Ron Carter – cello
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Freddie Waits – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner, except where noted.

  1. Vision
  2. Song of Happiness
  3. Smitty’s Place
  4. Peresina
  5. I Thought I’d Let You Know – Cal Massey

The Creation: We Are Paintermen

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In June 1967, “Hit-Tin” label released “We Are Paintermen”, the debut Creation (The) studio album. It was recorded May – June 1967, at “IBC”, “Olympic”, “Pye Studios”, and was produced by Shel Talmy.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Pickett – lead vocals
  • Eddie Phillips – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Bob Garner – lead vocals, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Kim Gardner – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jack Jones – drums
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano, tack piano, organ
  • Steve Aldo – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Eddie Phillips and Kenny Pickett except where noted.

  1. Cool Jerk – Donald Storball
  2. Making Time
  3. Through My Eyes – Eddie Phillips, Bob Garner
  4. Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
  5. Can I Join Your Band
  6. Tom Tom – Eddie Phillips, Bob Garner
  7. Try and Stop Me
  8. If I Stay Too Long – Eddie Phillips, Bob Garner
  9. Biff, Bang, Pow
  10. Nightmares
  11. Hey Joe – traditional, arr, by Eddie Phillips
  12. Painter Man

Remo Drive: A Portrait of an Ugly Man

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On June 26, 2020, “Epitaph Records” label released “A Portrait of an Ugly Man”, the third Remo Drive studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Erik Paulson.

Personnel:

  • Erik Paulson – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, aux percussion
  • Stephen Paulson – bass guitar, programming
  • Sam Becht – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Erik Paulson and Stephen Paulson.

  1. A Guide to Live By
  2. Star Worship
  3. Dead Man
  4. If I’ve Ever Looked Too Deep in Through
  5. The Ugly Man Sings
  6. True Romance Lives
  7. Ode to Joy 2
  8. The Night I Kidnapped Remo Drive
  9. A Flower and a Weed
  10. Easy as That

Grey Daze: Amends

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On June 26, 2020, “Loma Vista” label released “Amends”, the third Grey Daze studio album. It is composed of Chester Bennington’s vocals from the 1990s over newly recorded instrumentals. The album was recorded at “Salt Mine Studios”, “NRG Recording Studios”, and was produced by Jay Baumgardner and Rene Mata.

Personnel:

  • Chester Bennington – vocals
  • Christin Davis – guitar
  • Mace Beyers – bass
  • Sean Dowdell – drums, backing vocals
  • Jean-Yves D’Angelo – piano
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Heidi Gadd – strings
  • Carah Faye, Jaime Bennington, Laura Pergolizzi – additional vocals
  • Brian Welch, Chris Taynor, James Shaffer, Jasen Rauch, Marcos Curiel, Ryan Shuck, Page Hamilton – additional guitar
  • Brennen Brochard, Carston Dowdell – additional drums
  • Daniel Pampuri – drum programming
  • Kyle Hofmann – recording
  • Adam Schoeller, Andrea Roberts, Andy Kipnes, Tenni Ghaarakhanian – engineer
  • Jay Baumgardner – mixing
  • Ted Jansen – mastering
  • Mike Lythgoe – art direction, artwork
  • Jim Louvau, Kerry Rose, Mark Silverstein, Mike Walliser – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Chester Bennington and Sean Dowdell.

  1. Sickness
  2. Sometimes
  3. What’s in the Eye
  4. The Syndrome
  5. In Time
  6. Just Like Heroin
  7. B12
  8. Soul Song
  9. Morei Sky
  10. She Shines
  11. Shouting Out

The Mountain Goats: Dark in Here

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On June 25, 2021, “Merge” label released “Dark in Here”, the 20th Mountain Goats (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Fames Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle – vocals. guitars, piano
  • Matt Douglas – piano, guitar, woodwinds
  • Peter Hughes – bass
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Spooner Oldham – Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer organ
  • Will McFarlane – guitar
  • Susan Marshall – vocal harmony
  • Reba Russell – vocal harmony
  • Matt Ross-Spang – engineer
  • Shana Gandhi – mixing
  • Brent Lambert – mastering
  • John Lee Gifford – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

  1. Parisian Enclave
  2. The Destruction of the Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower
  3. Mobile
  4. Dark in Here
  5. Lizard Suit
  6. When a Powerful Animal Comes
  7. To the Headless Horseman
  8. The new Hydra Collection
  9. The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums
  10. Before I Got There
  11. Arguing with the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review
  12. Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light

Spelling: The Turning Wheel

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On June 25, 2021, “Sacred Bones Records” label released “The Turning Wheel”, the third Spellling studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Spelling (Chrystia “Tia” Cabral).

Personnel:

  • Spelling – vocals
  • Milo Jimenez – acoustic guitar
  • Macgregor Munson – banjo
  • Donia Jarrar – piano
  • Javier Santiago – piano
  • Brijean Murphy – conga drum
  • Lidia Rodriguez – baritone saxophone
  • Monica Benson – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Sara Mayo – trombone
  • Jennifer Hinkle – bass trombone
  • Rebecca Steinberg – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Carolyn Walter – bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Erin Paul – horn
  • Calliope Brass Quintet – brass
  • Del Sol Quartet – strings
  • Sabrina Tabby – violin
  • Jinty McTavish – violin
  • Rita Andrade – viola
  • Dharma Mooney – choir
  • Ezra Teshome – choir
  • Noor Al-Samarrai – choir
  • Ted Case – string arrangements
  • Nick Marchione – brass arrangement
  • Aleks Ozolins – engineer
  • John Finkbeiner – engineer
  • Drew Vandenberg – additional production, mixing
  • Adrian Morgan – mastering
  • Jonny Esser – mastering
  • Mike Johnson – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Spellling.

  1. Little Deer
  2. Always
  3. Turning Wheel
  4. The Future
  5. Awaken
  6. Emperor with an Egg
  7. Boys at School
  8. Legacy
  9. Queen of Wands
  10. Magic Act
  11. Revolution
  12. Sweet Talk