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Toyah Willcox: Ophelia’s Shadow

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In February 1991, “E.G.” label released “Ophelia’s Shadow”, the fourth Toyah Willcox studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Courthouse Studio” in Manchester, and was produced by Tony Arnold and Toyah Willcox.

Personnel:

  • Toyah Willcox – vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Tony Geballe – guitar, computer, engineer
  • Trey Gunn – stick, keyboards, engineer
  • Paul Beavis – drums, percussion
  • Robert Fripp – guitar, mixing
  • Keith Tippett – keyboards
  • Gordon Haskell – keyboards
  • Tony Arnold – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Ophelia’s Shadow – Trey Gunn, Toyah Willcox, Tony Geballe, Paul Beavis
  2. The Shaman Says – Tony Geballe, Toyah Willcox
  3. Brilliant Day – Toyah Willcox, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Paul Beavis
  4. Prospect – Tony Geballe, Toyah Willcox
  5. Turning Tide – Tony Geballe, Toyaj Willcox
  6. Take What You Will – Paul Beavis, Tony Geballe, Trey Gunn, Toyah Willcox
  7. Ghost Light – Trey Gunn, Toyah Willcox, Tony Geballe, Paul Beavis
  8. The Woman Who Had an Affair with Herself – Tony Geballe, Toyah Willcox
  9. Homeward – Tony Geballe, Toyah Willcox
  10. Lords of the Never Known – Toyah Willcox, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Paul Beavis

Dave Holland & Sam Rivers: Dave Holland/Sam Rivers

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On February 17, 1976, “Improvising Artists” label released “Dave Holland / Sam Rivers”, an album by Dave Holland and Sam Rivers. It was recorded in December 1975, at “Big Apple Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Paul Bley.

Personnel:

  • Sam Rivers – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Dave Holland – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Rivers.

  1. Waterfall
  2. Cascade

The Darling Buds: Pop Said…

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In February 1989, “Epic” label released “Pop Said…”, the debut Darling Buds (The) album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, at “The Greenhouse” in London, and was produced by Pat Collier.

Personnel:

  • Andrea Lewis – vocals
  • Geriant “Harley” Farr – guitar
  • Chris McDonogh – bass
  • Richard Gray “Bloss”- drums
  • The Designers Republic – artwork, design
  • Paul Rider – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Harley Farr and Andrea Lewis

  1. Hit the Ground
  2. Burst
  3. Uptight
  4. The Other Night
  5. Big Head
  6. Let’s Go Round There
  7. She’s Not Crying
  8. Shame on You
  9. You’ve Got to Choose
  10. Spin
  11. When It Feels Good
  12. Things We Do for Love

Ian Gillan & Roger Glover: Accidentally on Purpose

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In February 1988, “Virgin” label released “Accidentally on Purpose”, an album Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. It was recorded in 1988, at “Air Studio” in Monserrat, “Minot Studio” and The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Ian Gillan and Roger Glover.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan – lead vocals, harmonica
  • Roger Glover – bass, keyboards, guitars, programming
  • Ira Siegel, Nick Maroch – guitars
  • Lloyd Landesman – keyboards
  • Dr. John – piano
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • George Young, Joe Mennonna – saxophones
  • Randy Brecker – flugelhorn
  • Vaneese Thomas, Christine Faith, Lydia Mann, Bette Sussmann – backing vocals
  • Nick Blagona – engineer
  • Frank Oglethorpe, Carl Lever, Ken Blair – engineer assistant
  • Bruce Robbins – engineer assistant
  • Dave O’Donnell – engineer assistant
  • Peter Hodgson – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, except where noted.

  1. Clouds and Rain
  2. Evil Eye
  3. She Took My Breath Away
  4. Dislocated
  5. Via Miami
  6. I Can’t Dance to That
  7. Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave – Richard Penniman
  8. Lonely Avenue – Doc Pomus
  9. Telephone Box
  10. I Thought No

Nathaniel Rateliff: And It’s Still Alright

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On February 14, 2020, “Stax” label released “And It’s Still Alright”, the third Nathaniel Rateliff studio album. It was recorded 2019 -2020, at “National Freedom” in Cottage Grove, Oregon, “Broken Creek” in Littleton, Colorado, “Crown Lane Studios” in Denver, and was produced by Patrick Meese, James Barone and Nathaniel Rateliff.

Personnel:

  • Nathaniel Rateliff – vocals, acoustic slide and electric guitar, bass, congas
  • Luke Mossman – electric guitar
  • Daniel Creamer – organ, mellotron, piano
  • Eric Swanson – pedal steel 
  • Elijah Thomson – bass 
  • Patrick Meese – drums, percussion, vibraphone, bass, keyboards, piano, theravox, synths, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • James Barone – noise synth, engineer, mixing
  • Cat Martino – backing vocals
  • Elizabeth Ziman – backing vocals
  • Joanna Schubert – backing vocals
  • Kelly Winrich – additional recording
  • Joshua Block – additional recording
  • Chris Colbert – mastering
  • Rett Rogers – design, photography
  • Emily Philpott – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nathaniel Rateliff.

  1. What a Drag
  2. And It’s Still Alright
  3. All or Nothing
  4. Expecting to Lose
  5. Tonight No. 2
  6. Mavis
  7. You Need Me
  8. Time Stands
  9. Kissing Our Friends
  10. Ruch On

String Forces: Same

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On February 14, 1999, “Profundus” label released the self-titled, debut String Forces album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Profundus Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Dorijan Jovanović.

Personnel:

  • Dorijan Jovanović – bass, recording
  • Alfrida Tozieva – viola
  • Sasho Trendafilov – guitars
  • Vlatko Ikonomov – drums
  • Jelena Brajović – vocal
  • Elena Manovska – vocal

Track listing:

  1. Sensi
  2. Lateral Fight
  3. Up on the River
  4. Dawnless
  5. Tabula Rasa
  6. In D I, An
  7. Shine!
  8. Sub City Dance
  9. This City
  10. Levitate
  11. Trance G

Louis Clark

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On February 13, 2021, Louis Clark died aged 73. He was musician (keyboards) and arranger, member of the band The Buccaneers (later Monopoly), worked with The Raymond Froggatt Band, Renaissance, Annie Haslam and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, but was best known for his work Electric Light Orchestra and Hooked on Classics.

Mucc: Kowareta Piano to Living Dead

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On February 13, 2020, “Danger Crue” label released “Kowareta Piano to Living Dead”, the fourteenth Mucc studio album. It was recorded in 2019 at “MIt Studio”, “Bazooka Studio”, “Heide Chiyoda Studio”, “Heide Ishioka Studio” and “Six Inc Studio” in Tokyo, and was produced by Miya.

Personnel:

  • Tatsurou – vocals, art direction
  • Miya – guitar, backing vocals, arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Yukke – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Satochi – drums, backing vocals
  • Tooru Yoshida – keyboards, piano, organ, photography
  • Miyako – backing vocals
  • Sacchan – backing vocals
  • Sora – backing vocals
  • Yasuyuki Hara – recording
  • Soushi Kaneko, TeruKazu “Teru” Naito – engineer assistant
  • Yasuji “Yasuman” Maeda – mastering
  • Kirari – illustration
  • Taichi Nishimaki – photography
  • Masahiro Oishi – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Miya, except where noted.

  1. Kowareta Piano
  2. Psycho – lyrics by Miya, music by Miya, Yukke
  3. Iris
  4. Vampire
  5. In the Shadows – lyrics by Tatsurou, music by Miya
  6. Dekisou – Tatsurou
  7. Yuri to Tsubasa – lyrics by Tatsurou, Satochi, music by Miya, Satochi
  8. Countdown
  9. Living Dead – Tatsurou

The Pretty Reckless: Death by Rock and Roll

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On February 12, 2021, “Fearless Records” label released “Death by Rock and Roll”, the fourth Pretty Reckless (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “London Bridge” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Jonathan Wyman, Taylor Momsen, Ben Phillips and Nate Yacchichino.

Personnel:

  • Taylor Momsen – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Ben Phillips – lead guitar, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
  • Mark Damon – bass
  • Jamie Perkins – drums, percussion
  • Kim Thayil – additional guitars 
  • Tom Morello – additional guitars
  • Jonathan Wyman – keyboards, additional guitars, drum programming, engineer, mixing
  • Isaac Phillips – harmonica
  • David Pontbriand – sitar, tanpura
  • Duncan Watt – keyboards, orchestra, organ, piano
  • Matt Cameron – additional drums, additional vocals
  • Sara Hallie Richardson – backing vocals
  • Anna Lombard – backing vocals
  • Sean Kelly – engineer assistant, production technician
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Jay Colangelo – drum technician
  • Neil Hundt – drum technician
  • Adam Larson – package design
  • Danny Hastings – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Taylor Momsen and Ben Phillips.

  1. Death by Rock and Roll
  2. Only Love Can Save Me Now
  3. And So It Went
  4. 25
  5. My Bones
  6. Got So High
  7. Broomsticks
  8. Witches Burn
  9. Standing at the Wall
  10. Turning Gold
  11. Rock and Roll Heaven
  12. Harley Darling

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: New Fragility

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On February 12, 2021, band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah self-released its sixth album “New Fragility”. It was recorded in 2020, at “Ramble Creek Studios” and “Silent Partner Studios”, and was produced by Alec Ounsworth and Will Johnson.

Personnel:

  • Alec Ounsworth – vocals, bass, guitar, piano, engineer
  • Will Johnson – drums, guitar
  • Britton Beisenherz – bass
  • Jonas Oesterle – drums
  • Jaron Olevsky – drums
  • Carlos Santiago – violin
  • Gabriel Miller – violin
  • Veronica Jurkiewicz – viola
  • Carolina Diazgronados – cello
  • Brendan Cooney – string arrangements
  • Matthew Poirier – engineer
  • Britton Beisenherz – engineer
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Beth Ounsworth – cover art
  • Claire Kimock – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Alec Ounsworth.

  1. Hesitation Nation
  2. Thousand Oaks
  3. Dee, Forgiven
  4. New Fragility
  5. Innocent Weight
  6. Mirror Song
  7. CYHSY 2005
  8. Where They Perform Miracles
  9. Went Looking for Trouble
  10. If I Were More Like Jesus