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10.000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden

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On September 29, 1992, “Elektra” label released “Our Time in Eden”, the fifth 10,000 Maniacs studio album. It was recorded July 1991 – May 1992, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, and was produced by Paul Fox.

Personnel:

  • Natalie Merchant – vocals, piano
  • Dennis Drew – Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, accordion
  • Robert Buck – acoustic and electric guitars, electric sitar, banjo, pedal and lap steel guitars, mandocello
  • Steven Gustafson – bass guitar
  • Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Ralph Morrison – violin
  • Bruce Dukov – violin
  • Mary Ramsey – violin, viola
  • Pamela Goldsmith – viola
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Charles Fleischer – harmonica
  • Kim Laskowski – bassoon
  • Atsuko Sato – bassoon
  • James Brown – horns
  • Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis – tenor saxophone
  • Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • Paul Buckmaster – string quartet arranger, conductor
  • Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing
  • Michael Reiter – second engineer
  • Scott Blockland – mixing (second engineer)
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Frank Olinsky, Miss Merchant – package design
  • Rob Marinissen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Natalie Merchant except where noted.

  1. Noah’s Dove
  2. These Are Days – Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  3. Eden – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  4. Few and Far Between
  5. Stockton Gala Days – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  6. Gold Rush Brides – Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  7. Jezebel
  8. How You’ve Grown
  9. Candy Everybody Wants – Dennis Drew, Natalie Merchant
  10. Tolerance
  11. Circle Dream – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
  12. If You Intend
  13. I’m Not the Man

Jimmy Eat World: Invented

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On September 28, 2010, “DGC” label released “Invented”, the seventh Jimmy Eat World studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Unit 2” and Mark Trombino’s house, and was produced by Mark Trombino, Jim Adkins, Tom Linton, Rick Burch and Zach Lind.  

Personnel:

  • Jim Adkins – lead vocals, guitar, recording
  • Tom Linton – vocal, guitar
  • Rick Burch – bass guitar
  • Zach Lind – drums
  • Courtney Marie Andrews – guest vocals
  • Rachel Haden – guest vocals 
  • Doug Borrmann – synthesizers
  • David Campbell – string arranger, conductor
  • Josephina Vergara – violin
  • Gerardo Hilara – violin
  • Tammy Hatwan – violin
  • Michele Richards – violin 
  • Steve Richards – cello 
  • Mark Trombino – mixing, additional recording
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Wesley Seidman – strings recording
  • Paul Smith – assistant
  • Morning Breath Inc. – art direction, design
  • Ken Schles – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Adkins, Tom Linton, Rick Burch and Zach Lind. 

  1. Heart Is Hard to Find
  2. My Best Theory
  3. Evidence
  4. Higher Devotion
  5. Movielike
  6. Coffee and Cigarettes
  7. Stop
  8. Littlething
  9. Cut
  10. Action Needs an Audience
  11. Invented
  12. Mixtape

Bernays Propaganda: Happiness Machine

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On September 28, 2009, “Moonle Records” label released “Happiness Machines”, the debut Bernays Propaganda album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Studio Enterprise” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Valentino Skenderovski.

Personnel:

  • Vasko Atanasovski – guitar
  • Kristina Gorovska – vocals
  • Saša Pavlović – bass
  • Džano Kuc – drums
  • Valentino Skenderovski – recording, mixing
  • Nenad Trifunovski – recording assistant
  • Carl Saff – mastering
  • Darko Kujundžić – layout, artwork
  • Front cover art taken from Gottfried Helnwein’s “Master Piece American Prayer”
  • Igor Kostov – band photography
  • Katerina Božinovska – liner notes English translation

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kristina Gorovska, except where noted; all music by Vasko Atanasovski.

  1. Kill Me! – lyrics by Vasko Atanasovski
  2. Are You Enjoying Being in Your Own Accompaniment?
  3. Safe Left
  4. A Day Before I Disappear
  5. Everything Will Fall Apart
  6. I Don’t Want to Know
  7. Anonymous Enemy
  8. Homo Or Sapiens
  9. Yuppie Dream
  10. No Translation

The Golden Palominos: This Is How It Feels

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On September 28, 1993, “Restless Records” label released “This Is How It Feels”, the sixth Golden Palominos (The) album. It was recorded January – June 1993, at “Greenpoint Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Anton Fier.

Personnel:

  • Lori Carson – vocals
  • Bootsy Collins – guitar
  • Anton Fier – drums, percussion, programming, art direction
  • Bill Laswell – bass guitar
  • Nicky Skopelitis – guitar
  • Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
  • Jeff Bova – keyboards, additional programming
  • Amanda Kramer – keyboards
  • Lydia Kavanagh – vocals
  • Oz Fritz – recording
  • Matt Stein – programming, recording, mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Bruce Calder – mixing, recording
  • Melanie Acevedo – photography
  • Dean Karr – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell, except where noted.

  1. Sleepwalk
  2. Prison of the Rhythm
  3. I’m Not Sorry
  4. This Is How It Feels
  5. To a Stranger – Anton Fier, Lydia Kavanagh, Bill Laswell
  6. The Wonder – Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell
  7. Breakdown
  8. These Days – Jackson Browne
  9. Rain Holds
  10. Twist the Knife
  11. Bird Flying – Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell
  12. A Divine Kiss – Anton Fier, Lydia Kavanagh, Bill Laswell, Matt Stein

The New Pornographers: In the Morse Code of Brake Lights

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On September 27, 2019, “Concord” label released “In the Morse Code of Brake Lights”, the eighth New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by A. C. Newman.

Personnel:

  • A.C. Newman – vocals, guitar
  • Neko Case – vocals
  • Blaine Thurier – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Todd Fancey – lead guitar
  • Kathryn Calder – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Simi Stone – violin, vocals, percussion
  • John Collins – bass
  • Joe Seiders – drums, vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by A. C. Newman except where noted.

  1. You’ll Need a Backseat Driver
  2. The Surprise Knock
  3. Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile
  4. Colossus of Rhodes
  5. Higher Beams
  6. Dreamlike and On the Rush
  7. You Won’t Need Those Where You’re Going
  8. Need Some Giants – A.C. Newman, Dan Bejar
  9. Opening Ceremony
  10. One Kind of Solomon
  11. Leather on the Seat

Jacky Terrasson: 53

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On September 27, 2019, “Blue Note” label released “53”, the 16th Jacky Terrasson album. It was recorded in June 2019, at “Racall Studios” in Pompignan, France, and was produced by Jacky Terrasson.

Personnel:

  • Jacky Terrasson – vocals, piano
  • Stephane Menut – vocals
  • Philippe Gaillot – vocals
  • Thomas Bramerie – bass
  • Geraud Portal – bass, electric bass
  • Sylvain Romano – bass
  • Gregory Hutchinson – drums
  • Ali Jackson – drums
  • Lukmil Pérez – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jacky Terrasson except where noted.

  1. The Call
  2. Alma
  3. Mirror
  4. Jump!
  5. Kiss Jannett for Me
  6. Palindrome
  7. La Part Des Anges
  8. Babyplum
  9. What Happenes Au 6eme
  10. My Lys
  11. Lacrimosa – Mozart: Requiem in D Minor – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  12. Nausica
  13. This Is Mine
  14. La Part Des Anges (reprise)
  15. Blues En Femmes Majeures
  16. Resillience

Robert Palmer

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On September 26, 2003, Robert Allen Palmer died aged 54. He was musician (guitar),singer, songwriter and music producer, member of bands Joe Vinegar and The Power Station. He had powerful, distinctive, gritty, soulful voice and sartorial elegance, his music combined soul, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues elements. Palmer had successful solo career, received a number of awards, including “ASCAP Pop Music Award” for “Most Performed Songs” (1986 and 1990), two “Grammy Awards” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” (1989), “MTV Video Music Award” (1986), “Pollstar Concert Industry Awards” for “Small Hall Tour Of The Year” (1987). As leader, Palmer released 15 albums.

Pee Wee Ellis

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On September 24, 2021, Alfred James Ellis aka Pee Wee Ellis died aged 80. He was musician (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, keyboards), arranger and composer, worked as musical director and arranger with George Benson, Hank Crawford and Esther Phillips. Ellis recorded and performed with David Liebman, Jack McDuff, Rebirth Brass Band, Shirley Scott, Sonny Stitt, Leon Thomas, Van Morrison, Ginger Baker’s jazz Confusion, The JB Horns, Maceo Parker, Brass Fever, Ali Farka Touré and The Dapps, but was best known as longtime collaborator of James Brown. He co-wrote and recorded some of Brown’s best-known songs like “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” and “Cold Sweat”. As leader Ellis released 13 albums.

Mark Feldman: What Exit

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On September 26, 2006, “ECM” label released “What Exit”, the fourth Mark Feldman studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Mark Feldman — violin
  • John Taylor — piano
  • Anders Jormin — bass
  • Tom Rainey — drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Feldman

  1. Arcade
  2. Father Demo Square
  3. Everafter
  4. Ink Pin
  5. Elegy
  6. Maria Nuñes
  7. Cadence
  8. What Exit

Amorphous Androgynous: Alice in Ultraland

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On September 26, 2005, “Harvest” label released “Alice in Ultraland”, album by Amorphous Androgynous. It was recorded in 2005, at “Earthbeat Studios” in Dollis Hill, London, and was produced by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans.

Personnel:

  • Brian Dougans – arrangements, engineer
  • Garry Cobain – arrangements, engineer
  • Mikey Rowe – piano, Hammond organ
  • Stu Rowe – electric guitar
  • Tim Weller – drums
  • Ben Owen – flute
  • The Electric Gospel Choir – female vocals
  • Gary Lucas – electric guitar and acoustic bottleneck
  • Dave Sanderson – vocals
  • Baluji Shrivastav – sitar, tablas, dilruba
  • Billy ‘The Onion’ Jones – harmonica
  • Doree Jackson – female vocal
  • Lysa – The ‘witches’ violin bow
  • Mutant Funkoid – growler bass
  • Stakrak – additional FX processing
  • The Daughters of The Goddess ‘The New Love Poetry’ – narration
  • Herb Moons – percussion from ‘electromagnetic machines and psychedelic dreams
  • Daniel Pemberton – piano, keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans

  1. The Emptiness of Nothingness
  2. The Witchfinder
  3. The Witch Hunt
  4. All is Harvest
  5. Prophet
  6. Indian Swing
  7. The Seasons Turn
  8. High and Dry
  9. Yes My Brother (You’ve Gotta Turn Yourself Around)
  10. In the Summertime of Consciousness
  11. Billy the Onion
  12. Another Fairy Tale Ending
  13. The World is Full of Plankton
  14. The Wicker Doll