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Marion Williams: My Boy

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On September 9, 2022, “Universal Music New Zealand” label released “My Boy”, the third Marlon Williams studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Marlon Williams and Tom Healy.

Personnel:

  • Marlon Williams – acoustic and electric guitar, nylon string guitar, keyboards, marimba, mellotron, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer organ, percussion
  • Delaney Davidson – lap steel guitar
  • Tom Healy – baritone guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, drum machine, drum programming, piano, percussion, synthesizer, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Dave Khan – mellotron, synthesizer, violin, viola
  • Cass Basil – bass, piano, backing vocals
  • Paul Taylor – drums, percussion, timpani, backing vocals
  • Elroy Finn – drums
  • Mark Perkins – drum programming, synthesizer, drum programming, backing vocals
  • Hollie Fullbrook – cello, backing vocalist
  • Heba Kadry – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Marlon Williams, except where noted.

  1. My Boy
  2. Easy Does It
  3. River Rival
  4. My Heart the Wormhole
  5. Princes Walk
  6. Don’t Go Back – Mark Perkins, Marlon Williams
  7. Soft Boys Make the Grade
  8. Thinking of Nina
  9. Morning Crystals
  10. Trips
  11. Promises – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb

Neil Young: Hitchhiker

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On September 8, 2017, “Reprise” label released “Hitchhiker”, the 39th Neil Young studio album. It was recorded in August 1976, at “Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, Malibu, California, and was produced by Neil Young, David Briggs and John Hanlon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Richard Kaplan – engineer
  • David Briggs – mixing
  • Chris Bellman – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Pocahontas
  2. Powderfinger
  3. Captain Kennedy
  4. Hawaii
  5. Give Me Strength
  6. Ride My Liama
  7. Hitchhiker
  8. Campaigner
  9. Human Highway
  10. The Old Country Waltz

Glasvegas: Same

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On September 8, 2008, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Glasvegas studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Brooklyn Recording Studios” in New York, and in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by James Allan and Rich Costey. In September 2009, the album was certified Platinum by the “BPI” in UK.

Personnel:

  • James Allan – vocals
  • Rab Allen – guitar
  • Paul Donoghue – bass
  • Caroline McKay – drums
  • Max Dingle – engineer
  • Rich Costey – engineer, mixing
  • Anthony Palazzole, Ben Liscio, Charlie Stavish, Justin Gerrish – engineer assistant
  • Chung King – mixing
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Village Green – illustration, design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Allan, except where noted.

  1. Flowers & Football Tops – contains elements from the song “You Are My Sunshine” by Charles Mitchell, Jimmie Davis
  2. Geraldine
  3. It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry
  4. Lonesome Swan
  5. Go Square Go
  6. Polmont on My Mind
  7. Daddy’s Gone
  8. Stabbed – uses the music of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata as a backdrop to spoken word
  9. S.A.D. Light
  10. Ice Cream Van

Frank Sinatra: Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely

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On September 8, 1958, “Capitol” label released “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely”, the fifteenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded May – June 1958, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh. “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely” won the “Grammy Award for Best Album Cover”.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocal
  • Nelson Riddle – conductor, arrangements
  • Felix Slatkin – conductor
  • Nick Volpe – cover art
  • Sammy Cahn And James Van Heusen – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
  3. What’s New – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
  4. It’s a Lonesome Old Town – Harry Tobias, Charles Kisco
  5. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  6. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  7. Blues in the Night – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer
  8. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  9. Ebb Tide – Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman
  10. Spring is Here – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  11. Gone with the Wind – Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson
  12. One for My Baby (and One More for the Road} – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer

Elephant 9 with Reine Fiske: Atlantis

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On September 7, 2012, “Rune Grammofon” label released “Atlantis”, album by Elephant 9 with Reine Fiske. It was recorded in September 2011, at “Atlantis Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen, Ståle Storløkken, Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen and Torstein Lofthus.

Personnel:

  • Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen – 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Ståle Storløkken – grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, synthesizer
  • Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen – electric bass, percussion
  • Torstein Lofthus – drums, percussion
  • Reine Fiske – classical and electric guitar
  • Christian Engfelt – engineer, mixing
  • Janne Hansson – engineer
  • Janne Hansson – engineer assistant
  • Brian Lucey – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Black Hole – Ståle Storløkken
  2. The Riddler – Ståle Storløkken
  3. Atlantis – Ståle Storløkken
  4. A Foot in Both – Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen
  5. Psychedelic Backfire – Ståle Storløkken
  6. A Place In Neither – Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen
  7. Freedom’s Children – Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen

Mark Volman

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On September 5, 2025, Mark Randall Volman died aged 78. He was musician (guitar, tambourine, keyboards), vocalist and songwriter. He was member of the duo Flo & Eddie (under pseudonym Flo, short for The Phlorescent Leech), member of The Mothers of Invention, but best known as a founding member of the band Turtles (The).

Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Sirius Calling

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On September 7, 2004, “Pi recordings” label released “Sirius Calling”, album by Art Ensemble of Chicago (The). It was recorded in April, 2003 in Madison, Wisconsin, and was produced by Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Famoudou Don Moye.

Personnel:

  • Roscoe Mitchell – soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion
  • Joseph Jarman – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion
  • Malachi Favors Maghostut – bass, percussion instruments
  • Famoudou Don Moye – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Sirius Calling – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye
  2. Come on Y’all – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye
  3. Two-Twenty – Joseph Jarman, Famoudou Don Moye
  4. He Took a Cab to Neptune – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye
  5. Everyday’s a Perfect Day – Joseph Jarman, Famoudou Don Moye
  6. Til Autumn – Roscoe Mitchell
  7. Dance of Circles -Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye
  8. Cruising with JJ – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye
  9. You Can’t Get Away – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye
  10. Taiko – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye
  11. There’s a Message for You – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye
  12. Slow Tenor and Bass – Roscoe Mitchell
  13. Voyage – Malachi Favors Maghostut, Roscoe Mitchell
  14. The Council – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut,   Famoudou Don Moye

Mike Rutherford: Acting Very Strange

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On September 7, 1982, “Atlantic” label released “Acting Very Strange”, the second Mike Rutherford studio album. It was recorded in 1982, at “The Farm” in Chiddingfold, Surrey, “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Mick Rutherford.

Personnel:

  • Mike Rutherford – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, Linn programming
  • John Alexander – guitars
  • Daryl Stuermer – guitars
  • Paul Fishman – keyboards
  • J. Peter Robinson – keyboards
  • Stewart Copeland – drums
  • Pete Phipps – drums
  • Gary Barnacle – saxophones
  • Luke Tunney – trumpet
  • Martyn Ford – string arrangements, conductor
  • Steve Gould – backing vocals
  • Noel McCalla – backing vocals
  • Dale Newman – backing vocals
  • Nick Launay – engineer, producer assistant
  • Geoff Callingham – engineer assistant
  • Dale Newman, Geoff Callingham, Steve Jones, Geoff Banks – equipment
  • Howard Gray – tape operator
  • Bill Smith – cover coordinator
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

 All tracks by Mike Rutherford, except where noted.

  1. Acting Very Strange
  2. A Day to Remember
  3. Maxine – Pete Bellotte
  4. Halfway There – Florrie Palmer
  5. Who’s Fooling Who – Florrie Palmer
  6. Couldn’t Get Arrested – Pete Bellote
  7. I Don’t Wanna Know
  8. Hideaway

The Isley Brothers: Live It Up

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On September 7, 1974, “T-Neck” label released “Live It Up”, the twelfth Isley Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in 1973, at “The Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ronald Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley and Marvin Isley.

Personnel:

  • Ronald Isley – lead vocals
  • Ernie Isley – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion
  • Marvin Isley – bass guitar
  • O’Kelly Isley, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – backing vocals
  • Chris Jasper – electric piano, clavinet, ARP synthesizers, T.O.N.T.O., piano
  • George Moreland – drums
  • Karl Potter – percussion
  • Truman Thomas – organ

Track listing:

All tracks by Rudolph Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper, except where noted.

  1. Live It Up (Part 1 & 2)
  2. Brown Eyed Girl
  3. Need a Little Taste of Love
  4. Lover’s Eve
  5. Midnight Sky (Part 1 & 2)
  6. Hello It’s Me – Todd Rundgren
  7. Ain’t I Been Good to You (Part 1 & 20