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Anouar Brahem: Souvenance

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On November 28, 2014, “ECM” label released “Souvenance”, the tenth Anouar Brahem album. It was recorded in May 2014, at “Auditorio Stello Molo RSI” in Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Anouar Brahem – oud
  • François Couturier – piano
  • Klaus Gesing – bass clarinet
  • Björn Meyer – bass
  • Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana – Pietro Mianiti

Track listing:

All tracks by Anouar Brahem.

  1. Improbable Day
  2. Ashen Sky
  3. Deliverance
  4. Souvenance
  5. Tunis at Dawn
  6. Youssef’s Song
  7. January
  8. Like a Dream
  9. On the Road
  10. Kasserine
  11. Nouvelle Vague

Midnight Oil: Place Without a Postcard

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In November 1981, “Sprint Music” and “Columbia Records” label released “Place Without a Postcard”, the third Midnight Oil studio album. It was recorded June – July 1981, in Sussex, and was produced by Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Peter Garrett – lead vocals
  • Jim Moginie – guitars, keyboards
  • Martin Rotsey – guitars
  • Peter Gifford – vocals, bass
  • Rob Hirst – vocals, drums
  • Glyn Johns – engineer
  • Sean Fullen – engineer assistant
  • Robert Butcher – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Wanna Be the One – Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  2. Brave Faces – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  3. Armistice Day – Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  4. Someone Else to Blame – Gifford, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie
  5. Baemant Flat – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  6. Written in the Heart – Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  7. Burnie – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  8. Quinella Holiday – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  9. Loves on Sale – Peter Garrett, Martin Rotsey
  10. If Ned Kelly Was King – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  11. Lucky Country – Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey

B. T. Express: Do It

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In November 1974, “Scepter Records” label released “Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied)”, the debut B.T. Express album. It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Jeff Lane and Trade Martin.

Personnel:

  • Barbara Joyce – lead vocals
  • Louis Risbrook – lead vocal
  • Wesley Hall Jr. – vocals, lead guitar
  • Billy Nichols – guitar
  • Bill Risbrook – saxophone
  • Carlos Ward – saxophone, flute
    • Leslie Ming – drums
  • Terrell Woods – drums
  • Dennis Rowe – percussion
  • John Bradley – engineer
  • Sid Maurer – art direction
  • Michael Mendel – design
  • Gene Ward – photography

Track listing:

  1. Express
  2. If It Don’t Turn You On
  3. Once You Get It
  4. Everything Good To You
  5. Mental Telepathy
  6. Do It (Till You’re Satisfied)
  7. Do You Like It
  8. That’s What I Want For You Baby
  9. This House Is Smokin’

John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette: Cattin’ with John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette

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In November 1959, “Prestige” label released “Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette”, an album by John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette. It was recorded in May 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone 
  • Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Julian Euell – double bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Bob Snead – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Mal Waldron, except where noted

  1. Cattin’
  2. Sunday – Chester Conn, Ned Miller, Jule Styne
  3. Exactly Like You – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
  4. Anatomy
  5. Vodka

Tuxedo Moon: Vapour Trails

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On November 26, 2007, “Cramboy” label released “Vapour Trails”, the eleventh Tuxedomoon studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Sweetohm Studio” in Athens, Greece, and was produced by Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Luc van Lieshout, and Blaine L. Reinger.

Personnel:

  • Steven Brown – vocals, saxophone, clarinet, keyboards, piano, organ
  • Peter Dachert (as Peter Principle) – bass guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals, mixing
  • Luc Van Lieshout – trumpet, flugelhorn, harmonica
  • Blaine L. Reininger – vocals, violin, viola, guitar, keyboards
  • Nikos Papavranousis – drums
  • Christos Lainas – engineering
  • Lambros Syfris – engineering
  • Coti – mixing
  • Vincent Kenis – mastering
  • Alan Ward – mastering
  • Jonathan Barnbrook – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Luc Van Lieshout and Blaine L. Reininger.

  1. Muchos Colores
  2. Still Small Voice
  3. Kubrick
  4. Big Olive
  5. Dark Temple
  6. Dizzy
  7. Epso Meth lama
  8. Wading Into Love

Horslips: Roll Back

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On November 26, 2004, “Horslips Records” label released “Roll Back”, the tenth Horslips album. It was recorded August – September 2004, at “Grouse Lodge Studios” in Horsleap, Co. Westmeath, Ireland, and was produced by Eamon Carr, Barry Devlin, Johnny Fean, Jim Lockhart, and Charles O’Connor.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Fean – vocals, guitar, tenor guitar, slide guitar, tenor banjo
  • Jim Lockhart – vocals, piano, keyboards, low whistle
  • Charles O’Connor – vocals, guitar, tenor guitar, violin, mandolin, concertina
  • Barry Devlin – vocals, bass guitar
  • Eamon Carr – drums, percussion
  • Aisling Drury – cello
  • Stefano Soffia, Ivan O’Shea – engineer
  • Stefano Soffia – mixing
  • Peter Mew – mastering
  • Charles O’Connor, Chris Ellis – cover art

Track listing:

  1. Trouble (With A Capital T)
  2. The Man Who Built America
  3. Guests of the Nation
  4. Faster Than the Hound
  5. Huish the Cat
  6. Mad Pat
  7. The Wrath of the Rain
  8. Flirting in the Shadows
  9. Cuchulainn’s Lament
  10. Ace & Deuce
  11. Blindman
  12. Furniture
  13. The Power and the Glory
  14. Long Weekend
  15. My Love is in America

Ralph Towner: Diary

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On November 26, 1973, “ECM” label released “Diary”, the second Ralph Towner album. It was recorded in April 1973, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Ralph Towner — twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, gong
  • Kurt Rapp – engineer
  • Martin Wieland – engineer
  • B&B Wojirsch – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ralph Towner except where noted.

  1. Dark Spirit
  2. Entry in a Diary
  3. Images Unseen
  4. Icarus
  5. Mon Enfant – traditional
  6. Odgen Road
  7. Erg
  8. Silence of a Candle

Don DeVito

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On November 25, 2011, Don DeVito died aged 72. He was musician (guitar), record producer and music business executive. He started playing guitar on tours with Al Kooper, and has his own band The Sabres. He worked with Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, and Aerosmith, but was best known as producer of some of the most important Bob Dylan’s albums, including “Blood on the Tracks”, “Desire”, “Street Legal”, “Hard rain”, and “Bob Dylan at Budokan”. In 1989 DeVito won “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional Folk Recording”.

Man: All’s Well That Ends Well

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In November 1977, “MCA” label released “All’s Well That Ends Well”, the 14th Man album. It was recorded in December 1976, at “The Roundhouse”, in Chalk Farm, UK, and was produced by Doug Bennett.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jones – vocals, guitar
  • Deke Leonard – vocals, guitar
  • Phil Ryan – vocals, keyboards
  • John McKenzie – vocals, bass
  • Terry Williams – vocals, drums
  • Doug Bennett, Jeffrey Hooper – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Let the Good Times Roll – Sam Theard, Louis Jordan
  2. The Welsh Connection – Mick Jones, Phil Ryan
  3. The Ride and the View – Deke Leonard
  4. Hard Way to Live – Deke Leonard
  5. Born With a Future – Mick Jones, Deke Leonard, Terry Williams, Phil Ryan
  6. Spunk Rock – Mick Jones, Deke Leonard, Terry Williams, Phil Ryan
  7. Romain – Ace, Mick Jones, Deke Leonard

Colin Blunstone: Ennismore

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In November 1972, “Epic” label released “Ennismore”, the second Colin Blunstone studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Rod Argent and Chris White.

Personnel:

  • Colin Blunstone – vocals, guitar
  • Derek Griffiths – guitar
  • Russ Ballard – guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Michael Snow – guitar, keyboards
  • Rod Argent – piano, keyboards
  • Phil Dennys – piano, keyboards
  • Pete Wingfield – piano, keyboards
  • Steve Bingham – bass guitar
  • Jim Rodford – bass guitar
  • Robert Henrit – drums
  • Byron Lye Foot – drums
  • Jim Toomey – drums
  • Terry Poole – drums, bass guitar
  • Chris Gunning – string arrangements
  • Dan Loggins – adviser
  • Peter Vince – engineer
  • Steve Campbell – photography
  • David Lowe – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Don’t Believe in Miracles – Russ Ballard
  2. Quartet: Exclusively for Me – Colin Blunstone, David Jones
  3. Quartet: A Sign from Me to You – Colin Blunstone
  4. Quartet: Every Sound I Heard – Colin Blunstone, David Jones
  5. Quartet: How Wrong Can One Man Be – Colin Blunstone
  6. I Want Some More – Colin Blunstone
  7. Pay Me Later – Colin Blunstone, Phil Dennys
  8. Andorra – Rod Argent, Chris White
  9. I’ve Always Had You – Colin Blunstone
  10. Time’s Running Out – Colin Blunstone
  11. How Could We Dare to Be Wrong – Colin Blunstone, Phil Dennys