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The Arcs: Yours, Dreamily

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On September 4, 2015, “Nonesuch” label released “Yours, Dreamily”, the debut Arcs album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Sound Factory” in Los Angeles, “The Diamond Mine” and “Electric Lady Studios” in New York, “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Leon Michels.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach– vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, buzz, percussion
  • Leon Michels – piano, organ, keyboards, saxophone, electric guitar, percussion, synthesizer, drums, bass guitar
  • Richard Swift– vocals, drums, keyboards, acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Homer Steinweiss – drums
  • Veronica Medellin – guitar
  • Russ Pahl – electric guitar
  • Thomas Brenneck – guitar
  • Kenny Vaughan– baritone guitar
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
  • Bobby Emmett – vocals, piano, organ, horns
  • Dave Roe – upright bass
  • Jeffery Clemens – drums
  • Chamberlin– drums
  • Ray Mason – trombone
  • Mariachi Flor de Toloache – vocals, horns, strings
  • Lee Fields– vocals
  • Brian Olive – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Once We Begin (Intro) – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  2. Outta My Mind – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss
  3. Put a Flower in Your Pocket – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Richard Swift
  4. Pistol Made of Bones – Dan Auerbach
  5. Everything You Do (You Do for You) – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  6. Stay in My Corner – Dan Auerbach, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss
  7. Cold Companion – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Richard Swift
  8. The Arc – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss
  9. Nature’ s Child – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  10. Velvet Ditch – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Richard Swif
  11. Chains of Love – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  12. Come & Go – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  13. Rosie (Ooh La La) – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Richard Swift
  14. Searching the Blue – Dan Auerbach

Ane Brun: When I’m Free

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On September 4, 2015, “Balloon Ranger” label released “When I’m Free”, the seventh Ane Brun studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Atlantis Studio”,  “Gig Studio”, “Hammarby Studio” in Stockholm, “The Bigger Pink” in Viklau, and was produced by Ane Brun and Tobias Fröberg.

Personnel:

  • Ane Brun– lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Johan Lindström – electric and pedal steel guitar
  • Martin Hederos– keyboards
  • Dan Berglund– double bass
  • Thobias Gabrielsson – bass
  • Ola Hultgren – drums, percussion
  • Lars Skoglund– drums, hi-hat
  • Andreas Werlin – drums, percussion
  • Mikael Häggström – percussion
  • John Eriksson– mallets sounds, synth pads and synth bass outro
  • Tobias Fröberg – cymbals, drum programming, hi-hat, percussion programming, string machine, strings
  • Sabina Ddumba– guest vocals
  • Torbjörn Bernhardsson, Ulf Forsberg, Hanna Göran, Iskander Komilov, Annette Mannheimer, Veronika Novotna, Bo Söderström – violin
  • Elisabeth Arnberg, Ingegerd Kierkegaard, Svein H. Martinsen, Ann Christin Wingård Ward – viola
  • Jana Boutani, Helena Nilsson – cello
  • Joakim Milder – conductor, string arrangements
  • Nina Kinert– backing vocals
  • Linnea Olsson– backing vocals
  • Johannes Berglund – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Ane Brun, except where noted.

  1. Hanging
  2. Black Notebook
  3. You Lit My Fire
  4. Directions
  5. Shape of a Heart
  6. Miss You More
  7. All We Want Is Love
  8. Still Waters
  9. Better Than This
  10. Signing Off

Big Big Train: English Electric Part One

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On September 3, 2012, “Electric Recordings” label released “English Electric Part One”, the seventh Big Big Train studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “English Electric Studios” in Bournemouth, “Aubitt Studios”, “Regal Lane Studio”, “Studio Aurelia”, and was produced by Andy Poole.

Personnel:

  • Andy Poole – keyboards, acoustic guitar, mandolin, baritone bee, backing vocals, design
  • David Longdon– lead vocals, flute, vibes, tambourine, banjo, accordion, melodica, keyboards, acoustic guitar, mandolin, birds and bees
  • Danny Manners – keyboards, piano, double bass
  • Gregory Spawton – bass guitar, electric guitar, slow moog, mandolin, acoustic guitar, keyboards, curator, backing vocals
  • Nick D’Virgilio– drums, backing vocals
  • Dave Gregory– electric guitar, voice of the court usher, banjo, mellotron
  • Andy Tillison- organ, Moog, keyboards
  • Daniel Steinhardt – electric guitar
  • Dave Desmond – trombone
  • Ben Godfrey – cornet, trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • John Storey – euphonium, trombone
  • Jon Truscott – tuba
  • Eleanor Gilchrist – violin
  • Geraldine Berreen – violin
  • Rachel Hall – violin
  • Sue Bowran – violin
  • Teresa Whipple – viola
  • Abigail Trundle – cello
  • Lily Adams – backing vocals
  • Martin Orford- backing vocals
  • Verity Joy – backing vocals
  • Violet Adams – backing vocals
  • Jan Jaap Langereis – recorders
  • Rob Aubrey – recording, mixing, monitoring
  • Ken Brake – recording
  • Matt Sefton – photography
  • Pete Callow – portrait photography

Track listing:

  1. The First Rebreather – Greg Spawton
  2. Uncle Jack – David Longdon
  3. Winchester from St. Giles’ Hill – Greg Spawton
  4. Judas Unrepentant – David Longdon
  5. Summoned By Bells – Greg Spawton
  6. Upton Heath – Greg Spawton, David Longdon
  7. A Boy in Darkness – David Longdon
  8. Hedgerow – Greg Spawton, David Longdon, Andy Poole

Be Bop Deluxe: Modern Music

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On September 3, 1976, “Harvest” label released “Modern Music”, the fourth Be Bop Deluxe studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Bill Nelson and John Leckie.

Personnel:

  • Bill Nelson- lead vocals, guitars, percussion
  • Andrew Clark- keyboards, percussion
  • Charlie Tumahai- bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Simon Fox- drums, percussion

 Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Nelson.

  1. Orphans of Babylon
  2. Twilight Capers
  3. Kiss of Light
  4. The Bird Charmer’s Destiny
  5. The Gold at the End of My Rainbow
  6. Bring Back the Spark
  7. Modern Music
  8. Dancing in the Moonlight (All Alone)
  9. Honeymoon on Mars
  10. Lost in the Neon World
  11. Dance of the Uncle Sam Humanoids
  12. Modern Music (reprise)
  13. Forbidden Lovers
  14. Down on Terminal Street
  15. Make the Music Magic

 

The 1975: Same

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On September 2, 2013, “Dirty Hit” label released the self-titled, debut 1975 (The) album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, at the “Motor Museum” in Liverpool, and was produced by Mike Crossey, Matthew Healy, Adam Hann, George Daniel and Ross MacDonald.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Healy – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Adam Hann – guitar
  • Ross MacDonald – bass guitar
  • George Daniel – drums, synthesizers, programming, photography
  • John Waugh– saxophone
  • Mike Crossey – additional programming, mixing
  • Mike Spink – engineer
  • Jonathan Gilmore – additional programming, Pro-Tools engineer
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Samüel Johnson – design
  • David Drake – photography
  • David Ma – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by George Daniel, Matthew Healy, Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald.

  1. The 1975
  2. The City
  3. O.N.E.Y.
  4. Chocolate
  5. Sex
  6. Talk
  7. An Encounter
  8. Heart Out
  9. Settle Down
  10. Robbers
  11. Girls
  12. 12
  13. She way Out
  14. Menswear
  15. Pressure
  16. Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You?

Caetano Veloso: cê

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On September 1, 2006, “Mercury” label released “cê”, the 31st Caetano Veloso studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Pedro Sá and Moreno Veloso. The album won the “Latin Grammy” for “Best Singer-Songwriter Album”.

Personnel:

  • Caetano Veloso– lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, choir
  • Pedro Sá – guitars, choir, bass
  • Ricardo Dias Gomes – bass, Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Marcello Callado – drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Caetano Veloso.

  1. Outro
  2. Minhas Lágrimas
  3. Rocks
  4. Deusa Urbana
  5. Waly Salomão
  6. Não Me Arrependo
  7. Musa Híbrida
  8. Odeio
  9. Homem
  10. Porquê?
  11. Um Sonho
  12. O Herói

Anna Calvi: Hunter

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On August 31, 2018, “Domino” label released “Hunter”, the third Anna Calvi studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Konk”, Anna Calvi’s studio in London, “Nick Launay’s Launmower Studios” in Hollywood, Ade’s house in Bristol, and was produced by Nick Launay and Anna Calvi.

Personnel:

  • Anna Calvi– vocals, guitar, synths, bass, piano, percussion
  • Mally Harpaz – vibraphone, glockenspiel, percussion, piano
  • Alex Thomas– drums, timpani, percussion
  • Adrian Utley– Solina, Moog synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer, EBow, Mellotron, Swarmatron
  • Martyn Casey– bass
  • Ming Vauze – bass, synths, space station FX pedals
  • Gillian Rivers – viola, violin
  • Fiona Brice– violin; string arrangements
  • Ellie Stanford – violin
  • Rachel Robson – viola
  • Vicky Matthews – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Anna Calvi.

  1. As a Man
  2. Hunter
  3. Don’t Beat the Girl Out of My Boy
  4. Indies or Paradise
  5. Swimming Pool
  6. Alpha
  7. Chain
  8. Wish
  9. Away
  10. Eden

Two Door Cinema Club: Beacon

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On August 31, 2012, “Kitsuné” label released “Beacon”, the second Two Door Cinema Club studio album. It was recorded April – May 2012, at “Jacknife Lee’s Studio” in Los Angeles, “Red Light Studios”, and was produced by Jacknife Lee.

Personnel:

  • Alex Trimble – vocals, drums, guitar, percussion, piano, programming, synthesizer
  • Kevin Baird – vocals, bass, synthesizer
  • Sam Halliday – vocals, guitar, synthesizer
  • Valentina – vocals
  • Eric Gorfain– orchestration
  • Jacknife Lee– programming, additional engineering
  • Sam Bell – engineer
  • Matt Bishop – additional engineering, editing
  • Mike Crossey – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Megaforce – artwork
  • Matthieu Botrel – set design
  • Pablo Amati – retouching
  • Emiliano Serantoni – retouching
  • Charlotte Balme – styling
  • Felix Mondino – artwork production
  • Eva Provence – cover model
  • Damien Ropero – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Trimble, Sam Halliday and Kevin Baird.

  1. Net Year
  2. Handshake
  3. Wake Up
  4. Sun
  5. Someday
  6. Sleep Alone
  7. The World is Watching
  8. Settle
  9. Spring
  10. Pyramid
  11. Beacon

Chick Corea Quartet: Time Warp

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On August 29, 1995, “GRP” label released “Time Warp”, the 47th Chick Corea album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Chick Corea.

Personnel:

  • Chick Corea- piano
  • Bob Berg- saxophones
  • John Patitucci- bass
  • Gary Novak- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Chick Corea.

  1. One World Over (Prologue)
  2. Time Warp
  3. The Wish
  4. Tenor Cadenza
  5. Terrain
  6. Arndok’s Grave
  7. Bass Intro to Discovery
  8. Discovery
  9. Piano Intro to New Life
  10. New Life
  11. One World Over

Split Enz: Dizrythmia

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On August 29, 1977, “Mushroom Records” label released “Dizrythmia” the third Split Enz album. It was recorded June – July 1977, at “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by Geoff Emerick, Timothy Finn, Neil Finn, Edward Rayner, Noel Crombie, Robert Gillies, Malcolm Green, Nigel Griggs and Mal Jacobson.

Personnel:

  • Timothy Finn– vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Neil Finn– vocals, guitars, mandolin
  • Edward Rayner– keyboards
  • Nigel Griggs– bass
  • Malcolm Green– drums
  • Noel Crombie– vocals, percussion
  • Phil Judd– vocals, guitar
  • Mike Chunn– vocals, bass
  • Mal Jacobson– drums, percussion
  • Robert Gillies– saxophones, trumpet
  • Geoff Emerick – engineer
  • Peter Henderson – additional engineering
  • Colin Fairley – engineer assistant
  • Nigel Walker – engineer assistant
  • Noel Crombie, Peter Wagg – design
  • Han Chew Tham – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Finn, except where noted.

  1. Bold as Brass – Tim Finn, Robert Gilles
  2. My Mistake – Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner
  3. Parrot Fashion Love – Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner
  4. Sugar and Spice – Phil Judd
  5. Without a Doubt
  6. Crosswords
  7. Charlie
  8. Nice to Know – Tim Finn, Phil Judd, Eddie Rayner
  9. Jamboree – Tim Finn, Phil Judd, Eddie Rayner, Noel Crombie, Malcolm Green, Robert Gillies, Mike Chunn