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Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger

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On June 26, 2007, “Lost Highway” label released “Easy Tiger”, the ninth Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Electric Lady Studios” in  Greenwich Village, and was produced by Jamie Candiloro.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica
  • Jon Graboff – vocals, pedal steel, guitar, mandolin
  • Cindy Cashdollar – pedal steel, lap steel, dobro
  • Neal Casal – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jamie Candiloro – piano, keyboards, synths, bass, percussion
  • Catherine Popper – vocals, bass
  • Chris Feinstein – vocals, bass
  • Brad Pemberton – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Richard Worn – vocals
  • Sheryl Crow – vocals
  • Eric Gorfain – violin
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton, Neal Casal and Jon Graboff, except where noted.

  1. Goodnight Rose
  2. Two – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  3. Everybody Knows
  4. Halloweenhead – Ryan Adams
  5. Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  6. Tears of Gold
  7. The Sun Also Sets – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  8. Off Broadway – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  9. Pearls on a String
  10. Rip Off – Pearls on a String
  11. Two Hearts
  12. These Girls
  13. I Taught Myself How to Grow Old – Ryan Adams

 

Badly Drawn Boy: The Hour of Bewilderbeast

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On June 26, 2000, “XL” label released “The Hour of Bewilderbeast”, the debut Badly Drawn Boy studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Badly Drawn Boy, Gary Wilkinson, Joe Robinson and Ken Nelson. “The Hour of Bewilderbeast” won the 2000 “Mercury Prize”.

Personnel:

  • Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, drum machine,  tambourine, harp, handclaps, whistling, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, keyboards,  organ, drum machine organs, percussion, crash cymbal,  vibraphone, xylophone,  sound effects, string arrangements
  • Jez Williams– slide and electric guitar
  • Matt Wardle – vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer, keyboards
  • Martin Rebelski– Wurlitzer electric piano, clavinet, keyboards
  • Gary Wilkinson – keyboards, drum programming, sirens, noises
  • Jimi Goodwin– bass
  • Sam Morris – bass, keyboards, French horn, handclaps
  • Andy Votel– drum programming, effects, piano, keyboards, strings samples, samples
  • Ian Smith – drums, electric guitar, percussion, vibraphone, handclaps
  • Sean Kelly – drums, handclaps
  • Spencer Birtwhistle – drums
  • Adrian Dacre – drums
  • Joe Robinson – drum programming, loops, theremin, effects, sound effects
  • Andy Williams– drums
  • Sophie Williams – handclaps
  • Ian Rainford – handclaps
  • Derrick Santini – handclaps
  • Northern New Orleans Brass Band – horns
  • Matt McGeever – cello, handclaps
  • Paul Taylor – string arrangements
  • Clare Hewitt – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough).

  1. The Shining
  2. Everybody’s Stalking
  3. Bewilder
  4. Fall in a River
  5. Camping Next to Water
  6. Stone on the Water
  7. Another Pearl
  8. Body Rap
  9. Once Around the Block
  10. This Song
  11. Bewilderbeast
  12. Magic in the Air
  13. Cause a Rockslide
  14. Pissing in the Wind
  15. Blistered Heart
  16. Disillusion
  17. Say It Again
  18. Epitaph

Richard Ashcroft: Alone With Everybody

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On June 26, 2000, “Hut” label released “Alone with Everybody”, the first Richard Ashcroft solo album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Chris Potter and Richard Ashcroft.

Personnel:

  • Richard Ashcroft – vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards, piano, mellotron, organ, melodica
  • The London Community Gospel Choir – Samantha Smith, Leonard Meade, Vernetta Meade, Michelle-John Douglas, Donovan Lawrence, Irene Myrtle Forrester – vocals
  • J. Cole– pedal steel guitar
  • Chuck Leavell – piano, Hammond organ
  • Kate Radley– keyboards
  • Judd Lander– harmonica
  • Pino Palladino– bass
  • Chris Potter – bass
  • Peter Salisbury– drums
  • Steve Sidelnyk – drums, percussion, programming
  • Craig Wagstaff –congas
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, flute
  • Philip D Todd – saxophone
  • Nigel Hitchcock– saxophone
  • Jamie Talbot – baritone saxophone
  • John Barclay – trumpet
  • Stuart Brooks – trumpet
  • Duncan Mackay – trumpet
  • Jane Pickles – flute
  • Anna Noakes – flute
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Lucinda Barry –harp
  • Teena Lyle – vibes
  • Will Malone– brass and string arrangements, conducting

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Ashcroft.

  1. A Song for the Lovers
  2. I Get My Beat
  3. Brave New World
  4. New York
  5. You on My Mind in My Sleep
  6. Crazy World
  7. On a Beach
  8. Money to Burn
  9. Slow Was My Heart
  10. C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)
  11. Everybody

 

The Marshall Tucker Band: Long Hard Ride

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In June 1976, “Capricorn” label released “Long Hard Ride”, the fifth Marshall Tucker Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Paul Hornsby.

Personnel:

  • Toy Caldwell – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, steel guitar
  • Doug Gray – lead vocals, percussion
  • George McCorkle – electric and acoustic guitars, banjo
  • Jerry Eubanks – flute, alto, baritone and tenor saxophone, backing vocals
  • Tommy Caldwell – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Riddle – drums
  • George Marino – mastering engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Toy Caldwell, except where noted.

  1. Long Hard Ride
  2. Property Line
  3. Am I the Kind of Man
  4. Walkin’ the Streets Alone
  5. Windy City Blues – Jerry Eubanks, Doug Gray, George McCorkle
  6. Holding On to You – George McCorkle
  7. You Say You Love Me
  8. You Don’t Live Forever – Tommy Caldwell

Commodores: Hot On The Tracks

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In June 1976, “Motown” label released “Hot on the Tracks”, the fourth Commodores album. It was recorded in 1976, “Motown Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by James Anthony Carmichael,  Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, William King and Walter Orange.

Personnel:

  • Lionel Richie– vocals, saxophone, keyboards
  • Thomas McClary – vocals, guitar
  • Milan Williams– keyboards
  • Ronald LaPread – bass guitar
  • Walter Orange – vocals, drums, percussion
  • William King– trumpet

Track listing:

  1. Let’s Get Started – Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Ronald La Pread, Thomas McClary, William King
  2. Girl, I Think the World About You – Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary
  3. High On Sunshine – Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary
  4. Just to Be Close to You – Lionel Richie
  5. Fancy Dancer – Lionel Richie, Ronald La Pread
  6. Come Inside – Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary
  7. Thumpin’ Music – William King
  8. Captain Quickdraw – Milan Williams
  9. Can’t Let You Tease Me – Walter Orange

James Taylor: In The Pocket

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In June 1976, “Warner Bros” label released “In the Pocket”, the seventh James Taylor studio album. It was recorded 1975 – 1976, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “The Burbank Studios” in Burbank, and was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Stevie Wonder- vocals, harmonica
  • David Crosby- vocals
  • Art Garfunkel- vocals
  • Graham Nash- vocals
  • Bonnie Raitt- vocals
  • Carter Robertson – vocals
  • Linda Ronstadt- vocals
  • Carly Simon – vocals
  • Alex Taylor – vocals
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar – electric guitar, mandolin
  • Herb Pedersen – vocals, banjo
  • David Grisman- mandolin, mandocello
  • David Lindley- dobro
  • Malcolm Cecil- Moog synthesizer
  • Clarence McDonald- Hammond organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes electric piano, horn organ
  • Nick DeCaro – voice, organ, horn organ,  accordion, ARP String Ensemble synthesizer, string and horn arrangements,
  • Craig Doerge- keyboards
  • Red Callender- double bass, tuba
  • Lee Sklar- bass
  • Willie Weeks- bass
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Russ Kunkel- drums, percussion
  • Victor Feldman- percussion, marimba, bass marimba, vibraphone, orchestra bells
  • Bobbye Hall- bongos, shaker, triangle
  • Milt Holland- chimes, wind chimes
  • Kenny Watson – cimbalom
  • Ernie Watts- saxophone
  • Michael Brecker- saxophone
  • George Bohanon- trombone
  • Oscar Brashear- trumpet
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Gayle Levant – harp

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor except where noted.

  1. Shower the People
  2. A Junkie’s Lament
  3. Money Machine
  4. Slow Burning Love
  5. Everybody Has the Blues
  6. Daddy’s All Gone
  7. Woman’s Gotta Have It – Bobby Womack, Darryl Carter, Linda Cooke Womack
  8. Captain Jim’s Drunken Dream
  9. Don’t Be Sad ‘Cause Your Sun Is Down – James Taylor, Stevie Wonder
  10. Nothing Like a Hundred Miles
  11. Family Man
  12. Golden Moments

 

Uriah Heep: High And Mighty

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In June 1976, “Bronze” label released “High and Mighty”, the ninth Uriah Heep studio album. It was recorded December 1975 – March 1976, and was produced by David Byron, John Wetton, Lee Kerslake, Mick Box and Ken Hensley. “High and Mighty”  was the last Uriah Heep album to feature vocalist and founding member David Byron.

Personnel:

  • David Byron – lead vocals
  • Mick Box – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Ken Hensley – vocals, organ, piano, electric piano, Moog synthesizer, tubular bells, guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, electric 12-string guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • John Wetton – vocals, bass guitar, mellotron, electric piano
  • Lee Kerslake – vocals, drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ken Hensley, except where noted

  1. One Way or Another
  2. Weep in Silence – Ken Hensley, John Wetton
  3. Misty Eyes
  4. Midnight
  5. Can’t Keep a Good Band Down
  6. Woman of the World
  7. Footprints in the Snow – Ken Hensley, John Wetton
  8. Can’t Stop Singing
  9. Make a Little Love
  10. Confession

Editors: An End Has A Start

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On June 25, 2007, “Kitchenware” label released “An End Has a Start”, the second Editors album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by Jacknife Lee. The album was certified Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Tom Smith – lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Chris Urbanowicz – lead guitar, synthesizer
  • Russell Leetch– bass guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Ed Lay– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Edith Bowman– performer
  • Robert Whitaker – performer
  • Alison Dodds – violin
  • Fiona McCapra – violin
  • James Banbury – cello, string arrangements
  • Tom McFall – choir, chorus, engineer
  • Anne Struther – choir, chorus
  • Garret Lee – choir, chorus
  • Jacknife Lee– programming, engineer, mixing
  • Sam Bell – performer, programming, engineer
  • Jon Gray – performer, engineer
  • Pete Hofmann – engineer
  • Dani Castelar – performer, engineer assistant
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Neil Comber – mixing assistant
  • Idris Khan – images, cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Smith, Chris Urbanowicz, Russell Leetch and Edward Lay.

  1. Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
  2. An End Has a Start
  3. The Weight of the World
  4. Bones
  5. When Anger Shows
  6. The Racing Rats
  7. Push Your Head Towards the Air
  8. Escape the Nest
  9. Spiders
  10. Well Worn Hand

Jeff Beck: Wired

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In June 1976, “Epic” label released “Wired”, the third Jeff Beck solo album. It was recorded 1975 – 1976, and was produced by George Martin, Chris Bond and Jan Hammer. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Beck – guitars
  • Max Middleton – clavinet, Fender Rhodes
  • Wilbur Bascomb – bass
  • Narada Michael Walden – piano, drums
  • Jan Hammer– synthesizer, drums
  • Richard Bailey – drums
  • Ed Greene– second drum kit
  • Pete Henderson, Dennis McKay, John Mills, John Arias –engineer
  • Geoff Emerick– mixing

Track listing:

  1. Led Boots – Max Middleton
  2. Come Dancing – Narada Michael Walden
  3. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat – Charles MIngus
  4. Head for Backstage Pass – Wilbur Bascomb, Andy Clark
  5. Blue Wind – Jan Hammer
  6. Sophie – Narada Michael Walden
  7. Play With Me – Narada Michael Walden
  8. Love Is Green – Narada Michael Walden

The Flying Burrito Brothers: Airborne

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In June 1976, “Columbia” label released “Airborne”, the fifth Flying Burrito Brothers album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by John Fischbach.

Personnel:

  • Joel Scott Hill – vocals, guitar
  • “Sneaky” Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
  • Skip Battin – vocals, bass, piano
  • Gene Parsons – vocals, drums, guitar, harmonica, banjo
  • Warren “Bugs” Pemberton – drums
  • Gib Guilbeau – vocals, fiddle

Track listing:

  1. Out of Control – Gib Guilbeau, Gene Parsons
  2. Waitin’ for Love to Begin – Pete Kleinow, Gib Guilbeau
  3. Toe Tappin’ Music – Gib Guilbeau
  4. Quiet Man – John Prine
  5. Northbound Bus – Nickey Barclay
  6. Big Bayou – Gib Guilbeau
  7. Walk on the Water – Gib Guilbeau, Joel Scott Hill
  8. Linda Lu – Ray Sharpe
  9. Border Town – Joel Scott Hill, Michael Lawson
  10. She’s a Sailor – Stevie Wonder
  11. Jesus Broke the Wild Horse – Steven Glick, Dennis Krause