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Donald Fagen: Kamakiriad

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Kamakiriad

On May 25, 1993, “Reprise” label released “Kamakiriad”, the second Donald Fagen solo album. It was recorded 1990 – 1993, and was produced by Walter Becker.

Personnel:

  • Donald Fagen – vocals, keyboards, horn and rhythm arrangements, liner notes
  • Georg Wadenius– guitar
  • Paul Griffin- Hammond organ
  • Walter Becker- bass, lead guitar
  • Dennis McDermott – drums
  • Christopher Parker – drums
  • Leroy Clouden – percussion, drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • Tim Ries – tenor saxophone
  • Roger Rosenberg – baritone saxophone
  • Cornelius Bumpus- tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker- trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Alan Rubin – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • David Tofani- flute, tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber- baritone saxophone
  • Lawrence Feldman – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Lou Marini- clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
  • Birch Johnson – trombone
  • Jim Pugh – trombone
  • Amy Helm – backing vocals
  • Mindy Jostyn – backing vocals
  • Brenda King – backing vocals
  • Curtis King – backing vocals
  • Angela Clemmons-Patrick – backing vocals
  • Frank “Harmonica Frank” Floyd – backing vocals
  • Diane Garisto – backing vocals
  • Jenni Muldaur – backing vocals
  • Catherine Russell- backing vocals
  • Dian Sorel – backing vocals
  • Fonzi Thornton- backing vocals
  • Phil Burnett, David Michael Dill, Tom Fritze, Andy Grassi, Troy Halderson, Bob Mitchel, John Neff, Roger Nichols, Dave Russell, Jay A. Ryan, Tony Volante, Wayne Yurgelun – engineer
  • Scott Hull, Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Craig Siegal – sample editing
  • Phil Burnett – digital technician
  • Craig Siegal – digital delay
  • Carol Bobolts – design
  • James Hamilton – photography
  • Tim White – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Trans-Island Skyway – Donald Fagen
  2. Countermoon – Donald Fagen
  3. Springtime – Donald Fagen
  4. Snowbound – Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
  5. Tomorrow’s Girls – Donald Fagen
  6. Florida Room – Donald Fagen, Libby Titus
  7. On the Dunes – Donald Fagen
  8. Teahouse on the Tracks – Donald Fagen

David Gilmour: Same

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On May 25, 1978, “Harvest” label released the self-titled, debut David Gilmour album. It was recorded February – March 1978, at “Super Bear Studios” in France, and was produced by David Gilmour.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour– lead vocals; electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, lap steel guitar, piano; harmonica, cover design
  • Mick Weaver– piano
  • Rick Wills– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Willie Wilson– drums, percussion
  • Carlena Williams – backing vocals
  • Debbie Doss – backing vocals
  • Shirley Roden – backing vocals
  • Hipgnosis– design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Gilmour, except where noted.

  1. Mihalis
  2. There’s No Way Out of here – Ken Barker
  3. Cry from the Street – David Gilmour, Eric Stuart
  4. So Far Away
  5. Short and Sweet – David Gilmour, Roy Harper
  6. Raise My Rent
  7. No Way
  8. It’s Definitely
  9. I Can’t Breathe Anymore

Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells

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Tubular Bells

On May 25, 1973, “Virgin” label released “Tubular Bells”, the debut Mike Oldfield album. It was recorded 1972 – 1973, at “The Manor” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Tom Newman, Simon Heyworth and Mike Oldfield.  “Tubular Bells” was the first album released by “Virgin” label. It was certified 7 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI”, 2 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 10 x Platinum in Australia by the “ARIA”, and Gold in US by the “RIIA”.  In 1975, Mike Oldfield received “Grammy Award” for the best” Instrumental Composition”.

Personnel:

  • Mike Oldfield – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, Farfisa, Hammond B3, Lowrey organs, flageolet, fuzz guitars,  glockenspiel, “honky tonk” piano, mandolin, piano, percussion, “taped motor drive amplifier organ chord”, timpani, tubular bells
  • Lindsay L. Cooper– string bass
  • Steve Broughton– drums
  • Jon Field– flutes
  • Mundy Ellis– vocals
  • Sally Oldfield– vocals
  • Vivian Stanshall– Master of Ceremonies
  • Simon Heyworth, Tom Newman, Mike Oldfield  – Manor choir
  • Simon Heyworth, and Tom Newman – recording
  • Simon Heyworth – mastering
  • Trevor Key  (Cooke Key Associates), Brian Cooke – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Oldfield.

  1. Tubular Bells, Part One
  2. Tubular Bells, Part Two

Gong: Flying Teapot

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On May 25, 1973, “Virgin” label released “Flying Teapot”, the fourth Gong album. It was recorded in January 1973, at “The Manor Studios” in Oxford, and was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky. In the “Q” & “Mojo” magazines “Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock”, “Flying Teapot” was ranked at number 35 on the list of the “40 Cosmic Rock Albums”.

Personnel:

  • Daevid Allen– vocals, guitar
  • Gilli Smyth– vocals
  • Tim Blake– keyboards, vocals
  • Didier Malherbe– saxes, flute
  • Steve Hillage– guitar
  • Christian Tritsch– guitar
  • Francis Moze– keyboards, bass guitar
  • Laurie Allan– drums
  • Rachid Houari – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Radio Gnome Invisible – Daevid Allen
  2. Flying Teapot – Daevid Allen, Francis Moze
  3. The Pot Head Pixies – Daevid Allen
  4. The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine – Tim Blake
  5. Zero The Hero And The Witch’s Spell – Daevid Allen, Tim Blake, Christian Tritsch
  6. Witch’s Song/I Am Your Pussy – Gill Smyth, Daevid Allen

Thurston Moore: Demolished Thoughts

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On May 24, 2011, “Matador Records” label released “Demolished Thoughts”, the third Thurston Moore studio album. It was recorded in 2010, in Los Angeles and Massachusetts, and was produced by Beck Hansen.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore – vocals, guitars
  • Beck Hansen – vocals, synths, bass
  • Samara Lubelski – violin
  • Mary Lattimore – harp
  • Bram Inscore – brass
  • Joey Waronker – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Thurston Moore.

  1. Benediction
  2. lluminine
  3. Circulation
  4. Blood Never Lies
  5. Orchard Street
  6. In Silver Rain With a Paper Key
  7. Mina Loy
  8. Space
  9. January

David Byrne: Same

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David Byrne

On May 24, 1994, “Luaka Bop” label released the self-titled, fourth  David Byrne album. It was recorded November – Decemebr 1993, and was produced by David Byrne and Susan Rogers.

Personnel:

  • David Byrne – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, clavinet, bells, balafon, lap steel guitar
  • Arto Lindsay– guitar
  • John Medeski– organ, synthesizer, Farfisa
  • Mitchell Froom– keyboards
  • Paul Socolow – bass
  • Valerie Naranjo– drums, percussion, marimba, shaker, talking drum, percussion sampling
  • Todd Turkisher – drums, percussion, surdo, sampling, doumbek, roto toms, frame drum, trash cans
  • Bashiri Johnson– percussion, bongos, chimes, conga, shaker
  • Sue Hadjopoulos – percussion
  • Bill Ware– marimba, vibraphone
  • Mark Edwards – drones
  • Marcus Rojas– tuba
  • Bebel Gilberto– backing vocals
  • Dolette McDonald– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Byrne.

  1. A Long Time Ago
  2. Angels
  3. Crash
  4. A Self-made Man
  5. Back in the Box
  6. Sad Song
  7. Nothing at All
  8. My Love Is You
  9. Lilies of the Valley
  10. You & Eye
  11. Strange Ritual
  12. Buck Naked

camper Van Beethoven: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

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Our_Beloved_Revolutionary_Sweetheart

On May 24, 1988, “Virgin” label released “Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart”, the fourth Camper Van Beethoven album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Dennis Herring.

Personnel:

  • David Lowery- lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Greg Lisher- lead guitar
  • Jonathan Segel- violin, mandolin, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Victor Krummenacher– bass, backing vocals
  • Chris Pedersen- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by David Lowery, Jonathan Segel, Greg Lisher, Victor Krummenacher and Chris Pedersen, except where noted.

  1. Eye of Fatima (Part One)
  2. Eye of Fatima (Part Two)
  3. O Death – traditional
  4. She Divines Water
  5. Devil Song
  6. One of These Days
  7. Turquoise Jewelry
  8. Waka
  9. Change Your Mind
  10. My Path Belated
  11. Never Go Back
  12. The Fool
  13. Tania
  14. Life Is Grand

Blondie: The Hunter

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On May 24, 1982, “Chrysalis” label released “The Hunter”, the sixth Blondie studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, at “Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Mike Chapman.

Personnel:

  • Deborah Harry- vocals
  • Chris Stein- guitar
  • Frank Infante- guitar
  • Jimmy Destri- keyboards
  • Nigel Harrison- bass guitar
  • Clem Burke- drums
  • Robert Aaron- horn arrangements, saxophone
  • Sammy Figueroa- percussion
  • Manual Badrena – percussion
  • Roger Squitero – percussion
  • Ray Maldonado – horns
  • Luis Ortiz- horns
  • Rick Davies – horns
  • Mac Gollehon – horns
  • Janice G. Pendarvis- backing vocals
  • Zachary Sanders – backing vocals
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals
  • Darryl Tookes – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Orchid Club – Nigel Harrison, Debbie Harry
  2. Island of Lost Souls – Chris Stein, Debbie Harry
  3. Dragonfly – Chris Stein, Debbie Harry
  4. For Your Eyes Only – Chris Stein, Debbie Harry
  5. The Beast – Chris Stein, Debbie Harry
  6. War Child – Nigel Harrison, Debbie Harry
  7. Little Caesar – Chris Stein, Debbie Harry
  8. Danceway – Jimmy Destri
  9. (Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say) – Jimmy Destri, Debbie Harry
  10. English Boys – Chris Stein, Debbie Harry
  11. The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game – Smokey Robinson

David Bowie: Diamond Dogs

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Diamond_Dogs

On May 24, 1974, “RCA” label released “Diamond Dogs”, the eighth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded January 1974 – February 1974, at “Island Studios” and “Olympic Studios” in London, “Ludolph Studios”, in Nederhorst den Berg, and was produced by David Bowie. Thematically, the album is mixture of the George Orwell’s novel “1984” and Bowie’s vision of a post-apocalyptic world.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie- vocals, guitars, saxophones, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron, mixing
  • Earl Slick- guitar
  • Alan Parker- guitar
  • Mike Garson- keyboards
  • Herbie Flowers- bass guitar
  • Tony Newman- drums
  • Aynsley Dunbar- drums
  • Tony Visconti- strings, mixing
  • Keith Harwood- engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  • 1.      Future Legend
  • 2.      Diamond Dogs
  • 3.      Sweet Thing
  • 4.      Candidate
  • 5.      Sweet Thing (Reprise)
  • 6.      Rebel Rebel
  • 7.      Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me – David Bowie, Warren Peace
  • 8.      We Are the Dead
  • 9.      1984
  • 10. Big Brother
  • 11. Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family

XTC: Wasp Star

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Wasp Star Apple Venus 2

On May 23, 2000, “Cooking Vinyl / Idea Records” labels released “Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)”, the fourteenth and final XTC studio album. It was recorded April–December 1999, at “Idea Studios” in Wiltshire and “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Nick Davis.

Personnel:

  • Colin Moulding– vocals, bass guitar, harmonica on, guitar
  • Andy Partridge– vocals, guitar
  • Nick Davis – keyboards, recording, mixing
  • Prairie Prince– drums
  • Chuck Sabo – drums
  • Simon Gardner – flugelhorn
  • Kate St. John– oboe
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Gavin Wright– violin
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Caroline Dale– cello
  • Holly Partridge – backing vocals
  • Matt Vaughn – programming
  • Haydn Bendall– recording
  • Alan Douglas – recording
  • Barry Hammond – recording
  • Simon Dawson – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Playground
  2. Stupidly Happy
  3. In Another Life – Colin Moulding
  4. My Brown Guitar
  5. Boarded Up – Colin Moulding
  6. I’m the Man Who Murdered Love
  7. We’re All Light
  8. Standing in for Joe – Colin Moulding
  9. Wounded Horse
  10. You and the Clouds Will Still be Beautiful
  11. Church of Women
  12. The Wheel and the Maypole