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Aerosmith: Rocks

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On May 3, 1976, “Columbia” released “Rocks”, the fourth Aerosmith studio album. It was recorded February–March 1976, at “Wherehouse” and “The Record Plant”, and was produced by Jack Douglas, Joe Perry, Tom hamilton, Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Rocks” at number 176 at its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Times”. The album has been quadruple Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Steven Tyler– lead vocals, keyboards, electric bass, harmonica
  • Joe Perry– guitars, six-string bass, electric bass, backing vocals
  • Brad Whitford– guitars
  • Tom Hamilton – bass, guitar
  • Joey Kramer– drums, percussion
  • Paul Prestopino – banjo
  • Jack Douglas– arrangements, backing vocals
  • Aerosmith – arrangements
  • Jay Messina – engineer
  • Rod O’Brien – engineer assistant
  • Sam Ginsburg – engineer assistant
  • David Krebs, Steve Leber –direction
  • Pacific Eye & Ear – design

Track listing:

  1. Back in the Saddle – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  2. Last Child – Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford
  3. Rats in the Cellar – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  4. Combination – Joe Perry
  5. Sick as a Dog – Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton
  6. Nobody’s Fault – Steven Ttler, Brad Whitford
  7. Get the Lead Out – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  8. Lick and a Promise – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  9. Home Tonight – Steven Tyler

Leon Russell: Leon Russell and the Shelter People

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Leon Russell And The Shelter People

On May 3, 1971, “Shelter” label released “Leon Russell and the Shelter People”, the second Leon Russell solo album. It was recorded August – December, 1970 and January 1971, and was produced by Leon Russell and Denny Cordell.

Personnel:

  • Leon Russell – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
  • Claudia Lennear– vocals
  • Kathi McDonald– vocals
  • Joey Cooper – vocals, guitar
  • Don Preston – vocals, guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson– guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis– guitar
  • Chris Stainton– guitar
  • Jim Price – organ
  • Barry Beckett– organ
  • John Gallie – organ
  • Carl Radle– bass guitar
  • David Hood– bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Chuck Blackwell – drums
  • Roger Hawkins– drums
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Terry Manning– Moog programmer, engineer
  • Glyn Johns– engineer
  • Andy Johns– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Leon Russell, except where noted.

  1. Stranger in a Strange Land – Leon Russell, Don Preston
  2. Of Thee I Sing – Leon Russell, Don Preston
  3. A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan
  4. Crystal Closet Queen
  5. Home Sweet Oklahoma
  6. Alcatraz
  7. The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen
  8. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Bob Dylan
  9. She Smiles Like a River
  10. Sweet Emily
  11. Beware of Darkness – George Harrison

Sly and the Family Stone: Stand!

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Stand

On May 3, 1969, “Epic” label released “Stand!”,the fourth Sly and the Family Stone studio album. It was recorded 1968 – 1969, at “Pacific High Recording Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Sly Stone. In 1986, “Stand!” was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 118 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Sly Stone – vocals, organ, guitar, piano, harmonica, vocoder, bass guitar
  • Freddie Stone – vocals, guitar
  • Rose Stone – vocals, piano, keyboard
  • Larry Graham – vocals, bass guitar
  • Cynthia Robinson – trumpet, vocal ad-libs, backing vocals
  • Jerry Martini – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Greg Errico – drums, backing vocals
  • Little Sister(Vet Stone, Mary McCreary, Elva Mouton) – backing vocals
  • Don Puluse, Brian Ross-Myring, Phil Macey – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Sly Stone.

  1. Stand!
  2. Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey
  3. I Want to Take You Higher
  4. Somebody’s Watching You
  5. Sing a Simple Song
  6. Everyday People
  7. Sex Machine
  8. You Can Make It If You Try

Pearl Jam: Same

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On May 2, 2006, “J Records” label released the self-titled,  eight Pearl Jam album. It was recorded November 2004 – February 2006 at “Studio X” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Adam Kasper,  Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament and Matt Cameron.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Vedder (Jerome Turner)– lead vocals, guitar, layout, design
  • Stone Gossard– guitar
  • Mike McCready– guitar
  • Jeff Ament– bass guitar
  • Matt Cameron– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Boom Gaspar– Hammond B3, piano, pump organ
  • Fernando Apodaca – art, sculpture, design
  • John Burton, Sam Hofstedt – engineer
  • Adam Kasper– recording, mixing
  • Gregg Keplinger, Aaron Mlasko, Steve Rinkov – drum technicians
  • Brad Klausen – cover photography,  layout, design
  • Jason Mueller – artistic facilitator, design
  • George Webb – guitar technician
  • Gary Westlake – optigan

Track listing:

All lyrics by Eddie Vedder, except where noted.

  1. Life Wasted – Stone Gossard
  2. World Wide Suicide – Eddie Vedder
  3. Comatose – Mike McCready, Stone Gossard
  4. Severed Hand – Eddie Vedder
  5. Marker in the Sand – Mike McCready
  6. Parachutes – Stone Gossard
  7. Unemployable – Matt Cameron, Mike McCready
  8. Big Wave – Jeff Ament
  9. Gone – Eddie Vedder
  10. Wasted Reprise – Stone Gossard
  11. Army Reserve – Eddie Vedder, Damien Echols, Jeff Ament
  12. Come Back – Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder
  13. Inside Job – Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder

Teenage Fanclub: Man-Made

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Manma de fan club

On May 2, 2005, “PeMa” label released “Man-Made”, the eighth Teenage Fanclub  album. It was recorded February 2004-June 2004, and was produced by John McEntire.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake- vocals, guitar
  • Raymond McGinley- vocals, guitar
  • Gerard Love- vocals, bass
  • Francis MacDonald- drums
  • John McEntire- piano
  • John McCusker- violin, viola

Track listing:

  1. It’s All in My Mind – Norman Blake
  2. Time Stops – Gerard Love
  3. Nowhere – Raymond McGinley
  4. Save – Gerard Love
  5. Slow fade –Norman Blake
  6. Only With You – Raymond McGinley
  7. Cells – Norman Blake
  8. Feel – Raymond McGinley
  9. Fallen leaves – Gerard Love
  10. Flowing – Norman Blake
  11. Born Under a Good Sign – Gerard Love
  12. Don’t Hide – Raymond McGinley

 

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Pay Attention

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Pay Attention

On May 2, 2000, “island” label released “Pay Attention”, the sixth  Mighty Mighty Bosstones (The) album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie, Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman, Tim Burton, Ben Carr, Dennis Brockenborough, Roman Fleysher, Jon Sirios and Johan Goetchius.

Personnel:

  • Dicky Barrett– lead vocals
  • Nate Albert– guitars, backing vocals
  • Johnny Goetchius– keyboards
  • Joe Gittleman– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Sirois– drums
  • Ben Carr – Bosstone
  • Tim “Johnny Vegas” Burton– saxophone, backing vocals
  • Roman Fleysher – saxophone
  • Dennis Brockenborough– trombone, backing vocals
  • Paul Q. Kolderie– engineer
  • Rolf Langsjoen – trumpet
  • John Allen – vocals
  • Paul Scarpino – acoustic guitar
  • Ernie Wilson – bass guitar
  • Bob Richards – drums
  • Nat Freedberg – backing vocals
  • Andrew Schneider – engineer
  • Sean Slade– engineer
  • Fran Flannery – engineer assistant
  • Ted Paduck – engineer assistant
  • Andy Wallace– mixing
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Steve Sisco – assistant
  • Joseph Cultice– photography
  • Bill Horsman – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman, except where noted.

  1. Let Me Be
  2. The Skeleton Song
  3. All Things Considered – Dicky Barrett, Nate Albert
  4. So Sad to Say
  5. Allow Them
  6. High School Dance
  7. Over the Eggshells
  8. She Just Happened
  9. Finally
  10. I Know More
  11. Riot on Broad Street
  12. One Million Reasons – Dicky Barrett, Dennis Brockenborough
  13. Bad News and Bad Breaks
  14. Temporary Trip
  15. Where You Come From – Dicky Barrett, Nate Albert
  16. The Day He Didn’t Die – Dicky Barrett, Nate Albert

Yo La Tengo: Electr-O-Pura

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Electr-O-Pura

On May 2, 1995, “Matador Records” label released “Electr-O-Pura”, the seventh Yo La Tengo studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Roger Moutenot.

Personnel:

  • Ira Kaplan – vocals, guitars, piano
  • James McNew – vocals, bass
  • Georgia Hubley – vocals, drums, piano, design
  • Brad Jones – recording assistant
  • Devin Emke – mixing assistant
  • Ed Raso – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Scott Ansell – sequencing

Track listing:

  1. Decora
  2. Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
  3. The Hour Grows Late
  4. Tom Courtenay
  5. False Ending
  6. Pablo and Andrea
  7. Paul Is Dead
  8. False Alarm
  9. The Ballad of Red Buckets
  10. Don’t Say a Word (Hot Chicken #2)
  11. (Straight Down to the) Bitter End
  12. My Heart’s Reflection
  13. Attack on Love
  14. Blue Line Swinger

Ian Anderson: Divinities: Twelve Dances with God

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On May 2, 1995, “EMI” label released “Divinities: Twelve Dances with God”, the second Ian Anderson studio album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Ian Anderson. All the 12 album tracks are instrumental.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson– concert and bamboo flutes, whistle, orchestration, engineer
  • Andrew Giddings– keyboards, orchestration, engineer
  • Doane Perry– percussion
  • Douglas Mitchell – clarinet
  • Christopher Cowrie– oboe
  • Sid Gander– French horn
  • Den Redding– trumpet
  • Jonathon Carrey– violin
  • Nina Gresin– cello
  • Randy Wigs– harp
  • Leon Phillips – engineer
  • Ali Aziz – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson.

  1. In a Stone Circle
  2. In Sight of the Minaret
  3. In a Black Box
  4. In the Grip of Stronger Stuff
  5. In Maternal Grace
  6. In the Moneylender’s Temple
  7. In Defence of Faiths
  8. At Their Father’s Knee
  9. En Afrique
  10. In the Olive Garden
  11. In the Pay of Spain
  12. In the Times of India (Bombay Valentine)

The Cure: Disintegration

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Cure - Disintegration

On May 2, 1989, “Fiction” label released “Disintegration”, the eighth Cure (The) studio album. It was recorded November 1988 – February 1989 at “Hookend Recording Studios” in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, and was produced by David M. Allen and Robert Smith. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 326 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith– vocals, guitars, keyboards, 6-string bass, engineering
  • Porl Thompson– guitars
  • Simon Gallup– bass guitar, keyboards
  • Boris Williams– drums, percussion
  • Roger O’Donnell– keyboards, piano
  • Lol Tolhurst– credited with “other instrument”; basis for the song “Homesick”
  • David M. Allen– engineer
  • Richard Sullivan – engineer
  • Roy Spong – engineer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Robert Smith, all music by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, and Lol Tolhurst.

  1. Plainsong
  2. Pictures of You
  3. Closedown
  4. Lovesong
  5. Last Dance
  6. Lullaby
  7. Fascination Street
  8. Prayers for Rain
  9. The Same Deep Water as You
  10. Disintegration
  11. Homesick
  12. Untitled

Melissa Etheridge: Same

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On May 2, 1988, “Island” label released the self-titled, debut  Melissa Etheridge album. It was recorded in October 1987, and was produced by Melissa Etheridge, Niko Bolas, Craig Krampf and Kevin McCormick.

Personnel:

  • Melissa Etheridge – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
  • Johnny Lee Schell- guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel– guitar
  • Scott Thurston- keyboard
  • Wally Badarou- keyboard
  • Kevin McCormick – bass
  • Craig Krampf- percussion, drums, arrangements
  • Allan Blazek, Jim Nipar – engineer
  • David Kane – engineer assistant
  • Duane Seykora, Bob Vogt – mixing assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Tony Wright – design
  • George DuBose – photography
  • Chris Blackwell, Rob Fraboni – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Melissa Etheridge

  1. Similar Features
  2. Chrome Plated Heart
  3. Like the Way I Do
  4. Precious Pain
  5. Don’t You Need
  6. The Late September Dogs
  7. Occasionally
  8. Watching You
  9. Bring Me Some Water
  10. I Want You