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Roscoe Mitchell And Mike Reed: The Ritual And The Dance

On February 19, 2021, “Astral Spirits” label released “The Ritual and the Dance”, album by Roscoe Mitchell and Mike Reed.

Personnel:

  • Roscoe Mitchell – reeds, artwork
  • Mike Reed – drums, electronics
  • Michael W. Huon – recording
  • David Zuchowski – mastering
  • Geert Vandepoele – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Ritual
  2. The Dance

The Rascals: Once Upon A Dream

On February 19, 1968, “Atlantic” label released “Once Upon a Dream”, the fourth Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded September – November 1967, and was produced by Arif Mardin,

Personnel:

  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, sitar
  • Gene Cornish – vocals, guitar
  • Eddie Brigati – vocals, percussion, tamboura
  • Dino Danelli – drums, table
  • David Brigati – vocals
  • Chuck Rainey, Ron Carter, Richard Davis – bass guitar
  • Steve Marcus – soprano saxophone
  • King Curtis – tenor saxophone
  • Melvin Lastie – trumpet
  • Buddy Lucas – harmonica
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Arif Mardin – arranger, conductor
  • Gene Orloff – strings
  • Adrian Barber – sound effects
  • Tom Dowd – engineer
  • Joe Atkinson – mastering
  • Phil Iehle – mastering
  • Bill Inglot – mastering
  • Dave Schultz – mastering
  • Jean Ristori – mastering
  • Andree Buchler – coordination
  • Thierry Amsallem – coordination
  • Dino Danelli – cover sculpture, design
  • Urs Tschuppert – design
  • Mark Roth – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, except where noted.

  1. Intro: Easy Rollin
  2. Rainy Day
  3. Please Love Me
  4. Sound Effect
  5. It’s Wonderful
  6. I’m Gonna Love You – Gene Cornish
  7. Dave & Eddie
  8. My Hawaii
  9. My World
  10. Silly Girl
  11. Singin’ The Blues Too Long
  12. Bells
  13. Sattva
  14. (Finale) Once Upon a Dream

Patty Waters: Sings

In February 1996, “ESP-Disk” label released “Sings”, the debut Patty Waters album. It was recorded in 1995, at “RLA Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Patty Waters – voice, piano, harp, arrangements
  • Burton Greene – piano, harp
  • Steve Tintweiss – bass
  • Tom Price – percussion
  • Richard L. Anderson – engineer
  • DBH – lacquer cut
  • Bert Glassberg – art direction
  • Charles Stewart – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Patty Waters, except where noted.

  1. Moon, Don’t Come Up Tonight – Sally Wood
  2. Why Can’t I Come To You
  3. You Thrill Me
  4. Sad Am I Glad Am I
  5. Why Is Love Such a Funny Thing
  6. I Can’t Forget You
  7. You Loved Me
  8. Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – adapted by Patty Waters

The Sonics: Boom

In February 1966, “Etiquette” label released “Boom”, the second Sonics (The) studio album. It was recorded 1965 – 1966, at “Wiley-Griffith Studios” in Tacoma, Washington, and was produced by Kent Morrill and Buck Ormsby.

Personnel:

  • Larry Parypa – vocals, lead guitar
  • Gerry Roslie – vocals, keyboard
  • Andy Parypa – vocals, bass guitar
  • Rob Lind – vocals, saxophone
  • Bob Bennett – drums
  • Bill Wiley – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Cinderella – Gerry Roslie
  2. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – Gerry Roslie
  3. Skinny Minnie – Bill Haley, Mitt Gabler, Rusty Keefer, Catherine Cafra
  4. Let the Good Times Roll – Leonard Lee
  5. Don’t You Just Know It – Huey “Piano” Smith, John Vincent
  6. Jenny, Jenny – Enotris Johnson, Little Richard
  7. He’s Waitin’ – Gerry Roslie
  8. Louie, Louie – Richard Berry
  9. Since I Feel for You – Buddy Johnson
  10. Hitch Hike – Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Clarence Paul
  11. It’s All Right – Chris Andrews
  12. Shot Down – Gerry Roslie

White Lies: As I Try Not to Fall Apart

On February 18, 2022, “PIAS” label released “As I Try Not to Fall Apart”, the sixth White Lies studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Ed Buller, Claudius Mittendorfer, Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown.

Personnel:

  • Harry McVeigh – lead vocal, guitar, keyboards
  • Charles Cave – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums, percussion
  • Richie Kennedy – engineer
  • James Mellor – engineer
  • Darren Lawson – engineer
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Claude Vause – studio assistant
  • Ed Farrell – studio assistant
  • Annelise Keestra – design

Track listing:

  1. Am I Really Going to Die
  2. As I Try Not to Fall Apart
  3. Breathe
  4. I Don’t Want to Go to Mars
  5. Step Outside
  6. Roll December
  7. Ragworm
  8. Blue Drift
  9. The End
  10. There Is No Cure for It

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messenger: A Night In Tunisia

In February 1958, “RCA Victor” label released “A Night in Tunisia”, album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers. It was recorded in April 1957, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Rolontz.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Jackie McLean (listed as Ferris Benda/Ferris Bender on the cover) – alto sax
  • Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
  • Bill Hardman – trumpet
  • Sam Dockery – piano
  • Spanky DeBrest – bass

Track listing:

  1. A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  2. Off the Wall – Johnny Griffin
  3. Theory of Art – Bill Hardman
  4. Couldn’t It Be You? – Art Blakey, Jackie McLean
  5. Evans – Sonny Rollins

Conte Candoli and Lou Levy: West Coast Wailers

In February 1958, “Atlantic” label released “West Coast Wailers”, album Conte Candoli and Lou Levy. It was recorded in August 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Conte Candoli – trumpet
  • Lou Levy – piano
  • Bill Holman – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Lawrence Marable – drums

Track listing:

  1. Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Comes Love – Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias
  3. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
  4. Pete’s Alibi – Pete Candoli
  5. Cheremoya – Bill Holman
  6. Jordu – Duke Jordan
  7. Flamingo – Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson
  8. Marcia Lee – Conte Candoli

Smokey Robinson: Being With You

On February 17, 1981, “Motown” label released “Being with You”, the ninth Smokey Robinson album. It was recorded November – January 1981, at “Studio Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, “Motown Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Tobin, Mike Piccirillo and Smokey Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Smokey Robinson – lead and backing vocals
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
  • Reginald “Sonny” Burke – keyboards, arrangements
  • Ronnie Rancifer – keyboards
  • Bill Cuomo – keyboards
  • Mike Piccirillo – synthesizers, organ, guitars, additional keyboards, percussion, steel drums, associate producer
  • Scott Edwards – bass
  • Robert “Pops” Popwell – bass
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Scotty Harris – drums
  • Howard Lee Wolen – percussion
  • Mark Wolfson – percussion
  • Joel Peskin – saxophones
  • Harry Kim – trumpet
  • David Strout – trombone
  • George Tobin – arrangements
  • Ivory Davis – backing vocals
  • Patricia Henley – backing vocals
  • Robert John – backing vocals
  • Claudette Robinson – backing vocals
  • Julia Waters Tillman – backing vocals
  • Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals
  • Michael Lizzio – engineer, mixing
  • Howard Lee Wolen, Mark Wolfson – engineer
  • Richie Griffin, Ginny Pallante – engineer assistant
  • George Tobin – mixing
  • John Lemay – mastering
  • Johnny Lee – art direction
  • Ginny Livingston – design
  • Gary Heery – photography
  • Lisa Marie – production coordinator
  • Randy Dunlap, Barbara Ramsey – project manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Smokey Robinson, except where noted.

  1. Being With You
  2. Food For Thought
  3. If You Wanna Make Love (Come ‘Round Here)
  4. Who’s Sad – Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo
  5. Can’t Fight Love – Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo
  6. You Are Forever
  7. As You Do – Peter Kingsbery
  8. I Hear The Children Singing – Forest Hairston

Orbital: Optical Delusion

On February 17, 2023, “Orbital” label released “Optical Delusion”, the tenth Orbital studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Paul Hartnoll, Phil Hartnoll and Andrew Fearn,

Personnel:

  • Paul Hartnoll – performer
  • Phil Hartnoll – performer
  • Mediaeval Baebes – vocals
  • Dina Ipavic – vocals
  • Penelope Isles – vocals
  • The Little Pest – vocals
  • Anna B Savage – vocals
  • Coppe – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Hartnoll, except where noted.

  1. Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)
  2. Day One
  3. Are You Alive? – Jack Wolter, Lily Wolter, Paul Hartnoll
  4. You Are the Frequency – Jimmy Day, Lily De Brouwer, Paul Hartnoll
  5. The New Abnormal
  6. Home – Anna B Savage, Paul Hartnoll
  7. Dirty Rat
  8. Requiem for the Pre-Apocalypse
  9. What a Surprise – Jimmy Day, Paul Hartnoll
  10. Moon Princess – Jimmy Day, Miller Y. Coppe, Paul Hartnoll

Jason Isbell: Jason Isbell And The 400 Units

On February 17, 2009, “Lightning Rod” label released “Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit”, the second Jason Isbell album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Fame” in Muscle Shoals, “The Nutthouse” in Sheffield, “The Echo Lab” in Denton, and was produced by Matt Pence, Jason Isbell, Browan Lollar, Derry deBorja and Jimbo Hart.

Personnel:

  • Jason Isbell – vocals, guitars
  • Browan Lollar – guitars, cover, disc illustration
  • Derry deBorja – keyboards
  • Jimbo Hart – bass guitar
  • Matt Pence – drums, mixing
  • Harvey Thompson – horns
  • Vinny Ciesielski – horns
  • Charles Rose – horns, horns arrangements
  • Jimmy Nutt – engineer
  • Ben Tanner – engineer assistant
  • Dixon Keel – engineer assistant
  • Glenn Schick – mastering
  • Marc Harkness – design
  • Allison V. Smith – photography

Track listing:

  1. Seven Mile Island
  2. Sunstroke
  3. Good
  4. Cigarettes and Wine
  5. However Long
  6. Coda
  7. The Blue
  8. No Choice in the Matter
  9. Soldiers Get Strange
  10. Streetlights
  11. The Last Song I Will Write