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Paul McCartney: Flaming Pie

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On May 5, 1997, “Parlaphone” label released “Flaming Pie”, the tenth Paul McCartney solo studio album. It was recorded September 1992, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, February 1995 – February 1997, at “Sun Valley” in Idaho; and “The Mill” in Sussex; and was produced by Jeff Lynne, George Martin and Paul McCartney.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney– lead and backing vocals, harmony vocal, acoustic, 12 string acoustic, Spanish and electric guitar, bass guitar, double bass, harmonium, drums, piano, percussion,  Hammond organ, knee slap, Fender Rhodes, harpsichord, vibraphone, mellotron, percussion effects, Wurlitzer piano, percussion
  • Jeff Lynne– harmony and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboard, electric spinette harpsichord
  • Steve Miller– lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic, rhythm and electric guitar
  • George Martin– orchestration
  • Orchestra ensemble:
    1. David Snell – conductor
    2. Keith Pascoe, Jackie Hartley, Rita Manning, Peter Manning– violins
    3. Christian Kampen, Martin Loveday – cello
    4. Peter Lale, Levine Andrade– viola
    5. Andy Findon – alto flute
    6. Martin Parry, Michael Cox – flutes
    7. Gary Kettel – percussion
    8. Skaila Kanga– harp
    9. Roy Carter– oboe, cor anglais
  • Linda McCartney– backing vocals
  • James McCartney– electric guitar solo
  • Michael Thompson, Richard Bissill, Richard Watkins, John Pigneguy – French horns
  • Kevin Robinson – trumpet
  • Chris ‘Snake’ Davis – saxophone
  • Dave Bishop – saxophone
  • Ringo Starr– drums, additional percussion, backing vocals
  • Orchestra ensemble:
    • David Snell – conductor
    • John Barclay, Andrew Crowley, Mark Bennett – trumpets
    • Richard Edwards, Andy Fawbert – trombones
    • Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Nigel Black – horns
    • Susan Milan – flute
    • David Theodore – oboe
    • Marcia Crayford, Adrian Levin, Belinda Bunt, Bernard Patridge, Jackie Hartley, Keith Pascoe, David Woodcock, Roger Garland, Julian Tear, Briony Shaw, Rita Manning, Jeremy Williams, David Ogden, Bogustav Kostecki, Maciej Rakowski, Jonathan Rees – violins
    • Robert Smissen, Stephen Tess, Levine Andrade, Philip Dukes, Ivo Van Der Werff, Graeme Scott – violas
    • Anthony Pleeth, Stephen Orton, Martin Loveday, Robert Bailey – celli
    • Chris Laurence, Robin McGee – double bass
  • Geoff Emerick, Jon Jacobs, Bob Kraushaar– engineer
  • Keith Smith, Frank Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Marc Mann– digital sequencing
  • Geoff Emerick – Orchestral session engineer
  • Geoff Foster– Orchestral session assistant engineer
  • Geoff Emerick, Jon Jacobs, Peter Cabbin – Orchestral session engineer
  • Paul Hicks– Orchestral session assistant engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul McCartney, except where noted.

  1. The Song We Were Singing
  2. The World Tonight
  3. If You Wanna
  4. Somedays
  5. Young Boy
  6. Calico Skies
  7. Flaming Pie
  8. Heaven on a Sunday
  9. Used to Be Bad – Steve Miller, Paul McCartney
  10. Souvenir
  11. Little Willow
  12. Really Love You – Paul McCartney, Richard Starkey
  13. Beautiful Night
  14. Great Day

The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me

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On May 25, 1987, “Fiction” label released “Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me”, the seventh Cure studio album. It was recorded 1986 – 1987, and was produced by David M. Allen and Robert Smith.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Porl Thompson– guitar, keyboards, saxophone
  • Lol Tolhurst– keyboards
  • Simon Gallup– bass guitar
  • Boris Williams– drums, percussion
  • Andrew Brennen – saxophone
  • Bob Clearmountain– mixing
  • Sean Burrows, Jacques Hermet – production assistant

Track listing:

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

  1. The Kiss
  2. Catch
  3. Torture
  4. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
  5. Why Can’t I Be You?
  6. How Beautiful You Are
  7. The Snakepit
  8. Hey You!!!
  9. Just Like Heaven
  10. All I Want
  11. Hot Hot Hot!!!
  12. One More Time
  13. Like Cockatoos
  14. Icing Sugar
  15. The perfect Girl
  16. A Thousand Hours
  17. Shiver and Shake
  18. Fight

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Hard Promises

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On May 5, 1981, “Backstreet” label released “Hard Promises”, the fourth Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album. It was recorded 1980–1981, at “Sound City”, “Van Nuys”, “Cherokee Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty.

Personnel:

  • Tom Petty– lead vocals, 6 and 12 string guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, electric piano, bass guitar
  • Mike Campbell– 6 and 12 string guitar, electric guitars, bass guitar, auto-harp, accordion, harmonium
  • Benmont Tench– organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Ron Blair– bass guitar
  • Stan Lynch– drums, backing vocals
  • Phil Jones – percussion
  • Alan “Bugs” Weidel – piano
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn– bass guitar
  • Stevie Nicks– harmony and backing vocal
  • Lori Nicks – backing vocal
  • Sharon Celani – backing vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Petty, except where noted.

  1. The Waiting
  2. A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  3. Nightwatchman – Tom Petty, Mike Campbel
  4. Something Big
  5. Kings Road
  6. Letting You Go
  7. A Thing About You
  8. Insider
  9. The Criminal Kind
  10. You Can Still Change Your Mind – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell

AC/DC: Powerage

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On May 5, 1978, “Atlantic” label released “Powerage”, the fifth Australian and the fourth internationally released AC/DC album. It was recorded January – March 1978, at “Albert Studios” in Sydney, and was produced by Harry Vanda and George Young.

Personnel:

  • Bon Scott– lead vocals
  • Angus Young– lead guitar
  • Malcolm Young– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Cliff Williams– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Phil Rudd– drums

Personnel:

All tracks by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott.

  1. Rock ‘n’ Roll Damnation
  2. Down Payment Blues
  3. Gimme a Bullet
  4. Riff Raff
  5. Sin City
  6. What’s Next to the Moon
  7. Gone Shootin
  8. Up to My Neck in You
  9. Kicked in the Teeth

James Gang: Newborn

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On May 5, 1975, “Atlantic” label released “Newborn”, the eighth James Gang album. It was recorded 1974 – 1975, and was produced by James Gang.The album cover artwork features a reproduction of Salvador Dalí’s “Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man”.

Personnel:

  • Bubba Keith – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Richard Shack – electric guitars, backing vocals
  • Dale Peters – bass, backing vocals, percussion
  • Jim Fox– drums, organ, piano
  • Al Perkins– steel guitar
  • David Briggs– organ, piano
  • Kenneth Hamann – synthesizer
  • Don Brooks– harmonica
  • George Ricci – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Bubba Keith and Richard Shack, except where noted.

  1. Merry-Go-Round
  2. Gonna Get By – Bubba Keith, Mark Smith
  3. Earthshaker – Bubba Keith
  4. All I Have
  5. Watch It – Bubba Keith
  6. Driftin’ Dreamer
  7. Shoulda’ Seen Your Face
  8. Come With Me
  9. Heartbreak Hotel – Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden
  10. Red Satin Lover
  11. Cold Wind

Billy Preston: The Kids & Me

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On May 5, 1974, “A&M” label released “The Kids & Me”, the ninth Billy Preston studio album. It was recorded October 1973, at “Westlake Audio” in Hollywood, “A&M Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Billy Preston.

Personnel:

  • Billy Preston – vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Tony Maiden – guitar
  • Joe Walsh – guitar
  • Kenneth Luper – keyboards
  • Hubert Heard – keyboards
  • Bobby Watson – bass guitar
  • Albert Perkins – bass
  • Manuel Kellough – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher, except where noted.

  1. Tell Me You Need My Loving
  2. Nothing From Nothing
  3. Struttin’ – Billy Preston,George Johnson
  4. Sister Sugar
  5. Sad Sad Song
  6. You Are So Beautiful
  7. Sometimes I Love You – Billy Preston
  8. Elmo – Billy Preston
  9. John The Baptist – Billy Preston, John Schuller
  10. Little Black Boys And Girls
  11. Creature Feature – Billy Preston, Hubert Heard

Paul Simon: There Goes Rhymin’ Simon

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On May 5, 1973, “Columbia” label released “There Goes Rhymin’ Simon”, the third Paul Simon solo studio album. It was recorded September 1972 – January 1973, at “Columbia Studios” in New York City, “Malaco Recording Studios” in Jackson, Mississippi, “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama and “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Paul Simon, Phil Ramone, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Paul Samwell-Smith and Roy Halee.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon– vocals, guitar
  • Pete Carr– acoustic and  electric guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson– electric guitar
  • Cornell Dupree– guitar
  • Alexander Gafa – guitar
  • David Spinozza– guitar
  • Jerry Puckett – guitar
  • Barry Beckett– keyboard; piano, vibraphone
  • Paul Griffin– piano
  • Bobby James– keyboard
  • Bobby Scott– piano
  • Carson Witsett – organ
  • Don Elliott– vibraphone
  • David Hood– bass guitar
  • Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
  • Bob Cranshaw– bass guitar
  • Vernie Robbins – bass guitar
  • Richard Davis– double bass
  • Roger Hawkins– drums, percussion , tambourine
  • Rick Marotta– drums
  • Grady Tate– drums
  • James Stroud– drums
  • Airto Moreira– percussion
  • The Onward Brass Band– horns
  • Uncredited – flute
  • The Dixie Hummingbirds– group vocals
  • Claude Jeter– falsetto vocals
  • Maggie and Terre Roche– backing vocals
  • Allen Toussaint– horn arrangements
  • Quincy Jones– string arrangements
  • Del Newman – string arrangements

Track listing:

Al tracks by Paul Simon.

  1. Kodachrome
  2. Tenderness
  3. Take Me to the Mardi Gras
  4. Something So Right
  5. One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor
  6. American Tune
  7. Was a Sunny Day
  8. Learn How to Fall
  9. Judy’s Comet
  10. Loves Me Like a Rock

My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall

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On May 4, 2015, “ATO Records” released “The Waterfall”, the seventh My Morning Jacket studio album. It was recorded 2013–2014, at “Panoramic House” in Stinson Beach, California, and was produced by Tucker Martine and Jim James.

Personnel:

  • Jim James– lead vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Carl Broemel– guitar, backing vocals
  • Tom Blankenship– bass guitar
  • Patrick Hallahan– drums
  • Bo Koster– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Michael Finn – keyboards, recording
  • Tucker Martin – percussion, mixing
  • Anna Fritz – strings, backing vocals
  • Kyleen King – strings, backing vocals
  • Patti King – strings, backing vocals
  • Brittany Howard– backing vocals
  • Neil Krug – artwork
  • Danny Cash – layout
  • Kevin Ratterman – recording, sequencing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim James, except where noted.

  1. Believe (Nobody Knows)
  2. Compound Fracture
  3. Like a River
  4. In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)
  5. Get the Point
  6. Spring (Among the Living)
  7. Thin Line
  8. Big Decisions – Jim James, Dan Wilson
  9. Tropics (Erase Traces)
  10. Only Memories Remain

David CRosby: Thousand Roads

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On May 4, 1993, “Atlantic” label released “Thousand Roads”, the third David Crosby solo studio album. It was recorded 1992 – 1993, and was produced by Phil Collins, Don Was, Dean Parks,David Crosby, Glynn Johns,Stephen Barncard and Phil Ramone.

Personnel:

  • David Crosby- lead and backing vocals
  • Jeff Pevar- guitar
  • Michael Landau- electric guitar
  • Bernie Leadon- electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • John Leventhal- guitars
  • Dean Parks- guitars, flute
  • Andy Fairweather Low- electric guitar
  • Benmont Tench- keyboards
  • Jimmy Webb- acoustic piano
  • Marc Cohn- acoustic piano
  • Craig Doerge- keyboards, arrangements
  • J. Vanston- keyboards
  • Bonnie Hayes- keyboards
  • Paul (Wix) Wickens- keyboards, accordion
  • Leland Sklar- bass guitar
  • David Watkins Clarke – bass guitar
  • Pino Palladino – bass guitar
  • David Young – acoustic bass
  • Russell Kunkel – drums
  • Phil Collins- drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Jeff Porcaro- drums
  • Ethan Johns- drums, percussion, additional electric guitar
  • Paulinho Da Costa- percussion
  • Luis Conte- percussion
  • Graham Nash – harmonica, harmony vocals
  • Jackson Browne- harmony vocals
  • Stephen Bishop- harmony vocals
  • Kipp Lennon- harmony vocals
  • Armen Garabedian – violin, concertmaster
  • Dimitrie Levici – violin
  • Berj Garabedian – violin
  • Ruth Johnson- violin
  • Evan Wilson – viola
  • Scott Haupert – viola
  • Maria Newman- viola
  • Suzie Katayama – cello, contractor
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Daniel Smith – cello
  • David Campbell- string arrangement

Track listing:

  1. Hero
  2. Too Young to Die – Jimmy Webb
  3. Old Soldier – Marc Cohn
  4. Through Your Hands – John Hiatt
  5. Yvette in English – Joni Mitchell, David Crosby
  6. Thousand Roads – David Crosby
  7. Columbus – Noel Brazil
  8. Helpless Heart – Paul Brady
  9. Coverage – Bonnie Hayes
  10. Natalie – Stephen Bishop