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Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run

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On August 25, 1975, “Columbia” label released “Born to Run”, the third Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded May 1974 – July 1975, at “Record Plant” and “914 Sound Studios” in New York City,   and was produced by Bruce Springsteen, Mike Appel and Jon Landau.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, harmonica, percussion
  • Roy Bittan– piano, Fender Rhodes, organ, harpsichord, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • Danny Federici – organ, glockenspiel
  • David Sancious – piano, organ
  • Clarence Clemons– saxophones, tambourine, backing vocals
  • Garry W. Tallent– bass guitar
  • Richard Davis– double bass
  • Max Weinberg– drums
  • Ernest “Boom” Carter– drums
  • Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
  • David Sanborn– baritone saxophone
  • Wayne Andre– trombone
  • Randy Brecker– trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Suki Lahav- violin
  • Steven Van Zandt– backing vocals, horn arrangements
  • Mike Appel– backing vocals
  • Andy Engel – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Thunder Road
  2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
  3. Night
  4. Backstreet
  5. Born to Run
  6. She’s the One
  7. Meeting Across the River
  8. Jungeland

Jane’s Addiction: Nothing’s Shocking

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On August 23, 1988, “Warner Bros” label released “Nothing’s Shocking”. the second Jane’s Addiction album. It was recorded  1987–1988 at “Eldorado Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Dave Jerden and Perry Farrell. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Nothing’s shocking” at number 312 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All-Time.”

Personnel:

  • Perry Farrell– vocals, piano
  • Dave Navarro – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Eric Avery– bass, acoustic guitars
  • Stephen Perkins– drums, percussions
  • Angelo Moore– saxophone
  • Flea– trumpet
  • Christopher Dowd – trombone

Track listing:

All lyrics by Perry Farrell, all music by Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins.

  1. Up the Beach
  2. Ocean Size
  3. Had a Dad
  4. Ted, Just Admit It
  5. Standing in the shower
  6. Summertime Rolls
  7. Mountain Song
  8. Idiots Rule
  9. Jane Says
  10. Thank You Boys
  11. Pig’s in Zen

Fleetwood Mac: Mr. Wonderful

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On August 23, 1968, “Blue Horizon” label released “Mr. Wonderful”, the second Fleetwood Mac studio album. It was recorded in April 1968, at “CBS Studio” in London, and was produced by Mike Vernon.

Personnel:

  • Peter Green – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Jeremy Spencer – vocals, slide guitar
  • Christine Perfect – vocals, keyboards, piano
  • John McVie – bass guitar
  • Mick Fleetwood – drums
  • Duster Bennett– harmonica
  • Steve Gregory– alto saxophone
  • Dave Howard – alto saxophone
  • Johnny Almond – tenor saxophone
  • Roland Vaughan – tenor saxophone
  • Mike Ross – engineer
  • Terence Ibbott – cover design, photography
  • Richard Vernon – coordination

Track listing:

  1. Stop Messin’ ‘Round – Peter Green, G. Adams
  2. I’ve Lost My Baby – Jeremy Spencer
  3. Rollin’ Man – Peter Green, G. Adams
  4. Dust My Broom – Elmore James, Robert Johnson
  5. Love That Burns – Peter Green, G. Adams
  6. Doctor Brown – T. Brown, W. Glasco
  7. Need Your Love Tonight – Jeremy Spencer
  8. If You Be My Baby – Peter Green, G. Adams
  9. Evenin’ Boogie – Jeremy Spencer
  10. Lazy Poker Blues – Peter Green, G. Adams
  11. Coming Home – James
  12. Trying So Hard to Forget – Peter Green, G. Adams

Depeche Mode: Construction Time Again

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On August 22, 1983, “Mute” label released “Construction Time Again”, the third Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Garden Studios” in London,  and was produced by Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, Alan Wilder and Daniel Miller.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – lead vocals
  • Martin Gore – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Andy Fletcher – keyboards
  • Alan Wilder – drums, percussion
  • Gareth Jones – engineer
  • Corinne Simcock – engineer assistant
  • Martyn Atkins – design
  • Ian Wright – illustrations
  • Brian Griffin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin L. Gore, except where noted.

  1. Love, in Itself
  2. More Than a Party
  3. Pipeline
  4. Everything Counts
  5. Two Minute Warning – Alan Wilder
  6. Shame
  7. The Landscape is Changing – Alan Wilder
  8. Told You So
  9. And Then

Bob Dylan: Slow Train Coming

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On August 20, 1979, “Columbia” released “Slow Train Coming”, the nineteenth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded April – May 1979, and was produced by Barry Beckett and Jerry Wexler. The tracks “Gotta Serve Somebody”  won Dylan “Grammy Award” for “Best rock vocal performance by a male in 1980”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar
  • Mark Knopfler – lead guitar
  • Barry Beckett– keyboards, percussion
  • Tim Drummond – bass guitar
  • Pick Withers – drums
  • Mickey Buckins – percussion
  • Muscle Shoals Sound Studio – horns
  • Carolyn Dennis – backing vocals
  • Regina Havis – backing vocals
  • Helena Springs – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Gotta Serve Somebody
  2. Precious Angel
  3. I Believe in You
  4. Slow Train
  5. Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
  6. Do Right to Me Baby
  7. When You Gonna Wake Up
  8. Man Gave Names to the Animals
  9. When He Returns

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against The Pricks

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Kicking against the pricks

On August 18, 1986, “Mute” label released “Kicking Against the Pricks” the third Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Flood and Tony Cohen.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – lead vocal, organ, piano interior
  • Hugo Race- guitar
  • Blixa Bargeld – lead and backing vocals, guitar, slide guitar
  • Mick Harvey – lead and backing vocals, piano, bass, drums, guitars, organ, vibes
  • Barry Adamson – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Rowland S. Howard- vocals, organ, guitar
  • Tracy Pew- bass
  • Thomas Wydler- drums, percussion
  • Dawn Cave – violin

Track listing:

  1. Muddy Water – Phil Rosenthal
  2. I’m Gonna Kill That Woman – John Lee Hooker
  3. Sleeping Annaleah – Mickey Newbury, Dan Folger
  4. Long Black Veil – Danny Dill, Mari John Wilkin
  5. Hey Joe – Billy Roberts
  6. The Singer – Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels
  7. All Tomorrow’s Parties – Lou Reed
  8. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Jimmy Webb
  9. The Hammer Song – Alex Harvey
  10. Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart – Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook
  11. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well –Traditional, Arranged The Alabama Singers
  12. The Carnival is Over – Tom Springfield

The Who: Who Are You

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On August 18, 1978, “Polydor” label released “Who Are You”, the eight Who album.  It was recorded October 1977 – April 1978, at “Ramport Studios”, “Battersea”, ”Olympic Studios”; “RAK Studios”, St John’s Wood” and Pete Townshend’s own studio in Goring-on-Thames and was produced by Jon Astley, Glyn Johns , Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend and Keit Moon. This was band’s last album with Keith Moon,  he died twenty days after the release of album.

Personnel:

  • Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, percussion
  • John Entwistle – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, synthesizer, brass
  • Pete Townshend – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizer
  • Keith Moon– drums, percussion
  • Rod Argent– synthesizer, piano, keyboards
  • Ted Astley– string arrangement
  • Andy Fairweather-Low– backing vocals
  • Billy Nicholls– backing vocals
  • Michael Nicholls — backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

  1. New Song
  2. Had Enough – John Entwistle
  3. 905 – John Entwisltle
  4. Sister Disco
  5. Music Must Change
  6. Trick of the Light
  7. Guitar and Pen
  8. Love is Coming Down
  9. Who are You

Burning Spear: Man In The Hills

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On August 18, 1976, “Island” label released “Man in the Hills”, the fourth Burning Spear album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Randy’s Recording Studio” and “Harry J’s Recording Studio” in Kingston,  and was produced by Jack Ruby.

Personnel:

  • Winston Rodney– lead vocals, percussion
  • Earl “Chinna” Smith– lead and rhythm guitar
  • Tony Chin– rhythm guitar
  • Bernard “Touter” Harvey– keyboards
  • Earl “Wire” Lindo– keyboards
  • Tyrone “Organ D” Downie– keyboards
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass
  • Aston “Family Man” Barrett– bass
  • Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace– drums
  • Richard “Dirty Harry” Hall– tenor saxophone
  • Herman Marquis– alto saxophone
  • Bobby Ellis– trumpet
  • Vincent “Trommie” Gordon– trombone
  • Delroy Hines– harmony vocals
  • Rupert Willington– harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Winston Rodney, except where noted.

  1. Man in the Hills
  2. It’s Good – Fullwood, Winston Rodney
  3. No More War
  4. Black Soul
  5. Lion
  6. People Get Ready
  7. Children
  8. Mother
  9. Door Peep
  10. Groovy

Tom Waits: Frank’s Wild Years

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On August 17, 1987, “Island” label released “Frank’s Wild Years”, the tenth Tom Waits album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Universal Recording Studios” in Chicago; “The Sound Factory” and “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tom Waits. The album was subtitled “Un Operachi Romantico in Тwo Аcts” and contains compositions written for a play by the same name. “Frank’s Wild Years”, is name of a song from Waits’ 1983 album “Swordfishtrombones”.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, vocal stylings, pump organ, Optigan, guitar, rooster, piano, Farfisa, Mellotron, drums, congaс, tambourine
  • Richard Battin – guitar
  • Moris Tepper- guitar
  • Power Butts – rhythm guitar
  • Marc Ribot- guitar, banjo
  • William Schimmel- piano, pump organ, accordion, Leslie bass pedals, cocktail piano
  • Francis Thumm – prepared piano, pump organ
  • David Hidalgo- accordion
  • Greg Cohen- bass, alto horn, horn arrangements, Leslie bass pedals
  • Larry Taylor- bass, upright bass
  • Jay Anderson – bass
  • Michael Blair – drums, conga, percussion, maracas, marimba, orchestra bells, glockenspiel
  • Les Warner- drums
  • Ralph Carney- saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone horn, violin
  • Angela Brown- backing vocals
  • Leslie Holland – backing vocals
  • Lynne Jordan – backing vocals
  • Kathleen Brennan- vocal arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits, except where noted.

  1. Hang on St. Christopher
  2. Straight to the Top (Rhumba) – Waits, Greg Cohen
  3. Blow Wind Blow
  4. Temptation
  5. Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)
  6. I’ll Be Gone – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
  7. Yesterday is Here – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
  8. Please Wake Me Up – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
  9. Frank’s Theme
  10. More Than Rain
  11. Way Down in the Hole
  12. Straight to the Top (Vegas) – Tom Waits, Greg Cohen
  13. I’ll Take New York
  14. Telephone Call from Istanbul
  15. Cold Cold Ground
  16. Train Song
  17. Innocent When You Dream

XTC: Drums And Wires

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On August 17, 1979, “Virgin” label released “Drums and Wires”, the third XTC studio album . It was recorded June–July 1979, at “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge – vocals, guitars, synthesizers
  • Dave Gregory – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Colin Moulding – vocals, bass
  • Terry Chambers – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, Terry Chambers, Steve Warren, Hugh Padgham, Al Clark, Jumbo Van Reinen – Vernon Yard Male Voice Choir
  • Dick Cuthell – trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Making Plans for Nigel – Colin Moulding
  2. Helicopter
  3. Day in Day Out – Colin Moulding
  4. When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
  5. Ten Feet Tall – Colin Moulding
  6. Roads Girdie the Globe
  7. Real by Real
  8. Millions
  9. That is the Way – Colin Moulding
  10. Outside World
  11. Scissor Man
  12. Complicated Game