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Buffalo Tom: Birdbrain

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On November 6, 1990, “Situation Two” and “Beggars Banquet” labels released “Birdbrain”, the second Buffalo Tom studio album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by J Mascis, Sean Slade, Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginns.

Personnel:

  • Bill Janovitz – lead vocals, guitar
  • Chris Colbourn – lead vocal, bass
  • Tom Maginnis – drums
  • Sean Slade – guitar, backing vocals
  • Monte Rose (J Mascis) – guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginns, except where noted.

  1. Birdbrain
  2. Skeleton Key
  3. Caress
  4. Guy Who Is Me
  5. Enemy
  6. Crawl
  7. Fortune Teller
  8. Baby
  9. Directive
  10. Bleeding Heart
  11. Heaven (live acoustic) – Richard Butler, Tim Butler
  12. Reason Why (live acoustic)

Cars: Shake It Up

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On November 6, 1981, “Elektra” label released “Shake It Up”, the fourth Cars studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Syncro Sound” in Boston, and was produced by Roy Thomas Baker.

Personnel:

  • Ric Ocasek – vocals, rhythm guitar, arrangements
  • Elliot Easton – lead guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Greg Hawkes – keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Benjamin Orr – vocals, bass guitar, arrangements
  • David Robinson – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Ian Taylor – recording
  • Thom Moore – engineer assistant
  • Walter Turbitt – engineer assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • David Robinson – design
  • Clint Clemens – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ric Ocasek, except where noted.

  1. Since You’re Gone
  2. Shake It Up
  3. I’m Not the One
  4. Victim of Love
  5. Cruiser
  6. A Dream Away
  7. This Could Be Love – Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek
  8. Think It Over
  9. Maybe Baby

The Monkees: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. 

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On November 6, 1967, “Colgems” label released “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.”, the fourth Monkees (The) album. It was recorded April – October 1967, at “RCA Victor” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 1” in Hollywood, “American Recording Company” in Studio City, “United Recorders A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Chip Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, guitar, shaker, acoustic and electric guitar, tremolo electric guitar, percussion
  • Micky Dolenz – lead and backing vocals, harmony vocals, percussion, drums, Moog synthesizer, intro chatter
  • Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals, percussion, tambourine, intro chatter
  • Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, spoken word, organ, keyboards, piano
  • Chip Douglas – acoustic guitar, nylon-string guitar, guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Eddie Hoh – drums, percussion, claves
  • Kim Capli – guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, shaker, cowbell, claves, other percussion
  • Doug Dillard – banjo 
  • Bill Chadwick – acoustic guitar
  • Bob Rafelson – piano intro
  • Bill Martin – intro chatter
  • Charlie Rockett – intro chatter
  • Paul Beaver – Moog synthesizer
  • Jim Horn – baritone sax
  • Pete Candoli – trumpet
  • Al Porcino – trumpet
  • Manny Stevens – trumpet
  • Dick Noel – trombone
  • Dick Leith – bass trombone
  • Philip Teele – bass trombone
  • Bobby Knight – bass trombone
  • Ted Nash – reeds, winds
  • Tom Scott – reeds, winds
  • Bud Shank – reeds, winds
  • Vincent DeRosa – French horn
  • Ollie Mitchell – flugelhorn
  • Anthony Terran – flugelhorn
  • Leonard Atkins – violin
  • Arnold Belnick – violin
  • Nathan Kaproff – violin
  • Wilbert Nuttycombe – violin
  • Jerome Reisler – violin
  • Darrel Terwilliger – violin
  • Edgar Lustgarten – cello

Track listing:

  1. Salesman – Craig Vincent Smith
  2. She Hangs Out – Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  3. The Door into Summer – Chip Douglas, Bill Martin
  4. Love Is Only Sleeping – Barry Mann, Cynthia Well
  5. Cuddly Toy – Harry Nilsson
  6. Words – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
  7. Hard to Believe – Davy Jones, Kim Capli, Eddie Brick, Charlie Rockett
  8. What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round? – Michael Martin Murphey, Owen Castleman
  9. Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky – Peter Tork
  10. Pleasant Valley Sunday – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  11. Daily Nightly – Michael Nesmith
  12. Don’t Call on Me – Michael Nesmith, John London

Swinging Blue Jeans: Blue Jeans A’Swinging

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On November 6, 1964, “HMV” label released “Blue Jeans a’Swinging”, the debut Swinging Blue Jeans album. It was recorded in 1964, at “EMI Studios” in London, and was produced by Walter J. Ridley.

Personnel:

  • Ralph Ellis – lead guitar
  • Ray Ennis – rhythm guitar
  • Les Braid – bass, keyboards
  • Norman Kuhlke – drums
  • Walter J. Ridley – photography
  • John Chilton – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Ol’Man Mose – Louis Armstrong, Zilner Randolph
  2. Save the Last Dance for Me – Doc Pomus. Mort Shuman
  3. That’s the Way It Goes – Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch
  4. Around and Around – Chuck Berry
  5. It’s All Over Now – Wally Whyton
  6. Long Tall Sally – Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Oenniman
  7. Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Lloyd Price
  8. Some Sweet Day – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  9. It’s So Right – Les Braid, Norman Kuhlke, Ralph Ellis, Ray Ennis
  10. Don’t It Make You Feel Good – Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin
  11. All I Want Is You – Jim Ireland, John Chilton
  12. Tutti Frutti – Dorothy LaBostrie, Joe Lubin, Little Richard

Charly Garcia: Clics Modernos

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On November 5, 1983, “SG Discos” and “Interdisc” label released “Clics modernos”, the second Charly García studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Joe Blaney and Jerry Garcia. Argentine edition of “Rolling Stone” magazine, ranked “Clics modernos” at number two on its list of “The 100 Greatest Albums of Argentine Rock”.

Personnel:

  • Charly García – vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, sampler, groovebox, effects, rhythm box, mixing
  • Larry Carlton – guitar
  • Pedro Aznar – vocals, fretless bass guitar, guitar
  • Casey Scheuerell – drums, table
  • Doug Norwine – saxophone
  • Joe Blaney – engineer, mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Don Koldom – auxiliar engineer
  • Hal Sacks – auxiliar engineer
  • Uberto Sagramoso – cover photography
  • Ada Moreno – inner booklet photography
  • Daniel Goldberg – producer assistant
  • Carlos Pirín Geniso – producer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Charly García.

  1. Nos siguen pegando abajo (Pecado Mortal)
  2. No soy un extraño
  3. Dos cero uno (Transas)
  4. Nuevos trapos
  5. Bancate ese defecto
  6. No me dejan salir
  7. Los dinosaurios
  8. Plateado sobre plateado (huellas en el mar)
  9. Ojos de video tape

Aimee Mann: Queens Of The Summer Hotel

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On November 5, 2021, “SuperEgo” label released “Queens of the Summer Hotel”, the tenth Aimee Mann studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “United Recording”, and was produced by Paul Bryan.

Personnel:

  • Aimee Mann – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jamie Edwards – piano
  • Anna Butterss – bass guitar
  • Jay Bellerose – percussion, trap kit
  • Aidan Lombard – trumpet
  • Phillip O’Connor – clarinet
  • Sara Andon – flute, alto flute, piccolo
  • Danielle Ondarza – horn
  • Maya Barrera – oboe
  • Paul Bryan – woodwind, strings, backing vocals
  • Daphne Chan – violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Paul Bryan – arrangements, conduction
  • Ryan Freeland – engineer, mixing
  • Jens Wortmann – cover collage
  • Scott Silva – cover photo
  • Ed Sherman – design
  • Karen Malluk – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Aimee Mann.

  1. You Fall
  2. Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath
  3. Give Me Fifteen
  4. At the Frick Museum
  5. Home by Now
  6. Checks
  7. Little Chameleon
  8. You Don’t Have yje Room
  9. Suicide Is Murder
  10. You Could Have Been a Roosevelt
  11. Burn It Out
  12. In Mexico
  13. Check (reprise)
  14. You’re Lost
  15. I See You

ABBA: Voyage

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On November 5, 2021, “Polar” label released “Voyage”, the ninth and final ABBA studio album. It was recorded in 1978, 2017 and 2021, at “Riksmixningsverket” in Stockholm, and was produced by Benny Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad – lead and co-lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals
  • Agnetha Fältskog – lead and co-lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals
  • Björn Ulvaeus – harmony and backing vocals, associate producer
  • Benny Andersson – harmony and backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, arrangements, mixing
  • The Children’s Choir of Stockholm International School
  • Lasse Jonsson – guitar
  • Lasse Wellander – guitar
  • Mats Englund – bass
  • Per Lindvall – drums, percussion
  • Jan Bengtson – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Pär Grebacken – clarinet, tenor saxophone, recorder
  • Margareta Bengtson – harp
  • Stockholm Concert Orchestra
  • Kimberley Akester – music director, Children’s Choir of the Stockholm International School
  • Anneli Thompson – musical assistance, Children’s Choir of the Stockholm International School
  • Göran Arnberg – orchestrator, conductor
  • Bernard Löhr – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Linn Fijal – engineer
  • Vilma Colling – engineer
  • Björn Engelmann – mastering
  • Görel Hanser – coordinator
  • Baillie Walsh – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

  1. I Still Have Faith in You
  2. When You Danced with Me
  3. Little Things
  4. Don’t Shut Me Down
  5. Just a Notion
  6. I Can Be That Woman
  7. Keep an Eye on Dan
  8. Bumblebee
  9. No Doubt About It
  10. Ode to Freedom

Odyssey The Band: Back In Time

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On November 5, 2005, “PI” label released “Back in Time”, album by Odyssey the Band. It was recorded in May 2005, at “Orange Bear Studios” in West Orange, NJ, and was produced by James Blood Ulmer.

Personnel:

  • James “Blood” Ulmer – vocals, guitar
  • Charles Burnham – violin
  • Warren Benbow – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by James Blood Ulmer, except where noted.

  1. Last One
  2. Open Doors
  3. Happy Time
  4. Little Red House
  5. Water Tree – Charles Burnham
  6. Love Nest
  7. Woman Coming
  8. Channel One
  9. Let’s Get Married
  10. Free for Three – Warren Benbow

Barclay James Harvest: Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories

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On November 5, 1971, “Harvest” label released “Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories”, the third Barclay James Harvest studio album. It was recorded July – August 1971, at “Maida Vale Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Wally Allen, John Lees, Stuart Wolstenholme, Les Holroyd and Mel Pritchard.

Personnel:

  • John Lees – vocals, guitars, percussion
  • Stuart “Woolly” Wolstenholme – mellotron, organ, vocals, guitars
  • Les Holroyd – vocals, bass, piano, acoustic guitar
  • Mel Pritchard – drums, percussion, congas, effects

Track listing:

  1. Medicine Man – John Lees
  2. Someone There You Know – Les Holroyd, John Lees, Mel Pritchard, Woolly Wolstenholme
  3. Harry’s Song – John Lees
  4. Ursula (The Swansea Song) – Les Holroyd, John Lees, Mel Pritchard, Wooly Wolstenholme
  5. Little Lapwing – Les Holroyd
  6. Song With No Meaning – Les Holroyd
  7. Blue John’s Blues – John Lees
  8. The Poet – Woolly Wolstenholme
  9. After the Day – John Lees

Shiny Toy Guns: Season Of Poison

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On November 4, 2008, “Universal Motown Records Group” label released “Season of Poison”, the second Shiny Toy Guns studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Jeremy Dawson and Chad Petree.

Personnel:

  • Sisely Treasure – vocals
  • Chad Petree – vocals, guitar
  • Jeremy Dawson – keyboards, bass
  • Mikey Martin – drums, percussion
  • Binary Finary (Matthew Laws, Ricky Grant, Stuart Matheson)

Track listing:

  1. When Did This Storm Begin – Jeremy Dawson, Matthew Laws, Chad Petree
  2. Money for That – Jeremy Dawson, Chad Petree, Tim Kelly
  3. I Owe You a Love Song – Jeremy Dawson, Chad Petree, Stephen Petree
  4. Ghost Town – Jeremy Dawson, Chad Petree, Sisely Treasure
  5. It Became a Lie on You – Chad Petree, Stephen Petree
  6. Ricochet! – Jeremy Dawson, Chad Petree, Sisely Treasure
  7. Season of Love – Chad Petree, James Auringer
  8. Poison – Jeremy Dawson
  9. Blown Away – Chad Petree, John Schwandt
  10. Turned to Real Life – Jeremy Dawson
  11. Frozen Oceans – Jeremy Dawson, Chad Petree