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Paris: Big Towne, 2061

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In August 1976, “Capitol” label released “Big Towne, 2061”, the second and final Paris studio album. It was recorded in 1976, at the “Total Experience Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Bob Hughes.

Personnel:

  • Bob Welch – vocals, guitar
  • Glenn Cornick – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Hunt Sales – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bob Hughes – engineer
  • Steve Pouliot, Meyrick Smith – engineer assustant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Welch except when noted.

  1. Blue Robin
  2. Big Towne, 2061
  3. Pale Horse, Pale Rider
  4. New Orleans
  5. Outlaw Game – Bob Welch, Hunt Sales
  6. Money Love – Bob Welch, Hunt Sales
  7. Heart of Stone
  8. Slave Trader
  9. 1 in 10
  10. Janie – Bob Welch, Glenn Cornick

James Brown: It’s a Mother

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In August 1969, “King” label released “It’s a Mother”, the twenty sixth James Brown album. It was recorded in 1969, at “King Studios”, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocal, arranger
  • Dave Harrison – engineer
  • Dan Quest Studio – photography
  • Hal Neely – liner notes
  • Bud Hobgood – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brown, except where noted.

  1. Mother Popcorn Pt. 1 – James Brown, Alfred Ellis
  2. Mother Popcorn Pt. 2 – James Brown, Alfred Ellis
  3. Mashed Potato Popcorn Pt. 1
  4. Mashed Potato Popcorn Pt. 2
  5. I’m Shook
  6. Popcorn With a Feeling – James Brown, Alfonzo Kellum, Clyde Stubblefield, Jimmy Nolen, St. Clair Pinckney
  7. The Little Groove Maker Me Pt. 1 – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  8. The Little Groove Maker Me Pt. 2 – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  9. Any Day Now – Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard
  10. If I Ruled the World – Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse
  11. You’re Still Out of Sight
  12. Top of the Stack – James Brown, Alfred Brown

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Infest the Rests’ Nest

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On August 16, 2019, “Flightless” label released “Infest the Rats’ Nest”, the fifteenth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie.

Personnel:

  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, guitar, bass, recording, mixing
  • Cook Craig – guitar, backing vocals
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – harmonica, backing vocals
  • Joey Walker – bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Cavanagh – drums, backing vocals
  • Eric Moore – backing vocals 
  • Michael Badger – recording
  • Joe Carra – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Planet B – Stu Mackenzie
  2. Mars for the Rich – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  3. Organ Farmer – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  4. Superbug – Stu Mackenzie
  5. Venusian 1 – Stu Mackenzie
  6. Perihelion – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  7. Venusian 2 – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  8. Self-Immolate – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  9. Hell – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh

The Hold Steady: Trashing Thru the Passion

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On August 16, 2019, “Frenchkiss Records” label released “Thrashing Thru the Passion”, the seventh Hold Steady (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “The Isokon” in Woodstock, New York, “Brooklyn Recording” in Brooklyn, New York City, and was produced by Josh Kaufman.

Personnel:

  • Craig Finn – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Tad Kubler – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Selvidge – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Franz Nicolay – piano, keyboards, accordion, harmonica, backing vocals 
  • Galen Polivka – bass guitar
  • Bobby Drake – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Denver Haircut
  2. Epaulets
  3. You Did Good Kid
  4. Traditional Village
  5. Blackout Sam
  6. Entitlement Crew
  7. T-Shirt Tux
  8. Star 18
  9. The Stove & the Toaster
  10. Confusion in the Marketplace

Gerald “Jerry” Wexler

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On August 15, 2008, Gerald “Jerry” Wexler died aged 91. He was music journalist and producer, one of the main music industry personalities in the period from the 50s through the 80s. He played significant role in signing and producing many of most famous music acts of that period, including Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers, Chris Connor, Wilson Pickett, Dire Straits and Dusty Springfield. Wexler coined the term “Rhythm and Blues” while writing for “Billboard” magazine in the late 1940s. In 1987, Wexler was inducted to the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, and in 2017 to the “National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame”.

The Wonder Stuff: The Eight Legged Groove Machine

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On August 15, 1988, “Polydor” label released “The Eight Legged Groove Machine”, the debut Wonder Stuff (The) album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Pat Collier.

Personnel:

  • Miles Hunt – vocals, guitars
  • Malc Treece – vocals, guitars
  • Rob “The Bass Thing” Jones – bass
  • Martin Gilks – drums
  • Jessica Corcoran – engineer
  • Martyn Strickland – photography

Track listing:

All tracks composed by Miles Hunt, Malc Treece, Rob Jones and Martin Gilks.

  1. Red Berry Joy Town
  2. No, for the 13th Time
  3. It’s Yer Money I’m After, Baby
  4. Rue the Day
  5. Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More
  6. Like a Merry Go Round
  7. The Animals and Me
  8. A Wish Away
  9. Grin
  10. Mother and I
  11. Some Sad Someone
  12. Ruby Horse
  13. Unbearable
  14. Poison

Cheap Trick: Next Position Please

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On August 15, 1983, “Epic” label released “Next Position Please”, the seventh Cheap Trick studio album. It was recorded in December 1982, at “Utopia Sound” in Lake Hill, New York, and was produced by Todd Rundgren and Ian Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jon Brant – bass, backing vocals
  • Bun E. Carlos – drums, percussion
  • Todd Rundgren – guitar, engineer
  • Paul Klingberg – engineer
  • Chris Andersen – engineer
  • John Berg – design
  • David Kennedy – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Rick Nielsen, except where noted.

  1. I Can’t Take It – Robin Zander
  2. Borderline
  3. I Don’t Love Here Anymore
  4. Next Position Please
  5. Younger Girls – Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen
  6. Dancing the Night Away – Nick Garvey, Andy McMaster
  7. 3-D
  8. You Say Jump
  9. Y.O.Y.O.Y.
  10. Won’t Take No for an Answer
  11. Heaven’s Falling – Todd Rundgren
  12. Invaders of the Heart

Nanci Caroline Griffith

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On August 13, 2021, Nanci Caroline Griffith died aged 68. She was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, toured and recorded with The Crickets, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Suzy Bogguss, Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, John Prine, Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Dolores Keane, Willie Nelson, Adam Duritz, The Chieftains, John Stewart, Darius Rucker and Buddy Holly’s band. In 1994, Griffith won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”, in 1995, she was awarded the “Kate Wolf Memorial Award” by the “World Folk Music Association”, and in 2008, the “Americana Music Association” awarded her its “Americana Trailblazer Award”. Griffith released 18th studio and 2 live albums.

Peter Frederick Way

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On August 14, 2020. Peter Frederick Way died aged 69. He was musician (bass guitar) and songwriter, founding member of Fastway, and Waysted, member of The Plot, and Michael Schenker Group, performed with Ozzy Osbourne, but was best known as member and bass player of UFO. As leader, he released three albums.

James Dean Bradfield: Even in Exile

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On August 14, 2020, “MontyRay” label, released “Even in Exile”, the second James Dean Bradfield album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Door to the River Studio” in Caerleon, Wales, UK, and was produced by Loz Williams.“Even in Exile” is a concept album based on the life and death of the Chilean activist, singer and poet Víctor Jara, with lyrics by poet and playwright Patrick Jones.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield – vocals, guitar, double bass, bass, harmonica, piano, keyboards 
  • Richard Beak – drums
  • Loz Williams – engineer
  • Dave Eringa – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • S Mark Gubb – artwork, design, layout

Track listing:

All lyrics by Patrick Jones, all music by James Dean Bradfield, except where noted.

  1. Recuerda
  2. The Boy from the Plantation
  3. There’ll Come a War
  4. Seeking the Room with the Three Windows – James Dean Bradfield, Richard Beak, Loz Williams
  5. Thirty Thousand Milk Bottles
  6. Under the Mimosa Tree – James Dean Bradfield, Gavin Fitzjohn
  7. From the Hands of Violeta
  8. Without Knowing the End (Joan’s Song)
  9. La Partida
  10. The Last Song
  11. Santiago Sunrise