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Willie Nelson: First Rose of Spring

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On July 3, 2020, “Legacy Recordings” label released “First Rose of Spring”, the seventieth Willie Nelson studio album. It was recorded in 2019 at “The Tracking Room”, UMG Studios”, “Blackbird Studios” and “The Tone Dock” Nashville, “Pedernales Studios” in Austin, and was produced by Buddy Cannon.

Personnel:

  • Willie Nelson – Trigger, vocals
  • Buddy Cannon – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Terry – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Mike Johnson – steel guitar
  • Catherine Marx – piano, B3 organ, Wurlitzer, Rhodes
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Kevin “Swine” Grantt – upright bass
  • Larry Paxton – upright bass
  • Chad Cromwell – drums
  • Lonnie Wilson – drums
  • Sari Reist – strings
  • Kristin Wilkinson – strings
  • David Davidson – strings
  • Connie Ellisor – strings
  • Alicia Enstrom – strings
  • Anthony La Marchina – strings
  • Dave Angell – strings
  • Monisa Angell – strings
  • Jerry Bifano – strings
  • Karen Winkelmann – strings
  • Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
  • Melodie Cannon – backing vocals
  • Ward Davis – backing vocals
  • Tony Castle – recording, mixing
  • Steve Chadie – recording
  • Kevin Boettger – engineer assistant
  • Michelle Freetley – engineer assistant
  • Matt Leigh – assistant engineer
  • Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
  • Nick Molino – engineer assistant
  • Bryce Roberts – engineer assistant
  • Bobby Terry – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Luke Armentrout – mastering assistant
  • Bobbi Giel – mastering assistant
  • Andrew Darby – mastering assistant
  • Shannon Finnegan – production coordinator
  • Steven Lamb – copyist
  • Micah Nelson – artwork
  • Alexandra Dascalu Nelson – back cover photo

Track listing:

  1. First Rose of Spring – Randy Houser, Allen Shamblin, Mark Beeson
  2. Blue Star – Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon
  3. I’ll Break Out Again – Sanger D. Shafer, A. L. “Doodle” Owens
  4. Don’t let the Old Man In – Toby Keith
  5. Just Burnin’ Around – Pete Graves
  6. Our Song – Chris Stapleton
  7. We Are the Cowboys – Billy Joe Shaver
  8. Stealing Home – Maria Cannon-Goodman, Casey Beathard, Don Sampson
  9. I’m the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised – Wayne Kemp, Bobby Borchers, Mack Vickery
  10. Love Just Laughed – Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon
  11. Yesterday When I Was Young – Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer

Animal Collective: Bridge to Quiet

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On July 3, 2020, “Domino” label released “Bridge to Quiet”, the eleventh Animal Collective album.

Personnel:

  • Avey Tare (David Portner) – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizers, tapes, recording, mixing
  • Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) – vocals, guitar, sampler, synthesizer, drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Deakin (Josh Dibb) – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, electronics, percussion, drum machine, recording, mixing
  • Geologist (Brian Weitz) – vocals, electronics, sampler, sequencer, synthesizer,  percussion, recording, mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Dave Portner – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

  1. Rain in Cups
  2. Piggy Knows
  3. Sux-Bier Passage
  4. Bridge to Wuiet

My Tiger My Timing: Celeste

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On July 2, 2012, “Snakes & Ladders” label released “Celeste”, the debut My Tiger My Timing album. It was recorded in London, and was produced by Anna Vincent, Sebastian Underhill, James Vincent, Jamie Harrison and Gary Drain.

Personnel:

  • Anna Vincent– vocals, keyboards, programming
  • Sebastian Underhill – vocals, synthesizer, keyboards
  • James Vincent– bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Jamie Harrison – bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Gary Drain – drums, backing vocals

All tracks by Anna Vincent, Sebastian Underhill, James Vincent, Jamie Harrison and Gary Drain.

  1. Wasteland
  2. Written in Red
  3. The Gold Rush
  4. Let Me Go
  5. After School
  6. On My Record Player
  7. Endless Summer
  8. Honest
  9. Memories of Earth
  10. Your Way

The Reverend Horton Heat: It’s Martini Time

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On July 2, 1996, “Interscope” label released “It’s Martini Time”, the fourth Reverend Horton Heat (The) album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, at “Crystal Clear Studios” in Dallas, Texas, “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Thom Panunzio.

Personnel:

  • Jim “Reverend Horton” Heath – vocals, guitar
  • Jimbo Wallace – vocals, upright bass, fiddle
  • Scott Churilla – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Tim Alexander – piano, organ, accordion
  • Dan Phillips – steel guitar
  • Billy Pitman – guitar
  • Jim Lehnert – tenor sax, baritone sax
  • Gary Sweet – trumpet
  • Erik Swanson – trombone
  • Thom Panunzio – engineer, mixing
  • Keith Rust – assistant engineer, mixing
  • Terry Slemmons – assistant engineer
  • David Nottingham – assistant mixer
  • Chris Shaw – mixing
  • Robert Vosgien – mastering
  • Tony Ferguson – A&R
  • Unleashed – art direction
  • Richard Lee Smith, Jr. – additional illustration
  • Jennifer Broussard – photography
  • Marina Chavez – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Heath except where noted.

  1. Big Red Rocket of Love
  2. Slow
  3. It’s Martini Time
  4. Generation Why
  5. Slingshot – Jim Heath, Jimbo Wallace, Scott Churilla
  6. Time to Pray
  7. Crooked Cigarette
  8. Rock the Joint – Crafton, Keene, Bagby
  9. Cowboy Love
  10. Now, Right Now
  11. Spell On Me
  12. Or Is It Just Me
  13. Forbidden Jungle
  14. That’s Showbiz

Meat Puppets: Forbidden Places

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On July 1, 1991, “London” label released “Forbidden Places”, the seventh studio Meat Puppets studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Pete Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, guitar
  • Cris Kirkwood – bass, backing vocals, illustrations
  • Derrick Bostrom – drums, percussion
  • Skip Edwards – organ
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Dusty Wakeman – programming, recording
  • Pete Doell – recording engineer
  • Kevin Reeves, Leslie Ann Jones, Ray Blair, Tracy Chisholm – additional engineering
  • Judy Clapp – mixing
  • Stephen Marrcussen – mastering
  • Klotz – art direction
  • Michael Lavine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood.

  1. Sam
  2. Nail It Down
  3. This Day
  4. Open Wide
  5. Another Moon
  6. That’s How It Goes
  7. Whirlpool
  8. Popskull
  9. No Longer Gone
  10. Forbidden Places
  11. Six Gallon Pie

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Neo Geo

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On July 1, 1987, “Sony Music” label released “Neo Geo”, the seventh Ryuichi Sakamoto studio album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Bill Laswell and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Personnel:

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboard, piano, computer
  • Yukio Tsuji – shakuhachi, gayageum
  • Iggy Pop – vocals
  • Kazumi Tamaki – vocals
  • Misako Koja – vocals
  • Yoriko Ganeko – vocals
  • Eddie Martinez – guitar
  • Haruo Kubota – guitar
  • Bill Laswell – bass
  • Bootsy Collins – bass
  • Emmett Chapman – Chapman stick
  • David Van Tieghem – percussions
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Sly Dunbar – drums
  • Lucia Hwong – pipa
  • Jason Corsaro – mixing
  • Clive Smith – programmer
  • Jeff Bova – programmer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryuichi Sakamoto, express where noted.

  1. Before Long
  2. Neo Geo
  3. Risky
  4. Free Trading
  5. Shogunade
  6. Parata
  7. Okinawa Song – Chin Nuku Juushii
  8. After All

Rory Gallagher: Defender

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On July 1, 1987, “Capo” label released “Defender”, the thirteenth Rory Gallagher studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “The Point”, “Olympic Studios”, “West 3 Studios”, “Music Works”, “Redan Studios” in London and was produced by Rory Gallagher.

Personnel:

  • Rory Gallagher – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Gerry McAvoy – bass guitar
  • Brendan O’Neill – drums
  • John Cooke – keyboards
  • Lou Martin – piano
  • Bob Andrews – piano
  • Mark Feltham – harmonica
  • Alan O’Duffy – production associate
  • Dónal Gallagher – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Rory Gallagher except where noted..

  1. Kickback City
  2. Loanshark Blues
  3. Continental Op
  4. I Ain’t No Saint
  5. Failsafe Day
  6. Road to Hell
  7. Doing Time
  8. Smear Campaign
  9. Don’t Start Me Talkin’ – Sonny Boy Williamson II
  10. Seven Days

Mark Karan: Walk Through the Fire

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On June 30, 2009, “Quacktone Records” label released “Walk Through the Fire”, the debut Mark Karan album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Mark Karan.

Personnel:

  • Mark Karan – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Rowan – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Rowan – vocals, guitar
  • Lorin Rowan – vocals, guitar
  • Delaney Bramlett – vocals, guitar
  • JT Thomas – keyboards
  • Mike Finnigan – keyboards
  • Pete Sears – keyboards
  • Bill Payne – keyboards
  • Glenn Hartman – accordion
  • James “Hutch” Hutchinson – bass
  • Bob Gross – bass
  • John Molo – drums
  • Jimmy Sanchez – drums
  • Wally Ingram – percussion
  • Jackie LaBranch – vocals
  • Gloria Jones – vocals
  • Amber Morris – vocals
  • April Grisman – vocals
  • Joe Russell – vocals
  • Ray Sanders – vocals
  • Jayotis Washington – vocals
  • Reggie Moore – vocals
  • Jimmy Hayes – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Annie Don’t Lie – Alex Call
  2. Leave a Light On – Mark Karan
  3. Bait the Hook – Mark Karan
  4. Walk Through the Fire – Mark Karan
  5. Love in Vain – Robert Johnson
  6. Rock Your Papa – Mark Karan
  7. Memphis Radio – Susan Sheller
  8. Time Will Tell – Mark Karan
  9. Love Song – Mark Karan
  10. Think It’s Gonna Rain – Randy Newman
  11. Fools in Love – Joe Jackson
  12. Easy Wind – Robert Hunter

Cowboy Junkies: Miles from Our Home

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On June 30, 1998, “Geffen” label released “Miles from Our Home”, the seventh Cowboy Junkies studio album. It was recorded January 1997 – January 1998, and was produced by John Leckie.

Personnel:

  • Margo Timmins – vocals
  • Michael Timmins – guitar
  • Alan Anton – bass
  • Peter Timmins – drums
  • Jeff Bird – harmonica
  • Vince Jones – organ, piano, harmonium
  • Lewis Melville – pedal steel guitar
  • Greg Clarke – ambient guitars
  • David Houghton – percussion
  • Craig Leon – string arrangements
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
  • John Leckie – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastered
  • Peter Moore – sequencing
  • Robert Cobban – additional engineering
  • John Biodich, Mike Dy, Darryl Smith, Guy Massey – engineer, assistant
  • Chris Brown – string session engineer
  • Open Circle Design – design
  • David Houghton – art direction
  • Russell Monk, Douglas Walker – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Timmins except where noted.

  1. New Dawn Coming
  2. Blue Guitar – Michael Timmins, Townes Van Zandt
  3. Miles from Our Home – Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge
  4. Good Friday
  5. Darkling Days – Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke
  6. Hollow as a Bone
  7. Someone Out There – Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke
  8. The Summer of Discontent – Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge
  9. No Birds Today
  10. Those Final Feet
  11. At the End of the Rainbow (hidden track, starts after 35 seconds of silence)

Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

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On June 30, 1998, “Mercury” label released “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road”, the fifth Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Room and Board Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Rumbo Studio” in Canoga Park, California, and was produced by Roy Bittan, Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy and Lucinda Williams. “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road: won a “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album”, and was voted “The Best album of 1998” in The Village Voice’s annual “Pazz & Jop” critics poll.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals, acoustic guitar, dobro guitar
  • Gurf Morlix – electric guitar, 12 string electric guitar, electric slide guitar, acoustic slide guitar, harmony vocal
  • Buddy Miller – acoustic guitar, mando guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocal
  • Ray Kennedy – 12 string electric guitar
  • Greg Leisz – 12 string electric guitar, mandolin
  • Charlie Sexton – electric guitar, dobro guitar
  • Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, harmonica, resonator guitar, harmony vocal
  • Johnny Lee Schell – electric guitar, electric slide guitar, dobro guitar
  • Bo Ramsey – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Richard “Hombre” Price – dobro guitar
  • Roy Bittan – Hammond B3 organ, accordion, organ
  • Micheal Smotherman – B-3 organ
  • John Ciambotti – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Donald Lindley – drums, percussion
  • Jim Lauderdale – harmony vocal
  • Emmylou Harris – harmony vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Lucinda Williams except where noted.

  1. Right in Time
  2. Car Wheels on a Grave Road
  3. 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
  4. Drunken Angel
  5. Concrete and Barbed Wine
  6. Lake Charles
  7. Can’t Let Go – Randy Weeks
  8. I Lost It
  9. Metal Firecrackers
  10. Greenville
  11. Still Looking for Your Kiss – Lucinda Williams, Duane Jarvis
  12. Joy
  13. Jackson