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Joe Satriani: Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion Of Rock

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On March 31, 2008, “Epic” label released “Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock”, the twelfth Joe Satriani studio album. It was recorded October 2007 – 2008 at “The Plant” in Sausalito, California, “Studio 21” in San Francisco, and was produced by Joe Satriani and John Cuniberti.

  • Joe Satriani – vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, organ, bass, talk box, hand claps, engineering, mixing
  • Jeff Campitelli – drums, percussion ,bongos, shaker, tambourine, cowbell, hand claps
  • John Cuniberti – tambourine, hand claps, engineer, mixing
  • Matt Bissonette – bass
  • ZZ Satriani – saxophone
  • Eric Caudieux – digital editing, sound design
  • Mike Boden – hand claps, digital editing, engineer assistant
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Satriani.

  1. Musterion
  2. Overdriver
  3. I Just Wanna Rock
  4. Professor Satchafunkilus
  5. Revelation
  6. Come on Baby
  7. Out of the Sunshine
  8. Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat
  9. Asik Vaysel
  10. Andalusia

Scott Weiland: 12 Bar Blues

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On March 31, 1998, “Atlantic” label released “12 Bar Blues”, the debut Scott Weiland album. It was recorded in 1997 at Scott’s house, “Foxy Dead Girl”, “Royaltone”, “Oceanway”, “The Village”, “Master Control” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Blair Lamb, Daniel Lanois, Scott Weiland and Tracy Chishol.

Track listing:

  • Scott Weiland – lead vocals, beatbox, guitar, keyboards, piano, bass, synthesized bass, drum loops
  • Sheryl Crow – accordion
  • Brad Mehldau – piano
  • Victor Indrizzo – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, drums
  • Daniel Lanois – synthesizers, additional engineering, mixing, mastering
  • Holly Reiger – guitars
  • Jeff Nolan – guitars
  • Zander Schloss – guitars
  • Peter DiStefano – guitars, bass
  • Tony Castaneda – guitars, bass
  • Martyn LeNoble – bass, cello
  • Suzie Katayama – cello
  • Novi Novog – viola
  • Joel Derouin, Robin Lorentz – violin
  • Tracy Chisolm – theremin
  • Blair Lamb – beatbox
  • Michael Weiland – drums, percussion, drum loops
  • Tracy Chisolm – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Chad Banford – recording, engineer
  • Chris Goss – recording, engineer
  • Jason Gladden, David Nottingham, Eric Greedy, Jeff Robinson, John Sorensen, Rafa Sardina, Reid Miller – additional engineering
  • Mark Howard – mixing
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Scott Weiland, except where noted.

  1. Desperation #5
  2. Barbarella – Tony Castaneda
  3. About Nothing – Tony Castaneda
  4. Where’s the Man
  5. Divider – Victor Indrizzo, Famous Music Corp.
  6. Cool Kiss
  7. The Date
  8. Son – Victor Indrizzo, Famous Music Corp. (dedicated to Zack)
  9. Jimmy Was a Stimulator
  10. Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down – Victor Indrizzo, Famous Music Corp.
  11. Mockingbird Girl – Jeff Nolan, Zander Schloss
  12. Opposite Octave Reaction

Cowboy Junkies: Ghosts

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On March 30, 2020, “Latent” label released “Ghosts” the 18th Cowboy Junkies album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Michael Timmins and Alan Anton.

Personnel:

  • Margo Timmins – vocals
  • Michael Timmins – guitar, ukulele, engineer, mixing
  • Alan Anton – bass, keyboards
  • Peter Timmins – drums, percussion, artwork

Track listing:

  1. Desire Lines – Michael Timmins
  2. Breathing – Alan Anton, Michael Timmins
  3. Grace Descends – Alan Anton, Michael Timmins
  4. (You Don’t Get to) Do It Again – Alan Anton, Michael Timmins
  5. The Possessed – Michael Timmins
  6. Misery – Michael Timmins
  7. The Dog Barks – Michael Timmins
  8. Ornette Coleman – Michael Timmins

Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite: No Mercy in This Land

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On March 30, 2018, “Anti” label released “No Mercy in This Land” the fourteenth Ben Harper and the twelfth Charlie Musselwhite studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Village Studios” in Santa Monica, and was produced by Ethan Allen.

Personnel:

  • Ben Harper – vocals, piano, acoustic, slide and electric guitar
  • Charlie Musselwhite – vocals, harmonica
  • James Mozersky – lead guitar
  • Jesse Ingalls – double and electric bass, piano, organ
  • Jimmy Paxson – drums, percussion
  • Lawrence Azerrad – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Harper; except where noted.

  1. When I Go – Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky, Jesse Ingalls
  2. Bad Habits
  3. Love and Trust
  4. The Bottle Wins Again (Blues) – Ben Harper, Jesse Ingalls
  5. Found the One – Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky, Jimmy Paxson
  6. When Love Is Not Enough – Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky
  7. Trust You to Dig My Grave
  8. No Mercy in This Land
  9. Movin’ On
  10. Nothing at All

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async

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On March 29, 2017, “Commons” and “Milan” labels released “async”, the nineteenth Ryuichi Sakamoto studio album. It was recorded April – December 2016, at “The Studio”, “Germano Studios” and “Museum of Arts and Design” in New York City, “Bastyr University Chapel” in Kenmore, Washington, “Gateway Mastering” in Portland, Maine, “Kyoto City University of Arts” in Kyoto, Japan, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Mai Yuda. Magazine “Fact” voted “async” the best album of 2017.

Personnel:

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano,
  • Christian Fennesz – guitar, computer
  • N.S.S. – Singing bowls
  • Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – triangle
  • Ko Ishikawa – Shō  
  • Honjoh Hidejiro – shamisen
  • Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – percussion
  • David Sylvian – spoken word
  • Andri Magnason, Bernardo Bertolucci, Carsten Nicolai, Christine Leboutte, José Lavat, Keyko Nimsay, Priscilla Leung, Sergei Mihailov, Shirin Neshat, Tang Kit Ming – spoken word vocals
  • Paul Bowles – words
  • Luca – vocals
  • Arseny Tarkovsky – words
  • Simon James – concertmaster
  • David Sabee – concertmaster
  • Alex Venguer, Ryan Kelly, John Winters,.Seigen Ono – recording engineer
  • Jason Staniulis, Matthew Sim, Alec Fellman – engineer assistant
  • Conrad Hensel – recording, mixing
  • Northwest Sinfonia – recording
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Mai Yuda – assistant production
  • Norika Sora – associate production
  • Alec Fellman – production manager
  • Kaz Tsujio – piano technician
  • Shiro Takatani – artwork direction, photography 
  • Yoko Takatani – artwork production

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryuichu Sakamoto

  1. andata
  2. disentigration
  3. solari
  4. ZURE
  5. walker
  6. stakra
  7. ubi
  8. fullmoon
  9. async
  10. tri
  11. Life, Life
  12. honj
  13. ff
  14. garden
  15. Water State 2

Mae: The Everglow

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On March 29, 2012, “Tooth & Nail Records” label released “The Everglow” the second Mae album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Ken Andrews.

Personnel:

  • Dave Elkins – vocals, guitar
  • Zach Gehring – guitar
  • Rob Sweitzer – vocals, keyboards
  • Mark Padgett – bass
  • Jacob Marshall – drums

Track listing:

  1. Prologue
  2. We’re So Far Away
  3. Someone Else’s Arms
  4. Suspension
  5. This is the Countdown
  6. Painless
  7. The Ocean
  8. Breakdown
  9. Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
  10. Cover Me
  11. The Everglow
  12. ready and Waiting to Fall
  13. Anything
  14. The Sun and the Moon
  15. Epilogue

Steve Hackett: Matamorpheus

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On March 28, 2005, “Camino Records” label released “Metamorpheus” the 17th Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Steve Hackett.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett – guitars
  • Dick Driver – double bass
  • John Hackett – guitar, flute, piccolo, orchestral arrangements
  • Colin Clague – trumpet
  • Richard Kennedy – French horn
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin
  • Sara Wilson – cello
  • Richard Stewart – cello
  • Roger King – orchestral arrangements, engineer, mastering, mixing
  • Benedict Tobias Fenner – engineer
  • Jerry Peal – engineer
  • Harry Pearce – design
  • Kim Poor – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Hackett.

  1. The Pool of Memory and the Pool of Forgetfulness
  2. To Earth Like Rain
  3. Song to Nature
  4. One Real Flower
  5. The Dancing Ground
  6. That Vast Life
  7. Eurydice Taken
  8. Charon’s Call
  9. Cerberus at Peace
  10. Under the World – Orpheus Looks Back
  11. The Broken Lyre
  12. Severance
  13. Elegy
  14. Return to the Realm of Eternal Renewal
  15. Lyra

Juliana Hatfield: Only Everything

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On March 28, 1995, “Mammoth” and “Atlantic” labels released “Only Everything” the third Juliana Hatfield studio album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Juliana Hatfield, Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie.

Personnel:

  • Juliana Hatfield – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Dean Fisher – bass guitar
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Mike Levesque – drums
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – drum machine
  • Sean Slade – drum machine, clavinet, engineer, mixing
  • Jim Fitting – baritone saxophone
  • Walter Sear – theremin
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – engineer, mixing
  • Edward Douglas, Bill Emmons, Fred Kevorkian, Carl Plaster – engineer assistant
  • Thomas Bricker – art direction
  • Michael Lavine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Juliana Hatfield.

  1. What a Life
  2. Fleur de Lys
  3. Universal heart-Beat
  4. Dumb Fun
  5. Live on Tomorrow
  6. Dying Proof
  7. Bottles and Flowers
  8. Outsider
  9. Ok Ok
  10. Congratulations
  11. Hang Down from Heaven
  12. My Darling
  13. Simplicity is Beautiful
  14. You Blues

Screaming Trees: Even If and Especially When

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On March 28, 1987, “SST” label released “Even If and Especially When” the second Screaming Trees studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Velvetone” in Ellensburg, WA, and was produced by Steve Fisk, Mark Lanegan, Van Conner, Gary Lee Conner and Mark Pickerel.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Gary Lee Conner – guitar, organ, back cover photography
  • Van Conner – bass
  • Mark Pickerel – drums
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Diane Szukovathy – design
  • Jeff Price – front cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Transfiguration
  2. Straight Out to Any Place
  3. World Painted
  4. Don’t Look Down
  5. Girl Behind the Mask
  6. Flying
  7. Cold Rain
  8. Other Days and Different Planets
  9. The Pathway
  10. You Know Where It’s All
  11. Back Together
  12. In the Forest

Pearl Jam: Gigaton

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On March 27, 2020, “Monkeywrench” label released “Gigaton” the eleventh Pearl Jam studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Matt Cameron, Jeff Ament and Josh Evans.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Vedder – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, pump organ, layout
  • Jeff Ament – bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, drum looop, programming, layout
  • Matt Cameron – vocals, drums, drum programming, guitar, programming
  • Stone Gossard – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion
  • Mike McCready – guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Josh Evans – keyboards, drum programming
  • Brendan O’Brien – keyboards
  • Meagan Grandall – backing vocals
  • John Burton – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Joe Spix – layout
  • Paul Nicklen – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Eddie Vedder, except where noted, all music as stated.

  1. Who Ever Said – music by Eddie Vedder
  2. Superblood Wolfmoon – music by Eddie Vedder
  3. Dance of the Clairvoyants – music by Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder
  4. Quick Escape – music by Jeff Ament
  5. Alright – lyrics and music by Jeff Ament
  6. Seven O’ Clock – music by Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder
  7. Never Destination – music by Eddie Vedder
  8. Take the Long Way – lyrics and music by Matt Cameron
  9. Buckle Up – lyrics and music by Stone Gossard
  10. Comes Then Goes – music by Eddie Vedder
  11. River Cross – music by Eddie Vedder