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Lisa Germano: No Elephants

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On February 12, 2013, “Badman Recording Co.” released “No Elephants”, the ninth Lisa Germano studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Banana Chicken Studios”, and was produced by Jamie Candiloro.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Germano – vocals, instrumentation
  • Jamie Candiloro – drum loop, sounds, engineer
  • Sebastian Steinberg – acoustic bass
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Lizzy Waronker – artwork, photography
  • Betty Germano, Rocco Germano – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Lisa Germano

  1. Ruminants
  2. No Elephants
  3. Apathy and the Devil
  4. Back to Earth
  5. Haunted
  6. A Feast
  7. Up in the Air
  8. Dance of the Bees
  9. Diamonds
  10. …And So On
  11. Last Straws for Sale
  12. Strange Bird

Angels & Airwaves: Love

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On February 12, 2010, “To the Stars” label released “Love”, the third Angels & Airwaves studio album. It was recorded January – November 2009, and was produced by Tom DeLonge.

Personnel:

  • Tom DeLonge – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • David Kennedy – lead guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Matt Wachter – bass guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Atom Willard – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tom DeLonge, all music by Tom DeLonge, David Kennedy, Matt Wachter and Atom Willard.

  1. Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce
  2. The Flight of Apollo
  3. Young London
  4. Shove
  5. Epic Holiday
  6. Hallucinations
  7. The Moon-Atomic (…Fragments and Fictions)
  8. Clever Love
  9. Soul Survivor
  10. Letters to God, Part II
  11. Some Origins of Fire

Marco Benevento: Invisble Baby

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On February 12, 2008, “Hyena Records” label released “Invisible Baby”, the debut Marco Benevento studio album. It was recorded in August 2007, at “Avast!” in Seattle, Washington, and October 2007, at “Trout Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Marco Benevento.

Personnel:

  • Marco Benevento – piano, keyboards, mellotron, circuit bent toys
  • Reed Mathis – bass
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums
  • Andrew Barr – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Marco Benevento.

  1. Bus Ride
  2. Record Book
  3. Atari
  4. The Real Morning Party
  5. You Must Be A Lion
  6. If You Keep Asking Me
  7. Ruby
  8. Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

Tim Hardin: Tim Hardin 4

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In February 1969, “Verve” label released “Tim Hardin 4”, the fourth Tim Hardin album. It was recorded in July 1964, and was produced by Erik Jacobsen.

Personnel:

  • Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar
  • John Sebastian – harmonica
  • Bob Bushnell – bass
  • Sticks Evans – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Hardin except where noted.

  1. Airmobile
  2. Whiskey, Whiskey
  3. Seventh Son – Willie Dixon
  4. How Long
  5. Danville Dame
  6. Ain’t Gonna Do Without (Part I)
  7. Ain’t Gonna Do Without (Part II)
  8. House of the Rising Sun – traditional
  9. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
  10. I Can’t Slow Down
  11. Hello Baby

Bobby Hutcherson: Total Eclipse

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In February 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Total Eclipse”, the eight Bobby Hutcherson album. It was recorded in July 1968, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Duke Pearson and Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Reggie Johnson – bass
  • Joe Chambers – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Hutcherson except where noted.

  1. Herzog
  2. Total Eclipse
  3. Matrix – Chick Corea
  4. Same Shame
  5. Pompeian

Andrew Hill: Compulsion!!!!

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In February 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Compulsion!!!!!”, the eight Andrew Hill album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Rudy Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Hill – piano
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Joe Chambers – drums
  • Renaud Simmons – conga, percussion
  • Nadi Qamar – percussion, African drums, thumb piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Hill.

  1. Compulsion
  2. Legacy
  3. Premonition
  4. Limbo

Steamchicken: Look Both Ways

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On March 10, 2017, “Chicken Records” label released “Look Both Ways”, the debut Steamchicken album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Amy Kakoura, Andrew Sharpe, Becky Eden-Green, Joe Crum, Katy Oliver, Mandy Sutton, Matt Crum and Ted Crum.

Personnel:

  • Amy Kakoura – vocals, design
  • Andrew Sharpe – piano, keyboards
  • Becky Eden-Green – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass
  • Joe Crum – percussion
  • Katy Oliver – trumpet
  • Mandy Sutton – tenor saxophone, design
  • Matt Crum – soprano saxophone, melodeon, synthesizer
  • Ted Crum – harmonica, bass, melodeon
  • John Rivers – recording, mastering
  • Elly Lucas – photography

Track listing:

  1. Jericho
  2. Brigg Fair (Roud 1083)
  3. When I Get Low I Get High
  4. Western Approaches
  5. Gypsy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278)
  6. Oh Mary (Roud 11823)
  7. Big Tin Horn
  8. Foot Falling
  9. Mary and the Soldier (Roud 2496; G/D 1:91)

Motorpsycho: The Death Defying Unicorn

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On February 10, 2012, “Stickman Records” and “Rune Grammofon” labels released “The Death Defying Unicorn”, the fifteenth Motorpsycho album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim and Bent Sæther.

Personnel:

  • Hans Magnus Ryan – vocals, guitars
  • Ståle Storløkken – keyboards
  • Bent Sæther – vocals, bass
  • Kenneth Kapstad – drums
  • Ola Kvernberg – violin
  • Kåre Chr. Vestrheim – mellotron, various sonic mayhem, gongs, other canned goods of the viennese persuasion
  • Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Trondheimsolistene

Track listing:

  1. Out of the Woods
  2. The Hollow Lands
  3. Through the Veil, Part I
  4. Through the Veil, Part II
  5. Doldrums
  6. Into the gyre
  7. Flotsam
  8. Oh, Proteus – A Prayer
  9. Sculls in Limbo
  10. La Lethe
  11. Oh, Proteus – A Lament
  12. Sharks
  13. Mutiny!
  14. Into the Mystic

Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid

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On February 10, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released “Keep It Hid”, the debut Dan Auerbach studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Dan Auerbach.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, bass, drums, percussion, drum loops, sound effects
  • James Quine – electric rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
  • Bob Cesare – drums, rhythm guitar
  • Dave Huddleston – upright bass 
  • Rob “Thorny” Thorsen – upright bass 
  • Mark Neill – maracas 
  • Jessica Lea Mayfield – harmony vocals 
  • Bob Cesare – engineer assistant
  • Mark Neill – mixing
  • Jim Demain – mastering
  • Amy Burrows – design
  • James Quine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Auerbach, except where noted.

  1. Trouble Weighs a Ton
  2. I Want Some More – Wayne Carson Thompson
  3. Heartbroken, in Disrepair
  4. Because I Should – Dan Auerbach, Mark Neill
  5. Whispered Words (Pretty Lies) – Charles Auerbach
  6. Real Desire
  7. When the Night Comes – Dan Auerbach, Charles Auerbach
  8. Mean Monsoon
  9. The Prowl
  10. Keep It Hid
  11. My Last Mistake
  12. When I Left the Room
  13. Street Walkin’
  14. Goin’ Home

Lee Morgan: Standards

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On February 10, 1998, “Blue Note” label released “Standards”, the 24th Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Mickey Roker – drums
  • Duke Pearson – arranger

Track listing:

  1. This Is the Life – Adams, Strouse
  2. God Bless the Child – Herzog, Holiday
  3. Blue Gardenia – Lester Lee, Russell
  4. Lot of Livin’ to Do – Adams, Strouse
  5. Somewhere – Bernstein, Sondheim
  6. If I Were a Carpenter – Hardin
  7. Blue Gardenia – Alternate Take