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The Shins: Heartworms

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On March 10, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Heartworms”, the fifth Shins (The) studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, and was produced by James Mercer and Richard Swift.

  1. James Mercer – voices, guitar, bass, chord organ, harmonica, synthesizer, ukulele, percussion
  2. Mark Watrous – guitar, piano, castanets, kalimba, strings, synthesizer bass
  3. Chris Funk – guitar, dulcimer
  4. Yuuki Matthews – bass, synthesizer, drums, percussion, mixing
  5. Richard Swift – drums, percussion, mellotron, synthesizer
  6. Joe Plummer – drums, engineer
  7. Jon Sortland – drums
  8. Brian Lucey – mastering
  9. Steve Drizos – percussion
  10. Jacob Escobedo – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Mercer.

  1. Name for You
  2. Painting a Hole
  3. Cherry Hearts
  4. Fantasy Island
  5. Mildenhall
  6. Rubber Ballz
  7. Half a Million
  8. Dead Alive
  9. Heartworms
  10. So Now What
  11. The Fear

Laura Marling: Semper Femina

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On March 10, 2017, “More Alarming Records” label released “Semper Femina”, the sixth Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Blake Mills.

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling – vocals, guitar
  • Matt Ingram – drums
  • Nick Pini – bass
  • Pete Randall – guitar
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Rob Moose– strings, arrangements
  • Matt Chamberlain– additional drums
  • Sebastian Steinberg – additional bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling, except where noted.

  1. Soothing – Laura Marling, Blake Mills
  2. The Valley
  3. Wild Fire
  4. Don’t Pass Me By
  5. Always This Way
  6. Wild Once
  7. Next Time
  8. Nouel
  9. Nothing, Not nearly

Joan As Police Woman: The Classic

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On March 10, 2014, “PIAS” label released “The Classic”, the fifth Joan As Police Woman (Joan Wasser) studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Ground Control Studios”, “Maid’s Room Studios”, “Trout Recording” and “Vibromonk”, and was produced by Joan Wasser and Tyler Wood.

Personnel:

  • Joan Wasser– vocals, guitar, strings, clavinet, electric piano
  • Oren Bloedow – guitar
  • Tyler Wood – bass guitar, electronic organ, trumpet, piano, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
  • Parker Kindred – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Doug Wieselman – baritone and tenor saxophone
  • Briggan Krauss – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Steven Bernstein – trumpet, French horn
  • Joseph Arthur, Nathan Larson, Michelle Zayla, Stephanie McKay, Toshi Reagon – backing vocals
  • Reggie Watts– outro on “Holy City”, human beatbox
  • Tyler Wood  – engineer, mixing
  • Murray Trider  – engineer
  • Jack McKeever & TJ Doherty  – engineer
  • Adam Sachs  – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Shatzky  – engineer
  • Lance Scott Walker – design
  • Stephanie Sidjakov – design, photography
  • Dan Monick – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Wasser.

  1. Witness
  2. Holy City
  3. The Classic
  4. Good Together
  5. Get Direct
  6. What Would You Do
  7. New Year’s Day
  8. Shame
  9. Stay
  10. Ask Me

James Brown: Universal James

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On March 9, 1993, “Scotti Bros. Records” label released “Universal James”, the 56th James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by Jazzie B.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocals, arranger, art direction
  • Will Mowat – keyboards, arranger
  • Glenn Nightingale – guitar
  • Greg Harewood – bass
  • Carl James – bass
  • Michael “Bami” Rose – saxophone, flute
  • Gary Barnacle – saxophone
  • Dan Wilensky – saxophone
  • Michael Hunter – trumpet
  • Patrick Tenyue – trumpet
  • Henry Tenyue – trombone
  • Leaders of the New School – rap, drums
  • Duran Ramos – rap, drums
  • Q-Unique – drums
  • Luis Jardim – percussion
  • Trilogy – rap
  • Lamya Al-Mughiery – backing vocals
  • Alisa Anderson – backing vocals
  • Martha High-Harvin – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Morey – backing vocals
  • Basil Meade – backing vocals
  • Lisa Rushton – backing vocals
  • Alan Friedman- programming
  • Ricky Crespo – programming, editing
  • Robert Clivillés – arranger, editing, engineer, mixing
  • David Cole – arranger, engineer, mixing
  • Eugene Eugenius Ellis – engineer, mixing
  • Ian D. Clarke – engineer
  • Richard Joseph – engineer
  • Acar S. Key – engineer
  • Tony Matthew – engineer
  • Howard Lovett – engineer
  • Doug Haverty – art direction
  • Michelle Harbord – design
  • Luis M. Fernández – design

Track listing:

  1. Can’t Get Any Harder
  2. Just Do It
  3. Mine All Mine
  4. Watch Me
  5. Georgia – Lina
  6. Show Me Your Friends
  7. Everybody’s Got a Thang
  8. How Long
  9. Make It Funky 2000
  10. Moments

Curve: Doppelgänger

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On March 9, 1992, “Anxious Records” label released “Doppelgänger”, the debut Curve studio album. It was recorded July – October 1991, at “Todai Studios” in London, and was produced by Flood, Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday.

Personnel:

  • Dean Garcia– guitar, keyboards, bass, drum programming
  • Toni Halliday– vocals
  • Alex Mitchell – guitar
  • Alan Moulder– guitar
  • Debbie Smith– guitar
  • Monti – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday.

  1. Already Yours
  2. Horror Head
  3. Wish You Dead
  4. Doppelgänger
  5. Lillies Dying
  6. Ice That Melts the Tips
  7. Split Into Fractions
  8. Think and Act
  9. Fait Accompli
  10. Sandpit

Gary Moore: Wild Frontier

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On March 9, 1987, “10” and “Virgin” labels released “Wild Frontier”, the sixth Gary Moore studio album. It was recorded in 1986 and was produced by Peter Collins, Pete Smith, James “Jimbo” Barton and Gary Moore.

Personnel:

  • Gary Moore– lead and backing vocals, lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
  • Neil Carter– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Bob Daisley– bass
  • Roland Kerridge – drum programming
  • James “Jimbo” Barton – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Porter– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Moore, except where noted.

  1. Over the Hills and Far Away
  2. Wild Frontier
  3. Take a Little Time
  4. The Loner
  5. Friday on My Mind – George Young, Harry Vanda
  6. Strangers in the Darkness – Gary Moore, Neil Carter
  7. Thunder Rising – Gary Moore, Neil Carter
  8. Johnny Boy

McCoy Tyner

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On March 6, 2020, Alfred McCoy Tyner died aged 81. He was musician (piano), composer, bandleader, one of the most recognizable and influential figures in jazz history. He has recorded and performed with many famous musicians including John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, George Benson, Art Farmer, Lou Donaldson, Benny Golson, Grant Green, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Milt Jackson, J.J. Jackson, Blue Mitchell, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, David Murray, Julian Priester, Sonny Rollins, Ron Carter, Al Foster, Avery Sharpe, Woody Shaw, Jackie McLean, Cecil McBee, Jack DeJohnette, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt and Stanley Turrentine, As a leader he recorded 74 albums. Tyner was a “NEA Jazz Master” and a five-time “Grammy” winner.

Meat Puppets: Dusty Notes

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On March 8, 2019, “Megaforce Records” label released “Dusty Notes”, the fifteenth Meat Puppets studio album.

Personnel:

  • Cris Kirkwood – vocals, bass, banjo
  • Curt Kirkwood – vocals, piano, guitar, percussion
  • Elmo Kirkwood – vocals, guitar
  • Ron Stabinsky – keyboards
  • Derrick Bostrom – drums, percussion
  • Sam Hundley – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Shike – mastering
  • Sam Hundley – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood, except where noted.

  1. Warranty
  2. Nine Pins
  3. On
  4. Unfrozen Memory
  5. Dusty Notes
  6. The Great Awakening
  7. Sea of Heartbreaker – Hal David, Paul Hampton
  8. Nightcap
  9. Vampyr’s Winged Fantasy
  10. Outflow

50 Foot Wave: Golden Ocean

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On March 8, 2005, “Throwing Music” label released “Golden Ocean”, the debut 50 Foot Wave album. It was recorded June – August 2004, and was produced by Ethan Allen.

Personnel:

  • Kristin Hersh- vocals, guitars
  • Bernard Georges– vocals, bass
  • Rob Ahlers – vocals, drums
  • Ethan Allen – engineer, mixing
  • James Adam Watts – engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Lakuna, Inc. – design
  • David Narcizo, L. Fletcher – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Rob Ahlers, Bernard Georges and Kristin Hersh.

  1. Long Painting
  2. Bone China
  3. Pneuma
  4. Clara Bow
  5. Petal
  6. Dog Days
  7. Sally Is a Girl
  8. El Dorado
  9. Ginger Park
  10. Diving
  11. Golden Ocean

Giant Sand: Chore of Enchantment

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On March 7, 2000, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Chore of Enchantment”, the 15th Giant Sand album. It was recorded in 1999, in Tucson, New York City and Memphis, and was produced by John Parish, Jim Dickinson and Kevin Salem.

Personnel:

  • Howe Gelb– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Joey Burns – bass, cello, guitar, backing vocals
  • John Convertino– drums
  • Neil Harry – pedal steel
  • David Mansfield– pedal steel, banjo
  • Kevin Salem – guitar, acoustic guitar, mellotron
  • Rainer Ptacek– slide guitar
  • Rob Arthur – mellotron, organ
  • Nick Luca – piano
  • Jim Dickinson– mellotron, piano, organ
  • John Parish– piano, pump organ, door shutter
  • Paula Brown – bass, backing vocals
  • Scott Loder – bass
  • John Abbey – bass
  • Rich Mercurio – drums
  • Alan Bezozi – drum loop
  • Lydia Kavanaugh – backing vocals
  • Susan Marshall-Powell – backing vocals
  • Jackie Johnson – backing vocals
  • William Brown – backing vocals
  • Juliana Hatfield– backing vocals
  • Sofie Albertsen Gelb – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Howe Gelb.

  1. Overture
  2. (Well) Dusted (For the Millennium)
  3. Punishing Sun
  4. X-Tra Wide
  5. 1972
  6. Temptation of Egg
  7. Raw
  8. Wolfy
  9. Shiver
  10. Dirty from the Rain
  11. Astonished (In Memphis)
  12. No Reply
  13. Satellite
  14. Bottom Line Man
  15. Way to End the Day
  16. Shrine