On February 2, 2018, Dennis Edwards died aged 74. He was singer and musician (piano), member of The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dennis Edwards and the Fireballs, The Contours, but was best known as lead singer in The Temptations. Edwards was leading vocal on some of the group’s biggest hits including “I Can’t Get Next to You”, “Ball of Confusion” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”. In the period between 1984 -1993, Edwards released three solo albums.
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Elvis Presley: For LP Fans Only
In February 1959, “RCA Victor” label released “For LP Fans Only”, the seventh Elvis Presley album. It was recorded in August 1956 at “20th Century Fox Stage One”, September 1956 at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, January 10 and 11 at the “RCA Victor Studios” in Nashville, “RCA Victor Studios” in New York, and “Sun Studio”.
Personnel:
- Elvis Presley– vocals, guitar
- Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins– guitar
- Floyd Cramer, Shorty Long– piano
- Gordon Stoker– piano, backing vocals
- Bill Black– bass
- J. Fontana, Jimmie Lott, Johnny Bernero – drums
- The Jordanaires, Ben Speer, Brock Speer– backing vocals
Track listing:
- That’s All Right – Arthur Crudup
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Lloyd Price
- Mystery Train – Herman Parker Jr., Sam Phillips
- Playing for Keeps – Stan Kesler
- Poor Boy – Vera Matson, Elvis Presley
- My Baby Left Me – Arthur Crudup
- I Was The One – Aaron Schroeder, Claude Demetrius, Hal Blair, Bill Peppers
- Shake, Rattle And Roll – Charles Calhoun
- I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone – Stan Kesler, William E. Taylor
- You’re a Heartbreaker – Jack Sallee
Bill Evans: New Jazz Conceptions
In February 1957, “Riverside” label released “New Jazz Conceptions”, the debut Bill Evans album as a leader. September 18 and 27, 1956, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
- Bill Evans- piano
- Teddy Kotick- bass
- Paul Motian– drums
- Jack Higgins – engineer
- Tamaki Beck – mastering
- Fran Scott – design
- Hank Parker – photography
- Orrin Keepnews – liner notes
Track listing:
- I Love You – Cole Porter
- Five – Bill Evans
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
- Conception – George Shearing
- Easy Living – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
- Displacement – Bill Evans
- Speak Low – Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash
- Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans, Gene Lees
- Our Delight – Tadd Dameron
- My Romance – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
- No Cover, No Minimum
Civil Wars: Barton Hollow
On February 1, 2011, “Sensibility” label released “Barton Hollow”, the debut Civil Wars album. It was recorded in 2010, at “The Art House” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Charlie Peacock.
Personnel:
- Joy Williams – lead and backing vocals, piano, Hohner organ, bells
- John Paul White – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar, banjo, bass guitar
- Andy Leftwich – fiddle, mandolin
- Jerry McPherson, T. Corenflos – electric guitar
- Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
- Tim Lauer – keyboards, synthesizer, keyboard bass, organ
- Charlie Peacock – electric piano, trumpet, additional engineering
- Barry Bales – double bass
- Ken Lewis – percussion
- David Davidson – violin
- John Catchings – cello
- Richie Biggs – engineer, mixing
- Richard Dodd – mastering
- Pec Petaja – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Joy Williams and John Paul White, except where noted.
- 20 Years
- I’ve Got This Friend
- C’est la mort
- To Whom It May Concern
- Poison & Wine – Joy Williams, John Paul White, Chris Lindsey
- My Father’s Father
- Barton Hollow
- The Violet Hour
- Girl With the Red Balloon
- Falling
- Forget Me Not
- Birds of a Feather
Midlake: The Courage of Others
On February 1, 2010, “Bella Union” label released “The Courage of Others”, the third Midlake studio album. The album cover pays homage to Andrei Tarkovsky movie “Andrei Rublev”.
Personnel:
- Tim Smith – vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, recorder, piano, keyboards
- Eric Pulido – guitars, dulcimer, autoharp, percussion, backing vocals
- Eric Nichelson – guitars, autoharp, percussion
- Max Townsley – electric guitar
- Paul Alexander – bass, electric guitar, bassoon
- McKenzie Smith – drums, percussion
- Jesse Chandler – harpsichord
- Fiona Brice – violin
- Stephanie Dosen- harmony vocals
- Matt Pence – mixing
- Dave McNair – mastering
- Eric Pulido – design
- Rob Gungor – design
- Tim Smith design
Track listing:
All tracks by Tim Smith.
- Acts of Man
- Winter Dies
- Small Mountain
- Core of Nature
- Fortune
- Rulers, Ruling All Things
- Children of the Grounds
- Bring Down
- The Horn
- The Courage of Others
- In the Ground
Apparatajik: We Are Here
On February 1, 2010, album “We Are Here”, the debut Apparatjik studio album was released for digital download via their official website. The physical release was made through “Meta Merge Un” label. It was recorded 2008 – January 2009, and was produced by Martin Terefe.
Personnel:
- Jonas Bjerre– lead vocals, guitar
- Magne Furuholmen– vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Guy Berryman– vocals, bass
- Martin Terefe – vocals, drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Jonas Bjerre, Magne Furuholmen, Guy Berryman and Martin Terefe.
- Deadbeat
- Datascrolle
- Snow Crystals
- Supersonic Sound
- Arrow And Bow
- In A Quiet Corner
- Josie
- Antlers
- Electric Eye
- Look Kids
- Quiz Show
Broken Bells: After the Disco
On January 31, 2014, “Columbia” label released “After the Disco”, the second Broken Bells studio album. It was recorded October 2012 – November 2013, at “Mondo Studio” and “Sound Recorders” in Los Angeles, Glenwood Place Studios” in Burbank, California, “Firehouse Studios” in Pasadena, California, and was produced by Danger Mouse (Brian Burton).
Personnel:
- James Mercer– vocals, guitar, bass, organ, synthesizer, percussion
- Brian Burton– drums, organ, piano, synthesizer, percussion, bass, guitar
- Elizabeth Berg, Heather Porcaro, Myla Balugay, Rebecca Ann Stark- backing vocals
Orchestra
- The Angel City String Orchestra – strings
Daniele Luppi – conductor, string arrangement
Anton Riehl – score
Peter Kent – concertmaster, violin
Chris Tedesco – contractor
- Carolyn Osborn – violin
- Erika Walczak – violin
- Jennifer Walton – violin
- Judy Yoo – violin
- Julie Beavers – violin
- Norman Hughes – violin
- Shari Zippert – violin
- Sharon Jackson – violin
- Susan Chatman – violin
- Vladimir Polimatidi – violin
- Adrianna Zoppo – viola
- Brianna Bandy – viola
- Jessica Van Velzen – viola
- Alisha Bauer – cello
- Stefanie Fife – cello
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
- Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone
- David Ralicke – trombone
- Nathaniel Walcott- trumpet
- Brian Burton – programmer
- Kennie Takahashi – programmer, mixing, recording, engineer
- Todd Monfalcone – recording
- Jeff Peters – recording
- Jacob Dennis – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
- Chris Kahn – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
- Laura Sisk – second engineer
- Jeremy Underwood – engineer assistant
- Todd Monfalcone – second engineer, mixing
- Geoff Neal – mixing assistant
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Jacob Escobedo – artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by James Mercer and Brian Burton.
- Perfect World
- After the Disco
- Holding On for Life
- Leave it Alone
- The Changing Lights
- Control
- Lazy Wonderland
- Medicine
- No Matter What You’re Told
- The Angel and the Fool
Richard Thompson: Mirror Blue
In January 1994, “Capitol” label released “Mirror Blue”, the seventh Richard Thompson studio album. It was recorded in January 1993, at “The Sound Factory” in Los Angeles and “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.
Personnel:
- Richard Thompson – vocals, guitar, mandolin
- Mitchell Froom– keyboards
- John Kirkpatrick- accordion, concertinas
- Alistair Anderson – concertina, Northumbrian pipes
- Danny Thompson- double bass
- Jerry Scheff– bass guitar, double bass
- Pete Thomas– drums, percussion
- Tom McConville, Martin Dunn – flute
- Philip Pickett- shawms
- Christine Collister, Michael Parker – backing vocals
- Tchad Blake – engineer
- Henry Binns – engineer
- John Paterno – engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Richard Thompson.
- For the Sake of Mary
- I Can’t Wake Up to Save my Life
- MGB-GT
- The Way That it Shows
- Easy There, Steady Now
- King of Bohemia
- Shane and Dixie
- Mingus Eyes
- I Ride in Your Slipstream
- Beeswing
- Fast Food
- Mascara Tear
- Taking my Business Elsewhere
Frontline Assembly: State of Mind
In January 1988, “Dossier” label released “State of Mind”, the second Front Line Assembly studio album. It was recorded in August 1987, and was produced by Michael Balch.
Personnel:
- Bill Leeb – vocals, synthesizer, sampler, percussion, mixing
- Michael Balch – mixing
- Dave Ogilvie– editing
- Manfred Schiek – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Bill Leeb.
- First Reprisal
- Consequence
- Burnt Soul
- Testimony
- Landslide
- Terminal Power
- Malignant Fracture
- Resistance
- Sustain Upright
- Sustain Upright
- No Tomorrow
- And They Shall Bow
James Taylor: Never Die Young
In January 1988, “Columbia / Legacy” label released “Never Die Young”, the twelfth James Taylor album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Don Grolnick.
Personnel:
- James Taylor – vocals, guitar
- Bob Mann– guitar
- Jeff Mironov – guitar
- Dan Dugmore– banjo, pedal steel guitar
- Don Grolnick– piano
- Bill Payne– keyboards
- Greg “Fingers” Taylor– harmonica
- Jay Leonhart– bass
- Leland Sklar– bass
- Carlos Vega– drums, percussion
- Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
- Rosemary Butler– vocals
- David Lasley– vocals
- Arnold McCuller– vocals
- Mark O’Connor– violin
- Lani Groves– backing vocals
- Robby Kilgore, Clifford Carter – synthesizer programming
- James Farber – recording, mixing
- Don Rodenbach – engineer, assistant
- Rhonda Schoen – digital editing
- Greg Calbi– mastering
- Edd Kolakowski – guitar and piano technician, production assistant
- Marc Balet – art direction
- Jim Brandenburg– wolf photos
- Rudy Molacek – James Taylor photo
Track listing:
All tracks by James Taylor, except where noted.
- Never Die Young
- T-Bone – Bill Payne, James Taylor
- Baby Boom Baby – James Taylor, Zachary Wiesner
- Runaway Boy
- Valentine’s Day
- Sun on the Moon
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Home by Another Way – Timothy Mayer, James Taylor
- Letter in the Mail
- First of May
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