Biffy Clyro: The Vertigo Of Bliss

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On June 16, 2003, “Beggars Banquet” label released “The Vertigo of Bliss”, the second Biffy Clyro studio album. It was recorded 2002 – 2003, at “Great Linford Manor”, “Eden Studios”, “The Church Studios” and “Sanctuary Westside Studios” in London, and was produced by Chris Sheldon, Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston. The album cover art was by Milo Manara.

Personnel:

  • Simon Neil– vocals, guitars
  • James Johnston– bass, vocals
  • Ben Johnston– drums, vocals
  • Kimberlee McCarrick – violin
  • Martin McCarrick– cello
  • Chris Sheldon- recording, engineer
  • Phil English – engineer
  • Sam Miller – engineer
  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • Phil Lee – design
  • Stefan De Batselier – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Simon Neil; all music by Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston.

  1. Bodies in Flight
  2. The Ideal Height
  3. With Aplomb
  4. A Day Of…
  5. Liberate the Illiterate/A Mong Among Mingers
  6. Diary of Always
  7. Questions and Answers
  8. Eradicate the Doubt
  9. When the Faction’s Fractioned
  10. Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys
  11. All the Way Down: Prologue Chapter 1
  12. A Man of His Appalling Posture
  13. Now the Action Is on Fire! – features hidden track “Ewen’s True Mental You

Grin: Same

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In June 1971, “Spindizzy” label released the self-titled, debut Grin album. It was recorded 1969-1970, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by David Briggs.

Personnel:

  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Bob Gordon – vocals, bass
  • Bob Berberich – vocals, drums
  • Ben Keith- steel guitar
  • Danny Whitten, Neil Youngand Ralph Molina – harmony vocals
  • Jerry Williams – scat singing
  • Bruce McCauley – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Nils Lofgren

  1. Like Rain
  2. See What A Love Can Do
  3. Everybody’s Missin’ The Sun
  4. 18 Faced Lover
  5. Outlaw
  6. We All Sung Together
  7. If I Were a Song
  8. Take You To The Movies Tonight
  9. Direction
  10. Pioneer Mary
  11. Open Wide
  12. I Had Too Much (Miss Dazi)

Tangerine Dream: Electronic Meditation

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In June 1970, “Ohr” label released “Electronic Meditation”, the debut Tangerine Dream album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler.

Personnel:

  • Edgar Froese – six- and twelve-string guitar, organ, piano, sound effects, tapes
  • Conrad Schnitzler – cello, violin, addiator
  • Jimmy Jackson – organ
  • Thomas Keyserling – flute
  • Klaus Schulze – drums, percussion, metal sticks

Track listing:

All tracks by Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler..

  1. Genesis
  2. Journey Through a Burning Brain
  3. Cold Smoke
  4. Ashes to Ashes
  5. Resurrection

The Monkees: Changes

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In June 1970, “Colgems” label released “Changes”, the ninth Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded in October 1966 and September 1969, at “RCA Victor Studios” and “The Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Bill Chadwick and Jeff Barry.

Personnel:

  • Davy Jones – lead vocals
  • Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee, Louie Shelton – guitars
  • Tommy Boyce – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Taylor – bass
  • Billy Lewis – drums
  • Bobby Hart – organ
  • Jay Miglior – saxophone
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet
  • Alan Robinson – French horn
  • Dick Hyde – trombone
  • Harold Ayres, John DeVoogdt, James Getzoff, Joy Lulu, Norman Serkin – violin
  • William Hymanson, Gareth Nuttycombe – viola
    Frederick Seykora – cello
  • Gene Estes – bell
  • Bobby Hart, Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
  • Jimmie Haskell – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, except where noted.

  1. Oh My My
  2. Ticket on a Ferry Ride – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
  3. You’re So Good to Me – Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
  4. It’s Got to Be Love – Neil Goldberg
  5. Acapulco Sun – Ned Albright,Steven Soles
  6. 99 Pounds – Jeff Barry
  7. Tell Me Love – Jeff Barry
  8. Do You Feel It Too?
  9. I Love You Better
  10. All Alone in the Dark – Ned Albright, Steven Soles
  11. Midnight Train – Micky Dolenz
  12. I Never Thought It Peculiar – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart

Rod Stewart: Gasoline Alley

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In June 1970, “Vertigo” label released “Gasoline Alley”, the second Rod Stewart studio album. It was recorded February – April 1970, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Rod Stewart and Lou Reizner.

Personnel:

  • Rod Stewart– vocals, guitar
  • Martin Quittenton– classical guitar
  • Ronnie Wood– guitar, bottleneck guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
  • Stanley Matthews – mandolin
  • Pete Sears– piano
  • Ian McLagan– piano, organ
  • Ronnie Lane– vocals, bass
  • Mick Waller– drums
  • Kenney Jones– drums
  • Dennis O’Flynn – violin, bass
  • Dick Powell – violin
  • William Gaff – whistle
  • Jack Reynolds – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Gasoline Alley – Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood
  2. It’s All Over Now – Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack
  3. Only a Hobo – Bob Dylan
  4. My Way of Giving – Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott
  5. Country Comfort – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  6. Cut Across Shorty – Wayne P. Walker, Marijohn Wilkin
  7. Lady Day – Rod Stewart
  8. Jo’s Lament – Rod Stewart
  9. You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want to Discuss It) – Dick Cooper, Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby

James Taylor: Before This World

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On June 15, 2015, “Concord” label released “Before This World”, the seventeenth James Taylor studio album.It was recorded 2014-2015, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor — guitar, vocals, harmonica, guitar synthesizer
  • David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller, Andrea Zonn – vocals
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • David Mann, Lou Marini, Roger Rosenberg – saxophone
  • Walt Fowler, Barry Danielian, Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Randy Andos, Michael Davis – trombone
  • Tony Kadlek – flugelhorn
  • Larry Di Bello, David Peel – French horn
  • Jonathan Dinklage, Rachel Golub, Hiroko Taguchi, Entcho Todorov, Orlando Wells, Andrea Zonn – violin
  • Katharine Kresek, Philip Payton – viola
  • Emily Brause, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Sachon – cello
  • Rob Mounsey – arrangements
  • Ted Jensen- mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Today Today Today
  2. You and I Again
  3. Angels of Fenway
  4. Stretch of the Highway
  5. Montana
  6. Watchin’ Over Me
  7. SnowTime
  8. Before This World / Jolly Springtime
  9. Far Afghanistan
  10. Wild Mountain Thyme – Francis McPeake

Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do

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On June 15, 2012, “Clean State” label released “The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do”,the fourth Fiona Apple studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Charley Drayton and Fiona Apple.

Personnel:

  • Fiona Apple (referred to as “Feedy”) – vocals, artwork, celesta, duck, field recording, keyboard bass, loops, percussion, piano, thighs, truck stomper, timpani, voice strings
  • Charley Drayton(referred to as “Seedy”) – baritone vocals, bouzouki, guitar, kora, harp, marimba, drums, percussion, Teisco, thighs, truck stomper, voice of pain, voice strings, field recordings
  • Sebastian Steinberg– acoustic bass
  • Maude Maggart– high harmony
  • Eddison Sainsbury – engineer
  • John Would– engineer
  • Dave Way– mixing
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Dan Gerbarg – mastering
  • Eric Roinestad – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Fiona Apple.

  1. Every Single Night
  2. Daredevil
  3. Valentine
  4. Jonathan
  5. Left Alone
  6. Werewolf
  7. Periphery
  8. Regret
  9. Anything We Want
  10. Hot Knife

Cowboy Junkies: Renmin Park

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On June 15, 2010, “Latent, Razor & Tie” label released “Renmin Park”, Volume One of the “Nomad Series”, and the thirteen Cowboy Junkies overall album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Michael Timmins.

Personnel:

  • Margo Timmins– vocals
  • Michael Timmins – guitar, backing vocals, engineer, street recordings
  • Alan Anton – bass
  • Peter Timmins – drums, percussion, design assistant
  • Jeff Bird – mandolin
  • Joby Baker – keyboards, piano, bowed bass, loops, collages; drums
  • Jesse O’Brien – keyboards
  • Aaron Goldstein- pedal steel guitar
  • Zuoxiao Zuzhou- vocals
  • Josh Finlayson – bass
  • George Gao- erhu
  • Guo Xue Ying – pipa
  • Andy Maize – backing vocals
  • Henry Kucharzyk – string arrangements
  • Anna Redekop, Amber Ghent, Rebecca van der Post, Sandra Baron – strings
  • Joby Baker – engineer, mixing
  • Peter J. Moore– mastered
  • Eric Chen – translation
  • Alice Phieu – graphics design
  • Enrique Martinez Celaya– cover image

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Timmins, except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. Renmin Park
  3. Sir Francis Bacon at the Net – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Joby Baker
  4. Stranger Here
  5. A Few Bags of Grain – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Joby Baker
  6. I Cannot Sit Sadly by Your Side – Zuoxiao Zuzhou
  7. (You’ve Got to Get) A Good Heart – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Joby Baker
  8. Cicadas – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Joby Baker
  9. Interlude
  10. My Fall – Xu Wei
  11. Little Dark Heart
  12. A Walk in the Park – Alan Anton, Joby Baker, Zuoxiao Zuzhou
  13. Renmin Park (Revisited)
  14. Coda

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Mojo

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On June 15, 2010, “Reprise” label released “Mojo”, the twelve Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers albums. It was recorded at “The Clubhouse” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate.

Personnel:

  • Tom Petty– vocals, rhythm guitar, lead and bass guitar
  • Mike Campbell– lead guitar
  • Scott Thurston– rhythm guitar, harmonica
  • Benmont Tench– acoustic and electric piano, organ
  • Ron Blair– bass guitar
  • Steve Ferrone– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Petty, except where noted.

  1. Jefferson Jericho Blues
  2. First Flash of Freedom – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  3. Running Man’s Bible
  4. The Trip to Pirate’s Cove
  5. Candy
  6. No Reason to Cry
  7. I Should Have Known It – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  8. S. 41
  9. Takin’ My Time
  10. Let Yourself Go
  11. Don’t Pull Me Over
  12. Lover’s Touch
  13. High In the Morning
  14. Something Good Coming
  15. Good Enough – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell

White Stripes: Icky Thump

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On June 15, 2007, “Third Man” label released “Icky Thump”, the sixth and  final  White Stripes album. It was recorded in February 2007, at “Blackbird Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Jack White. In February 2008, “Icky Thump” won “Grammy Awards” for “Best Alternative Music Album”, and “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal”.

Personnel:

  • Jack White– vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizer, spoken narrative, street talk, mixing
  • Meg White– lead and backing vocals, spoken narrative, street talk, drums, percussion
  • Regulo Aldama – trumpet
  • Jim Drury – bagpipes
  • Joe Chiccarelli – recording, mixing
  • Lowell Reynolds – recording, mixing second engineer
  • Steve Hoffman – vinyl mastering
  • Vlado Meller – digital mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.

  1. Icky Thump
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)
  3. 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
  4. Conquest – Corky Robbins
  5. Bone Broke
  6. Prickly Thorn, but Sweetly Worn
  7. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)
  8. Little Cream Soda
  9. Rag and Bone
  10. I’m Slowly Turning into You
  11. A Martyr for My Love for You
  12. Catch Hell Blues
  13. Effect and Cause

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