On March 6, 2025, Brian James died aged 70. He was songwriter, musician (guitar) and singer, member of the bands London SS, Tanz Der Youth, Bastard, The Dripping Lips, The Racketeers, The Lords of the New Church, The Brian James Gang, but was best known as the founding member of Damned. As leader, James released five albums.
Ran Blake: All That Is Tied
On March 7, 2006, “Tompkins Square” label released “All That Is Tied”, the 36th Ran Blake album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Jonah Kraut and Ran Blake.
Personnel:
- Ran Blake – piano
- Nate Dube – engineer
- A. T. Michael MacDonald – mastering
- Joel T. Jordan – design
- Kathy Chapman – photography
- John Medeski – liner notes
- Josh Rosenthal – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Ran Blake, except where noted.
- All That Is Tied – Jonah Kraut
- Breakthru
- Birmingham, U.S.A.
- Thursday
- How ‘Bout That
- Impresario of Death
- Sontagism
- Epilogue
- Latter Rain Christian Fellowship
- Field Cry
- Wende
- Breakthru
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band: Horses In The Sky
On March 7, 2005, “Constellation” label released “Horses in the Sky”, album by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band (the fourth Silver Mt. Zion album overall). It was recorded in 2004, at “Hotel2Tango” in Montreal, Quebec, and was produced by Howard Bilerman.
Personnel:
- Efrim Menuck – voice, guitar, piano, mixing
- Ian Ilavsky – voice, guitar, harmonium, mixing
- Jessica Moss – voice, violin, piano, glasses, mixing
- Thierry Amar – voice, contrabass, glasses, harmonica, mixing
- Scott Levine Gilmore – voice, drums, percussion, guitar, mandolin, mixing
- Sophie Trudeau – voice, violin, trumpet, glasses, mixing
- Beckie Foon – voice, cello, mixing
- Howard Bilerman – recording, mixing
- J. F. Chicoine – mastering
- Luc Paradis – drawings
- Nadia Moss – side 4 etching
- Silver Mt. Zion – other collages and scribblings
Track listing:
All tracks by Efrim Menuck, Ian Ilavsky, Jessica Moss, Thierry Amar, Scott Levine Gilmore, Sophie Trudeau and Beckie Foon.
- God Bless Our Dead Marines
- Mountains Made of Steam
- Horses in the Sky
- Teddy Roosevelt’s Guns
- Hang on to Each Other
- Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone)
The Slip: From The Gecko
On March 7, 1997, “KA” label released “From the Gecko”, the debut Slip (The) album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Martin Guigui, Brad Barr, Marc Freidman, Andrew Barr and Gus Ziesing.
Personnel:
- Brad Barr – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Marc Freidman – bass
- Andrew Barr – drums
- Gus Ziesing – soprano saxophone
- Daisuke Fujiwara – soprano saxophone
- Timo Shanko – tenor saxophone
- Gus Ziesing – engineer
- David Correia – engineer, mixing
- Andy Hall – engineer, mixing
- Barrett Rogers – illustrations
- Kim Wallace – illustrations
- Jason Booth – layout design
Track listing:
All tracks by Brad Barr, Marc Freidman and Andrew Barr.
- Munf
- Alsoa
- Yellow Medicine
- The Weight of Solomon
- Spice Groove
- Cumulus
- Eube
- Children of Atlantis
- Island of Peace
- Honey Melon
- Entering Saugus
The Proclaimers: Hit The Highway
On March 7, 1994, “Chrysalis” label released “Hit the Highway”, the third Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Chipping North Studio” in Chipping North, Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Pete Wingfield, Charlie Reid and Craig Reid.
Personnel:
- Craig Reid – vocals, tambourine
- Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
- Stuart Nisbet – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin
- Tim Renwick – acoustic and electric guitar, electric slide guitar
- Jerry Donahue – acoustic and electric guitar
- Bobby Valentino – fiddle
- Pete Wingfield – keyboards, piano, Hammond C3
- Pete Thomas – tenor and baritone saxophone
- Raul D’Oliveira – trumpet
- Vince Sullivan – trombone
- Iain Bruce – bass guitar
- Phil Cranham – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
- Kevin Wilkinson – drums
- Dave Mattacks – drums
- Martin Ditcham – percussion
- Barry Hammond – engineer
- Geoff Pesche – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Charlie and Craig Reid, except where noted.
- Let’s Get Married
- The More I Believe
- What Makes You Cry?
- Follow the Money
- These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding
- Shout Shout
- The Light
- Hit the Highway
- A Long Long Long Time Ago
- I Want to Be a Christian – Sullivan S. Puch
- Your Childhood
- Don’t Turn Out Like Your Mother
Blue Mitchell: The Last Tango=Blues
On March 7, 1973, “Mainstream” label released “The Last Tango = Blues”, the 20th Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in 1972, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Jackie Kelso, Bill Perkins – flute, tenor saxophone
- David Angel – clarinet, alto saxophone
- Steve Kravitz – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Herman Riley – tenor saxophone
- David T. Walker – guitar
- Charles Kynard – organ
- Darrell Clayborn, Chuck Rainey – electric bass
- Raymond Pounds – drums
- King Errisson, Paul Humphrey, Chino Valdes – percussion
- Dick Fritz – arrangements
Track listing:
- Soul Turn Around – Walter Bishop, Jr.
- Killing Me Softly With His Song – Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
- The Message – Patrick Patterson, Steve Scipio
- Steal the Feel – Richard Fritz
- Last Tango in Paris – Gato Barbieri
- One for Russ – Alf Clausen
- Peace – Horace Silver
- P.T. Blues – Blue Mitchell
Social Broken Scene: Feel Good Lost
On March 6, 2001, “Noise Factory” label released “Feel Good Lost”, the debut Broken Social Scene studio album. It was recorded January – February 2001. And was produced by Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew.
Personnel:
- Brendan Canning – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, bass, drum programming, sampler
- Kevin Drew – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, drums, sampler, recording
- Charles Spearin – mixing
- Ohad Benchetrit – mixing
- Noah Mintz – mastering
- Cecilia Berkovic – front cover art
- Stephen Crowhurst – back cover art
- Joe English – design layout
Track listing:
All tracks by Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew.
- I Slept with Bonhomme at the CBC
- Guilty Cubicles
- Love and Mathematics
- Passport Radio
- Alive in 85
- Prison Province
- Blues for Uncle Gibb
- Stomach Song
- Mossbraker
- Feel Good Lost
- Last Place
- Cranley’s Gonna Make It
Dream Theater: When Dream And Day Unite
On March 6, 1989, “Mechanic” label released “When Dream and Day Unite”, the debut Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded July – August 1988, at “Kajem / Victory Studios” in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Terry Date, Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy.
Personnel:
- Charlie Dominici – vocals
- John Petrucci – guitars
- Kevin Moore – keyboards
- John Myung – bass
- Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion
- Terry Date – engineer, mixing
- Joe Alexander – engineer, mixing
- Brian Stover, Trish Finnegan – engineer assistant
- Amy Guip – cover art
- Steve Sinclair – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy, except where note.
- A Fortune In Lies – lyrics by John Petrucci
- Status Seeker – lyrics by Charlie Dominici, John Petrucci
- The Ytse Jam – music by John Petrucci, John Myung, Kevin Moore, Mike Portnoy
- The Killing Hand – lyrics by John Petrucci
- Light Fuse and Get Away – lyrics by Kevin Moore
- Afterlife – lyrics by Charlie Dominici
- The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun – John Petrucci
- Only a Matter of Time – Kevin Moore
Three Dog Night: Hard Labor
On March 6, 1974, “Dunhill” label released “Hard Labor”, the eleventh Three Dog Night album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Record Plant” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Jimmy Lenner.
Personnel:
- Danny Hutton – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
- Chuck Negron – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
- Cory Wells – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
- Mike Allsup – banjo, guitars, arrangements
- Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboard, arrangements
- Skip Konte – keyboard, ARP, chamberlin, arrangements
- Jack Ryland – bass, arrangements
- Joe Schermie – bass, arrangements
- Floyd Sneed – percussion, drums, arrangements
- Greg Calbi, Dennis Ferrante, Jimmy Lenner, Jay Messina, Tom Rabstenek, John Stronach – engineer
- Corky Stasiak – engineer assistant
- Roy Cicala – engineer, remix
- Jim Messina – engineer, remix
- Ed Caraeff – art direction, photography
- David Larkham – design
Track listing:
- Prelude – public domain
- Sure As I’m Sittin’ Here – John Hiatt
- Anytime Baby – Larry Weiss
- Put Out the Light – Daniel Moore
- Sitting in Limbo – Gully Bright, Jimmy Cliff
- I’d Be So Happy – Skip Prokop
- Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) – Allen Toussaint
- On the Way Back Home – Daniel Moore
- The Show Must Go On – David Courtney, Leo Sayer
Skin Alley: Same
On March 6, 1969, “CBS” label released the self-titled, debut Skin Alley studio album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Dick Taylor.
Personnel:
- Bob James – vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, flute, sleeve notes
- Krzysztof-Henryk Juskiewicz – vocals, piano, organ, harpsichord, mellotron, sleeve notes
- Thomas Crimble – vocals, bass, mellotron, sleeve notes
- Alvin Pope – drums, congas, timpani, sleeve notes
- Mike Fitzhenry – engineer
- Allan Tanner – artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by Krzysztof-Henryk Juskiewicz, except where noted.
- Living in the Sin – Bob James
- Tell Me – Bob James
- Mother Please Help Your Child
- Marsha
- Country Aire – Bob James
- All Alone – Thomas Crimble
- Night Time – Thomas Crimble
- Concerto Grosso (Take Heed)
- (Going Down) The Highway – Thomas Crimble
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