Joe Jackson: Rain

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On January 28, 2008, “Rykodisc” label released “Rain”, the eighteen Joe Jackson studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Planet Roc” in Berlin and was produced by Joe Jackson.

Personnel:

  • Joe Jackson – vocals, piano, arrangements
  • Graham Maby – vocals, bass
  • David Houghton – vocals, drums
  • Julie Gardner – recording
  • Yensin Jahn – engineer assistant
  • Sean Slade, Paul Kolderie- mixing
  • Ted Young – mixing assistant
  • Bob Ludwig- mastering
  • Ed Sherman – art direction
  • Jim Rakete- photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Jackson.

  1. Invisible Man
  2. Too Tough
  3. Citizen Sane
  4. Wasted Time
  5. The Uptown Train
  6. King Pleasure Time
  7. Solo (So Low)
  8. Rush Across the Road
  9. Good Bad Boy
  10. A Place in the Rain

Bruce Springsteen: Working On A Dream

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On January 27, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Working on a Dream”, the sixteenth Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, and was produced by Brendan O’ Brien.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica, keyboards,  percussion, glockenspiel
  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, guitars
  • Steven Van Zandt – vocals, guitars
  • Patti Scialfa – vocals
  • Roy Bittan– piano, organ, accordion
  • Danny Federici – organ
  • Clarence Clemons – vocals, saxophone
  • Garry Tallent– bass
  • Max Weinberg– drums
  • Soozie Tyrell– vocals, violin
  • Patrick Warren – organ, piano
  • Jason Federici – accordion
  • Edward Horst – strings and horn arrangements
  • Tom Syrowski – engineer
  • Toby Scott – engineer
  • Brendan O’Brien – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Michelle Holme, Chris Austopchuk, Dave Bett – art direction, design
  • Danny Clinch – cover photography, band portraits
  • Jennifer Tzar – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Outlaw Pete
  2. My Lucky Day
  3. Working on a Dream
  4. Queen of the Supermarket
  5. What Love Can Do
  6. This Life
  7. Good Eye
  8. Tomorrow Never Knows
  9. Life Itself
  10. Kingdom of Days
  11. Surprise, Surprise
  12. The Last Carnival
  13. The Wrestler (bonus track)

T, J, Tindall

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On January 26, 2016, Thomas Joshua Tindall aka T.J. Tindall died aged 65. He was musician (guitar), as member of MFSB he was one of the architects of the Philadelphia Sound. Tindall recorded with many  musicians and bands including the O’Jays, the Trammps, Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Blue Magic, the Intruders, the Three Degrees, Bonnie Raitt, the Chambers Brothers, the Jacksons, Robert Palmer and the Temptations.Tindall was inducted twice into the “Philadelphia Music Alliance’s Walk of Fame” as a member of MFSB and the Salsoul Orchestra.

Jaki Liebezeit

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On January 22, 2017, Jaki Liebezeit died aged 78. He was musician (drums, percussion, double bass, saxophone, piano), best known as co-founder and drummer of the band Can. Liebezeit recorded and performed with many musician and bands including Manfred Schoof, Brian Eno,  Phantomband, Jah Wobble, Phew, Philip Jeck, Depeche Mode,Eurythmics,  Cyclopean and Bernd Friedmann.

Gang Of Four: Content

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On January 24, 2011, “Grönland Records” label released “Content”, the seventh Gang of Four studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Andy Gill.

Personnel:

  • Jon King – vocals, melodica
  • Andy Gill – vocals, guitar
  • Thomas McNeice – bass
  • Mark Heaney – drums
  • Eddi Reader – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Gill and Jon King

  1. She Said You Made a Thing of Me
  2. You Don’t Have to Be Mad
  3. Who Am I?
  4. I Can’t Forget Your Lonely Face
  5. You’ll Never Pay for the Farm
  6. I Party All the Time
  7. A Fruitfly in the Beehive
  8. It Was Never Gonna Turn Out Too Good
  9. Do As I Say
  10. I Can See from Far Away

Partibrejkers: Partibrejkers I

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On January 25, 1985, “Jugoton” label released “Partibrejkers I”, the debut Partibrejkers album. It was recorded in June 1984, at “O Studio” in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and was produced by Dušan Kojić “Koja”, Zoran Kostić,  Nebojša Antonijević, Ljubiša Kostadinović and Ljubiša Kostadinović.

Personnel:

  • Zoran Kostić “Cane”— vocals, percussion
  • Nebojša Antonijević “Anton” — organ, guitar, percussion, artwork
  • Ljubiša Kostadinović “Ljuba” — guitar
  • Goran Bulatović “Manzanera” — drums, percussion
  • Branislav Petrović “Banana” — harmonica
  • Branislav Trivić — saxophone
  • Dušan Kojić “Koja”— organ
  • Miroslav Cvetković — recording
  • Vlada Funtek — recording
  • Stanislav Milojković — photography

Track listing:

  1. Ako si…
  2. Gubitnik
  3. Noć
  4. Hej, ti dole u mraku
  5. 1000 Godina
  6. Stoj, Džoni
  7. Ona živi na brdu
  8. Ti moraš biti moja
  9. On je došao uz vetar
  10. Novi Dan
  11. Ulični hodač
  12. Večeras

Pond: Man It Feels Like Space Again

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On January 23, 2015, “Caroline Records” released “Man It Feels Like Space Again”, the sixth Pond album.It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Kevin Parker.

Personnel:

  • Nick Allbrook– vocals, electric and slide guitar, keys, bass, occasional drums
  • Jay “Gumby” Watson– vocals, guitar, drums, bass, keyboatds, synthesizer
  • Shiny Joe Ryan – vocals, bass, 12 string, slide and electric guitar
  • Jamie Terry – keyboards, synthesizer, organ, bass
  • Ginolé – drums
  • Kevin Parker, Lukas Glickman – recording
  • Kevin Parker – mixing
  • Rob Grant – mastering
  • Ben Montero – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Waiting Around the Grace – Nick Allbrook, Jay “Gumby” Watson, Shiny Joe Ryan
  2. Elvis Flaming Star – Nick Allbrook, Jay “Gumby” Watson, Shiny Joe Ryan
  3. Holding Out for You – Shiny Joe Ryan
  4. Zond – Nick Allbrook, Jay “Gumby” Watson
  5. Heroic Start – Nick Allbrook
  6. Sitting Up on Our Crane – Jay “Gumby” Watson
  7. Outside is the Right Side – Nick Allbrook, Jay “Gumby” Watson
  8. Medicine Hat – Shiny Joe Ryan
  9. Man it Feels Like Space Again – Nick Allbrook, Jay “Gumby” Watson, Shiny Joe Ryan

Steven Wilson: 4½

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On January 22, 2016, “Kscope” label released “4½”, the fifth Steven Wilson solo album. The mini album features songs that were written during the sessions for Wilson’s previous two studio albums, “Hand. Cannot. Erase”. and “The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)”., and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– lead vocals, guitars, autoharp, Mellotron, piano, percussion, virtual instruments
  • Dave Kilminster– guitar
  • Guthrie Govan– guitar
  • Adam Holzman– Wurlitzer, Hammond organ, Minimoog, Rhodes, piano
  • Theo Travis– reeds
  • Ninet Tayeb– co-lead vocals
  • Nick Beggs– bass, Chapman Stick, backing vocals
  • Craig Blundell – drums
  • Marco Minnemann– drums
  • Chad Wackerman– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson.

  1. My Book of Regrets
  2. Year of the Plague
  3. Happiness III
  4. Sunday Rain Sets In
  5. Vermillioncore
  6. Don’t Hate Me

Buldožer: Zabranjeno plakatirati

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In November 1977, “Helidon” label released “Zabranjeno plakatirati”, the second Buldožer studio album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Radio Novi Sad Studio” in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, and was produced by Vitomir Simurdić.

Personnel:

  • Marko Brecelj – vocals
  • Boris Bele – vocals, guitar
  • Uroš Lovšin – guitar
  • Borut Činč – piano, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Vili Bertok – bass
  • Tone Dimnik – drums
  • Ištvan Tibai – recording, mixing
  • Slavko Furlan – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Ne brini mama
  2. Dobro jutro madam Jovanović
  3. Helga
  4. Jeste li vidjeli djevojčice
  5. Doktore pomozite

Suede: Night Thoughts

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On January 22, 2016, “Suede Ltd.” label released “Night Thoughts”, the seventh Suede studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Ed Buller and Neil Codling. The album was accompanied by a feature film, directed by Roger Sargent.

Personnel:

  • Brett Anderson– vocals
  • Richard Oakes– guitars
  • Neil Codling– synthesizer, piano
  • Mat Osman– bass guitar
  • Simon Gilbert– drums, percussion
  • Tom Fry – double bass
  • James Mainwaring – baritone saxophone
  • Oli Langford – strings arrangement, violin, viola
  • Danny Keane – cello
  • Andy Hughes– engineer
  • Paul-Edouard Laurendeau – engineer
  • Joel M. Peters – engineer assistant
  • Cenzo Townsend– mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering

Track listing:

  1. When You Are Young – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  2. Outsiders – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  3. No Tomorrow – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  4. Pale Snow – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling, Richard Oakes
  5. I Don’t Know How to Reach You – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling, Richard Oakes
  6. What I’m Trying to Tell You – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling, Richard Oakes
  7. Tightrope – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  8. Learning to Be – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  9. Like Kids – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  10. I Can’t Give Her What She Wants – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
  11. When You Were Young – Brett Anderson, Neil Codling
  12. The Fur and the Feathers – Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes, Neil Codling

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