Son Volt: Honky Tonk

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On March 5, 2013, “Rounder” label released “Honky Tonk”, the seventh Son Volt studio album.It was recorded in 2012, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Personnel:

  • Jay Farrar – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Thayne Bradford – accordion
  • Mark Spencer – bass, pedal steel guitar, electric guitar
  • Dave Bryson – drums, percussion
  • Brad Sarno – pedal steel guitar
  • Justin Branum – fiddle
  • Gary Hunt – fiddle, mandolin, electric guitar
  • Mark Spencer – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Jay Farrar.

  1. Hearts and Minds
  2. Brick Walls
  3. Wild Side
  4. Down the Highway
  5. Bakersfield
  6. Livin’ On
  7. Tears of Change
  8. Angel of the Blues
  9. Seawall
  10. Barricades
  11. Shine On

Grinderman: Same

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On March 5, 2007, “Mute” label released the self-titled, debut Grinderman studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, at “RAK Studios” and “Metropolis Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Launay, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals, electric guitar, organ, piano
  • Warren Ellis – acoustic guitar, electric mandolin, viola, violin, electric bouzouki, backing vocals
  • Martyn Casey – bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Sclavunos – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Nick Launay – engineer
  • Dom Morley – engineer
  • Matt Lawrence – engineer
  • James Aparicio – engineer assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Rohan Onraet – technician
  • Tom Hilingston  – design
  • Polly Borland – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave, Martin Casey, Jim Sclavunos and Warren Ellis.

  1. Get It On
  2. No Pussy Blues
  3. Electric Alice
  4. Grinderman
  5. Depth Charge Ethel
  6. Go Tell the Women
  7. (I Don’t Need You To) Set Me Free
  8. Honey bee (Let’s Fly to Mars)
  9. Man in the Moon
  10. When My Love Comes Down
  11. Love Bomb

ShelleyDevoto: Buzzkunst

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On March 5, 2002, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Buzzkunst”, album by ShelleyDevoto. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto. Videos were recorded live at “Irregular” in London, on 9 February 2000.

Personnel:

  • Pete Shelley – vocals
  • Howard Devoto – vocals
  • Harrison Smith – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Kay Hoffnung – backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Howard Devoto, all music by Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley.

  1. Can You See Me Shining?
  2. Strain of Bacteria
  3. Deeper
  4. Til the Stars in His Eyes Are Dead
  5. On Solids
  6. Self-Destruction
  7. You Are Still There
  8. God’s Particle
  9. A World to Give Away
  10. Stupid Kunst
  11. System Blues
  12. So There I Was
  13. Wednesday’s Emotional Setup
  14. Going Off
  15. Til the Stars in His Eyes Are Dead (live) video
  16. Going Off (live) video

David Gilmour: About Face

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On March 5, 1984, “Harvest” label released “About Face”, the second David Gilmour studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Pathé Marconi” in Paris, “Abbey Road” in London, and was Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour – lead vocals, guitar, bass
  • Ian Kewley – Hammond organ, piano
  • Pino Palladino – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
  • Bob Ezrin – keyboards, orchestral arrangements
  • Steve Winwood – piano, Hammond organ
  • Anne Dudley – synthesizer
  • Jon Lord – synthesizer
  • Steve Rance – Fairlight CMI programming
  • Kick Horns – brass
  • Luís Jardim – percussion
  • Ray Cooper – percussion
  • Roy Harper – backing vocals
  • Sam Brown – backing vocals
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Mickey Feat – backing vocals
  • The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangements
  • Andy Jackson – engineer
  • Kit Woolven – engineer
  • Eric Tomlinson – orchestration recorder
  • James Guthrie – mixing, remastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Mike Reese – mastering
  • Storm Thorgerson (credited as STd) – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Gilmour, except where noted, all music by David Gilmour.

  1. Until We Sleep
  2. Murder
  3. Love on the Air – Pete Townshend
  4. Blue Loght
  5. Out of the Blue
  6. All Lovers are Deranged – Pete Townshend
  7. You Know I’m Right
  8. Cruise
  9. Let’s Get Metaphysical
  10. Near the End

Magma: Attahk

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On March 5, 1978, “Eurodisc” label released “Attahk”, the seventh Magma studio album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by Laurent Thibault.

Personnel:

  • Christian Vander (Dëhrstün) – lead vocals, drums, percussion, grand piano, Rhodes piano, chamberlin
  • Benoit Widemann (Kahal) – grand piano, Rhodes piano, Minimoog, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer
  • Guy Delacroix (Ürgon and Gorgo) – “Earth” bass, “Air” bass
  • Klaus Blasquiz (Klotz) – vocals
  • Rene Garber (Stundehr) – vocals
  • Stella Vander (Thaud) – vocals
  • Lisa Bois (Sïhnn) – vocals
  • Tony Russo – trumpet
  • Jacques Bolognesi – trombone
  • Laurent Thibault – engineer
  • Michel Marie – engineer assistant
  • H. R. Giger – cover illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian Vander.

  1. The Last Seven Minutes (1970-1977, Phase I)
  2. Spiritual (Negro Song)
  3. Rindë (Eastern Song)
  4. Liriïk Necronomicus Kahnt (in which our heroes Ürgon & Ğorğo Meet)
  5. Maahnt (The Wizard’s Fight Versus the Devil)
  6. Dondaï (To an Eternal Love)
  7. Nono (1978, Phase II)

Nada Surf: You Know Who You Are

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On March 4,2016, “Barsuk” label released “You Know Who You Are”, the eighth Nada Surf studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Nuthouse Recording” in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was produced by Tom Beaujour, Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca, Ira Elliot and Doug Gillard.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Caws – vocals, guitar
  • Doug Gillard – guitar
  • Daniel Lorca – bass guitar
  • Ira Elliot – drums, percussion
  • Joe McGinty – keyboards
  • Martin Wenk – trumpet
  • Ken Stringfellow – backing vocals
  • Dan Wilson – backing vocals
  • Chris Shaw – mixing
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • John Goodmanson – mixing
  • Gabriel Bento – mixing assistant
  • Chris Atkens – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Cold to See Clear
  2. Believe You’re Mine
  3. Friend Hospital
  4. New Bird
  5. Out of the Dark
  6. Rushing
  7. Animal
  8. You Know Who You Are
  9. Gold Sounds
  10. Victory’s Yours

Morrissey: Kill Uncle

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On March 4, 1991, “EMI” label released “Kill Uncle”, the second Morrissey studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, at “Hook End Manor” in Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey – vocals
  • Mark E. Nevin – guitar
  • Seamus Beaghen – keyboards
  • Steven Heart – keyboards
  • Mark Bedford – bass guitar
  • Andrew Paresi – drums, percussion
  • Nawazish Ali Khan – violin
  • Linder Sterling – backing vocals
  • Simon Metcalfe – engineer assistant
  • Gino Sprio – photography
  • Jo Slee – sleeve art coordinator

Track listing:

All lyrics by Morrissey, all music by Mark E. Nevin, except where noted.

  1. Our Frank
  2. Asian Rut
  3. Sing Your Life
  4. Mute Witness – Clive Langer
  5. King Leer
  6. Found Found Found – Clive Langer
  7. Driving Your Girlfriend Home
  8. The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye
  9. (I’m) The End of the Family Line
  10. There’s a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends

The KLF: The White Room

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On March 4, 1991, “KLF Communications” label released “The White Room”, the fourth and final KLF (The) studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “Trancentral”, “The Village” in Dagenham, “Little Yard” and “Matrix” in London, and was produced by Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Cauty – performance, programming
  • Bill Drummond – vocals, performance, programming
  • Nick Coler – keyboards, additional programming, backing vocals
  • Maxine Harvey – vocals, backing vocals
  • Black Steel – vocals, scat singing, bass guitar, piano
  • Ricardo Lyte – rap
  • Isaac Bello – rap
  • Tony Thorpe – breaks, samples
  • Duy Khiem – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Graham Lee – pedal steel
  • P. P. Arnold – vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – vocals
  • Wanda Dee – sampled vocals
  • Spike Stent – mixing
  • Julian Gordon-Hastings – mixing
  • Arun Chakraverty – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Kylie Said to Jason
  2. 3 a.m. Eternal (pure trance original)
  3. Go to Sleep
  4. Make it Rain
  5. Church of the KLF
  6. No mOre Tears
  7. Build a Fire
  8. The Lovers’ Side
  9. The White Room
  10. Born Free

Frank Sinatra: The Voice Of Frank Sinatra

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On March 4, 1946, “Columbia” label released “The Voice of Frank Sinatra”, the debut Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded July 1945 in Hollywood, in December 1945, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Richards.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocal
  • Axel Stordahl – arrangements, conductor

Hollywood session:

  • George Van Eps – guitar
  • Mark McIntyre – piano
  • John Ryan – bass
  • Ray Hagan – drums
  • Jack Mayhew – flute
  • Mischa Russell, David Frisina – violin
  • Sam Freed – viola
  • Fred Goerner – cello

New York City session:

  • Matty Golizio – guitar
  • Bill Clifton – piano
  • Frank Siravo – bass
  • Nat Polen – drums
  • Mitch Miller – oboe
  • Leonard Posner. Raoul Polikian – violin
  • Sidney Brecher – viola
  • Anthony Sophos – cello

Track listing:

10-inch LP release

  1. You Go to My Head – Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots
  2. Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  3. Those Foolish Things – Hot Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link
  4. Why Shouldn’t I? – Cole Porter
  5. I Don’t Know Why – Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert
  6. Try a Little Tenderness – Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Conelly
  7. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  8. Paradise – Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford

Justin Townes Earle: Midnight At The Movies

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On March 3, 2009, “Bloodshot” label released “Midnight at the Movies”, the second Justin Townes Earle studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by R.S. Field and Steve Poulton.

Personnel:

  • Justin Townes Earle – lead vocals, acoustic guitar and resonator
  • Cory Younts – banjo, mandolin, piano, harmonica, whistling, harmony vocals
  • Pete Finney – steel guitar, dobro
  • Skylar Wilson – bandleader, piano, organ, wurlitzer, vibraphone
  • Bryn Davies – bass, harmony vocals
  • Brian Owings – drums
  • Josh Hedley – fiddle
  • Steve Poulton – vibraphone

Track listing:

All tracks by Justin Townes Earle, except where noted.  

  1. Midnight at the Movies
  2. What I mean to You
  3. They Killed John Henry
  4. Mama’s Eyes
  5. Dirty Rag
  6. Can’t Hardly Wait – Paul Westerberg
  7. Black Eyed Suzy
  8. Poor Fool
  9. Halfway to Jackson
  10. Someday I’ll Be Forgiven for This
  11. Walk Out
  12. Here We Go Again

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