The Knack: Get The Knack

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On June 11, 1979, “Capitol” label released “Get the Knack”, the debut Knack (The) album. It was recorded in April 1979, and was produced by Mike Chapman. “Get the Knack” became one of the most successful debut albums in music history, selling over one million copies in only two months.

Personnel:

  • Doug Fieger– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Berton Averre– lead guitar
  • Prescott Niles– bass
  • Bruce Gary– drums

Track lsiting:

  1. Let Me Out – Doug Fieger,Berton Averre
  2. Your Number or Your Name – Doug Fieger, Berton Averre
  3. Oh Tara – Doug Fieger
  4. (She’s So) Selfish – Doug Fieger, Berton Averre
  5. Maybe Tonight – Doug Fieger
  6. Good Girls Don’t – Doug Fieger
  7. My Sharona – Doug Fieger,Berton Averre
  8. Heartbeat – Bob Montgomery, Norman Petty
  9. Siamese Twins (The Monkey and Me) – Doug Fieger, Berton Averre
  10. Lucinda – Doug Fieger, Berton Averre
  11. That’s What the Little Girls Do – Doug Fieger
  12. Frustrated – Doug Fieger, Berton Averre

Them: The Angry Young Them

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Angry Young Them

On June 11, 1965, “Decca” label released “The Angry Young Them”, the debut Them album. It was recorded 1964 – 1965, and was produced by Tommy Scott, Bert Berns and Dick Rowe.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison– vocals, harmonica, tenor sax
  • Billy Harrison -guitar
  • Peter Bardens– keyboards, organ
  • Alan Henderson –bass
  • John McAuley – drums, piano, harmonica

Track listing:

  1. Mystic Eyes – Van Morrison
  2. If You and I Could Be as Two – Van Morrison
  3. Little Girl – Van Morrison
  4. Just a Little Bit – Ralph Bass,Buster Brown, John Thornton, Ferdinand “Fats” Washington
  5. I Gave My Love a Diamond – Bert Berns,Wes Farrell
  6. Gloria – Van Morrison
  7. You Just Can’t Win – Van Morrison
  8. Go On Home Baby – Bert Berns, Wes Farrell
  9. Don’t Look Back – John Lee Hooker
  10. I Like It Like That – Van Morrison
  11. I’m Gonna Dress in Black – Tommy Scott, M. Howe
  12. Bright Lights, Big City – Jimmy Reed
  13. My Little Baby – Bert Berns, Wes Farrell
  14. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 – Bobby Troup

Talking Heads: Litlle Creatures

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The Little Creates

On June 10, 1985, “Warner Bros” label released “Little Creatures”, the sixth Talking Heads studio album. It was recorded October 1984 – March 1985, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymoth. “Little Creatures” was voted best album of the year in “The Village Voice Pazz & Jop” critic’s poll, and the cover album, created by artist Howard Finster, was voted album cover of the year by “Rolling Stone” magazine. The album was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • David Byrne– vocals, guitar
  • Jerry Harrison– keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Tina Weymouth– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Frantz– drums
  • Eric Weissberg– steel guitar
  • Jimmy Macdonell – accordion
  • Lenny Pickett– saxophones
  • Steve Scales – percussion
  • Naná Vasconcelos– percussion
  • Andrew Cader – washboard
  • Kurt Yahijian – backing vocals
  • Ellen Bernfeld – backing vocals
  • Erin Dickens – backing vocals
  • Diva Gray – backing vocals
  • Gordon Grody – backing vocals
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals
  • Eric Thorngren – engineer, mixing
  • Melanie West – second engineer
  • Jack Skinner – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Byrne, except where noted.

  1. And She Was
  2. Give Me Back My Name – David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
  3. Creatures of Love
  4. The Lady Don’t Mind – David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison,Tina  Weymouth
  5. Perfect World – lyrics David Byrne, Chris Frantz
  6. Stay Up Late
  7. Walk It Down
  8. Television Man
  9. Road to Nowhere

R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction

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On June 10, 1985, “I.R.S” label released “Fables of the Reconstruction”, the third R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded February – March 1985, and was produced by Joe Boyd.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe– lead vocals
  • Peter Buck– guitar, banjo, harmonica
  • Mike Mills– bass guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Bill Berry– drums, backing vocals
  • David Bitelli – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Peter Thomas– tenor saxophone
  • Jim Dvorak – trumpet
  • Camilla Brunt – violin
  • Philippa Ibbotson– violin
  • David Newby– cello
  • Berry Clempson – engineer
  • Tony Harris – engineer
  • K. Johnston – art, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except where noted.

  1. Feeling Gravitys Pull
  2. Maps and Legends
  3. Driver 8
  4. Life and How to Live It
  5. Old Man Kensey – Jerry Ayers, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe
  6. Cant Get There from Here
  7. Green Grow the Rushes
  8. Kohoutek
  9. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
  10. Good Advices
  11. Wendell Gee

Bob Dylan: Empire Burlesque

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On June 10, 1985, “Columbia” label released “Empire Burlesque”, the twenty-third Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded July 1984 – March 1985, and was produced by Bob Dylan.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonica
  • Ronnie Wood– guitar
  • Mick Taylor– guitar
  • Ira Ingber – guitar
  • Sid McGinnis– guitar
  • Ted Perlman – guitar
  • Mike Campbell– guitar
  • Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
  • Al Kooper– rhythm guitar
  • Benmont Tench– keyboards, piano, organ
  • Alan Clark– synthesizer
  • Vince Melamed – synthesizer
  • Richard Scher – synthesizer, synth horns
  • Howie Epstein– bass guitar
  • John Paris – bass guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass guitar
  • Bob Glaub– bass guitar
  • Sly Dunbar– drums
  • Anton Fig– drums
  • Don Heffington – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • David Watson – saxophone
  • Chops – horns
  • Urban Blight Horns – horns
  • Madelyn Quebec – vocals
  • Queen Esther Marrow – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Peggie Blu– backing vocals
  • Debra Byrd – backing vocals
  • Josh Abbey – recording, engineer
  • George Tutko – engineer
  • Judy Feltus – engineer
  • Arthur Baker– mixing
  • Nick Egan– design
  • Ken Regan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
  2. Seeing the Real You at Last
  3. I’ll Remember You
  4. Clean Cut Kid
  5. Never Gonna Be the Same Again
  6. Trust Yourself
  7. Emotionally Yours
  8. When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
  9. Something’s Burning, Baby
  10. Dark Eyes

Bob Marley And The Wailers: Uprising

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Uprising

On June 10, 1980, “Tuff Gong / Island” labels released “Uprising”, album by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was recorded January – April 1980, at the “Tuff Gong Studios” in Kingston, Jamaica, and was produced by Chris Blackwell and Bob Marley. “Uprising” was the final studio album released during Marley’s lifetime.

Personnel:

  • Bob Marley– lead vocal, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Aston “Family Man” Barrett– bass, piano, guitar, percussion
  • Carlton Barrett– drums, percussion
  • Carlton “Santa” Davis- drums
  • Tyrone Downie– keyboards, backing vocal
  • Earl Lindo– keyboards
  • Alvin Patterson– percussion
  • Junior Marvin– lead guitar, backing vocal
  • Al Anderson– lead guitar
  • I Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt) – backing vocals
  • Errol Brown– engineer, mixing
  • Chiao Ng – engineer assistant
  • The Wailers, Michael Rees– mixing
  • Ted Jensen- mastering
  • Neville Garrick– art direction
  • Adrian Boot– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Marley.

  1. Coming in from the Cold
  2. Real Situation
  3. Bad Card
  4. We and Dem
  5. Work
  6. Zion Train
  7. Pimper’s Paradise
  8. Could You Be Loved
  9. Forever Loving Jah
  10. Redemption Song

Eagles: One Of These Nights

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On June 10, 1975, “Asylum” label released “One of These Nights”, the fourth Eagles studio album. It was recorded 1974 – 1975, at “Mac Emmerman’s Criteria Studios” in Miami and “Record Plant Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk. The album single, “Lyin’ Eyes” won the award for “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals”. In 2001, the album was certified 4 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Don Felder– vocals, guitars, slide guitar, string arrangements
  • Glenn Frey– vocals, guitars, piano, electric piano, harmonium, string arrangements
  • Bernie Leadon– vocals, guitars, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, string arrangements
  • Randy Meisner– vocals, bass guitar
  • Don Henley– vocals, drums, percussion, tabla, string arrangements
  • Albhy Galuten– synthesizer
  • Jim Ed Norman– piano, orchestrations
  • The Royal Martian Orchestra – strings
  • David Bromberg– fiddles
  • Sid Sharp – concert master
  • Jim Ed Norman – conductor, string arrangements
  • Allan Blazek, Michael Braunstein, Ed Mashal, Bill Szymczyk, Michael Verdick, Don Wood – engineer
  • Gary Burden – design, art direction
  • Norman Seeff, Tom Kelley – photography

Track listing:

  1. One of These Nights – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  2. Too Many Hands – Randy Meisner, Don Felder
  3. Hollywood Waltz – Bernie Leadon, Tom Leadon, Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  4. Journey of the Sorcerer – Bernie Leadon
  5. Lyin’ Eyes – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  6. Take It to the Limit – Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  7. Visions – Don Felder, Don Henley
  8. After the Thrill Is Gone – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  9. I Wish You Peace – Patti Davis, Bernie Leadon

Sonic Youth: The Eternal

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Sonic Youth - The Eternal

On June 2009, “Matador” label released “The Eternal” the fifteen and the final Sonic Youth album. It was recorded November–December 2008, in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was produced by John Agnello and Sonic Youth.

Personnel:

  • Kim Gordon – uncredited performing, album back cover
  • Mark Ibold – uncredited performing
  • Thurston Moore – uncredited performing
  • Lee Ranaldo – uncredited performing
  • Steve Shelley – uncredited performing
  • John Agnello – recording, mixing
  • Aaron Mullan – recording
  • Justin Pizzoferrato – recording assistant
  • James Frazee – mixing assistant
  • Ted Young – ProToolsengineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • John Fahey – album front cover
  • John Moloney – gatefold design
  • Clarence Major – inner sleeve 1 design
  • Gene Moore – inner sleeve 1 design
  • Jutta Koether – inner sleeve 2 design
  • Danny Fields – inner sleeve 2 design
  • Cody Ranaldo – sleeve photography

Track listing:

  1. Sacred Trickster – Kim Gordon
  2. Anti-Orgasm – Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore
  3. Leaky Lifeboat (For Gregory Corso) – Kim Gordon, Thrston Moore
  4. Antenna – Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo
  5. What We Know – Lee Ranaldo
  6. Calming the Snake – Kim Gordon
  7. Poison Arrow – Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo
  8. Malibu Gas Station – Kim Gordon
  9. Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn – Thurston Moore
  10. No Way – Thurston Moore
  11. Walkin Blue – Lee Ranaldo
  12. Massage the History – Kim Gordon

Elvis Costello: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

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Secret Profane

On June 9, 2009, “Hear Music” label released “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane”, the 22nd Elvis Costello album. It was recorded in 2009, in Nashville, and was produced T Bone Burnett.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • T-Bone Burnett– electric guitar
  • Mike Compton– mandolin
  • Jerry Douglas– dobro
  • Stuart Duncan– banjo, fiddle
  • Jeff Taylor – accordion
  • Dennis Crouch – double bass
  • Emmylou Harris– harmony vocals
  • Jim Lauderdale– harmony vocals
  • Tony Millionaire – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Down Among the Wines and Spirits – Elvis Costello
  2. Complicated Shadows – Elvis Costello
  3. I Felt The Chill Before The Winter Came – Elvis Costello, Loretta Lynn
  4. My All Time Doll – Elvis Costello
  5. Hidden Shame – Elvis Costello
  6. She handed Me a Mirror – Elvis Costello
  7. I Dreamed Of My Old Lover – Elvis Costello
  8. How Deep is the Red – Elvis Costello
  9. She Was No Good – Elvis Costello
  10. Sulphur to Sugarcane – Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett
  11. Red Cotton – Elvis Costello
  12. The Crooked Line – Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett
  13. Changing Partners – Larry Coleman, Joe Darion

Radiohead: Hail To The Thief

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On June 9, 2003, “Parlaphone” label released “Hail to the Thief” the sixth Radiohead studio album. It was recorded September 2002 – February 2003, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood and “Canned Applause” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway. “Hail to the Thief” was certified Platinum in the UK by the “BPI”, in Canada  by “Music Canada” and in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, laptop
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards, analogue systems, ondes
  • Ed O’Brien – vocals, guitar, effects
  • Colin Greenwood – bass, string synth, sampler, Martenot, glockenspiel, toy piano, laptop
  • Phil Selway– drums, percussion
  • Nigel Godrich– recording, mixing, editing
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer, backing up, cataloguing
  • Graeme Stewart – engineering of preliminary sessions, tape loops
  • Stanley Donwood– artwork, packaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Phil Selway and Thom Yorke.

  1. 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm.)
  2. Sit down. Stand up. (Snakes & Ladders.)
  3. Sail to the Moon. (Brush the Cobwebs out of the Sky.)
  4. (Honeymoon is Over.)
  5. Go to Sleep. (Little Man being Erased.)
  6. Where I End and You Begin. (The Sky is Falling in.)
  7. We Suck Young Blood. (Your Time is up.)
  8. The Gloaming. (Softly Open our Mouths in the Cold.)
  9. There there. (The Boney King of Nowhere.)
  10. I will. (No man’s Land.)
  11. A Punchup at a Wedding. (No no no no no no no no.)
  12. (Judge, Jury & Executioner.)
  13. (As Dead as Leaves.)
  14. A Wolf at the Door. (It Girl. Rag Doll.)

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