Depeche Mode: Delta Machine

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On March 22, 2013, “Columbia” label released “Delta Machine”, the thirteenth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded March – October 2012, at “Sound Design” in Santa Barbara, and “Jungle City Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ben Hiller.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – vocals
  • Martin Gore – co-lead vocals, keyboards, guitars
  • Christoffer Berg – programming
  • Kurt Uenala– additional programming, vocal recording
  • Ferg Peterkin – engineer
  • Tomas del Toro-Diaz – engineer assistant
  • Dan Tobiason – assistant engineer
  • Will Loomis – assistant engineer
  • Flood– mixing
  • Rob Kirwan – mixing
  • Drew Smith – mixing assistant
  • Bunt Stafford-Clark – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn– backprojection images, design, photography
  • Anja Grabert – back projection images

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore.

  1. Welcome to My World
  2. Angel
  3. Heaven
  4. Secret to the End
  5. My Little Universe
  6. Slow
  7. Broken
  8. The Child Inside
  9. Soft Touch/Raw Nerve
  10. Should Be Higher
  11. Alone
  12. Soothe My Soul
  13. Goodbye

Laura Marling: I Speak Because I Can

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On March 22, 2010, “Virgin” label released “I Speak Because I Can”, the second Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Ethan Johns. The album was ranked at number 8 on “The Guardian’s” list of “Best albums of 2010”. In 2011, Marling won the “Best British solo artist” at the “Brit Awards” for “I Speak Because I Can”. In 2013, magazine “NME” ranked the album at number 263 in its list of the “500 greatest albums of all time.”

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling- voice, guitar
  • Winston Marshall– banjo
  • Pete Roe- keyboards
  • Ted Dwane- double bass
  • Marcus Mumford– drums
  • Tom Hobden– fiddle
  • Ruth De Turberville– cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling.

  1. Devil’s Spoke
  2. Made by Maid
  3. Rambling Man
  4. Blackberry Stone
  5. Alpha Shallows
  6. Goodbye England (Covered in Snow)
  7. Hope in the Air
  8. What He Wrote
  9. Darkness Descends
  10. I Speak Because I Can

 

Inspiral Carpets: Devil Hopping

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On March 22, 1994, “Mute” label released “Devil Hopping”, the fourth Inspiral Carpets studio album. It was recorded at “Parr Street Studios” in Liverpool, and was produced by Pascal Gabriel.

Personal:

  • Tom Hingley– vocals
  • Graham Lambert – guitar
  • Clint Boon– vocals, keyboards
  • Martyn Walsh– bass
  • Craig Gill– drums
  • Clif Norrell– engineer, mixing
  • Pascal Gabriel –mixing
  • Dave Buchanan – assistant
  • Lewis Mulatero – photography
  • Pete Ashworth –photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Inspiral Carpets.

  1. I Want You
  2. Party in the Sky
  3. Plutoman
  4. Uniform
  5. Lovegrove
  6. Just Wednesday
  7. Saturn 5
  8. All of This and More
  9. The Way the Light Falls
  10. Half Way There
  11. Cobra
  12. I Don’t Want to Go Blind

The Brand New Heavies: Brother Sister

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On March 22, 1994, “Code” label released “Brother Sister”, the third Brand New Heavies studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, and was produced by N’Dea Davenport, Simon Bartholomew, Andrew Levy and Jan Kincaid.

Personnel:

  • Simon Bartholomew – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • N’Dea Davenport – vocals, percussion, keyboards
  • Jan Kincaid – vocals, percussion, drums, keyboards
  • Andrew Levy – bass, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Maxton G. Beesley, Jr. – keyboards
  • Brady Blade, Jr. – vocals, production coordination
  • Mike Boito – vocals , keyboards
  • Amp Fiddler – keyboards
  • Steve Williamson – saxophone
  • Ray Gaskins – vocals, saxophone
  • Gerard Presencer – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Kevin Robinson – trumpet
  • Mike Smith – flute, saxophone
  • John Thirkell- trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Dennis Rollins – trombone
  • Eric Sarafin – strings, engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Scantlebury – percussion
  • Aaron Zigman – string arrangements
  • Chris Jones – engineer
  • John Laker – engineer
  • Martin Schmelze – engineer
  • Yo-Yo – engineer
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Michael C. Ross – mixing, executive producer
  • Matthew Donaldson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Have a Good Time
  2. Brother Sister
  3. Dream On Dreamer
  4. Ten Ton Take
  5. Mind Trips
  6. Spend Some Time
  7. Back To Love
  8. Snake Hips
  9. Keep Together
  10. People Giving Love
  11. Forever
  12. Day Break

Depeche Mode: Songs Of Faith And Devotion

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On March 22, 1993, “Mute” label released “Songs of Faith and Devotion”, the eighth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded February 1992 – January 1993, at “Chateau du Pape” in Madrid, and was produced by Flod, David Gahan and Martin Gore.

Personnel:

  • Martin Gore – vocals, keyboards, guitars, programming, mixing
  • Dave Gahan – vocals
  • Steáfán Hannigan – uilleann pipes
  • Wil Malone– string arrangement, conducting
  • Hildia Campbell – additional vocals
  • Samantha Smith – additional vocals
  • Bazil Meade – additional vocals
  • Matthew Vaughan – additional programming
  • Chris Dickie – engineer
  • Paul Kendall, Steve Lyon – engineer
  • Mark Einstmann – engineer assistant
  • Volke Schneider – engineer assistant
  • Shaun de Feo – engineer assistant
  • Jeremy Wheatley – engineer assistant
  • Flood– mixing
  • Mark Stent– mixing
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn– art direction, sleeve design, visuals
  • Area – design
  • Daryl Bamonte– album coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore.

  1. I Feel You
  2. Walking In My Shoes
  3. Condemnation
  4. Mercy In You
  5. Judas
  6. In Your Room
  7. Get Right With Me
  8. Rush
  9. One Caress
  10. Higher Love

Eagles: On The Border

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On March 22, 1974,”Asylum” label released “On the Border”, the third Eagles studio album. It was recorded at “Record Plant Studios” in Los Angeles, and “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk and Glyn Johns. “On the Border” is the first Eagles album to be released in Quadraphonic sound.

Personnel:

  • Don Felder– lead and slide guitar
  • Glenn Frey– vocals, guitars, slide guitar, piano
  • Don Henley– vocals, drums
  • Bernie Leadon– vocals, guitars, banjo, pedal steel guitar
  • Randy Meisner– vocals, bass guitar
  • Al Perkins– pedal steel guitar
  • Bill Szymczyk– engineer
  • Glyn Johns– engineer
  • Rod Thear, Gary Ladinsky, Allan Blazek – engineer
  • Beatian Yazz – painting
  • Gary Burden – art direction, design
  • Henry Diltz– photography
  • Rick Griffin– lettering

Track listing:

  1. Already Gone – Jack Tempchin, Robb Strandlund
  2. You Never Cry Like a Lover – D. Souther, Don Henley
  3. Midnight Flyer – Paul Craft
  4. My Man – Bernie Leadon
  5. On the Border – Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey
  6. James Dean – Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey, J.S. Souther, Don Henley
  7. Ol’ ’55” – Tom Waits
  8. Is It True? – Randy Meisner
  9. Good Day in Hell – Don Henley, Glenn Frey
  10. Best of My Love – Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther

 

Frank Zappa: Apostrophe

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On March 22, 1974, “DiscReet” label released “Apostrophe”, the eighteenth Frank Zappa album. It was recorded 1969 – 1974, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City; “Bolic” in Inglewood and “Paramount Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Frank Zappa. The album was released in stereo and quadraphonic formats.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa– vocals, guitar, bass, bouzouki
  • Tony Duran– rhythm guitar
  • George Duke– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Tom Fowler– bass guitar
  • Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – bass guitar
  • Jack Bruce– bass
  • Aynsley Dunbar– drums
  • Ralph Humphrey – drums
  • Johnny Guerin– drums
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Ruth Underwood– percussion
  • Ian Underwood– saxophone
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock– saxophone, backing vocals
  • Sal Marquez –trumpet
  • Bruce Fowler– trombone
  • Don “Sugarcane” Harris– violin
  • Jean-Luc Ponty– violin
  • Lynn – vocals, backing vocals
  • Robert “Frog” Camarena, Ruben Ladron de Guevara, Debbie – vocals, backing vocals
  • Ray Collins– backing vocals
  • Sue Glover – backing vocals
  • Kerry McNabb – backing vocals, engineer, remixing
  • Barry Keene – engineer
  • Steve Desper – engineer
  • Terry Dunavan – engineer
  • Bob Hughes – engineer
  • Cal Schenkel– artwork, design
  • Ferenc Dobronyi – design
  • Bob Ludwig, Paul Hof, Oscar Kergaives, Brian Krokus, Mark Aalyson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

  1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow
  2. Nanook Rubs It
  3. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
  4. Father O’Blivion
  5. Excentrifugal Forz
  6. Apostrophe – Frank Zappa, Jim Gordon, Jack Bruce
  7. Uncle Remus – Frank Zappa, George Duke
  8. Stink-Foot

Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home

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On March 22, 1965, “Columbia” label released “Bringing It All Back Home”, the fifth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded January 13–15, 1965, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 31 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time.”

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • John P. Hammond– guitar
  • Bruce Langhorne– guitar
  • Al Gorgoni – guitar
  • Kenny Rankin– guitar
  • Paul Griffin– piano, keyboards
  • Frank Owens – piano
  • John B. Sebastian– bass guitar
  • Bill Lee– bass guitar
  • Joseph Macho, Jr. – bass guitar
  • John Boone – bass guitar
  • Bobby Gregg– drums
  • Daniel Kramer – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Subterranean Homesick Blues
  2. She Belongs to Me
  3. Maggie’s Farm
  4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
  5. Outlaw Blues
  6. On the Road Again
  7. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream
  8. Tambourine Man
  9. Gates of Eden
  10. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
  11. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

The Beatles: Please Please Me

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On March 22, 1963, “Parlaphone” label released “Please Please Me”, the debut Beatles studio album. It was recorded September 11,  November 26, 1962, February 11 – 20, 1963, at “EMI Studios” in London, and was produced by George Martin. The album was released as a mono LP, the stereo version was released on April 26, same year. In 2012, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “Please Please Me” at number 39 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” “Rolling Stone” also ranked two songs from the album on its list of “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” – number 140, “I Saw Her Standing There”, and number 186, “Please Please Me”.

Personnel:

  • John Lennon– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, harmonica, hand claps
  • Paul McCartney– lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, hand claps
  • George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and lead guitar, hand claps
  • Ringo Starr– lead vocals, drums, tambourine, maracas, hand claps
  • Andy White– drums, percussion
  • George Martin – piano, celesta, mixing, additional arrangements
  • Norman Smith – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted.

  1. I Saw Her Standing There
  2. Misery
  3. Anna (Go to Him) – Arthur Alexander
  4. Chains – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  5. Boys – Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell
  6. Ask Me Why
  7. Please Please Me
  8. Love Me Do
  9. P. S. I Love You
  10. Baby It’s You – Mack David, Barney Williams, Burt Bacharach
  11. Do You Want to Know a Secret?
  12. A Taste of Honey – Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow
  13. There’s a Place
  14. Twist and Shout – Phil Medley, Bert Russell

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