Strawberry Alarm Clock: Incense And Peppermints

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In October 1967, “Uni/Sundazed” label released “Incense and Peppermints” the debut Strawberry Alarm Clock album. It was recorded 1966 – 1967, at “Original Sound Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Frank Slay and Bill Holmes.

Personnel:

  • Ed King – vocals, lead guitar
  • Lee Freeman – vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
  • Mark Weitz – vocals, organ, piano, harpsichord
  • George Bunnell – vocals, bass
  • Gary Lovetro – vocals, bass
  • Randy Seol – vocals, drums, bongos, vibraphone
  • Steve Bartek – flute
  • Greg Munford – lead vocals
  • Gene Gunnels – drums, cowbell
  • Paul Buff – engineer
  • Ed Caraeff – photography

Track listing:

  1. The World’s on Fire – S.A. Clock
  2. Birds in My Tree – George Bunnell, Steve Bartek
  3. Lose to Live – Mark Weitz, S.A. Clock
  4. Strawberries Mean Love – George Bunnell, Steve Bartek
  5. Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow – George Bunnell, Steve Bartek
  6. Paxton’s Back Street Carnival – George Bunnell, Steve Bartek
  7. Hummin’ Happy – George Bunnell, Randy Seol
  8. Pass Time with the SAC – S.A. Clock
  9. Incense and Peppermints – John S. Carter, Tim Gilbert
  10. Unwind with the Clock – Lee Freeman, Ed King

Tegan And Sara: Crybaby

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On October 21, 2022, “Mom + Pop Music” label released “Crybaby”, the tenth Tegan and Sara studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Studio Litho” in Seattle, “Sargent Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Congleton, and Tegan and Sara.

Personnel:

  • Tegan Quin – vocals, guitar
  • Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards, sampling
  • John Congleton – bass, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • Luke Reynolds – bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Joey Waronker – drums, percussion
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering
  • Emy Storey – art direction, design, photography
  • Becca McFarlane – design, photography
  • Pamela Littky – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Can’t Grow Up – Sara Quin, Tegan Quin
  2. All I Wanted – Sara Quin, Tegan Quin
  3. Fucking Up What Matters – Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, John Congleton
  4. Yellow – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, John Congleton
  5. Smoking Weed Alone – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Ossama Al Sarraf
  6. Faded Like a Feeling – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin,
  7. I’m Okay – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, John Congfleton
  8. Pretty Shitty Time – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
  9. Under My Control – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, John Congleton
  10. This Ain’t Going Well – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
  11. Sometimes I See Stars – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, John Congleton
  12. Whatever That Was – Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Caleb Shreve, Howard Redekopp

Scott Walker and Sunn O))): Soused

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On October 21, 2014, “4AD” label released “Soused”, album by Scott Walker and Sunn O))). It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Peter Walsh, Scott Walker and Mark Warman.

Personnel:

  • Scott Walker – vocals, drum programming, mixing
  • Greg Anderson – guitars, percussion guitar
  • Tos Nieuwenhuizen – lead guitar, Moog, riff guitar
  • Stephen O’Malley – guitars, bass guitar, feedback guitar, lead guitar, percussion guitar, re-amped hi synth, design
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Andy Findon – saxophone
  • Guy Barker – trumpet
  • Dot Allison – backing vocals
  • Sam Walsh – backing vocals
  • Peter Walsh –electronic sound treatment, audio manipulation keyboards fx, drum programming, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Mark Warman – keyboards, electronic sound treatment, audio manipulation, drum programming, shaker, musical direction, orchestration
  • Peter Gamble – bull whips 
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • G’ast Bouschet – photography
  • Phil Laslett – photography
  • Liam Nolan – assistant
  • Simon Saywood – analog technical support

Track listing:

All tracks by Scott Walker.

  1. Brando
  2. Herod 2014
  3. Bull
  4. Fetish
  5. Lullaby

Tom Waits: Bad As Me

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On October 21, 2011, “Anti-Records” label released “Bad as Me”, the seventeenth Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded February – July 2011, and was produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, banjo, tabla, pump organ, additional photography
  • Marc Ribot – guitar
  • Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
  • David Hidalgo – guitar, violin, percussion, accordion, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Taylor – guitar, bass
  • Will Bernard – guitar
  • Augie Meyers – Vox organ, piano, accordion
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards
  • Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica
  • James Whiton – bass
  • Marcus Shelby – bass
  • Les Claypool – bass
  • Zack Sumner – bass
  • Flea – bass
  • Casey Waits – drums
  • Gino Robair – percussion, vibraphone 
  • Clint Maedgen – saxophone
  • Chris Grady – trumpet
  • Ben Jaffe – trombone, bass clarinet, tuba 
  • Dawn Harms – violin
  • Julianne Deery – assistant producer
  • Karl Derfler – engineer, mixing
  • Zack Sumner – engineer assistant
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Trevor Hernandez – art direction
  • Jesse Dylan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

  1. Chicago
  2. Raised Right Men
  3. Talking at the Same Time
  4. Get Lost
  5. Face to the Highway
  6. Pay Me
  7. Back in the Crowd
  8. Bad as Me
  9. Kiss Me
  10. Satisfied
  11. Last Leaf
  12. Hell Broke Luce
  13. New Year’s Eve

Beth Hart: Leave The Light On

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On October 21, 2003, “Warner Bros” label released “Leave the Light On”, the fourth Beth Hart album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Beth Hart, Mike Bradford, Danny Saber, Oliver Leiber and Eric Thorngren.

Personnel:

  • Beth Hart – vocals, piano
  • Oliver Leiber – guitar
  • Jon Nichols – guitar
  • Kip Packard – guitar
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel
  • Jimmie Bones – organ
  • Richard Baker – Hammond B3 organ
  • Chris Frazer Smith – Hammond organ
  • Chris Smith – Hammond B3
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards
  • David Gamson – keyboards
  • Mike Bradford – bass, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, electric piano
  • Tom Lilly – bass, bass guitar
  • Danny Saber – bass, guitar, bass guitar
  • Albert Molinaro – bass, bass guitar
  • Jorgen Carlsson – bass
  • Kevin Cloud – drums
  • Rev. Brady Blade – drums
  • Sergio González – drums
  • Russ Kunkel – drums
  • Scott Miracle – drums
  • David Raven – drums
  • Bernie Hershey – conga, drums
  • Jerry Hey – horn
  • Dan Higgins – horn
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements, string conductor
  • Danny Saber – programming, mixing
  • David Gamson – programming, mixing
  • Eric “ET” Thorngren – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Marc DeSisto – engineer
  • Rob Hill – engineer
  • Oliver Leiber – engineer
  • Mike Bradford – mixing
  • Bryan Golder – digital editing
  • Patricia Sullivan Fourstar – mastering
  • Jeff Chenault – art direction, design
  • Greg Waterman – photography
  • Kimberly Goodnight – fashion advisor
  • Peggy Seagren – make-up, hair stylist
  • Carla Solinger – stylist
  • David Wilkes – A&R
  • John Franck – product manager

Track listing:

  1. Lifts You Up – Beth Hart, Greg Sutton, Bob Thiele
  2. Leave the Light On – Beth Hart, Oliver Leiber
  3. Bottle of Jesus – Beth Hart, Glen Burtnick
  4. Wild Horses – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  5. World Without You – Oliver Leiber, John Shanks
  6. Lay Your Hands on Me – Beth Hart, Jon Nichols
  7. Monkey Back – Beth Hart, Jon Nichols
  8. Broken and Ugly – Beth Hart
  9. If God Only Knew – Beth Hart, Greg Sutton, Kevin Savigar
  10. Lifetime – Beth Hart
  11. Sky Full of Clover – Beth Hart
  12. I’ll Stay With You – Bath Hart

Malachi Thompson: Blue Jazz

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On October 21, 2003, “Delmark” label released “Blue Jazz”, the 13th and final Malachi Thompson studio album. It was recorded in February 2003, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Billy Harper – tenor saxophone
  • Ari Brown – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Gene “Daddy G” Barge – tenor saxophone
  • David Spencer, Kenny Anderson, Micah Frazier, Elmer Brown – trumpet
  • Tracy Kirk, Steve Berry, Bill McFarland, Omar Jefferson – trombone
  • Kirk Brown – piano
  • Harrison Bankhead – bass
  • Leon Joyce Jr. – drums
  • Dee Alexander, The Big DooWopper – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.

  1. Black Metropolis
  2. The Panther
  3. Jaaz Revelations
  4. Genesis / Rebirth
  5. Po’ Little Louie
  6. Get On the Train
  7. Blues for a Saint Called Louis
  8. Blue Jazz
  9. Footprints – Wayne Shorter
  10. Mud Hole

 Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd: In What Language?

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On October 21, 2003, “Pi Recordings” label released “In What Language?”, album by Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd. It was recorded April – May, 2003, at “Sorcerer Sound” and “TME Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd and Scotty Hard.

Personnel:

  • Vijay Iyer – piano, keyboards, electronics, mixing, liner notes
  • Mike Ladd – vocals, electronics, mixing, photography, liner notes
  • Latasha N. Nevada Diggs – vocals, electronics
  • Allison Easter – vocals
  • Ajay Naidu – vocals
  • Liberty Ellman – guitar
  • Stephan Crump – double bass
  • Trevor Holder – drums
  • Rudresh Mahanthappa – alto saxophone
  • Ambrose Akinmusire – trumpet
  • Dana Leong – cello, flugelhorn, trombone

Track listing:

  1. The Color of My Circumference I
  2. The Density of the 19th Century
  3. Terminal City
  4. Rentals
  5. Security
  6. DeGaulle
  7. TLC
  8. Three Lotto Stories
  9. The Color of My Circumference II
  10. Iraqi Businessman
  11. Taking Back the Airplane
  12. The Color of My Circumference III
  13. Innana After Baghdad
  14. In What Language
  15. Asylum
  16. The Color of My Circumference IV
  17. Plastic Bag

Paul Westerberg: Come Feel Me Tremble

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On October 21, 2003, “Vagrant” label released “Come Feel Me Tremble”, the fifth Paul Westerberg album. It was recorded in 2003, at Westerberg’s home, and was produced by Paul Westerberg.

Personnel:

  • Paul Westerberg – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, recording
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Michael C. Newell – design
  • Harry Squint – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Westerberg, except where noted.

  1. Dirty Diesel
  2. Making Me Go
  3. Soldier of Misfortune
  4. My Daydream
  5. What a Day (For a Night)
  6. Wild & Lethal
  7. Crackle & Drag (original take)
  8. Crackle & Drag (alternate version)
  9. Hillbilly Junk
  10. Never Felt Like This Before
  11. Knockin’ Em Back
  12. Pine Box
  13. Meet Me Down the Alley
  14. These Days – Jackson Browne

Tom Waits: Nighthawks At Diner

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On October 21, 1975, “Asylum” label released “Nighthawks at the Diner”, the third Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded in July 1975, at “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bones Howe.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, piano, guitar
  • Mike Melvoin – piano, electric piano, guitar
  • Jim Hughart – upright bass
  • Bill Goodwin – drums
  • Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits, except where noted.

  1. Opening Intro
  2. Emotional Weather Report
  3. Intro
  4. On a Foggy Night
  5. Intro
  6. Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)
  7. Intro
  8. Better Off Without a Wife
  9. Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)
  10. Intro
  11. Warm Beer and Cold Women
  12. Intro
  13. Putnam County
  14. Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission) – Tom Waits, Chuck E. Weiss
  15. Nobody
  16. Intro
  17. Big Joe and Phantom 309 – Tommy Faile
  18. Spare Parts II and Closing

The Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds

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On October 20, 2023, “Polydor” label released “Hackney Diamonds”, the twenty-fourth  Rolling Stones (The) studio album. It was recorded February 2019, 2020, December 2022, January 2023, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Henson” in Los Angeles, “The Hit Factory” in New York City, “Metropolis” in London, “Sanctuary” in Nassau, Bahamas, and was produced by Andrew Watt and Don Was.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica
  • Keith Richards – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Ronnie Wood – guitar, bass guitar
  • Charlie Watts – drums
  • Matt Clifford – keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rhodes electric piano, organ. Hammond B3 organ 
  • Elton John – piano 
  • Benmont Tench – Hammond organ
  • Stevie Wonder – piano, Rhodes electric piano, Moog synthesizer
  • Bill Wyman – bass guitar
  • Paul McCartney – bass guitar
  • Andrew Watt – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Karlos Edwards – percussion
  • James King – saxophone
  • Ron Blake – trumpet
  • Lady Gaga – vocals
  • David Campbell – string arrangements
  • Matt Clifford – vocal engineering, recording 
  • Don Was – drum recording
  • Andrew Watt – mixing
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing 
  • Paul Lamalfa – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Studio Fury – art direction, design
  • Paulina Almira – illustration
  • Marc VanGool – guitar technician, studio assistance

Track listing:

All tracks by Keith Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

  1. Angry – Jagger–Richards, Andrew Watt
  2. Get Close – Jagger–Richards, Andrew Watt
  3. Depending On You – Jagger–Richards, Andrew Watt
  4. Bite My Head Off
  5. Whole Wide World
  6. Dreamy Skies
  7. Mess It Up
  8. Live by the Sword
  9. Driving Me Too Hard
  10. Tell Me Straight
  11. Sweet Sounds of Heaven
  12. Rolling Stone Blues – Muddy Waters

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