Van Morrison: Tupelo Honey

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On October 15, 1974, “Warner Bros” label released “Tupelo Honey”, the fifth Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Wally Heider” and “Columbia Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Ted Templeman and Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, horn arrangements
  • Ronnie Montrose – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, backing vocals
  • John McFee – pedal steel guitar
  • Ted Templeman – organ
  • Mark Jordan – piano, electric piano
  • Bill Church – bass
  • Rick Shlosser – drums
  • Connie Kay – drums
  • Gary Mallaber – percussion, vibraphone
  • Jack Schroer – alto, tenor and baritone saxophones
  • Luis Gasca – trumpet
  • Bruce Royston – flute, flute arrangements
  • “Boots” Houston – flute, backing vocals, flute arrangements
  • Ellen Schroer – backing vocals
  • Janet Planet – backing vocals
  • Jack Schroer – horn arrangements
  • Stephen Barncard, David Brown, Doc Storch – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg, Donn Landee – remix
  • Ian Cooper – remaster
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Michael Maggid – photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Van Morrison.

  1. Wild Night
  2. (Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball
  3. Old Old Woodstock
  4. Starting a New Life
  5. You’re My Woman
  6. Tupelo Honey
  7. I Wanna Roo You (Scottish Derivative)
  8. When That Evening Sun Goes Down
  9. Moonshine Whiskey

Beth Hart: Fire On The Floor

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On October 14, 2016, “Provogue / Masqot” labels released “Fire on the Floor”, the eighth Beth Hart studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “RW” studio, and was produced by Oliver Leiber.

Personnel:

  • Beth Hart – lead and backing vocals, piano
  • Oliver Leiber – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, drums, percussion, engineer
  • Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
  • Michael Landau – electric and baritone guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar
  • Ivan Neville – piano, Hammond B3, Vox Continental organ – Ivan Neville
  • Jim Cox – piano, electric piano
  • Brian Allen – bass
  • Paul Peterson – bass
  • Rick Marotta – drums
  • Eric Leeds – tenor saxophone
  • Brad Shermock – trumpet
  • Patrick Warren – arrangements
  • Eric Leeds – arrangements
  • Niko Bolas – recording
  • Rune Westberg – recording
  • J, J, Blair – engineer
  • John Rausch – additional engineering, mixing
  • Diego Ruelas, Jeremy Tomlison, John R. Edwards – engineer assistant
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering
  • Roy Koch – artwork
  • Thomas Van Der Kooi – artwork
  • Mona Nordoy – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Beth Hart, except where noted.

  1. Jazz Man
  2. Love Gangster
  3. Coca Cola
  4. Let’s Get Together – Beth Hart, Rune Westberg
  5. Love Is a Lie
  6. Fat Man – Beth Hart, Glen Burtnik
  7. Fire on the Floor
  8. Woman You’ve Been Dreaming Of
  9. Baby Shot Me Down
  10. Good Day to Cry
  11. Picture in a Frame
  12. No Place Like Home

Lucinda Williams: Little Honey

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On October 14, 2008, “Lost Highway” label released “Little Honey”, the ninth Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Eric Leljestrand and Tom Overby.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Elvis Costello – vocals
  • Chet Lyster – acoustic and electric guitars, saw and table steel
  • Doug Pettibone – acoustic and electric guitars, pedal steel
  • Rob Burger – Wurlitzer, vibraphone, piano, Hammond organ
  • David Sutton – electric bass, double bass, cello
  • Butch Norton – drums, percussion
  • Albert Wing – tenor saxophone
  • Bruce Fowler – trombone
  • Walt Fowler – flugelhorn
  • Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs – backing vocals
  • Charlie Louvin, Jim Lauderdale – backing vocals
  • Susan Marshall, Gia Ciambotti, Kristen Mooney – backing vocals
  • Kristen Mooney, Tim Easton, Susan Marshall – backing vocals
  • Jim Lauderdale, Susan Marshall, Gia Ciambotti, Kristen Mooney – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Lucinda Williams, except where noted.

  1. Real Love
  2. Circles and X’s
  3. Tears of Joy
  4. Little Rock Star
  5. Honey Bee
  6. Well Well Well
  7. If Wishes Were Horses
  8. Jailhouse Tears
  9. Knowing
  10. Heaven Blues
  11. Rarity
  12. Plan to Marry
  13. It’s a Long Way to the Top – Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott

The Libertines: Up The Bracket

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On October 14, 2002, “Rough Trade” label released “Up the Bracket”, the debut Libertines (The) album. It was recorded in August 2002, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Mick Jones.

Personnel:

  1. Carl Barât – vocals, guitar
  2. Pete Doherty – vocals, guitar
  3. John Hassall – bass
  4. Gary Powell – drums 

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.

  1. Vertigo
  2. Death on the Stairs
  3. Horror Show
  4. Time for Heroes
  5. Boys in the Band
  6. Radio America
  7. Up the Bracket
  8. Tell the King
  9. The Boy Looked at Johnny
  10. Begging
  11. The Good Old Days
  12. I Get Along

John Denver: Rhymes & Reasons

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On October 14, 1969, “RCA” label released “Rhymes & Reasons”, the debut John Denver studio album. It was recorded in 1969, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Milton Okun.

Personnel:

  • John Denver – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Eric Weissberg – banjo, steel guitar
  • Paul Prestopino – guitar, autoharp, mandolin
  • Stan Free – organ
  • Paul Griffin – keyboards
  • Russ Savakus – bass guitar
  • Teddy Sommer – drums
  • Herbie Lovelle – drums
  • George Marge – baritone saxophone
  • Marvin Stamm – flute, trumpet
  • Albert Richmond – French horn
  • Tommy Goodman – additional instrumentation
  • Milton Okun – arrangements
  • Jim Crotty – recording
  • John Woram – recording
  • Jean Goldhirsch – assistant producer

Track listing:

  1. The Love of the Common People – John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins
  2. Catch Another Butterfly – Mike Williams
  3. Daydream – John Denver
  4. The Ballad of Spiro Agnew – Tom Paxton
  5. Circus – Michael Johnson, John Denver, Laurie Kuehn
  6. When I’m Sixty-Four – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  7. The Ballad of Richard Nixon – Tom Paxton
  8. Rhymes & Reasons – John Denver
  9. Yellow Cat – Steven Fromholz
  10. Leaving on a Jet Plane – John Denver
  11. (You Dun Stomped) My Heart – Mason Williams
  12. My Old Man – Jerry Jeff Walker
  13. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
  14. Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life (Sugacity) – Pat Garvey, Victoria Garvey

Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne and Ray Brown: The Poll Winners

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In October 1957, “Contemporary” label released “The Poll Winners”, album by Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne and Ray Brown. It was recorded in March 1957, at “Contemporary Records Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums

Track listing:

  1. Jordu – Duke Jordan
  2. Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer
  3. It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Mean to Me – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
  5. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
  6. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
  7. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  8. Minor Mood – Barney Kessel
  9. Nagasaki – Harry Warren, Mort Dixon

Creeper: Sanguivore

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On October 13, 2023, “Spinefarm” label released “Sanguivore”, the third Creeper studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Psalm Studios” in Wiltshire, England, “Rockfield Studios” in Monmountshire, Wales, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Will Gould – lead vocals
  • Ian Miles – guitars
  • Hannah Greenwood – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Sean Scott – bass
  • Jake Fogarty – drums
  • Tom Dalgety – keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, spoken word, mixing
  • Daan Temmink – grand piano
  • Jack Boston – backing vocals
  • Joanna Nye – backing vocals
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Welder Wings – artwork
  • Dan Capp – layout
  • Andy Ford – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Gould, Ian Miles and Tom Dalgety.

  1. Further Than Forever
  2. Cry to Heaven
  3. Sacred Blasphemy
  4. The Ballad of Spook & Mercy
  5. Lovers Led Astray
  6. Teenage Sacrifice
  7. Chapel Gates
  8. The Abyss
  9. Black Heaven
  10. More Than Death

Helena Deland: Goodbye Summerland

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On October 13, 2023, “Chivi Chivi” label released “Goodnight Summerland”, the third Helena Deland studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was recorded Helena Deland, Sam Evian, Francis Ledoux , Alexandre Larin and Ouri.

Personnel:

  • Helena Deland – vocals, guitar
  • Valentin Ignat – engineer
  • Francis Ledoux – engineer
  • Radwan Ghazi Moumneh – engineer
  • Sam Evian – engineer, mixing 
  • Ouri – mixing, mastering
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Beverly Zawitkoski – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Helena Deland, except where noted.

  1. Moon Pith – Deland and Alexandre Larin
  2. Saying Something
  3. Spring Bug
  4. Bright Green Vibrant Gray
  5. Drawbridge
  6. Roadflower
  7. The Animals
  8. Who I Sound Like
  9. Swimmer
  10. Night Soft as Silk
  11. Strawberry Moon

King Krule: The Ooz

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On October 13, 2017, “True Partner Sounds” and “XL” labels released “The Ooz”, the third King Krule studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Dilip Harris and Archy Marshall.

Personnel:

  • King Krule (Archy Marshall)– vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys, vocoder, engineer
  • Jack Towell – guitar
  • Nana Giobbi – piano
  • James Wilson – bass, vocals 
  • George Bass – drums
  • Andy Ramsay – percussion, drum programming
  • Dilip Harris – triangle, percussion, vibraphone, synth, marimba
  • Marc Pell – bongos, tambourine
  • Ignacio Salvadores – saxophone
  • Okay Kaya – additional vocals
  • Beatriz Ortiz Mendes – spoken word
  • Maria Dmetriev – spoken word
  • Adam Marshall – spoken word, backing vocals
  • Idris Vicuña – spoken word
  • Maya Coline – backing vocals
  • Ella Rimmer – backing vocals
  • Dilip Harris – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Ramsay – engineer
  • Senor El Funkelinos – engineer
  • Connor Atanda – engineer
  • Barry Grint – mastering

Track listing:

All music by Archy Marshall, all lyrics by Archy Marshall, except where noted.

  1. Biscuit Town
  2. The Locomotive
  3. Dum Surfer
  4. Slush Puppy – Archy Marshall, Kaya Wilkins
  5. Bermondsey Bosom (Left)
  6. Logos
  7. Sublunary
  8. Lonely Blue
  9. Cadet Limbo
  10. Emergency Blimp
  11. Czech One
  12. A Slide In (New Drugs)
  13. Vidual
  14. Bermondsey Bosom (Right)
  15. Half Man Half Shark
  16. The Cadet Leaps
  17. The Ooz
  18. Midnight 01 (Deep Sea Diver)
  19. La Lune

Bob Dylan: Christmas In The Heart

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On October 13, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Christmas in the Heart”, the thirty-fourth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Groove Masters Studio” in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan’s pseudonym).

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, electric piano, harmonica, arrangements
  • Phil Upchurch – guitar
  • Donnie Herron – steel guitar, mandolin, trumpet, violin
  • Patrick Warren – piano, organ, celeste
  • David Hidalgo – accordion, guitar, mandolin, violin
  • Tony Garnier – bass guitar
  • George Receli – drums, percussion
  • Amanda Barrett, Bill Cantos, Randy Crenshaw, Abby DeWald, Nicole Eva Emery, Walt Harrah, Robert Joyce – choir
  • David Bianco – recording, mixing
  • Bill Lane – engineer assistant
  • Glen Suravech – engineer assistant
  • David Spreng – additional engineering
  • Rich Tosti – studio support
  • Ed Wong – studio support
  • Coco Shinomiya – design
  • VisualLanguage.com – front cover
  • Olivia De Berandis – inside cover illustration
  • Edwin Fotheringham – back cover illustration
  • Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos – inside photography

Track listing:

  1. Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
  2. Do You Hear What I Hear? – Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker
  3. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
  4. Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley
  5. I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent
  6. Little Drummer Boy – Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone
  7. The Christmas Blues – Sammy Cahn, David Jack Holt
  8. O’ Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) – traditional
  9. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
  10. Must Be Santa – William Fredericks, Hal Moore
  11. Silver Bells – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
  12. The First Noel – traditional
  13. Christmas Island – Lyle Moraine
  14. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Bob Wells
  15. O Little Town of Bethlehem – traditional

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