The Tragically Hip: Day For Night

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On September 24, 1994, “MCA” label released “Day for Night”, the fourth Tragically Hip (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Kingsway” in New Orleans, “Le Cave de Dave” in Kingston, Ontario, and was produced by Mark Howard, Mark Vreeken, Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.

Personnel:

  • Gord Downie – lead vocals
  • Rob Baker – lead guitar
  • Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar
  • Gord Sinclair – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Johnny Fay – drums
  • Mark Vreeken – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Howard – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Andrew McLachlan – design
  • Simon Andrew – drawing
  • Jim Herrington – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.

  1. Grace, Too
  2. Daredevil
  3. Greasy Jungle
  4. Yawning or Snarling
  5. Fire in the Hole
  6. So Hard Done By
  7. Nautical Disaster
  8. Thugs
  9. Inevitability of Death
  10. Scared
  11. An Inch an Hour
  12. Emergency
  13. Titanic Terrarium
  14. Imossibilium

Mickey Hart: Planet Drum

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On September 24, 1991, “Rykodisc” label released “Planet Drum”, the eight Mickey Hart album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, balafon, bombo, bones, bass drum, snare, tambourine, triangle, body percussion, goblet drum, whistle, nose flute
  • Sikiru Adepoju – percussion, talking drum, cow bell, bells, djembe, dunun
  • Molonga Casquelord – vocals
  • Frank Colón – shekere
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – bata, shekere, congas
  • Zakir Hussain – tabla, percussion, madal, dunun, shaker, bells, udu, balafon, bass drum, dholak, tarang, conch shell
  • Bruce Langhorne – vocals, body percussion
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, voice, tambourine, berimbau, chimes, percussion, conch, whistle, handclaps, caxixi, rattle, cymbal, shaker, wood block, tom tom, rainstick, Earth drum, clackers, duggi tarang, body shaker, conch, gong
  • Caryl Ohrbach – shaker
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocals, shaker, bells, congas, djembe, handclaps, body percussion, ashiko
  • Flora Purim – vocals, voice, wind chimes, shaker
  • Gordy Ryan – vocals, body percussion
  • Jeff Sterling – udu
  • T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – ghatam, Jew’s harp
  • Sikiru Adepoju, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – co-producers
  • Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling – recording, mixing
  • Paul Stubblebine – digital mastering
  • Howard Jacobsen – art direction
  • Nancy Nimoy – cover illustration
  • Howard Cohen – production manager
  • Ram Rod, Rudson Shurtliff – equipment manager
  • Jack Crymes – technical support

Track listing:

  1. Udu Chant – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  2. Island Groove – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  3. Light Over Shadow – Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  4. Dance of the Hunter’s Fire – Sikiru Adepoju, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Frank Colón, Airto Purim, Giovanni Hidalgo, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  5. Jewe (You are the One) – Babatunde Olatunji
  6. The Hunt – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  7. Temple Caves – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  8. The Dancing Sorcerer – Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  9. Bones – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  10. Lost River – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  11. Evening Samba – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Olatunji, T. H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  12. Iyanu (Surprises) – Babatunde Olatunji
  13. Mysterious Island – Mickey Hart, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Jeff Sterling

Stiff Little Fingers: Now Then…

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On September 24, 1982, “Chrysalis” label released “Now Then…”, the fourth and final Stiff Little Fingers studio album. It was recorded July – August 1982, and was produced by Nick Tauber and Tim Friese-Greene.

Personnel:                                                                                               

  • Jake Burns – vocals, guitar, occasional keyboards, arrangements
  • Henry Cluney – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Ali McMordie – bass guitar, arrangements
  • Dolphin Taylor – vocals, drums, percussion, occasional keyboards, arrangements
  • Dick Morrissey, Jeff Daly, Martin Drover – horns
  • Simon Hanhart – engineer
  • Brian Cooke – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jake Burns, Henry Cluney, Ali McMordie, Dolphin Taylor and Gordon Ogilvie, except where noted.

  1. Falling Down
  2. Won’t Be Told
  3. Love of the Common People – John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins
  4. The Price of Admission 
  5. Touch and Go
  6. Stands to Reason
  7. Bits of Kids
  8. Welcome to the Whole Week
  9. Big City Night
  10. Talkback
  11. Is That What You Fought the War For?

Alex G: God Save The Animals

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On September 23, 2022, “Domino” label released “God Save the Animals”, the ninth Alex G studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Headroom Studios” and “Spice House” in Philadelphia, “Sugar House” in New York City, “Clubhouse” in Rhinebeck, New York, Gradwell House Recording” in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, “Watersong Music” in Bowdoinham, Maine, and was produced by Alex G and Jacob Portrait.

Personnel:

  • Alex G (Alexander Giannascoli) – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, engineer
  • Samuel Acchione – guitar, banjo
  • John Heywood – bass
  • Tom Kelly – drums
  • Jessica Lea Mayfield – additional vocals
  • Molly Germer – strings, additional vocals, string arrangement
  • Jacob Portrait – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Watter – engineer
  • Kyle Pulley – engineer
  • Scoops Dardaris – engineer
  • Eric Bogacz – engineer
  • Connor Priest – engineer
  • Steve Poponi – engineer
  • Earl Bigelow – engineering
  • Anjan Alavandar – engineer assistant
  • Isaac Eiger – engineer assistant
  • Shubham Mondal – engineer assistant
  • Sophie Shalit – engineer assistant
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Rachel Giannascoli Masciantonio – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Giannascoli.

  1. After All
  2. Runner
  3. Mission
  4. S.D.O.S.
  5. No Bitterness
  6. Ain’t It Easy
  7. Cross the Sea
  8. Blessing
  9. Early Morning Waiting
  10. Immunity
  11. Headroom Piano
  12. Miracles
  13. Forgive

Bruno Pernadas: Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them

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On September 23, 2016, “Pataca Discos” label released “Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them”, album by Bruno Pernadas.  It was recorded in 2016, at “Estúdio 15A”.

Personnel:

  • Bruno Pernadas – vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, bass, synthesizer, home recording
  • Margarida Campelo – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Afonso Cabral, Francisca Cortesão – vocals
  • Nuno Lucas – bass
  • João Correia – drums, percussion
  • João Capinha – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Raimundo Semedo – tenor and baritone saxophone 
  • Diana Mortágua – flute
  • Tiago de Sousa – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Diogo Duque – flute, trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Rita Westwood – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Poem
  2. Spaceway 70
  3. Problem Number 6
  4. Valley In the Ocean
  5. Anywhere in Spacetime
  6. Poem
  7. Because It’s Hard to Develop That Capacity On Your Own
  8. Galaxy
  9. Ya Ya Breathe
  10. Lachrymose

Peter Gabriel: Up

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On September 23, 2002, “Geffen” and “Real World Records” label released “Up”, the seventh Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded April 1995 – October 1998, 2000 – 2002, at “Real World” in Box, UK, “The Meduse” in Senegal, “Real World Mobile” in France, “Air” in London, “Hype Studios” in Singapore, and was produced by Stephen Hague and Peter Gabriel.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – vocals, piano, keyboards, JamMan, MPC groove, electronics, organ, bass keys, sampled keyboards, bass guitar, harmonium, Telecaster, crotales, tom–tom, samples, harmonica, reversed strings, string samples, Mellotron, sampled guitar
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals
  • David Rhodes – guitars, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Manu Katché – drums
  • Dave Power – drums
  • Ged Lynch – drums, percussion
  • Dominque Mahut – percussion
  • Richard Chappell – percussion, treated loop, loop manipulation, programming
  • Alex Swift – additional programming
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Will Gregory – string arrangements
  • Isobel Griffiths – string contractor
  • Nick Ingman – orchestrations
  • Tchad Blake – tape scratches, groove treatment effects
  • Adrian Chivers – backing vocals
  • Pete Davis – additional programming
  • Blind Boys of Alabama – additional and backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Gabriel, except where noted.

  1. Darkness
  2. Growing Up
  3. Sky Blue
  4. No Way Out
  5. I Grieve
  6. The Barry Williams Show
  7. My Head Sounds Like That
  8. More Than This
  9. Signal to Noise
  10. The Drop

T. B. Tracheri: Klati I Trkalaj

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On September 23, 2001, “Margina” label released “Klati i Trkalaj”, the debut T.B. Tracheri album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Кино Ѓорче Петров”, in Skopje, Macedonia.

Personnel:

  • Kircho Arsovski – vocals, guitar
  • Ivica Dimitrievik – guitar, backing vocals
  • Kiril Arsov – bass, backing vocals
  • Andrej Anastasov Daskalovski – drums, backing vocals
  • Alen Hadzi-Stefanov – recording

Track listing:

  1. Trach mantra
  2. Skopje
  3. Mrzu starci
  4. Chedo glava
  5. Ja sam ubav
  6. Pica
  7. Bubashvabe
  8. Stra mi e
  9. Dok ne zines
  10. Heroj
  11. Mama ne ti dava
  12. Elton Fucking John
  13. Nova moda
  14. Gotov si
  15. She’s a Bomb
  16. Kinky
  17. James Bond te pljuka
  18. Etiopija
  19. Untitled

Everything But The Girl: Worldwide

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On September 23, 1991, “Blanco y Negro” label released “Worldwide”, the sixth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Livingston Recording Studios” in London.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals
  • Greg Lester – guitar
  • Ben Watt – synthesizer, guitar, synthesizer bass, piano, organ, drum, sound programming, backing vocals
  • Damon Butcher – piano
  • Peter Murray – organ
  • Geoff Gascoyne – bass
  • Steve Pearce – bass
  • Ralph Salmins – drums, cymbals, percussion
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Dick Oatts – alto and soprano saxophone
  • Pete Whyman – tenor saxophone
  • James McMillan – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Jerry Boys – engineer
  • Richard Haughton – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Old Friends – Ben Watt
  2. Understanding – Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt
  3. You Lift Me Up – Tracey Thorn
  4. Talk to Me Like the Sea – Ben Watt
  5. British Summertime – Tracey Thorn, BenWatt
  6. Twin Cities – Ben Watt
  7. Frozen River – Ben Watt
  8. One Place – Tracey Thorn
  9. Politics Aside – Ben Watt
  10. Boxing and Pop Music – Ben Watt
  11. Feel Alright – Ben Watt

Underscores: Wallsocket

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On September 22, 2023, “Mom + Pop Music” label released “Wallsocket”, the second Underscores studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Underscores, Gabby Start, Henhouse! and Jane Remover.

Personnel:

  • Underscores (April Harper Grey) – vocals, recording, engineer, mixing, creative direction
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Raphael Ong – creative direction, graphic, layout
  • Tiam Schaper – architectural design, renders
  • Lee Jing Wei – standard album cover render
  • Matthew Choi – urban consulting
  • Ian Griffin – typography
  • Yoffdog – additional typography

Track listing:

All tracks by Underscores (April Harper Grey), except where noted.

  1. Cops and Robbers
  2. Locals (Girls Like Us) – April Harper Grey, Gabriel O’Leary
  3. Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
  4. You Don’t Even Know Who I Am
  5. Johnny Johnny Johnny
  6. Shoot to Kill, Kill Your Darlings
  7. Horror Movie Soundtrack
  8. Old Money Bitch
  9. Geez Louise – April Harper Grey, Henson Popa
  10. Seventyseven Dog Years
  11. Uncanny Long Arms – April Harper Grey, Jane Remover
  12. Good Luck Final Girl

Teenage Fanclub: Nothing Lasts Forever

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On September 22, 2023, “PeMa” label released “Nothing Lasts Forever”, the twelfth Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, “Raymond’s Place” in Glasgow, and was produced by Norman Blake, Euros Childs, Francis MacDonald, Raymond McGinley and Dave McGowan.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake – vocals, guitar
  • Raymond McGinley – vocals, lead guitar, engineering
  • Euros Childs – vocals, keyboard
  • Dave McGowan – vocals, bass
  • Francis MacDonald – vocals, drums
  • Stephen Black – clarinet, saxophone
  • John McCusker – strings
  • Daisy Spiers – strings
  • David Henderson – engineer
  • Joe Jones – engineer
  • Tom Walsh – string engineering
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • H. Hawkline – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Norman Blake, except where noted.

  1. Foreign Land
  2. Tired of Being Alone – Raymond McGinley
  3. I Left a Light On
  4. See the Light – Raymond McGinley
  5. It’s Alright
  6. Falling into the Sun – Raymond McGinley
  7. Self-Sedation
  8. Middle of My Mind – Raymond McGinley
  9. Back to the Light
  10. I Will Love You – Raymond McGinley

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