FKA Twigs: M3LL155X

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On August 13, 2015, “Young Turks” label released “M3LL155X” (pronounced “Melissa”), the third FKA Twigs (Tahliah Debrett Barnett) EP. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Boots, FKA Twigs and Tic.

Personnel:

  • FKA Twigs – vocals, drums, keyboards, synthesizer, programming, vocal arrangements
  • Jordan “Boots” Asher – percussion, drums, programming, keyboards, synthesizer, vocal arrangements
  • Cy An – vocals, additional keyboards, drums, programming, edits
  • Happa – additional programming
  • Marco Pasquariello – additional engineering
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • David Wrench – mixing, vocal mixing
  • Stuart Write – mixing
  • Geoff Swan – additional mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Matthew Stone – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by FKA Twigs, except where noted.

  1. Figure 8
  2. I’m Your Doll – FKA Twigs, Seiji, Tic
  3. In Time – FKA Twigs, Tic, Joel Compass
  4. Glass & Patron
  5. Mothercreep

Mickey Hart Band: Superorganism

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On August 13, 2013, “360 Production” label released “Superorganism”, album by Mickey Hart Band (the 15th Mickey Hart album overall). It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Mickey Hart and Ben Yonas.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, brain waves
  • Joe Bagale – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Crystal Monee Hall – vocals
  • Chris Kelley – vocals
  • Steve Kimock – guitar
  • Gawain Mathews – guitar
  • Jonah Sharp – keyboards
  • Adam Theis – bass
  • Reed Mathis – bass
  • Dave Schools – bass
  • Greg Shutte – drums
  • Ian “Inkx” Herman – drums
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – percussion
  • Zakir Hussain – percussion
  • Sikiru Adepoju – percussion
  • African Showboyz – additional percussion
  • Ben Yonas – recording
  • Alex McGraw, Noa Yonas – recording assistant
  • John Paul McClean – additional engineering
  • Brad Blackwood – mastering
  • Frederic Lieberman – musicology consultant
  • Malea Clark-Nicholson – design
  • Roxanne Smith – lettering
  • John Werner – photography

Track listing:

The lyrics for four of tracks by Robert Hunter. 

  1. Falling Stars – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Schools, Robert Hunter
  2. The Sermon – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Dave Schools, Andre Pessis, Robert Hunter
  3. Chabadas – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Schools, Andre Pessis, Zakir Hussain, Robert Hunter
  4. Don’t Let Your God Down – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Andre Pessis, Cliff Goldmacher, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Reya Hart
  5. I Want It Back – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Andre Pessis, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain
  6. Aliromba O Saro – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Jonah Sharp, Andre Pessis, Zakir Hussain, Robert Hunter
  7. Rage On – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Schools, Giovanni Hidalgo
  8. Mind Your Head – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Jonah Sharp, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain
  9. Bully Boy – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Schools, Giovanni Hidalgo
  10. Ghost Rider – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Jonah Sharp, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo

Dead Can Dance: Anastasis

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On August 13, 2012, “PIAS Recordings” label released “Anastasis”, the eight Dead Can Dance album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Quivvy Studios” in Cavan, Ireland, and was produced by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.

Personnel:

  • Brendan Perry
  • Lisa Gerrard
  • David Kuckhermann – daf, pantam
  • Aidan Foley – mastering
  • Zsolt Zsigmond – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard.

  1. Children of the Sun
  2. Anabasis
  3. Agape
  4. Amnesia
  5. Kiko
  6. Opium
  7. Return of the She-King
  8. All in Good Time

Dio: Sacred Heart

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On August 12, 1985, “Warner Bros” label released “Sacred Heart”, the third Dio studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Rumbo Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ronnie James Dio.

Personnel:

  • Ronnie James Dio – vocals
  • Vivian Campbell – guitar
  • Claude Schnell – keyboards
  • Jimmy Bain – bass
  • Vinny Appice – drums
  • Craig Goldy – guitar
  • Angelo Arcuri – engineer
  • Gary McGachan – engineer assistant
  • Greg Fulginiti – mastering
  • Robert Florczak – illustration

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated.

  1. King of Rock and Roll – Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Apice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell
  2. Sacred Heart – Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Apice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell
  3. Another Lie – Ronnie James Dio
  4. Rock ’n’ Roll Children – Ronnie James Dio
  5. Hungry for Heaven – Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain
  6. Like the Beat of a Heart – Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain
  7. Just Another Day – Ronnie James Dio, Vivian Campbell
  8. Fallen Angels – Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Apice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell
  9. Shoot Shoot – Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Apice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell

Motörhead: Same

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On August 12, 1977, “Chiswick” label released the self-titled, debut Motörhead album. It was recorded in April 1977, at “Escape” in Kent, and was produced by John “Speedy” Keen.

Personnel:

  • Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) – lead vocals, bass, executive producer
  • Fast” Eddie Clarke – co – lead and backing vocals, guitar, executive producer
  • Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor – drums, executive producer
  • John Burns – engineer
  • Adam Skeaping – mastering
  • Joe Petagno – album cover, Snaggletooth
  • Motorcycle Irene and Lensy – photography

Track listing:

  1. Motörhead – Ian Kilmister
  2. Vibrator – Larry Wallis, Des Brown
  3. Lost Johnny – Ian Kilmister, Michael Farren
  4. Iron Horse / Born to Lose – Phil Taylor, Mick Brown, Guy “Tramp” Lawrence
  5. White Line Fever – Ian Kilmister, Eddie Clarke, Phil Taylor
  6. Keep Us on the Road – Ian Kilmister, Eddie Clarke, Phil Taylor, Michael Farren
  7. The Watcher – Ian Kilmister
  8. Train Kept A – Rollin’ – Myron Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann

Roberta Flack: Chapter Two

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On August 12, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “Chapter Two”, the second Roberta Flack studio album. It was recorded December 1969 – March 1970, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn and King Curtis.

Personnel:

  • Roberta Flack – vocals, piano
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Donny Hathaway – piano, backing vocals. arrangements
  • Marshall Hawkins, Terry Plumeri, Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
  • Ray Lucas, Bernard Sweetney – drums
  • Warren Smith – percussion
  • Chauncey Welsch, Ernie Royal, Frank Wess, Garnett Brown, George Marge, John Frosk, John Glasel, Trevor Lawrence – horns
  • Hubert Laws, Joe Gentle – alto and bass flute
  • Corky Hale – harp
  • John Swallow – euphonium
  • Alfred Brown, Arnold Black, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Kermit Moore, Leo Kahn, Lewis Eley, Max Kahn, Max Pollikoff, Noel Dacosta, Peter Buonconsiglio, Peter Dimitriades, Raoul Poliakin, Sanford Allen, Selwart Clarke, Seymour Myroff, Tosha Samaroff – strings
  • Eumir Deodato – conductor, horn and string arrangements
  • Joel Dorn – arrangements
  • King Curtis – arrangements, backing vocals
  • Gene McDaniels – backing vocals
  • Lew Hahn – recording, remix
  • Ira Friedlander – design
  • Jack Robinson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Reverend Lee – Gene McDaniels
  2. Do What You Gotta Do – Jimmy Webb
  3. Just Like a Woman – Bob Dylan
  4. Let It Be Me – Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë
  5. Gone Away – Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Curtis Mayfield
  6. Until It’s Time for You to Go – Buffy Sainte-Marie
  7. The Impossible Dream – Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh
  8. Business Goes on as Usual – Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff

Bill Evans: Getting Sentimental

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On August 12, 2003, “Milestone” label released “Getting Sentimental”, 71st Bill Evans album. It was recorded in January 1978, at the “Village Vanguard” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans – piano
  • Michael Moore – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Mike Harris – recording
  • Joe Tarantino – digital mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Evans, except where noted.

  1. I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  2. How My Heart Sings – Earl Zindars
  3. Gary’s Theme – Gary McFarland
  4. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
  5. Quiet Now – Denny Zeitlin
  6. Re: Person I Knew
  7. The Peacocks – Jimmy Rowles
  8. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  9. Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) – Mike Altman, Johnny Mandel
  10. Turn Out the Stars
  11. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  12. In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck
  13. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  14. I Love You – Cole Porter

Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

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In August 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders”, the 18th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Contemporary Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Victor Feldman – vibes

Track listing:

  1. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  2. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
  3. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  4. You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
  5. I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
  6. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  7. In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
  8. The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern

Public Image Ltd: End Of World

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On August 11, 2023, “PIL Official” label released “End of World”, the eleventh Public Image Ltd studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2022, at “Yellow Shark Studios” in Cheltenham, “Vada Studios” in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, and was produced by Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth, John Lydon, Bruce Smith, John Rambo Stevens and James Towler.

Personnel:

  • John Lydon – vocals, artwork, painting, design
  • Lu Edmonds – guitar
  • Scott Firth – bass guitar
  • Bruce Smith – drums
  • Brendan Davies – engineer, mixing , artwork
  • James Towler – engineer, mixing
  • George Perks – engineer assistant
  • Danny Thomas – engineer assistant
  • Stefan Heger – mastering
  • John Rambo Stevens – layout, artwork, photography
  • D, D, Boling – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by John Lydon, all music by Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth, John Lydon, and Bruce Smith.

  1. Penge
  2. End of the World
  3. Car Chase
  4. Being Stupid Again
  5. Walls
  6. Pretty Awful
  7. Strange
  8. Down On the Clown
  9. Dirty Murky Delight
  10. The Do That
  11. L F C F
  12. North West Passage
  13. Hawaii

Thelonious Monk: The Unique Thelonious Monk

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In August 1956, “Riverside” label released “The Unique Thelonious Monk”, the tenth Thelonious Monk album. It was recorded March – April 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Orrin Keepnwews.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Gene Gogerty – design
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) – George & Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn
  2. Memories of You – Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf
  3. Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller, Andy Razaf
  4. Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, James Van Heusen
  5. Tea for Two – Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
  6. You Are Too Beautiful – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  7. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages

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