Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins Plus 4

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In August 1956, “Prestige” label released “Sonny Rollins Plus 4”, the fourth Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Clifford Brown – trumpet
  • Richie Powell – piano
  • George Morrow – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Valse Hot – Sonny Rollins
  2. Kiss and Run – Sam Coslow
  3. I Feel a Song Coming On – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer
  4. Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) – Irving Berlin
  5. Pent-Up House – Sonny Rollins

Carissa’s Weird: Songs About Leaving

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On August 6, 2002, “Sad Robot” label released “Songs About Leaving”, the third Carissa’s Weird album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Hall of Justice” in Seattle, and was produced by Chris Walla.

Personnel:

  • Mathew Brooke – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jenn Ghetto – vocals, guitar, recording
  • Jeff Hellis – piano
  • Ben Bridwell – drums
  • Sarah Standard – violin
  • Chris Walla – recording, mixing
  • Mike Epting – recording, mixing
  • Ed Brookes – mastering
  • Kevin Willis – artwork
  • Peter Hilgendorf – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mathew Brooke, Jeff Hellis, Ben Bridwell, Sarah Standard and Jenn Ghetto.

  1. You Should Be Hated Here
  2. Silently Leaving the Room
  3. So You Wanna Be A Superhero
  4. September Come Take This Heart Away
  5. Ignorant Piece of Shit
  6. The Piano Song – lyrics by Iron and Wine
  7. They’ll Only Miss You When You Leave
  8. A New Holiday (November 16th)
  9. Farewell To All These Rotten Teeth
  10. Sophisticated Fuck Princess Please Leave Me Alone
  11. Low Budget Slow Motion Soundtrack Song for The Leaving Scene
  12. (March 19th 1983) It Was Probably Green

Cornelius: Fantasma

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On August 6, 1997, “Trattoria” label released “Fantasma”, the third Cornelius studio album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Keigo Oyamada.

Personnel:

  • Keigo Oyamada (credited as “The Ape”) – performance, arrangements
  • Kazumichi Fujiwara – vocals
  • Sean O’Hagan – banjo, sampler, chorus
  • Toyoaki Mishima – keyboards
  • Robert Schneider – vocals, bass
  • Hilarie Sidney – vocals, drums
  • Yoshié Hiragakura – drums
  • Kinbara Strings – strings
  • Moog Yamamoto – scratching
  • Yuki Yano – theremin 
  • Keigo Oyamada – mixing
  • Toyoaki Mishima – hard disk manipulation
  • Nakai-kun – assistance
  • Toru Takayama – mixing, engineer
  • Masakazu Kitayama – artwork
  • Mitsuo Shindō – artwork
  • Hiroshi Nomura – photography
  • Yumi Nakamura – styling
  • Akemi Nakano – styling
  • Hiroko Umeyama – styling

Track listing:

All tracks by Keigo Oyamada, except where noted.

  1. Mic Check
  2. The Micro Disneycal World Tour
  3. New Music Machine
  4. Clash
  5. Count Five or Six
  6. Magoo Opening (originally titled Monkey) – Dennis Farnon
  7. Star Fruits Surf Rider
  8. Chapter 8 – Seashore and Horizon – Keigo Oyamada, Robert Schneider, Hilarie Sidney
  9. Free Fall
  10. 2010
  11. God Only Knows
  12. Thank You for the Music
  13. Fantasma

Joe Pass: Six-String Santa

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On August 6, 1992, “Laser Light Digital” label released “Six-String Santa”, the 58th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in February 1992, at “Sage & Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ralph Jungheim.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar, arrangements
  • John Pisano – rhythm guitar
  • Jim Hughart – acoustic bass
  • Colin Bailey – drums
  • Bill Lightner – editing, mastering
  • James Mooney – engineer
  • Jerry Wood – second engineer
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  2. (There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays – Robert Allen, Al Stilman
  3. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – traditional
  5. O Christmas Tree – traditional
  6. Angels We Have Heard on High/Joy to the World – traditional
  7. Happy Holiday Blues – Joe Pass
  8. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis
  9. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
  11. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard Smith

The Pogues: Rum Sodomy & The Lash

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On August 5, 1985, “Stiff” label released “Rum Sodomy & the Lash”, the second Pogues (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Elephant Studios” in London, and was produced by Elvis Costello and Philip Chevron.

Personnel:

  • Shane MacGowan – lead vocals
  • Spider Stacy – vocals, tin whistle
  • Philip Chevron – guitar, mandolin
  • Jem Finer – banjo
  • James Fearnley – accordion
  • Cait O’Riordan – vocals, bass
  • Andrew Ranken – drums
  • Henry Benagh – fiddle
  • Dick Cuthell – French horn
  • Tommy Keane – uilleann pipes
  • Terry Woods – string instruments
  • Fiachra Trench – string arrangements
  • Paul Scully – engineer
  • Dave Jordan – engineer
  • Bob Kraushaar – engineer
  • Nick Davis – engineer
  • Peter Mennim – cover art
  • Théodore Géricault – original painting
  • Frank Murray – sleeve concept
  • Lilly Lee – hand lettering
  • Cindy Palmano – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Shane MacGowan, except where noted.

  1. The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn
  2. The Old Main Drag
  3. The Wild Cats of Kilkenny – Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer
  4. I’m a Man Tou Don’t Meet Every Day – traditional, arranged by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Philip Chevron, Jem Finer, James Fearnley, Cait O’Riordan, Andrew Ranken
  5. A Pair of Brown Eyes
  6. Sally MacLennane
  7. Dirty Old Town – Ewan MacColl
  8. Jesse James – traditional, arranged by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Philip Chevron, Jem Finer, James Fearnley, Cait O’Riordan, Andrew Ranken
  9. Navigator – Phil Gaston
  10. Billy’s Bones
  11. The Gentleman Soldier – traditional, arranged by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Philip Chevron, Jem Finer, James Fearnley, Cait O’Riordan, Andrew Ranken
  12. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda – Eric Bogle

Planet Drum: In The Groove

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On August 5, 2022, “Valley Entertainment” label released “In the Groove”, the fifth Planet Drum album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Studio X” in Sebastopol, California, and was produced by Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – beats, bass beams (monochord), RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe), the beast, piccolo drums, V-drums, MalletKAT, gamelan, glass bowls, thumb piano, conch, metal, arrangements, mixing
  • Zakir Hussain – vocals, tabla, shakers, madal, dholak, balafon, arrangements, mixing
  • Sikiru Adepoju – apala
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – vocals, congas, bahia, timbales
  • Isaac Eady – drum set
  • Mañengue Hidalgo – congas
  • Melissa Hie – vocals, balafon, doum, djembe, metal, shekere, claps
  • Ophelia Hie – vocals, balafon, metal, shekere, claps
  • Edgardo “Kako” Maldanado – guiro
  • Baba Olatunje – vocals
  • Noel Rosado – bells
  • Jatinder Singh – Rajasthani folk vocals
  • India sessions – bass drum, duff, bottles and hi percussion, buckets, Pune dhol, vocal shouts, tabla, tasha, trash percussion, dimdi, ghumka, halgi, sambhal, sleigh bell, zanj, chondka, Nashik dhol, chenda, dholak, metal percussion, big ghungru, chimpta, dhol, matka, padhant, UduPune dhol, udu
  • Tom Lattanand – arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Adam Tenenbaum – arrangements
  • Michal Menert, Cherron Arens, Jerome Forney, Jonathan Koh, Bill Wolter, Jason Reed – recording
  • Michael Romanowski – mastering
  • Tim Bremner – artwork
  • Reya Hart – associate producer

 Track listing:

  1. King Clave
  2. Storm Drum
  3. Tides
  4. Drops
  5. Phil Da Glass
  6. Gadago Gadago

Ween: Quebec

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On August 5, 2003, “Sanctuary” label released “Quebec”, the eighth Ween studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2003, at “Zion House of Flash” in Hopewell, New Jersey, and was produced by Andrew Weiss.

Personnel:

  • Gene Ween – vocals, bass, keyboard, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, drum machine, omnichord, arranger, mixing
  • Dean Ween – vocals, electric guitar, bass, keyboard, electric sitar, vocoder
  • Andrew Weiss – synthesizer, strings, keyboard, fretless bass, drums, percussion
  • Glen McClelland – organ, piano, accordion, keyboard
  • Dave Dreiwitz – vocals, bass
  • Sim Cain – drums
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Christopher Shaw – mixing
  • Ted Young – mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Gene Ween, Dean Ween, Andrew Weiss, Glen McClelland,  Dave Dreiwitz and Sim Cain.

  1. It’s Gonna Be a Long Night
  2. Zoloft
  3. Transdermal Celebration
  4. Among His Tribe
  5. So Many People in the Neighborhood
  6. Tried and True
  7. Happy Colored Marbles
  8. Hey There Fancypants
  9. Captain
  10. Chocolate Town
  11. I Don’t Want It
  12. The Fucked Jam
  13. Alcan Road
  14. The Argus
  15. If You Could Save Yourself (You’d Save Us All)

Primal Scream: Evil Heat

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On August 5, 2002, “Columbia” label released “Evil Heat”, the seventh Primal Scream studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Two Lone Swordsmen, Kevin Shields and Jagz Kooner.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie – vocals, guitar, programming
  • Andrew Innes – guitar
  • Robert Young – guitar, programming
  • Martin Duffy – keyboards, programming, samples
  • Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield – bass
  • Darrin Mooney – drums, programming
  • Jim Reid – lead vocals
  • Marco Nelson – harmony voice
  • Kate Moss – additional vocals
  • Robert Plant – harmonica
  • Kevin Shields – guitar effects
  • Paul Harte – guitar effects
  • Phil Mossman – harmonica
  • Darren Morris – synthesizer
  • Brendan Lynch – synthesizer
  • Chris Mackin – bass guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Robert Young, Martin Duffy, Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield and Darrin Mooney, except where noted.

  1. Deep Hill of Morning Sun
  2. Miss Lucifer
  3. Autobahn 66
  4. Detroit
  5. Rise
  6. The Lord Is My Shotgun
  7. City
  8. Some Velvet Morning – Lee Hazlewood
  9. Skull X
  10. A Scanner Darkly
  11. Space Blues #2 – Martin Duffy

Burning Spear: Dry & Heavy

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On August 5, 1977, “Island” label released “Dry & Heavy”, the sixth Burning Spear album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Harry J’s Studio” in Kingston, Jamaica, and was produced by Winston Rodney.

Personnel:

  • Winston Rodney – lead vocals, percussion, arrangements
  • Earl “Chinna” Smith – lead and rhythm guitar
  • Donald “Roots” Kinsey – lead guitar
  • Bertram “Ranchie” McLean – rhythm guitar
  • Bernard “Touter” Harvey – keyboards
  • Earl “Wire” Lindo – keyboards
  • Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitar
  • Aston “Family Man” Barrett – bass guitar
  • Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace – drums
  • Noel “Skully” Simms – percussion
  • Uziah “Sticky” Thompson – percussion
  • Herman Marquis – alto sax
  • Richard “Dirty Harry” Hall – tenor sax
  • Bobby Ellis – trumpet
  • Vincent “Trommie” Gordon – trombone
  • Sylvan Morris – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Walter Rodney, except where noted.

  1. Any River
  2. The Sun – Winston Rodney, Don Taylor, Phillip Fullwood
  3. It’s a Long Way Around – Winston Rodney, Phillip Fullwood
  4. I W.I.N.
  5. Throw Down Your Arms
  6. Dry & Heavy
  7. Wailing
  8. Black Disciples
  9. Shout It Out

Teenage Wrist: Still Love

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On August 4, 2023, “Epitaph” label released “Still Love”, the third Teenage Wrist studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “The Steakhouse” in Hollywood, “Red Hawk Residency” in Yucca Valley, California, “Guy Luxe Studio” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Kevin McCombs, Marshall Gallagher and Anthony Salazar.

Personnel:

  • Marshall Gallagher – vocals, guitars, bass
  • Anthony Salazar – vocals, drums, percussion
  • SA Martinez – vocal
  • Mercedes Arn-Horn – vocal
  • Sister Void (Lindsey Nico Mann) – vocal
  • David Marion – vocal
  • Fear Before the March of Flames
  • Heavenward
  • Kyle McAulay, Sam Madill, Nathaniel Motte — engineer, mixing
  • Josh Wilbur — mixing
  • Ted Jensen — mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Marshall Gallagher and Anthony Salazar, except where noted.

  1. Sunshine
  2. Dark Sky – Marshall Gallagher, Anthony Salazar, Doug Martinez
  3. Still Love – Mercedes Arn-Horn, Phoenix Arn-Horn, Marshall Gallagher, Anthony Salazar
  4. Digital Self
  5. Something Good
  6. Wax Poetic – Marshall Gallagher, Lindsey Nico Mann, Anthony Salazar
  7. Diorama
  8. Cold Case
  9. Cigarette Two Steps – Marshall Gallagher, David Marion, Anthony Salazar
  10. Humbug – Marshall Gallagher, Kamtin Mohager, Anthony Salazar
  11. Sprawled
  12. Paloma a.k.a. Ketamine

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