Trooper: Same

On July 1, 1975, “MCA” label released the self-titled, debut Trooper studio album. It was recorded in 1975, and was produced by Randy Bachman.

Personnel:

  • Ra McGuire – vocals
  • Brian Smith – guitar
  • Harry Kalensky – bass
  • Tommy Stewart – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ra McGuire and Brian Smith, except where noted.

  1. I’m in Trouble Again
  2. General Hand Grenade
  3. All of the Time – Ra McGuire, Brian Smith, Harry Kalensky
  4. Eddy Takes It Easy
  5. Roller Rink
  6. Baby Woncha Please Come Home
  7. Love of My Life
  8. Don’t Stop Now

Grover Washington Jr.: All The King’s Horses

On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Gene Bertoncini – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • David Spinozza – guitar
  • Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
  • Richard Tee – organ
  • Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – congas
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn

Brass and Woodwind Section

  • George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn

String Section

  • Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
  • Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp

String Trio

  • David Nadien – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  2. All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
  3. Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  4. Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
  5. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
  6. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
  7. Love Song 1700 – Henry Purcell

Joe Pass: Sounds Of Synanon

On July 1, 1962, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Sounds of Synanon”, the debut Joe Pass studio album. It was recorded in 1962, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – electric guitar
  • Arnold Ross – piano
  • Ronald Clark – bass
  • Bill Crawford – drums
  • Dave Allen – trumpet
  • Greg Dykes – baritone horn

Track listing:

  1. C.E.D. – Joe Pass, Arnold Ross
  2. Aaron’s Song – Dave Allen
  3. Stay Loose – Arnold Ross
  4. Projections – Greg Dykes
  5. Hang Tough – Joe Pass
  6. Self-Image – Dave Allen
  7. Last Call for Coffee – Arnold Ross
  8. Blues – Joe Pass

George Benson: Good King Bad

In June 1976, “CTI” label released “Good King Bad”, the thirteenth George Benson studio album. It was recorded July – October – December 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • George Benson – vocals, guitar
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Don Grolnick – clavinet
  • Bobby Lyle – keyboards
  • Roland Hanna – keyboards
  • Ronnie Foster – keyboards
  • Gary King – bass, rhythm arrangements
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Dennis Davis – drums
  • Sue Evans – percussion
  • David Friedman – vibraphone
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone 
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • Joe Farrell – flute
  • Romeo Penque – flute
  • David Tofani – flute
  • David Matthews – arrangements
  • Bob James – conductor
  • Max Ellen – violin
  • Paul Gershman – violin
  • Harry Glickman – violin
  • Emanuel Green – violin
  • Harold Kohon – violin
  • David Nadien – violin
  • John Pintavalle – violin
  • Max Pollikoff – violin
  • Harold Coletta – viola
  • Theodore Israel – viola
  • Charles McCracken – cello
  • Alan Shulman – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Rene Schumacher – design
  • Pete Turner – cover and liner photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Theme from Good King Bad – David Matthews
  2. One Rock Don’t Make No Boulder – David Matthews
  3. Em – Philip Namanworth
  4. Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Vince Guaraldi
  5. Siberian Workout – David Matthews
  6. Shell of a Man – Eugene McDaniels

Randy Weston: Blue Moses

In June 1972, “CTI” label released “Blue Moses”, the 21st Randy Weston album. It was recorded March – April 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Randy Weston – electric piano
  • Grover Washington, Jr. – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • John Frosk, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Garnett Brown, Warren Covington – trombone
  • Wayne Andre – trombone, baritone horn
  • Paul Faulise – bass trombone
  • James Buffington, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
  • Hubert Laws – flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
  • Romeo Penque – clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn
  • George Marge – clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute, English horn
  • David Horowitz – synthesizer
  • Ron Carter, Vishnu Bill Wood – bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Phil Kraus, Airto Moreira, Azzedin Weston – percussion
  • Madame Meddah – vocals
  • Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Weston.

  1. Ifrane
  2. Ganawa (Blue Moses)
  3. Night in Medina
  4. Marrakesh Blues

Nothing But Thieves: Dead Club City

On June 30, 2023, “Sony Music UK” label released “Dead Club City”, the fourth Nothing but Thieves studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Domenic Craik and Jonathan Gilmore.

Personnel:

  • Conor Mason – vocals
  • Dominic Craik – guitar, synthesizer, programming
  • Joe Langridge-Brown – guitar, backing vocals
  • Philip Blake – bass guitar
  • James Price – drums
  • Jonathan Gilmore – programming
  • Torre Florim – synthesizer, backing vocals, programming
  • Matt Johnson – synthesizer, programming
  • Freddy Williams – engineer
  • Mike Crossey – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Luke Brickett – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Dominic Craik, Joseph Langridge-Brown and Conor Mason, except where noted.  “Welcome to the DCC” and “Members Only” co-written with Julian Emery and Jim Irvin.

  1. Welcome to DCC – Dominic Craik, Joseph Langridge-Brown, Conor Mason, Julian Emery, Jim Irvin.
  2. Overcome
  3. Tomorrow Is Closed
  4. Keeping You Around
  5. City Haunts
  6. Do You Love Me Yet?
  7. Members Only
  8. Green Eyes – Siena
  9. Foreign Language
  10. Talking to Myself
  11. Pop the Balloon

Lucinda Williams: Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart

On June 30, 2023, “Highway 20 records” label released “Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart”, the 15th Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Tom Overby, Lucinda Williams and Ray Kennedy.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals
  • Ray Kennedy – acoustic guitar, tambourine, Vox Continental organ, engineer, mixing
  • Travis Stephens – acoustic guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – electric guitar
  • Doug Pettibone – electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Joshua Grange – electric guitar
  • Derek Cruz – electric guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – electric guitar
  • Jim Oblon – electric guitar
  • Margo Price – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Reese Wynans – B3, piano, Vox Jaguar organ
  • Rob Clores – piano
  • Steve Mackie – bass
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • Fred Eltringham – drums
  • Will Sayles – drums
  • Lawrence Rothman – horns, chamberlin, Novachord, arrangements, strings recording
  • Angel Olsen – backing vocals
  • Jeremy Ivey – backing vocals
  • Siobhan Maher Kennedy – backing vocals
  • Buddy Miller – backing vocals
  • Sophie Gault – backing vocals
  • Bruce Springsteen – backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
  • Tommy Stinson – backing vocals
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant
  • Phillip Smith – engineer assistant
  • Colin Lott – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Andy West – design
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

  1. Let’s Get the Band Back Together – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin
  2. New York Comeback – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin
  3. Last Call for the Truth – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  4. Jukebox – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin, Travis Stephens
  5. Stolen Moments – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby
  6. Rock n Roll Heart – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  7. This Is Not My Town – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  8. Hum’s Liquor – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  9. Where the Song Will Find Me – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  10. Never Gonna Fade Away – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby

The Baseball Project: Grand Salami Time

On June 30, 2023, “Omnivore” label released “Grand Salami Time!”, the fourth Baseball Project (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Fidelitorium Recordings” in Kernersville, North Carolina, and was produced by Mitch Easter, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Mike Mills, Linda Pitmon and Steve Wynn.

Personnel:

  • Peter Buck – guitar
  • Scott McCaughey – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Wynn – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Mike Mills – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Linda Pitmon – drums, percussion
  • Steve Berlin – baritone saxophone
  • Mitch Easter – guitar, recording, mixing
  • Stephen McCarthy – lap steel guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Wynn, except where noted.

  1. Grand Salami Time – Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey
  2. The Yips
  3. Screwball – Scott McCaughey
  4. Uncle Charlie – Peter Buck, Steve Wynn
  5. Journeyman – Peter Buck, Steve Wynn
  6. Erasable Man – Scott McCaughey
  7. New Oh in Town – Scott McCaughey
  8. Disco Demolition
  9. Stuff – Mike Mills
  10. The All or Nothings – Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey
  11. That’s Living
  12. 64 and 64 – Scott McCaughey
  13. Having Fun
  14. Fantasy Baseball Widow
  15. The Voice of Baseball – Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey

Pink Fairies: Kings Of Oblivion

In June 1973, “Polydor” label released “Kings of Oblivion”, the third Pink Fairies album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Oxfordshire, UK, and was produced by David Hitchcock.

Personnel:

  • Larry Wallis – vocals, guitar
  • Duncan Sanderson – vocals, bass
  • Russell Hunter – drums
  • Dave Grinsted – engineer
  • Peter Lavery – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Larry Wallis, except where noted.

  1. City Kids – Larry Wallis, Duncan Sanderson
  2. I Wish I Was a Girl
  3. When’s the Fun Begin? – Larry Wallis, Mick Farren
  4. Chromium Plating
  5. Raceway
  6. Chambermaid – Larry Wallis, Duncan Sanderson, Russell Hunter
  7. Street Urchin

Let’s Eat Grandma: I’m All Ears

On June 29, 2018, “Transgressive” label released “I’m All Ears”, the second Let’s Eat Grandma studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by David Wrench, Sophie (Sophie Xeon) and Faris Badwan.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hollingworth – various instruments
  • Rosa Walton – various instruments
  • David Wrench – programming, mixing
  • Cecile Desnos – engineer
  • Grace Banks – engineer
  • Marta Salogni – engineer
  • Darren Webb – engineer
  • Max Heyes – engineer
  • Matt Colton – mastering, lacquer cut
  • Yanjun Cheng – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton, except where noted.

  1. Whitewater
  2. Hot Pink – Jenny Hollingworth, Rosa Walton, Sophie, Faris Badwan
  3. It’s Not Just Me – Jenny Hollingworth, Rosa Walton, Sophie, Faris Badwan
  4. Falling Into Me
  5. Snakes & Ladders
  6. Missed Call (1)
  7. I Will Be Waiting
  8. The Car’s Pyjamas
  9. Cool & Collected
  10. Ava
  11. Donnie Darko

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