King Stingray: For The Dreams

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On November 8, 2024, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “For the Dreams”, the second King Stingray studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “El Rancho”, “Roy’s House”, “The Grove”, “Frying Pan”, “Inventions”, and was produced by Roy Kellaway.

Personnel:

  • Dimathaya Burarrwanga – lead vocals, front cover drawing
  • Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu – lead vocals
  • Yimila Gurruwiwi – didgeridoo
  • Roy Kellaway – electric guitar, engineer
  • Campbell Messer – bass guitar
  • Lewis Stiles – drums
  • Mathias Dowle – additional instrumentation, engineer
  • Chris Collins – engineer, additional production
  • Luke Postill – engineer, additional production
  • Ryan Fallis – engineer
  • Justin Stanley – mixing, additional production
  • Tas Wilson – artwork
  • Kris Keogh – front cover drawing
  • Maclay Heriot – photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Dimathaya Burarrwanga, Roy Kellaway, Yimila Gurruwiwi, Campbell Messer, and Lewi Stiles.

  1. Light Up the Path
  2. Best Bits
  3. Southerly
  4. Lookin’ Out
  5. Scoreboard
  6. Nostalgic
  7. Day Off
  8. Through the Trees
  9. Soon As
  10. What’s the Hurry?
  11. Come to the Surface
  12. Cat 5 (Cyclone)

Crywank: Tomorrow Is Nearly Yesterday And Everybody Is Stupid

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On November 7, 2013, Crywank self-released “Tomorrow Is Nearly Yesterday and Everyday Is Stupid”, bands third album.

Personnel:

  • James Clayton – vocals, guitar, dulcimer
  • Dan ‘The Snail’ Watson – percussion, backing vocals
  • Tom Connolly – guitar
  • Joe ‘No Relation’ Clayton – recording

Track listing:

  1. Memento Mori
  2. Song for a Guilty Sadist
  3. If I Were You I’d Be Throwing Up
  4. Notches
  5. Crywank are Posers
  6. Obsessive Muso with No Friends
  7. Who Is Thomas Saunders and Why Is He Significant in Your Writings?
  8. Only Everyone Can Judge Me
  9. GB Eating GB Whilst Listening to GB
  10. Deep Down I’m American Werewolf
  11. Waste
  12. I Am a Familiar Creak in Your Floorboards
  13. Do You Have PPE for Self-Esteem?
  14. This Song Title Was Too Long (So Now It’s Shorter)
  15. Leech Boy
  16. I Am Shit

Chris De Burgh: Spanish Train And Other Stories

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In November 1975, “A&M” label released “Spanish Train and Other Stories”, the second Chris de Burgh studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Ramport” and “Scorpio” in London, and was produced by Robin Geoffrey Cable.

Personnel:

  • Chris de Burgh – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitars, acoustic piano
  • Ray Glynn – electric guitars
  • Tony Hymas – keyboards
  • Phillip Goodhand-Tait – harmonium
  • David Hentschel – ARP synthesizer, synthesizer arrangements
  • Ken Freeman – string synthesizer
  • Tony Reeves – bass guitar, string bass
  • Chris Laurence – string bass
  • Barry de Souza – drums
  • Lennox Laington – percussion
  • Mick Eves – saxophone
  • Chris Mercer – saxophone
  • Richard Hewson – brass and string arrangements
  • Robert Kirby – choir, ocarina, string and brass arrangements, recording
  • Robin Geoffrey Cable – engineer
  • Mark Dobson, Ian Major, John Kelly – engineer assistant
  • Denis “BilBo” Blackham – mastering
  • Bill Imhoff – illustrations
  • Fabio Nicoli – art direction
  • Junie Osaki – design
  • Clive Arrowsmith – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris de Burgh.

  1. Spanish Train
  2. Lonely Sky
  3. This Song For You
  4. Patricia the Stripper
  5. A Spaceman Came Travelling
  6. I’m Going Home
  7. The Painter
  8. Old Friend
  9. The Tower
  10. Just Another Poor Boy

Mike Harrison: Smokestack Lightning

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In November 1972, “Island” label released “Smokestack Lightning”, the second Mike Harrison studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Chris Blackwell and Mike Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Mike Harrison – vocals, harmonica
  • Pete Carr – guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar
  • Wayne Perkins – slide guitar
  • Luther Grosvenor – acoustic guitar
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Clayton Ivey – keyboards
  • David Hood – bass
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
  • Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
  • Harrison Calloway – trumpet
  • Mike Stacey – trumpet
  • Charles Rose – trombone

Track listing:

  1. Tears – Jimmy Stevens
  2. Paid My Dues – Jimmy Stevens
  3. What a Price – Murphy Maddux, Jack Jessup, Fats Domino
  4. Wanna Be Free – Joe Tex
  5. Turning Over – Mike Harrison, Luther Grosvenor
  6. Smokestack Lightning – Chester Burnett

Duke Ellington: Dance To The Duke!

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In November 1954, “Capitol” label released “Dance to the Duke!”, the eleventh Duke Ellington album. It was recorded 1953 in “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, 1954, in San Francisco and Chicago.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Rick Henderson – alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Gerald Wilson  
  • Quentin Jackson, George Jean, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Butch Ballard, Dave Black – drums
  • Ralph Collier – congas
  • Frank Rollo – bongos

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington except where noted.

  1. C Jam Blues
  2. Orson – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  3. Caravan – Juan Tizol
  4. Kinda Dukish
  5. Bakiff
  6. Frivolous Banta – Rick Henderson
  7. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – Mercer Ellington
  8. Montevideo

Donna Jean Godchaux

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On November 2, 2025, Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay died aged 78. She was singer member of the bands Heart of Gold Band, Jerry Garcia Band, Dinna Jean Godchaux Band, but was best known as member and singer of Grateful Dead (1972 – 1979). Donna Jean recorded with Elvis Presley, Cher, Boz Scaggs, Johnny Jenkins, Bob Weir, David Bromberg, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jerry Garcia, Zero, Jazz Is Dead and Robert Hunter. As leader or co-leader she released eight albums.

Demon Fuzz: Afreaka!

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In November 1970, “Dawn” label released “Afreaka!” the first Demon Fuzz studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Barry Murray.

Personnel:

  • Smokey Adams – vocals
  • W. Raphael Joseph – guitar
  • Ray Rhoden – piano, organ
  • Sleepy Jack Joseph – bass
  • Steven John – drums
  • Ayinde Folarin – congas
  • Paddy Corea – congas, flute, sax, arrangements
  • Clarance Brooms Crosdale – trombone

Track listing:

  1. Past, Present, and Future – Ray Rhoden
  2. Disillusioned Man – Ray Rhoden, W. Raphael Joseph
  3. Another Country – Ron Polte
  4. Hymn to Mother Earth – Ray Rhoden, W. Raphael Joseph
  5. Mercy (Variation No. 1) – Ray Harris

Marlena Shaw: The Spice Of Life

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In November 1969, “Cadet” label released “The Spice of Life”, the second Marlena Shaw studio album. It was recorded February – July 1969, at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Richard Evans and Charles Stepney.

Personnel:

  • Marlena Shaw – vocal
  • Richard Evans – arrangements
  • Charles Stepney – arrangements
  • Stu Black – engineer
  • Dave Purple – engineer
  • Jerry Griffin – design
  • Bob Crawford – photography
  • Bobby Miller – album supervision
  • Loonis McGlohon – liner notes
  • Ken Druker – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Woman of the Ghetto – Bobby Miller, Marlena Shaw, Richard Evans
  2. Call it Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker
  3. Where Can I Go? – Leo Fuld, Sigment Berland, Sonny Miller
  4. I’m Satisfied – Morris Dollison
  5. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) – Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
  6. Liberation Conversation – Bobby Miller, Marlena Shaw
  7. California Soul – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  8. Go Away Little Boy – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  9. Looking Through the Eyes of Love – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
  10. Anyone Can Move a Mountain – Johnny Marks

Ryan Adams: Rock n Roll

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On November 4, 2003, “Lost Highway” label released “Rock n Roll”, the fourth Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Stratosphere Sound” in Manhattan, New York, and was produced by James Barber.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – lead and backing vocals, voices, guitar, keyboards, bass, guitar, multi instruments, costume design
  • Johnny McNab – guitar
  • Joe McGinty – piano
  • Joe McGrath – piano, engineer
  • Jamie Candiloro – bass guitar, Hammond organ, engineer, mixing, surround mix
  • Johnny Pisano – bass guitar
  • Jonathan Flaugher – bass guitar
  • Tony Shanahan – bass guitar
  • Johnny T – voices, drums
  • Paul Garisto – drums
  • Parker Posey – backing vocals
  • Billie Joe Armstrong – backing vocals
  • Melissa Auf der Maur – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams, except where noted.

  1. This Is It – Ryan Adams, Johnny T. Yerington
  2. Shallow
  3. 1974
  4. Wish You Were Here – Ryan Adams, Brad Rice
  5. So Alive – Ryan Adams, Johnny T. Yerington
  6. Luminol – Ryan Adams, Johnny T. Yerington, Tony Shanahan
  7. Burning Photographs – Ryan Adams, Johnny T. Yerington
  8. She’s lost Total Control
  9. Note to Self: Don’t Die – Ryan Adams, Parker Posey
  10. Rock n Roll
  11. Anybody Wanna Take Me Home
  12. Do Miss America
  13. Boys – Ryan Adams, Johnny T. Yerington
  14. The Drugs Not Working

Explosions In The Sky: The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

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On November 4, 2003, “Temporary Residence Limited” label released “The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place”, the third Explosions in the Sky studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Munaf Rayani – guitars
  • Michael James – guitars, bass
  • Mark T Smith – guitars
  • Christopher Hrasky – drums
  • John Congleton – recording, engineer

Track listing:

  1. First Breath After Coma
  2. The Only Moment We Were Alone
  3. Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean
  4. Memorial
  5. Your Hand in Mine

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