Snail Mail: Lush

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On June 8, 2018, “Matador” label released “Lush”, the debut Snail Mail studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Outlier Inn” in Woodridge, New York, “Doctor Wu’s” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Jake Aron.

Personnel:

  • Lindsey Jordan – vocals, guitar
  • Alex Bass – bass
  • Ray Brown – drums
  • Jake Aron – piano, organ, ambient guitar, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • James Richardson – French horn 
  • Sam Ubl – percussion 
  • Jonathan Schenke – engineer
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Lucas Carpenter – engineer assistant
  • Mike Zimmerman – design
  • Michael Lavine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lindsey Jordan.

  1. Intro
  2. Pristine
  3. Speaking Terms
  4. Heat Wave
  5. Stick
  6. Let’s Find an Out
  7. Golden Dreams
  8. Full Control
  9. Deep Sea
  10. Anytime

Pavement: Terror Twilight

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On June 8, 1999, “Matador” label released “Terror Twilight”, the fifth Pavement studio album. It was recorded June – December 1998, at “RPM Studios” in New York City, “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar
  • Scott Kannberg – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Nastanovich – keyboards, percussion
  • Mark Ibold – vocals, bass
  • Steve West – drums, percussion
  • Dominic Murcott – drums
  • Jonny Greenwood – harmonica
  • Nigel Godrich – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus.

  1. Spit on a Stranger
  2. Folk Jam
  3. You Are a Light
  4. Cream of Gold
  5. Major Leagues
  6. Platform Blues
  7. Ann Don’t Cry
  8. Billie
  9. Speak, See, remember
  10. The Hexx
  11. Carrot Rope

Black Lips: Arabian Mountain

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On June 7, 2011, “Vice” label released “Arabia Mountain”, the sixth Black Lips studio album. It was recorded March 2010 – January 2011, and was produced by Lockett Pundt and Mark Ronson.

Personnel:

  • Cole Alexander – vocals, guitar
  • Ian St. Pé – vocals, guitar
  • Jared Swilley – vocals, bass
  • Joe Bradley – vocals, drums
  • Ira Raibon – saxophone
  • Cochemea Gastelum – saxophone
  • Dale Stuckenbruck – musical saw
  • Wayne Gordon – engineer
  • Mike Wright – engineer 
  • Mike McHugh – engineer
  • Ed Rawls – engineer
  • Justin McNeight – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Cole Alexander, except where noted.

  1. Family Tree
  2. Modern Art – Jared Swilley
  3. Spidey’s Curse
  4. Mad Dog – Jared Swilley
  5. Mr. Driver
  6. Bicentennial Man – Joe Bradley
  7. Go Out and Get It – Joe Bradley
  8. Raw Meat
  9. Bone Marrow – Jared Swilley
  10. The Lie – Joe Bradley
  11. Time – St. Pe
  12. Dumpster Dive
  13. New Direction – Jared Swilley
  14. Noc-a-Homa – Jared Swilley
  15. Don’t Mess Up My Baby
  16. You Keep on Running

Dinah Washington: For Those In Love

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In June 1955, “EmArcy” label released “For Those in Love”, the seventh Dinah Washington album. It was recorded in March 1955, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Dinah Washington – lead vocals
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Keter Betts – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums

Track listing:

  1. I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
  2. Blue Gardenia – Lester Lee, Bob Russell
  3. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  4. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Don Raye, Gene de Paul
  5. This Can’t Be Love – Rodgers and Hart
  6. My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  7. I Could Write a Book – Rodgers and Hart
  8. Make the Man Love Me – Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz

Joe Roland: Joe Roland Quintette

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In June 1955, “Bethlehem” label released “Joe Roland Quintette”, the second Joe Roland studio album. It was recorded in March 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Joe Roland – vibraphone
  • Fredie Redd – piano
  • Dick Garcia – guitar
  • Dante Martucci – bass
  • Ron Jefferson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Burt Goldblatt – design

Track listing:

  1. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  2. Stairway to the Steinway – Fredie Redd
  3. Soft Winds – Benny Goodman
  4. Teach Me Tonight – Gene De Paul, Sammy Cahn
  5. Robin – Ismael Ugarte
  6. Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
  7. Goodbye Bird – Joe Roland
  8. After You’ve Gone – Turner Layton, Henry Creamer
  9. Anticipation – Dick Garcia
  10. I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  11. The Moon Got in My Eyes – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
  12. Street of Dreams – Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis

Queens Of The Stone Age: Rated R

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On June 6, 2000, “Interscope” label released “Rated R”, the second Queens of the Stone Age studio album. It was recorded December 1999 – March 2000, at “Sound City” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by Chris Goss and Joshua Homme.

Personnel:

  • Josh Homme – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, lead guitar, drums, percussion, mixing, concept
  • Nick Oliveri – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, concept, art conception
  • Gene Trautmann – drums
  • Dave Catching – piano, electric piano, lap steel guitar, guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Chris Goss – grand piano, noise piano, bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Nick Lucero – drums, percussion
  • Barrett Martin – vibes, percussion, steel drum
  • Scott Mayo – baritone sax, horns
  • Fernando Pullum – flugelhorn, horns
  • Reggie Young – horns
  • Mark Lanegan – lead and backing vocals
  • Mike Johnson – backing vocals
  • Pete Stahl – backing vocals
  • Rob Halford – backing vocals
  • Nick Eldorado – backing vocals
  • Wendy Rae Fowler (Wendy Ray Moan) – backing vocals
  • Bradley Cook – engineer
  • Martin Schmelzle – engineer, sequencing, assembly
  • Trina Shoemaker – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Druff – guitar technician
  • Marek – noise, mixing
  • Robert Brunner – pre-production assistant
  • Francesca Restrepo – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri.

  1. Feel Good Hit of the Summer
  2. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
  3. Leg of Lamb
  4. Auto Pilot
  5. Better Living Through Chemistry
  6. Monsters in the Parasol – Josh Homme, Mario Lalli
  7. Quick and to the Pointless
  8. In the Fade (includes a reprise of Feel Good Hit of the Summer) – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
  9. Tension Head
  10. Lightning Song – Dave Catching
  11. I Think I Lost My Headache

Camera Obscura: Let’s Get Out Of This Country

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On June 6, 2006, “Merge” label released “Let’s Get Out of This Country”, the third Camera Obscura studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, at “Park Studio”, “Studio Dubious” and “Cosmos Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Jari Haapalainen.

Personnel:

  • Tracyanne Campbell – lead vocal, guitar
  • Kenny McKeeve – vocal, guitar
  • Carey Lander – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Nigel Baillie – trumpet, percussion
  • Gavin Dunbar – bass guitar
  • Lee Thomson – drums
  • Jari Haapalainen – percussion
  • Tomas Hallonsten – accordion
  • Andreas Forsman, Erik Arvinder, Erik Holm – violin
  • Lena Bergström – cello
  • Britta Persson, Isak Klasson, Marcella Svensson, Markus Krunegard, Sibille Attar, Victoria Bergsman – choir
  • Britta Persson – backing vocals
  • Bjorn Yttling – strings arrangements
  • Christoffer Roth – recording, engineer
  • Stefan Boman – recording, engineer
  • Johan Rude – recording
  • Christoffer Lundquist – mixing
  • Henrik Jonsson – mastering
  • Luis Calvo – layout
  • Fredik Ottosson – front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tracyanne Campbell.

  1. Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken
  2. Tears for Affairs
  3. Come Back Margaret
  4. Dory Previn
  5. The False Contender
  6. Let’s Get Out of This Country
  7. Country Mile
  8. If Looks Could Kill
  9. I Need All the Friends I Can Get
  10. Razzle Dazzle Rose

The Tragically Hip: Music @Work

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On June 6, 2000, “Universe” label released “Music @ Work”, the seventh Tragically Hip (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “The Bathouse” in Bath, Ontario, and was produced by Mark Vreeken, Steve Berlin, Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay. At the 2001 “Juno Awards”, “Music @ Work” won the “Best Rock Album” award.

Personnel:

  • Gord Downie – lead vocals
  • Rob Baker – lead guitar
  • Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar
  • Gord Sinclair – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Johnny Fay – drums

Track listing:

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

  1. My Music at Work
  2. Tiger the Lion
  3. Lake Fever
  4. Putting Down
  5. Stay
  6. The Bastard
  7. The Completists
  8. Freak Turbulence
  9. Sharks
  10. Toronto #4
  11. Wild Mountain Honey
  12. Train Overnight
  13. The Bear
  14. As I Wind Down the Pines

Catherine Wheel: Happy Days

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On June 6, 1995, “Fontana” label released “Happy Days”, the third Catherine Wheel studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Ridge Farm”, “Britannia Row”, “The Green House”, “Front Row”, “Nomis”, “Wessex Sound”, “The Crypt”, “The Church”, and was produced by Gil Norton and Rob Dickinson.

Personnel:

  • Rob Dickinson – lead vocals, guitar
  • Brian Futter – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Hawes – bass
  • Neil Sims – drums, percussion
  • Tanya Donelly – vocals
  • Tim Friese-Greene – organ, keyboards
  • Mark Feltham – harmonica
  • Audrey Riley – strings, cello
  • Paul Corkett – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Rob Dickinson and Brian Futter.

  1. God Inside My Head
  2. Waydown
  3. Little Muscle
  4. Heal
  5. Empty Head
  6. Receive
  7. My Exhibition
  8. Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck
  9. Shocking
  10. Love Tips Up
  11. Judy Staring at the Sun
  12. Hole
  13. Fizzy Love
  14. Glitter
  15. Kill My Soul

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble: In Step

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On June 6, 1989, “Epic” label released “In Step”, the fourth Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble studio album. It was recorded January – March 1989, at “Kiva Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, “Sound Castle” and “Summa Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Gaines, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Reese Wynans, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Ray Vaughan – vocals, guitar
  • Reese Wynans – keyboards
  • Tommy Shannon – bass guitar
  • Chris Layton – drums, percussion

Texacali Horns:

  • Joe Sublett – saxophone
  • Darrell Leonard – trumpet

Track listing:

  1. The House Is Rockin’ – Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan
  2. Crossfire – Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton, Reese Wynans, Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth
  3. Tightrope – Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughn
  4.  Let Me Love You Baby – Willie Dixon
  5. Leave My Girl Alone – Buddy Guy
  6. Travis Walk – Stevie Ray Vaughn
  7. Wall of Denial – Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan
  8. Scratch-N-Sniff – Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan
  9. Love Me Darlin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
  10. Riviera Paradise – Stevie Ray Vaughn

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