Feist: The Reminder

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On May 1, 2007, “Arts & Crafts” and “Cherrytree” labels released “The Reminder”, the third Feist studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, and was produced by Leslie Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Renaud Letang, Mocky and Ben Mink.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, piano 
  • Chilly Gonzales – piano, organs, vibraphone, drums
  • Mocky (Dominic Salole) – acoustic bass, Farfisa, organ
  • Julian Brown – electric bass, melodica
  • Jesse Baird – drums
  • Bryden Baird – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
  • Jamie Lidell – vocals
  • Jamie Lidell, Julian Brown, Bryden Baird, Mocky, Jesse Baird, Chilly Gonzales – group percussion, backing vocals
  • Pierre Luc Jamain – organ bass
  • Ohad Benchetrit – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Charles Spearin – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Afie Jurvanen – leader of the lead guitars on the bridge of “Sealion”
  • Sandra Baron – violin
  • Mary Stein – cello
  • Lori Gemmel – harp 
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – vocals
  • Kevin Drew – backing vocals 
  • Brendan Canning – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Leslie Feist, except where noted.

  1. So Sorry – Leslie Feist, Dominic Mocky Salole
  2. I Feel It All
  3. My Moon My Man – Leslie Feist, Jason Beck
  4. The Park
  5. The Water – Leslie Feist, Brendan Canning
  6. Sealion – Leslie Feist, George Bass, Nina Simone
  7. Past in Present
  8. The Limit to Your Love – Leslie Feist, Jaxon Beck
  9. 1234 – Leslie Feist, Sally Seltmann
  10. Brandy Alexander – Leslie Feist, Ron Sexsmith
  11. Intuition
  12. Honey Honey
  13. How My Heart Behaves – Leslie Feist, Andrew Whiteman

Ran Blake: Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano

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On May 1, 1965, “ESP-Disk” label released “Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano”, the second Ran Blake album. It was recorded in May 1965, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ran Blake – piano
  • Art Crist – engineer
  • Paul Frick – art direction
  • Saul Stollman – design
  • George Klabin – photography
  • Gunther Schuller – liner notes
  • Bob Marius – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Vanguard – Ran Blake
  2. Stratusphunk – George Russell
  3. Sleepy Time Gal – Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Raymond Egan, Richard Whiting
  4. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronislav Kaper, Ned Washington
  5. Eric – Ran Blake
  6. There’ll Be Some Changes Made – Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet
  7. Good Morning Heartache – Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham
  8. Sister Tee – Ran Blake
  9. Lonely Woman – Ornette Coleman
  10. Birmingham U.S.A. – Ran Blake

Ben E. King: Spanish Harlem

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On May 1, 1961, “Atco” label released “Spanish Harlem”, the debut Ben E. King album. It was recorded 1960 – 1961, and was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

Personnel:

  • Ben E. King – vocals
  • Al Caiola – guitar
  • George Barnes – guitar
  • Ernest Hayes – piano
  • George Duvivier – double bass
  • Gary Chester – drums
  • Ray Barretto – percussion
  • Charlie Margulis – trumpet
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Stan Applebaum – arrangements
  • Allen Vogel, Loring Eutemey – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Amor – Gabriel Ruíz, Sunny Skylar, Ricardo López Méndez
  2. Sway – Norman Gimbel, Gabriel Ruíz
  3. Come Closer to Me – Al Stewart, Osvaldo Farrés
  4. Perfidia – Alberto Dominguez, Milton Leeds
  5. Granada – Agustín Lara, Dorothy Dodd
  6. Sweet and Gentle – George Thorn, Otilio del Portal, Martin Ledyard
  7. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Joe Davis, Osvaldo Farrés
  8. Frenesí – Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup
  9. Souvenir of Mexico – Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus
  10. Bésame Mucho – Sunny Skylar, Consuelo Velázquez
  11. Love Me, Love Me – Ben E. King
  12. Spanish Harlem – Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector

Warren Ellis And Marianne Faithful: She Walks In Beauty

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On April 30, 2021, “BMG” and “Panta Rei” labels released “She Walks in Beauty”, album by Warren Ellis and Marianne Faithfull. It was recorded in 2020, at “Poptones” in Paris, “The Retreat” in Brighton, and was produced by Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, freeze violin, violin, sampler loops, synthesizer, bells, choir vocal, celesta, effects, Boomerang strings samples, alto flute, hyena cello, piano, choral loop, sampler loop treatments, future strings, bass flute, strings, effects loops, engineer
  • Nick Cave – piano, vibraphone 
  • Brian Eno – clarinet, synthesizer, effects, arrangements, engineer
  • Augustin Viard – Ondes Martenot 
  • Head – effects, arrangements, piano engineering, mixing 
  • Vincent Ségal – cello
  • Ben Thackeray – piano engineering
  • Jean-Charles Versari – cello engineering
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Colin Self – artwork
  • Yann Orhan – design
  • Rosie Matheson – photography
  • François Ravard – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron
  2. The Bridge of Sighs – Thomas Hood
  3. La Belle Dame sans Merci – John Keats
  4. Ode to a Nightingale – John Keats
  5. To Autumn – John Keats
  6. Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley
  7. The Prelude: Book One Introduction – William Wordsworth
  8. Surprised by Joy – William Wordsworth
  9. To the Moon – Percy Bysshe Shelley
  10. So We’ll Go No More a Roving – Lord Byron
  11. The Lady of Shalott – Alfred Tennyson

Mark Kozelek And Jimmy LaValle: Perils From The Sea

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On April 30, 2013, “Caldo Verde” label released “Perils from the Sea”, album by Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, and was produced by Mark Kozalek and Jimmy LaValle.

Personnel:

  • Mark Kozelek – vocals, photography
  • Jimmy LaValle – recording
  • Marcel Gemperli – strings
  • Peter Broderick – strings
  • Vanessa Ruotolo – strings
  • Aaron Prellwitz – vocals recording, mixing
  • Gabe Shepard – vocals recording
  • Nathan Winter – vocals recording
  • Et Cetera – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mark Kozelek, all music by Jimmy LaValle.

  1. What Happened to My Brother
  2. 1936
  3. Gustavo
  4. Baby in Death Can I Rest Next to Your Grave
  5. Ceiling Gazing
  6. You Missed My Heart
  7. Caroline
  8. He Always Felt Like Dancing
  9. By the Time That I Awoke
  10. Here Come More Perils from the Sea
  11. Somehow the Wonder of Life Prevails

Mystery Jets: Radlands

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On April 30, 2012, “Rough Trade” label released “Radlands”, the fourth Mystery Jets studio album. It was recorded in a home studio in the Westlake area in Austin, Texas, “Vinter’s” in London, and was produced by Dan Carey, Richie Cooper, Blaine Harrison, Jack Flanagan and Kapil Trivedi.

Personnel:

  • Blaine Harrison – vocals, guitar, keyboards, photography
  • Jack Flanagan – vocals, bass, photography
  • Kapil Trivedi – drums, photography
  • Matt Park – pedal steel guitar
  • Fred Stitz – dobro 
  • H. Harrison – art direction, cover photography
  • The Streatham Gospel Singers
  • Sophie-Rose Harper – vocal
  • Alexis Smith, Mr. Dan – engineer
  • Oli Baiston – engineer assistant
  • Alexis Smith, Dan Carey – mixing
  • Alison Fielding – design
  • Benedict Morgan – photography
  • Tabitha Denholm – photography

Track listing:

  1. Radlands
  2. You Had Me at Hello
  3. Someone Purer
  4. The Ballad of Emerson Lonestar
  5. Greatest Hits
  6. The Hale Bop
  7. The Nothing
  8. Take Me Where the Roses Grow
  9. Sister Everett
  10. Lost in Austin
  11. Luminescence

Gene Clark And Carla Oslon: So Rebellious A Lover

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In April 1987, “Rhino” label released “So Rebellious a Lover”, album by Gene Clark and Carla Olson. It was recorded in 1986, at “Control Center” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Michael Huey.

Personnel:

  • Gene Clark – lead vocals, guitar
  • Carla Olson – lead vocals
  • Otha Young – acoustic guitar
  • Ed Black – pedal steel guitar
  • George Callins – lead guitar
  • Stephen McCarthy – dobro, lap steel guitar
  • Randy Fuller – banjo
  • Chris Hillman – mandolin
  • Pat Robinson – vocals, piano
  • Tom Junior Morgan – piano, flute
  • Skip Edwards – keyboards
  • Roscoe Beck – bass
  • Joe Read – bass
  • Michael Huey – drums, percussion
  • Phil Seymour – vocals, drums
  • Hans Christian – cello
  • Rick Novack – recording
  • Guy Roche – recording
  • Bob Saldana – recording, mixing
  • Michael Huey – mixing
  • Gary Nichamin – photography
  • Janis Garza – photography
  • Saul Davis – A&R, concept

Track listing:

  1. The Drifter – Carla Olson, Joe Read, Tom Juniot Morgan
  2. Gypsy Rider – Gene Clark
  3. Every Angel in Heaven – Carla Olson, George Callins
  4. Del Gato – Gene Clark, Rick Clark
  5. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) – Martin Hoffman, Woody Guthrie
  6. Fair and Tender Ladies – Gene Clark, traditional
  7. Almost Saturday Night – John Fogerty
  8. I’m Your Toy – Hot Burrito #1 – Gram Parsons, Chris Ethridge
  9. Are We Still Making Love – Carla Olson
  10. Why Did You Leave Me Today – Gene Clark
  11. Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home – Joe South

Charlie Byrd: Blue Byrd

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On April 30, 1979, “Concord Jazz” label released “Blue Byrd”, the 45th Charlie Byrd album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, and was produced by Carl E. Jefferson.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Byrd – guitar
  • Gene “Joe” Byrd – vocals, bass
  • Wayne Phillips – drums
  • Phil Edwards – recording
  • Judy O’Rourke – design, illustration

Track listing:

  1. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t That Thing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  2. Vou Vivendo – Alfredo Vianna
  3. Nice Work If You Can Get It – George Gershwin, Ira Gesrhwin
  4. Jitterbug Walts – Thomas “Fats” Walter
  5. Soft Lights and Sweet Music – Irving Berlin
  6. It Ain’t Nothing But the Blues – Duke Ellington, Larry Fotine, Don George
  7. This Can’t Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. Carinhoso – Alfredo Vianna
  9. Mama, I’ll Be Home Someday – Charlie Byrd
  10. Isn’t This a Lovely Day – Irving Berlin
  11. Saturday Night Fish Fry – Louis Jordan

Blossoms: Ribbon Around The Bomb

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On April 29, 2022, “Virgin EMI” label released “Ribbon Around the Bomb”, the fourth Blossoms studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey.

Personnel:

  • Tom Ogden – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Josh Dewhurst – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Myles Kellock – keyboards
  • Charlie Salt – bass, clavinet, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Donovan – drums
  • Ian Skelly – percussion
  • Ellie Stanford – violin
  • Hayley Pomfrett – violin
  • Jenny Sacha – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Zara Benyounes – violin
  • Emma Owens – viola
  • Meghan Cassidy – viola
  • Rosie Danvers – cello, orchestration
  • Fiona Skelly – backing vocals
  • Niamh Rowe – backing vocals
  • Rich Turvey – engineer
  • Nick Taylor – engineer
  • Chris Taylor – engineer assistant
  • Matthew Watson – engineer assistant
  • Nathan Conboy – engineer assistant
  • Toby Renwick – engineer assistant
  • Will Bennett – engineer assistant
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Dani Bennett Spragg – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Tommy D – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Tom Ogden, Josh Dewhurst, Charlie Salt, Joe Donovan, and Miles Kellock, except where noted.

  1. The Writer’s Theme – Tom Ogden, James Skelly
  2. Ode to NYC
  3. Ribbon Around the Bomb
  4. The Sulking Poet
  5. Born Wild
  6. The Writer – Tom Ogden
  7. Everything About You
  8. Care For
  9. Cinerama Holy Days
  10. Edith Machinist
  11. Visions
  12. The Last Chapter – Tom Ogden, James Skelly

Wovenhand: Refractory Obdurate

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On April 29, 2014, “Glitterhouse Records” and “Deathwish Inc.” labels released “Refractory Obdurate”, the seventh Wovenhand studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Sanford Parker.

Personnel:

  • David Eugene Edwards – vocals, guitar, banjo
  • Chuck French – guitar
  • Neil Keener – bass, synth
  • Ordy Garrison – drums
  • Sanford Parker – engineer, mixing
  • Collin Jordan – mastering
  • Neil Keener – artwork
  • Jacob Bannon – design

Track listing:

All tracks by David Eugene Edwards, except where noted.

  1. Corsicana Clip
  2. Masonic Youth
  3. The Refractory
  4. Good Shepherd
  5. Salome
  6. King David
  7. Field of Hedon
  8. Obdurate Obscura – David Eugene Edwards, Chuck French
  9. Hiss
  10. El-Bow – David Eugene Edwards, French, Ordy Garrison, Neil Keener

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