Bud Shank & Clare Fisher: Bossa Nova Jazz Samba

In December 1962, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Bossa Nova Jazz Samba”, an album by Bud Shank and Clare Fischer. It was recorded in September 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by Albert Marx.

Personnel:

  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone
  • Clare Fischer – piano
  • Ralph Pena – bass
  • Larry Bunker, Frank Guerrero, Milt Holland, Bob Neel – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Clare Fischer, except where noted.

  1. Samba da Borboleta
  2. Illusao
  3. Pensativa
  4. Joao
  5. Misty – Erroll Garner
  6. Que Mais?
  7. Wistful Samba
  8. Samba Guapo

Waylon Jennings: Waylon At JD’s

In December 1964, “Sound Limited” label released “Waylon at JD’s”, the debut Waylon Jennings studio album. It was recorded in 1964, at “Arizona Recorder” in Phoenix, US, and was produced by Jim Musil and Waylon Jennings.

Personnel:

  • Waylon Jennings – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Jerry Gropp – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Paul Foster – vocals, bass guitar
  • Richie Albright – drums
  • Jim Musil – arrangements
  • Jack Miller – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Crying – Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
  2. Sally Was a Good Old Girl – Harlan Howard
  3. Burning Memories – Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker
  4. Big Mamou – Link Davis
  5. Money (That’s What I Want) – Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy
  6. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Bob Dylan
  7. Dream Baby – Cindy Walker
  8. It’s So Easy – Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
  9. Lorena – Charlie Williams
  10. Love’s Gonna Live Here – Buck Owens
  11. Abilene – Les Brown, Bob Gibson, John D. Loudermilk
  12. White Lightning – J.P. Richardson

Blind Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer

In December 1960, “Bluesville” label released “Harlem Street Singer”, the fourth Blind Gary Davis album. It was recorded in August 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, and was produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein.

Personnel:

  • Blind Gary Davis – vocals, guitar
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Kenneth S. Goldstein – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Davis except where noted

  1. Samson and Delilah – traditional
  2. Let Us Get Together
  3. I Belong to the Band
  4. Pure Religion – traditional
  5. Great Change Since I Been Born
  6. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
  7. Twelve Gates to the City – traditional
  8. Goin’ to Sit Down on the Banks of the River
  9. Tryin’ to Get Home
  10. Lo I Be with You Always
  11. I Am the Light of the World
  12. I Feel Just Like Goin’ On

Momus: Glyptothek

On December 5, 2015, “American Patchwork” label released “Glyptothek”, the 29th Momus album. It was recorded in 2015, in Osaka, Japan, and was produced by Nicholas Currie.

Personnel:

  • Momus (Nicholas Currie) – performer
  • Hagen Verleger – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nicholas Currie.

  1. The Art Creep
  2. Masks of Bebko
  3. Moral Mountain
  4. Chef Biff
  5. The Kappa
  6. The Etruscan Shepherd
  7. AFK
  8. Gregor Samsa
  9. Hinkfuss at the Glyptothek
  10. The Labourer
  11. The Manticore
  12. Electric Dionysus
  13. Candualism
  14. Nikki Danjo
  15. Old Nick
  16. Papposilenus

Etta James: Queen Of Soul

On December 5, 1964, “Argo” label released “Queen of Soul”, the fifth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Leonard Chess.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocal
  • Riley Hampton – arranger
  • Bert Keyes – arranger
  • Cliff Parman – arranger
  • Al Pokonka – arranger
  • Phil Wright – arranger

Track listing:

  1. Bobby Is His Name – Etta James, Ed Townsend
  2. I Wish Someone Would Care – Irma Thomas
  3. That Man Belongs Back Here with Me – Angela Riela, Clint Ballard Jr.
  4. Somewhere Out There – Billy Davis, Carl Smith, Wilfred McKinley
  5. Breaking Point – Maurice McAlister
  6. Flight 101 – Cathy Lynn, Robert Higginbotham
  7. Loving You More Every Day – Ronnie Mitchell
  8. Do Right – Fred Johnson, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods
  9. I Worry ‘Bout You – Norman Mapp
  10. Mello Fellow – Ed Townsend

Scorpions: Taken By Force

On December 4, 1977, “RCA” label released “Taken by Force”, the fifth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded June – October 1977, at “Dierks Studios” in Stommeinn, Germany, and was produced by Dieter Dierks.

Personnel:

  • Klaus Meine – lead and backing vocals
  • Ulrich Roth – lead guitar
  • Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar
  • Francis Buchholz – bass guitar
  • Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion
  • Dieter Dierks – engineer, mixing
  • Michael von Gimbut – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Steamrock Fever – Rudolph Schenker, Klaus Meine
  2. We’ll Burn the Sky – Rudolph Schenker, Monika Dannemann
  3. I’ve Got to Be Free – Ulrich Roth
  4. The Riot of Your Time – Rudolph Schenker, Klaus Meine
  5. The Sails of Charon – Ulrich Roth
  6. Your Light – Ulrich Roth
  7. He’s a Woman-She’s a Man – Rudolph Schenker, Herman Rarebell
  8. Born to Touch Your Feelings – Rudolph Schenker, Klaus Meine

James Brown: Please Please Please

In December 1958, “King” label released “Please Please Please”, the debut James Brown and His Famous Flames studio album. It was recorded February 1956 – September 1958, and was produced by Ralph Bass.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – lead vocals
  • Bobby Byrd – piano, backing vocals
  • Nafloyd Scott – guitar
  • Johnny Terry – backing vocals
  • Sylvester Keels – backing vocals
  • Bill Hollings – backing vocals
  • Louis Madison – backing vocals
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • John Faire – guitar
  • Eddie Freeman – guitar
  • Alvin “Fats” Gonder – piano
  • Ernie Hayes – piano
  • Clarence Mack – bass
  • Carl Pruitt – bass
  • Edwyn Conley – bass
  • David “Panama” Francis – drums
  • Reginald Hall – drums
  • Edison Gore – drums
  • George Dorsey – alto saxophone
  • Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
  • Wilbert Smith – tenor saxophone
  • Ray Felder – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brown, except where noted.

  1. Please, Please, Please – James Brown, John Terry
  2. Chonnie-On-Chon – James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Nafloyd Scott, Wilbert Smith
  3. Hold My Baby’s Hand – James Brown, Trevor Smith
  4. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On – Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott
  5. Just Won’t Do Right
  6. Baby Cries Over the Ocean
  7. I Don’t Know – James Brown, John Terry
  8. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
  9. Try Me
  10. That Dood It – Rudy Thomas, Rosie Marie McCoy
  11. Begging, Begging – Julius Dixson, Rudy Toombs
  12. I Walked Alone – Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott
  13. No, No, No, No
  14. That’s When I Lost My Heart
  15. Let’s make It
  16. Love or a Game

Volbeat: Servant of the Mind

On December 3, 2021, “Vertigo” label released “Servant of the Mind”, the eighth Volbeat studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Hansen Studios” in Ribe, Denmark, “Sonic Debris Studio” in West Babylon, New York, and was produced by Jacob Hansen and Michael Poulsen.

Personnel:

  • Michael Poulsen – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Rob Caggiano – lead guitar, recording, engineer
  • Kaspar Boye Larsen – bass
  • Jon Larsen – drums
  • Martin Pagaard Wolff – acoustic and additional electric guitars
  • Ray Jacildo – piano
  • Doug Corcoran – saxophone
  • Stine Bramsen – guest vocals
  • Mia Maja – backing vocals
  • Jacob Hansen – recording, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Tue Bayer – instrument technician
  • Jerry Carillo – guitar technician
  • Karsten Sand – illustrations
  • Henrik Siegel – design
  • Frode Sylthe – cover photography
  • Ross Halfin – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Michael Poulsen.

  1. Temple of Ekur
  2. Wait a Minute My Girl
  3. The Sacred Stones
  4. Shotgun Blues
  5. The Devil Rages On
  6. Say no More
  7. Heaven’s Descent
  8. Dagen Før
  9. The Passenger
  10. Step Into Light
  11. Becoming
  12. Mindlock
  13. Lasse’s Birgitta

Nerf Herder: Same

On December 3, 1996, “My” label released the debut, self-titled Nerf Herder album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Orange Whip Studios” in Santa Barbara, California, and was produced by Joey Cape and Ryan Greene.

Personnel:

  • Parry Gripp – vocals, guitar
  • Charlie Dennis – bass
  • Steve Sherlock – drums
  • Ryan Greene – recording, mixing
  • Angus Cooke – engineer assistant
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • 3 AM – layout, design
  • Chappo – photography
  • Kristen Kohl – photography

Track listing:

  1. Down on Haley
  2. Golfshirt
  3. Sorry
  4. Easy Mask
  5. Van Halen
  6. Diana
  7. Nosering Girl
  8. Annalee
  9. You’re Gonna Be the One Who’s Sorry
  10. I Only Eat Candy

Brendan Benson: Low Key

On December 2, 2022, “Schnitzel Records” label released “Low Key”, the eighth Brendan Benson album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Brendan Benson.

Personnel:

  • Brendan Benson – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, drums
  • Michael IIbert – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Declan Buck Benson – cover photography
  • Guillaume Lechat – inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brendan Benson, except where noted.

  1. Ain’t No Good
  2. I Missed the Plane
  3. People Grow Apart
  4. Right Down the Line – Gerry Rafferty
  5. Whole Lotta Nothing
  6. Whatever’s on My Mind
  7. All In
  8. Something a Little Like Home

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