Roger Hodgson: Hai Hai

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On September 29, 1987, “A&M” label released “Hai Hai”, the second Roger Hodgson album. It was recorded in 1987, at Hodgson’s home studio in Nevada City, California, and was produced by Jack Joseph Puig and Roger Hodgson.

Personnel:

  • Roger Hodgson – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, synth bass, guitars, 12-string guitar, bass, drums. Synclavier drums,
  • Dan Huff – guitars
  • Ken Allardyce – harmonica, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Nathan East – bass
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Robbie Buchanan – Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, synths, synth programming, synth bass
  • David Paich – Hammond Organ, synth bass, synth brass
  • Steve Porcaro – synth programming
  • Larry Williams – saxophone, synth programming
  • Mikail Graham – DX7 Seetar solo
  • Rhett Lawrence – Fairlight programming, synths
  • Eric Persing – synth programming
  • Albhy Galuten – Synclavier drums
  • Bruce Albertine – Synclavier drums
  • Omar Hakim – drums
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Carlos Vega – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Marc Russo – saxophone
  • Anni McCann – backing vocals
  • Willie Hines – backing vocals
  • Brad Lang – backing vocals
  • Claire Diament – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Roger Hodgson, except where noted.

  1. Right Place
  2. My Magazine
  3. London
  4. You Make Me Love You
  5. Hai Hai
  6. Who’s Afraid?
  7. Desert Love
  8. Land Ho – Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson
  9. House on the Corner
  10. Puppet Dance

Miles Davis: Tutu

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In September 1986, “Warner Bros” label released “Tutu”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded February – March 1985, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Clinton Recording” in New York, “Le Gonks” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tommy LiPuma and Marcus Miller. In 1986, Miles Davis received the “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Grammy Award” for the performance on this album.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Marcus Miller – bass guitar, various instruments, additional synthesizer programming, arrangements
  • George Duke – various instruments, arrangements
  • Omar Hakim – drums, percussion
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Steve Reid – additional percussion
  • Michał Urbaniak – electric violin
  • Jason Miles – synthesizer programming
  • Adam Holzman – additional synthesizer programming, synthesizer solo
  • Bernard Wright – additional synthesizers
  • Peter Doell – engineer
  • Eric Calvi – engineer, mixing
  • Erik Zobler – engineer, mixing
  • Maureen Thompson – engineer assistant
  • Eddie Garcia – engineer assistant
  • Bill Schnee – mixing
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Eiko Ishioka – art direction
  • Susan Welt – design
  • Irving Penn – photography
  • Tommy LiPuma – executive producer
  • Larry Fishman – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Marcus Miller except where noted.

  1. Tutu
  2. Tomaas – Miles Davis, Marcus Miller
  3. Portia
  4. Splatch
  5. Backyard Ritual – George Duke
  6. Perfect Way – David Gamson, Green Gartside
  7. Don’t Lose Your Mind
  8. Full Nelson

J Tillman: Year In The Kingdom

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On September 28, 2009, “Western Vinyl” label released “Year in the Kingdom”, the seventh J. Tillman’s album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Kory Kruckenberg and Bill Patton.

Personnel:

  • J Tillman – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, harmonica, drums, percussion
  • Bill Patton – guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Casey Wescott – keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Jenna Conrad – cello
  • Zachary Tillman
  • Kory Kruckenberg – recording
  • Ed Brooks – mastering
  • Mario Hugo – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by J Tillman.

  1. Year in the Kingdom
  2. Crosswinds
  3. Earthly Bodies
  4. Howling Light
  5. Though I Have Wronged You
  6. Age of Man
  7. There Is No Good in Me
  8. Marked in the Valley
  9. Light of the Living

This Heat: Deceit

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In September 1981, “Rough Trade” label released “Deceit”, the second and final This Heat studio album. It was recorded April – August 1981, at “Cold Storage”, “Zipper Mobile”, “Mekon”, “Berry Street”, “Vineyard”, and “Nivelles” in London, “Surrey Sound” in Surrey, and was produced by David Cunningham, Charles Hayward, Gareth Williams and Charles Bullen.

Personnel:

  • Charles Hayward – vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar, bass, tapes
  • Gareth Williams – vocals, bass, keyboards, tape
  • Charles Bullen – vocals, guitar, clarinet, drums, tape
  • Martin Frederick – mixing
  • Laurie-Rae Chamberlain – color xerography
  • Nicholas Goodall – sleeve photography direction
  • Studio 54 – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Hayward, Gareth Williams and Charles Bullen.

  1. Sleep
  2. Paper Hats
  3. Triumph
  4. S.P.O.R.
  5. Cenotaph
  6. Shrink Wrap
  7. Radio Prague
  8. Makeshift Swahili
  9. Independence
  10. A New Kind of Water
  11. Hi baku Shyo 被爆症 Suffer Bomb Disease

Michael Schenker Group: MSG

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In September 1981, “Chrysalis” label released “MSG”, the second Michael Schenker Group album. It was recorded March – May 1981, at “AIR Studios” in London, and in Montserrat, and was produced by Ron Nevison.

Personnel:

  • Michael Schenker – lead guitar
  • Gary Barden – vocals
  • Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar
  • Chris Glen – bass
  • Cozy Powell – drums
  • Stephen Stills, Billy Nicholls – backing vocals
  • Ron Nevison – engineer, mixing
  • Rick Isbell, Renate, Mike Stavrou, David Wooley – engineer assistant
  • Gareth Edwards – live tracks engineer

Track listing:

All track by Michael Schenker and Gary Barden, except where noted.

  1. Ready to Rock
  2. Attack of the Mad Axeman
  3. On and On
  4. Let Sleeping Dog Lie – Gary Barden, Chris Glenn, Cozy Powell, Paul Raymond, Michael Schenker
  5. But I Want More
  6. Never Trust a Stranger – Paul Raymond
  7. Looking for Love
  8. Secondary Motion

Big Country: Peace In Our Time

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On September 26, 1988, “Mercury” label released “Peace in Our Time”, the fourth Big Country album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Peter Wolf.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Adamson – vocals, guitar, piano, e-bow
  • Bruce Watson – vocals, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, sitar, e-bow
  • Tony Butler – vocals, bass, guitar
  • Mark Brzezicki – drums, percussion
  • Peter Wolf – keyboards
  • Josh Phillips – keyboards
  • Maxine Anderson – backing vocals
  • Merry Clayton – backing vocals
  • Donna Davidson – backing vocals

Track listing:

 All tracks by Stuart Adamson, except where noted.

  1. King of Emotion
  2. Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)
  3. Thousand Yard Stare – Stuart Adamson, Bruce Watson
  4. From Here to Eternity
  5. Everything I Need
  6. Peace in Our Time
  7. Time for Leaving – Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson
  8. River of Hope
  9. In This Place
  10. I Could Be Happy Here – Stuart Adamson, Bruce Watson

Etta James: Seven Years Itch

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On September 26, 1988, “Island” label released “Seven Year Itch”, the fifteenth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Digital Recorders” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Rob Fraboni, Rocky Fataar and Barry Beckett.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocals
  • Kenny Greenberg, Reggie Young, Steve Cropper – guitar
  • Art Neville, Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Bob Wray, James “Hutch” Hutchinson, Willie Weeks – bass
  • Ricky Fataar, Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Jim Horn – saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Jack Hale, Mike Haynes, Quitman Dennis – horns
  • Howard Steele, Rich Schirmer, Scott Hendricks – recording
  • Barry Beckett, Scott Hendricks – mixing

Track listing:

  1. I Got the Will – Otis Redding
  2. Jump into My Fire – Johnny Cobb, Jana King
  3. Shakey Ground – Jeffrey Bowen, Alphonso Boyd, Eddie Hazel
  4. Come to Mama – Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle
  5. Damn Your Eyes – Steve Bogard, Barbara Wyrick
  6. Breaking Up Somebody’s Home – Al Jackson, Jr., Timothy Matthews
  7. The Jealous Kind – Robert Guidry
  8. How Strong Is a Woman – Bettye Crutcher
  9. It Ain’t Always What You Do (It’s Who You Let See You Do It) – Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
  10. One Night – Mike Read, Troy Seals

Dungen: Allas Sak

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On September 25, 2016, “Smalltown Supersound” label released “Allas Sak”, the seventh Dungen album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Kungsten Studios”, “Fashion Police Studios”, and was produced by Mattias Glavå.

Personnel:

  • Gustav Ejstes – vocals, flute, organ, percussion, piano, strings, engineer
  • Reine Fiske – bass guitar, guitar, percussion
  • Mattias Gustavsson – bass guitar
  • Johan Holmegard – drums, percussion
  • Jonas Kullhammar – saxophone, clarinet
  • Sven Johansson – recording
  • Petter Winnberg – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Gustav Ejstes.

  1. Allas Sak
  2. Sista Festen
  3. Sista Gästen
  4. Franks Kaktus
  5. En Gång Om Året
  6. Åkt Dit
  7. En Dag På Sjön
  8. Flickor Och Pojkar
  9. Ljus In i Min Panna
  10. Sova

The Flower Kings: The Sum Of No Evil

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On September 25, 2007, “Inside Out Music” label released “The Sum of No Evil”, the tenth Flower Kings (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Roine Stolt and Petrus Königson.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – vocals, guitars, additional keyboards
  • Hasse Fröberg – vocals, guitars
  • Tomas Bodin – piano, organ, synthesizers, mellotron
  • Jonas Reingold – bass guitar
  • Zoltan Csörsz – drums
  • Hasse Bruniusson – marimba, glockenspiel, percussion
  • Ulf Wallander – soprano saxophone
  • Ed Unitsky – album artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt, except where noted.

  1. One More Time
  2. Love Is the Only Answer
  3. Trading My Soul
  4. The Sum of No Reason
  5. Flight 999 (Brimstone Air) – Tomas Bodin
  6. Life in Motion

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