Klaatu: 3.47 EST

On August 11, 1976, “Daffodil” label released “3:47 EST”, the debut Klaatu studio album. It was recorded January 1973 – August 1975, and was produced by Terry Brown, John Woloschuk, Dee Long and Terry Draper.

Personnel:

  • John Woloschuk – vocals, piano, organ, mellotron, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, synthesizers, percussion
  • Dee Long – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, electric sitar, synthesizers, ukulele, mellotron
  • Terry Draper – vocals, drums, percussion, tympani
  • Dave Kennedy – guitar
  • Bruce Cassidy – trumpet
  • Doug Riley – xylophone, orchestral arrangements
  • Vern Dorge – chimes 
  • Raymond Gassi – backing vocals
  • Steve Vaughn, Terry Brown – recording, engineer
  • Brian Bell, Paul Barker – tape operator
  • Ted Jones – cover painting

Track listing:

  1. Colling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft – John Woloschuk, Terry Draper
  2. California Jam – John Woloschuk, Dino Tome
  3. Anus of Uranus – Dee Long
  4. Sub Rosa Subway – John Woloschuk, Dino Tome
  5. True Life Hero – Dee Long
  6. Doctor Marvello – John Woloschuk
  7. Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III – John Woloschuk
  8. Little Neutrino – Dee Long

The Beths: Future Me Hates Me

On August 10, 2018, “Carpark” label released “Future Me Hates Me”, the debut Beths (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Jonathan Pearce.

Personnel:

  • Elizabeth Stokes – lead vocals
  • Jonathan Pearce – guitars
  • Benjamin Sinclair – bass
  • Tristan Deck – drums

Track listing:

  1. Great No One
  2. Future Me Hates Me
  3. Uptown Girl
  4. You Wouldn’t Like Me
  5. Not Running
  6. Little Death
  7. Happy Unhappy
  8. River Run: Lvl 1
  9. Whatever
  10. Less Than Thou

Joe Newman’s Septet: The Midgets

In 1956, “RCA” label released “The Midgets”, album by Joe Newman’s Septet (the ninth Joe Newman album overall). It was recorded in July 1956, at “Webstar Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Frank Wess – flute
  • Hank Jones – piano, organ
  • Barry Galbraith – electric guitar
  • Freddie Green – rhythm guitar
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Ernie Wilkins – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Ernie Wilkins, except where noted.

  1. The Midgets – Joe Newman
  2. The Late, Late Show – Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin
  3. Really? Healy!
  4. One Lamper
  5. She Has Red Hair
  6. Valerie
  7. No Moon at All – Redd Evans, Dave Mann
  8. Indeed the Blues
  9. Living Dangerously
  10. Scooter
  11. My Dog Friday

Milton Nascimento And Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza

On August 9, 2024, “Concord” label released “Milton + Esperanza”, album by Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding.

Personnel:

  • Milton Nascimento – vocals
  • Esperanza Spalding – vocals, bass, liner notes
  • Dianne Reeves – vocal
  • Paul Simon – vocal
  • Matthew Stevens – guitar
  • Lula Galvão – guitar
  • Guinga – guitar
  • Leo Genovese – piano
  • Corey D. King – vocals, synths
  • Justin Tyson – drums
  • Eric Doob – drums
  • Kainã Do Jêje – percussion
  • Ronaldinho Silva – percussion
  • Elena Pinderhughes – flute
  • Carolina Shorter
  • Orquestra Ouro Preto
  • Lianne La Havas
  • Maria Gadú
  • Tim Bernardes
  • Lula Galvão

Track listing:

  1. The Music was There – Justin Tyson
  2. Cais – Milton Nascimento, Ronaldo Bastos
  3. Late September – Esperanza Spalding
  4. Outubro – Milton Nascimento
  5. A Day in the Life – Lennon, McCartney
  6. Interlude for Saci – Corey D. King
  7. Saci – Guinga, Paulo César Pinheiro
  8. Wings for the Thought Bird – Esperanza Spalding
  9. The Way You Are – Esperanza Spalding
  10. Earth Song – Michael Jackson
  11. Morro Velho – Milton Nascimento
  12. Saudade dos Aviões da Panair – Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant
  13. Um Vento Passou – Milton Nascimento, Márcio Borges
  14. Get It by Now – Esperanza Spalding
  15. Outro Planeta – Tyson
  16. When You Dream – Wayne Shorter, Edgy Lee

And So I Watch You from Afar: Megafauna

On August 9, 2024, “Velocity” label released “Megafauna”, the seventh And So I Watch You from Afar studio album. It was recorded in September 2022, at “Attica Audio” in Donegal. Ireland, and was produced by Tommy McLaughlin, Rory Friers, Niall Kennedy, Chris Wee, and Ewen Friers.

Personnel:

  • Rory Friers – guitar, string arrangements, piano arrangements, mixing, photography
  • Niall Kennedy – guitar
  • Ewen Friers – bass
  • Chris Wee – drums
  • Michael Keeney – piano, string arrangements, piano arrangements
  • Arco String Quartet – strings
  • Tommy McLaughlin – engineer, mixing
  • Katie Tavini – mastering
  • Glenn Kennedy – design
  • Ciara McMillan – cover photography
  • Nicholas Sayers – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Rory Friers, Niall Kennedy, Chris Wee, and Ewen Friers.

  1. North Coast Megafauna
  2. Do Mór
  3. Gallery of Honour
  4. Mother Belfast (Part 1)
  5. Mother Belfast (Part 2)
  6. Years Ago
  7. Any Joy
  8. Button Days
  9. Me and Dunbar

My Bloody Valentine: You Made Me Realise

On August 8, 1988, “Creation” label released “You Made Me Realise”, the third My Bloody Valentine EP. It was recorded in January 1988, and was produced by Kevin Shields, Bilinda Butcher, Debbie Googe and Colm Ó Cíosóig.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Shields – vocals, guitar
  • Bilinda Butcher – vocals, guitar
  • Debbie Googe – bass guitar
  • Colm Ó Cíosóig – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Shields, except where noted.

  1. You Made Me Realise
  2. Slow
  3. Thorn
  4. Cigarette in Your Bed
  5. Drive It All Over Me – Kevin Shields, Bilinda Butcher, Colm Ó Cíosóig

The Chameleons: Script Of The Bridge

On August 8, 1983, “Statik” label released “Script of the Bridge”, the debut Chameleons (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Cargo” in Rochdale, England, and was produced by Colin Richardson, Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, Reginald Smithies and John Lever.

Personnel:

  • Dave Fielding – guitar, keyboard
  • Reg Smithies – guitar, artwork
  • Mark Burgess – vocals, bass guitar
  • John Lever – drums
  • Colin Richardson – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, Reginald Smithies, John Lever.

  1. Don’t Fall
  2. Here Today
  3. Monkeyland
  4. Second Skin
  5. Up the Down Escalator
  6. Less Then Human
  7. Pleasure and Pain
  8. Thursday’s Child
  9. As High as You Can Go
  10. A Person Isn’t Safe Anywhere These Days
  11. Paper Tigers
  12. View from a Hill

Eddie Palmieri

On August 6, 2025, Eduardo Palmieri died aged 88. He was musician (piano), composer, arranger, and bandleader, regarded as one of the main figures of the Latino music of all times. He was founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive, and created an incredible soundtrack of Latin jazz and explorations of salsa for the Puerto Rican community in New York City. Palmieri recorded and released 45 albums.

Chelsea Wolfe: Abyss

On August 7, 2015, “Sargent House” label released “Abyss”, the fourth Chelsea Wolfe studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Eimwood Recording Studio” in Dallas, Texas, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Chelsea Wolfe – vocals, bass, guitar, piano
  • D.H. Phillips – lap steel guitar
  • Mike Sullivan – guitar
  • Ben Chisholm – bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, layout, photography
  • Dylan Fujioka – drums
  • Ezra Buchla – vocals, viola
  • John Congleton – engineer
  • Henrik Uldalen – cover art, paintings

Track listing:

All tracks by Chelsea Wolfe, except where noted.

  1. Carrion Flowers
  2. Iron Moon – Chelsea Wolfe, Karlos Rene Ayala
  3. Dragged Out
  4. Maw
  5. Grey Days
  6. After the Fall
  7. Crazy Love
  8. Simple Death
  9. Survive
  10. Color of Blood – Jesse K. Phillips
  11. The Abyss

Edwin Starr: War & Peace

On August 7, 1970, “Motown” label released “War & Peace”, the second Edwin Starr studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Edwin Star, Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Henry Cosby, Norman Whitfield and Ivy Joe Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Edwin Starr – vocal
  • David De Pitte, Henry Cosby, Paul Riser, Wade Marcus, Willie Shorter – arrangements
  • Curtis McNair – art direction, design
  • Jim Hendin – photography
  • Tom Schlesinger – graphic supervision

Track listing:

  1. War – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
  2. Running Back and Forth – Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, Edwin Starr
  3. Adios Senorita – Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby
  4. All Around the World – Tina Turner
  5. I Can’t Escape Your Memory – Ivy Hunter, Jack Alan Goga
  6. At Last (I Found Love) – Elgie Stover, Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye
  7. I Just Wanted to Cry – Johnny Bristol, Edwin Starr
  8. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  9. Time – Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, Edwin Starr
  10. California Soul – Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  11. I Can’t Replace My Old Love – Harvey Fugua, Arthur Scott, Vernon Williams
  12. She Should Have Been Home – Johnny Bristol, Doris McNeil

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