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.
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.
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:
The Music was There – Justin Tyson
Cais – Milton Nascimento, Ronaldo Bastos
Late September – Esperanza Spalding
Outubro – Milton Nascimento
A Day in the Life – Lennon, McCartney
Interlude for Saci – Corey D. King
Saci – Guinga, Paulo César Pinheiro
Wings for the Thought Bird – Esperanza Spalding
The Way You Are – Esperanza Spalding
Earth Song – Michael Jackson
Morro Velho – Milton Nascimento
Saudade dos Aviões da Panair – Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant
Um Vento Passou – Milton Nascimento, Márcio Borges
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.
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.
You Made Me Realise
Slow
Thorn
Cigarette in Your Bed
Drive It All Over Me – Kevin Shields, Bilinda Butcher, Colm Ó Cíosóig
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.
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.
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
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:
War – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Running Back and Forth – Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, Edwin Starr
Adios Senorita – Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby
All Around the World – Tina Turner
I Can’t Escape Your Memory – Ivy Hunter, Jack Alan Goga
At Last (I Found Love) – Elgie Stover, Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye
I Just Wanted to Cry – Johnny Bristol, Edwin Starr
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Time – Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, Edwin Starr
California Soul – Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson
I Can’t Replace My Old Love – Harvey Fugua, Arthur Scott, Vernon Williams
She Should Have Been Home – Johnny Bristol, Doris McNeil
On August 7, 1967, “Columbia” label released “Revolution!”, the seventh Paul Revere & the Raiders studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Terry Melcher.
Personnel:
Paul Revere – vocals, keyboards
Keith Allison, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole, Ry Cooder, Mike Deasy, Joel Scott Hill, Drake Levin, Taj Mahal, Jim Valley, Freddy Weller – guitars
Ron Collins, Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Terry Hoffman – harmonica
Charlie Coe, Chris Ethridge, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman, Phil Volk – bass
Hal Blaine, Joe Correro, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Mike “Smitty” Smith – drums
Mark Lindsay, Charles Shoemaker, Ed Thigpen – percussion
Jim Horn, John Kelson, Mark Lindsay, Jay Migliori, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott – saxophone
Margaret Aue, Israel Baker, Jimmy Bond, David Burke, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Jan Kelley, Lou Klass, Raphael Kramer, William Kurasch, Emmet Sargeant, Ralph Schaeffer, Albert Steinberg, Joseph Stepansky- strings