Vlatko Stefanovski & Bodan Arsovski: Zodiac

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On October 4, 1990, “Third Ear Music” label released “Zodiac”, album by Vlatko Stefanovski and Bodan Arsovski. It was recorded in 1989, at ”Pitu Guli Sound Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Vlatko Stefanovski and Bodan Arcovski. It was used as soundtrack for theatre performance with the same name.

Personnel:

  • Vlatko Stefanovski – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Bodan Arsovski – bass, keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Bratislav Zafirovski Braco – recording
  • Vladimir Borojević – design
  • Rumen Ćamilov – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Vlatko Stefanovski and Bodan Arsovski.

  1. Prelude
  2. Pisces
  3. Aries
  4. Taurus
  5. Gemini
  6. Cancer
  7. Leo
  8. Virgo
  9. Libra
  10. Scorpio
  11. Sagittarius
  12. Capricorn
  13. Aquarius
  14. Finale

Chris De Burgh: Flying Colours

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On October 3, 1988, “A&M” label released “Flying Colours”, the ninth Chris de Burgh studio album. It was recorded in “Powerplay Studios” in Zurich, Switzerland, and was produced by Paul Hardiman and Chris de Burgh.

Personnel:

  • Chris de Burgh – vocals, guitars
  • Phil Palmer – guitars
  • Adrian Lee – keyboards
  • Andy Richards – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Chris White – saxophones
  • Peter Van Hooke – drums, percussion
  • Paul Hardiman – engineer, mixing
  • Arnie Acosta – mixing
  • Michael Ross – art direction, design
  • Romas Foord – illustration
  • Paul Cox – photography

All tracks by Chris de Burgh.

  1. Sailing Away
  2. Carry Me (Like a Fire in Your Heart)
  3. Tender Hands
  4. A Night on the River
  5. Leather on My Shoes
  6. Suddenly Love
  7. The Simple Truth (A Child Is Born)
  8. Missing You
  9. I’m Not Scared
  10. Don’t Look Back
  11. Just a Word Away
  12. The Risen Lord
  13. The Last Time I Cried

Merle Haggard And The Strangers: Mama Tried

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On October 3, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Mama Tried”, the seventh Merle Haggard and the Strangers studio album. It was recorded February – March, 1968, ay “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson. In 1999, the album title song won the “Grammy Hall of Fame Award”.

Personnel:

  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar
  • Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
  • George French – piano
  • Jerry Ward – bass
  • Eddie Burris – drums
  • Lewis Talley – guitar
  • Tommy Collins – guitar
  • Billy Mize – guitar
  • Glen Campbell – guitar
  • James Burton – guitar
  • Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Merle Haggard, except where noted.

  1. Mama Tried
  2. Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
  3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me – Dick Jennings, Hank Mills
  4. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) – Dolly Parton
  5. I Could Have Gone Right – Mel Tillis
  6. I’ll Always Know
  7. The Sunny Side of Me
  8. Teach Me to Forget – Leon Payne
  9. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
  10. Run ‘Em Off – Troy Martin, Onie Wheeler
  11. You’ll Never Love Me Now
  12. Too Many Bridges to Cross Over – Dallas Frazier

Chris Dreja

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On October 1, 2025, Christopher Walenty Dreja died aged 79. He was musician (guitar, bass) and photographer, member of bands Metropolitan Blues Quartet and Box of Frogs, but was best known as the rhythm guitarist and bassist for The Yardbirds. In 1992, as a member of the Yardbirds he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.

Eartheater: Phoenix: Flames Are Dew upon My Skin

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On October 2, 2020, “PAN” label released “Phoenix: Flames Are Dew upon My Skin”, the fourth Eartheater studio album.

Personnel:

  • Eartheater (Alexandra Drewchin) – lead vocals, guitar, piano, arrangements, engineer, art direction
  • Ana Navarro – flute
  • Marua del Barrio – flute
  • Adam Markiewicz – violin
  • Belén Pérez – violin 
  • Celia Álvarez – violin
  • Laura Sorribas – cello
  • Marilu Donovan – harp
  • Santiago Latorre – engineer
  • Kiri Stensby – engineer, mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • N MRE 08 – design
  • Daniel Sannwald – art direction, photography

Track listing

All tracks by Eartheater.

  1. Airborne Ashes
  2. Metallic Taste of Patience
  3. Below the Clavicle
  4. Burning Feather
  5. How to Fight
  6. Kiss of the Phoenix
  7. Volcano
  8. Fantasy Collision
  9. Mercurial Nerve
  10. Goodbye Diamond
  11. Bringing Me Back
  12. Diamond in the Bedrock
  13. Faith Consuming Hope

Chris Clark: Body Riddle

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On October 2, 2006, “Warp” label released “Body Riddle”, the third Chris Clark studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Chris Clark.

Personnel:

  • Chris Clark – performance, arrangements
  • Richard Roberts – vocal assistance
  • Stephen Wilkinson – vocal assistance
  • Naweed – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Clark:

  1. Herr Bar
  2. Frau Wav
  3. Springtime Epigram
  4. Herzog
  5. Ted
  6. Roulette Thrift Run
  7. Vengeance Drools
  8. Dew on the Mouth
  9. Matthew Unburdened
  10. Night Knuckles
  11. The Autumn Crash

Robert Earl Keen: No Kinda Dancer

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On October 1, 1984, “Workshop Records” label released “No Kinda Dancer”, the debut Robert Earl Keen studio album. It was recorded in 1984, and was produced by Robert Earl Keen.

Personnel:

  • Robert Earl Keen – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Mike Landschoot – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dan Huckabee – resonator guitart, executive producer
  • Joe Ely – steel guitar
  • Paul Sweeney – mandolin
  • Robert Pool – bass
  • Fred Gumaer – drums
  • Bill Schas – trombone
  • Dan Augustine – tuba
  • John Hagan – cello
  • Denice Franke, Elliott Rogers, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith – harmony vocals
  • Larry Seyer – engineer
  • David Glasser – mastering
  • Roger Seibel – lacquer cut
  • James Janknegt, Lori Kopp – design
  • Pat Johnson – back cover illustration
  • Jeff Copp – photography
  • J. D. Hutchinson – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted.

  1. No Kinda Dancer
  2. The Front Porch Song – Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett
  3. Between Hello & Goodbye
  4. Swervin’ In My Lane – descant written by Nanci Griffith
  5. Christabel
  6. Willie
  7. Young Lovers Waltz
  8. Death Of Tail Fitzsimmons
  9. Rolling By
  10. The Armadillo Jackal
  11. Song For Kathy

Moondog: Same

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On October 1, 1969, “Columbia Masterworks Records” label released the self-titled, sixth Moondog album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Old Church” in New York City, and was produced by James William Guercio and Al Brown.

Personnel:

  • Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin) – conductor
  • Wally Kane – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Danny Repole – bass trumpet
  • Tony Studd, Charles Small, Buddy Morrow – tenor trombone
  • Paul Faulise – bass trombone
  • Don Butterfield, Bill Stanley – tuba
  • Bill Stanley, Bill Elton, John Swallow, Phil Giardina – tenor tuba
  • Harold Bennet, Andrew Lolya, Harold Jones, Hubert Laws – flute
  • Henry Shuman, Irving Horowitz – English horn
  • James Buffington, Richard Berg, Ray Alonge, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
  • Jimmy Abato, George Silfies, Phil Bodner – clarinet
  • Ernie Bright – bass clarinet
  • Jack Knitzer, Don Macourt, Ryohei Nakagawa, George Berg, Wally Kane, Joyce Kelly – bassoon
  • Paul Gershman, Aaron Rosand – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi, David Schwartz, Eugene Becker, Raoul Poliakin – viola
  • George Ricci, Charles McCracken – cello
  • Joe Tekula – contrabass cello
  • George Duvivier, Ron Carter, Alfred Brown, Louis Hardin – bass
  • Jack Jennings, Dave Carey, Elayne Jones, Bob Rosengarden – percussion
  • Raoul Poliakin, Eugene Becker – tenor

Track listing:

All tracks by Louis Thomas Hardin (Moondog)

  1. Theme
  2. Stamping Ground
  3. Symphonique #3 (Ode to Venus)
  4. Symphonique #6 (Good for Goodie)
  5. Minisym #1
    I. Allegro
    II. Andante Adagio
    III. Vivace
  6. Lament 1 (Bird’s Lament)
  7. Witch of Endor
    I. Dance
    II. Trio: A. Adagio (The Prophecy), B. Andante (The Battle), C. Agitato (Saul’s Death)
    III. Dance (reprise)
  8. Symphonique #1 (Portrait of a Monarch)

John Prine: For Better, Or Worse

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On September 30, 2016, “Oh Boy” label released “For Better, or Worse”, the seventeenth John Prine studio album. It was recorded January – February 2016. 

Personnel:

  • John Prine – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Mark Howard – acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Susan Tedeschi – vocals, electric guitar
  • Jason Wilber – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar
  • Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
  • Pat McLaughlin – mandolin
  • Tim O’Brien – mandolin, fiddle
  • Pete Wasner – piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson – harmonica
  • Shad Cobb – fiddle
  • Dave Jacques – upright bass
  • Kenneth Blevins – drums
  • Iris DeMent – vocals
  • Alison Krauss – vocals
  • Miranda Lambert – vocals
  • Kathy Mattea – vocals
  • Kacey Musgraves – vocals
  • Fiona Prine – vocals
  • Amanda Shires – vocals
  • Morgane Stapleton – vocals
  • Holly Williams – vocals
  • Lee Ann Womack – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Who’s Gonna Take the Garbage Out – Johnny Tillotson, Teddy Wilburn
  2. Storm Never Last – Jessi Colter
  3. Falling in Love Again – Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner
  4. Color of the Blues – George Jones, Lawton Williams
  5. I’m Tellin You – Billy Hughes
  6. Remember Me (When Candlelights Are Gleaming) – Scott Wiseman
  7. Look at Us – Max T. Barnes, Vince Gill
  8. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) – Joe Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis
  9. Fifteen Years Ago – Raymond Smith
  10. Cold Cold Heart – Hank Williams
  11. Dreaming My Dreams with You – Allen Reynolds
  12. Mental Cruelty – Buck Owens, Dixie Davis, Larry Davis
  13. Mr. & Mrs. used to Be – Joe Deaton
  14. My Happiness – Betty Peterson, Borney Bergantine
  15. Just Waitin’ – Hank Williams

Bob Dylan: Time Out Of Mind

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On September 30, 1997, “Columbia” label released “Time Out of Mind”, the thirtieth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded 1996 – 1887, at “Criteria”, Miami, and was produced by Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Daniel Lanois – guitar, mando-guitar, Firebird, Martin 0018, Gretsch gold top, rhythm and lead guitar, photography
  • Bucky Baxter – acoustic and pedal steel guitar
  • Cindy Cashdollar – slide guitar 
  • Duke Robillard – guitar, electric Gibson L-5 
  • Robert Britt – Martin acoustic, Fender Stratocaster 
  • Augie Meyers – Vox organ combo, Hammond B3 organ, accordion
  • Jim Dickinson – keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano, pump organ
  • Tony Garnier – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • David Kemper – drums
  • Tony Mangurian – percussion
  • Winston Watson – drums
  • Mark Howard – engineer
  • Chris Carrol – engineer assistant
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction
  • Susie Q. – photography
  • Mark Seliger – photography

Trak listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Love Sick
  2. Dirt Road Blues
  3. Standing in the Doorway
  4. Million Miles
  5. Tryin’ to Get to Heaven
  6. Til I Fell in Love with You
  7. Not Dark Yet
  8. Cold Irons Bound
  9. Make You Feel My Love
  10. Can’t Wait
  11. Highlands

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