Mark Karan: Walk Through the Fire

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On June 30, 2009, “Quacktone Records” label released “Walk Through the Fire”, the debut Mark Karan album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Mark Karan.

Personnel:

  • Mark Karan – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Rowan – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Rowan – vocals, guitar
  • Lorin Rowan – vocals, guitar
  • Delaney Bramlett – vocals, guitar
  • JT Thomas – keyboards
  • Mike Finnigan – keyboards
  • Pete Sears – keyboards
  • Bill Payne – keyboards
  • Glenn Hartman – accordion
  • James “Hutch” Hutchinson – bass
  • Bob Gross – bass
  • John Molo – drums
  • Jimmy Sanchez – drums
  • Wally Ingram – percussion
  • Jackie LaBranch – vocals
  • Gloria Jones – vocals
  • Amber Morris – vocals
  • April Grisman – vocals
  • Joe Russell – vocals
  • Ray Sanders – vocals
  • Jayotis Washington – vocals
  • Reggie Moore – vocals
  • Jimmy Hayes – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Annie Don’t Lie – Alex Call
  2. Leave a Light On – Mark Karan
  3. Bait the Hook – Mark Karan
  4. Walk Through the Fire – Mark Karan
  5. Love in Vain – Robert Johnson
  6. Rock Your Papa – Mark Karan
  7. Memphis Radio – Susan Sheller
  8. Time Will Tell – Mark Karan
  9. Love Song – Mark Karan
  10. Think It’s Gonna Rain – Randy Newman
  11. Fools in Love – Joe Jackson
  12. Easy Wind – Robert Hunter

Cowboy Junkies: Miles from Our Home

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On June 30, 1998, “Geffen” label released “Miles from Our Home”, the seventh Cowboy Junkies studio album. It was recorded January 1997 – January 1998, and was produced by John Leckie.

Personnel:

  • Margo Timmins – vocals
  • Michael Timmins – guitar
  • Alan Anton – bass
  • Peter Timmins – drums
  • Jeff Bird – harmonica
  • Vince Jones – organ, piano, harmonium
  • Lewis Melville – pedal steel guitar
  • Greg Clarke – ambient guitars
  • David Houghton – percussion
  • Craig Leon – string arrangements
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
  • John Leckie – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastered
  • Peter Moore – sequencing
  • Robert Cobban – additional engineering
  • John Biodich, Mike Dy, Darryl Smith, Guy Massey – engineer, assistant
  • Chris Brown – string session engineer
  • Open Circle Design – design
  • David Houghton – art direction
  • Russell Monk, Douglas Walker – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Timmins except where noted.

  1. New Dawn Coming
  2. Blue Guitar – Michael Timmins, Townes Van Zandt
  3. Miles from Our Home – Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge
  4. Good Friday
  5. Darkling Days – Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke
  6. Hollow as a Bone
  7. Someone Out There – Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke
  8. The Summer of Discontent – Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge
  9. No Birds Today
  10. Those Final Feet
  11. At the End of the Rainbow (hidden track, starts after 35 seconds of silence)

Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

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On June 30, 1998, “Mercury” label released “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road”, the fifth Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Room and Board Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Rumbo Studio” in Canoga Park, California, and was produced by Roy Bittan, Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy and Lucinda Williams. “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road: won a “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album”, and was voted “The Best album of 1998” in The Village Voice’s annual “Pazz & Jop” critics poll.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals, acoustic guitar, dobro guitar
  • Gurf Morlix – electric guitar, 12 string electric guitar, electric slide guitar, acoustic slide guitar, harmony vocal
  • Buddy Miller – acoustic guitar, mando guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocal
  • Ray Kennedy – 12 string electric guitar
  • Greg Leisz – 12 string electric guitar, mandolin
  • Charlie Sexton – electric guitar, dobro guitar
  • Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, harmonica, resonator guitar, harmony vocal
  • Johnny Lee Schell – electric guitar, electric slide guitar, dobro guitar
  • Bo Ramsey – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Richard “Hombre” Price – dobro guitar
  • Roy Bittan – Hammond B3 organ, accordion, organ
  • Micheal Smotherman – B-3 organ
  • John Ciambotti – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Donald Lindley – drums, percussion
  • Jim Lauderdale – harmony vocal
  • Emmylou Harris – harmony vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Lucinda Williams except where noted.

  1. Right in Time
  2. Car Wheels on a Grave Road
  3. 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
  4. Drunken Angel
  5. Concrete and Barbed Wine
  6. Lake Charles
  7. Can’t Let Go – Randy Weeks
  8. I Lost It
  9. Metal Firecrackers
  10. Greenville
  11. Still Looking for Your Kiss – Lucinda Williams, Duane Jarvis
  12. Joy
  13. Jackson

Autopsia: The Berlin Requiem

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In June 2006, “Old Europa Cafe” label released “The Berlin Requiem”, the eleventh Autopsia album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Mustakillah Studio” in Prague, Czech Republic, and was produced by Karl Rossman, Jan Krumi, I.n. Cognito, V. Kapsa and Mustakillah.

Personnel:

  • Karl Rossman
  • Jan Kruml
  • I.n. Cognito
  • V. Kapsa
  • Dämmerung Orchestra
  • IkkONA – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Karl Rossman, Jan Krumi, I.n. Cognito, V. Kapsa.

  1. Funeral Music I
  2. Retorten Genese
  3. Funeral Music II
  4. Radical Machine 3.0
  5. Funeral Music III
  6. Sounds for Remembering Death

Atlanta Rhythm Section: Underdog

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In June 1979, “Polydor” label released “Underdog”, the eight Atlanta Rhythm Section album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Buddy Buie.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Buie – lead and backing vocals
  • Ronnie Hammond – vocals
  • Barry Bailey – acoustic and electric guitar
  • James B. Cobb – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Dean Daughtry – keyboards
  • Paul Goddard – bass guitar, double bass
  • Roy Yeager – drums, percussion
  • Robert Nix – drums, backing vocals
  • Bob Ludwig, Rodney Mills – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Do It or Die – Buddy Buie, Ronnie Hammond
  2. Born Ready – Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry, Robert Nix
  3. I Hate the Blues – Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry, Robert Nix
  4. Let’s Go Get Stoned – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  5. Indigo Passion – Buddy Buie, James B. Cobb
  6. While Time is Left – Barry Bailey, Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry, Robert Nix
  7. It’s Only Music – Buddy Buie, James B. Cobb
  8. Spooky – Buddy Buie, James B. Cobb, Middlebrooks, Shapiro
  9. My Song – Buddy Buie, Ronnie Hammond

Jon Hassell

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On June 26, 2021, Jon Hassell died aged 84. He was musician (trumpet) and composer, best known as creator of the “Fourth World” music concept. He recorded and performed with artists such as Brian Eno, Terry Riley, the Theatre of Eternal Music, Talking Heads, Farafina, Peter Gabriel, Tears for Fears, Ani DiFranco, Techno Animal, Ry Cooder, Moritz von Oswald, Carl Craig, Francesco Guccini, La Monte Young, David Sylvian, Lloyd Cole, Alice, Marc Beacco, Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses, Hector Zazou, Stina Nordenstam, David Toop, Jackson Browne, K. D. Lang, Holly Cole, Mandalay, Hal Wilner, Nick Wood, Rick Cox, Frou Frou, Ibrahim Ferrer and John Balke. As leader, co-leader, Hassell released 18 albums.

Allman Betts Band: Down to the River

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On June 28, 2019, “BMG” label released “Down to the River”, the debut Allman Betts Band studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Matt Ross Spang.

Personnel:

  • Devon Allman – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Duane Betts – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Johnny Stachela – slide and electric guitar
  • Berry Duane Oakley – bass, backing vocals
  • John Lum – drums
  • R. Scott Bryan – percussion, backing vocals
  • Peter Levin – Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, piano
  • Matt Ross-Spang – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Lamar Williams, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Chuck Leavell – piano
  • Matt Ross-Spang – mixing
  • Daniel Lynn – mixing assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Charley Robinson – art direction, design
  • Christopher Brush – photography

Track listing:

  1. All Night – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  2. Shinin’ – Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  3. Try – Cisco Adler, Devon Allman
  4. Down to the River – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  5. Autumn Breeze – Chris Williams
  6. Good Ol’ Days – Devon Allman
  7. Melodies Are Memories – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan
  8. Southern Accents – Tom Petty
  9. Long Gone – Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Stoll Vaughan

David Cook: This Loud Morning

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On June 28, 2011, “RCA” label released “This Loud Morning”, the third David Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Matt Serletic.

Personnel:

  • David Cook – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Neal Tiemann – lead and acoustic baritone guitar
  • Andy Skib – rhythm guitar, piano, background vocals
  • Monty Anderson – bass guitar
  • Kyle Peek – drums, backing vocals
  • Tim Pierce – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Joel Shearer – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Phil X – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Chris Chaney – bass guitar
  • Kaare Kabel Mai – drums
  • Dorian Crozier – drums
  • Mark Castrillon – background vocals
  • Bernd Ruf – orchestra music director
  • Ulrich Zimmer – orchestra contractor and leader
  • Johannes Krampen – violin
  • Lisa Barry – violin
  • Michael Speth – violin
  • Klaus Kulling – violin
  • Klaus Marquardt – violin
  • Ariane Volm – violin
  • Monika Beck – violin
  • Kathrin Bscheidl – violin
  • Claudiu Rupa – violin
  • Alexander Brutsch – viola
  • Natascha Klotschkoff – viola
  • Friederike Faust – viola
  • Marcin Niziol – viola
  • Betty Bachofer – viola
  • Christiane Alber – cello
  • Constantin Meier – cello
  • Felix Brade – cello
  • Alex Uhl – double bass

Children Choir

  • Jasper Randall – choir contractor
  • Julian Babad
  • Christopher James
  • Michael O’Brien
  • Victor Pineschi
  • Hale Thornhill-Wilson

Rokulus Strings

  • Rok Golob – conductor, orchestrator
  • Mojca Arnold – violin
  • Ziga Cerar – violin
  • Marija Naversnik – violin
  • Nastja Znideric – violin
  • Marijana Gregoric – violin
  • Andreja Zupanc – violin
  • Ajda Kralj – violin
  • Tamar Tasev – viola
  • Marjeta Skrjanc – viola
  • Pavel Rakar – acoustic cello
  • Ursula Ivanus – acoustic cello
  • Tomaz Stular – contrabass
  • Matt Serletic – arranger, keyboards, piano, programmer
  • Mark Dobson – Pro Tools editor, recording engineer
  • Doug Trantow – Pro Tools editor, programmer, recording engineer
  • Alex Arias – 2nd Engineer, engineer
  • Kevin Estrada – 2nd Engineer
  • Ryan Kern – 2nd Engineer
  • Mike Leisz – 2nd engineer, engineer
  • Kelle Musgrove – production coordinator
  • Justin Niebank – mixing engineer
  • Andrew Bollman – assistant mixing engineer
  • Seth Morton – assistant mixing engineer
  • Tim Palmer – mixing engineer
  • Travis Kennedy – assistant mixing engineer
  • Cindi Peters – mix coordinator
  • Rune Westberg – composer, guitar, recording engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Adrian von Ripka – tonmeister
  • Bettina Bertok – assistant

Track listing:

  1. Circadian – David Cook, David Hodges, Neal Tiemann
  2. Right Here with You – David Cook, Johnny Rzeznik, Ryan Star, Greg Wattenberg
  3. We Believe – David Cook, Julian Emery, Jim Irvin
  4. Fade Into Me – David Cook, Kevin Griffin, Jamie Houston
  5. Hard to Believe – David Cook, Jamie Hodges, Jess Cates, Lindy Robbins
  6. Take Me as I Am – David Cook, Marti Frederiksen, Scott Stevens
  7. Time marches On – David Cook, Marti Frederiksen
  8. The Last Goodbye – David Cook, Ryan Tedder
  9. Paper heart – David Cook, Julian Emery, Jim Irvin
  10. 4 Letter Word – David Cook, Claude Kelly, Matt Squire
  11. Goodbye to the Girl – David Cook, Neal Tiemann, Andy Skib
  12. Rapid Eye Movement – David Cook, Jamie Hodges

Taking Back Sunday: Same

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On June 28, 2011, “Sire” label released the self – titled, fifth Taking Back Sunday studio album. It was recorded October 2010 – January 2011, at “Barefoot Recording” in Hollywood, and was produced by Eric Valentine.

Personnel:

  • Adam Lazzara – lead vocals
  • John Nolan – vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
  • Eddie Reyes – rhythm guitar
  • Shaun Cooper – bass guitar
  • Mark O’Connell – drums, percussion
  • Eric Valentine – engineer, mixing
  • Cian Riordan – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Brad Filip – art design

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Lazzara, Eddie Reyes, John Nolan, Mark O’Connell and Shaun Cooper

  1. El Paso
  2. Faith (When I Let You Down)
  3. Best Place to Be a Mom
  4. Sad Savior
  5. Who Are You Anyway?
  6. Money (Let It Go)
  7. This Is All Now
  8. It Doesn’t Feel a Thing Like Falling
  9. Since You’re Gone
  10. You Got Me
  11. Call Me in the Morning

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