In August 1959, “Blue Note” label released “New Soil”, the fifteen Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in May 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Walter Davis Jr. – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Pete LaRoca – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Walter Davis Jr. except where noted.
On August 1, 2014, “EMI Music Australia” label released the self-titled, third Angus & Julia Stone album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Shangri-La Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Complex”, “Grand Street Recording”, and was produced by Rick Rubin, Angus Stone and Julia Stone.
Personnel:
Angus Stone – vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano, bass
Julia Stone – vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, trumpet
Jordan Power, Ken Rich, Tomek Miernowski – recording
On July 31, 2020, “Emi Music Australia” released “Please Leave Your Light On”, an album by Paul Kelly and Paul Grabowsky. It was recorded in August 2019, at “David Li Sound Gallery” at Monash University in Melbourne, and was produced by
Personnel:
Paul Kelly – vocals, harmonica
Paul Grabowsky – piano
Ben Grayson – recording
Lachlan Garrick – mixing, mastering
Pete Salmon Lomas – design
Pia Johnson – photography
Andy Doherty – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Kelly; except where noted.
True to You
Petrichor
What a Woman Loves a Man
Sonnet 138 – lyrics by William Shakespeare
Time and Tide – Paul Kelly, Alan Pigram
Young Lovers – lyrics by Paul Kelly, music by Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Dane Kelly
On July 31, 2020, “Cooking Vinyl” album released “Made of Rain”, the eighth Psychedelic Furs (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Richard Fortus, Richard Butler, Tim Butler, Paul Garisto, Rich Good, Amanda Kramer and Mars Williams.
Personnel:
Richard Butler – vocals
Rich Good – guitar
Amanda Kramer – keyboards
Tim Butler – bass guitar
Paul Garisto – drums
Mars Williams – saxophone
Richard Fortus
BT
Jon Carin
Joe McGinty
Paisley Fortus
Clover Fortus
Jason McEntire – engineer
Tim Palmer – mixing
Track listing:
The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll – Richard Butler, Rich Good
Don’t Believe – Richard Butler, Tim Butler, Paul Garisto, Rich Good
You’ll Be Mine – Richard Butler, Tim Butler
Wrong Train – John Ashton, Richard Butler, Tim Butler
This’ll Never Be Like Love – Richard Butler, Chris Good
Ash Wednesday – Richard Butler, Paul Garisto
Come All Ye Faithful – Richard Butler, Rich Good
No-One – Richard Butler, Rich Good
Tiny Hands – Richard Butler, Tim Butler
Hide the Medicine – Richard Butler, Richard Fortus
Turn Your Back on Me – Richard Butler, Paul Garisto
On July 31, 2020, “Epiphany” label released “Such Pretty Forks in the Road”, the ninth Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Alex Hope and Catherine Marks.
Personnel:
Alanis Morissette – lead and backing vocals
Alex Hope – guitars, synths, marxophone, programming, string arrangements
Steven Milbourne – acoustic guitar
Chris J. Alderton – guitar
David Levita – guitar
Frank Turner – guitar
Michael Farrell – piano, synths, organ, marxophone, string arrangements
Catherine Marks – synths, programming, string arrangements
Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett – acoustic guitar, synths, programming
Tyler Last – bass
Cedric Lemoyne – bass
Victor Indrizzo – drums
Chris Dugan – mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Alanis Morissette and Michael Farrell.
In July 1990, “Mercury” label released “The Vegetarians of Love”, the second Bob Geldof studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “Maison Rouge Studios” in London, and was produced by Rupert Hine.
Personnel:
Bob Geldof – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Phil Palmer – acoustic and electric guitars
Geoff Richardson – viola, electric and acoustic guitar, clarinet, saxophone, recorders, penny whistles, ukulele, assorted kitchen utensils
In July 1978, “Polydor” label released “Get Up Offa That Thing”, the 43rd James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by James Brown.
Personnel:
James Brown – vocals, arrangements
Patricia Dryden – cover illustration
Track listing:
All tracks by Deanna Brown, Deirdre Brown and Yamma Brown, except where noted.
Get Up Offa That Thing / Release the Pressure
You Took My Heart – Deanna Brown, Deirdre Brown, St. Clair Pinckney, Yamma Brown
On July 28, 2021, Joseph Michael “Dusty” Hill died aged 72. He was musician (bass guitar, keyboards), singer and songwriter, performed and recorded with Willy & the Wolves, Freddie King, The Warlocks, The Cellar Dwellers, American Blues, but was best known as bassist and vocalist of ZZ Top. In 2004, as member of ZZ Top he was inducted in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.
On July 29, 2014, “Warner Bros” label released “The Voyager”, the third Jenny Lewis studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Pax-Am Studios” in Hollywood, CA. “ARC Studios” in Omaha, NE, and was produced by Ryan Adams, Beck Hansen, Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Rice and Mike Viola.
Personnel:
Jenny Lewis – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, layout
Alex Greenwald – vocal
Beck Hansen – vocal
Johanna Söderberg – vocal
Jonathan Rice – vocal
Klara Söderberg – vocal
Mike Viola – vocal
Farmer Dave Scher – vocal
Benmomt Tench – vocal, keyboards
Ryan Adams – vocal, guitar
Elizabeth Berg – vocal, guitar
Jason Boesel – vocal, guitar
Rebecca Stark – vocal, tambourine
Blake Mills – guitar
Gus Seyffert – guitar
Lou Barlow – bass, guitar
Mike Elizondo – bass, keyboards
Mickey Madden – bass
Wyllie Gelber – bass
Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion
Jason Boessel – drums
Lenny Castro – percussion
Nate Walcott – horn
The Section Quartet
Lili Haydn – violin
Daphine Chen – string arrangements
Nathaniel Walcott – string arrangements
The Watson Twins
Charlie Stavish, David Labrel, Mike Mogis – recording
Brent Arrowood, Chris Szcech, Cole Marsden, Grief Neill, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, Jason Lader, Jim Watts, Mario Borgatta, Pierre de Reeder, Robert Rossman – additional recording