Long John Baldry: Remembering Leadbelly

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On November 13, 2001, “Stony Plain Records” label released “Remembering Leadbelly”, the final Long John Baldry studio album, completed in his lifetime. It was recorded in 2001, at “Music Lab Recording”, “Sebastian and Dolly’s Hutch”, “Skeena’s Place” in Vancouver, Canada, and “Halve Recording Studios” in Hamburg, Germany.

Personnel:

  • Long John Baldry – vocals, 12-string guitar
  • Kathi McDonald – vocals
  • Hans Stamer- vocals, national steel guitar, harmonica, Jews harp, trumpet
  • Chris Nordquist – drums, Hans-on drums, finger cymbals
  • John Lee Sanders – vocals, piano, organ, keyboard tuba, keyboard accordion, harmonica, keyboards
  • Andreas Schuld – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele, Russian  zither, e-bow, percussion, claps, foot, national steel, slide
  • Norm Fisher – acoustic bass
  • Jesse Zubot – fiddle, mandolin, violin
  • Butch Coulter – harmonica
  • Tom Colclough – clarinet
  • Sybel Thrasher- vocals
  • Tyee Montessori Elementary School – backing vocals
  • Peter Moore – mastering
  • Holger Peterson – executive producer
  • Holger Peterson – bonus track interviews
  • Special thanks to Alan Lomax

Track listing:

All tracks by Leadbelly.

  1. Lining Track
  2. Gallows Pole
  3. Midnight Special
  4. Take This Hammer
  5. Rock Island Line
  6. Good Morning Blues
  7. Go Down Old Hannah
  8. Birmingham Jail
  9. Here Rattler
  10. Easy Rider Blues
  11. We’re In The Same Boat Brother
  12. John Hardy
  13. Digging My Potatoes
  14. On A Christmas Day
  15. Mary Don’t You Weep
  16. We Shall Walk Through The Valley
  17. Alan Lomax Interview
  18. Long John Baldry Interview

Johnny Cash: Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous

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On November 13, 1958, “Sun” label released “Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous”, the second Johnny Cash studio album. It was recorded April  1956 – July 1958, and was produced by Sam Phillips and Jack Clement.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash — vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Luther Perkins- guitar
  • Marshall Grant- bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Cash, except where noted.

  1. Ballad of a Teenage Queen – Jack Clement
  2. There You Go
  3. I Walk the Line
  4. Don’t Make Me Go
  5. Guess Things Happen That Way – Jack Clement
  6. Train of Love
  7. The Ways of a Woman in Love – Bill Justis, Charlie Rich
  8. Next in Line
  9. You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven – Jim Atkins, Johnny Cash, Hoyt Johnson
  10. I Can’t Help It – Hank Williams
  11. Home of the Blues – Johnny Cash, Douglas Glenn Tubb, Little McAlpin
  12. Big River

Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic

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On November 12, 2012, “ECM” label released “Dream Logic”, the sixth Eivind Aarset studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at “Punkt Studio & Tjernsbråtan”, in Norway, and was produced by Jan Bang.

Personnel:

  • Eivind Aarset- guitars, bass guitar, electronics, percussion, samples, programming
  • Jan Bang- samples, dictaphone, programming, recording, miing
  • Audun Kleive- log drum sample
  • Erik Honoré, Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording, mixing
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Close (For Comfort)
  2. Surrender
  3. Jukai (Sea of Trees)
  4. Black Silence
  5. Active
  6. Close (Variation I)
  7. Reactive
  8. Homage to Greene
  9. The Whispering Forest
  10. Close (Variation II)
  11. The Beauty of Decay

Bootsy Collins: Ultra Wave

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On November 12, 1980, “Warner Bros” label released “Ultra Wave”, the fifth Bootsy Collins studio album. It was recorded in 1980, and was produced by Bootsy Collins and George Clinton.

Personnel:

  • Bootsy Collins – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion
  • Phelps Collins, Rick Evans – guitar
  • Joel Johnson, David Lee Chong, Mark Johnson – keyboards
  • Jerry Jones – drums
  • Carl Small – percussion
  • Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Richard Griffith, Larry Hatcher – horns
  • David McMurray – lyricon solo
  • Godmoma, Brandy, Parlet, Brides of Funkenstein, Robert Johnson – vocals

Track listing

  1. Mug Push – Phelps Collins, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
  2. F-Encounter – Bootsy Collins, Rick Evans, Ron Ford, George Clinton
  3. Is That My Song? – Bootsy Collins, David Spradley
  4. It’s a Musical – Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Carl Small
  5. Fat Cat – Phelps Collins, Bootsy Collins
  6. Sacred Flower – Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
  7. Sound Crack – Bootsy Collins

Roger Taylor: Fun on Earth

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On November 11, 2013, “Virgin Emi” label released “Fun on Earth”, the fifth Roger Taylor studio album. It was recorded 2008–2013, at “The Priory” in Surrey, England, and was produced by Joshua J Macrae and Roger Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Roger Taylor– vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards, piano, bass guitar, guitar, stylophone
  • Jeff Beck– guitar
  • Jason Falloon – guitar
  • Spike Edney– keyboards
  • Jonathan Perkins – organ, backing vocals
  • Steve Stroud – bass
  • Kevin Jefferies – bass
  • Rufus Taylor– drums, piano
  • Steve Hamilton – saxophone
  • Nicola Robins – violin
  • Josh Macrae– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roger Taylor, except where noted.

  1. One Night Stand
  2. Fight Club
  3. Be with You – Roger Taylor, Rufus Taylor
  4. Quality Street
  5. I Don’t Care
  6. Sunny Say
  7. Be My Gal (My Brightest Spark)
  8. I Am the Drummer (In a Rock n’ Roll Band)
  9. Small
  10. Say It’s Not True
  11. The Unblinking Eye
  12. Up
  13. Smile

Buggles: Adventures in Modern Recording

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On November 11, 1981, “Carrere Records” label released “Adventures in Modern Recording”, the second Buggles studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Sarm East Studios” in London, and was produced by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and John Sinclair.

Personnel:

  • Geoff Downes– keyboards, drum programming
  • Trevor Horn– vocals, bass, guitar, drum programming
  • John Sinclair – vocals, drum programming, cymbals, guitar
  • Simon Darlow – keyboards, guitar
  • Chris Squire– sound effects
  • Anne Dudley– keyboards
  • Luís Jardim– percussion
  • Bruce Woolley– vocals
  • Danny Schogger, Rod Thompson – keyboards
  • Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn – engineer
  • Stuart Bruce – engineer assistant
  • Rory Kee – illustrator
  • Glenn Travis Associates – design

Track listing:

  1. Adventures in Modern Recording – Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley
  2. Beatnik – Trevor Horn
  3. Vermillion Sands – Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
  4. I Am a Camera – Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
  5. On TV – Trevor Horn, Bruce Wooley, Rodney Thompson
  6. Inner City – Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn
  7. Lenny – Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
  8. Rainbow Warrior – Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn, John Sinclair
  9. Adventures in Modern Recording (reprise) – Simon Darlow, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley

Steven Wilson: Cenotaph

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On November 8, 2011, “Tonefloat” label released “Cenotaph”, the ninth Steven Wilson studio album (under the pseudonym Bass Communion). It was recorded January 2010 – June 2011, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson – performer
  • Theo Travis – trombone
  • Carl Clover – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson.

  1. Citadel (q)
  2. Carrion (u)
  3. Cenotaph (r)
  4. Conflux (n)

American Music Club: California

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On November 10, 1988, “Frontier” label released “California”, the third American Music Club studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Tom Mallon.

Personnel:

  • Mark Eitzel– vocals, guitars
  • Vudi– guitar, accordion
  • Bruce Kaphan– pedal steel
  • Lisa Davis – bass
  • Dan Pearson – bass
  • Tom Mallon – drums, engineer
  • Bobby Neel Adams – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Eitzel.

  1. Firefly
  2. Somewhere
  3. Laughingstock
  4. Lonely
  5. Pale Skinny Girl
  6. Blue and Grey Shirt
  7. Bad Liquor
  8. Now You’re Defeated
  9. Jenny
  10. Western Sky
  11. Highway 5
  12. Last Harbor

Muse: Simulation Theory

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On November 9, 2018, “Warner Bros” label released “Simulation Theory”, the eighth Muse studio album. It was recorded January 2017 – August 2018, at “Air” studio in London, and was produced by Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, Timbaland, Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme.

Personnel:

  • Matt Bellamy– guitars, lead vocals, keyboards
  • Dominic Howard– drums
  • Chris Wolstenholme– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • David Campbell – brass
  • Mike Elizondo– keyboard
  • Tove Lo– additional vocals
  • Mike Elizondo– programming
  • Adam Hawkins– engineer, mixing
  • Rich Costey– engineer, mastering
  • Laurence Anslow – engineer assistant
  • Brent Arrowood – engineer assistant
  • Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
  • Tyler Beans – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Jeremy Berman – assistant
  • Rob Bisel – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Phillip Broussard – assistant engineer, assistant producer
  • Adrian Bushby – engineer assistant
  • Tommaso Colliva – engineer assistant
  • John Prestage – engineer assistant
  • Aleks Von Korff – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Martin Cooke – engineer assistant, producer assistant
  • Spike Stent– mixing
  • Michael Freeman – mixing
  • Pete Winfield – additional mixing
  • Chris Gehringer– mastering
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Nick Fournier – producer assistant
  • Noah Goldstein – producer assistant
  • Sam Grubbs – producer assistant
  • Colin Willard – assistant, producer assistant
  • Dylan Neustadter – producer assistant
  • Chris Whitemyer – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Bellamy, except where noted.

  1. Algorithm
  2. The Dark Side
  3. Pressure
  4. Propaganda – Matt Bellamy, Timothy Mosley, Angel Lopez, Federico Vindver
  5. Break It to Me
  6. Something Human
  7. Thought Contagion
  8. Get Up and Fight – Matt Bellamy, Johan Schuster
  9. Blockades
  10. Dig Down
  11. The Void

Grizzly Bear: Horn of Plenty

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On November 9, 2004, “Kanine” label released “Horn of Plenty”, the debut Grizzly Bear album. It was recorded 2002 – 2004, and was produced by Ed Droste.

Personnel:

  • Ed Droste- vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar,  keyboards, piano, percussion
  • Christopher Bear– vocals, drums
  • Jared Barron – drums
  • Jamie Reeder – violin
  • Edward Droste, Jordan Mattos, Josh Faught, Patryce Bak – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Christopher Bear.

  1. Deep Sea Diver
  2. Don’t Ask
  3. Alligator
  4. Campfire
  5. Shift
  6. Disappearing Act
  7. Fix It
  8. Merge
  9. A Good Place
  10. Showcase
  11. La Duchess Anne
  12. Eavesdropping
  13. Service Bell
  14. This Song

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