Bush: Black and White Rainbows

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On March 10, 2017, “Zuma Rock” label released “Black and White Rainbows”, the seventh Bush studio album. It was recorded March 2016 – March 2017, and was produced by Bob Rock and Gavin Rossdale.

Personnel:

  • Gavin Rossdale– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Chris Traynor– lead guitar
  • Corey Britz – bass, backing vocals
  • Robin Goodridge – drums
  • John Ewing, Jr. – engineer, mixing
  • Gavin Rossdale – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Neil Krug – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gavin Rossdale, except where noted.

  1. Mad Love
  2. Peace – s
  3. Water
  4. Lost in You – Gavin Rossdale, Dave Stewart
  5. Sky Turns Day Glo
  6. Toma Mi Corazón
  7. All the Worlds Within You
  8. Nurse
  9. The Beat of Your heart
  10. Dystopia
  11. Ray of Light
  12. Ravens
  13. Nothing but a Car Chase
  14. The Edge of Love
  15. People at War

Will Butler: Policy

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On March 10, 2015, “Merge” label released “Policy”, the debut Will Butler solo album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Electric Lady Studios” and was produced by Will Butler.

Personnel:

  • Will Butler– guitar, vocals, bass
  • Jeremy Gara– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Butler, except where noted.

  1. Take My Side
  2. Anna
  3. Finish What I Started
  4. Son of God
  5. Something’s Coming
  6. What I Want
  7. Sing to Me
  8. Witness

Broken Bells: Same

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On March 9, 2010, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Broken Bells album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, at “Mondo Studio” in Los Angeles, “Glenwood Place Studios” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Danger Mouse (Brian Burton).

Personnel:

  • Brian Burton– organ, synthesizer, bass guitar,  piano,  drums,  programming
  • James Mercer– vocals, bass guitar, guitars
  • Christopher J. Tedesco, Philip Vaiman, Jessica van Velzen, Jennifer Walton, John Wittenberg, Alwyn Wright, Adriana Zoppo, Carolyn Osborn, Michele Nardone, Miriam Mayer, Peter Kent, Johana Krejci, Calabria McChesney,Peggy Baldwin, Alisha Bauer, Ruth Bruegger, Ronald Clark, Yvette Devereaux, Kirstin Fife, Stefanie Fife, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Ilona Geller, Neel Hammond, Margot Aldcroft – strings
  • Daniele Luppi – string conductor
  • Jeff Antebi– artist development
  • Kennie Takahashi – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Todd Monfalcone – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Jacob Escobedo – artwork, design, layout
  • Frank W. Ockenfels – photography
  • Anton Riehl – score preparation

Track listing:

All tracks by James Mercer and Brian Burton.

  1. The High Road
  2. Vaporize
  3. Your Head Is on Fire
  4. The Ghost Inside
  5. Sailing to Nowhere
  6. Trap Doors
  7. Citizen
  8. October
  9. Mongrel Heart
  10. The Mall & Misery

Liars: Sisterworld

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On March 9, 2010, “Mute” label released “Sisterworld”, the fifth Liars studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Angus Andrew.

Personnel:

  • Angus Andrew
  • Aaron Hemphill
  • Julian Gross
  • Samuel Bingg – guitar
  • Tom Biller – piano
  • Mary Pearson – bassoon
  • Chris Gonzales – trombone
  • Daphne Chen – violin, viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering
  • Sammy Banuelo – assistant
  • Brian Roettinger – art direction, design
  • Zen Sekizawa – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Angus Andrew; all music by Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross.

  1. Scissor
  2. No Barrier Fun
  3. Here Comes All the People
  4. Drip
  5. Scarecrows on a Killer Slant
  6. I Still Can See an Outside World
  7. Proud Evolution
  8. Drop Dead
  9. The Overachievers
  10. Goodnight Everything
  11. Too Much, Too Much

Starsailor: All the Plans

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On March 9, 2009, “Virgin” label released “All the Plans”, the fourth Starsailor studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by Steve Osborne.

Personnel:

  • James Walsh – vocals
  • James Walsh, Richard Warren, Ronnie Wood – guitars
  • Barry Westhead – keyboards
  • James ‘Stel’ Stelfoz – bass
  • Ben Byrne – drums
  • Scott McCornick – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig, Andy “Hippy” Baldwin – mastering
  • Joe Hollick – design
  • Daniel Meadows – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by James Walsh, James Stelfox, Ben Byrne, and Barry Westhead.

  1. Tell Me It’s Not Over
  2. Boy In Waiting
  3. The Thames
  4. All the Plans
  5. Neon Sky
  6. You Never Get What You Deserve
  7. Hurts Too Much
  8. Stars and Stripes
  9. Change My Mind
  10. Listen Up
  11. Safe at Home

Chuck Berry: New Juke Box Hits

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In March 1961, “Chess” label released “New Juke Box Hits”, the fifth Chuck Berry studio album. It was recorded in 1960, and was produced by Leonard Chess and Philip Chess.

Personnel:

  • Chuck Berry– vocals, guitars
  • Johnnie Johnson– piano
  • Reggie Boyd – bass
  • Fred Below, Jaspar Thomas – drums
  • Leroy C. Davis – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Chuck Berry except where noted.

  1. I’m Talking About You
  2. Diploma for Two
  3. Thirteen Question Method
  4. Away from You
  5. Don’t You Lie to Me – Hudson Whittaker
  6. The Way It Was Before
  7. Little Star
  8. Route 66 – Bobby Troup
  9. Sweet Sixteen – Joe Josea, B. King
  10. Run Around
  11. Stop and Listen
  12. Rip It Up – John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell

Bill Evans Trio: Explorations

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In March 1961, “Riverside” label released “Explorations”, the seventh Bill Evans album. It was recorded on February 2, 1961, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews. “Explorations” won the Billboard Jazz Critics Best Piano LP poll for 1961.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans- piano
  • Scott LaFaro- bass
  • Paul Motian– drums
  • Bill Stoddard – engineer
  • Shigeo Miyamoto – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Israel – John Carisi
  2. Haunted Heart – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  3. Beautiful Love” (take 2) – Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne, Victor Young, Haven Gillespie
  4. Elsa – Earl Zindars
  5. Nardis – Miles Davis
  6. How Deep Is the Ocean? – Irving Berlin
  7. I Wish I Knew – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  8. Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias

Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-Ding-Ding

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In March 1961, “Reprise” label released “Ring-a-Ding-Ding!”, album by Frank Sinatra. It was recorded December 1960, in Los Angeles.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra- vocals
  • Bill Miller – piano
  • Emil Richards- vibraphone
  • Don Fagerquist, John Anderson – trumpet
  • Frank Rosolino- trombone
  • Bud Shank- flute
  • Johnny Mandel- arrangements, conductor
  • Felix Slatkin- conductor

Track listing:

  1. Ring-a-Ding Ding! – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  2. Let’s Fall in Love – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  3. Be Careful, It’s My Heart – Irving Berlin
  4. A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. A Fine Romance – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  6. In the Still of the Night – Cole Porter
  7. The Coffee Song – Bob Hilliard, Dick Miles
  8. When I Take My Sugar to Tea – Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, Pierre Norman
  9. Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
  10. You’d Be So Easy to Love – Cole Porter
  11. You and the Night and the Music – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  12. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin

Earland & The Carnival: Nightingale

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On March 7, 2011, “Full Time Hobby” label released “Nightingale”,  the second Erland and the Carnival studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Gawain Erland Cooper, Simon Tong and David Nock.

Personnel:

  • Gawain Erland Cooper – vocals, guitar
  • Simon Tong – guitar, keyboards
  • David Nock – drums, engineer, mixing, graphics
  • Steve Sedgewick – engineer
  • Scott Hamill – layout
  • Matthew Sankey – design
  • Diana Morris – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. So Tired In The Morning
  2. Map Of An Englishman
  3. Emmeline
  4. I’m Not Really Here
  5. I Wish, I Wish
  6. This Night
  7. Nightingale
  8. East & West
  9. Springtime
  10. Wealldie
  11. Dream Of The Road
  12. The Trees They Grow So High
  13. Nothing Can Remain

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