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Brian Eno: Music for Films

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In October 1978, “EG” label released “Music for Films”, the seventh Brian Eno album. It was recorded 1975 – 1978, and was produced by Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • Brian Eno – arranger
  • John Cale– viola
  • Robert Fripp– electric guitar
  • Fred Frith– electric guitar
  • Paul Rudolph– guitar
  • Rod Melvin– electric piano
  • Percy Jones– bass guitar
  • Bill MacCormick– bass guitar
  • Phil Collins– percussion
  • Dave Mattacks– percussion
  • Rhett Davies– trumpet, producer assistant
  • Ritva Saarikko – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Eno.

  1. M386
  2. Aragon
  3. From the Same Hill
  4. Inland Sea
  5. Two Rapid Formations
  6. Slow Water
  7. Sparrowfall 1
  8. Sparrowfall 2
  9. Sparrowfall 3
  10. Quartz
  11. Events in Dense Fog
  12. There Is Nobody
  13. A Measured Room
  14. Patrolling Wire Borders
  15. Task Force
  16. Alternative 3
  17. Strange Light
  18. Final Sunset

Blondie: Parallel Lines

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In September 1978, “Chrysalis” label released “Parallel Lines”, the third Blondie studio album. It was recorded June – July 1978, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Mike Chapman. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Parallel Lines” at number 140 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 18 on its list of the “100 Best Albums of All Time” and at number 45 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was certified 4 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Uk by “BPI”, and Platinum in US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Deborah Harry– vocals
  • Chris Stein– guitar, 12-string guitar, E-bow
  • Frank Infante– guitar
  • Robert Fripp– guitar
  • Jimmy Destri– electronic keyboards
  • Nigel Harrison– bass guitar
  • Clem Burke– drums
  • Pete Coleman – engineer, production assistant
  • Grey Russell – engineer, assistant
  • Steve Hall – mastering
  • Ramey Communications – art directionand, design
  • Frank Duarte – illustration
  • Edo Bertoglio – photography
  • Jerry Rodriguez – lettering
  • Maripol – stylist

Track listing:

  1. Hanging on the Telephone – Jack Lee
  2. One Way or Another – Deborah Harry, Nigel Harrison
  3. Picture This – Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri
  4. Fade Away and Radiate – Chris Stein
  5. Pretty Babe – Deborah Harry, Chris Stein
  6. I Know but I Don’t Know – Frank Infante
  7. 11:59 – Jimmy Destri
  8. Will Anything Happen? – Jack Lee
  9. Sunday Girl – Chris Stein
  10. Heart of Glass – Deborah Harry, Chris Stein
  11. I’m Gonna Love You Too – Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Norman Petty
  12. Just Go Away – Deborah Harry

Tom Waits: Blue Valentine

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In September 1978, “Asylum” label released “Blue Valentine”, the fifth Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded July – August 1978, at “Filmways/Heider Recording” in San Francisco, and was produced by Bones Howe. The girl pictured with Waits on the back cover was Rickie Lee Jones.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, electric guitar, piano
  • Ray Crawford, Roland Bautista, Alvin “Shine” Robinson- electric guitar
  • Da Willie Gonga (George Duke), Harold Battiste- piano
  • Charles Kynard – organ
  • Scott Edwards, Jim Hughart, Byron Miller – bass
  • Rick Lawson, Earl Palmer, Chip White- drums
  • Bobbye Hall Porter- congas
  • Herbert Hardesty, Frank Vicari- tenor saxophone
  • Bob Alcivar- arrangmemts, orchestra conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits, except where noted.

  1. Somewhere” (From West Side Story) – Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
  2. Red Shoes by the Drugstore
  3. Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
  4. Romeo Is Bleeding
  5. $29.00
  6. Wrong Side of the Road
  7. Kentucky Avenue
  8. A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun
  9. Blue Valentines

Van Morrison: Wavelength

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In September 1978, “Warner Bros” label released “Wavelength”, the tenth Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 1978, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric piano, alto saxophone
  • Peter Bardens– keyboards, synthesizer
  • Garth Hudson– organ, synthesizer, accordion
  • Bobby Tench– electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Herbie Armstrong – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
  • Mitch Dalton – Spanish guitar
  • Kuma – bass
  • Mickey Feat – bass
  • Peter Van Hooke– drums
  • Ginger Blake – backing vocals
  • Laura Creamer– backing vocals
  • Linda Dillard – backing vocals
  • Mick Glossop – engineer
  • Alan Douglas, Richard Ash – second engineer
  • David Latman, Alex Kash – engineer assistant
  • Brooke Arthur – remix
  • Peter Granet – additional remix
  • Danny Lipsius – coordination
  • John Cabalka – art direction
  • Brad Kanawyer – design
  • Norman Seef – photography
  • Mick Glossop, Bobby Tenchand, Peter Bardens – production assistant
  • Paul Wexler – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison except where noted.

  1. Kingdom Hall
  2. Checkin’ It Out
  3. Natalia
  4. Venice U.S.A.
  5. Lifetimes
  6. Wavelength
  7. Santa Fe/Beautiful Obsession – Jackie De Shannon, Van Morrison
  8. Hungry for Your Love
  9. Take It Where You Find It

Weather Report: Mr. Gone

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In September 1978, “ARC” label released “Mr. Gone”, the ninth Weather Report album. It was recorded in May 1978, at “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Joe Zawinul and Jaco Pastorius.

Personnel:

  • Joe Zawinul- modified Rhodes 88 electric piano, acoustic piano, two ARP 2600 synthesizers, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase and Mu-Tron Volume Wah effects, kalimba, thumbeki drums, sleigh bells, melodica, high hat, voice
  • Wayne Shorter- tenor, alto and soprano saxophone, voice
  • Jaco Pastorius- bass, drums, timpani, voice
  • Peter Erskine- drums , high hat , voice
  • Tony Williams, Steve Gadd- drums
  • Manolo Badrena- voice solo
  • Jon Lucien, Deniece Williams- voice
  • Maurice White- vocal
  • Alex Kazanegras – engineer
  • Dave Mancini – second engineer
  • Nancy Donald – design
  • Lou Beach – cover illustration

Track listing:

  1. The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat – Joe Zawinul
  2. River People – Jaco Pastorius
  3. Young and Fine – Joe Zawinul
  4. The Elders – Wayne Shorter, arranged by Joe Zawinul
  5. Gone – Joe Zawinul
  6. Punk Jazz – Jaco Pastorius
  7. Pinocchio – Wayne Shorter
  8. And Then – music – Joe Zawinul, lyrics – Sam Guest

Tom Wilson Jr.

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On September 6, 1978, Thomas Blanchard “Tom” Wilson Jr. died aged 47. He was producer best known for his work with Bob Dylan, The Mothers of Invention, The Fraternity of Man, Simon and Garfunkel, the Velvet Underground, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Eddie Harris, Nico, Eric Burdon & the Animals, the Blues Project, the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem and Soft Machine.

Bryan Ferry: The Bride Stripped Bare

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On September 1, 1978, “EG” label released “The Bride Stripped Bare”, the fifth Bryan Ferry solo album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, Switzerland, and was produced by Waddy Watchel, Rick Marotta, Simon Puxley, Steve Nye and Bryan Ferry.

Personnel:

  • Bryan Ferry- lead vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Waddy Wachtel- lead guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Neil Hubbard- Guitar
  • Preston Heyman, Rick Marotta- drums
  • John Wetton- bass guitar
  • Herbie Flowers- string bass
  • Alan Spenner- Bass guitar
  • Ann Odell – organ, electric piano, string arrangements
  • Suzanne Ciani- synthesizers
  • Steve Nye- electric piano
  • Mel Collins- saxophone
  • Martin Drover – trumpet
  • Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn, Steve Nye – engineer
  • Dave Richards, Martin Pearson, Randy Mason – engineers assistant
  • Antony Price – design
  • John Swannell– photography
  • Ahmet Ertegün- counsel

Track listing:

  1. Sign of Times – Bryan Ferry
  2. Can’t Let Go – Bryan Ferry
  3. Hold On (I’m Coming) – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  4. The Same Old Blues – J. Cale
  5. When She Walks in the Room – Bryan Ferry
  6. Take Me to the River – Al Green, Mabon “Teenie” Hodges
  7. What Goes On – Lou Reed
  8. Carrickfergus – traditional, arranged by Bryan Ferry
  9. That’s How Strong My Love Is – Roosevelt Jamison
  10. This Island Earth – Bryan Ferry

Molly Hatchet: Same

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On September 1, 1978, “Epic” label released the self-titled, debut Molly Hatchet  album. It was recorded in 1978, at “The Sound Pit” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Tom Werman and Pat Armstrong. The album cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta entitled “The Death Dealer”. In 1980, the album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Danny Joe Brown- vocals
  • Dave Hlubek- guitar
  • Steve Holland – guitar
  • Duane Roland- guitar
  • Banner Thomas – bass
  • Bruce Crump- drums
  • Tom Werman- percussion, mixing
  • Jai Winding – keyboards
  • Tim Lindsey – bass
  • Richard Schoff – engineer
  • Mike Beriger – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Bounty Hunter – Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland
  2. Gator Country – Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland, Banner Thomas
  3. Big Apple – Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek
  4. The Creeper- Danny Joe Brown, Bruce Crump, Steve Holland
  5. The Price You Pay – Cecil Berrier, Danny Joe Brown, Steve Holland, Bob Huckaba
  6. Dreams I’ll Never See – Gregg Allman
  7. I’ll Be Running – Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek, Banner Thomas
  8. Cheatin’ Woman – Steve Holland
  9. Trust Your Old Friend – Bruce Crump, Duane Roland

The Alan Parsons Project: Eve

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On August 27, 1979, “Arista” label released “Eve”, the fourth Alan Parsons Project (The) studio album. It was recorded December 1978 – June 1979, at “Super bear Studios” and was produced by Alan Parsons.

Personnel:

  • Alan Parsons – miscellaneous instrumental contributions, engineer
  • Eric Woolfson – keyboards, miscellaneous instrumental contributions, engineer
  • Ian Bairnson – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Duncan Mackay – keyboards
  • David Paton – bass
  • Stuart Elliott – drums, percussion
  • Lesley Duncan; David Paton; Chris Rainbow; Clare Torry; Dave Townsend; Lenny Zakatek – vocals
  • Chris Rainbow; David Paton – backing vocals
  • Orchestra – The Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera
  • The Orchestra of the Munich Chamber Opera care of Eberhard Schoene leader – Sandor Farcas
  • Curtis Briggs – orchestra coordination
  • Shapiro and Steinberg – trivia consultants
  • Chris Blair, Wally Traugot – mastering
  • Hipgnosis – cover art
  • Eric Woolfson – executive production

Track listing:

All tracks by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.

  1. Lucifer
  2. You Lie Down With Dogs
  3. I’d Rather Be a Man
  4. You Won’t Be There
  5. Winding Me Up
  6. Damned If I Do
  7. Don’t Hold Back
  8. Secret Garden
  9. If I Could Change Your Mind