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Iggy Pop: Lust For Life

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On August 29, 1977, “RCA” label released “Lust for Life” the second Iggy Pop album. It was recorded April –June 1977, at the “Hansa Studio by the Wall” in Berlin  and was produced by David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Colin Thurston.

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop– vocals
  • David Bowie– keyboards, piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Carlos Alomar– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Ricky Gardiner– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Warren Peace– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Tony Sales– bass, backing vocals
  • Hunt Sales– drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Iggy Pop except where noted.

  1. Lust for Life – David Bowie
  2. Sixteen – Iggy Pop
  3. Some Weird Son – David Bowie
  4. The Passenger – Ricky Gardiner
  5. Tonight – David Bowie
  6. Success – David Bowie, Ricky Gardiner
  7. Turn Blue – music by David Bowie and Warren Peace, lyrics by Iggy Pop and Walter Lacey
  8. Neighborhood Threat – David Bowie, Ricky Gardiner
  9. Fall in Love With Me – David Bowie, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales

 

XTC: Drums And Wires

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On August 17, 1979, “Virgin” label released “Drums and Wires”, the third XTC studio album . It was recorded June–July 1979, at “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge – vocals, guitars, synthesizers
  • Dave Gregory – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Colin Moulding – vocals, bass
  • Terry Chambers – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, Terry Chambers, Steve Warren, Hugh Padgham, Al Clark, Jumbo Van Reinen – Vernon Yard Male Voice Choir
  • Dick Cuthell – trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Making Plans for Nigel – Colin Moulding
  2. Helicopter
  3. Day in Day Out – Colin Moulding
  4. When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
  5. Ten Feet Tall – Colin Moulding
  6. Roads Girdie the Globe
  7. Real by Real
  8. Millions
  9. That is the Way – Colin Moulding
  10. Outside World
  11. Scissor Man
  12. Complicated Game

Led Zeppelin: In Through The Out Door

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On August 15, 1979, label “Swan Song” released “In Through the Out Door”, the eighth Led Zeppelin studio album .  It was recorded November – December 1978 at ABBA’s “Polar Studios” in Stockholm, and was produced by Jimmy Page.This was band’s final album with completely new material and the last one released before the death of the drummer John Bonham in 1980.  “In Through the Out Door” was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by the “ARIA”; Platinum in UK by the “BPI” and 6 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Robert Plant– lead vocals
  • Jimmy Page– electric and acoustic guitars, Gizmotron
  • John Paul Jones– bass guitar,  mandolin,  keyboards,  synthesizer, piano
  • John Bonham– drums
  • Hipgnosis – covert art

Track listing:

  1. In the Evening – John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page
  2. South Bound Saurez – John Paul Jones, Robert Plant
  3. Fool in the Rain – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones
  4. Hot dog – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  5. Carouselambra – John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, jimmy Page
  6. All My Love – John Paul Jones, Robert Plant
  7. I’m Gonna Crawl – John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant

Lowell George

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On June 29, 1979, Lowell Thomas George, died aged 34. He was musician (guitar, sitar, saxophone, harmonica), songwriter, and producer, member of Frank Zappa’s “Mothers of Invention”, but best known as a leader, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter of “Little Feat”. George also worked as a producer, he produced the Grateful Dead’s 1978 album “Shakedown Street”, the “Little Feat’s” albums and Valerie Carter’s 1977 album “Just a stone’s throw away”. In 1979 George released his only solo album  “Thanks, I’ll eat it here”.

Nino Rota

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On April 10, 1979, Giovanni “Nino” Rota died aged 68. He was musician (piano), composer, conductor and academic, best known for his film scores. He has wrote more than 150 music scores and has composed music for the films of some of the world best known movie directors, among the others for Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Franco Zeffirelli and Francis Ford Coppola.  In 1974 he won the “Academy Award for Best Original Score” for Francis Ford Coppola movie “The Godfather Part II”. Rota is also known for his music for theatre productions by Luchino Visconti, Eduardo De Filippo and Franco Zeffirelli.