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Squeeze: Argybargy

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In February 1980, “A&M” label released “Argybargy”, the third Squeeze album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Chelsea Olympic Studios” in London and was produced by John Wood and Chris Difford , Glenn Tilbrook, Jools Holland, John Bentley and Gilson Lavis.

Personnel:

  • Chris Difford – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Glenn Tilbrook– vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
  • Jools Holland– vocals, keyboards
  • John Bentley– bass
  • Gilson Lavis– drums
  • Del Newman – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook except where noted.

  1. Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)
  2. Another Nail in My Heart
  3. Separate Beds
  4. Misadventure
  5. I Think I’m Go Go
  6. Farfisa Beat
  7. Here Comes That Feeling
  8. Vicky Verky
  9. If I Didn’t Love You
  10. Wrong Side of the Moon – Jools Holland, Chris Difford
  11. There at the Top

Kevin Ayers: That’s What You Get Babe

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In February 1980, “Harvest” label released “That’s What You Get Babe”, the ninth Kevin Ayers studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Vineyard Studios”, and was produced by Graham Preskett.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Ayers- vocals, guitar
  • Graham Preskett – vocals, guitar, violin, keyboards, banjo, mandolin
  • Geoff Whitehorn- guitar
  • Ollie Halsall- guitar
  • Mo Foster- bass
  • Liam Genockey- drums
  • Trevor Murrell – drums
  • Roy Jones – percussion
  • Neil Lancaster – vocals
  • Clare Torry- vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Ayers.

  1. That’s What You Get
  2. Where Do I Go From Here
  3. You Never Outrun Your Heart
  4. Given And Taken
  5. Idiots
  6. Super Salesman
  7. Money, Money, Money
  8. Miss Hanaga
  9. I’m So Tired
  10. Where Do The Stars End

VA: Paket aranžman

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In February 1981, “Jugoton” label released “Paket aranžman”, album by Idoli, Šarlo Аkrobata and Električni Оrgazam. It was recorded in 1980, at “Druga Maca” studio in Belgrade, and was produced by Enco Lesić. It is considered to be one of the most important albums ever recorded in Yugoslavia, ranked at number 2 by the critics in the book “Yu 100: the Best Albums of Yugoslavian Rock and Pop Music.

Track listing:

  1. Šarlo Akrobata- Ona se budi – Milan Mladenović, Dušan Kojić “Koja”, Ivan Vdović “VD”
  2. Električni Orgazam- Krokodili dolaze -Srđan Gojković “Gile” , Ljubomir Đukić “Ljuba”
  3. Šarlo Akrobata- Oko moje glave – Milan Mladenović, Dušan Kojić “Koja”, Ivan Vdović “VD”
  4. Idoli- Schwüle über Europa  – Srđan Šaper, Vlada Divljan
  5. Šarlo Akrobata- Mali čovek – Milan Mladenović, Dušan Kojić “Koja”, Ivan Vdović “VD”
  6. Idoli- Plastika – Vlada Divljan
  7. Idoli- Maljčiki – Srđan Šaper, Vlada Divljan
  8. Električni Orgazam- Zlatni papagaj – Srđan Gojković “Gile”
  9. Idoli- Amerika – Vlada Divljan, Zdenko Kolar
  10. Električni Orgazam- Vi – Ljubomir Jovanović “Jovec”, S. Vukičević, Srđan Gojković “Gile”
  11. Šarlo Akrobata- Niko kao ja – Milan Mladenović, Dušan Kojić “Koja”, Ivan Vdović “VD”

Roger Powell: Air Pocket

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On January 30, 1980, “Bearsville Records” label released “Air Pocket”, the second Roger Powell album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Utopia Sound Studios”in Woodstock, NY, and was produced by Roger Powell. “Air Pocket” was voted the #1 album of 1980 by a reader poll in “Keyboard Magazine”

Personnel:

  • Roger Powell – synthesizer, keyboards
  • John Holbrook – rhythm guitar, engineer
  • Todd Rundgren – guitar
  • Mark Styles – keyboards
  • Cleve Pozar – drums

Track listing.

All tracks by Roger Powell.

  1. Lunar Plexus
  2. Landmark
  3. Air Pocket
  4. Windows
  5. Emergency Splashdown
  6. Morning Chorus
  7. March of the Dragonslayers
  8. Prophecy
  9. Sands of Arrakis
  10. Dragons “N’ Griffins/Mr Triscuits Theme
  11. Pipeline ‘76

B. B. King: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere

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In January 1981, “MCA” label released “There Must Be a Better World Somewhere” the twenty seventh B. B. King studio album. It was recorded in 1980, and was produced by Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack. The album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording”.

Personnel:

  • B. B. King- vocals, guitar
  • Hugh McCracken- guitar
  • Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack- keyboards
  • Wilbur Bascomb- bass guitar
  • Bernard “Pretty” Purdie- drums
  • Hank Crawford- alto saxophone
  • David “Fathead” Newman- tenor saxophone
  • Ronald E. Cuber- baritone saxophone
  • Waymon Reed- trumpet
  • Tom Malone- trombone
  • Charlie Miller – trumpet
  • Donny Gerrard, Vennette Gloud, Carmen Twillie- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Doc Pomus and Dr. John; except where noted.

  1. The Victim
  2. More, More, More – Hugh McCracken, Jay Hirsh
  3. You’re Going with Me
  4. Life Ain’t Nothing But a Party
  5. Born Again Human
  6. There Must Be a Better World Somewhere

Durutti Column: The Return of Durutti Column

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In January 1980, “Factory” label released “The Return of the Durutti Column”, the debut Durutti Column studio album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Cargo Studios” in Rochdale, UK, and was produced by Martin Hannett. The initial two thousand album copies  included a flexi-disc single with two tracks.

Personnel:

  • Vini Reilly – guitar
  • Pete Crooks – bass guitar
  • Toby Toman – drums
  • Chris Nagle – engineer
  • John Brierley – engineer
  • Anthony H. Wilson – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Vini Reilly.

  1. Sketch for Summer
  2. Requiem for a Father
  3. Katharine
  4. Conduct
  5. Beginning
  6. Jazz
  7. Sketch for Winter
  8. Collette
  9. In ‘D’

Bonus flexi-disc

  1. First Aspect of the Same Thing
  2. Second Aspect of the Same Thing

Robert Fripp: God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners

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In January 1980, “Polydor” label released “God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners”, the second Robert Fripp solo album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Robert Fripp.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – guitars, Frippertronics, Discotronics, design concept
  • David Byrne (credited by the pseudonym Absalm el Habib) – vocals, spoken word
  • Michael Busta “Cherry” Jones – bass
  • Paul Duskin – drums
  • Chris Stein – design concept

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Fripp

Side A: God Save the Queen

  1. Red Two Scorer
  2. God Save the Queen
  3. 1983

Side One: Under Heavy Manners

  1. Under Heavy Manners
  2. The Zero of the Signified

Jon And Vangelis: Short Stories

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In January 1980, “Polydor” label released “Short Stories”, the debut collaborative album by Jon and Vangelis. It was recorded February – October 1979,at “Nemo Studios” in London, and was produced by Vangelis.

Personnel:

  • Jon Anderson – vocals
  • Vangelis – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, electronics
  • Raphael Preston – acoustic guitars

Track listing:

All music by Vangelis, all lyrics by Jon Anderson

  1. Curious Electric
  2. Each and Everyday
  3. Bird Song
  4. I Hear You Now
  5. The Road
  6. Far Away in Baagad
  7. Love Is
  8. One More Time
  9. Thunder
  10. A Play Within a Play

Bijelo Dugme: Doživjeti stotu

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On December 12, 1980, “Jugoton” label released “Doživjeti stotu” (Live to Be 100), the fifth Bijelo Dugme studio album. It was recorded October – November 1980, at “Studio 4” in Radio Belgrade, in Belgrade, Serbia, and was produced by Goran Bregović.

Personnel:

  • Goran Bregović- guitar
  • Željko Bebek- vocals
  • Vlado Pravdić– keyboard
  • Zoran Redžić- bass
  • Điđi Jankelić- drums
  • Jelenko Milaković – percussion
  • Jovan Maljoković – saxophone
  • Paul Pignon – saxophone
  • Predrag Kostić – trumpet
  • Rade Ercegovac – engineer
  • Mirko Ilić– design
  • Željko Stojanović – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Goran Bregović, except where noted.

  1. Doživjeti stotu – Trifunović, Goran Bregović
  2. Lova
  3. Tramvaj kreće (kako biti heroj u ova šugava vremena)
  4. Hotel, motel
  5. Pjesma mom mlađem bratu (iz Niša u proljeće ’78
  6. Čudesno jutro u krevetu gospođe Petrović
  7. Mogla je biti prosta priča
  8. Ha, ha, ha
  9. Zažmiri i broj
  10. Pristao sam biću sve što hoće – Trifunović, Goran Bregović

Crosby, Stills & Nash: Replay

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On December 8, 1980, “Atlantic” label released “Replay”, the sixth Crosby, Stills & Nash album. It was recorded in 1980, and was produced by Bill Halverson, David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills.

Personnel:

  • David Crosby— vocals, acoustic guitar, string arrangements
  • Stephen Stills— vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, congas, overdubbed drums, steel drum, percussion
  • Graham Nash— vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, string arrangements, congas
  • Jerry Garcia- pedal steel guitar
  • James Taylor— acoustic guitar
  • Paul Harris— keyboards
  • Craig Doerge— electric piano, piano, synthesizer
  • George “Chocolate” Perry— bass
  • Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuels— bass
  • Tim Drummond— bass
  • Leland Sklar— bass
  • Kenny Passarelli — bass
  • Dallas Taylor— drums
  • Russ Kunkel— drums, congas, percussion
  • Jim Gordon— drums
  • Jeff Whitaker — congas
  • Joe Lala— percussion
  • Joe Vitale— drums, percussion, organ, electric piano, tympani
  • Rita Coolidge, Priscilla Jones, John Sebastian— backing vocals
  • Fred Neil, Henry Diltz— backing vocals
  • Cass Elliot— backing vocals
  • Mike Lewis, Joel Bernstein— string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Carry On – Stephen Stills
  2. Marrakesh Express – Graham Nash
  3. Just a Song Before I Go – Graham Nash
  4. First Things First – Stephen Stills, Joe Schermie, Jon Smith
  5. Shadow Captain – David Crosby, Craig Doerge
  6. To the Last Whale…- David Crosby, Graham Nash
  7. Love the One You’re With – Stephen Stills
  8. Pre-Road Downs – Graham Nash
  9. Change Partners – Stephen Stills
  10. I Give You Give Blind- Stephen Stills
  11. Cathedral – Graham Nash