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Motorhead: Another Perfect Day

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On June 4, 1983, “Bronze” label released “Another Perfect Day”, the sixth  Motörhead studio album. It was recorded February – March 1983, at “Olympic Studios” and “Eal Pie Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Platt.

Personnel:

  • Ian Kilmister – Lemmy– vocals, bass
  • Brian “Robbo” Robertson– guitars, piano, Fender piano, backing vocals
  • Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor– drums
  • Tony Platt – mixing
  • Joe Petagno – sleeve art

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor and Brian Robertson.

  1. Back at the Funny Farm
  2. Shine
  3. Dancing on Your Grave
  4. Rock It
  5. One Track Mind
  6. Another Perfect Day
  7. Marching Off to War
  8. I Got Mine
  9. Tales of Glory
  10. Die You Bustard!

Joanne Brackeen: Take a Chance

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On May 24, 1994, “Concord Picante” label released “Take a Chance”, the 19th Joanne Brackeen album. It was recorded in June 1983, and was produced by Allen Farnham and Paul Wickliffe.

Personnel:

  • Joanne Brackeen– piano
  • Eddie Gómez– bass
  • Duduka da Fonseca– drums
  • Waltinho Anastácio – vocals, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Recado Bossa Nova – Luiz Antonio, Djalma Ferreira
  2. Children’s Games – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  3. Estaté – Bruno Martino, Bruno Brighetti
  4. Cançâo do Sal – Milton Nascimento
  5. Frevo – Egberto Gismonti
  6. Mountain Flight – Toninho Horta
  7. The Island – Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins
  8. Take a Chance – Joanne Brackeen
  9. Ponta de Areia – Milton Nascimento
  10. Duduka – Joanne Brackeen
  11. Mist on a Rainbow – Joanne Brackeen

Graham Parker and The Rumour: The Up Escalator

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On May 23, 1980, “Stiff Records” labels released “The Up Escalator”, the fifth Graham Parker and The Rumour album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine.

Personnel:

  • Graham Parker – vocals, guitar
  • Martin Belmont- guitar
  • Brinsley Schwarz- guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Wood- synthesizer
  • Danny Federici- organ
  • Nicky Hopkins- acoustic piano
  • Andrew Bodnar- bass
  • Steve Goulding- drums
  • Jimmy Maelen- percussion
  • Bruce Springsteen- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Graham Parker.

  1. No Holding Back
  2. Devil’s Sidewalk
  3. Stupefaction
  4. Jolie Jolie
  5. Love Without Greed
  6. Endless Night
  7. Paralyzed
  8. Maneuvers
  9. Empty Lives
  10. The Beating of Another Heart

The Blue Nile: A Walk Across the Rooftops

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On April 30, 1984, “Linn Records” label released “A Walk Across the Rooftops”, the debut Blue Nile (The) album. It was recorded 1981 – 1983, at “Castlesound Studios” in Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Buchanan and Robert Bell.

Personnel:

  • Paul Buchanan – vocals, guitars, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Robert Bell – bass, synthesizers, arranger
  • Nigel Thomas – drums
  • Calum Malcolm– engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Buchanan and Robert Bell.

  1. A Walk Across the Rooftops
  2. Tinseltown in the Rain
  3. From Rags to Riches
  4. Stay
  5. Easter Parade
  6. Heatwave
  7. Automobile Noise

Carlos Santana: Havana Moon

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On April 1, 1983, “CBS” label released “Havana Moon”, the fifth Carlos Santana album. It was recorded in 1982, at “The Automatt” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett.

Personnel:

  • Carlos Santana– guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Roberto Moreno – vocals
  • Willie Nelson– vocals
  • Greg Walker – vocals
  • Candelario Lopez – vocals
  • Jose Santana – vocals, violin
  • Chris Solberg – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Jimmie Vaughan– guitar
  • Booker T. Jones– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Richard Baker – keyboards
  • Barry Beckett– keyboards
  • Alan Pasqua– vocals, keyboards
  • Flaco Jiménez– accordion
  • Kim Wilson– harmonica, backing vocals
  • Keith Ferguson– bass
  • Luis Gonsalez – bass
  • David Hood– bass
  • David Margen – bass, percussion
  • Fran Christina – drums
  • Armando Peraza– vocals, percussion, bongos
  • Graham Lear– percussion, drums
  • Raul Rékow – percussion, conga, backing vocals
  • Alex Ligertwood– vocals, percussion
  • Orestes Vilató– flute, percussion, timbales, backing vocals
  • Jose Salcedo – trombone, trumpet
  • Oscar Chavez– trombone, trumpet
  • Mic Gillette– trumpet, horn
  • Lanette Stevens – horn
  • Stephen Kupka– horn
  • Marc Russo– horn
  • Tramaine Hawkins– horn
  • Emilio Castillo– horn, backing vocals
  • Greg Adams– horn, strings
  • Gabriel Arias – violin
  • Francisco Coronado – violin
  • Raymundo Coronado – violin
  • Cherline Hall – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Watch Your Step – Phil Belmonte, Bobby Parker
  2. Lightnin’ – Booker T. Jones, Carlos Santana
  3. Who Do You Love? – Ellas McDaniel
  4. Mudbone – Carlos Santana
  5. One with You – Booker T. Jones
  6. Ecuador – Carlos Santana
  7. Tales of Kilimanjaro – Alan Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Carlos Santana
  8. Havana Moon – Chuck Berry
  9. Daughter of the Night – Hasse Huss, Mikael Rickfors
  10. They All Went to Mexico – Greg Brown
  11. Vereda Tropical – Gonzalo Curiel

John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía:Passion, Grace & Fire

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On March 23, 1983, “Phillips” label released “Passion, Grace & Fire”, the second John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía album. It was recorded September – October 1982, at “Marcus Music” in London, and was produced by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía.

Personnel:

  • John McLaughlin- nylon-string guitar.
  • Al Di Meola- Ovation steel-string acoustic guitar.
  • Paco de Lucía- nylon-string guitar.
  • Marco Utano, Dennis MacKay, Brian Davies, Femi Jiya, Caryl Wheeler, Francis Manzella – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Andrew Ellis, Rob Brimson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Aspan – John McLaughlin
  2. Orient Blue Suite – Al Di Meola
    • Part I
    • Part II
    • Part III
  3. Chiquito – Paco de Lucía
  4. Sichia – Paco de Lucía
  5. David – John McLaughlin
  6. Passion, Grace & Fire – Al Di Meola

Joan Armatrading: The Key

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On February 28, 1983, “A&M” label released “The Key”, the eighth Joan Armatrading studio album. It was recorded in 1982, at “Townhouse Studios” in Shepherd’s Bush, London, “Polar Studios” in Stockholm and in New York City, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite and Val Garay.

Personnel:

  • Joan Armatrading – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano
  • Adrian Belew– electric guitar
  • Daryl Stuermer– electric guitar
  • Gary Sanford – electric guitar
  • Craig Hull – electric guitar
  • Tim Pierce– electric guitar
  • Dean Klevatt – piano
  • Steve “Goldie” Goldstein – keyboards
  • Larry Fast– synthesiser
  • Jeremy Meek – vocal, bass
  • Tony Levin– bass guitar
  • Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar
  • Craig Krampf– drums
  • Jerry Marotta– drums
  • Stewart Copeland– drums
  • Julian Diggle – percussion
  • L. Benoit – percussion
  • Mel Collins– saxophone
  • Annie Whitehead– trombone
  • Guy Barker– trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Armatrading.

  1. (I Love It When You) Call Me Names
  2. Foolish Pride
  3. Drop the Pilot
  4. The Key
  5. Everybody Gotta Know
  6. Tell Tale
  7. What Do Boys Dream
  8. The Game of Love
  9. The Dealer
  10. Bad Habits
  11. I Love My Baby

Ian Dury & The Music Students: 4.000 Weeks

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On January 27, 1984, “Polydor” label released “4,000 Weeks’ Holiday”, album by Ian Dury & The Music Students. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Adam Kidron.

Personnel:

  • Ian Dury– vocals (credited by the pseudonym ‘D. Poundcake’)
  • Michael McEvoy;– bass, keyboards, synthesizers, brass arranger
  • Merlin Rhys-Jones – guitar
  • Tag Lamche – drums
  • Ray Cooper– percussion
  • Geoff Castle – synthesisers
  • Chaz Jankel– lead guitar
  • Ed Speight – lead guitar
  • Chris Taylor – drums
  • Davey Payne– saxophones
  • Jamie Talbot– saxophones
  • Steve Sidwell– trumpet, clarinet
  • Rico Rodriguez– trombone
  • Neil Sidwell – trombone
  • Jackie Challenor, Lorenza Johnson, Mae McKenna, Humphrey Dorsett, Andy Fairweather-Low- backing vocals
  • Alan Douglas – engineer
  • Keith Nixon – engineer assistant
  • Barney Bubbles- design

Track listing:

  1. (You’re My) Inspiration – Ian Dury, Michael McEvoy
  2. Friends – Ian Dury, Russell Hardy
  3. Tell Your Daddy – Ian Dury, Roderick Melvin
  4. Peter the Painter – Ian Dury, Michael McEvoy
  5. Ban the Bomb – Ian Dury, Russell Hardy
  6. Percy the Poet – Ian Dury, Michael McEvoy
  7. Very Personal – Ian Dury, Russell Hardy
  8. Take Me To The Cleaners – Ian Dury, Michael McEvoy
  9. The Man With No Face – Ian Dury, Russell Hardy
  10. Really Glad You Came – Ian Dury, Michael McEvoy

Bad Religion: Into The Unknown

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On November 30, 1983, “Epitaph” label released “Into the Unknown” the second Bad Religion album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Perspective Sound” in Sun Valley, California, and was produced by Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz.

Personnel:

  • Greg Graffin- vocals, synthesizer, piano, acoustic guitar
  • Brett Gurewitz- acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Dedona- bass guitar
  • Davy Goldman- drums
  • Jim Mankey- engineer

 Track listing:

  1. It’s Only Over When…- Greg Graffin
  2. Chasing the Wild Goose – Brett Gurewitz
  3. Billy Gnosis – Brett Gurewitz
  4. Time and Disregard – Greg Graffin
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III
  • Part IV
  1. The Dichotomy – Brett Gurewitz
  2. Million Days – Greg Graffin
  3. Losing Generation – Greg Graffin
  4. …You Give Up – Greg Graffin