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The Moody Blues: The Other Side Of Life

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On April 21, 1986, “Polydor” label released “The Other Side of Life”, the twelfth Moody Blues (The) studio album. It was recorded 1985 – 1986, at “Good Earth” in London, and was produced by Tony Visconti.

Personnel:

  • Justin Hayward – vocals, guitar
  • Ray Thomas – tambourine, backing vocals, flute
  • Patrick Moraz – keyboards, synthesizers
  • John Lodge – vocals, bass
  • Graeme Edge – drums, percussion
  • Tony Visconti – engineer
  • Alwyn Clayden – art direction, design
  • Bruce Gill – design
  • Karl Lloyd – illustration
  • Michael Hoppen – photography

Track listing:

  1. Your Wildest Dreams – Justin Hayward
  2. Talkin’ Talkin’ – Justin Hayward, John Lodge
  3. Rock ’n’ Roll Over You – John Lodge
  4. I Just Don’t Care – Justin Hayward
  5. Running Out of Love – Justin Hayward, John Lodge
  6. The Other Side of Life – Justin Hayward
  7. The Spirit – Graeme Edge, Patrick Moraz
  8. Slings and Arrows – Justin Hayward, John Lodge
  9. It May Be a Fire – John Lodge

Lone Justice: Same

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On April 15, 1985, “Geffen” label released the self-titled, debut Lone Justice studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Power Station” in New York City, “Sunset Sound”, “Village Recorder”, “Rumbo” and “Amigo” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine.

Personnel:

  • Maria McKee – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Ryan Hedgecock – guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Marvin Etzioni – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Don Heffington – drums
  • Mike Campbell – guitar
  • Tony Gilkyson – guitar
  • Little Steven – rhythm and lead guitar
  • Benmont Tench – piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Bob Glaub – bass guitar
  • Annie Lennox – backing vocals
  • Bobbye Hall – percussion overdubs
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer, mixing, overdub engineer
  • Joe Chiccarelli – engineer, overdub engineer
  • Greg Edward – engineer, mixing, overdub engineer
  • Thom Panunzio – engineer, overdub engineer
  • Gabe Veltri – overdub engineer
  • Bruce Lampcov – engineer assistant
  • Steve Shelton – engineer assistant
  • Steve Hirsch – engineer assistant
  • Greg Droman – engineer assistant
  • Steve Strassman – engineer assistant
  • Bill Jackson – engineer assistant
  • Don Smith – mixing, overdub engineer
  • Dave Thoener – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Janet Weber – production coordination
  • Paula Greif – art direction
  • Jeri McManus – design
  • Deborah Turbeville – photography
  • Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction
  • Julien – hair
  • Michel Voyski – make-up
  • Barbara Dente – stylist
  • Chuck Reed – crew

Track listing:

  1. East of Eden – Marvin Etzioni
  2. After the Flood – Maria McKee
  3. Ways to Be Wicked – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  4. Don’t Toss Us Away – Bryan McLean
  5. Working Late – Marvin Etzioni
  6. Sweet, Sweet Baby (I’m Falling) – lyrics by Maria McKee, music by Benmont Tench, Steven Van Zandt, Maria McKee
  7. Pass It On – Maria McKee
  8. Wait ‘Till we Get Home – lyrics by Maria McKee, music by Ryan Hedgecock, Maria Mckee
  9. Soap, Soup and Salvation – Maria McKee
  10. You Are the Light – Marvin Etzioni

Van Halen: 5150

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On March 24, 1986, “Warner Bros” label released “5150”, the seventh Van Halen studio album. It was recorded November 1985 – February 1986, at “5150 Studios” in Studio City, California, and was produced by Micki Johns, Donn Landee, Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen.

Personnel:

  • Sammy Hagar – lead and backing vocals, guitar, art direction
  • Eddie Van Halen – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, art direction
  • Michael Anthony – bass guitar, backing vocals, art direction
  • Alex Van Halen – drums, art direction
  • Donn Landee – engineer
  • Ken Deane – engineer
  • Bobby Hata – mastering
  • Dan Chapman – illustration
  • Jeri McManus – art direction
  • Aaron Rapoport – photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Alex Van Halen.

  1. Good Enough
  2. Why Can’t This Be Love
  3. Get Up
  4. Dreams
  5. Summer Nights
  6. Best of Both Worlds
  7. Love Walks In
  8. 5150
  9. Inside

Swans: Greed

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On February 28, 1986, “K.422” label released “Greed”, the third Swans studio album. It was recorded June – August 1985, at “Intergalactic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Estabon and Michael Gira.

Personnel:

  • Michael Gira – vocals, samples, tape operation, piano, bass guitar, design
  • Norman Westberg – guitar
  • Harry Crosby – bass guitar
  • Ronaldo Gonzalez – drums
  • Jarboe – backing vocals
  • Ted Parsons – drums
  • Ivan Nahem – drums
  • Jorgé Estabon – engineer
  • P. White – artwork
  • Estabon – production assistant

Track listing:

All lyrics by Michael Gira, all music by Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Harry Crosby and Ronaldo Gonzalez.

  1. Fool
  2. Anything for You
  3. Nobody
  4. Stupid Child
  5. Greed
  6. Heaven
  7. Money Is Flesh

Killing Joke: NIght Time

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On February 11, 1985, “E.G” label released “Night Time”, the fifth Killing Joke studio album. It was recorded August – September 1984, at “Hans Tonstudio” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Jaz Coleman – vocals, keyboards
  • Kevin “Geordie” Walker – guitar
  • Paul Raven – bass guitar
  • Paul Ferguson – vocals, drums
  • Brian McGhee – engineer
  • Thomas Stiehler – engineer
  • Chris Kimsey – mixing
  • Rob O’Connor – design
  • Jeff Veitch – photography
  • Alex Zander – crew
  • Brad Nelson – crew
  • Fil. E. – crew

Track listing:

All tracks by Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Geordie Walker and Paul Raven, except where noted.

  1. Night Time
  2. Darkness Before Dawn
  3. Love Like Blood
  4. Kings and Queens
  5. Tabazan
  6. Multitudes
  7. Europe
  8. Eighties

Joan Armatrading: Secret Secrets

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On February 4, 1985, “A&M” label released “Secret Secrets”, the ninth Joan Armatrading studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Battery Studios” in Willesden, London, and was produced by Mike Howlett.

Personnel:

  • Joan Armatrading – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, arrangements
  • David Rhodes – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Alan Murphy – rhythm guitar
  • Joe Jackson – piano
  • Nick Plytas – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Adrian Lee – synthesizers
  • Pino Palladino – bass guitar
  • Mel Gaynor – drums, timpani
  • David Bitelli – saxophone
  • Wesley Magoogan – saxophone
  • Steve Sidwell – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Paul Spong – trumpet
  • Rick Taylor – trombone
  • Raul D’Oliveira – lead flugelhorn
  • Flachra Trench – strings orchestration
  • Dave Bitelli – horns scored
  • Bryan “Chuck” New – engineer
  • Jon Hallett, Stephen McLaughlin – engineer assistant
  • Michael Ross – art direction
  • Moira Bogue – design
  • Robert Mapplethorpe – photography
  • Tessa Pacey – co-ordination and assistance

All tracks by Joan Armatrading.

  1. Persona Grata
  2. Temptation
  3. Moves
  4. Talking to the WallLove By You
  5. Thinking Man
  6. Friends Not Lovers
  7. One Night
  8. Secret Secrets
  9. Strange

Black Sabbath: Seventh Star

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On January 28, 1986, “Warner Bros” label released “Seventh Star”, the twelfth Black Sabbath studio album. It was recorded June – August 1985, at “Cherokee” in Los Angeles, “Cheshire Sound” in Atlanta, and was produced by Jeff Glixman.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Hughes – vocals
  • Tony Iommi – guitars
  • Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
  • Dave “The Beast” Spitz – bass
  • Gordon Copley – bass
  • Eric Singer – drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tony Iommi, Glenn Hughes, Geoff Nicholls and Jeff Glixman, all lyrics by Tony Iommi.

  1. In for the Kill
  2. No Stranger to Love
  3. Turn to Stone
  4. Sphinx (The Guardian)
  5. Seventh Star
  6. Danger Zone
  7. Heart Like a Wheel
  8. Angry Heart
  9. In Memory

The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Tuff Enuff

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In January 1986, “CBS Associated Labels” released “Tuff Enuff”, the fifth Fabulous Thunderbirds (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1985, and was produced by Dave Edmunds.

Personnel:

  • Kim Wilson – vocals, harmonica
  • Jimmie Vaughan – vocals, guitar, steel guitar, bass
  • Preston Hubbard – vocals, acoustic and electric bass
  • Fran Christina – vocals, drums
  • Al Copley – keyboards
  • Chuck Leavell – keyboards
  • Geraint Watkins – piano, accordion
  • Cesar Rosas, David Hidalgo – vocals
  • Dan Youngblood – cover atwork
  • Spencer Drate, Judith Salavetz – front cover artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Tuff Enuff – Kim Wilson
  2. Tell Me – Eddie Shuler, Sidney Simien
  3. Look at That, Look at That – Kim Wilson, Fran Christina, Preston Hubbard, Jimmie Vaughan
  4. Two Time My Lovin’ – Kim Wilson
  5. Amnesia – Kim Wilson
  6. Wrap It Up – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  7. True Love – Kim Wilson
  8. Why Get Up – Bill Carter, Ruth Ellen Ellsworth
  9. I Don’t Care – Kim Wilson
  10. Down at Antones – Kim Wilson, Fran Christina, Preston Hubbard, Jimmie Vaughan

Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw: Double Take

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In December 1985, “Blue Note” label released “Double Take”, album by Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw. It was recorded in November 1985, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet
  • Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone, flute
  • Mulgrew Miller – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Carl Allen – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Sandu – Clifford Brown
  2. Boperation – Howard McGhee, Fats Navarro
  3. Lament for Booker – Freddie Hubbard, J. J. Johnson
  4. Hub-Tones – Freddie Hubbard
  5. Desert Moonlight – Lee Morgan
  6. Just a Ballad for Woody – Woody Shaw
  7. Lotus Blossom – Kenny Dorham

Ted Brown: In Good Company

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In December 1985, “Criss Cross Jazz” label released “In Good Company”, the second Ted Brown album. It was recorded in December 1985, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Gerry Teekens.

Personnel:

  • Ted Brown – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Raney – guitar
  • Hod O’Brien – piano
  • Buster Williams – bass
  • Ben Riley – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Blimey – Ted Brown
  2. We’ll Be Together Again – Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine
  3. Lost and Found – Hod O’Brien
  4. Sir Felix – Jimmy Raney
  5. Instant Blue – Hod O’Brien
  6. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
  7. People Will Say We’re in Love – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II