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The Proclaimers: This is the Story

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On April 27, 1987, “Chrysalis” label released “This Is the Story”, the debut Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded 1986 – 1987, and was produced by John Williams, Gerry Rafferty and Hugh Murphy.

Personnel:

  • Craig Reid – vocals, tambourine, bongos, marracas
  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic six-string and twelve-string guitar, acoustic bass
  • Ian Maidman – bass, keyboards
  • Phil Bodger – engineer, mixing
  • Danton Supple – engineer assistant
  • Matt Howe – engineer assistant
  • John Pasche – design
  • Nick Knight – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Reid and Craig Reid, except where noted.

  1. Throw the ‘R’ Away
  2. Over and Done With
  3. Misty Blue
  4. The Part That Really Matters
  5. (I’m Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down – Lester Blackwell
  6. Letter from America (acoustic version)
  7. Sky Takes the Soul
  8. It Broke My Heart
  9. The First Attack
  10. Make My Heart Fly
  11. Beautiful Truth
  12. The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues
  13. Letter from America (band version)
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Icehouse: Measure for Measure

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On April 21, 1986, “Regular Records” label released “Measure for Measure”, the fourth Icehouse studio album. It was recorded in August 1985, at “Crescent Studios”, “Bath” and “Whitehouse” in Livingstone, “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by David Lord and Rhett Davies.

Personnel:

  • Iva Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drum programming, engineer
  • Robert Kretschmer – guitar
  • Andy Qunta – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Simon Lloyd – reeds, brass, trumpet, keyboard programming, Fairlight
  • Guy Pratt – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
  • Steve Jansen – drums, percussion
  • Masaki Tanazawa – drums, percussion
  • Brian Eno – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
  • David Lord – keyboards, percussion, string arrangement
  • Gasper Lawal – percussion
  • Glen Tommey – percussion
  • Shena Power – female voices
  • Stuart Gordon – strings
  • Maurice Green – backing vocals
  • Rhett Davies, David Lord, Andy Lyden – engineer
  • George Shilling, Matt Howe – engineer assistant
  • Warne Livesey – engineer, mixing
  • David Hemmings, Glen Tommey – mixing
  • Raine Shine – mixing assistant
  • Paul Ibbotson – mastering
  • David McKenzie – artwork
  • Brett Cabot – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Iva Davies and Robert Kretschmer, except where noted.

  1. Paradise – Iva Davies
  2. No Promises
  3. Mr. Big
  4. Angel Street
  5. The Flame – Iva Davies
  6. Regular Boys
  7. Cross the Border
  8. Lucky Me aka American Way
  9. Baby, You’re So Strange

Ahmad Jamal

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On April 16, 2023, Ahmad Jamal died aged 92. He was musician (piano), composer, bandleader, and educator, one of the most successful small-group leaders and one of the most important artists in jazz history. For his work Jamal received many awards including:

  • 1959: Entertainment Award, Pittsburgh Junior Chamber of Commerce
  • 1980: Distinguished Service Award, City of Washington D.C., Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
  • 1986: Mellon Jazz Festival Salutes Ahmad Jamal, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1987: Honorary Membership, Philippines Jazz Foundation
  • 1994: American Jazz Masters award, National Endowment for the Arts
  • 2001: Arts & Culture Recognition Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women
  • 2001: Kelly-Strayhorn Gallery of Stars, for Achievements as Pianist and Composer, East Liberty Quarter Chamber of Commerce
  • 2003: American Jazz Hall of Fame, New Jersey Jazz Society
  • 2003: Gold Medallion, Steinway & Sons 150 Years Celebration
  • 2007: Living Jazz Legend, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • 2007: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, French government
  • 2011: Down Beat Hall of Fame, 76th Readers Poll
  • 2015: Honorary Doctorate of Music, The New England Conservatory
  • 2017: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, The Recording Academy
  • 2018: Leopolis Jazz Music Awards Leopolis Jazz Fest, Lviv

As leader, Jamal released 69 albums.

Towns Van Zandt: At My Window

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On March 31, 1987, “Sugar Hill” label released “At My Window”, the eight Townes Van Zandt album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Cowboy Arms” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jack Clement and Jim Rooney.

Personnel:

  • Townes Van Zandt – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Mickey White – acoustic rhythm, lead and slide guitar
  • Jack Clement – acoustic guitar, dobro
  • Jim Rooney – acoustic guitar
  • Mark Howard – acoustic steel and gut string guitar
  • Mark O’Connor – fiddle, mandolin
  • Charles Cochran – piano, DX-7
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Joey Miskulin – accordion
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. – acoustic bass
  • Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
  • Donny Silverman – saxophone, flute
  • Jim Rooney – engineer
  • David Ferguson, Rich Adler – engineer assistant
  • Raymond Simone – design
  • McGuire – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Townes Van Zandt, except where noted

  1. Snowin’ on Raton
  2. Blue Wind Blew
  3. At My Window
  4. For the Sake of the Song
  5. Ain’t Leavin’ Your Love
  6. Buckskin Stallion Blues
  7. Little Sundance #2
  8. Still Lookin’ for You
  9. Gone, Gone Blues – Townes Van Zandt, Mickey White
  10. The Catfish Song – 4:24

Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring

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On February 17, 1986, “EMI” label released “The Colour of Spring”, the third Talk Talk studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Battery Studios” and “Videosonics Studios” in London, and was produced by Tim Friese-Greene.

Personnel:

  • Mark Hollis — lead vocals, piano, Variophon, organ, Mellotron, electric guitar, melodica
  • Tim Friese-Greene – piano, Kurzweil synthesizer, organ, Variophon, Mellotron
  • Paul Webb – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Lee Harris – drums
  • Steve Winwood — organ 
  • Ian Curnow – synthesizer solos
  • Robbie McIntosh – guitar, dobro
  • David Rhodes — guitar
  • Mark Feltham — harmonica
  • Danny Thompson — acoustic bass
  • Alan Gorrie — electric bass 
  • Martin Ditcham — percussion
  • Morris Pert — percussion
  • Phil Reis — percussion
  • David Roach — soprano saxophone
  • Gaynor Sadler — harp
  • Children from the school of Miss Speake — children’s choir
  • Ambrosian Singers — choir
  • Dennis Weinrich — engineer
  • Dietmar Schillinger — engineer
  • Paul Schroeder — engineer
  • Pete Wooliscroft — engineer
  • James Marsh — cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Friese-Greene and Mark Hollis.

  1. Happiness is Easy
  2. I Don’t Believe in You
  3. Life’s What You Make It
  4. April 4th
  5. Living in Another World
  6. Give It Up
  7. Chameleon Day
  8. Time It’s Time

Screaming Trees: Clairvoyance

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On February 13, 1986, “Velvetone” label released “Clairvoyance”, the debut Screaming Trees studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Velvetone Studio” in Ellensburg, WA, and was produced by Steve Fisk.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – lead vocals, violin
  • Gary Lee Conner – guitar, organ, backing vocals
  • Van Conner – bass, backing vocals
  • Mark Pickerel – drums, percussion
  • Steve Fisk – piano, organ
  • Joey Conner – backing vocals
  • Joanne Conner – backing
  • Michael Peterson – backing vocals
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Sam Albright – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan, Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel.

  1. Orange Airplane
  2. You Tell Me All These Things
  3. Standing on the Edge
  4. Forever
  5. Seeing and Believing
  6. I See Stars
  7. Lonely Girl
  8. Strange Out Here
  9. The Turning
  10. Clairvoyance

Zero: Carne Humana

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On January 16, 1987, “EMI” label released “Carne Humana”, the debut Zero album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Paul Mounsey.

Personnel:

  • Guilherme Isnard – vocals
  • Eduardo Amarante – guitars
  • Alfred “Freddy” Haiat – keyboard
  • Ricardo “Rick” Villas-Boas – bass
  • Malcolm Oakley – drums
  • Jorge Davidson – art direction
  • Mayrton Bahia – executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Guilherme Isnard, except where noted.

  1. Algum Vicio
  2. Quimeras
  3. Linha da Vida
  4. Abuso de Poder
  5. Medo de Voar
  6. Carne Human
  7. Seu Planeta
  8. Game Over
  9. Sem Pudor
  10. A Luta e o Prazer

Momus: Circus Maximus

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On January 15, 1986, “Creation Records” label released “Circus Maximus”, the debut Momus album. It was recorded in September 1985, at “Alaska Studio”, in London, and was produced by Momus.

Personnel:

  • Momus (Nicholas Currie) – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, arranger
  • Neill Martin – synthesizer
  • Jane Davies – backing vocals
  • Noel Thomson – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Nicholas Currie (Momus).

  1. Lucky Like St. Sebastian
  2. The Lesson of Sodom (According to Lot)
  3. John The Baptist Jones
  4. King Solomon’s Song and Mine
  5. Little Lord Obedience
  6. The Day the Circus Came to Town
  7. The Rape of Lucretia
  8. Paper Wraps Rock
  9. Rules of the Game of Quoits

Joe Satriani: Not of This Earth

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On December 18, 1986, “Relativity” label released “Not of This Earth”, the debut Joe Satriani album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Hyde Street” in San Francisco, and was produced by John Cuniberti and Joe Satriani.

Personnel:

  • Joe Satriani – guitar, keyboard, percussion, bass
  • John Cuniberti – vocals, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Campitelli – drums, percussion, DX, whistle
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Satriani.

  1. Not of This Earth
  2. The Snake
  3. Rubina
  4. Memories
  5. Brother John
  6. The Enigmatic
  7. Driving at Night
  8. Hordes of Locusts
  9. New Day
  10. The Headless Horseman

Black Sabbath: The Eternal Idol

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On November 23, 1987, “Vertigo” label released “The Eternal Idol”, the thirteenth Black Sabbath studio album. It was recorded October 1986 – March 1987, at “Air Studios” in Montserrat, “Air Studios” and “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Glixman, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and Chris Tsanqarides.

Personnel:

  • Tony Martin – lead vocals
  • Tony Iommi – guitar
  • Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
  • Bob Daisley – bass
  • Eric Singer drums
  • Ray Gillen – sinister laugh
  • Bev Bevan – percussion
  • Jeff Glixman – engineer
  • Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – engineer
  • Chris Tsangarides – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bob Daisley and Geoff Nicholls, all music by Tony Iommi.

  1. The Shine
  2. Ancient Warrior
  3. Hard Life to Love
  4. Glory Ride
  5. Born to Lose
  6. Nightmare
  7. Scarlet Pimpernel
  8. Lost Forever
  9. Eternal Idol