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Michael Franks: The Camera Never Lies

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On July 7, 1987, “Warner Bros” label released “The Camera Never Lies”, the tenth Michael Franks album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Rob Mounsey.

Personnel:

  • Michael Franks – vocals, banjo, guitar, mandolin
  • Hiram Bullock – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Steve Khan – guitar
  • Earl Klugh – guitar
  • Jeff Mironov – guitar
  • Georg Wadenius – guitar
  • Clifford Carter – piano, synthesizer
  • Richard Tee – piano
  • Mark Egan – bass
  • Neil Jason – bass
  • Will Lee – bass, backing vocals
  • Marcus Miller – bass
  • Robin Gould – drums
  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Chris Parker – cymbals, drums
  • Dave Weckl – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald – congas, percussion
  • Roger Squitero – caxixi, shekere
  • Lawrence Feldman – alto saxophone
  • Bill Evans – tenor saxophone
  • Michael Brecker – EWI, tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Rob Mounsey – flute, keyboard bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Michal Urbaniak – violin
  • Patti Austin – vocals, backing vocals
  • Kacey Cisyk – backing vocals
  • Art Garfunkel – backing vocals
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Franks, except where noted.

  1. Face to Face
  2. I Surrender
  3. The Camera Never Lies
  4. Lip Service
  5. When I Think of Us
  6. Island Life – Michael Franks, Rob Mounsey
  7. How You’re in My Dreams – Michael Franks, Clifford Carter
  8. Doctor Sax
  9. Innuendo

Felt: Poem of the River

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In June 1987, “Creation” label released “Poem of the River”, the seventh Felt album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Mayo Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Lawrence – vocals, electric guitar
  • Martin Duffy – Hammond organ
  • Marco Thomas – bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Gary Ainge – drums
  • Tony Willé – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Neil Scott – electric guitar 

Track listing:

All tracks by Lawrence.

  1. Declaration
  2. Silver Plane
  3. She Lives by the Castle
  4. Stained Glass Windows in the Sky
  5. Riding on the Equator
  6. Dark Red Birds

Robert Palmer: Heavy Nova

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On June 22, 1988, “EMI” label released “Heavy Nova”, the ninth Robert Palmer studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Logic” in Milan, Italy, “Compass Point” in Nassau, Bahamas, and was produced by Robert Palmer.

Personnel:

  • Robert Palmer – lead and backing vocals, art direction
  • Eddie Martinez – guitars
  • Dennis Budimir – additional guitars
  • John Grey – additional guitars, additional percussion
  • William Bryant – keyboards
  • Misha Schneider – keyboards
  • Jeff Bova – additional keyboards
  • Richard Gibbs – additional keyboards
  • Garth Hudson – accordion, additional keyboards
  • Tom “T-Bone” Wolk – accordion
  • Frank Blair – bass
  • Barry “Sun John” Johnson – additional bass
  • Dony Wynn – drums
  • Ricky Fataar – additional drums
  • Dom Um Romão – percussion, additional backing vocals
  • Robyn Lobe – additional percussion
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet
  • Luka Belak – violin
  • Clare Fischer – strings
  • Rick Danko – additional backing vocals
  • B.J. Nelson – additional backing vocals
  • Tim Kramer – engineer
  • Bookie Epsie – engineer assistant
  • Scott Forman – engineer assistant
  • Roy Sweeting – engineer assistant
  • Eric Thorngren – mixing
  • Henry Marquez – design
  • Terence Donovan – photography
  • Richard Cobble – production coordinator
  • David Harper – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Palmer, except where noted.

  1. Simply Irresistible
  2. More Than Ever
  3. Change His Ways
  4. Disturbing Behavior
  5. Early in the Morning – Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Charlie Wildon
  6. It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  7. She Makes My Day
  8. Between Us
  9. Casting a Spell
  10. Tell Me I’m Not Dreaming – Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano, Jay Griska

The Adventures: The Sea of Love

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On May 9, 1988, “Elektra” label released “The Sea of Love”, the second Adventures (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Pete Smith and Garry Bell.

Personnel:

  • Terry Sharpe – lead vocals
  • Pat Gribben – vocals, guitar, steel guitar, piano
  • Tony Ayre – bass
  • Paul Crowder – vocals, drums
  • Gerard “Spud” Murphy – vocals, percussion
  • Eileen Gribben – vocals
  • Andy Findon – tin whistle
  • Paul Fishman – keyboards, keyboard programming, orchestration
  • Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
  • Andrew Pask – bass
  • John Whitehead – keyboards
  • Peter-John Vettese – keyboards
  • Roland Vaughan Kerridge – electronic percussion
  • Richard Niles – string arrangements
  • Bob White – uillean pipes
  • David Field – backing vocals
  • Brian Kennedy – backing vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Stevie Lange – backing vocals
  • McCarthy Sisters – backing vocals
  • Peter Smith – backing vocals
  • Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
  • Billy Vanderpuye – backing vocals
  • Rafe McKenna – engineer
  • Dietmar Schillinger – engineer
  • Jim Scott – mixing
  • Keith Breeden – paintings
  • Tony Mascolo – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat Gribben.

  1. Drowning in the Sea of Love
  2. Broken Land
  3. You Don’t Have to Cry Anymore
  4. The Trip to Bountiful (When the Rain Comes Down)
  5. Heaven Knows Which Way
  6. Hold Me Now
  7. The Sound of Summer
  8. When Your Heart was Young
  9. One Step from Heaven

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)

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.

Scorpions: Savage Amusement

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On April 18, 1988, “Harvest/EMI” label released “Savage Amusement”, the tenth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, at “Dierks Studios” in Stommein, Germany, “Scorpio Sound Studio” in Hannover, Germany, and was produced by Dieter Dierks.

Personnel:

  • Klaus Meine – lead and backing vocals, mixing
  • Rudolf Schenker – acoustic and lead guitars, rhythm and slide guitars, backing vocals, mixing
  • Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, acoustic and rhythm guitars, voice box, backing vocals, mixing
  • Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals, mixing
  • Herman Rarebell – drums, backing vocals, mixing
  • Lee Aaron – backing vocals
  • Peter Baltes – intro vocals
  • Dieter Dierks – engineer, mixing
  • Ian Taylor, Gerd Rautenbach – engineer
  • Mike Shipley – mixing
  • Nigel Green – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Klaus Meine, except where noted, all music by Rudolf Schenker, except where noted.

  1. Don’t Stop at the Top – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell
  2. Rhythm of Love
  3. Passion Rules the Game – Herman Rarebell
  4. Media Overkill
  5. Walking on the Edge
  6. We Let It Rock…You Let It Roll
  7. Every Minute Every Day
  8. Love on the Run – Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell
  9. Believe in Love

Cheap Trick: Lap of Luxury

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On April 12, 1988, “Epic” label released “Lap of Luxury”, the tenth Cheap Trick studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, at “One on One Studios”, “Sound Castle Studios” and “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richie Zito.

Personnel:

  • Robin Zander – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitars, synthesizers
  • Rick Nielsen – lead guitars, backing vocals
  • Tom Petersson – 12 string bass, backing vocals
  • Bun E. Carlos – drums, percussions
  • Phil Kaffel – engineer
  • Jim Champagne, Bernard Frings, Mike Tacci, Bob Vogt, Toby Wright – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Caroline Greyshock – photography

Track listing:

  1. Let Go – Rick Nielsen, Todd Cerney
  2. No Mercy – Jon Lind, Jim Scott
  3. The Flame – Bob Mitchell, Nick Graham
  4. Space – Mike Chapman, Holly Knight
  5. Never Had a Lot to Lose – Robin Zander, Tom Peterson
  6. Don’t Be Cruel – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
  7. Wrong Side of Love – Rick Nielsen, Todd Cerney
  8. All We Need Is a Dream – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Gregg Giuffria
  9. Ghost Town – Rick Nielsen, Diane Warren
  10. All Wound Up – Robin Zander, Tom Peterson, Janna Allen

Alphaville: The Breathtaking Blue

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On April 4, 1989, “Warner Music” label released “The Breathtaking Blue”, the third Alphaville studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, at “Lunapark Studios” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Klaus Schulze, Marian Gold, Frank Martens, Bernhard Lloyd and Ricky Echolette. 

Personnel:

  • Marian Gold – vocal
  • Frank Martens – vocal
  • Bernhard Lloyd – vocal, keyboards, guitar
  • Ricky Echolette – keyboards, guitar
  • Blacky Schwarz Ruszczynski, Micael Ryan, Eff Jott Krueger, Manuel Goettsching – guitar
  • Kenneth Ward – crescendo guitar
  • Ernst Deuker – double bass
  • Hansi Behrendt – drums, percussion
  • Thomas Keller, Friedemann Graef – saxophones
  • Michael Junker – trumpet
  • Julie Ocean – vocoder
  • Miriam Stockley, Mae McKenna, Patti Calore, The Lunapark Office Choir, Gabi Becker – backing vocals
  • Rainer Bloss – string and brass arrangements 
  • Klaus Schulze – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Ricky Echolette except where noted.

  • Summer Rain
  • Romeos
  • She Fade Away
  • The Mysteries of Love
  • Ariana
  • Heaven or Hell
  • For a Million – lyrics by Marian Gold, Janey Diamond, Bernhard Lloyd, Ricky Echolette
  • Middle of the Riddle
  • Patricia’s Park
  • Anyway

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