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Lou Gramm: Long Hard Look

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On October 9, 1989, “Atlantic” label released “Long Hard Look”, the second Lou Gramm studio album. It was recorded 1988 – 1989, at “418 Studios” in Westlake Village, California, “Bear Track Studios” in Suffern, New York, “Stray Dogs Recording Studio” in Katonah, New York, and was produced by Peter Wolf and Eric Thorngren.

Personnel:

  • Lou Gramm – lead and backing vocals, percussion, arrangements
  • Dann Huff – lead and rhythm guitar
  • Nils Lofgren – electric guitar
  • Peter Maunu – electric guitar
  • Vivian Campbell – electric, lead and rhythm guitar
  • June Kuramoto – koto
  • Peter Wolf – keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements, mixing
  • Gary Corbett – keyboards
  • Bruce Turgon – bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Pino Palladino – bass
  • Ben Gramm – drums, percussion
  • Maxi Anderson – backing vocals
  • Merry Clayton – backing vocals
  • Siedah Garrett – backing vocals
  • Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
  • Darryl Phinessee – backing vocals
  • Ina Wolf – backing vocals
  • Reinhold Bilgeri – backing vocals
  • Robin Clark – backing vocals
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals
  • Gonzalo Espinoza, Paul Ericksen – recording, mixing
  • Jules Bowen, Eric Thorngren – recording
  • Carlos Gollisher – recording assistant, production coordinator
  • Chris Bubacz, Doug Oberkircher – recording assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Stephen Nider – project coordinator assistant
  • Bob Defrin – art direction, design
  • Roy Volkmann – photography

Track listing:

  • Angel with a Dirty Face – Lou Gramm, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf
  • Just Between You and Me – Lou Gramm, Holly Knight
  • Broken Dreams – Lou Gramm, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf
  • True Blue Love – Lou Gramm, Peter Wolf
  • I’ll Come Running – Lou Gramm, Bruce Turgon
  • Hangin’ on My Hip – Lou Gramm, Bruce Turgon
  • Warmest Rising Sun – Lou Gramm
  • Day One – Lou Gramm, Bruce Turgon, Peter Wolf
  • I’ll Know When It’s Over – Lou Gramm, Bruce Turgon
  • Tin Soldier – Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott

They Might Be Giants: Lincoln

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On September 25, 1988, “Bar/None” label released “Lincoln”, the second They Might Be Giants studio album. It was recorded March – June 1988, at “Dubway” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Kraus.

Personnel:

  • John Flansburgh – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, trumpet, melodica
  • John Linnell – lead and backing vocals, accordion, autoharp, clarinet, keyboards, baritone and bass saxophone, bass harmonica, tenor saxophone, banjo
  • Lisa Klapp – bridge monologue
  • Kenneth Nolan – drums
  • The Ordinaires – arrangements
  • Al Houghton – engineer
  • Brian Dewan – cover art
  • Carol Kitman – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

  1. Ana Ng
  2. Cowtown
  3. Lie Still, Little Bottle
  4. Purple Toupee
  5. Cage & Aquarium
  6. Where Your Eyes Don’t Go
  7. Piece of Dirt
  8. Mr. Ne
  9. Pencil Rain
  10. The World’s Address
  11. I’ve Got a Match
  12. Santa’s Beard
  13. You’ll Miss Me
  14. They’ll Need a Crane
  15. Shoehorn with Teeth
  16. Stand on Your Own Head
  17. Snowball in Hell
  18. Kiss Me, Son of God

Michael Brecker: Don’t Try This At Home

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On September 5, 1988, “Impulse!” label released “Don’t Try This at Home”, the second Michael Brecker studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Don Grolnick. In 1989, the album won a “Grammy Award” for “Best Improvised Jazz Solo”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI
  • Don Grolnick – acoustic piano
  • Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano
  • Joey Calderazzo – acoustic piano
  • Judd Miller – synthesizer programming
  • Jim Beard – synthesizers, acoustic piano
  • Mike Stern – guitars 
  • Charlie Haden – acoustic bass
  • Jeff Andrews – fretless electric bass, electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Adam Nussbaum – drums
  • Peter Erskine – drums
  • Mark O’Connor – violin
  • James Farber – recording, mixing
  • Gary Solomon – engineer assistant
  • Karen Robben – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering 
  • Kathleen Covert – art direction. design
  • Mark Seliger – photography
  • George Varga – liner notes
  • Tom Gill – piano technician
  • Ricky Schultz – executive producer
  • Jerry Wortman – production assistant
  • Karen Kramer – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Itsbynne Reel – Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick
  2. Chime This – Don Grolnick
  3. Scriabin – Vince Mendoza
  4. Suspone – Mike Stern
  5. Don’t Try This at Home – Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick
  6. Everything Happens When You’re Gone – Michael Brecker
  7. Talking to Myself – Don Grolnick
  8. The Gentleman & Hizcaine – Jim Beard

Dwight Yoakam: Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room

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On August 2, 1988, “Reprise” label released “Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room”, the third Dwight Yoakam studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Pete Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Dwight Yoakam – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Pete Anderson – acoustic and electric guitar, six-string bass guitar, mandolin, percussion, backing vocals
  • Tom Brumley – pedal steel guitar
  • Scott Joss – mandolin
  • Skip Edwards – piano
  • Flaco Jiménez – accordion
  • Al Perkins – dobro
  • Taras Prodaniuk – bass guitar
  • Dusty Wakeman – six-string bass guitar, percussion
  • Jeff Donavan – drums
  • Don Reed – fiddle
  • Buck Owens – duet vocals
  • Maria McKee – backing vocals
  • The Lonesome Strangers (Jeff Rymes and Randy Weeks) – backing vocals
  • Jim Lauderdale – backing vocals
  • Brantley Kearns – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Dwight Yoakam, except where noted.

  1. I Got You
  2. One More Name
  3. What I Don’t Know
  4. Home of the Blues – Johnny Cash, Glenn Douglas, Little McAlpine
  5. Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
  6. I Hear You Knockin’ – J. D. Miller
  7. I Sang Dixie
  8. Streets of Bakersfield – Homer Joy
  9. Floyd County
  10. Send Me the Pillow – Hank Locklin
  11. Hold On to God

The Escape Club: Wild, Wild West

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On July 11, 1988, “Atlantic” label released “Wild Wild West”, the second Escape Club (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Maison Rouge” Air London, Westside, and was produced by Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Trevor Steel – lead vocal, guitars, arrangements
  • John Holliday – guitars, harmonica, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Johnnie Christo – bass, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Milan Zekavica – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Steve Pigott, John Carin, Alan Clark – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Andy Duncan, Steve Scales – percussion
  • Ben Parks, Brian Brumitt, Dave Plews, Jim Patterson – horns
  • Plum, Tessa Niles – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Trevor Steel, John Holliday, Johnnie Christo and Milan Zekavica.

  1. Wild, Wild West
  2. Jealousy
  3. Shake for the Sheik
  4. Walking Through the Walls
  5. The Longest Day
  6. Who Do You Love
  7. Staring at the Sun
  8. Only the Rain
  9. Goodbye Joey Rae
  10. Working for the Fatman

Miles Davis: Amandla

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On May 18, 1989, “Warner Bros” label released “Amandla”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded December 1988 – January 1989, at “Clinton Recording Studios”, “Electric Lady Studios”, “The Power Station”, “Right Track Recording” and “Quadrasonic Studio” in New York City, “Le Gonks West” in West Hollywood, ”Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, and was produced by George Duke, Tommy LiPuma and Marcus Miller.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, cover art, executive producer
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • Foley – guitars
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitars
  • Billy “Spaceman” Patterson – wah-wah guitar 
  • Marcus Miller – keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, additional keyboards, arrangements
  • George Duke – keyboards, Synclavier, arrangements
  • Joey DeFrancesco – additional keyboards
  • Joe Sample – acoustic piano
  • John Bigham – keyboards, guitars, drum programming, arrangements
  • Jason Miles – synthesizer programming
  • Ricky Wellman – drums
  • Omar Hakim – drums
  • Al Foster – drums
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • Mino Cinelu – percussion
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • Kenny Garrett – alto and soprano saxophone
  • Rick Margitza – tenor saxophone
  • Eric Calvi – recording
  • Bruce Miller – recording
  • Erik Zobler – recording
  • Al Schmitt – additional recording
  • Henry Falco – additional engineer
  • Alec Head – additional engineer
  • Debi Cornish – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Fisher – engineer assistant
  • Mitch Gibson – engineer assistant
  • Roy Hendrickson – engineer assistant
  • Ed Korengo – engineer assistant
  • Scott Mabuchi – engineer assistant
  • Joe Martin – engineer assistant
  • Danny Mormando – engineer assistant
  • Dave Wolk – engineer assistant
  • Bill Schnee – mixing
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Jo Gelbard – cover artwork
  • Richard Rothman – photography
  • John Bigham – associate producer
  • Bibi Green – production coordinator
  • Rosemary Kraitz – production coordinator
  • Stephanie McCravey – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Marcus Miller, except where noted.

  1. Catémbe
  2. Cobra – George Duke
  3. Big Time
  4. Hannibal
  5. Jo-Jo
  6. Amandla
  7. Jilli – John Bigham
  8. Mr. Pastorius

Prince: Lovesexy

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On May 10, 1988, “Paisley Park Records” and “Warner Bros” labels released “Lovesexy”, the tenth Prince studio album. It was recorded October 1987 – January 1988, at “Paisley Park Studios”, in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was produced by Prince.

Personnel:

  • Prince – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Yamaha KX88, Roland MKS20, Ensoniq ESQ-1, E-mu Emax, Fairlight CMI, Roland D-50, Yamaha DX7, bass guitar, Dynacord Add-One, Linn LM-1, drums, percussion, Publison IM90 Infernal Machine
  • Miko Weaver – electric guitar
  • Boni Boyer – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Dr. Fink – keyboards
  • Levi Seacer, Jr. – bass guitar
  • Sheila E. – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Eric Leeds – saxophone
  • Atlanta Bliss – trumpet
  • Ingrid Chavez – spoken intro, spoken voice
  • Cat Glover – rap, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Prince.

  1. Eye No
  2. Alphabet St.
  3. Glam Slam
  4. Anna Stesia
  5. Dance On
  6. Lovesexy
  7. When 2 R in Love
  8. I Wish U Heaven
  9. Positivity

Cardiacs: On Land And In The Sea

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On May 2, 1989, “Alphabet’s Business Concern” label released “On Land and in the Sea”, the second Cardiacs studio album. It was recorded in 1988 at “The Slaughterhouse Studios” in Yorkshire, and was produced by Tim Smith.

Personnel:

  • Tim Smith – lead vocals, guitar
  • William D. Drake – vocals, keyboards
  • Sarah Smith – vocals, saxophone, clarinet, recorders
  • Jim Smith – vocals, bass
  • Dominic Luckman – drums
  • Tim Quy – percussion, synthesizer
  • Roger Tebbutt – engineer
  • Graham Simmonds – engineer
  • Steve Payne – front cover photography
  • Tony Stringer – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Smith, except where noted.

  1. Two Bites of Cherry
  2. Baby Heart Dirt
  3. The Leader of the Starry Skys
  4. I Hold My Love in My Arms
  5. The Duck and Roger the Horse
  6. Arnald
  7. Fast Robert
  8. Mare’s Nest
  9. The Stench of Honey
  10. Buds and Spawn
  11. The Safety Bowl
  12. The Everso Closely Guarded Line – William D. Drake, Tim Smith

Throwing Muses: House Tornado

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In March 1988, “4AD” label released “House Tornado”, the second Throwing Muses studio album. It was recorded in December 1987 – January 1988, at “Fort Apache Studios” in Cambridge, MA, and was produced by Gary Smith.

Personnel:

  • Kristin Hersh – vocals, guitars, piano
  • Tanya Donelly – vocals, guitars, percussion
  • Leslie Langston – bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • David Narcizo – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Kristin Hersh, except where noted. 

  1. Colder
  2. Mexican Women
  3. The River – Tanya Donelly
  4. Juno
  5. Marriage Tree
  6. Run Letter
  7. Saving Grace
  8. Drive
  9. Downtown
  10. Giant – Tanya Donelly
  11. Walking in the Dark

Everything But The Girl: Idlewild

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On February 29, 1988, “Blanco y Negro” and “Sire“ labels released “Idlewild”, the fourth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Livingston Recording Studios” in London, and was produced by Ben Watt.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals
  • Ben Watt – vocals, guitar
  • Damon Butcher – piano, synthesizer
  • Steve Pearce – bass
  • Chucho Merchán – bass
  • Peter King – alto saxophone
  • Ian Fraser – tenor saxophone
  • James McMillan – trumpet
  • Jerry Boys – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn, except where noted.

  1. Love Is Here Where I Live
  2. These Early Days – Tracey Thorn
  3. I Always Was Your Girl
  4. Oxford Street – Tracey Thorn
  5. The Night I Heard Caruso Sing – Ben Watt
  6. Goodbye Sunday
  7. Shadow on a Harvest Moon – Tracey Thorn
  8. Blue Moon Rose
  9. Tears All Over Town – Ben Watt
  10. Lonesome for a Place I Know
  11. Apron Strings