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Black Sabbath: Headless Cross

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On April 17, 1989, “I.R.S.” label released “Headless Cross”, the fourteenth Black Sabbath studio album. It was recorded August – November 1988, at “The Soundmill” in Leeds, “Woodcray Studios” in Berkshire, “Amazon Studios” in Liverpool, and was produced by Tony Iommi and Cozy Powell.

Personnel:

  • Tony Martin – vocals
  • Tony Iommi – guitars
  • Geoff Nicholls − keyboards
  • Laurence Cottle – bass
  • Cozy Powell – drums
  • Brian May – guitar solo
  • Sean Lynch – engineer, mixing
  • Jeremy Lewis – post-production equalisation, remixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Iommi, Tony Martin, Cozy Powell and Geoff Nicholls, except where noted.

  1. The Gates of Hell
  2. Headless Cross
  3. Devil & Daughter
  4. When Death Calls
  5. Kill in the Spirit World
  6. Call of the Wild
  7. Black Moon – Tony Iommi, Tony Martin, Geoff Nichols
  8. Nightwing – Tony Iommi, Tony Martin, Cozy Powell

Henry Threadgill Sextett:

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On April 4, 1989, “RCA Novus” label released “Rag, Bush and All”, the sixth Henry Threadgill Sextett album. It was recorded in December 1988, at “Clinton Recording Studios” in New York City and was produced by David Stone.

Personnel:

  • Henry Threadgill – alto saxophone, bass flute
  • Ted Daniel – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bill Lowe – bass trombone
  • Diedre Murray – cello
  • Fred Hopkins – bass
  • Reggie Nicholson – percussion
  • Newman Baker – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Henry Threadgill

  1. Off the Rag
  2. The Devil is on the Loose and Dancin’ with a Monkey
  3. Gift
  4. Sweet Holy Rag

Julian Lennon: Mr. Jordan

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On March 10, 1989, “Virgin” label released “Mr. Jordan”, the third Julian Lennon studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Johnny Yuma Recording” and “Skip Saylor Recording” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Patrick Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Julian Lennon – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic piano , design concept
  • Justin Clayton – guitars, lead guitar
  • John McCurry – guitars
  • Dann Huff – guitars
  • David Williams – guitars, backing vocals
  • David Daniels – guitars
  • Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar
  • Peter Frampton – guitar solo, backing vocals
  • Patrick Leonard – keyboards, drum programming,  synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ, Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano
  • Jai Winding – keyboards
  • Warren Ham – harmonica solo
  • Schuyler Deale – bass
  • Jonathan Moffett – drums, backing vocals
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – brushes
  • Frank Elmo – saxophone
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet
  • John Yoakum – English horn 
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Suzie Katayama – cello
  • Daniel Smith – cello
  • Fee Waybill – backing vocals
  • Alexandra Brown – backing vocals
  • Carmen Carter – backing vocals
  • Niki Haris – backing vocals
  • Donna De Lory – backing vocals
  • Fiona Flanagan – backing vocals
  • Marilyn Martin – backing vocals
  • Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
  • Brian Malouf – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Droman – engineer assistant
  • Ian Eales – engineer assistant
  • Rick Holbrook – engineer assistant
  • Patrick MacDougall – engineer assistant
  • Michael Vail Blum – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • John Good – drum technician
  • Ivy Skoff – production manager
  • Bob Defrin – art direction
  • Mark English – artwork
  • Timothy White – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Lennon and John McCurry, except where noted.

  1. Now You’re In Heaven
  2. You’re the One
  3. I Get Up
  4. Mother Mary – Julian Lennon
  5. Angillette
  6. Open Your Eyes – Julian Lennon
  7. Make It Up to You – Julian Lennon, Patrick Leonard
  8. Sunday Morning – Julian Lennon
  9. Second Time – Justin Clayton, Julian Lennon
  10. I Want You to Know
  11. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry

Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet and Pat Metheny: Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

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On March 3, 1989, “Elektra Nonesuch” label released “Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint”, album by Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet and Pat Metheny. It was recorded in 1988, at “Russian Hill Recording” in San Francisco, “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Judith Sherman.

Personnel:

  • Pat Metheny – guitar
  • David Harrington – violin (Kronos Quartet)
  • John Sherba – violin (Kronos Quartet)
  • Hank Dutt – viola (Kronos Quartet)
  • Joan Jeanrenaud – cello (Kronos Quartet)
  • Les Brockman – engineer
  • Rob Eaton – engineer
  • Rob Eaton – mixing
  • Gary Solomon, Michael Ahearn – engineer assistant
  • Ben Fowler – mixing assistant
  • Robert C. Ludwig – mastering
  • Jennifer Keats – production coordinator
  • David Oakes – producer assistant
  • Frank Olinsky, Manhattan Design – art direction, design
  • Karl Steinbrenner – photography
  • Betty Freeman – commissioned by
  • Steve Reich – liner notes
  • Robert Hurwitz – executive producer

Track listing:

Different Trains

All tracks by Steve Reich.

Performed by Kronos Quartet.

  1. America Before the War
  2. Europe During the War
  3. After the War

Electric Counterpoint

All tracks by Steve Reich.

Performed by Pat Metheny.

  1. Fast
  2. Slow
  3. Fast

Television Personalities: Privilege

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In February 1990, “Fire” label released “Privilege”, the fifth Television Personalities.album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Phil Vinall, Dan Treacy, Jowe Head and Jeffery Bloom.

Personnel:

  • Dan Treacy – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jowe Head – bass, strings, trumpet
  • Jefferey Bloom – drums
  • Matthew Fisher – engineer
  • Wilson Sharp – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Treacy, except where noted.

  1. Paradise Is For The Blessed
  2. A Good And Faithful Servant
  3. Conscience Tells Me No
  4. My Hedonistic Tendencies
  5. All My Dreams Are Dead
  6. Salvador Dali’s Garden Party
  7. The Man Who Paints The Rainbows
  8. What If It’s Raining?
  9. Sad Mona Lisa
  10. The Engine Driver Song
  11. Sometimes I Think You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself
  12. Privilege
  13. The Room At The Top Of The Stairs – Randall Hylton, Dan Treacy
  14. This Time There’s No Happy Ending
  15. Part One: Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations

Flaming Lips: Telepathic Surgery

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On February 17, 1989, “Restless / Enigma” label released “Telepathic Surgery”, the third Flaming Lips studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Goodnite Audio” in Dallas, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Richard English and Michael Ivins.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – lead vocals, guitar
  • Michael Ivins – bass, backing vocals
  • Richard English – drums, backing vocals, keyboards
  • Craig ‘Niteman’ Taylor – harmonica
  • Ruben Ayala – recording
  • Michele Vlasimsky – layout design, photography
  • Michelle Martin – photography

Track listing:

  1. Drug Machine in Heaven
  2. Right Now
  3. Michael Time tp Wake Up
  4. Chrome Plated Suicide
  5. Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin)
  6. Miracle on 42nd Street
  7. U.F.O. Story
  8. Redneck School of Technology
  9. Shaved Gorilla
  10. The Spontaneous Combustion of John
  11. The Last Drop of Morning Dew
  12. Begs and Achin

Anthony Braxton: Eugene

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In February 1989, “Black Saint” label released” Eugene”, the 58th Anthony Braxton album. It was recorded in January 1989, at “Beall Hall” in “University of Oregon”, in Oregon, and was produced by Mike Heffley.

Personnel:

  • Anthony Braxton – alto saxophone, conductor

The Northwest Creative Orchestra:

  • Rob Blakeslee, John Jensen, Ernie Carbajal – trumpet
  • Ed Kammerer, Tom Hill, Mike Heffley – trombone
  • Thom Bergeron, Jeff Homan, Carl Woideck, Mike Curtis – reeds
  • Mike Vannice – reeds, piano
  • Todd Barton – synthesizer
  • Joe Robinson – guitar
  • Forrest Moyer – bass
  • Tom Kelly – percussion
  • Charles Dowd – percussion, vibraphone

Track listing:

All tracks by Anthony Braxton.

  1. Composition No. 112
  2. Composition No. 91
  3. Composition No. 134
  4. Composition No. 100
  5. Composition No. 93
  6. Composition No. 45
  7. Composition No. 71
  8. Composition No. 59

Vlatko Stefanovski & Bodan Arsovski: Zodiac

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On October 4, 1990, “Third Ear Music” label released “Zodiac”, album by Vlatko Stefanovski and Bodan Arsovski. It was recorded in 1989, at ”Pitu Guli Sound Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Vlatko Stefanovski and Bodan Arcovski. It was used as soundtrack for theatre performance with the same name.

Personnel:

  • Vlatko Stefanovski – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Bodan Arsovski – bass, keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Bratislav Zafirovski Braco – recording
  • Vladimir Borojević – design
  • Rumen Ćamilov – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Vlatko Stefanovski and Bodan Arsovski.

  1. Prelude
  2. Pisces
  3. Aries
  4. Taurus
  5. Gemini
  6. Cancer
  7. Leo
  8. Virgo
  9. Libra
  10. Scorpio
  11. Sagittarius
  12. Capricorn
  13. Aquarius
  14. Finale

Michael Franks: Blue Pacific

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On May 31, 1990, “Reprise” label released “Blue Pacific”, the eleventh Michael Franks album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “JHL Sound” in Pacific Palisades, California, “Studio Ultimo” and “Soundworks West” in Los Angeles, “Ground Control Studios” in Burbank, California, “Ocean Way” and “Cherokee Studios” in Hollywood, “Larrabee Sound Studios” and “Schnee Studios” in North Hollywood, and was produced by Walter Becker, Tommy LiPumma and Jeff Lorber.

Personnel:

  • Michael Franks – vocals
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
  • Buzz Feiten – guitars, acoustic guitar
  • Dean Parks – electric guitar
  • Larry Carlton – guitars
  • Michael Thompson – guitars
  • Jeff Lorber – keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • John Beasley – keyboards
  • Joe Sample – acoustic piano
  • Larry Williams – synthesizer programming, synthesizer arrangements
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass
  • ‘Ready’ Freddie Washington – bass
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Sean Franks – cymbals
  • Peter Erskine – drums
  • John Guerin – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Michael Fisher – percussion
  • Marc Russo – alto saxophone
  • Bob Sheppard – tenor saxophone
  • Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone
  • Bunny Hull – backing vocals
  • Brenda Russell – backing vocals
  • Kareem – backing vocals
  • Livingston Taylor – backing vocals
  • Jeff Lorber – recording
  • Eric Rudd – recording assistant
  • Roger Nichols – recording, mixing
  • Al Schmitt – recording, additional recording
  • Chris Fuhrman – additional recording assistant
  • Tom Hardisty – recording assistant
  • Scott Ralston – recording assistant
  • Clif Norrell – recording assistant
  • Joey Wolpert – additional recording
  • Ed Torgerson – additional recording assistant
  • Gabe Moffat – additional recording assistant
  • Bill Schnee – mixing
  • Alan Meyerson – mixing
  • Neal Pogue – mixing assistant
  • Ken Allardyce – mixing assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Sonny Abelardo – production coordinator
  • Carol Parks – production coordinator
  • Jeri and John Heiden – art direction, design
  • Kip Lott – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Franks.

  1. The Art of Love
  2. Woman in the Wave
  3. All I Need
  4. Long Slow Dance
  5. Vincent’s Ear
  6. Speak to Me
  7. On the Inside
  8. Chez Nous
  9. Blue Pacific
  10. Crayon Sun (Safe at Home)

Bob Mould: Workbook

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On May 2, 1989, “Omnivore” and “Virgin” labels released “Workbook”, the debut Bob Mould studio album. It was recorded December 1988 – January 1989, at “Paisley Park” in Chanhassen, “Grog Kill” in Willow, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, percussion
  • Tony Maimone – bass guitar
  • Anton Fier – drums
  • Steven Haigler – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. Sunspots
  2. Wishing Well
  3. Heartbreak a Stranger
  4. See a Little Light
  5. Poison Years
  6. Sinners and Their Repentances
  7. Brasilia Crossed with Trenton
  8. Compositions for the Young and Old
  9. Lonely Afternoon
  10. Dreaming, I Am
  11. Whichever Way the Wind Blows