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The Golden Palominos: A Dead Horse

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On January 1, 1989, “Celluloid Records” label released “A Dead Horse”, the fourth Golden Palominos album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Platinum Island Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Anton Fier.

Personnel:

  • Anton Fier– drums, additional production
  • Nicky Skopelitis– guitar
  • Bill Laswell– bass violon
  • Amanda Kramer– vocals
  • Mick Taylor– guitar
  • Robert Kidney – guitar
  • Larry Saltzman – guitar
  • Jeff Bova– keyboards, programming
  • Chuck Leavell– keyboards
  • Bernie Worrell– Hammond organ
  • Aïyb Dieng– percussion
  • Oz Fritz – engineer, mixing, recording
  • Steve Rinkoff – mixing, recording
  • William Garrett – recording
  • John Herman – recording
  • Robert Musso – recording
  • Steve Klatz – drum technician
  • Robert Longo – design, photography
  • Christiane Mathan – design
  • Frank W. Ockenfels– photography

Track listing:

  1. Wild River – Robert Kidney
  2. Shattered Image – Amanda Kramer, Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis
  3. Angel of Death – Amanda Kramer, Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis
  4. Lucky – Robert Kidney
  5. Darklands – Amanda Kramer, Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis
  6. A Letter Back – Robert Kidney
  7. Over – Amanda Kramer, Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis

Rush: Presto

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On November 21, 1989, “Anthem Records” label released “Presto”, the thirteenth Rush studio album. It was recorded June – August 1989, at “Le Studio” in Morin Heights, Quebec, “McClear Place” in Toronto, Ontario, and was produced by  Rupert Hine, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart and Geddy Lee. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “CRIA”.

Personnel:

  • Alex Lifeson – acoustic and electric guitars, arrangement
  • Geddy Lee– vocals, bass guitar, synthesizers, arrangement
  • Neil Peart– drums, electronic percussion, arrangement
  • Rupert Hine– additional keyboards, backing vocals, arrangement
  • Jason Sniderman– additional keyboards
  • Stephen W. Tayler– engineer, mixing
  • Simon Pressey, Jaques Deveau, Rick Anderson – recording assistant
  • Matt Howe – mixing assistant
  • Everett Ravenstein – pre-production engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Hugh Syme– art direction
  • Scarpati – photography
  • Andrew MacNaughtan – portraits

Track listing:

All lyrics by Neil Peart, all music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.

  1. Show Don’t Tell
  2. Chain Lightning
  3. The Pass
  4. War paint
  5. Scars
  6. Presto
  7. Superconductor
  8. Anagram (For Mongo)
  9. Red Tide
  10. Hand Over Fist
  11. Available Light

Jack Bruce: A Question of Time

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On October 3, 1989, “Epic” label released “A Question of Time”, the ninth Jack Bruce studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Jack Bruce and Joe Blaney.

Personnel:

  • Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, keyboards, piano, cello, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, harmonica
  • Jimmy Ripp, Vernon Reid, Albert Collins, Vivian Campbell, Malcolm Bruce – guitar
  • Paul Barrere- slide guitar
  • Allan Holdsworth- guitar, SynthAxe
  • Bernie Worrell- piano, keyboards, Melodica, Hammond organ, synth, Clavinet, backing vocals
  • Nicky Hopkins, Jonas Bruce – piano
  • Dougie Bowne, Ginger Baker, Tony Williams – drums
  • Mark Nauseef- Ghanaian drums, percussion
  • Zakir Hussain– tablas
  • Steve Jordan– percussion
  • The Savage Horns – John Abernathy saxophone
  • Gary “Bone” Cooper – backing vocals
  • The Golden Gate Boys Choir, The SoMa Footlights Chorus – choir

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack Bruce.

  1. Life on Earth
  2. Make Love
  3. No Surrender
  4. Flying
  5. Hey Now Princess
  6. Blues You Can’t Lose
  7. Obsession
  8. Kwela
  9. Let Me Be
  10. Only Playing Games
  11. A Question of Time
  12. Grease the Wheels

Rickie Lee Jones: Pop Pop

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On September 24, 1991, “Geffen” label released “Pop Pop”, the sixth Rickie Lee Jones album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Skyline Recording” in Topanga, California, and was produced by Rickie Lee Jones and David Was.

Personnel:

  • Rickie Lee Jones – vocals; acoustic guitar
  • Robben Ford- acoustic guitar
  • Charlie Haden – acoustic bass
  • Michael O’Neill – acoustic guitar
  • John Leftwich – acoustic bass
  • Walfredo Reyes, Jr.- bongos, shakers
  • Michael Greiner – hurdy-gurdy
  • Bob Sheppard- clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Joe Henderson- tenor saxophone
  • Dino Saluzzi– bandoneon
  • Charlie Shoemake– vibraphone
  • Steven Kindler – violin
  • April Gay, Arnold McCuller, David Was, Donny Gerrard, Terry Bradford – backing vocals
  • Greg Penny, John Eden, Jon Ingoldsby – engineer
  • Kevin Reagan – art direction, design
  • Pascal Nabet Meyer – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. My One and Only Love – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
  2. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
  3. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo – Bronisław Kaper, Helen Deutsch
  4. Up from the Skies – Jimi Hendrix
  5. The Second Time Around – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  6. Dat Dere – Bobby Timmons, Oscar Brown, Jr.
  7. I’ll Be Seeing You – Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain
  8. Bye Bye Blackbird – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
  9. The Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
  10. I Won’t Grow Up – Carolyn Leigh, Mark Charlap
  11. Love Junkyard – David Weiss, John Keller
  12. Comin’ Back to Me – Marty Balin

Camper Van Beethoven: Key Lime Pie

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On September 5, 1989, “Virgin” label released “Key Lime Pie”, the ninth and final  Camper Van Beethoven studio album. It was recorded February – July 1989, and was produced by Dennis Herring.

Personnel:

  • David Lowery– vocals,, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Victor Krummenacher– vocals, bass
  • Greg Lisher– vocals, guitar
  • Chris Pedersen– vocals, percussion, drums
  • Tim Cook – pedal steel
  • Morgan Fichter – vocals, violin
  • Garth Hudson- organ, talking
  • Hammer Smith – harmonica
  • Don Lax – fiddle, strings
  • Danny Faragher – backing vocals
  • Davey Faragher- backing vocals
  • Wally Sound – backing vocals
  • Mary O’Neil – backing vocals
  • Dennis Herring– engineer
  • Charles Paakkari – engineer, second engineer
  • Csaba Petocz – engineer, mixing
  • Peter Doell – engineer
  • Shawna Stobie – mixing
  • Mark Herman – mixing
  • Vince Zermeno – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Bruce Licher – design
  • Greg Allen – photography
  • Andre Lansel – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Victor Krummenacher, Greg Lisher, David Lowery and Chris Pedersen, except where noted.

  1. Opening Theme
  2. Jack Ruby
  3. Sweethearts
  4. When I Win the Lottery
  5. (I Was Born in a) Laundromat
  6. Borderline
  7. The Light from a Cake
  8. June
  9. All Her Favorite Fruit
  10. Interlude – Brandon Flowers, David Lowery, Eric Curkendall, Chris Hart
  11. The Humid Press of Days
  12. Pictures of Matchstick Men – Francis Rossi
  13. Come on Darkness

Electronic: Same

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On May 27, 1991, “Factory“ label released the self-titled, debut Electronic album. It was recorded 1989 – 1991, at “Clear Studios” in Manchester, and was produced by Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr.

Personnel:

  • Bernard Sumner– vocals, keyboards, programming
  • Johnny Marr– guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Neil Tennant– vocals
  • Chris Lowe– keyboards
  • Donald Johnson – drums, percussion
  • David Palmer – drums
  • Denise Johnson – vocals
  • Helen Powell – oboeon
  • Andrew Robinson – additional programming
  • Owen Morris – engineer
  • Johnson/Panas (Trevor Johnson) – cover art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr, except where noted.

  1. Idiot Country
  2. Reality
  3. Tighten Up
  4. The Patience of a Saint – Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
  5. Getting Away with It – not on the original release with the red cover. First appeared on the re-release with the black cover
  6. Gangster
  7. Soviet
  8. Get the Message
  9. Try All You Want
  10. Some Distant Memory
  11. Feel Every Beat

Todd Rundgren: Nearly Human

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On May 18, 1989, “Warner Bros” label released “Nearly Human”, the twelve Todd Rundgren album. It was recorded June 1988 – February 1989, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley and “The Plant” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Todd Rundgren – guitar, arranger, artwork, typography
  • Lyle Workman– guitar
  • Brent Bourgeois– keyboards
  • Byron Allred – keyboards
  • Jimmy Pugh – Hammond organ
  • Roger Powell – synthesizer
  • Larry Tagg – bass guitar
  • Michael Pluznick- congas, shekere and percussion
  • Scott Mathews– vocals
  • Bobby Womack- vocals
  • Narada Michael Walden– choirmaster
  • Paul Shaghoian – trumpet
  • Mike Rose – trumpet
  • John Tenney – strings
  • Clarence Clemons- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Todd Rundgren, except where noted.

  1. The Want of a Nail
  2. The Waiting Game
  3. Parallel Lines
  4. Two Little Hitlers – Elvis Costello
  5. Can’t Stop Running
  6. Unloved Children
  7. Fidelity
  8. Feel It – Todd Rundgren, The Tubes, Vince Welnick
  9. Hawking
  10. I Love my Life

Aretha Franklin: Through the Storm

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On April 27, 1989, “Arista” label released “Through the Storm”, the thirty-second Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin and Aretha Franklin.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin– lead and backing vocals, piano, vocal engineer
  • James Brown – lead vocals
  • Elton John– lead vocals
  • Four Tops– lead and backing vocals
  • Whitney Houston– lead vocals
  • Corrado Rustici – guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Steve Khan– guitar
  • Reggie Griffin – guitar
  • David Paich– piano
  • David Foster– piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
  • Walter Afanasieff– keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Aaron Zigman– keyboards, bass vocals
  • Ren Klyce– additional keyboards, programming
  • Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, piano
  • Louis Johnson– bass guitar
  • Jerry Knight – bass guitar
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums
  • John Robinson– drums
  • Yogi Horton– drums
  • Sammy Merendino – electronic drums
  • Narada Michael Walden– electronic drums, sequencer, synthesizer, arrangements
  • Steve Kroon – percussion
  • George Devens – percussion
  • Greg Gigi Gonaway– cymbal
  • Kenny G– saxophone
  • Marc Russo– saxophone
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
  • Kenneth Hitchcock – baritone saxophone
  • Kent Smith – trumpet
  • Chris Botti– trumpet
  • Mike Davis – trombone
  • Liz Jackson – backing vocals
  • Skyler Jett – backing vocals
  • Melisa Kary – backing vocals
  • Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
  • Edie Lehman – backing vocals
  • Marti McCall – backing vocals
  • Claytoven Richardson– backing vocals
  • Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
  • Margaret Branch – backing vocals
  • Siedah Garrett– backing vocals
  • “Bongo” Bob Smith – programming
  • Arif Mardin– arrangements
  • Rod Hui – recording, mixing
  • Mike Lacopelli – recording, vocal recording
  • Lincoln Clapp – engineer
  • David Frazer – engineer
  • Darren Klein – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Mardin– programming, sequencer, recording, mixing
  • Peter Max – front and back cover art
  • Marlene Cohen – art direction
  • Norman Parkinson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Gimme Your Love – Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
  2. Mercy – Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard
  3. He’s the Boy – Aretha Franklin
  4. It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  5. Through the Storm – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  6. Think (1989) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  7. Come to Me – Willard Eugene Price
  8. If Ever a Love There Was – Pamela Phillips Oland, Todd Cerney

Czeslaw Niemen: Terra Deflorata

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On February 20, 1989, “Veriton” label released “Terra Deflorata”, the thirteen Czeslaw Niemen album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Czeslaw Niemen.

Personnel:

  • Czeslaw Niemen – all instruments engineer
  • Małgorzata Niemen – design
  • Juliusz Wydrzycki – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Czeslaw Niemen.

  1. I will look for myself
  2. Claustrophobia
  3. Status of my self
  4. Bad Sickness
  5. Terra Deflorata
  6. Unisono (On ​​Confused Languages)
  7. Starting from Cain

Jon Anderson: Toltec

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On January 30, 1996, “High Street” and “Windham Hill Records” labels released “Toltec”, the ninth Jon Anderson album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, and was produced by Jon Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Jon Anderson – vocals
  • Freddy Ramos – guitars
  • Otmaro Ruiz – solo keyboards
  • Keith Heffner- keyboards, orchestration
  • Salo Loyo – keyboards
  • Eduardo del Signore – bass
  • Paul Haney – sax
  • Luis Perez – percussion
  • Charles Bisharat – violin
  • Patricia Hood – harp
  • Deborah Anderson – harmonic vocals
  • Nina Swan – vocals
  • Maria E Del Ray – vocals
  • Daniel Navarro – vocals
  • David Eric Lowen – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Anderson.

Part I

  1. The Book Opens
  2. Quick Words (Talk- Talk) – Jon Anderson, Luis Perez
  3. Shall We Play The Game
  4. Semati Siyonpme

Part II

  1. Good Day Morning
  2. Leap into The Inconceivable
  3. Song of Home
  4. Building Bridges – Jon Anderson, Eduardo del Signore
  5. Sound And Color
  6. Longwalker Speaks

Part III

  1. Maazo Maazo
  2. Enter Ye The Mystery School
  3. Ave Verum – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart