On September 26, 2003, Robert Allen Palmer died aged 54. He was musician (guitar),singer, songwriter and music producer, member of bands Joe Vinegar and The Power Station. He had powerful, distinctive, gritty, soulful voice and sartorial elegance, his music combined soul, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues elements. Palmer had successful solo career, received a number of awards, including “ASCAP Pop Music Award” for “Most Performed Songs” (1986 and 1990), two “Grammy Awards” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” (1989), “MTV Video Music Award” (1986), “Pollstar Concert Industry Awards” for “Small Hall Tour Of The Year” (1987). As leader, Palmer released 15 albums.
Tag Archives: 1990
Phish: Lawn Boy
On September 21, 1990, “Absolute A Go Go Records” label released “Lawn Boy”, the second Phish album. It was recorded May – December 1989, at “Archer Studios” in Winooski, Vermont, and was produced by Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman.
Personnel:
- Trey Anastasio – lead vocals, guitars, arranger
- Page McConnell – lead and backing vocals, piano, organ
- Mike Gordon – co-lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
- Jon Fishman – drums, vacuum cleaner, backing vocals
- Giant Country Horns:
- Joseph Sommerville, Jr. – trumpet
- Dave “The Truth” Grippo – alto saxophone
- Russell B. Remington – tenor saxophone
- Christine Lynch – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall, except where noted.
- The Squirting Coil
- Reba – Trey Anastasio
- My Sweet One – Jon Fishman
- Split Open and Melt – Trey Anastasio
- The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony – Trey Anastasio
- Bathtub Gin – Trey Anastasio, Suzannah Goodman
- Run Like an Antilope – Trey Anastasio, Steve Pollak
- Lawn Boy
- Bouncing Around the Room
His Name Is Alive: Home Is in Your Head
On September 9, 1991, “4AD” label released “Home Is in Your Head”, the second His Name Is Alive studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, and was produced by Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer and Warren Defever.
Personnel:
- Warren Defever – guitar, pencil guitar, bass, samples
- Karin Oliver – vocals, guitar
- Melissa Elliott – guitar, pencil guitar
- Jymn Auge – guitar, song
- Denise James – vocals, song
- Karen Neal – vocals
- Damian Lang – drums, rainmaker, crashers, bone
- Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer – mixing
- Gus Shaw – mastering
- Vaughan Oliver/v23 – art direction, design
- Dominic Davies – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Warren Defever, except where noted.
- Are You Comin’ Down This Weekend?
- Her Eyes were Huge Things
- The Charmer
- Hope Called in Sick [Song of Schizophrenia, Part One]
- My Feathers Needed Cleaning [Song of Schizophrenia, Part Two]
- The Well [Song of Schizophrenia, Part Three]
- There’s Something Between Us and He’s Changing My Words – Bone Machine
- The Phoenix, a Pool of Ice
- Are We Still Married?
- Put Your Finger in Your Eye
- Home is in Your Head
- Why People Disappear
- Here Eyes are Huge
- Save the Birds
- Chances are We are Mad
- Mescalina
- Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Outlooking
- Very Bad a Bitter Hand
- Beautiful and Pointless
- Tempe
- Spirit and Body
- Love’s a Fish Eye
- Dreams are of the Body/The Other Body
Conway Savage
On September 2, 2018, Conway Victor Savage died aged 58. He was musician (piano, organ) and singer, member of the bands Happy Orphans, The Feral Dinosaurs, and Dave Last and The Legendary Boy Kings, but was best known as piano and organ player in Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (1990 – 1993). As leader he released three albums.
Bob Geldof: The Vegetarians of Love
In July 1990, “Mercury” label released “The Vegetarians of Love”, the second Bob Geldof studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at “Maison Rouge Studios” in London, and was produced by Rupert Hine.
Personnel:
- Bob Geldof – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
- Phil Palmer – acoustic and electric guitars
- Geoff Richardson – viola, electric and acoustic guitar, clarinet, saxophone, recorders, penny whistles, ukulele, assorted kitchen utensils
- Rupert Hine – piano, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
- Steve Fletcher – piano, organ
- Alan Dunn – accordion, organ
- Pete Briquette – bass guitar, keyboard
- Bob Loveday – violin, penny whistle, bass guitar
- Gerry Moffet – electric guitar
- Gordon Bonnar – guitar
- David A. Stewart – guitar
- Paul Carrack – organ
- Geoff Dugmore – drums, percussion
- Kevin Godley – backing vocals
- Cameron Jenkins – saxophone
- Stephen W Tayler – recording, mixing
- Andrew Scarth – recording
- Emmanuel Taylor – recording assistant
- Cameron Jenkins – mixing
- Arun Chakraverty – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Bob Geldof, except where noted.
- A Gospel Song
- Love or Something – Bob Geldof, David A. Stewart
- The Great Song of Indifference
- Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things – Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette
- Big Romantic Stuff
- Crucified Me
- The Chains of Pain – Bob Geldof, Danny Mitchell
- A Rose at Night
- No Small Wonder – Bob Geldof, Danny Mitchell
- Walking Back to Happiness
- Let It Go
- The End of the World
Squeeze: Play
On July 23, 1991, “Reprise” label released “Play”, the tenth Squeeze album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Wood Wharf Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Berg.
Personnel:
- Glenn Tilbrook – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Chris Difford – guitar, backing vocals
- Keith Wilkinson – bass, backing vocals
- Gilson Lavis – drums
- Tony Berg – keyboards, guitars
- Bruce Hornsby – accordion
- Matt Irving – keyboards
- Steve Nieve – keyboards
- Claudia Fontaine, Beverly Skeete, Laurence Johnson, Paul Lee – backing vocals
- Betsy Petrie, Blanche Black, Christopher Guest, Gabriele Morgan, Mary Jo Braun, Michael McKean, Michael Penn, Steven Soles, Wendie Colter – choir
- Jerry Hey, Bill Reichenbach, Dan Higgins, Gary Grant, Larry Williams – horns
- Arme Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Joel Derouin, John Acevedo, Larry Corbet, Bob Becker, Sid Page, Suzie Katayama – strings
Track listing:
All tracks by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.
- Satisfied
- Crying in My Sleep
- Letting Go
- The Day I Get Home
- The Truth
- House of Love
- Cupid’s Toy
- Gone to the Dogs
- Walk a Straight Line
- Sunday Street
- Wicked and Cruel
- There Is a Voice
Meat Puppets: Forbidden Places
On July 1, 1991, “London” label released “Forbidden Places”, the seventh studio Meat Puppets studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Pete Anderson.
Personnel:
- Curt Kirkwood – vocals, guitar
- Cris Kirkwood – bass, backing vocals, illustrations
- Derrick Bostrom – drums, percussion
- Skip Edwards – organ
- Alex Acuña – percussion
- Dusty Wakeman – programming, recording
- Pete Doell – recording engineer
- Kevin Reeves, Leslie Ann Jones, Ray Blair, Tracy Chisholm – additional engineering
- Judy Clapp – mixing
- Stephen Marrcussen – mastering
- Klotz – art direction
- Michael Lavine – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Curt Kirkwood.
- Sam
- Nail It Down
- This Day
- Open Wide
- Another Moon
- That’s How It Goes
- Whirlpool
- Popskull
- No Longer Gone
- Forbidden Places
- Six Gallon Pie
Aretha Franklin: What You See Is What You Sweat
On June 25, 1991, “Arista” label released “What You See Is What You Sweat”, the thirty-third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, David “Pic” Conley, Aretha Franklin, Michel Legrand, Oliver Leiber, Gene Lennon, Bruce Roberts, Joshua Thompson, David Townsend, Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden and Elliot Wolff.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano
- Rick Iantosca – acoustic guitar
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
- Dean Parks – guitar
- Vernon Black – guitar
- David Townsend – guitar
- Jean-Marc Benais – guitar
- Teddy F. White – guitar
- Al Turner – bass guitar
- Marcus Miller – bass guitar
- Dominique Bertram – bass guitar
- Rudolph Stansfield – piano
- Thierry Eliez – piano
- Skip Anderson – keyboards
- Burt Bacharach – keyboards
- Oliver Leiber – keyboards, drum programming, guitar
- Jason Miles – keyboards
- Louis Biancaniello – keyboards, programming
- David Foster – keyboards, programming
- Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards
- Bobby Wooten – keyboards, electric piano, drum programming, synthesizer
- Michael Boddicker – keyboards, programming
- Hubert Eaves III – keyboards, drum programming
- Elliot Wolff – keyboards, drum programming
- Joshua Thompson – keyboards, guitar, synthesizer
- Peter Schwartz – additional keyboards
- Charles Scales – synthesizer
- Michel Legrand – synthesizer
- Guy Vaughn – drum programming
- Narada Michael Walden – drums, programming
- Buster Marbury – drums
- André Ceccarelli – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Larry Fratangelo – percussion
- Larry Williams – programming
- Franck Thore – Pan pipes
- Onita Sanders – harp
- Candy Dulfer – saxophone
- David Boruff – saxophone
- Gene Lennon – programming
- Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
- Jesse Richardson – backing vocals
- Sandra Feva – backing vocals
- Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
- Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
- Diane Green – backing vocals
- Sherry Fox – backing vocals
- Portia Griffin – backing vocals
- Margaret Branch – backing vocals
- Jarvis Barker – backing vocals
- Nikita Germaine – backing vocals
- Skyler Jett – backing vocals
- Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals
- Tony Lindsay – backing vocals
- Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals
- Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
- Donna Davis – backing vocals
- Marj Harber – backing vocals
- Esther Ridgeway – backing vocals
- Gloria Ridgeway – backing vocals
- Gracie Ridgeway – backing vocals
- Clive Davis – executive producer
Track listing:
- Everyday people – Sly Stone
- Ever Changing Times – Burt Bacharach, Bill Conti, Carole Bayer Sager
- What You See Is What You Sweat – David Conley, Derrick Culler, Gene Lennon, Joshua Thompson
- Mary Goes Round – Elliot Wolff, Oliver Leiber
- I Dreamed a Dream – Alain Boubill, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean Marc Natel, Claude Michel Schonberg
- Someone’s Else’s Eyes – Bruce Roberts, Burt Bacharach, Bayer Sager
- Doctor’s Orders – Luther Vandross, Hubert Eaves III
- You Can’t Take Me for Granted – Aretha Franklin
- What You Give – Aretha Franklin
- Everyday People (Shep Pettibone Remix) – Sly Stone
His Name Is Alive: Livonia
On June 25, 1990, “4AD” label released “Livonia”, the debut His Name Is Alive album. It was recorded 1985 – 1990, at “Graceland Studios” in New Boston, Michigan, and Warren Defever’s house in Livonia, Michigan, and was produced by Warren Defever, Ivo Watts-Russell, and John Fryer.
Personnel:
- Warren Defever – guitars, basses, samples
- Karin Oliver – vocals
- Angie Carozzo – vocals
- Jymn Auge – guitar
- Tracy – bassoon
- Damian Lang – percussion
- Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer – mixing
- Vaughan Oliver/v23 – art direction, design
- Chris Bigg – design assistance
- Beverly Carruthers – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Warren Defever, Karin Oliver, Angie Carozzo, Jymn Auge, Tracy and Damian Lang.
- As We Could Ever
- e-nicole
- If July
- Some and I
- fossil
- E-Nicole
- Caroline’s Supposed Demon
- Fossil
- reincarnation
- You and I Have Seizures
- How Ghosts Affect Relationships
- Darkest Dreams
Klaus Schulze: Beyond Recall
On June 24, 1991, “Virgin” label released “Beyond Recall”, the twenty-third Klaus Schulze album. It was recorded August – September 1990, and was produced by Klaus Schulze.
Personnel:
- Klaus Schulze – synthesizers, electronics, programming
Track listing:
All tracks by Klaus Schulze.
- Gringo Nero
- Trancess
- Brave Old Sequence
- The Big Fall
- Airlights
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