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The Auteurs: New Wave

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On February 22, 1993, “Hut” label released “New Wave”, the debut Auteurs (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by Phil Vinall and Luke Haines.

Personnel:

  • Luke Haines – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Alice Readman – bass guitar
  • Glenn Collins – drums
  • James Banbury – cello
  • Chris Wyles – percussion
  • Kuljit Bhamra – percussion
  • Joe Beckett – percussion
  • Phil Vinall – engineer
  • Peter Barrett – design
  • Andrew Biscomb – design
  • Stefan de Batselier – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Haines.

  1. Show Girl
  2. Bailed Out
  3. American Guitars
  4. Junk Shop Clothes
  5. Don’t Trust the Stars
  6. Starstruck
  7. How Could I Be Wrong
  8. Housebreaker
  9. Valet Parking
  10. Idiot Brother
  11. Early Years
  12. Home Again / Subculture (They Can’t Find Him) – (hidden track; it follows 20 seconds of silence after the end of Home Again)

Joe Henderson: Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn

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On February 18, 1992, “Verve” label released “Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn”, the 29th Joe Henderson album. It was recorded in September 1991, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Richard Seidel and Don Sickler.

Personnel:

  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Stephen Scott – piano
  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Gregory Hutchinson – drums
  • Don Sickler – arrangements, transcription
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mixing
  • Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant 
  • Camille Tominaro – production assistant
  • Larry Offsey – design
  • William Claxton – photography
  • Susan Ragan – photography
  • Stanley Crouch – liner notes
  • Dean Pratt – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Strayhorn except where noted.

  1. Isfahan – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  2. Johnny Come Lately
  3. Blood Count
  4. Rain Check
  5. Lotus Blossom
  6. A Flower is a Lovesome Thing
  7. Take the ‘A’ Train
  8. Drawing Room Blues
  9. U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
  10. Lush Life

Alison Krauss & The Union Station: Every Time You Say Goodbye

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On February 14, 1992, “Rounder” label released “Every Time You Say Goodbye”, the second Alison Krauss & Union Station studio album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Homeplace Studios Suite 2000” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Alison Krauss. In 1993, at the 35th “Grammy Awards” ceremony, “Every Time You Say Goodbye” won the “Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.”

Personnel:

  • Alison Krauss – vocals, fiddle
  • Ron Block – vocals, banjo
  • Tim Stafford – vocals, guitar
  • Adam Steffey – vocals, mandolin
  • Barry Bales – vocals, bass

Track listing:

  1. Every Time You Say Goodbye – John Pennell
  2. Another Night – Jack Adkins
  3. Last Love Letter – Sidney Cox
  4. Cluck Old Hen – traditional
  5. Who Can Blame You – Ron Block
  6. It Won’t Work This Time – Aubrey Holt
  7. Heartstrings – Marshall Wilborn
  8. I Don’t Know Why – Shawn Colvin
  9. Cloudy Days – Billy Ray Reynolds
  10. New Fool – Sidney Cox
  11. Shield of Faith – Ron Block
  12. Lose Again – Karla Bonoff
  13. Another Day, Another Dollar – Dan Tyminski
  14. Jesus Help Me to Stand – Ron Block

Alice In Chains: SAP

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On February 4, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Sap”, the second Alice in Chains studio EP. It was recorded in November 1991, at “London Bridge” in Seattle, and was produced by Rick Parashar

Personnel:

  • Jerry Cantrell – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Michael Starr – bass, guitar
  • Layne Staley – vocals, drums
  • Sean Kinney – drums, percussion, piano, megaphone
  • Mark Arm – vocals
  • Chris Cornell – vocals
  • Ann Wilson – vocals
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  • David Coleman – art direction
  • Rocky Schenck – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Cantrell, except where noted.

  1. Brother
  2. Got Me Wrong
  3. Right Turn
  4. Am I Inside – lyrics by Layne Staley, music by Jerry Cantrell
  5. Love Song (hidden track)

Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas: Songs to No One 1991–1992

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On October 15, 2002, “Circus Records” label released “Songs to No One 1991–1992”, album by Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas. This is album of materials from studio sessions, home tapes, and club performances recorded 1991 – 1992, during eight-month musical partnership between the duo. The album was produced by Hal Willner.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Buckley – vocals, harmonica
  • Gary Lucas – guitars
  • Bill Frisell – guitars
  • Jared Nickerson – bass
  • Tony Maimone – bass
  • Tony Lewis – drums
  • Anton Fier – drums
  • Sex Mob – Steven Berstein: trumpet, Briggan Krauss: baritone sax; Tony Scherr: bass, Kenny Wollesen: drums, Brian Mitchell: organ
  • Jack Vartoogian – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas, except where noted.

  1. Hymne à l’amour – Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot (Duet; Rehearsal Tape; recorded at Lucas Residence, NY City; 2/92)
  2. How Long Will It Take – Pat Kelly (Duet; Soundboard tape; recorded at CBGB, NY City; 4/23/92)
  3. Mojo Pin (Duet; Soundboard Tape; recorded at the Knitting Factory, NY City; 4/18/92)
  4. Song to No One (Duet; Rehearsal Tape; recorded at Lucas Residence, NY City; 10/91)
  5. Grace (Band; Studio Demo, recorded at Krypton Studios, NY City; 8/17/91)
  6. Satisfied Mind – Red Hayes, Jack Rhodes (Solo; Live broadcast from the Knitting Factory on Nicholas Hill’s Music Faucet, WFMU; 3/22/92)
  7. Cruel (Band; Live broadcast from the Knitting Factory on Nicholas Hill’s Music Faucet, WFMU; 3/22/92)
  8. She Is Free (Duet; Rehearsal Tape; recorded at Lucas Residence, NY City; 1/92)
  9. Harem Man (Duet; Rehearsal Tape; recorded at Lucas Residence, NY City; 1/92)
  10. Malign Fiesta (No Soul) (Band; Live broadcast from the Knitting Factory on Nicholas Hill’s Music Faucet, WFMU; 3/22/92) 
  11. Grace (Live) (Duet; Soundboard tape; recorded at club Roulette, NY City; 4/5/92)

The Tragically Hip: Fully Completely

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On October 6, 1992, “MCA” label released “Fully Completely”, the third Tragically Hip (The) studio album. It was recorded in August 1992, at “Battery” in London, and was produced by Chris Tsangarides.

Personnel:

  • Gord Downie – vocals
  • Bobby Baker – guitar
  • Paul Langlois – vocals, guitar
  • Gord Sinclair – vocals, bass
  • Johnny Fay – drums
  • Chris Tsangarides – engineer, mixing
  • Chris ‘Wood’ Marshall – engineer assistant
  • Ian Cooper – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Gord Downie, Bobby Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.

  1. Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)
  2. Looking for a Place to Happen
  3. At the Hundredth Meridian
  4. Pigeon Camera
  5. Lionized
  6. Locked in the Think of a Car
  7. We’ll Go, Too
  8. Fully Completely
  9. Fifty Mission Cap
  10. Wheat Kings
  11. The Wherewithal
  12. Eldorado

Chris Dreja

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On October 1, 2025, Christopher Walenty Dreja died aged 79. He was musician (guitar, bass) and photographer, member of bands Metropolitan Blues Quartet and Box of Frogs, but was best known as the rhythm guitarist and bassist for The Yardbirds. In 1992, as a member of the Yardbirds he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.

The Brecker Brothers: Out of the Loop

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On September 30, 1994, “GRP” label released “Out of the Loop”, the seventh and final Brecker Brothers (The) album. It was recorded April – August 1992, and was produced by George Whitty, Maz Kessler and Robbie Kilgore. In 1995 the album won two “Grammy Awards” – “Best Contemporary Jazz Performance” and “Best Instrumental Composition”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Brecker – soprano and tenor saxophone, Akai EWI, arrangements
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements
  • George Whitty – keyboards, Hammond organ bass, acoustic piano, keyboard programming, arrangements
  • Chris Botti – keyboard programming, bass and drum programming, arrangements
  • Andy Snitzer – keyboard programming, bass and drum programming, arrangements
  • Maz Kessler – keyboards, rhythm programming, arrangements
  • Robbie Kilgore – guitars, keyboards, rhythm programming, arrangements
  • Eliane Elias – vocals, keyboards, vocals, arrangements
  • Dean Brown – guitars, electric guitar
  • Larry Saltzman – guitars
  • James Genus – bass, acoustic bass
  • Armand Sabal-Lecco – bass, acoustic piccolo bass
  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Rodney Holmes – drums
  • Steve Thornton – percussion
  • Mark Ledford – additional backing vocals
  • James Farber – recording, mixing
  • George Whitty – additional recording
  • Chris Botti – additional recording
  • Andy Snitzer – additional recording
  • Rich Lamb – additional recording
  • Maz Kessler – mixing, additional recording
  • Robbie Kilgore – mixing, additional recording
  • “Q” Engstrom – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Elaine Elias – editing
  • Ron Bach – editing engineer
  • Hiro Ishihara – engineer assistant
  • Chris Albert – mixing assistant
  • Scott Austin – mixing assistant
  • Rory Romano – mixing assistant
  • Robert Smith – mixing assistant
  • Joseph Doughney – post-production engineer
  • Michael Landy – post-production engineer
  • Cara Bridgins – production coordinator
  • Joseph Moore – assistant production coordinator
  • Sonny Mediana – production director, art direction
  • Andy Baltimore – creative director
  • Darryl Pitt – cover concept
  • Laurie Goldman – design
  • Matt Zumbo – front cover illustration
  • Kim Steele – back cover photography
  • Dave Grusin – executive producer
  • Larry Rosen – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Slang – Michael Brecker
  2. Evocations – Chris Botti, Michael Brecker
  3. Scrunch – Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Maz Kessler, Robbie Kilgore
  4. Secret Heart – Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias
  5. African Skies – Michael Brecker
  6. When It Was – Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Maz Kessler, Robbie Kilgore
  7. Harpoon – Randy Brecker
  8. The Nightwalker – Michael Brecker
  9. And Then She Wept – Randy Brecker

Cissy Houston and Chuck Jackson: I’ll Take Care Of You

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On September 29, 1992, “Shanachie” label released “I’ll Take Care of You” album by Cissy Houston and Chuck Jackson. It was recorded June – July 1992, at “Acme Studios” in Mamaroneck, New York, and was produced by Peter Denenberg and Joe Perry.

Personnel:

  • Chuck Jackson – lead vocals
  • Cissy Houston – lead vocals
  • Joe Ferry – acoustic guitar, percussion, mixing
  • Hiram Bullock – electric guitar
  • Gil Parris – guitar
  • Richard Tee – piano, organ
  • Bruce Williamson – synthesizer, saxophone
  • Wilbur Bascomb – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Tommy McDonnell – congas, backing vocals
  • Barry Danielian – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Amanda Homi, Chuck St. Troy, Diane Garisto, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Nicki Richards, Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals
  • Doug Munro – arrangements, mixing
  • Thom Leinbach – engineer
  • Peter Denenberg – engineer, mixing
  • Randall Grass – mixing
  • Robert Vosgien – digital mastering
  • Stefan Grossman – art direction
  • Joan Pelosi – design
  • Shari Weingarten – photography

Track listing:

  1. Looking for Love – James Alexamder, Zelda Samuels
  2. Always on My Mind – Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson
  3. I Don’t Want to Cry – Chuck Jackson, Luther Dixon
  4. Why Do You Turn Away – Barbara Soehner, Michael Zager
  5. Take Me Back, I’m Sorry – Larry Weiss
  6. Are You Lonely for Me, Baby? – Bert Berns
  7. I Wanna Be with You – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  8. Waiting in Vain – Bob Marley
  9. I’ll Take Good Care of You – Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns
  10. You Make Me Feel Brand New – Thom Bell, Linda Creed

The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall

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On September 15, 1992, “American” label released “Hollywood Town Hall”, the third Jayhawks (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Hollywood Studio”, “Pachyderm Studio”, and was produced by George Drakoulias.

Personnel:

  • Mark Olson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
  • Gary Louris – vocals, electric guitar, fuzz guitar
  • Marc Perlman – bass
  • Ken Callahan – drums
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano
  • Benmont Tench – piano, organ
  • Charley Drayton – drums
  • Tom Herbers – engineer
  • Brian Jenkins – engineer
  • Brendan O’Brien – engineer
  • Jim Rondinelli – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Martyn Atkins – art direction
  • Andrew Catlin – cover photography
  • Dale Lavi – photography
  • Joe Henry – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Olson and Gary Louris, except where noted.

  1. Waiting for the Sun
  2. Crowded in the Wings
  3. Clouds
  4. Two Angels
  5. Take Me with You (When You Go)
  6. Sister Cry
  7. Settled Down Like Rain
  8. Wichita – Mark Olosn, Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  9. Nevada, California
  10. Martin’s Song