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Swirlies: Blonder Tongue Audio Baton

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On March 26, 1993, “Taang!” label released “Blonder Tongue Audio Baton”, the debut Swirlies studio album. It was recorded June – November 1992, at “Q Division Studios” in Boston, and was produced by Rich Costey, Damon Tuntunjian, Seana Carmody, Andy Bernick and Ben Drucker.

Personnel:

  • Damon Tuntunjian – vocals, guitar, Casio VL-5, Minimoog, chamberlin, engineer, mixing
  • Seana Carmody – vocals, guitar, Minimoog, chamberlin, engineer, mixing
  • Andy Bernick – bass, radio, artwork, engineer, mixing
  • Ben Drucker – drums, engineer, mixing
  • Morgan Andrews – Chimp guitar
  • Kevin March – drums
  • Mark “Spongey” Rivers – drums
  • Ron Regé, Jr. – art direction, design, masking tape pull recordist
  • Peter J. Haskett, Raymond Huffman – prelude
  • Dan – Moth talk recordist
  • Sentridoh and Madbox – Moth talk ambient and cover-up music
  • Rich Costey – engineer, mixing
  • Kerri Bennet – artwork, art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Tuntunjian, Seana Carmody, Andy Bernick and Ben Drucker.

  1. Bell (Prelude)
  2. Bell
  3. Vigilant Always
  4. His Love Just Washed Away
  5. His Life of Academic Freedom
  6. Pancake
  7. Jeremy Parker
  8. Park the Car (by the Side of the Road)
  9. Tree Chopped Down
  10. Wrong Tube
  11. Wait Forever

Juliana Hatfield: Hey Babe

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On March 17, 1992, “Mammoth” label released “Hey Babe”, the debut Juliana Hatfield album. It was recorded in 1991, at Fort Apache” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was produced by Gary Smith.

Personnel:

  • Juliana Hatfield – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, horns
  • Evan Dando – vocals, guitar
  • Chick Graning – slide guitar, E Bow 
  • Mike Leahy – guitar
  • Gary Smith – guitar
  • Clay Tarver – guitar
  • Michael Wegner – guitar
  • Mike Watt – bass
  • Paul Trudeau – drums
  • Todd Philips – drums
  • John Wesley Harding – vocals
  • Adam Lasus – engineer
  • Carl Plaster – engineer
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – mixing
  • Sean Slade – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Balcom – executive producer
  • Jay Faires – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Juliana Hatfield, except where noted. 

  1. Everybody Loves Me but You
  2. Lost and Saved – Juliana Hatfield, John Strohm
  3. I See You
  4. The Lights
  5. Nirvana
  6. Forever Baby
  7. Ugly
  8. No Outlet
  9. Quit
  10. Get Off Your Knees
  11. No Answer
     

Sting:Ten Summoner’s Tales

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On March 1, 1993, “A&M” label released “Ten Summoner’s Tales”, the fourth Sting studio album. It was recorded June – December 1992, at “Lake House” in Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Hugh Padgham and Sting.

Personnel:

  • Sting – vocals, bass guitar, double bass, harmonica, saxophone, arrangements
  • Dominic Miller – guitars
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
  • David Sancious – keyboards
  • Larry Adler – chromatic harmonica
  • Brendan Power – chromatic harmonica
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Richard Edwards – trombone
  • Mark Nightingale – trombone
  • John Barclay – trumpet
  • Guy Barker – trumpet
  • Dave Heath – flute
  • Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian small pipes, fiddle
  • Simon Fischer – violin
  • Kathryn Greeley – violin
  • James Boyd – viola
  • Sian Bell – cello
  • David Foxxe – narration
  • Hugh Padgham – engineer, mixing
  • Andrew Bradfield – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lewis – engineer assistant
  • Simon Osborne – engineer assistant
  • Roger Lian – digital editing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Danny Quatrochi – personal technical assistant
  • Richard Frankel – art direction, design
  • Norman Moore – art direction, design
  • Kevin Westenberg – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sting, except where noted..

  1. Prologue (If I Ever Lose My Faith in You)
  2. Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
  3. Fields of Gold
  4. Heavy Cloud No Rain
  5. She’s Too Good for Me
  6. Seven Days
  7. Saint Augustine in Hell
  8. It’s Probably Me – Sting, Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen
  9. Everybody Laughed but You
  10. Shape of My Heart – Sting, Dominic Miller
  11. Something the Boy Said
  12. Epilogue (Nothing ‘Bout Me)

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”.