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Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet: The Juliet Letters

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On January 19, 1993, “Warner Bros” label released “The Juliet Letters”, the fourteen Elvis Costello studio album.  It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by The Brodsky Quartet, Elvis Costello and and Kevin Killen.

Personnel:

  • Declan MacManus (Elvis Costello)– vocal

The Brodsky String Quartet

  • Ian Belton– violin
  • Michael Thomas– violin
  • Paul Cassidy– viola
  • Jaqueline Thomas– cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Declan MacManus, except where noted.

  1. Deliver Us
  2. For Other Eyes – MacManus,Paul Cassidy, Marina Thomas
  3. Swine – Declan MacManus, Paul Cassidy
  4. Expert Rites
  5. Dead Letter – Paul Cassidy
  6. I Almost Had a Weakness – Declan MacManus, Michael Thomas
  7. Why? – Declan MacManus, Ian Belton
  8. Who Do You Think You Are? – Declan MacManus, Marina Thomas, Michael Thomas
  9. Taking My Life in Your Hands – Declan MacManus,Jaqueline Thomas, Marina.Thomas, Paul Cassidy
  10. This Offer Is Unrepeatable – Declan MacManus, Paul Cassidy, Ian Belton, Jaqueline Thomas, Michael Thomas
  11. Dear Sweet Filthy World – Declan MacManus, Ian Belton, Marina Thomas
  12. The Letter Home – Declan MacManus, Ian Belton, Paul Cassidy
  13. Jacksons, Monk and Rowe – Declan MacManus, Jaqueline Thomas, Michael Thomas
  14. This Sad Burlesque – Declan MacManus, Paul Cassidy
  15. Romeo’s Séance – Declan MacManus, Marina Thomas, Michael Thomas
  16. I Thought I’d Write to Juliet
  17. Last Post – Michael Thomas, traditional
  18. The First to Leave
  19. Damnation’s Cellar
  20. The Birds Will Still Be Singing

Frank Zappa

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On December 4, 1993, Frank Vincent Zappa died aged 52.  He was musician (guitar, various instruments), composer, bandleader, producer, actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than 30 years, with The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist, Zappa released  more than 60 albums, working most of the time as an independent artist. His work gained critical acclaim worldwide; magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked him at No. 71 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”, and in 2011 at No. 22 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. In 1995, Zappa was posthumously inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” and in 1997 he was posthumously awarded with the “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award”.

Albert Collins

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On November 24, 1993, Albert Collins died aged 60. He was musician (guitar) and singer, best known for his distinctive, powerful guitar style, which gained him the title “The Master of the Telecaster”. From his first album “The Cool Sounds of Albert Collins” in 1965 till “Iceman” from 1991, Collins has released ten studio and nine live albums.

Frank Zappa: The Yellow Shark

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On November 2, 1993, “Barking Pumpkin Records” label released “The Yellow Shark”, the sixty second Frank Zappa’ album. “The Yellow Shark” features live recordings from the “Ensemble Modern’s” 1992 performances of Zappa’s orchestral music, and was produced by  Frank Zappa.  This was Zappa’s  last album released before his death one month later.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – conductor, performer
  • Detlef Tewes – mandolin
  • Jürgen Ruck – banjo, guitar
  • Andreas Böttger – percussion
  • Dietmar Wiesner – flute
  • Catherine Milliken – oboe, English horn, bass oboe, didjeridu
  • Roland Diry – clarinet
  • Wolfgang Stryi – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, contrabass clarinet
  • Veit Scholz – bassoon, contrabassoon
  • Franck Ollu, Stefan Dohr – French horn
  • William Formann, Michael Gross – cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, trumpet
  • Uwe Dierksen – trombone, soprano trombone
  • Michael Svoboda – trombone, euphonium, didjeridu, alphorn
  • Daryl Smith – tuba
  • Hermann Kretzschmar – celeste, harpsichord, voices, piano
  • Ueli Wiget – celeste, harpsichord, harp, piano
  • Rumi Ogawa-Helferich – cymbalom, percussion
  • Ensemble Modern
  • Peter Rundel – violin, conductor
  • Ellen Wegner – harp
  • Mathias Tacke, Claudia Sack – violin
  • Hilary Sturt – violin, voices
  • Friedemann Dähn – violoncello
  • Thomas Fichter- contrabass, Fichter electric upright bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. Intro
  2. Dog Breath Variations
  3. Uncle Meat
  4. Outrage at Valdez
  5. Times Beach It
  6. III Revised
  7. The Girl in the magnesium Dress
  8. Be Bop Tango
  9. Ruth is Sleeping
  10. None of the Above
  11. Pentagon Afternoon
  12. Questi Cazzi Di Piccione
  13. Times Beach III
  14. Food Gathering in Post Industrial America 1992
  15. Welcome to the United States
  16. Pound for a Brown
  17. Exercise #4
  18. Get Whitey
  19. G-Spot Tornado

Kate Bush: The Red Shoes

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On November 1, 1993, “EMI” released “The Red Shoes”, the seventh Kate Bush studio album. It was recorded 1990 -1993, and was produced by Kate Bush. Its release was accompanied by Bush’s short film, “The Line, the Cross and the Curve”.

Personnel:

  • Kate Bush – vocals, bass, keyboards,  piano, guitar, arrangements
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Danny McIntosh – guitar
  • Eric Clapton – guitar
  • Prince – vocals, bass, guitar, arranger, keyboards
  • Paddy Bush – vocals, whistle, mandola, valiha, singing bowls, fujara, musical bow
  • Gary Brooker – Hammond organ
  • John Giblin: bass
  • Gaumont d’Oliver – bass, percussion, drums, sound effects
  • Stuart Elliott – percussion, drums
  • Charlie Morgan – percussion
  • Nigel Hitchcock – baritone and tenor saxophones
  • Steve Sidwell – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Paul Spong – trumpet
  • Neil Sidwell – trombone
  • Michael Kamen: orchestration
  • Nigel Kennedy – violin, viola
  • Lily – narrator
  • Lenny Henry – vocals
  • Trio Bulgarka – vocals
  • Colin Lloyd Tucker – vocals
  • Justin Vali – vocals, valiha, kabosy
  • Del Palmer – Fairlight sampler, engineer, mixing
  • Demetr Penev – vocal arrangements for Trio Bulgarka
  • Haydn Bendall – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Kate Bush.

  1. Rubberband Girl
  2. And So Is Love
  3. Eat the Music
  4. Moments of Pleasure
  5. The Song of Solomon
  6. Lily
  7. The Red Shoes
  8. Top of the City
  9. Constellation of the Heart
  10. Big Stripey Lie
  11. Why Should I Love You
  12. You’re the One

Alan Parsons: Try Anything Once

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On October 26, 1993, “Arista” label released”Try Anything Once”, the first Alan Parsons album. It was recorded October 1992 – August 1993, and was produced by Alan Parsons.

Personnel:

  • Alan Parsons– synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, flute, backing vocals
  • Jacqui Copland – lead and backing vocals
  • Eric Stewart– vocals
  • Chris Thompson– vocals
  • Jeremy Parsons – guitar
  • Graham Preskett – fiddle, mandolin, violin
  • David Pack– vocals, synthesizer, guitar
  • Ian Bairnson– synthesizer, bass, guitar, pedal steel, backing vocals
  • Andrew Powell – bass, synthesizer
  • Stuart Elliott– synthesizer, drums
  • Richard Cottle – synthesizer, saxophone
  • Philharmonia Orchestra Group

Track listing:

  1. The Three of Me – David Pack, Andrew Powell
  2. Turn It Up – Ian Bairnson
  3. Wine From The Water –  Alan Parsons, Ian Bairnson
  4. Breakaway – Alan Parsons
  5. Mr Time –  Stuart Elliot, Jacqui Copland, Driscoll
  6. Jigue” – Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell
  7. I’m Talkin’ To You – Davis Pack, Andrew Powell
  8. Siren Song  – Ian Bairnson and Musker
  9. Dreamscape – Alan Parsons
  10. Back Against The Wall – Ian Bairnson
  11. Re-Jigue –  Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell
  12. Oh Life – Davis Pack, Alan Parsons

Pearl Jam: Vs

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On October 19, 1993,“Epic” label released “Vs.”, the second Pearl Jam studio album.  It was recorded March – May 1993, at the “The Site in Nicasio” in California and “Potatohead Studio” in Seattle, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien, Eddie Vedder, Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready and Stone Gossard . The album has been certified 7 x Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Vedder– vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Mike McCready– lead guitar
  • Stone Gossard– rhythm guitar
  • Jeff Ament– bass guitar
  • Dave Abbruzzese– drums
  • Nick Didia – recording
  • Adam Kasper – recording assistant
  • Kevin Scott – recording assistant
  • Joel Zimmerman – art direction
  • Ames Bros – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Eddie Vedder, all music as noted.

  1. Go – Dave Abbruzzese
  2. Animal – Stone Gossard
  3. Daughter – Stone Gossard
  4. Glorified G – Stone Gossard, Mike McCready
  5. Dissident – Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament
  6. M.A. – Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament
  7. Blood – Stone Gossard, Mike McCready
  8. Rear View Mirror – Eddie Vedder
  9. Rats – Jeff Ament
  10. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town – Eddie Vedder
  11. Leash – Stone Gossard, Mike McCready
  12. Indifference – Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard

Sun Ra

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On May 30, 1993, Herman Poole Blount aka Sun Ra died aged 79. He was musician (piano and synthesizer), composer, bandleader, poet and philosopher, best known for his “Cosmic philosophy”, pioneer of “Afrofuturism” and as a leader of “The Arkestra”, an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up.

Mick Ronson

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On April 29, 1983, Michael “Mick” Ronson died aged 47. He was musician (guitar, piano, violin, cello), songwriter, arranger and producer,  best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of the Spiders from Mars. Ronson also have worked with Ian Hunter. Morrissey, Van Morrison, Slaughter & The Dogs, The Wildhearts, The Rich Kids, Elton John, Johnny Cougar and T-Bone Burnett. Ronson also co-produced Lou Reed’s album “Transformer” and released several solo albums, “Slaughter on 10th Avenue” is his best known and most successful solo project.  In 2003 he was named the 64th greatest guitarist of all time by “Rolling Stone” and 41st in 2012 by the same magazine.