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The Auteurs: Now I’m a Cowboy

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On May 9, 1994, “Hut” label released “Now I’m a Cowboy”, the second Auteurs (The) studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, at “Townhouse” in Protocol, Milo, and was produced by Phil Vinall and Luka Haines.

Personnel:

  • Luke Haines – vocals, guitar, piano
  • James Banbury – cello, Hammond
  • Alice Readman – bass guitar
  • Barny Rockford – drums
  • Joe Beckett – percussion
  • Louise Elliot – saxophone
  • Belinda Sykes – oboe
  • Phil Vinall – engineer
  • Pete Hoffman – engineer assistant
  • Giles Hall – engineer assistant
  • Peter Barrett – design
  • Andrew Biscomb – design
  • Stefan De Batselier – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Haines.

  1. Lenny Valentino
  2. Brainchild
  3. I’m a Rich Man’s Toy
  4. New French Girlfriend
  5. The Upper Classes
  6. Chinese Bakery
  7. A Sister Like You
  8. Underground Movies
  9. Life Classes / Life Model
  10. Modern History
  11. Daughter of a Child

Ash: 1977

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On May 6, 1977, “Home Grown” and “Infectious” labels released “1977”, the debut Ash studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1996, at “Loco” in Usk Valley, Wales, “Rockfield” in Rockfield, Wales, and was produced by Owen Morris, Mark Hamilton, Rick McMurray and Tim Wheeler.

Personnel:

  • Tim Wheeler – vocals, guitar, string arrangements, interior photography
  • Mark Hamilton – bass, interior photography
  • Rick McMurray – drums, interior photography
  • Lisa Moorish – extra vocals
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements
  • Owen Morris – string arrangements
  • Phil Thornalley – mixing 
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing 
  • Nick Brine – studio assistant
  • Sorrel Merchant – studio assistant
  • Neil Kiely – studio assistant
  • Brian Cannon – design, sleeve director, interior photography
  • Mark Hamilton – artwork assistant
  • Ed van der Eisken – cover photography
  • Ash – interior photography
  • Rolant Dafis – interior photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Wheeler, except where noted.

  1. Lose Control – Mark Hamilton, Tim Wheeler
  2. Goldfinger
  3. Girl from Mars
  4. I’d Give You Anything
  5. Gone the Dream
  6. Kung Fu
  7. Oh Yeah
  8. Let It Flow
  9. Innocent Smile – Mark Hamilton
  10. Angel Interceptor – Tim Wheeler, Rick McMurray
  11. Lost in You
  12. Darkside Lightside (includes hidden track Sick Party)

Junior Mance: Blue Mance

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On April 25, 1995, “Chiaroscuro” label released “Blue Mance”, the 24th Junior Mance album. It was recorded in May 1994, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Hank O’Neal.

Personnel:

  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Keter Betts – bass
  • Jackie Williams – drums

Track listing:

  1. Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. Head Start – Keter Betts
  3. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  4. Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn
  5. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
  6. Blue Mance – Junior Mance
  7. Shepherd of the Night Flock – Duke Ellington
  8. If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
  9. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
  10. Jazzspeak

The Magnetic Fields: The Charm of the Highway Strip

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On April 18, 1994, “Merge” label released “The Charm of the Highway Strip”, the third Magnetic Fields (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by Stephin Merritt.

Personnel:

  • Stephin Merritt – vocals, instrumentation
  • Sam Davol – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephin Merritt.

  1. Lonely Highway
  2. Long Vermont Roads
  3. Born on a Train
  4. I Have the Moon
  5. Two Characters in Search of a Country Song
  6. Crowd of Drifters
  7. Fear of Trains
  8. When the Open Road Is Closing In
  9. Sunset City
  10. Dust Bowl

Smak: Биоскоп Fox

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On March 15, 1995, “Komuna” label released “Bioskop Fox”, the seventh Smak studio album. It was recorded November – December 1994, and was produced by Radomir Mihajlović “Točak”.

Personnel:

  • Dejan Najdanović – vocals
  • Radomir Mihajlović “Točak” – guitar
  • Milan Milosavljević – guitar
  • Vlada Samardžić – bass
  • Slobodan Stojanović “Kepa” – drums
  • Dejan Stojanović – drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Radomir Mihajlović “Točak”.

  1. Lisica
  2. Miris nje
  3. Organizam Blues
  4. Možda imam vremena – Predrag Drčelić – Skaki
  5. Strašilo
  6. Idi
  7. Beli Bik – Jovan Nikolić – Jof
  8. Možda postojim – Nikola Mihailović
  9. Uspavanka na paru
  10. Remizov valcer – Zoran Amar
  11. Žurba
  12. Pauk
  13. Hladno je – Predrag Drčelić – Skaki
  14. Prostrano

Morrissey: Vauxhall And I

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On March 14, 1994, “Parlaphone” label released “Vauxhall and I”, the fourth Morrissey studio album. It was recorded June – August 1993, at “Hook End Manor” in Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey – vocals, lyrics
  • Alain Whyte – guitars, backing vocals
  • Boz Boorer – guitars, keyboards
  • Jonny Bridgewood – bass
  • Woodie Taylor – drums
  • Chris Dickie – engineer
  • Danton Supple – engineer assistant
  • Greg Ross – art direction
  • Dean Freeman – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Morrissey, music as noted.

  1. Now My Heart Is Full – Boz Boorer
  2. Spring-Heeled Jim – Boz Boorer
  3. Billy Budd – Alain Whyte
  4. Hold On to Your Friends – Alain Whyte
  5. The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get – Alain Whyte
  6. Why Don’t You Find Out for Yourself – Alain Whyte
  7. I Am hated for Loving – Alain Whyte
  8. Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning – Boz Boorer
  9. Used to Be a Sweet Boy – Alain Whyte
  10. The Lazy Sunbathers – Alain Whyte
  11. Speedway – Boz Boorer

The Proclaimers: Hit The Highway

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On March 7, 1994, “Chrysalis” label released “Hit the Highway”, the third Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Chipping North Studio” in Chipping North, Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Pete Wingfield, Charlie Reid and Craig Reid.

Personnel:

  • Craig Reid – vocals, tambourine
  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar 
  • Stuart Nisbet – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin
  • Tim Renwick – acoustic and electric guitar, electric slide guitar
  • Jerry Donahue – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobby Valentino – fiddle
  • Pete Wingfield – keyboards, piano, Hammond C3 
  • Pete Thomas – tenor and baritone saxophone 
  • Raul D’Oliveira – trumpet
  • Vince Sullivan – trombone
  • Iain Bruce – bass guitar
  • Phil Cranham – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
  • Kevin Wilkinson – drums
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Barry Hammond – engineer
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering 

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie and Craig Reid, except where noted.

  1. Let’s Get Married
  2. The More I Believe
  3. What Makes You Cry?
  4. Follow the Money
  5. These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding
  6. Shout Shout
  7. The Light
  8. Hit the Highway
  9. A Long Long Long Time Ago
  10. I Want to Be a Christian – Sullivan S. Puch
  11. Your Childhood
  12. Don’t Turn Out Like Your Mother

Garth Hudson

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On January 21, 2025, Eric Garth Hudson died aged 87. He was multi-instrumentalist (piano, keyboards, accordion and saxophone), member of the Burrito DeLux, but was best known as the keyboardist and saxophonist for The Band. In 1994, as member of The Band, he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. Magazine “Keyboard” described Hudson as “the most brilliant organist in the rock world”. As leader, Hudson released three albums (two studio and one live).

Joe Lovano And Aldo Romano: Ten Tales

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On November 29, 1994, “Sunnyside Records” label released “Ten Tales”, album by Joe Lovano and Aldo Romano. It was recorded in May 1989, at “Armada Studio” in Paris, and was produced by Vernon Duke, Joe Lovano and Aldo Romano.

Personnel:

  • Joe Lovano – saxophones
  • Aldo Romano – drums, photography
  • Christof Déjan – engineer
  • Jean-Marie Guérin – engineer
  • Marc Le Hene – engineer
  • Christian Orsini – mastering
  • Patrick Saunders – translation
  • Bernard Amiard – art direction, design
  • Philippe Carles – liner notes
  • Patxi – adaptation
  • Pascal Bodin – preparation for release
  • Francois LeMaire – executive producer
  • Jean-Jacques Pussiau – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Lovano and Aldo Romano, except where noted.

  1. Remanence
  2. Dragons Are
  3. Yellow Shadow
  4. Moon Moth
  5. Rain Season
  6. Eternal Youth
  7. Monologue for Two
  8. Return Match
  9. Sediments
  10. Koua 1
  11. Autumn in New York – Vernon Duke

Moondog And London Saxophonic: Sax Pax For A Sax

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On November 28, 1997, “Atlantic” label released “Sax Pax for a Sax”, album by London Saxophonic and Moondog. The album was recorded in 1994.

Personnel:

  • Moondog – bass drum
  • Bradley Grant – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Rob Buckland – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Tim Redpath – soprano saxophone
  • Simon Haram – alto saxophone
  • Gareth Brady, Andy Scott – tenor saxophone
  • Jon Rebbeck, Chris Caldwell – baritone saxophone
  • Will Gregory – bass saxophone
  • Danny Thompson – contra bass
  • Liam Noble – piano
  • Paul Clarvis – snare drum

Track listing:

All tracks by Moondog.

  1. Dog Trot
  2. Paris
  3. Bird’s Lament
  4. Sandalwood
  5. Tout Suite No. 1 in F Major 1 Mov.
  6. Tout Suite No. 1 in F Major 2 Mov.
  7. Tout Suite No. 1 in F Major 3 Mov.
  8. D for Danny
  9. New Amsterdam
  10. Sea Horse
  11. Fiesta
  12. Novette No. 1 in D Flat Major 1 Mov.
  13. Novette No. 1 in D Flat Major 2 Mov.
  14. Novette No. 1 in D Flat Major 3 Mov.
  15. Single Foot
  16. Mother’s Whistler
  17. Present for the Prez.
  18. Shakespeare City
  19. Golden Fleece
  20. Hymn to Peace
  21. EEC Lied