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Adam Ant: Wonderful

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On March 7, 1995, “EMI” label released “Wonderful”, the fifth Adam Ant studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by David Tickle.

Personnel:

  • Adam Ant – vocals
  • Boz Boorer – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Marco Pirroni – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bruce Witkin – bass, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Dave Ruffy – drums
  • John Reynolds – drums, drum programming
  • Chris Lawson – engineer
  • Guy Massey – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni and Boz Boorer, except where noted.

  1. Won’t Take That Talk
  2. Beautiful Dream – Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds
  3. Wonderful – Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Bonnie Hayes
  4. 1969 Again
  5. Yin and Yang
  6. Image of Yourself
  7. Alien
  8. Gotta Be a Sin
  9. Vampires
  10. Angel
  11. Very Long Ride – Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds

Diana Krall: Only Trust Your Heart

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On February 14, 1995, “GRP” label released “Only Trust Your Heart”, the second Diana Krall studio album. It was recorded in September 1994, at “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Tommy LiPuma.

Personnel:

  • Diana Krall – vocals, piano
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Lewis Nash – drums
  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone 
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Rich Lamb – engineer assistant
  • Scott Austin – engineer assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Michael Landy – post-production
  • Joseph Doughney – post-production
  • Cara Bridgins – production coordination
  • Joseph Moore – production coordination assistant
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Freddie Paloma – graphic design
  • Carol Weinberg – photography
  • Sonny Mediana – studio photos
  • Michael Bourne – liner notes
  • Carl Griffin – executive production

Track listing:

  1. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby – Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
  2. Only Trust Your Heart – Benny Carter, Sammy Cahn
  3. I Love Being Here with You – Peggy Lee, Bill Schluger
  4. Broadway – Bill Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode
  5. Folks Who Live on the Hill – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. I’ve Got the World on a String – Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen
  7. Squeeze Me – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
  8. All Night Long – Curtis Lewis
  9. CES Craft – Ray Brown

John Waite: Temple Bar

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On February 14, 1995, “Imago” label released “Temple Bar”, the fifth John Waite studio album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Mike Shipley and John Waite.

Personnel:

  • John Waite – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
  • Shane Fontayne – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jack Johnson – electric guitar
  • Nick Moroch – acoustic guitar
  • Chuck Kentis – acoustic guitar, strings, keyboards, acoustic piano
  • Jeff Golub – guitars, dobro
  • Tim Pierce – electric guitar
  • Michael Fisher – tambourine 
  • Mark Spiro – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Sanko – bass
  • Donnie Nossov – bass
  • John DeNicola – bass
  • Tony Beard – drums
  • Jimmy Keegan – drums
  • Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
  • Mike Shipley – mixing
  • Tony Phillips – engineer
  • Dan Marnien – additional engineering
  • Donal Bray – engineer assistant
  • Eric Flickinger – engineer assistant
  • Tim Gerron – engineer assistant
  • Jen Monnar – engineer assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Alastair Thain – photography

Track listing:

  1. How Did I Get By Without You – John Waite, Mark Spiro, Tim Pierce
  2. Someone Like You – Van Morrison
  3. Piece of My Tears – John Waite, John DeNicola
  4. Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
  5. Downtown – John Waite, Glen Burtnik
  6. In God’s Shadow – Keith Reid, John Waite, Anthony Krizan, John DeNicola
  7. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
  8. The Glittering Prize – John Waite, Anthony Krizan
  9. More – John Waite, John Krizan
  10. In Dreams – John Waite, Mark Spiro

Harold Budd & Hector Zazou: Glyph

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On December 12, 1995, “Made to Measure” label released “Glyph”, album by Harold Budd & Hector Zazou. It was recorded in 1995, at “Studio Caraibes”, “Galaxy Studios”, “TakLab”, “Envy Studio”, “Sound Chamber Recorders”, “Studio NME”, and was produced by Hector Zazou.

Personnel:

  • Harold Budd – vocals, piano, electric piano
  • Hector Zazou – electric piano, keyboards, electronics, loops, arranger, recording, mixing
  • Lian Amber – vocal
  • Lone Kent – guitar
  • Barbara Gogan – guitar
  • Carlos Vivanco – guitar
  • B, J, Cole – pedal steel guitar
  • Daniel Yvinec – contrabass
  • Bernard Perry – percussion
  • Timo Tuovinen – kantele
  • Mina Raskinnen – kantele
  • Mark Isham – trumpet, arrangements
  • Christian Lechevretel – trumpet
  • Renault Pion – flute, clarinet, arrangements
  • Dennis Moulin – recording
  • Frank Duchêne – engineer
  • Caelos Vivanco – engineer
  • Talley Sherwood – engineer
  • Charles Van Der Elst – recording
  • Gilles Martin – mixing
  • Vincent De Bast – mastering
  • Pop x Studio – design
  • Robert Leslie – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Harold Budd and Hector Zazou, except where noted.

  1. Pandas in Tandem
  2. You and Me Against the Sky
  3. And Then She Stepped Aside – Harold Budd, Hector Zazou, Lian Amber
  4. Around the Corner from Everywhere
  5. Gorgon’s Anxious Pansy – Barbara Gogan, Christian Lechevretel, Harold Budd, Hector Zazou
  6. Johnny Cake
  7. Reflected in the Eye of a Dragon Fly
  8. As Fast as I Could Look Away She Was Still There – Harold Budd, Hector Zazou, Renault Pion
  9. Autre Django – Christian Lechevretel, Harold Budd, Hector Zazou
  10. The Aperture
  11. The Light Gave Us Away

Mathew Good Band: Last of the Ghetto Astronauts

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On December 8, 1995, “Last of the Ghetto Astronauts”, the debut Matthew Good Band studio album was released independently. It was recorded in 1995, at “Utopia Parkway Studios” in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by John Shepp.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Good – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Genn – organ, Rhodes piano
  • Geoff Lloyd – bass guitar
  • Ian Browne – drums
  • Steve Black – piano
  • Judy Renouf – cello
  • John Shepp – percussion, mixing
  • Terry Brown – mixing
  • George Leger – mastering
  • George Jenkins – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Good, except where noted.

  1. Alabama Motel Room – Matthew Good, Geoff Lloyd, Ian Browne
  2. Symbolistic White Walls
  3. She’s Got a New Disguise
  4. Native Son
  5. Vermilion
  6. Every Name Is My Name
  7. Haven’t Slept in Years
  8. Radio Bomb
  9. Fearless
  10. The War Is Over (includes the hidden track Omission of the Omen)

Julian Cope: 20 Mothers

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On August 28, 1995, “Echo” label released “20 Mothers” the twelfth Julian Cope album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Julian Cope and Ed Stasium.

Personnel:

  • Julian Cope – vocals, guitar, bass, mellotron
  • Michael “Moon Eye” Watts – guitar
  • Ed Stasium – 12-string guitar, mixing
  • Thighpaulsandra – synthesizer,  piano,  string arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Danny Thompson – double bass 
  • James Eller – bass, Moog synthesizer 
  • Dorian Cope (credited asMavis Grind) – second lead vocals
  • Donald Ross Skinner – omnichord 
  • Mark “Rooster” Cosby – drums, percussion
  • Steve Ferrera – drums, bongos 
  • Terry Edwards – saxophones, trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Martin Schellard – conductor
  • Shaun Harvey – additional recording
  • Jill Furmanovsky – photography
  • Bruce and Mark @ Design by Green Ink – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Cope, except where noted.

  1. Wheelbarrow Man
  2. I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud
  3. Try Try Try
  4. Stone Circles ‘n’ You
  5. Queen Mother
  6. I’m Your Daddy
  7. Highway to the Sun
  8. 1995
  9. By the Light of the Silbury Moon
  10. Adam and Eve Hit the Road
  11. Just Like Poor Bear
  12. Girl Call
  13. Greedhead Detector
  14. Don’t Take Roots
  15. Senile Get
  16. The Lonely Guy
  17. Cryingbabiessleeplesnights
  18. Leli B
  19. Road of Dreams
  20. When I Walk through the Land of Fear

John Hicks: Piece for My Peace

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On August 8, 1995, “Landmark” label released “Piece for My Peace”, the 27th John Hicks album.

Personnel:

  • John Hicks – piano
  • Vincent Herring – tenor sax, alto sax
  • Bobby Watson – alto sax
  • Elise Wood – flute
  • Curtis Lundy – bass
  • Cecil Brooks III – drums
  • Annalee Valencia – art direction, design
  • Paul Anthony – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Faith – Bobby Watson
  2. Piece for My Peace – John Hicks
  3. Mood Swings – Cecil Brooks III
  4. Diane – Charles Mingus
  5. Mudd’s Mode – Mickey Bass
  6. Don’t Let It Go – Vincent Herring
  7. So in Love – Cole Porter
  8. I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  9. My Shining Hours – Harrold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  10. Star-Crossed Lovers – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

Jawbox: Same

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On July 2, 1996, “TAG Recordings” label released the self-titled, fourth Jawbox album. It was recorded December 1995 – March 1996, at “Water Studios” in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was produced by John Agnello, J. Robbins, Bill Barbot, Kim Coletta and Zach Barocas.

Personnel:

  • J. Robbins – vocals, guitar, Hammond organ
  • Bill Barbot – vocals, guitar, Hammond organ, saxophone
  • Kim Coletta – vocals, bass
  • Zach Barocas – drums
  • John Agnello – engineer, mixing
  • Wayne Dorrell, Juan Garcia, Jeff Gatens – engineer assistant
  • Jason Farrell – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by J. Robbins, Bill Barbot, Kim Coletta and Zach Barocas, except where noted.

  1. Mirrorful
  2. Livid
  3. Iodine
  4. His Only Trade
  5. Chinese Fork Tie
  6. Won’t Come Off
  7. Excandescent
  8. Spoiler
  9. Desert Sea
  10. Empire of One
  11. Mule/Stall
  12. Nickle Nickle Millionaire
  13. Capillary Life
  14. Absenter – contains the hidden track Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos

Psychedelic Warriors: White Zone

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On June 20, 1995, “Essential” label released “White Zone”, album by Psychedelic Warriors, side project of the Hawkwind members, and is considered the nineteenth Hawkwind album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Dave Brock, Alan Davey, Richard Chadwick and Dave Charles.

  • Dave Brock – guitar, keyboards
  • Alan Davey – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Richard Chadwick – drums
  • Dave Charles – sampler, OSCI

Track listing:

  1. Am I Fooling – Dave Brock, Alan Davey, Richard Chadwick
  2. Frenzzy – Dave Brock
  3. Pipe Dreams – Dave Brock
  4. Heart Attack – Dave Brock
  5. Time And Space – Dave Brock, Alan Davey
  6. The White Zone – Dave Brock
  7. In Search of Shangrila – Dave Brock
  8. Bay of Bengal – Dave Brock
  9. Moonbeam – Richard Chadwick
  10. Window Pane – Alan Davey
  11. Love in Space – Alan Davey

Joan Armatrading: What’s Inside

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On May 30, 1995, “RCA” label released “What’s Inside”, the fourteenth Joan Armatrading studio album. It was recorded 1994 -1995, at “A&M Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Plant Recording Studios” in Sausalito, California, “Kiva Recording Studios” in Memphis. Tennessee, and was produced by Joan Armatrading and David Tickle.

Personnel:

  • Joan Armatrading – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, e-bow guitar, arrangements
  • Hojah Farah – acoustic guitar
  • B. J. Cole – slide guitar
  • Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
  • Benmont Tench – keyboards
  • Todd Cochran – keyboards
  • Peter Robinson – keyboards
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Darryl Jones – bass
  • Manu Katché – drums
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Memphis Horns – horns
  • The London Metropolitan Orchestra – strings
  • Kronos Quartet – strings
  • Boz Burrell – tin whistle
  • K. La – backing vocals
  • Ray Williams – backing vocals
  • Terry Evans – backing vocals
  • Willie Green, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Caroline Dale – arrangements, orchestration
  • Dana Brayton – arrangements
  • Wolfgang Amadeus – engineer
  • Malcolm Springer – engineer
  • Tom Luekens – engineer
  • Simon Rhodes – engineer
  • Chad Munsey – second engineer
  • David Tickle, Shelly Yakus – mixing
  • Andy Brown – musical director
  • Sherri Maxwell – design, illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Armatrading.

  1. In Your Eyes
  2. Everyday Boy
  3. Merchant of Love
  4. Shapes and Sizes
  5. Back on the Road
  6. Lost The Love
  7. Songs
  8. Would You Like to Dance
  9. Recommend My Love
  10. Beyond The Blue
  11. Can’t Stop Loving You
  12. Shape of a Pony
  13. Trouble