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Better Than Ezra: Friction, Baby

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On August 13, 1996, “Swell” label released “Friction, Baby”, the third Better Than Ezra studio album. It was recorded March – April 1996 and was produced by Don Gehman.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Griffin– vocals, guitar
  • Tom Drummond– bass
  • Travis McNabb– drums
  • James Arthur Payne – guitar
  • Lawrence Sieberth – piano
  • Peter Holsapple – piano, organ, mandolin
  • Anthony Dagrade – saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Jamil Sharie – trumpet
  • Mark Mullins – trombone
  • Matthew Perrine – tuba
  • Joan Wasser– violin

 Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Griffin.

  1. King of New Orleans
  2. Rewind
  3. Long Lost
  4. Normal Town
  5. Scared, Are You?
  6. Return of the Post Moderns
  7. Hung the Moon
  8. Desperately Wanting
  9. Still Life With Cooley
  10. WWOZ
  11. Happy Endings
  12. Speeding Up to Slow Down
  13. At Ch. Degaulle, Etc.
  • “Mejor de Ezra – starts at 3:20 into the track

wallace Roney: Village

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On August 12, 1997, “Warner Bros” label released “Village”, the eleventh Wallace Roney album. It was recorded in December 1996, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Lenny White, Matt Pierson, and Wallace Roney.

Personnel:

  • Wallace Roney− trumpet, arranger
  • Antoine Roney- soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders − tenor saxophone
  • Chick Corea− piano, electric piano, arranger
  • Geri Allen− piano
  • Robert “Baabe” Irving III– synthesizer
  • Clarence Seay− double bass
  • Lenny White− drums
  • Steve Berrios– percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Wallace Roney, except where noted.

  1. Affinity – Chick Corea
  2. Inner Urge – Joe Henderson
  3. I Love You – Cole Porter
  4. The Pharoah
  5. Aknaaba – Antoine Roney
  6. Village
  7. Eternal One
  8. EBO – Lenny White
  9. Oshirike

Olivia Tremor Control: Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle

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On August 6, 1996, “The Elephant 6” and “Flydaddy” labels released “Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle”, the debut Olivia Tremor Control studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1996 and was produced by Robert Schneider, Bill Doss, W. Cullen Hart, Eric Harris, and John Fernandes.

Personnel:

  • Bill Doss– vocals, instrumentation, artwork, design
  • Cullen Hart– vocals, instrumentation, artwork, design
  • Eric Harris – vocals, instrumentation
  • John Fernandes– vocals, instrumentation

The Elephant 6 Orchestra:

  • Robert Schneider– vocals, Tibetan prayer board, bass, melodica, engineering
  • Jeff Mangum– vocals, chanter pipe, slide guitar, melodica, piano, and space bubbles
  • Julian Koster– bowed electric and mallet struck acoustic guitar, the singing saw
  • Steve Jacobek – trumpet
  • Rick Benjamin – trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Doss, W. Cullen Hart, Eric Harris, and John Fernandes.

  1. The Opera House
  2. Frosted Ambassador
  3. Jumping Fences
  4. Define a Transparent Dream
  5. No Growing (Exegesis)
  6. Holiday Surprise 1, 2, 3
  7. Courtyard
  8. Memories of Jacqueline 1906
  9. Tropical Bells
  10. Can You Come Down with Us?
  11. Marking Time
  12. Green Typewriters
  13. Green Typewriters
  14. Green Typewriters
  15. Green Typewriters
  16. Green Typewriters
  17. Green Typewriters
  18. Green Typewriters
  19. Green Typewriters
  20. Green Typewriters
  21. Green Typewriters
  22. Spring Succeeds
  23. Theme for a Very Delicious Grand Piano
  24. I Can Smell the Leaves
  25. Dusk at Cubist Castle
  26. The Gravity Car
  27. NYC-25

Hooverphonic: A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

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On July 29, 1996, “Columbia” label released “A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular”, the debut Hooverphonic studio album. It was recorded in 1996 and was produced by Liesje Sadonius, Raymond Geerts, Frank Duchêne, and Alex Callier.

Personnel:

  • Liesje Sadonius– vocals
  • Raymond Geerts – guitars, breaths
  • Frank Duchêne – keyboards, engineer
  • Alex Callier– keyboards, programming
  • Eric Bosteels – drums
  • Stefan Bracoval – flute solo
  • Ursi Vanderherten – French parlando
  • Charlotte Van de Perre – Spanish parlando
  • Sven Muller – single note bass

Track listing:

  1. Inhaler – Alex Callier, Raymond Geerts
  2. 2Wicky – Alex Callier, Raymond Geerts, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Pierre Henry
  3. Wardrope – Alex Callier, Raymond Geerts
  4. Plus Profond – Alex Callier
  5. Barabas – Alex Callier
  6. Cinderella – Alex Callier, Raymond Geerts, Frank Duchêne, Liesje Sadonius
  7. 9 – Alex Callier
  8. Sarangi – Alex Callier
  9. Someone – Alex Callier, Raymond Geerts, Frank Duchêne, Liesje Sadonius
  10. Revolver – Alex Callier
  11. Innervoice – Alex Callier, Raymond Geerts

Peter Green

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On July 25, 2020, Peter Allen Greenbaum aka Peter Green died aged 73. He was singer, songwriter, and musician (guitar), member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, member of Katmandu, and founder of Peter Green Splinter Group. Green was one of the most important figures of the British blues movement, praised by famous guitarists like B.B. King and Eric Clapton. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked him at number 58 in its list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. Magazine “Guitar Player” rated his tone on “The Super-Natural” as one of the “50 Greatest of All Time. Magazine “Mojo” rated Green In June 1996, Green was voted the third-best guitarist of all time. In 1998, as a member of Fleetwood Mac he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. As leader, Green recorded six albums:

The Dandy Warhols: The Dandy Warhols Come Down

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On July 15, 1997, “Capitol” label released “…The Dandy Warhols Come Down”, the second Dandy Warhols (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1996 at Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s apartment, “Sound Impressions”, “Stiles Recording”, “Falcon Studios” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Tony Lash and Courtney Taylor-Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor– lead vocals, guitar, mixing, sleeve design, art direction
  • Peter Holmström– guitar, additional vocals
  • Zia McCabe– keyboard bass, keyboards, percussion, additional vocals
  • Eric Hedford – drums, backing vocals
  • Tony Lash – keyboards, percussion, drums
  • Aquaman – additional production
  • Stephen Birch – design, art direction
  • Jeff Bizzell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Be-In
  2. Boys Better
  3. Minnestoter
  4. Orange
  5. I Love You
  6. Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
  7. Every Day Should Be a Holiday
  8. Good Morning
  9. Whipping Tree
  10. Green
  11. Cool as Kim Deal
  12. Hard On for Jesus – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmstrom
  13. Pete International Airport – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmstrom
  14. The Creep Out – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmstrom, Zia McCabe, Eric Hedford
  15. One

Jonathan Melvoin

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On July 12, 1996, Jonathan David Melvoin died aged 34. He was a musician (vocal, keyboards, piano, drums, percussion), member and performed with The Dickies, The Family (Prince side project band), Wendy & Lisa, Prince, and the Revolution, and Smashing Pumpkins.

Holger Czukay: La Luna

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On June 13, 2000, “Revisited Rec” label released “La Luna”, the ninth Holger Czukay album. It was recorded in May 1996, and was produced by Holger Czukay.

Personnel:

  • Holger Czukay
  • U-She— voice
  • Michi – electronic voice
  • Michael Karoli – bass
  • Jaki Liebezeit – bass drum, percussion
  • Conny Plank – EMU
  • Ursula Kloss – illustration
  • György B.P. Szabó – design
  • Matthias Mineur – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. La Luna

Glenn Hughes: Addiction

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On June 10, 1996, “SPV” label released “Addiction”, the fifth Glenn Hughes album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Glenn Hughes, Marc Bonilla and Michael Scott.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Hughes– vocals, bass
  • Marc Bonilla– guitars, keyboards
  • Joakim Marsh– guitars
  • Ronnie Montrose– slide guitar
  • Lasse Pollack– keyboards
  • Sampo Axelsson– bass
  • Morgan Ågren– drums
  • Joe Travers– drums
  • Gaylor – vocal channeling

Track listing:

  1. Death Of Me – Marc Bonilla
  2. Down – Marc Bonilla, Sampo Axelsson, Glenn Hughes, Joakim Marsh
  3. Addiction – Marc Bonilla, Glenn Hughes
  4. Madeleine – Sampo Axelsson, Marc Bonilla, Glenn Hughes, Joakim Marsh
  5. Talk About It – Marc Bonilla, Glenn Hughes
  6. I’m Not Your Slave – Marc Bonilla, Glenn Hughes
  7. Cover Me – Marc Bonilla, Glenn Hughes
  8. Blue Jade – Glenn Hughes, Joakim Marsh
  9. Justified Man – Marc Bonilla, Glenn Hughes
  10. I Don’t Want To Live That Way Again – Marc Bonilla, Glenn Hughes

Ryuichi Sakamoto: 1996

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On June 4, 1996, “Gut” label released “1996”, the twelve Ryuichi Sakamoto studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Right Track Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album contains a selection of his popular songs and two new songs, arranged for piano trio.

Personnel:

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto– piano
  • Jaques Morelenbaum– cello
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • David Nadien– violin
  • Barry Finclair – violin
  • Fernando Aponte – engineer, mixing
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Joe Lizzi & Jason Goldstein – engineer assistant
  • Hideki Nakajima – art direction, design
  • Yoshinori Ochiai – design
  • Kazunari Tajima – photography
  • Clare de Graw, David Rubinson – production managers

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

  1. A Day a Gorilla Gives a Banana
  2. Rain
  3. Bibo no Aozora
  4. The Last Emperor
  5. 1919
  6. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
  7. A.Y. in the Backyard
  8. The Sheltering Sky
  9. A Tribute to N.J.P.
  10. High Heels (main theme)
  11. Aoneko no Torso
  12. The Wuthering Heights
  13. Parolibre
  14. Acceptance (End Credit)
  15. Before Long
  16. Bring Them Home