Tag Archives: 1996

Charles Lloyd: Canto

On June 3, 1997, “ECM” label released “Canto”, the 30th Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded in December 1996, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, Tibetan oboe
  • Bobo Stenson – piano
  • Anders Jormin – double bass
  • Billy Hart – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Lloyd.

  1. Tales of Rumi
  2. How Can I Tell You
  3. Desolation Sound
  4. Canto
  5. Nachiketa’s Lament
  6. M
  7. Durga Durga

Smog: Red Apple Falls

On May 20, 1997, “Drag City” label released “Red Apple Falls”, the sixth Smog (Bill Callahan) album. It was recorded October – November 1996, and was produced by Jim O’Rourke and Bill Callhan.

Personnel:

  • Smog (Bill Callahan) – vocals, guitar, piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer, recording
  • Ken Champion – pedal steel guitar
  • James O’Rourke – piano, Hammond organ, Hurdy Gurdy, bass, drums, recording
  • Thymme Jomes – piano, trumpet, drums
  • Matt Weston – drums
  • Robot – drums
  • Donna Marone – French horn
  • Phil Bonnet – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan.

  1. The Morning Paper
  2. Blood Red Bird
  3. Red Apples
  4. I Was a Stranger
  5. To Be of Use
  6. Red Apple Falls
  7. Ex-Con
  8. Inspirational
  9. Finer Days

Ash: 1977

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)

Robert Fripp: Gates Of Paradise

On April 28, 1998, “Discipline Global Mobile” label released “Gates of Paradise”, the fifth Robert Fripp album. It was recorded June 1884 – March 1996, and was produced by David Singleton and Robert Fripp.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – electric guitar, soundscapes
  • David Singleton – digital compositor
  • John Miller – cover art
  • David Coppenhall & Maggi Smith at Split – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Fripp.

  1. The Outer Darkness: I. The Outer Darkness / II. Perimeter I / III. Perimeter II / IV. Wailing I / V. Perimeter III / VI. Wailing II / VII. Perimeter IV / VIII. Wailing III / IX. Black Light / X. A Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth
  2. The Gates of Paradise: I. Abandonment to Divine Providence / II. Pie Jesu
  3. The Outer Darkness: XI. In Fear and Trembling of the Lord
  4. The Gates of Paradise: III. Sometimes God Hides / IV. Acceptance

Charlatans: Tellin’ Stories

On April 21, 1997, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Tellin’ Stories”, the fifth Charlatans studio album. It was recorded 1996 – 1997, at “Rockfield” and “Monnow Valley” in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, and was produced by Dave Charles, Ric Peet, Jon Brookes, Mark Collins, Martin Blunt, Tim Burges and Rob Collins.

Personnel:

  • Tim Burgess – lead vocals
  • Mark Collins – guitar, loops 
  • Rob Collins – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Martin Blunt – bass
  • Jon Brookes – drums
  • Martin Duffy – keyboards
  • Dave Charles – percussion
  • Tom Rowlands – loops 
  • Richard March – loops
  • Martin Reilly – string loop
  • Dave Charles – engineer
  • Ric Peet – engineer
  • Phil Ault – engineer assistant
  • Negativespace – design
  • Tom Sheehan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Mark Collins, and Rob Collins.

  1. With No Shoes
  2. North Country Boy
  3. Tellin’ Stories
  4. One to Another
  5. You’re a Big Girl Now
  6. How Can You Leave Us
  7. Area 51
  8. How High
  9. Only Teethin’
  10. Get on It
  11. Rob’s Theme

Ground Zero: Consume Red

On April 15, 1997, “ReR Megacorp” label released “Consume Red”, the fifth Ground Zero album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Gok Sound” in Japan, and was produced by Ito Haruna and Matsubara Sachiko.

Personnel:

  • Otomo Yoshihide – guitar, turntables, arrangements
  • Uchihashi Kazuhisa – electric guitar, effects, arrangements
  • Nasuno Mitsuru – electric bass, arrangements
  • Yoshigaki Yasuhiro – drums, arrangements
  • Uemura Masahiro – drums, arrangements
  • Kikuchi Naruyoshi – soprano saxophone, arrangements
  • Matsubara Sachiko – sampler, arrangements
  • Tanaka Yumiko – shamisen, arrangements
  • Kim Suk Chul – oboe
  • Otomo Yoshihide – arrangements
  • Noda Shigenori – recording, production supervision
  • Yoshiaki Kondo – recording, engineer, mastering
  • Headz – artwork
  • Agrippa Records – design

Track listing:

  1. Consume Red – Otomo Yoshihide

The Flower Kings: Stardust We Are

On April 11, 1997, “Foxtrot Records” label released “Stardust We Are”, the third Flower Kings (The) studio album. It was recorded December 1996 – 1997, and was produced by Don Azzaro.

Personnel:

  • Hasse Fröberg – lead and backing vocals
  • Roine Stolt – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards
  • Tomas Bodin – Waldorf synthesizer, Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, pipe organ, Rhodes piano, Optigan, accordion, effects
  • Michael Stolt – bass guitar
  • Jaime Salazar – drums
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Ulf Wallander – soprano saxophone
  • Håkan Almkvist – sitar, tabla
  • Dexter Frank Jr. – engineer, mixing
  • David Palermo – artwork, image design
  • Hippiefied Art – book
  • Stefan Bodin – photography
  • Lilian Forsberg – photography
  • Per Nordin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt, except where noted.

  1. In the Eyes of the World
  2. A Room with a View
  3. Just This Once
  4. Church of Your Heart
  5. Poor Mr. Rain’s Ordinary Guitar
  6. The Man Who Walked with Kings
  7. Circus Brimstone
  8. Crying Clown
  9. Compassion (actual song length, hidden instrumental track follows)

Jean Knight: Shaki de Boo-Tee

On March 18, 1997, “Ichiban” label released “Shaki de Boo-Tee”, the third Jean Knight studio album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Isaac Bolden, E.C. Commedore, Walter Moorehead and Carl Marshall. 

Personnel:

  • Jean Knight – vocals
  • Walter Moorehead – arrangements
  • Carl Marshall – arrangements
  • Isaac Bolden – arrangements
  • J. Washington – arrangements
  • E.C. Commedore – arrangements
  • Wardell Quezerque – arrangements
  • Marc Hewitt – live recording, engineer
  • Louis Ludwig – engineer
  • Carl Marshall – engineer
  • Francis P. Dreyer III – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Bus Stop – Walter Moorehead
  2. Bill – Jimmy Lewis
  3. Shaki de Boo-Tee – Walter Moorehead
  4. Rockin’ Good Way – Clyde Ottis, Brook Benton, Luchi DeJesus
  5. Too Good for My Own Good – Walter Moorehead
  6. Lover Please – Billy Swan
  7. My Sweet Shu Shun – Brian Splino
  8. Who Is She (And What Is She to You) – Bill Withers, Stan McKenny
  9. Low Down Shuffle – E.C. Commedore, Carl Marshall
  10. Don’t Break My Heart – J. Washington, E.C. Commedore
  11. Gonna Getcha Back – Albert Savoy, J. Harris
  12. That’s What Love Will Make You Do – Milton Campbell
  13. Mr. Big Stuff” Live – Joseph Broussard, Carol Washington, Ralph Williams
  14. My Toot Toot” Live – Sidney Simone

The Dismemberment Plan: The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified

On March 17, 1997, “De Soto” label released “The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified”, the second Dismemberment Plan (The) album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Inner Ear Studios” in Arlington, Virginia.

Personnel:

  • Travis Morrison – vocals, guitar
  • Jason Caddell – guitar
  • Eric Axelson – bass
  • Joe Easley – drums
  • Chad Clark, Don Zientara – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Travis Morrison, Jason Caddell, Eric Axelson and Joe Easley.

  1. Tonight We Mean It
  2. That’s When the Party Started
  3. The Ice of Boston
  4. Academy Award
  5. Bra
  6. Do the Standing Still
  7. This Is the Life
  8. One Too Many Blows to the Head
  9. It’s So You
  10. Manipulate Me
  11. Respect Is Due