Tag Archives: 1998

Masada: Yod

On August 18, 1998, “DIW” label released “Yod”, the tenth Masada album. It was recorded in September 1997, at “Avatar” in New York City, and was produced by John Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama.

Personnel:

  • John Zorn – alto saxophone
  • Dave Douglas – trumpet
  • Greg Cohen – bass
  • Joey Baron – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by John Zorn.

  1. Ruach
  2. Kilayim
  3. Taltalim
  4. Hashmal
  5. Tevel
  6. Segulah
  7. Yechida
  8. Tzalim
  9. Nashim
  10. Abrakala
  11. Zevul

Squirrel Nut Zippers: Perennial Favorites

On August 4, 1998, “Mammoth” label released “Perennial Favorites”, the third Squirrel Nut Zippers album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Ken Mosher’s Studio” in Pittsboro, North Carolina, and was produced by Mike Napollitano.

Personnel;

  • Jimbo Mathus – vocals, trombone, banjo, piano, lead guitar, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Tom Maxwell – vocals, tenor and baritone saxophone, gong, backing vocals, clarinet, rhythm guitar
  • Katharine Whalen – vocals, banjo
  • Ken Mosher – alto and baritone saxophone, guitar, cymbal, Fender Rhodes
  • Je Widenhouse – cornet, trumpet, backing vocals
  • Stuart Cole – bass
  • Don Raleigh – bass
  • Chris Phillips – drums, percussion, steel drum, contraption kit, backing vocals
  • Andrew Bird – violin, percussion, backing vocals
  • Emily Laurance – harp
  • Steve Watson – pedal steel
  • Rick Lassiter – bass
  • Jay Faires – executive producer
  • Steve Balcom – executive producer
  • Clay Walker – enhanced CD design, multimedia producer, photography, video editor, video producer

Track listing:

  1. Suits Are Picking Up the Bill – Jimbo Mathus
  2. Low Down Man – Jimbo Mathus
  3. Ghost of Stephen Foster – Jimbo Mathus
  4. Pallin’ with Al – Tom Maxwell
  5. Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter – Jimbo Mathus
  6. Trou Macacq – Tom Maxwell
  7. My Drag – Jimbo Mathus
  8. Soon – Tom Maxwell
  9. Evening at Lafitte’s – Jimbo Mathus
  10. The Kraken – Tom Maxwell
  11. That Fascinating Thing – Jimbo Mathus
  12. It’s Over – Jimbo Mathus
  13. Hidden track: Berceuse Tendres (between tracks 11 and 12)

Ruins: Symphonica

On June 16, 1998, “Tzadik” label released “Symphonica”, the 11th Ruins studio album.

Personnel:

  • Aki Kubota – vocals
  • Emi Eleonola – vocals
  • Kenichi Oguchi – vocals, keyboards
  • Hisashi Sasaki – vocals, bass
  • Tatsuya Yoshida – vocals, drums

Track listing:

  1. Thebes
  2. Graviyaunosch
  3. Big Head
  4. Praha in Spring
  5. Thrive
  6. Infect
  7. Brixon Varromiks
  8. Bliezzaning Moltz

Bill Frisell: Good Dog, Happy Man

On May 18, 1999, “Elektra Nonesuch” label released “Good Dog, Happy Man”. the 11th Bill Frisell album. It was recorded in 1998, at “O’Henry Sound” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Lee Townsend.

Personnel:

  • Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitars, loops, music boxes
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel, Dobro, lap steel, Weissenborn, National steel guitar, mandolin
  • Ry Cooder – guitar
  • Wayne Horvitz – organ, piano, samples
  • Viktor Krauss – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Frisell, except where noted.

  1. Rain, Rain
  2. Roscoe
  3. Big Shoe
  4. My Buffalo Girl
  5. Shenandoah – for Johnny Smith – traditional
  6. Cadillac 1959
  7. The Pioneers
  8. Cold, Cold Ground
  9. That Was Then
  10. Monroe
  11. Good Dog, Happy Man
  12. Poem For Eva

Sleater-Kinney: The Hot Rock

In February 23, 1999, “Kill Rock Stars” label released “The Hot Rock”, the fourth Sleater-Kinney studio album. It was recorded in July 1998, at “Avast!” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Roger Moutenot.

Personnel:

  • Carrie Brownstein – vocals, guitar
  • Corin Tucker – vocals, guitar
  • Janet Weiss – drums, percussion
  • Roger Moutenot – slide guitar
  • Seth Warren – violin 
  • Kip Beelman – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All music by Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss.

  1. Start Together
  2. Hot Rock
  3. The End of You
  4. Burn, Don’t Freeze
  5. God Is a Number
  6. Banned from the End of the World
  7. Don’t Talk Like
  8. Get Up
  9. One Song for You
  10. The Size of Our Love
  11. Living in Exile
  12. Memorize Your Lines
  13. A Quarter to Three

Gastr Del Sol: Camoufleur

On February 23, 1998, “Drag City” label released “Camoufleur”, the fifth Gastr del Sol studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Steam Room” and “Soma” in Chicago, Illinois, “Solid Sound” in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Personnel:

  • Jim O’Rourke – performance, recording
  • David Grubbs – performance
  • Markus Popp – performance
  • Edith Frost – vocals
  • Stephen Prina – vocals
  • Darin Gray – bass guitar
  • John McEntire – drums, recording
  • Steven Butters – steel drums
  • Jeb Bishop – trombone
  • Rob Mazurek – cornet
  • Ken Vandermark – clarinet
  • Jeremy Ronkin – French horn
  • Maureen Loughnane – violin
  • Julie Pomerleau – viola, violin
  • Phil Bonnet – recording
  • Markus Oehlen – artwork

 Track listing:

  1. The Seasons Reverse – David Grubbs, Jim O’Rourke, Markus Popp
  2. Blues Subtitled No Sense of Wonder – David Grubbs, Jim O’Rourke, Markus Popp
  3. Black Horse – David Grubbs, Jim O’Rourke
  4. Each Dream Is an Example – David Grubbs, Jim O’Rourke, Markus Popp
  5. Mouth Canyon – David Grubbs, Jim O’Rourke
  6. A Puff of Dew – David Grubbs, Jim O’Rourke, Markus Popp
  7. Bauchredner – David Grubbs, Jim O’Rourke

Bedhead: Transaction De Novo

On February 10, 1998, “Trance Syndicate” label released “Transaction de Novo”, the third Bedhead studio album. It was recorded in May 1997, and was produced by Steve Albini, Bubba Kadane and Matt Kadane.

Personnel:

  • Bubba Kadane – vocals, guitar
  • Matt Kadane – vocals, guitar
  • Tench Coxe – guitar
  • Kris Wheat – bass
  • Trini Martinez – drums
  • Steve Albini – engineer

All tracks by Matt Kadane and Bubba Kadane.

  1. Exhume
  2. More Than Ever
  3. Parade
  4. Half-Thought
  5. Extramundane
  6. Forgetting
  7. Lepidoptera
  8. Psychosomatica
  9. The Present

Henry Mancini: The Music From Peter Gunn

In January 1959, “RCA Victor” label released “The Music from Peter Gunn”, the fourth Henry Mancini album. It was recorded August – September 1958, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Simon Rady. In 1998, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Pete Candoli, Ray Linn, Frank Beach, Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
  • Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart, Karl DeKarske – trombone
  • John Graas, Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, John Cave – French horn
  • Ted Nash, Plas Johnson, Ronny Lang, Paul Horn, Gene Cipriano – reeds
  • John Williams – piano
  • Bob Bain, Al Hendrickson – guitar
  • Victor Feldman, Larry Bunker – vibraphone
  • Rolly Bundock – bass
  • Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller, Jack Sperling – drums

Track listing:

  1. Peter Gunn
  2. Sorta Blue
  3. The Brothers Go to Mother’s
  4. Dreamsville
  5. Session at Pete’s Pad
  6. Soft Sounds
  7. Fallout!
  8. The Floater
  9. Slow and Easy
  10. A Profound Gass
  11. Brief and Breezy
  12. Not from Dixie

Alain Bashung: Fantaisie militaire

On January 6, 1998, “Barclay” label released “Fantaisie militaire”, the tenth Alain Bashung studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Studio Mirava”, “Studio Davout”, and was produced by Ian Caple.

Personnel:

  • Alain Bashung – vocals
  • Édith Fambuena – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, programming
  • Adrian Utley – electric guitars
  • Rodolphe Burger – guitars, programming
  • Jean-Louis Pierot – synthesizers, Hammond organ, harpsichord, Leslie piano, vibraphone, piano, programming
  • Simon Edwards – electric bass guitar, sentir, percussions, harpsichord
  • Martyn Barker – drums, Turc and African percussion
  • Alhambra – string ensemble
  • Joseph Racaille – string arrangements
  • Virginie Michaud = musical direction
  • Ian Caple – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Jean Lamoot – engineer assistant, Pro Tools assistant, preproduction direction, programming, recording
  • Anne Lamy – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Alain Bashung and Jean Fauque, except where noted.

  1. Malaxe – Alain Bashung, Jean Fauque, Les Valentins
  2. Le nuit je mens – Alain Bashung, Jean Fauque, Les Valentins
  3. Fantaisie militaire 
  4. 2043
  5. Mes Prisons
  6. Ode à la vie – Alain Bashung, Jean Fauque, Jean Marc Lederman
  7. Dehors – Alain Bashung, Jean Fauque, Les Valentins
  8. Samuel Hall – Olivier Cadiot, Rodolphe Burger
  9. Aucun express
  10. Au pavillon des lauriers
  11. Sommes-nous
  12. Angora

Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts

On October 27, 1998, “Burning Heart” label released “The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts”, the third Refused studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Tonteknik Bomba Je Studios”, and was produced by Eskil Lövström, Andreas Nilsson, Pelle Henricsson, Dennis Lyxzén, Kristofer Steen, Jon Brännström and David Sandström.

Personnel:

  • Dennis Lyxzén – vocals, recording, mixing, mastering, art direction, layout
  • Kristofer Steen – guitars, bass, drums, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Jon Brännström – guitars, samples, programming, synthesizers, recording, mixing, mastering
  • David Sandström – drums, melodica, guitars, recording, mixing, mastering, photo collage
  • Magnus Björklund – bass guitar, cello, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Jakob Munck – upright bass
  • Torbjörn Näsbom – violin
  • Eskil Lövström – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Pelle Henricsson – recording, mixing, mastering, tambourine
  • Andreas Nilsson – sound technician, recording, mixing, mastering
  • José Saxlund – layout
  • Ulf Nybérg – band photography
  • Axel Stattin – back cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Worms of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull
  2. Liberation Frequency
  3. The Deadly Rhythm
  4. Summerholidays vs. Punkroutine
  5. Bruitist Pome #5
  6. New Noise
  7. The Refused Party Program
  8. Protest Song ‘68
  9. Refused Are Fuckin’ Dead
  10. The Shape of Punk to Come
  11. Tannhäuser/Derivè
  12. The Apollo Program was a Hoax