On January 27, 1998, “Blue Note” label released “Back to the Tracks”, the sixth Tina Brooks album. It was recorded September – October 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Kenny Drew – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Tina Brooks except where noted.
Back to the Tracks
Street Singer
The Blues and I
For Heaven’s Sake – Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
The Ruby and The Pearl – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
On November 2, 1998, “Warner Music” label released “Hell of a Tester”, the third Rasmus studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “ Millbrook Studio” in Helsinki, Finland, and was produced by Lauri Ylönen, Pauli Rantasalmi, Eero Heinonen, Janne Heiskanen, Craig Townsend and Teja Kotilainen.
Personnel:
Lauri Ylönen – vocals
Pauli Rantasalmi – guitar
Eero Heinonen – bass
Janne Heiskanen – drums
Aleksi Ahoniemi – saxophone
Dirty Moose – saxophone
Jukka Tiirikainen – trumpet
Matti Lappalainen – trombone
Timo Lavanko – vibe
Ilkka Hämäläinen – vibe, saxophone
Tuukka Helminen – cello
Mikko Pietinen – timpani
Pate Kivinen – organ
Henri Sorvali – keyboards
Riku Niemi – conductor, string arrangements
Luke Wadey – kazoo
Juha Heininen – recording, mixing
Robert Palomäki – recording, mixing
Pauli Saastamoinen – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Lauri Ylönen, Pauli Rantasalmi, Eero Heinonen and Janne Heiskanen.
On October 5, 1998, “4AD” label released “Out of Tune”, the second Mojave 3 studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Cava Sound Workshops”, “The Farm” in Tywardreath, “Fortress Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Doogan.
On September 22, 1998, “Elektra” label released “The Proximity Effect”, the second Nada Surf studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Palindrome”, “Baby Monster Studios”, “Axis Studios”, “Electric Lady Studios”, “Avatar Studios”, “Ocean Way Recording”, “Shabbey Road Studios”, “Sony Music Studios” and “Room With A View” in New York City, and was produced by Fred Maher.
Personnel:
Matthew Caws – vocals, guitar
Daniel Lorca – vocals, bass
Ira Elliot – drums, backing vocals
Chris Fudurich – Wurlitzer piano, engineer
John Parthum, Lloyd Puckitt – engineer
Fred Maher – mixing
Jack-Joseph Puig – mixing
John Travis – mixing
Lloyd Puckitt – mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca and Ira Elliot.
On September 7, 1998, “Parlaphone” label released “Six”, the second Mansun studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Paul Draper, Mark Stent and Mike Hunter.
Personnel:
Paul Draper – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Dominic Chad – lead guitar, piano, harpsichord, backing vocals
Stove King – bass
Andie Rathbone – drums, percussion
Mike Hunter – engineer
Paul Walton – engineer
Jan Kybeert – Pro Tools
Matthew Vaughn – Pro Tools
Pennie Smith – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Draper, except where noted.
Six
Negative – Paul Draper, Dominic Chad, Stove King, Andie Rathbone
On August 11, 1998, “Black Top” label released “Roll Over, Baby”, the fifth Guitar Shorty studio album. The album was recorded in April and May 1998 and was produced by Hammond Scott and Nauman S. Scott.
Personnel:
Guitar Shorty (David William Kearney) – vocal, guitar
David Torkanowsky – piano, Hammond organ
Lee Allen Zeno – bass, associate producer
Kenneth Blevins, Shannon Powell, Danny Pucillo Quartet – drums, percussion
Ernest Youngblood, Jr. – tenor saxophone
Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff – baritone and tenor saxophone
Jamil Sharif, Gary Slechta – trumpet
Rick Trolsen – trombone
David Farrell, Steve Reynolds – engineer, editing, mixing, sequencing
Hammond Scott — editing, mixing, sequencing
Diane Wanek — design
Rick Olivier — photography
Heather West — production coordination
Nauman S. Scott — executive producer
Blake Thompson — production assistant
Track listing:
I Want to Report a Crime – Williams
Roll Over Baby – David William Kearney, Hammond Scott
Sugar Wugar – David William Kearney, Hammond Scott
Don’t Mess with My Woman – David William Kearney
Me and You Last Night – Williams
Let’s Get Close – David William Kearney
I Wonder Who’s Sleeping in My Bed – David William Kearney
On June 30, 1998, “Geffen” label released “Miles from Our Home”, the seventh Cowboy Junkies studio album. It was recorded January 1997 – January 1998, and was produced by John Leckie.
Personnel:
Margo Timmins – vocals
Michael Timmins – guitar
Alan Anton – bass
Peter Timmins – drums
Jeff Bird – harmonica
Vince Jones – organ, piano, harmonium
Lewis Melville – pedal steel guitar
Greg Clarke – ambient guitars
David Houghton – percussion
Craig Leon – string arrangements
Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
John Leckie – engineer, mixing
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastered
Peter Moore – sequencing
Robert Cobban – additional engineering
John Biodich, Mike Dy, Darryl Smith, Guy Massey – engineer, assistant
On June 30, 1998, “Mercury” label released “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road”, the fifth Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Room and Board Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Rumbo Studio” in Canoga Park, California, and was produced by Roy Bittan, Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy and Lucinda Williams. “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road: won a “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album”, and was voted “The Best album of 1998” in The Village Voice’s annual “Pazz & Jop” critics poll.
Personnel:
Lucinda Williams – vocals, acoustic guitar, dobro guitar
Gurf Morlix – electric guitar, 12 string electric guitar, electric slide guitar, acoustic slide guitar, harmony vocal
Buddy Miller – acoustic guitar, mando guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocal
Ray Kennedy – 12 string electric guitar
Greg Leisz – 12 string electric guitar, mandolin
Charlie Sexton – electric guitar, dobro guitar
Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, harmonica, resonator guitar, harmony vocal
Johnny Lee Schell – electric guitar, electric slide guitar, dobro guitar
Bo Ramsey – electric guitar, slide guitar
Richard “Hombre” Price – dobro guitar
Roy Bittan – Hammond B3 organ, accordion, organ
Micheal Smotherman – B-3 organ
John Ciambotti – bass guitar, upright bass
Donald Lindley – drums, percussion
Jim Lauderdale – harmony vocal
Emmylou Harris – harmony vocal
Track listing:
All tracks by Lucinda Williams except where noted.
Right in Time
Car Wheels on a Grave Road
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Drunken Angel
Concrete and Barbed Wine
Lake Charles
Can’t Let Go – Randy Weeks
I Lost It
Metal Firecrackers
Greenville
Still Looking for Your Kiss – Lucinda Williams, Duane Jarvis
On May 19, 1998, “Elektra” label released “Ophelia”, the second Natalie Merchant studio album. It was recorded July 1996 – May 1997, at “Talking Dwarf Studios” in Little Valley, New York, “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by Natalie Merchant.