Tag Archives: 1999

Bill Frisell: Good Dog, Happy Man

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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

The Super Furry Animals: MWNG

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On May 15, 2000, “Placid Casual” label released “Mwng”, the fourth Super Furry Animals (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Ofn Studios” in Llanfaelog, Anglesey, “Famous Studios” in Cardiff and “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, and was produced by Gorwel Owen, Gruff Rhys, Huw Bunford, Guto Pryce, Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Leuan.

Personnel:

  • Gruff Rhys – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, drums, mixing, mastering
  • Huw Bunford – lead guitar, backing vocals, mixing, mastering
  • Guto Pryce – bass guitar, mixing, mastering
  • Cian Ciaran – keyboards, harmonium, backing vocals, mixing, mastering
  • Dafydd Leuan – drums, backing vocals, mixing, mastering
  • Matt Sibley – saxophone
  • Gorwel Owen – stylophone, engineer, mixing
  • Gary Alesbrook – trumpet
  • Can Pierce – claps
  • Llyr Pierce – claps
  • Greg Haver – engineer
  • Michael Brennan Jnr. – engineer
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Pete Fowler – illustration
  • John Mark James – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Gruff Rhys, Huw Bunford, Guto Pryce, Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Leuan.

  1. Drygioni
  2. Ymaelodi â’r Ymylon
  3. Y Gwyneb Iau
  4. Dacw Hi – Ffa Coffi Pawb
  5. Nythod Cacwn
  6. Pan Ddaw’r Wawr
  7. Ysbeidiau Heulog
  8. Y Teimlad – David R. Edwards
  9. Sarn Helen
  10. Gwreiddiau Dwfn/Mawrth Oer ar y Blaned Neifion

Tom Waits: Mule Variations

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On April 16, 1999, “ANTI” label released “Mule Variations”, the thirteenth Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Praire Sun” in Cotati, California, and was produced by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, the voice, guitar, piano, organ, pump organ, percussion, chamberlin, optigan
  • Marc Ribot – guitar, lead guitar
  • Joe Gore – guitar
  • Larry LaLonde – guitar
  • Charlie Musselwhite – blues harp
  • Smokey Hormel – guitar, dobro, chumbus, dousengoni
  • Larry Taylor – bass, guitar, rhythm guitar
  • John Hammond – blues harp
  • Les Claypool – bass
  • Greg Cohen – bass, percussion
  • Dalton Dillingham III – bass
  • Andrew Borger – drums, percussion
  • Bryan “Brain” Mantia – drums
  • Christopher Marvin – drums
  • Stephen Hodges – percussion
  • Jeff Sloan – percussion
  • Ralph Carney – trumpet, saxophone, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, reeds
  • Nik Phelps – baritone saxophone
  • Chris Grady – trumpet
  • Larry Rhodes – contrabassoon
  • Linda Deluca-Ghidossi – violin
  • DJ M. Mark “The III Media” Reitman – turntable
  • Wings Over Jordan Gospel, Bali Eternal – turntable samples
  • Jacquire King – programming, recording, mixing
  • Oz Fritz – recording, mixing
  • Matt Mahurin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, except where noted.

  1. Bog in Japan
  2. Lowside of the Road
  3. Hold On
  4. Get Behind the Mule
  5. House Where Nobody Lives – Tom Waits
  6. Cold Water
  7. Pony – Tom Waits
  8. What’s He Building – Tom Waits
  9. Black Market Baby
  10. Eyeball Kid
  11. Picture in a Frame
  12. Chocolate Jesus
  13. Georgia Lee
  14. Filipino Box Spring Hog – Tom Waits
  15. Take It With Me
  16. Come On Up to the House

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore: Sunset Mission

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On February 25, 2000, “Wonder” label released “Sunset Mission”, the third Bohren & der Club of Gore studio album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Morten Gass.

Personnel:

  • Morten Gass – piano
  • Christoph Clöser – tenor saxophone
  • Robin Rodenberg – bass
  • Thorsten Benning – drums

Track listing:

  1. Prowler
  2. On Demon Wings
  3. Midnight Walker
  4. Street Tattoo
  5. Painless Steel
  6. Darkstalker
  7. Nightwolf
  8. Black City Skyline
  9. Dead End Angels

Sleater-Kinney: The Hot Rock

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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

Merle Haggard And The Strangers: Mama Tried

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On October 3, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Mama Tried”, the seventh Merle Haggard and the Strangers studio album. It was recorded February – March, 1968, ay “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson. In 1999, the album title song won the “Grammy Hall of Fame Award”.

Personnel:

  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar
  • Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
  • George French – piano
  • Jerry Ward – bass
  • Eddie Burris – drums
  • Lewis Talley – guitar
  • Tommy Collins – guitar
  • Billy Mize – guitar
  • Glen Campbell – guitar
  • James Burton – guitar
  • Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Merle Haggard, except where noted.

  1. Mama Tried
  2. Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
  3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me – Dick Jennings, Hank Mills
  4. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) – Dolly Parton
  5. I Could Have Gone Right – Mel Tillis
  6. I’ll Always Know
  7. The Sunny Side of Me
  8. Teach Me to Forget – Leon Payne
  9. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
  10. Run ‘Em Off – Troy Martin, Onie Wheeler
  11. You’ll Never Love Me Now
  12. Too Many Bridges to Cross Over – Dallas Frazier

David Bowie: Hours

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On September 21, 1999, the twenty-second David Bowie studio album “Hours” was released on Internet. It was recorded April – June 1999, at “Seaview” in Bermuda, ”Looking Glass” and “Chung King” in New York City, and was produced by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, 12-string guitar, keyboards, drum programming
  • Reeves Gabrels – guitar, drum programming, synthesizer programming
  • Chris Haskett – rhythm guitar
  • Marcus Salisbury – bass guitar
  • Mark Plati – bass guitar, acoustic and electric 12-string guitar, mellotron, synth and drum programming
  • Mike Levesque – drums, percussion
  • Sterling Campbell – drums
  • Everett Bradley – percussion
  • Holly Palmer – backing vocals
  • Kevin Paul – engineer
  • Ryoji Hata – engineer assistant
  • Jay Nicholas – engineer assistant
  • Andy VanDette – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels; except where noted.

  1. Thursday’s Child
  2. Something in the Air
  3. Survive
  4. If I’m Dreaming of My Life
  5. Seven
  6. What’s Really Happening? – lyrics by Alex Grant
  7. The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
  8. New Angels of Promise
  9. Brilliant Adventure
  10. The Dreamers

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio: Africa N’Da Blues

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On August 15, 2000, “Delmark” label released “Africa N’Da Blues”, the ninth Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio album. It was recorded in December 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Kahil El’Zabar.

Personnel:

  • Kahil El’Zabar – drums, percussion
  • Ari Brown – piano, soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • Malachi Favors – bass
  • Susana Sandoval – spoken word

Track listing:

All tracks by Kahil El’Zabar, except where noted.

  1. Ka-Real (take 2) – Joseph Bowie
  2. Africanos/ Latinos – Kahil El’Zabar, Susana Sandoval
  3. Miles’ Mode – John Coltrane
  4. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer
  5. Africa N’Da Blues
  6. Pharoah’s Song
  7. Ka-Real (take 1) – Joseph Bowie

Mr. Bungle: California

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On July 13, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “California”, the third Mr. Bungle studio album. It was recorded in 1998, in San Francisco, and was produced by Trevor Dunn, Danny Heifetz, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon, Mike Patton and Trey Spruance.

Personnel:

  1. Trey Spruance – guitar, engineer, production strategy
  2. Mike Patton – vocals, keyboards, artwork concept
  3. Clinton “Bär” McKinnon – saxophone, keyboards, French horn
  4. Trevor Dunn – bass guitar, artwork concept
  5. Danny Heifetz – percussion, drums, keyboards
  6. David Phillips – pedal steel guitar
  7. Aaron Seeman – piano
  8. Michael Peloquin – harmonica
  9. Henri Ducharme – accordion
  10. Timba Harris – trumpet
  11. Bill Banovetz – English horn
  12. Larry Ragent – French horn
  13. Ben Barnes – violin, viola
  14. Carla Kihlstedt – violin, viola
  15. Eyvind Kang – violin, viola
  16. Sam Bass – cello
  17. Marika Hughes – cello
  18. William Winant – timpani, mallets, tam tam, bass drum
  19. Jay Stebley – cymbalom
  20. Josh Heller – engineer
  21. Justin Phelps – engineer
  22. Billy Anderson – engineer
  23. Adam Muñoz – engineer, editing, mixing
  24. Rob Worthington – mixing
  25. Gibbs Chapman – mixing
  26. George Horn – mastering
  27. Mackie Osborne – layout, design
  28. Malcom Hillier – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mike Patton, except where noted.

  1. Sweet Charity – music by Mike Patton
  2. None of Them Knew They Were Robots – lyrics by Trey Spruance, music by Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, Danny Heifetz
  3. Retrovertigo – lyrics and music by Trevor Dunn
  4. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare – music by Mike Patton, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon
  5. Ars Moriendi – music by Mike Patton
  6. Pink Cigarette – music by Trey Spruance, Mike Patton
  7. Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy – lyrics and music by Trey Spruance
  8. The Holy Filament – lyrics and music by Trevor Dunn
  9. Vanity Fair – music by Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton
  10. Goodbye Sober Day – music by Mike Patton, Clinton “Bar” McKinnon

Gustavo Cerati: Bocanada

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On June 28, 1999, “BMG International” label released “Bocanada”. the second Gustavo Cerati studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Casa Sunbmarina” in Buenos Aires, “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Gustavo Cerati.

Personnel:

  • Gustavo Cerati – lead vocals, guitars, samplers, synthesizers, keyboards, bass guitar, effects, additional instruments, mixing
  • Tweety González – organ
  •  Flavius Etcheto – sampler
  • Leo García – sampler, backing vocals
  • Fernando Nalé – bass guitar, double bass, fretless bass
  • Martín Carrizo – drums
  • Alejandro Terán – arrangements
  • Eduardo Bergallo – engineer, mixing
  • MacKinlay – second engineer
  • Eduardo Iencenella – sssistant
  • Clive Goddard – mixing
  • Barry Woodward – editor
  • Bunt Stafford-Clark – mastering

The London Session Orchestra

  • Gavin Wright – director
  • Peter Cobbin – engineer
  • Joel Gregg – assistan
  • ROS – design direction
  • Sofía Temperley – Photoshop
  • Gaby Herbstein – photography
  • Oscar (Roho) – hairstyle

Track listing:

All tracks by Gustavo Cerati, except where noted.

  1. Tabú
  2. Engaña
  3. Bocanada – Gustavo Cerati, Pablo Chaijale
  4. Puente
  5. Rio Babel
  6. Beautiful
  7. Perdonar es Divino
  8. Verbo Carne
  9. Raiz
  10. Y Si El Humo Está en Foco…
  11. Paseo Immoral
  12. Aquí & Ahora (Los Primeros Tres Minutos)
  13. Aquí & Ahora (Y Después)
  14. Alma
  15. Balsa