In October 1999, “Virtalevy” label released label released “Within”, the third Anekdoten studio album. It was recorded August – September 1999, and was produced by Sion Nordberg.
Personnel:
Nicklas Berg – guitar, mellotron, Wurlitzer
Anna Sofi Dahlberg – vocals, piano, cello, mellotron, Fender Rhodes
On September 28, 1999, “Milestone” label released “In a New York Minute”, the sixth Ian Shaw album. It was recorded in September 1998, and was produced by Todd Barkan.
Personnel:
Ian Shaw – vocals, arrangements
Iain Ballamy – saxophone
Joe Beck – guitar
Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
Geoff Gascoyne – arrangements
James Pearson
Simon Wallace
James Pearson
Troy Halderson – engineer
Todd A. Gerard – mastering
Jamie Putnam – art direction, design
John Abbott – photography
Darren Crowdy – executive producer
Will Friedwald – liner notes
Jack Frisch
Track listing:
In a New York Minute – Fran Landesman, Simon Wallace
Standing in the Dark – Sikandar Luck
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
I Thought About You – Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen
Furry Sings the Blues – Joni Mitchell
Grandma’s Hands – Bill Withers
Alfie – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Mama Tried
Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
Little Ole Wine Drinker Me – Dick Jennings, Hank Mills
In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) – Dolly Parton
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
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.
