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Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom

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On July 2, 1982, “F-Beat” label released “Imperial Bedroom”, the seventh Elvis Costello album. It was his second album with his backing band The Attractions. It was recorded in 1982, at “AIR Recording Studios” in London, and was produced by Geoff Emerick. In 1998, “Q” magazine ranked the album at number 96 on its list of the “Greatest Albums Ever”. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Imperial Bedroom” at number 166 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Steve Nieve– piano, organ, harpsichord, accordion, guitar, orchestrations
  • Bruce Thomas– bass
  • Pete Thomas– drums

All tracks by Elvis Costello, except where noted.

  1. Beyond Belief
  2. Tears Before Bedtime
  3. Shabby Doll
  4. The Long Honeymoon
  5. Man Out of Time
  6. Almost Blue…
  7. And in Every Home
  8. The Loved Ones
  9. Human Hands
  10. Kid About It
  11. Little Savage
  12. Boy with a Problem – music by Elvis Costello, lyrics by Chris Difford, and Elvis Costello:
  13. Pidgin English
  14. You Little Fool
  15. Town Cryer

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleep

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On July 2, 1979, “Reprise” label released “Rust Never Sleeps”, the twelve Neil Young album. Young is accompanied by the band Crazy Horse. It was recorded 1975 – 1978, at “The Boarding House” in San Francisco, and was produced by Neil Young, David Briggs and Tim Mulligan. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Rust Never Sleeps” at number 350 on its list of the ”500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young — vocals, guitars, harmonica, organ, percussion
  • Frank “Poncho” Sampedro — electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Billy Talbot— bass, backing vocals
  • Ralph Molina— drums, backing vocals
  • Nicolette Larson— vocal
  • Joe Osborn— bass
  • Karl T. Himmel — drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young except where noted

  1. My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) – Neil Young,Jeff Blackburn
  2. Thrasher
  3. Ride My Liama
  4. Pocahontas
  5. Sail Away
  6. Powderfinger
  7. Welfare Mothers
  8. Sedan Delivery
  9. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) – Neil Young, Jeff Blackburn

Sly and the Family Stone: Fresh

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Sly & the Family Stone-Fresh

On June 30, 1973, “Epic” label released “Fresh”, the sixth Sly and the Family Stone album. It was recorded 1972 –1973, at “Record Plant” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Sly Stone. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Fresh” at number 186 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”

Personnel:

  • Sly Stone – vocals, organ, guitar, bass guitar, piano, harmonica
  • Freddie Stone – vocals, guitar
  • Rose Stone – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Rusty Allen – bass guitar
  • Larry Graham – bass guitar
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Little Sister(Vet Stone, Mary McCreary, Elva Mouton) – vocals
  • Jerry Martini – saxophone
  • Pat Rizzo – saxophone
  • Cynthia Robinson – trumpet
  • Richard Avedon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sly Stone, except where noted.

  1. In Time
  2. If You Want Me to Stay
  3. Let Me Have It All
  4. Frisky
  5. Thankful N’ Thoughtful
  6. Skin I’m In
  7. I Don’t Know (Satisfaction)
  8. Keep on Dancin
  9. Qué Será, Será (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
  10. If It Were Left Up to Me
  11. Babies Makin’ Babies

Grateful Dead: Workingman’s Dead

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On June 14, 1970, “Warner Bros” label released “Workingman’s Dead”, the fourth Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded in February 1970, at “Pacific High Recording”  in San Francisco, and was produced by Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor, and Grateful Dead. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 262 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia– vocals, lead and pedal steel guitar, banjo
  • Bob Weir – vocals, co-lead vocals
  • Pigpen (Ron McKernan)– vocals, keyboards, harmonica,
  • Phil Lesh– vocals, bass,
  • Bill Kreutzmann– drums, percussion
  • Mickey Hart– drums, percussion
  • David Nelson– acoustic guitar
  • Alembic – engineer
  • Mouse Studios, Toon N Tree – design, cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, except where noted.

  1. Uncle John’s Band
  2. High Time
  3. Dire Wolf
  4. New Speedway Boogie
  5. Cumberland Blues – Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter
  6. Black Peter
  7. Easy Wind – Robert Hunter
  8. Casey Jones

Radiohead: Hail To The Thief

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On June 9, 2003, “Parlaphone” label released “Hail to the Thief” the sixth Radiohead studio album. It was recorded September 2002 – February 2003, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood and “Canned Applause” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway. “Hail to the Thief” was certified Platinum in the UK by the “BPI”, in Canada  by “Music Canada” and in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, laptop
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards, analogue systems, ondes
  • Ed O’Brien – vocals, guitar, effects
  • Colin Greenwood – bass, string synth, sampler, Martenot, glockenspiel, toy piano, laptop
  • Phil Selway– drums, percussion
  • Nigel Godrich– recording, mixing, editing
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer, backing up, cataloguing
  • Graeme Stewart – engineering of preliminary sessions, tape loops
  • Stanley Donwood– artwork, packaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Phil Selway and Thom Yorke.

  1. 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm.)
  2. Sit down. Stand up. (Snakes & Ladders.)
  3. Sail to the Moon. (Brush the Cobwebs out of the Sky.)
  4. (Honeymoon is Over.)
  5. Go to Sleep. (Little Man being Erased.)
  6. Where I End and You Begin. (The Sky is Falling in.)
  7. We Suck Young Blood. (Your Time is up.)
  8. The Gloaming. (Softly Open our Mouths in the Cold.)
  9. There there. (The Boney King of Nowhere.)
  10. I will. (No man’s Land.)
  11. A Punchup at a Wedding. (No no no no no no no no.)
  12. (Judge, Jury & Executioner.)
  13. (As Dead as Leaves.)
  14. A Wolf at the Door. (It Girl. Rag Doll.)

Paul McCartney: Memory Almost Full

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On June 5, 2007, “Hear Music” label released “Memory Almost Full”, the fourteenth Paul McCartney studio album. It was recorded in October 2003, 2006 – 2007, at “Abbey Road Studios”, “Henson Recording Studios”, “AIR Studios”, “Hog Hill Mill Studios” and “RAK Studios”, and was produced by David Kahne. The album was certified Gold in the US by the “RIIA”, Gold in UK by the “BPI”, Gold in Canada by “Music Canada” and Platinum in Russia by the “NFPF”.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney – vocal, bass, various instruments
  • Rusty Anderson– lead guitar
  • Brian Ray– rhythm guitar
  • Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens– keyboards
  • Abe Laboriel Jr.– drums
  • David Kahne– programming
  • Adam Noble, David Kahne, Steve Orchard, Geoff Emerick, Paul Hicks– engineer
  • Jamie Kirkham, Eddie Klein, Adam Noble, Chris Bolster, Kevin Mills, Mirek Stiles – engineer assistant
  • David Kahne Andy Wallace– mixing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Humphrey Ocean– cover art front, black love chair, cover art back: black love chair
  • Max Vadukul– inlay photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul McCartney.

All songs written by Paul McCartney.

  1. Dance Tonight
  2. Ever Present Past
  3. See Your Sunshine
  4. Only Mama Knows
  5. You Tell Me
  6. Bellamy
  7. GratitudeVintage Clothes
  8. That Was Me
  9. Feet in the Clouds
  10. House of Wax
  11. The End of the End
  12. Nod Your Head

Bruce Springsteen: Born In The U.S.A.

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On June 4, 1984, “Columbia” label released “Born in the U.S.A.”, the seventh Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded January 1982 – March 1984, at “The Power Station” and “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 85 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”. In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked it at number 428 on its list album of the “Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen– lead vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Steven Van Zandt– acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmony vocals
  • Roy Bittan– piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Clarence Clemons– saxophone, percussion, backing vocals
  • Danny Federici– organ, glockenspiel, piano
  • Garry Tallent– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg– drums, backing vocals
  • Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg– backing vocals
  • Ruth Davis – backing vocals

Track listing

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Born in the U.S.A.
  2. Cover Me
  3. Darlington Country
  4. Working on the Highway
  5. Downbound Train
  6. I’m on Fire
  7. No Surrender
  8. Bobby Jean
  9. I’m goin’ Down
  10. Glory Days
  11. Dancing in the Dark
  12. My Hometown

Dave Gahan: Paper Monsters

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On June 2, 2003, “Mute” label released “Paper Monsters”, the debut Dave Gahan solo album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Ken Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, Glockenspiel, electric piano, harmonica
  • Knox Chandler – guitar, dulcimer, cello, bass guitar, keyboards, vibraphone, string arrangements, programming
  • Doug Petty – piano
  • Paul Garisto, Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Jolyon Thomas – tambourine, tom-tom drums
  • Maxim Moston, Antoine Silverman, Joan Wasser – violin
  • David Gold – viola
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Dee Lewis – backing vocals
  • John Collyer – programming
  • Jonathan Adler – engineer
  • Jack Clark, Ken Thoams – mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Anthon Corbin – art direction, photography
  • Four Five One Creative – art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Gahan and Knox Chandler.

  1. Dirty Sticky Floors
  2. Hold On
  3. A Little Piece
  4. Bottle Living
  5. Black and Blue Again
  6. Stay
  7. I Need You
  8. Bitter Apple
  9. Hidden Houses
  10. Goodbye

Bruce Springsteen: Darkness On The Edge Of Town

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On June 2, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Darkness on the Edge of Town”, the fourth Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded October 1977 – March 1978, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York, and was produced by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, and Steven Van Zandt. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Darkness on the Edge of Town” at number 151 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA’.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen– lead vocals, lead guitar, harmonica
  • Steve Van Zandt– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Roy Bittan– piano, backing vocals
  • Danny Federici– organ, glockenspiel
  • Garry Tallent– bass guitar
  • Max Weinberg– drums
  • Clarence Clemons– saxophone, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Iovine– engineer, mixing
  • Thom Panunzio– engineer assistant
  • Chuck Plotkin– mixing
  • Mike Reese– mastering
  • Frank Stefanko– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Badlands
  2. Adam Raised a Cain
  3. Something in the Night
  4. Candy’s Room
  5. Racing in the Street
  6. The Promised Land
  7. Factory
  8. Streets of Fire
  9. Prove it All Night
  10. Darkness on the Edge of Town

Paul McCartney: McCartney II

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McCartney II

On May 16, 1980, “Parlaphone” label released “McCartney II”, the second Paul McCartney solo album. It was recorded July–August 1979, and was produced by Paul McCartney. In 2003,  “Mojo”  magazine ranked the album at number 26 on its list of the “Top 50 Eccentric Albums”.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney– vocals, guitar, bass, electric piano, synthesizer, keyboards, drums, engineer
  • Linda McCartney- vocals, photography
  • Malcolm Davies – mastering
  • Eddie Klein – technican

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul McCartney.

  1. Coming Up
  2. Temporary Secretary
  3. On the Way
  4. Waterfalls
  5. Nobody Knows
  6. Front Parlour
  7. Summer’s Day Song
  8. Frozen Jap
  9. Bogey Music
  10. Darkroom
  11. One of These Days