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Nomeansno: All Roads Lead To Ausfahrt

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On August 21, 2006, “Wrong Records Imprint” label released “All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt”, the tenth and final Nomeansno studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, at “Hive Creative Labs” and “Lemon Loaf Studios” in Vancouver.

Personnel:

  • Tom Holliston – vocals, guitar
  • Rob Wright – vocals, bass, guitar
  • John Wright – vocals, drums, keyboards
  • Robyn Carrigan – backing vocals
  • Bill Johnson – slide guitar
  • Blair Calibaba – engineer
  • Amy Worobec – engineer assistant
  • Colin Stewart – recording assistant
  • Craig Waddell – mastering
  • Randy Iwata – layout

Track listing:

  1. Wake Up
  2. In Her Eyes
  3. Mr. in Between
  4. I See a Mansion in the Sky
  5. Ashes
  6. So Low
  7. Faith
  8. Heaven Is the Dust Beneath My Shoes
  9. Mondo Nihilissimo 2000
  10. The Hawk Killed the Punk
  11. I’m Dreaming and I Can’t Wake Up
  12. ‘Til I Die
  13. Slugs Are Burning
  14. The Future Is the Past (unlisted)

Cowboy Junkies: Early 21st Century Blues

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On August 16, 2005, “Latent” label released “Early 21st Century Blues”, the tenth Cowboy Junkies album. It was recorded February – March 2005, and was produced by Michael Timmins.

Personnel:

  • Margo Timmins – vocals
  • Michael Timmins – guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Alan Anton – bass
  • Peter Timmins – drums
  • John Timmins – guitar, banjo
  • Jeff Bird – electric mandolin
  • Jaro Czwewinec – accordion
  • Bob Egan – pedal steel guitar
  • Anne Bourne – cello
  • Kevin “Rebel” Bond – vocal
  • Jeff Wolpert – mixed
  • Peter Moore – mastering
  • Howells and Dinnick – art direction
  • Xiu B Doo – cover painting

Track listing:

  1. License to Kill – Bob Dylan
  2. Two Soldiers – traditional, arrangements by Margo Timmins, Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Peter Timmins
  3. December Skies -Michael Timmins
  4. This World Dreams Of – Michael Timmins
  5. Brothers Under the Bridge – Bruce Springsteen
  6. You’re Missing – Bruce Springsteen
  7. Handouts in the Rain – Richie Havens
  8. Isn’t It a Pity – George Harrison
  9. No More – traditional, arrangements by Margo Timmins, Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Peter Timmins
  10. I Don’t Want to Be a Soldier – John Lennon
  11. One – U2

The Jonas Brothers: It’s About Time

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On August 8, 2006, “Daylight Records” label released “It’s About Time”, the debut Jonas Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded July – August 2005, April 2006, and was produced by Michael Mangini and Steve Greenberg.

Personnel:

  • Nick Jonas – lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, drums
  • Kevin Jonas – guitar, background vocals
  • John Taylor – guitar
  • Joe Jonas – lead vocals, tambourine, keyboard
  • Greg Garbowsky – bass guitar
  • Alexander Noyes – drums

Track listing:

  1. What I Go to School For – James Bourne, Matt Willis
  2. Time for Me to Fly – Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas I, Kevin Jonas II, Joe Jonas, PJ Bianco
  3. Year 3000 – James Bourne
  4. One Day at a Time – Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas I, Kevin Jonas II, Michael Mangini, Steve Greenberg
  5. 6 Minutes – Joe Belmaati; Kenny Gioia, Mich Hansen; Rich Cronin; Sheppard Goodman
  6. Mandy – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II
  7. You Just Don’t Know It – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II, Desmond Child
  8. I Am What I Am – Adam Schlesinger
  9. Underdog – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II, Jess Cates, Stargate
  10. 7:05 – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II, Michael Mangini
  11. Please Be Mine – Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II

Truckfighters: Gravity X

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On July 12, 2005, “Fuzzorama Records” label released “Gravity X”, the debut Truckfighters studio album. It was recorded December 2004 – January 2005, at “Bomb Shellter Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ozo, Fredo, Dango, Paco and Pezo.

Personnel:

  • Ozo – bass, vocals
  • Fredo – guitar
  • Dango – guitar
  • Paco – drums
  • Pezo – drums
  • Anders Jacobson – drums
  • Andreas Alm – trumpet
  • Petter Fridell – trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Ozo, Fredo, Dango, Paco and Pezo, except where noted.

  1. Desert Cruiser
  2. Gargarismo
  3. Momentum
  4. Freewheelin’
  5. The Deal
  6. Superfunk
  7. Subfloor
  8. Gweedo-Weedo
  9. Manhatan Project
  10. In Search of (The)
  11. A. Zapruder – Ozo, Fredo, Dango, Paco, Pezo, Anders Jacobson
  12. Altered State

Etta James: Blues to the Bone

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On June 8, 2004, “RCA Victor” label released “Blues to the Bone”, the twenty-seventh Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Etta James, Donto James, Josh Sklar and Sametto James. In 2005, “Blues to the Bone” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocals
  • Josh Sklair – guitar, dobro, arrangements
  • Bobby Murray – guitars
  • Brian Ray – guitar, slide guitar
  • Mike Finnigan – piano
  • John “Juke” Logan – harmonica
  • Sametto James – bass
  • Donto Metto James – drums

Track listing:

  1. I Got My Mojo Working – Preston Foster
  2. Don’t Start Me to Talking – Sonny Boy Williamson II
  3. Hush Hush – Jimmy Reed
  4. Lil’ Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  5. That’s Alright – Jimmy Rogers
  6. Crawlin’ King Snake – John Lee Hooker
  7. Dust My Broom – Robert Johnson
  8. The Sky Is Crying – Elmore James
  9. Smokestack Lightnin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
  10. You Shook Me – Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir
  11. Driving Wheel – Roosevelt Sykes
  12. Honey, Don’t Tear My Clothes – Lightnin’ Hopkins

Scritti Politti: White Bread Black Beer

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On May 28, 2006, “Rough Trade” label released “White Bread Black Beer”, the fifth Scritti Politti studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, at Green Gartside’s home studio in Dalston, London, and was produced by Green Gartside and Andy Houston.

Personnel:

  • Green Gartside – vocals, all instruments, recording, mixing
  • Andy Houston – recording, mixing
  • John Dent – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Green Gartside.

  1. The Boom Boom Bap
  2. No Fine Lines
  3. Snow in Sun
  4. Cooking
  5. Throw
  6. Dr. Abernathy
  7. After Six
  8. Petrococadollar
  9. E Eleventh Nuts
  10. Window Wide Open
  11. Road to No Regret
  12. Locked
  13. Mrs. Hughes
  14. Robin Hood

Tina Turner

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On May 24, 2023, Anna Mae Bullock aka Tina Turner died aged 83. She was singer, author, dancer and actress, referred to as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, began her career with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in 1957. In 1958, under the name Little Ann, she released her first record, “Boxtop”. In 1960, she debuted as Tina Turner with the duet single “A Fool in Love”. The duo Ike & Tina Turner became “one of the most formidable live acts in history”. In the 1980s, Turner made a great comeback, and in the decades that followed she sold over 100 million records worldwide, and became one of  the best-selling recording artists of all time. She won twelve “Grammy Awards”, three “Grammy Hall of Fame” awards and a “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award”. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked her among the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” and the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”. She was twice inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, with Ike Turner in 1991 and as a solo artist in 2021. In 2005, she was recipient of the “Kennedy Center Honors” and “Women of the Year” award. As leader Tina Turner released nine albums.

Marcin Wasilevski Trio: Trio

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On April 23, 2005, “ECM” label released “Trio”, the debut Marcin Wasilewski Trio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Marcin Wasilewski – piano
  • Slawomir Kurkiewicz – bass
  • Michal Miskiewicz – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz except where noted.

  1. Trio Conversation (Introduction)
  2. Hyperballad – Björk
  3. Roxana’s Song – Karol Szymanowski
  4. K.T.C. – Michal Wasilewski
  5. Plaza Real – Wayne Shorter
  6. Shine – Michal Wasilewski
  7. Green Sky – Tomasz Stańko
  8. Sister’s Song – Ewa Wasilewska, Michal Wasilewski
  9. Drum Kick
  10. Free-Bop – Michal Wasilewski
  11. Free Combinations for Three Instruments
  12. Entropy
  13. Trio Conversation (The End)

Etta James: All the Way

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On March 14, 2006, “RCA Victor” label released “All the Way”, the 28th Etta James album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Sametto James, Donto James and Joshua Sklair.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – lead and backing vocals, executive producer
  • Joshua Sklair – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals, recording, mastering, music director
  • Bobby Murray – electric guitar
  • David K. Mathews – keyboards, strings
  • Sametto James – acoustic and electric bass, backing vocals, recording
  • Donto James – drums, percussion, backing vocals, recording
  • Ronnie Buttacavoli – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Randy Williams – backing vocals
  • Tamara Oliver – backing vocals
  • Ed Cherney – mixing, mastering
  • Anthony Montes De Oca – photography
  • Lithofayne Pridgeon – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. Stop On By – Thomas Truman, Bobby Womack
  3. Strung Out – Johnny Watson
  4. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  5. Holding Back the Years – Michael James Hucknall, Neil Moss
  6. Imagine – John Lennon
  7. I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
  8. It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown, Betty Newsome
  9. Purple Rain – Prince
  10. What’s Going On – Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
  11. Calling You – Robert E. Telson

M. Ward: Transistor Radio

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On February 22, 2005, “Merge Records” label released “Transistor Radio”, the fourth M. Ward studio album.  It was recorded in 2004, at “Jackpot! Recording Studio”, “Type Foundry”, “Wavelab Studio”, and was produced by M. Ward.

Personnel:

  • M. Ward (Matthew Stephen Ward) – vocals, keyboards, guitar, arrangements
  • Jim James – vocal, guitar
  • Jenny Lewis – vocal
  • Vic Chesnutt – vocal
  • Paul Brainard – steel guitar
  • Howe Gelb – piano
  • Nick Luca – bass, recording
  • Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion, whistling, recording, mixing
  • John Parish – drums
  • Jordan Hudson – drums
  • Rachel Blumberg
  • Larry Crane – recording, mixing
  • Adam Selzer – recording, mixing
  • Zak Riles – photography
  • Rob Jones – photography assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by M. Ward, except where noted.

  1. You Still Believe in Me – Brian Wilson, T. Asher
  2. One Life Away – Jim James
  3. Sweethearts on Parade – C. Lombardo, C. Newman
  4. Hi-Fi
  5. Fuel for Fire
  6. Four Hours in Washington
  7. Regeneration No. 1
  8. Big Boat
  9. Paul’s Song
  10. Radio Campaign
  11. Here Comes the Sun Again
  12. Deep Dark Well
  13. Oh Take Me Back – A. P. Carter
  14. I’ll Be Y’r Bird
  15. Lullaby + Exile
  16. Well – Tempered Clavier – J. S. Bach