Tag Archives: 2006

Tim Armstrong: A Poet’s Life

On May 22, 2007, “Hellcat Records” label released “A Poet’s Life”, the debut Tim Armstrong album. It was recorded 2006-2007, and was produced by Tim Armstrong, John Morrical and Rachel Tejada.

Personnel:

  • Tim Armstrong– lead vocals, guitar, video director, video editor,  engineer, mixing, artwork, photography
  • John Morrical – guitar, piano, harmonica, engineer, mixing
  • Jesse Wagner – guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Dixon – guitar, engineer
  • Bibi McGill – guitar
  • Hunter Perrin – guitar
  • Roger Rivas – organ
  • Bonner – bass guitar
  • Korey Horn – drums
  • Scott Abels – drums
  • Saliva Cano – percussion
  • Jubal Jones – saxophone
  • Ethan Avineri – trumpet
  • Tom Cook – trombone
  • DJ Odi – DJ
  • Skye Sweetnam – vocals
  • Daphna Dove – backing vocals
  • Ritchie Stites – backing vocals
  • Gene Grimaldi – mastering
  • Rachel Tejada – artwork, photography, video editor, video director
  • Tom D. Klime – layout design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Armstrong

  1. Wake Up
  2. Hold On
  3. Into Action
  4. Translator
  5. Take This City
  6. Inner City Violence
  7. Oh No
  8. Lady Demeter
  9. Among The Dead
  10. Cold Blooded

Wishbone Ash: Clan Destiny

On April 24, 2006, “Eagle Records” label released “Clan Destiny”, the nineteenth Wishbone Ash album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Andy Powell.

Personnel:

  • Andy Powell – lead vocals, guitar, mandolin
  • Muddy Manninen – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Skeat– vocals, bass, piano, clavinet
  • Ray Weston– drums

Track listing:

  1. Eyes Wide Open – Andy Powell, Aynsley Powell, Muddy Manninen
  2. Dreams Outta Dust – Andy Powell
  3. Healing Ground – Cromwell, Nicholson, Greenberg, Rhodes, Wynans
  4. Steam Town – Andy Powell, Bob Skeat, Muddy Manninen, Ray Weston
  5. Loose Change – Andy Powell, Bob Skeat, Muddy Manninen, Ray Weston, Harris
  6. Surfing a Slow Wave – Kicklighter
  7. Slime Time – AndyPowell, Muddy Manninen
  8. Capture The Moment – Andy Powell, Bob Skeat, Muddy Manninen, Ray Weston
  9. Your Dog – Andy Powell
  10. The Raven – Muddy Manninen
  11. Motherless Child – traditional

OSI: Free

On April 21, 2006, “insideOut Music” label released “Free”, the second OSI album. It was recorded in November 2005, and was produced by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore.

Personnel:

  • Jim Matheos- guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Bige Akdeniz – vocals, guitar
  • Kevin Moore- vocals, keyboards, programming
  • Joey Vera – bass
  • Mike Portnoy- acoustic drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kevin Moore; all music by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore.

  1. Sure You Will
  2. Free
  3. Go
  4. All Gone Now
  5. Home Was Good
  6. Bigger Wave
  7. Kicking
  8. Better
  9. Simple Life
  10. Once
  11. Our Town

Cowboy Junkies: At The End Of Paths Taken

On April 9, 2007, “Latent” label released “At the End of Paths Taken”, the twelve  Cowboy Junkies studio album. It was recorded June-November 2006, and was produced by Michael Timmins.

Personnel:

  • Margo Timmins- vocals
  • Michael Timmins – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Timmins – drums, congas& percussion
  • Alan Anton – bass guitar, percussion, keyboards
  • Jeff Bird- electric mandolin, percussion
  • Joby Baker- piano, keyboards, bass guitar
  • Henry Kucharczyk- digital kalimba, string arrangements, conducting
  • Benjamine Bowman, Sandra Baron, Rebecca Vanderpost, Sarah Fraser-Raff- violin
  • Amy Laing, Richard Armin- cello
  • The Sara J. Ratzlaff-Madeleine WienerYouth Choir
  • John A.Timmins- narration

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Timmins, except where noted.

  1. Brand New World
  2. Still Lost
  3. Cutting Board Blues
  4. Spiral Down
  5. My Little Basquiat – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton
  6. Someday Soon
  7. Follower 2
  8. It Really Doesn’t Matter Anyway – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton
  9. Blue Eyed Saviour
  10. Mountain – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton
  11. My Only Guarantee

Blackmore’s Night: The Village Lanterne

On April 4, 2006, “Steamhammer” label released “The Village Lanterne”, the fifth Blackmore’s Night studio album. It was recorded 2005-2006, and was produced by Pat Regan.

Personnel:

  • Ritchie Blackmore– electric guitars, acoustic guitars, various drums, hurdy-gurdy
  • Candice Night– lead vocals, backing vocals, shawms, rauchpfeife,  recorder, chanters
  • Pat Reganand the Minstrel Hall Consort – keyboards
  • Sir Robert of Normandie (Robert Curiano) – bass
  • Anton Fig– drums
  • Sisters of the Moon: Lady Madeline and Lady Nancy (Madelineand Nancy Posner) – harmony vocals
  • Bard David of Larchmont(David Baranowski) – keyboards
  • Sarah Steiding– violin
  • Albert Dannemann– bagpipes, backing vocals
  • Ian Robertson, Jim Manngard – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. 25 Years – Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night
  2. Village Lanterne – Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night
  3. I Guess It Doesn’t Matter Anymore – Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night
  4. The Messenger – Ritchie Blackmore
  5. World of Stone – trad. arr. Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night
  6. Faerie Queen / Faerie Dance – Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night
  7. Teresa – Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman, Joan Osborne
  8. Village Dance – Ritchie Blackmore
  9. Mond Tanz / Child in Time – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
  10. Streets of London – Ralph Mctell
  11. Just Call My Name (I’ll Be There) – Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night
  12. Olde Mill Inn – Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night
  13. Windmills – Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night
  14. Street of Dreams – Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner

The Flaming Lips: At War with the Mystics

On April 3, 2006, “Warner Bros” label released “At War with the Mystics”, the eleventh Flaming Lips studio album. It was recorded June 2004-January 2006, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins.  In 2006 the album won “Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance” and “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, bass, mixing
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums, mixing
  • Michael Ivins – vocals, bass, mixing, additional engineering
  • Greg Kurstin – various instruments, backing vocals
  • Kliph Scurlock– drums, percussion
  • Dave Fridmann – programming, engineer, mixing,  mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins.

  1. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)
  2. Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)
  3. The Sound of Failure / It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark??
  4. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)
  5. Vein of Stars
  6. The Wizard Turns On… The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Moccasins
  7. It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big… I Am So Small… Do I Stand a Chance?
  8. Ambulance Driver
  9. Haven’t Got a Clue
  10. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)
  11. Pompeii am Götterdämmerung
  12. Goin’ On

The Presidents of the UNited States: These Are the Good Times People

On January 11, 2008, “Fugative Recordings” label released “These Are the Good Times People”, the fifth Presidents of the United States of America album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by Kurt Bloch.

Personnel:

  • Chris Ballew– vocals, basitar
  • Andrew McKeag – guitbass
  • Jason Finn– drums
  • Fysah Thomas – vocals
  • Mark Hoyt – backing vocals
  • The Love Lights Horn Section
    • Jerimiah Austin – trumpet
    • Sarah Jerns – trumpet
    • Diana Dizard – baritone sax
  • Martin Feveyear– mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Ballew except where noted.

  1. Mixed Up S.O.B.
  2. Ladybug
  3. Sharpen Up Those Fangs
  4. More Bad Times – Dan Leone, Dom Leone, Chris Ballew, Andrew McKeag
  5. French Girl
  6. Truckstop Butterfly
  7. Ghosts are Everywhere – Chrs Ballew, Andrew McKeag, Jason Finn
  8. Loose Balloon
  9. Flame is Love
  10. So Lo So Hi
  11. Poor Turtle
  12. Rot in the Sun
  13. Warhead – Chris Ballew, Andrew McKeag, Jason Finn
  14. Deleter – Chris Ballew, Andrew McKeag, Jason Finn

Donald Fagen: Morph the Cat

On March 7, 2006, “Reprise” label released “Morph the Cat”, the third Donald Fagen solo album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Donald Fagen.

Personnel:

  • Donald Fagen – Fender Rhodes, organ, piano, melodica, backing vocals
  • Frank Vignola, Ken Wessel, Ken Emerson, Hugh McCracken, Wayne Krantz, Jon Herington – guitar
  • Ted Baker – piano
  • Ted Baker – Wurlitzer Electric Piano
  • Howard Levy – harmonica
  • Phonus Quaver – vibraphone
  • Brian Montgomery – bass
  • Harlan Post, Jr – acoustic bass.
  • Freddie Washington – bass
  • Keith Carlock – drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • Gordon Gottlieb – percussion
  • Joe Pasaro – percussion
  • Walt Weiskopf – tenor saxophone
  • Lawrence Feldman – tenor saxophone
  • Roger Rosenberg – baritone saxophone
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Roger Rosenberg – bass clarinet
  • Illinois Elohainu – flute
  • Mark Patterson – trombone
  • Phonus Quaver – marimba
  • Jerry Barnes, Michael Harvey, Amy Helm, Carolyn Leonhart, Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
  • Camille Meza, Candice Predham, Eddie Jackson, Jennifer Battista – handclaps
  • Elliot Scheiner – tracking engineer, mixing
  • Brian Montgomery – overdub, Pro Tools engineer. engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • T. J. Doherty – overdub, Pro Tools engineer
  • Eddie Jackson, Jim Keller, Chad Lupo, Steve Mazur, Matt Scheiner, Bryan Smith, Allan “A.T.” Thomas – engineer assistant
  • Darcy Proper – mastering
  • Joseph M. Palmaccio – additional mastering
  • Maria Triana – mastering assistant
  • Jeri Heiden – art direction
  • Ryan Corey – design
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Jill Dell’Abate, Cindy Osborne – production coordinator
  • Mary Lou Arnold – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Donald Fagen.

  1. Morph the Cat
  2. H Gang
  3. What I Do
  4. Brite Nitegown
  5. The Great Pagoda of Funn
  6. Security Joan
  7. The Night Belongs to Mona
  8. Mary Shut the Garden Door
  9. Morph the Cat (Reprise)

The Stooges: The Weirdness

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On March 6, 2007, “Virgin” label released “The Weirdness”, the fourth Stooges (The) album.  It was recorded in October 2006, at “Electrical Audio Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Steve Albini. It was the first studio album of new material The Stooges released since “Raw Power” in 1973.

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop– vocals
  • Ron Asheton– guitar
  • Mike Watt– bass guitar
  • Scott Asheton– drums
  • Steve Mackay– saxophone
  • Brendan Benson– backing vocals
  • Steve Albini– engineer
  • Rob Vester – engineer assistant
  • Nick Webb – mastering
  • Sean Mosher-Smith – art direction, design
  • Chapman Baehler– photography
  • Robert Matheu – photography
  • Chris Wujek – technical assistance
  • Henry McGroggan – production coordination
  • Eric Fischer – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, and Scott Asheton, except where noted.

  1. Trollin’
  2. You Can’t Have Friends
  3. ATM
  4. My Idea of Fun
  5. The Weirdness
  6. Free & freaky
  7. Greedy Awful People
  8. She Took My Money
  9. The End of Christianity
  10. Mexican Guy
  11. Passing Cloud
  12. I’m Fried