Tag Archives: 2009

John Mayall: Tough

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On September 15, 2009, “Eagle” label released “Tough”, the 34th John Mayall album. It was recorded in March 2009, at “LAFX” in Hollywood, and was produced by Michael Aarvold, John Mayall and Maggie Mayall.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall – vocals, guitar, 12 String guitar, harmonica, organ, piano
  • Rocky Athas – guitar
  • Tom Canning – organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Greg Rzab – bass guitar
  • Maggie Mayall – backing vocals, photography, track notes
  • Michael Aarvold – engineer, mastering
  • Stuart Green – design
  • Fabrice Demessence – photography
  • Jeremy Olsen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Mayall, except where noted.

  1. Nothing to Do with Love – Jerry Lynn Williams, John F. Miller
  2. Just What You’re Looking For – Peter Harper
  3. Playing with a Losing Hand – Walter Trout
  4. An Eye for An Eye – Jeffrey Pitchell
  5. How Far Down – Gary Nicolson, Kenneth Greenberg
  6. Train to My Heart – David Fields
  7. Slow Train to Nowhere
  8. Numbers Down – Andrew Winton
  9. That Good Old Rockin’ Blues
  10. Tough Times Ahead
  11. The Sum of Something – Curtis Salgado

David Sylvian: Manafon

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On September 14, 2009, “Samadhi Sound” label released “Manafon”, the seventh David Sylvian studio album. It was recorded 2004–2007, in Vienna, Tokyo and London, and was produced by David Sylvian.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, electronics, engineer, mixing, art direction
  • Burkhard Stangl – guitar
  • Keith Rowe – guitar
  • Christian Fennesz – guitar, laptop
  • Otomo Yoshihide – acoustic guitar, turntables
  • Tetuzi Akiyama – acoustic and electric guitar
  • John Tilbury – piano
  • Werner Dafeldecker – acoustic bass
  • Evan Parker – saxophone
  • Franz Hautzinger – trumpet
  • Marcio Mattos – cello
  • Michael Moser – cello
  • Toshimaru Nakamura – no input mixer
  • Joel Ryan – tape signal processing
  • Sachiko M. – sine waves
  • Christoph Amann, Toshihiko Kasai, Sebastian Lexer, Neil Tucker – additional engineering
  • Yuka Fujii – art direction
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Atsushi Fukui – David Sylvian portrait and related drawings
  • Ruud van Empel – cover artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by David Sylvian.

  1. Small Metal Gods
  2. The Rabbit Skinner
  3. Random Acts of Senseless Violence
  4. The Greatest Living Englishman
  5. 125 Spheres
  6. Snow White in Appalachia
  7. Emily Dickinson
  8. The Department of Dead Letters
  9. Manafon

The Wildhearts: ¡Chutzpah!

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On August 31, 2009, “Backstage Alliance” label released “¡Chutzpah!”, the eighth Wildhearts (The) studio album. It was recorded in Aprile 2009, at “Hansen Studios” in Ribe, Denmark, and was produced by Jacob Hansen.

Personnel:

  • Ginger Wildheart – lead vocals, guitar
  • C. J. Wildheart – guitar, backing vocals
  • Scott Sorry – vocal, backing vocal, bass
  • Ritch Battersby – drums
  • Kim Olesen – keyboards, programming
  • Jacob Hansen – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Virpi Immonen – engineer
  • Jeppe Andersson – engineer assistant
  • Martin Wolf Pagaard – engineer assistant
  • Rich Jones – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Ginger Wildheart, C. J. Wildheart, Scott Sorry and Ritch Battersby.  

  1. The Jackson Whites
  2. Plastic Jebus
  3. The Only One
  4. John of Violence
  5. You Are Proof That Not All Women Are Insane
  6. Tim Smith
  7. Low Energy Vortex
  8. You Took the Sunshine from New York
  9. Mazel Tov Cocktail
  10. Chutzpah

Noah And The Whale: The First Day Of Spring

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On August 31, 2009, “Vertigo” label released “The First Day of Spring”, the second Noah and the Whale studio album. It was recorded in January 2009, and was produced by Emery Dobyns and Charlie Fink.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Fink – vocals, guitar, photography
  • Tom Hobden – keyboards, violin, arrangements
  • Mat “Urby Whale” Owens – bass guitar
  • Doug Fink – drums
  • Exmoor Singers of London – choir
  • BJ Cole – pedal steel
  • Sam Kindrade – trumpet
  • John Carvell – trombone
  • Martin Slattery – flute, clarinet
  • Emery Dobyns – engineer, mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering assistant
  • Traffic – design
  • James Robinson – photography
  • James Jarvin – directed by

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Fink.

  1. The First Days of Spring
  2. Our Window
  3. I Have Nothing
  4. My Broken Heart
  5. Instrumental I
  6. Love Of and Orchestra
  7. Instrumental II
  8. Stranger
  9. Blue Skies
  10. Slow Glass
  11. My Door Is Always Open

Athlete: Black Swan

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On August 24, 2009, “Fiction” label released “Black Swan”, the fourth and final Athlete studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Rothrock.

Personnel:

  • Joel Pott – vocals, guitar, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Tim Wanstall – keyboard, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Carey Willetts – bass, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Steve Roberts – drums, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Jonny Pilcher – additional guitars
  • Prabjote Osahn – violin
  • Stella Page – violin
  • Amanda Drummond – viola
  • Rhian Porter – cello
  • Mike Tarantino – engineer
  • Paul Wilkinson – additional engineering, additional recording
  • Tom Rothrock – mixing
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Don Tyler – mastering
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Stevie Gee – art direction
  • Natasha Kissell – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Pott, Tim Wanstall, Carey Willetts and Steve Roberts.

  1. Superhuman Touch
  2. The Getaway
  3. Black Swan Song
  4. Don’t Hold Your Breath
  5. Love Come Rescue
  6. Light the Way
  7. The Unknown
  8. The Awkward Goodbye
  9. Magical Mistakes
  10. Rubik’s Cube

The Ramsey Lewis Trio: The In Crowd

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In July 1965, “Argo” label released “The in Crowd”, album by The Ramsey Lewis Trio (the 21st Ramsey Lewis album overall). It was recorded in 1965, at “Bohemian Caverns” in Washington, D.C. and was produced by Esmond Edwards. In 1966, the album received “Grammy Award” for “Best Instrumental Jazz Performance by an Individual or Group”, and the title track single was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame” in 2009.

Personnel:

  • Ramsey Lewis – piano
  • Eldee Young – bass, cello
  • Redd Holt – drums
  • Ed Green – engineer
  • Don S. Bronstein – design, photography
  • Al Clarke – liner notes
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

  1. The ‘In’ Crowd – Billy Page
  2. Since I Fell for You – Buddy Johnson
  3. Tennessee Waltz – Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart
  4. You Been Talkin’ ‘Bout Me Baby – Gale Garnett, Ray Rivers
  5. Spartacus (Love Theme from) – Alex North
  6. Felicidade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
  7. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington

Rome: Flowers From Exile

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On June 26, 2009, “Trisol” label released “Flowers from Exile”, the fifth Rome album.

Personnel:

  • Jerome Reuter – vocals, guitar
  • Patrick Damiani – guitar, bass, keyboards, cello, drums, arrangements, recording
  • Nikos Mavridis – violin
  • Doru Atomei, Joseph Collazo, Marc Limpach, Nestor Crespo, Rupert Kraushofer – voice
  • Romina Cintiono – translation
  • Andreea Wade – translation

Track listing:

  1. Reiseherrschaft
  2. To A Generation of Destroyers
  3. The Accidents of Gesture
  4. Odessa
  5. The Secret Sons of Europe
  6. Besitzbegrenzung
  7. The Hollow Self
  8. A Legacy of Unrest
  9. To Die Among Strangers
  10. Ruheverbot
  11. A Culture of Fragments
  12. We Who Fell in Love with The Sea
  13. Swords To Rust – Hearts to Dust
  14. Verzicht
  15. Flowers From Exile
  16. Flight In Formation

Cheap Trick: The Latest

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On June 23, 2009, “Cheap Trick Unlimited” label released “The Latest”, the sixteenth Cheap Trick studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by Julian Raymond, Howard Willing, Robin Zander, Rick nelson, Tom Petersson and Bun E. Carlos.

Personnel:

  • Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Tom Petersson – bass, backing vocals
  • Bun E. Carlos – drums
  • George Doering – acoustic guitar
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr – keyboards
  • Jason Falkner – additional musician
  • Todd Youth – additional musician
  • Linus of Hollywood – additional musician
  • Julian Raymond – additional musician, arrangements
  • Bon Harris – programming
  • Luis Conte – programming
  • Bennett Salvay – orchestration

Track listing:

  1. Sleep Forever
  2. When the Lights Are Out
  3. Miss Tomorrow
  4. Sick Man of Europe
  5. These Days
  6. Miracle
  7. Everyday You Make Me Crazy
  8. California Girl
  9. Everybody Knows
  10. Alive
  11. Times of Our Lives
  12. Closer, the Ballad of Burt and Linda
  13. Smile

Ty Segall: Melted

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On June 15, 2010, “Goner Records” label released “Melted”, the third Ty Segall studio album. It was recorded August – December 2009.

Personnel:

  • Ty Segall – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Mike Donovan – vocals, guitar, engineer assistant, mixing
  • Tim Hellman – bass
  • Emily Rose Epstein – drums
  • Jigmae Baer – drums
  • Charlie Moonheart – drums
  • John Dwyer – flute
  • King Riff – engineer, mixing
  • Eric Bauer – engineer
  • Eric Landmark – mixing
  • Jason Ward -mastering
  • William Keihn – artwork
  • Denée Petracek – photography

Track listing:

  1. Finger
  2. Caesar
  3. Girlfriend
  4. Sad Fuzz
  5. Melted
  6. Mike D’s Coke
  7. Imaginary Person
  8. My Sunshine
  9. Bees
  10. Mrs.
  11. Alone

Man: Kingdon Of Noise

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On June 9, 2009, “United States of Distribution LTD” label released “Kingdom of Noise”, the 15th Man album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by Josh Ace, Allan Murdoch, Phil Ryan, Martin Ace, René Robrahn and Bob Richards.

Personnel:

  • Josh Ace – vocals, guitar
  • Allan Murdoch – guitar, engineer
  • Phil Ryan – keyboards
  • Martin Ace – vocals, bass
  • René Robrahn – drums
  • Bob Richards – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Allan Murdoch – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Shadow of the Hand – Josh Ace
  2. Steal the World – Martin Ace, Josh Ace
  3. Iceflowers – Martin Ace, Engel
  4. Russian Roulette – Josh Ace, Engel
  5. Kingdom of Noise – Martin Ace, Josh Ace
  6. Standing in the Rain – Josh Ace
  7. Speak – Martin Ace, Josh Ace
  8. Chuffin’ Like a Muffin – Josh Ace, Engel
  9. Dissolve into Despair – Martin Ace, Josh Ace