On May 17, 2012, LaDonna Adrian Gaines aka Donna Summer died aged 63. She was singer, song-writer and actress, known as the “Queen of Disco”. She won six “American Music Awards”, five “Grammy Awards”, and had three multi-platinum albums, including the hits “Hot Stuff”, “Love to Love You”, and “I Feel Love”.
Tag Archives: 2012
Iggy Pop: Après
On May 9, 2012, “Thousand Mile Inc” label released “Après”, the sixteenth Iggy Pop studio album. It was recorded February 2010 – June 2011, and was produced by Hal Cragin.
Personnel:
- Iggy Pop – vocals
- Hal Cragin – vocals. guitar, bass guitar, piano
- Steven Ulrich – electric guitar
- Danny Blume – acoustic and electric guitar
- Jerry Zaslavsky – organ
- Jon Cowherd – piano
- Ben Perowsky – drums, percussion
- Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
- Kevin Hupp – drums, percussion
- Jainardo Batista – percussion
- Aaron Halva – tres
- Lucie Aimé, Sarah Fimm – backing vocals
- Tim Ouimette – horn arrangemens, horns, trombone
- Lulu Gainsbourg – horn arrangement
- Hal Cragin – engineer, mixing
- Andy Tommasi – additional production, engineer
- Guillaume le Grontec, Sophie Blondy – photography
Track listing:
- Et si tu n’existais pas – Vito Pallavicini, Toto Cutugno, Pasquale Losito, Pierre Delanoë, Claude Lemesie
- La Javanaise – Serge Gainsbourg
- Everybody’s Talkin – Fred Neil
- I’m Going Away Smiling – Yoko Ono
- La vie en rose – Louis Guglielmi, Édith Piaf
- Les Passantes – Antoine Pol, Georges Brassens
- Syracuse – Bernard Dimey
- What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
- Michelle – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Trevor Rabin: Jacaranda
On May 8, 2012, “Varèse Sarabande” label released “Jacaranda”, the fifth Trevor Rabin studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2012, at “Jacaranda Room” in Hollywood, and was produced by Trevor Rabin.
Personnel:
- Trevor Rabin – “a little vocal”,acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, bass guitar, upright bass, grand piano, keyboards, autoharp, arranger, engineer
- Liz Constantine – vocals
- Tal Wilkenfeld – electric bass guitar
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- Lou Molino III – drums
- Ryan Rabin – drums
- Paul Linford – mastering
- Ron DeVivo – back cover photo
- Bill Pitzonka – art direction, design
- Hannah Hooper – cover portrait
- Derek Rabin – legal
Track listing:
All tracks by Trevor Rabin.
- Spider Boogie
- Market Street
- Anerley Road
- Through the Tunnel
- The Branch Office
- Rescue
- Killarney 1 & 2
- Storks Bill Geranium Waltz
- Me and My Boy
- Freethought
- Zoo Lake
- Gazania
Patty Griffin: American Kid
On May 7, 2013, “New West Records” label released “American Kid”, the seventh Patty Griffin studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Craig Ross and Patty Griffin.
Personnel:
- Patty Griffin – vocals, guitar, piano, drunken choir
- Robert Plant – duet and backing vocals
- Luther Dickinson – guitar, slide guitar, banjo, drunken choir
- Doug Lancio – mandolin, guitar, baritone guitar, drunken choir
- Craig Ross – guitar, baritone guitar, bass, organ, piano, percussion, Omnichord, backing vocals
- Byron House – bowed bass
- John Deaderick – organ, piano
- Cody Dickinson – drums, percussion, jug, drunken choir
- Mike Poole – mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Patty Griffin, except where noted.
- Go Wherever You Wanna Go
- Don’t Let Me Die in Florida
- Ohio
- Wild Old Dog
- Mom & Dad Waltz – Lefty Frizzell
- Faithful Son
- Highway Song – Patty Griffin, Robert Plant
- That Kind of Lonely
- Irish Boy
- Get Ready Marie
- Not a Bad Man
- Gonna Miss You When You’re Gone
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Aufheben
On May 7, 2012, “A Recordings” label released “Aufheben”, the twelfth Brian Jonestown Massacre (The) studio album. It was recorded in May 2012, and was produced by Anton Newcombe and Fabien Leseure.
Personnel:
- Anton Newcombe – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, electronics, mixing
- Matt Hollywood – guitar
- Joel Gion – tambourine
- Will Carruthers – bass, backing vocals
- Constantine Karlis – drums
- Fab Leseure – keyboards, electronics
- Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson – guitar
- Hakon Adalsteinsson – guitar
- Friederike Bienert – flute
- Eliza Karmasalo – vocals
- Thibault Pesenti – vocals
- Fabien Leseure – mixing
Track listing:
- Panic in Babylon
- Viholliseni Maalla
- Gaz Hilarant
- Illuminomi
- I Want to Hold Your Other Hand
- Face Down on the Moon
- The Clouds Are Lies
- Stairway to the Best Party in the Universe
- Seven Kinds of Wonderful
- Waking Up to Hand Grenades
- Blue Order / New Monday
Djam Karet: The Trip
On April 23, 2013, “HC Production” label released “The Trip”, the fourteenth Djam Karet studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “White Arrow Studios” in California, and was produced by Gayle Ellett, Mike Henderson, Aaron Kenyon, Mike Murray and Chuck Oken Jr.
Personnel:
- Gayle Ellett – Greek bouzouki, Moog synthesizer, organ, mellotron, tape, electronics, flute, mixing, mastering
- Mike Henderson – electric guitar, electronics
- Aaron Kenyon – electric 5-string bass, electronics
- Mike Murray – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electronics
- Chuck Oken, Jr. – drums, percussion, synthesizer, electronics, recording
Track listing:
All tracks by Gayle Ellett, Mike Henderson, Aaron Kenyon, Mike Murray and Chuck Oken Jr.
- The Trip
Hank Mobley: Newark 1953
On April 17, 2012, “Uptown Records” label released “Newark 1953”, album by Hank Mobley. It was recorded in September 1953, at “The Picadilly Club” in New Jersey, and was produced by Robert E. Sunenblick.
Personnel:
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Bennie Green – trombone
- Walter Davis Jr. – piano
- Jimmy Schenck – bass
- Charli Persip – drums
- Ozzie Cadena – recording
Track listing:
- Ow – John Birks Gillespie
- There’s a Small Hotel – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
- Ballad Medley: Damn That Dream / Where or When / In Love in Vain / Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Eddie DeLange, Lorenz Hart, James Van Heusen, Jerome Kern, Mitchell Parish, Leo Robin, Richard Rodgers
- All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
- Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid – Lester Young
- Announcement
- Lullaby of Birdland – George Shearing
- Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- Keen and Peachy – Ralph Burns, Shorty Rogers
- Pennies from Heaven – Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston
- Blues Is Green – Bennie Green
- ‘S Wonderful – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
The Futurheads: Rant
On April 2, 2012, “Nul” label released “Rant” the fifth Futureheads (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “First Avenue” and was produced by Dave Curle.
Personnel:
- Ross Millard – vocals, arranger
- Dave Hyde – vocals, arranger
- Barry Hyde – vocals, arranger
- David “Jaff” Craig – vocals, arranger
- Dave Curle – recording engineer
- Nigel Walton – mastering
- Stuart Hardie – artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by Ross Millard, Dave Hyde, Barry Hyde and David Craig, except where noted.
- Meantime
- Meet Me Halfway – Allan Pineda, Brian Chase, Jaime Gomez, Jean Baptiste, Karen Orzolek, Keith Harris, Nicholas Zinner, Priese Prince Lamont Board, Stacy Ferguson, Sylvia Gordon, William Adams
- Robot
- Beeswing – Richard Thompson
- Thursday
- Sumer Is Icumen In – traditional
- The Keeper – traditional
- The No. 1 Song in Heaven – Giorgio Moroder, Ron Mael, Russell Mael
- The Old Dun Cow – traditional
- Acapella – David Guetta, Frédéric Riesterer, Jean Baptiste , Kelis Rogers, Makeba
- Man Ray (includes the track Hanging Johnny)
British Sea Power: Machineries of Joy
On April 1, 2013, “Rough Trade” label released “Machineries of Joy” the fifth British Sea Power album. It was recorded in November 2012 in Brighton.
Personnel:
- Phil Sumner
- Abi Fry
- Yan Scott Wilkinson
- Neil Hamilton Wilkinson
- Martin Noble
- Matthew Wood
Track listing:
- Machineries Of Joy
- K Hole
- Hail Holy Queen
- Loving Animals
- What You Need The Most
- Monsters Of Sunderland
- Spring Has Sprung
- Radio Goddard
- A Light Above Descending
- When A Warm Wind Blows Through The Grass
Initial copies of the album included a bonus EP containing 5 tracks:
- Facts Are Right
- Fingertips
- Baby Grey
- Lullaby For What You Are
- Chrysanthemum
Mae: The Everglow
On March 29, 2012, “Tooth & Nail Records” label released “The Everglow” the second Mae album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Ken Andrews.
Personnel:
- Dave Elkins – vocals, guitar
- Zach Gehring – guitar
- Rob Sweitzer – vocals, keyboards
- Mark Padgett – bass
- Jacob Marshall – drums
Track listing:
- Prologue
- We’re So Far Away
- Someone Else’s Arms
- Suspension
- This is the Countdown
- Painless
- The Ocean
- Breakdown
- Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
- Cover Me
- The Everglow
- ready and Waiting to Fall
- Anything
- The Sun and the Moon
- Epilogue
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