Tag Archives: 2013

Steve Hunter: The Manhattan Blues Project

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On April 30, 2013, “deaconrecords” label released “The Manhattan Blues Project”, the fifth Steve Hunter studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Steve Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hunter– guitar
  • Karen Ann Hunter – vocals
  • Todd Chuba – drums
  • Phil Aaberg– piano, keyboards
  • 2Cellos – Luka Šulić, Stjepan Hauser
  • Johnny Depp– guitar
  • Marty Friedman– guitar
  • Michael Lee Firkins– slide guitar
  • Tommy Henriksen– vocal rap
  • Tony Levin– bass guitar
  • Joe Perry– guitar
  • Joe Satriani– guitar
  • Todd Chuba – drums
  • Jason Becker – programming
  • Dave Shirk – mastering
  • Karen Hunter – design
  • Michael Woodall – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Hunter.

  1. Prelude to the Blues
  2. 222 W. 23rd
  3. Gramercy Park
  4. A Night at the Waldorf
  5. Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
  6. Daydream by the Hudson – Jason Becker
  7. Flames at the Dakota
  8. The Brooklyn Shuffle
  9. What’s Going on – Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
  10. Ground Zero
  11. Twilight in Harlem
  12. Sunset in Central Park

Ceramic Dog: Your Turn

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On April 30, 2013, “Northern Spy” label released “Your Turn”, studio album by Ceramic Dog (20th Marc Ribot album overall). It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Greg Saunie.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot– vocals, guitar, banjo, bass, melodica, horn, trumpet
  • Arto Lindsay– guitar
  • Shahzad Ismaily– vocals, bass, synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, sampling, Moog synthesizer
  • Ches Smith– vocals, drums, percussion, electronics, keyboards
  • Eszter Balint– vocals, melodica, organ, violin
  • Dan Willis – oboe, zurna
  • Keefus Ciancia– sampling
  • Greg Saunier – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Marc Ribot, except where noted.

  1. Lies My Body Told Me
  2. Your Turn – Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  3. Masters of the Internet
  4. Ritual Slaughter – Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  5. Avanti Popolo – Carlo Tuzzi, traditional
  6. Ain’t Gonna Let Them Turn Us Around
  7. Bread and Roses – James Oppenheim
  8. Prayer
  9. Pants Goes to Hollywood
  10. The Kid is Back
  11. Take 5 – Paul Desmond
  12. We Are Professionals – Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  13. Special Snowflake – Chez Smith

Paul Bley: Nothing to Declare

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On April 27, 2004, “Justin Time” label released “Nothing to Declare”, the 88th Paul Bley album. It was recorded in May 2013, at “Sound on Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Jim West.

Personnel:

  • Paul Bley – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Bley

  1. Nothing to Declare
  2. Breakdown
  3. Blues Waltz
  4. 8th Avenue

Laura Stevenson: Wheel

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On April 23, 2013, “Don Giovanni Records” label released “Wheel”, the third Laura Stevenson album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Marcata Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Kevin McMahon.

Personnel:

  • Laura Stevenson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, arrangements
  • Peter Naddeo – banjo, electric and lap steel guitar, mandolin, arrangements engineer
  • Alex Billig – accordion, percussion, baritone saxophone, slide whistle, arrangements
  • Mike Campbell – bass guitar, percussion, arrangements
  • Dave Garwacke – drums, percussion, arranger, design
  • Kelly Pratt – flugelhorn, French horn, trumpet, engineer
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola
  • Michelle Young – cello
  • Kevin McMahon – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Rosenstock – engineer
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • Susan Naddeo – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Stevenson.

  1. Renée
  2. Triangle
  3. Runner
  4. Every Tense
  5. Bells & Whistles
  6. Sink, Swim
  7. The Hole
  8. Eleonora
  9. The Move
  10. Journey to the Center of the Earth
  11. Telluride
  12. L-Dopa
  13. The Wheel

Jenny Hval: Innosence Is Kinky

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On April 19, 2013, “Rune Grammofon” label released “Innocence Is Kinky”, the second Jenny Hval studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by John Parish.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval– lead and backing vocals, drum machine, guitar, keyboards, sampling, arranger, engineer
  • Chris Kaus – quotation author
  • Håvard Volden – acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, drum machine, arrangements
  • John Parish– banjo, bass, guitar, keyboards, trombone, mixing
  • Kyrre Laastad – drum machine, drums, keyboards, percussion, arranger
  • Espen Reinertsen– saxophone
  • Kari Rønnekleiv – violin
  • Ole Henrik Moe– violin, viola, string arrangements
  • Ali Chant – engineer, mixing
  • Stefan Hambrook – engineer
  • John Dent – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hval.

  1. Innocence Is Kinky
  2. Mephisto in the Water
  3. I Called
  4. Osio Oedipus
  5. Renée Falconetti of Orléans
  6. Give Me That Sound
  7. I Got No Strings
  8. Is There Anything on me That Doesn’t Speak?
  9. Amphibious, Androgynous
  10. Death of the Author
  11. The Seer

Meat Puppets: Rat Farm

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On April 16, 2013, “Megaforce Records” label released “Rat Farm”, the fourteenth Meat Puppets studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 213, and was produced by Curt Kirkwood.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood- vocals, guitars, arrangements
  • Cris Kirkwood- vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Shandon Sahm- drums, percussion
  • David Percefull – engineer
  • John Plymale – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jaime Butler – artwork
  • Douglas Heusser – design

Tracks listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood, except where noted.

  1. Rat Farm
  2. One More Drop
  3. Down
  4. Leave Your Head Alone
  5. Again
  6. You Don’t Know
  7. Waiting
  8. Time and Money – Kylie Ellison, Curt Kirkwood
  9. Something Blue
  10. Original One
  11. River Rose
  12. Sweet

Edwin Shirley

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On April 16, 2013, Edwin Shirley died aged 64. He was a rock and roll tour organiser, film studio manager and impresario, co-founder of “Edwin Shirley Trucking” (EST) one of the largest music transport companies in Europe, owner of “Three Mills Island Studios” film and television recording studio, owner of “Edwin Shirley Staging” which built stages for a number of large concerts including “Live Aid” in 1985. Shirley worked with many prominent bands including The Rolling Stones and Queen.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: English Electric

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On April 5, 2013, “100%”, “BMG” labels released “English Electric”, the twelfth Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2103 at “Motor Museum Studio” in Liverpool, “Bleepworks” in London, and was produced by Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes.

Personnel:

  • Andy McCluskey– vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Paul Humphreys– vocals, keyboards, mixing
  • Martin Cooper– keyboards
  • Malcolm Holmes– drums, additional programming
  • David Watson– backing vocals
  • Claudia Brücken– machine voice
  • Fotonovela– additional programming
  • James Watson – additional programming
  • Abbey Lincoln– sample performer
  • Charles Reeves– Chinese recording
  • Mike Spink – additional engineering
  • Peter Saville– art direction
  • Tom Skipp – design
  • Innes Marlow – photography
  • Guy Katsav– additional production

Track listing:

  1. Please Remain Seated – Andy McCluskey
  2. Metroland – Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys
  3. Night Café – Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys
  4. The Future Will Be Silent – Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys
  5. Helen of Troy – Andy McCluskey, Bitzenis, Geranois
  6. Our System – Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys
  7. Kissing the Machine – Andy McCluskey, Karl Bartos
  8. Decimal – Andy McCluskey
  9. Stay With Me – Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, James Watson
  10. Dresden – Andy McCluskey
  11. Atomic Ranch – Andy McCluskey
  12. Final Song – Andy McCluskey, Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes

Spock’s Beard: Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep

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On April 2, 2013, “InsideOut Music” and “Century Media” labels released “Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep”, the eleventh Spock’s Beard studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at “The Mouse House” in Altadena, CA, and was produced by Rich Mouser, Alan Morse and John Boegehold.

Personnel:

  • Ted Leonard— lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Alan Morse— electric and acoustic guitars, pedal and lap steel guitar, mandolin, autoharp, backing vocals
  • Ryo Okumoto— organ, mellotron, piano, synths, clavinet, vocoder
  • Dave Meros— bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Keegan— drums, percussion, timpani, backing vocals
  • Neal Morse— additional guitar
  • Stan Ausmus — additional guitar
  • John Boegehold — vocoder
  • Craig Eastman — violin, viola, hurdy-gurdy
  • Rich Mouser – engineer, mixing, mastering

Track listing:

  1. Hiding Out – Ted Leonard
  2. I Know Your Secret – Dave Meros, John Boegehold
  3. A Treasure Abandoned – John Boegehold, Alan Morse
  4. Submerged – Ted Leonard
  5. Afterthoughts – Alan Morse, Neal Morse, Ted Leonard
  6. Something Very Strange – John Boegehold
  7. Waiting for Me – Alan Morse, Neal Morse

Mudhoney: Vanishing Point

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On April 2, 2013, “Sub Pop” label released “Vanishing Point”, the ninth Mudhoney studio album.

Personnel:

  • Mark Arm- vocals, electric and slide guitar
  • Steve Turner– guitar, backing vocals
  • Guy Maddison- bass, backing vocals
  • Dan Peters– drums, guitar, tambourine, glockenspiel
  • Johnny Sangster – piano, backing vocals
  • Ty Bailie – organ, clavinet
  • Ivan Schwartz – synthesizers, theremin
  • Sam Peters, Will Peters, Lacey Swain, Emily Nokes, Leiah Maupin – backing vocals
  • Emily Rieman – photography, backing vocals
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Arm, Steve Turner, Dan Peters, and Guy Maddison.

  1. Slipping Away
  2. I Like It Small
  3. What to Do with the Neutral
  4. Chardonnay
  5. The Final Course
  6. In This Rubber Tomb
  7. I Don’t Remember You
  8. The Only Son of the Widow from Nain
  9. Sing This Song of Joy
  10. Douchebags on Parade