Tag Archives: 2014

Mogwai: Rave Tapes

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On January 20, 2014, “Rock Action” label released “Rave Tapes”, the eighth Mogwai studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Castle of Doom” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Savage.

Personnel:

  1. Stuart Braithwaite – vocals, guitar
  2. Barry Burns – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer
  3. John Cummings – guitar
  4. Dominic Aitchison – bass guitar
  5. Martin Bulloch – drums 
  6. Reverend Lee Cohen – voice
  7. Paul Savage – recording, mixing
  8. Frank Arkwright – mastering
  9. Niall McMenamin – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Braithwaite, Barry Burns, John Cummings, Dominic Aitchison and Martin Bulloch.

  1. Heard About You Last Night
  2. Simon Ferocious
  3. Remurdered
  4. Hexon Bogon
  5. Repelish
  6. Master Card
  7. Deesh
  8. Blues Hour
  9. No Medicine for Regret
  10. The Lord Is Out of Control

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Fuck off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything

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On January 20, 2014, “Constellation” label released “Fuck off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything”, the seventh Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Hotel 2 Tango” in Montreal, Canada.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mellotron
  • Thierry Amar – vocals, upright bass, electric bass, plucked piano
  • Jessica Moss – vocals, violin, plucked piano
  • Sophie Trudeau – vocals, violin, plucked piano
  • David Payant – vocals, drums, organ

Track listing:

  1. Fuck Off Get Free (For the Island of Montreal)
  2. Austerity Blues
  3. Take Away These Early Grave Blues
  4. Little Ones Run
  5. What We Loved Was Not Enough
  6. Rains Thru the Roof at Thee Grande Ballroom (For Capital Steez)

Rosanne Cash: The River & The Thread

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On January 14, 2014, “Blue Note” label released “The River & the Thread”, the thirteenth Rosanne Cash studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by John Leventhal. In 2015, the album won three “Grammy Awards” for “Best Americana Album”, “Best American Roots Song” and “Best American Roots Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Rosanne Cash – lead and backing vocals
  • John Leventhal – guitar, bass guitar, organ, celeste, mandolin, electric sitar, drums, percussion, harmony vocals, string arrangements, mixing
  • Derek Trucks – slide guitar
  • Jon Cowherd – Wurlitzer piano
  • Tim Luntzel – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Dan Rieser – drums
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Rick DePofi – percussion, backing vocals, mixing
  • Jake Leventhal – percussion, backing vocals
  • Gabe Witcher – fiddle
  • Larry Farrell – trombone
  • David Mansfield – violin, viola
  • Dave Eggar – cello
  • Allison Moorer – harmony vocals
  • John Paul White – harmony vocals
  • Cory Chisel – harmony vocals
  • Donivan Cowart – recording
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
  • Tabitha Fair – backing vocals
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Amy Helm – backing vocals, choir
  • Kris Kristofferson – choir
  • John Prine – choir
  • Tony Joe White – choir
  • Rodney Crowell – choir
  • Bobby Tis – recording
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Jill Dell’Abate – production co-ordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal.

  1. A Feather’s Not a Bird
  2. The Sunken Lands
  3. Etta’s Tune
  4. Modern Blue
  5. Tell Heaven
  6. The Long Way Home
  7. World of Strange Design
  8. Night School
  9. 50.000 Watts
  10. When the Master Calls the Roll
  11. Money Road

Benjamin Clementine: At Least For Now

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On January 12, 2015, “Behind Records” label released “At Least for Now”, the debut Benjamin Clementine studio album. It was recorded May – August 2014, at “RAK Studios” in London, “Marlon B Studios” in Paris, and was produced by Jonathan Quarmby and Benjamin Clementine.

Personnel:

  • Benjamin Clementine – vocals, piano, keyboard, percussion, foot stamping, design
  • Manu Sauvage – bass guitar, keyboard bass
  • Jonathan Quarmby – bass guitar
  • Alexis Brossard – drums
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineer
  • Akatre – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Benjamin Clementine.

  1. Winston Churchill’s Boy
  2. Then I Heard a Bachelor’s Cry
  3. London
  4. Adios
  5. St-Clementine-on-Tea-and-Croissants
  6. Nemesis
  7. The People and I
  8. Condolence
  9. Cornerstone
  10. Quiver a Little
  11. Gone

Alfa Anderson

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On December 17, 2024, Alfa Anderson died aged 78. She was singer and educator, founding member (together with her husband Eruliel Barfield) of the band “Voices of Shalom”, but was best known as the lead singer of the band Chic. She recorded with many famous musicians, among them with Luther Vandross, Lou Rawls, The B-52’s, Jaheim, Roberta Flack, The Roches, Marvin Sease, Odyssey, Doc Powell, Martha Wash, Debbie Gibson, Jennifer Holliday, Ashford and Simpson, Nat Adderley, Roy Buchanan and Dionne Warwick. In 2014, Anderson received the “Global Entertainment Media Arts (G.E.M.A.) Foundation’s Golden Mic Award”, and Citation from the City of Philadelphia for her contributions to music  “Le Freak” (song by Chis) featuring Anderson on the lead vocals, was inducted into the 2015 “Grammy Hall of Fame”. In 2018, the song was added to the “National Recording Registry” by the “Library of Congress”. In 2018, Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. of Augusta, Georgia gave Anderson the Keys to the City and declared May 5 as “Alfa Anderson Day”.

Neil Young: Storytone

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On November 4, 2014, “Reprise” label released “Storytone”, the 36th Neil Young studio album. The album was released in two formats: a single disc, which features orchestral and big band arrangements of the songs, and a deluxe edition which includes stripped-back recordings of the songs. Neil Young subsequently released a third version of the album “Mixed Pages of Storytone”, merging elements of both albums. It was recorded in June 2014 (solo version) and August 2014 (orchestral and big band version), at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Niko Bolas and Neil Young.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, harmonica, ukulele, cover painting art
  • Storytone Orchestra – vocals, violins, violas, cellos, basses, oboe, trombones, French horns, trumpets, saxophones, bassoons, flutes, english horn, clarinet, percussion, organs, harp, pianos, banjo, guitars, drums, keyboards, Wurlitzer
  • Niko Bolas – engineer
  • Steve Genewick – engineer
  • John Hausmann, Diego Ruelas – engineer
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Chris Walden – orchestration, conducting, arrangements
  • Michael Bearden – conducting, arrangements
  • Patrick Russ – orchestration
  • Doug Sax, Eric Boulangerie – mastering
  • Gary Burden, Jenice Heo – art direction, design
  • Elliot Roberts – direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Plastic Flowers (orchestral)
  2. Who’s Gonna Stand Up? (orchestral)
  3. I Want to Drive My Car (big band)
  4. Glimmer (orchestral)
  5. Say Hello to Chicago (big band)
  6. Tumbleweed (orchestral)
  7. Like You Used to Do (big band)
  8. I’m Glad I Found You (orchestral)
  9. When I Watch You Sleeping (orchestral)
  10. All Those Dream (orchestral)

D.N.O.: Tisina

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On October 25, 2014, “Chicken Madness” label released “Tisina”, the debut D.N.O. album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Malcolm Birn.

Personnel:

  • Vladimir Po-Hristov – vocal
  • Sasha Spasovski – guitar
  • Kire Najdovski – guitar
  • Emin Djijan – keyboards
  • Ivan Bejkov – bass
  • Goce Stefkovski – drums
  • Aleksandar Pop-Hristov – guitar
  • Malcolm Birn – guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Nikola Kodzobashija – keyboards
  • Vladan Drobicki – trombone
  • Lutea Salom – backing vocals
  • Bojan Ugrinovski – engineer
  • Aleksandar Stankovski – design

Track listing:

  1. Ogledalo
  2. Ideme do kraj
  3. Tisina
  4. Ljubov
  5. Cija li si
  6. Neverstvo
  7. Jas i ti
  8. Marianz
  9. Borba
  10. Sweet Love
  11. Koga – togas
  12. Tatko

Scott Walker and Sunn O))): Soused

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On October 21, 2014, “4AD” label released “Soused”, album by Scott Walker and Sunn O))). It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Peter Walsh, Scott Walker and Mark Warman.

Personnel:

  • Scott Walker – vocals, drum programming, mixing
  • Greg Anderson – guitars, percussion guitar
  • Tos Nieuwenhuizen – lead guitar, Moog, riff guitar
  • Stephen O’Malley – guitars, bass guitar, feedback guitar, lead guitar, percussion guitar, re-amped hi synth, design
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Andy Findon – saxophone
  • Guy Barker – trumpet
  • Dot Allison – backing vocals
  • Sam Walsh – backing vocals
  • Peter Walsh –electronic sound treatment, audio manipulation keyboards fx, drum programming, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Mark Warman – keyboards, electronic sound treatment, audio manipulation, drum programming, shaker, musical direction, orchestration
  • Peter Gamble – bull whips 
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • G’ast Bouschet – photography
  • Phil Laslett – photography
  • Liam Nolan – assistant
  • Simon Saywood – analog technical support

Track listing:

All tracks by Scott Walker.

  1. Brando
  2. Herod 2014
  3. Bull
  4. Fetish
  5. Lullaby

Kriss Kristofferson

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On September 28, 2024, Kristoffer Kristofferson died aged 88 years. He was musician (guitar, harmonica), singer, composer and actor. His best known songs are “Me and Bobby McGee”, “For the Good Times”, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”, and “Help Me Make It Through the Night”. Kristofferson has won three “Grammy Awards” and received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2014. As leader he released twenty-one albums.

Joe Bonamassa: Different Shades Of Blue

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On September 22, 2014, “J & R” label released “Different Shades of Blue”, the eleventh Joe Bonamassa studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “The Palms” in Las Vegas, and was produced by Roy Weisman and Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar
  • Reese Wynans – organ, piano
  • Carmine Rojas – bass
  • Michael Rhodes – bass
  • Anton Fig – drums, percussion
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Doug Henthorn – backing vocals
  • Melanie Williams – backing vocals
  • Ron Dziubla – saxophone
  • Lee Thornburg – horn arrangements, trombone, trumpet
  • The Bovaland Orchestra – strings
  • Jeff Bova – string arrangements
  • Mark Everton Gray – engineer
  • Kevin Shirley – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Dennis Friel – design, artwork
  • Rik Gould – photography
  • Erik Kabik – photography
  • Philippe Klose – photography
  • Brent Spear – technician

Track listing:

  1. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) – Jimi Hendrix
  2. Oh beautiful – Joe Bonamassa, James House
  3. Love Ain’t a Love Song – Joe Bonamassa, Jerry Flowers
  4. Living on the Moon – Joe Bonamassa, James House
  5. Heartache Follows Wherever I Go – Joe Bonamassa, James House
  6. Never Give All Your Heart – Joe Bonamassa, Jonathan Cain
  7. I Gave Up Everything for You, ‘Cept the Blues – Joe Bonamassa, Jerry Flowers, Jeffrey Steele
  8. Different Shades of Blue = Joe Bonamassa, James House
  9. Get Back My Tomorrow – Joe Bonamassa, Jerry Flowers, Jeffrey Steele
  10. Trouble Town – Joe Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson
  11. So, What Would I Do – Joe Bonamassa