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Calexico: Edge of the Sun

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On April 13, 2015, “Anti Records” label released “Edge of the Sun”, the eighth Calexico studio album. It was produced by Joey Burns, John Convertino, Sergio Mendoza and Craig Schumacher.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Alfred – vocals, upright and electric bass, synth, ambient guitar
  • Joey Burns – vocals, guitars, banjo, piano, organ, harmonica, cello, congas, accordion, shaker, ukulele, bass
  • Jairo Zavala – guitar, bass
  • Paul Niehaus – pedal steel
  • Greg Leisz– pedal steel
  • Antonio Pro – guitarron
  • Thomas Konstantinou of Takim – lute, bouzouki
  • Sergio Mendoza – mellotron strings, percussion, piano, organ, vibes, guitar, vihuela, accordion, ukulele, backing vocals
  • Craig Schumacher – Moog bass
  • John Convertino – drums, percussion
  • Chris Schultz – percussion, additional vocals
  • Jacob Valenzuela – trumpet
  • Martin Wenk – trumpet, synth, vibes
  • Tom Hagerman– strings
  • Yorgos Marinakis of Takim – traditional violin
  • Adrian Perez – jalisco harp
  • Sam Beam– vocals
  • Ben Bridwell– vocals
  • Pieta Brown– vocals
  • Neko Case– vocals
  • Nick Urata– vocals
  • Gaby Moreno– vocals
  • Amparo Sánchez– vocals
  • Carla Morrison– vocals
  • Steff Koeppen – additional vocals
  • Isaac Rodriguez – additional vocals

Track listing:

  1. Falling from the Sky – Joey Burns, John Burns
  2. Bullet & Rocks – Joey Burns, John Burns, John Conventino
  3. When the Angels Played – Pieta Brown, Joey Burns
  4. Tapping on the Line – Joey Burns, John Burns
  5. Cumbia de Donde – Joey Burns, Sergio Mendes
  6. Miles from the Sea – Joey Burns, John Burns, John Conventino
  7. Coyoacan – Joey Burns, John Convertino, Sergio Mendoza
  8. Beneath the City of Dreams – Joey Burns, John Convertino, Sergio Mendoza, Jairo Zavala
  9. Woodshed Waltz – Joey Burns, John Burns, John Convertino
  10. Moon Never Rises – Joey Burns, John Convertino
  11. World Undone – Joey Burns
  12. Follow the River – Joey Burns, John Burns, John Convertino, Sergio Mendoza

Brian Wilson: No Pier Pressure

Brian Wilson

On April 7, 2015, “Capitol” label released “No Pier Pressure”, the eleventh Brian Wilson studio album. It was recorded Early 2013–November 2014, and was produced by Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Brian Wilson– lead and backing vocals,  acoustic piano, B3 organ, additional keyboards, arranger, additional mixing
  • Ward– acoustic guitar
  • Dean Parks– acoustic guitar
  • Jimmy Riley– acoustic guitar
  • Richie Davis– acoustic guitar
  • Mark Goldenberg– acoustic guitar
  • Tom Bukovac– acoustic guitar
  • David Marks– electric guitar
  • Nick Walusko– acoustic guitar, additional engineer
  • Joe Thomas – acoustic piano, B3 organ, additional keyboards, mixing
  • Darian Sahanaja – acoustic piano, B3 organ, vibraphone, additional engineer
  • Jeff Lantz– additional keyboards
  • Sebu Simonian– lead and backing vocals, additional keyboards, accordion, additional mixing
  • Scott Bennett – acoustic piano, B3 organ, vibraphone, percussion, backing vocals
  • Gary Griffin – accordion, additional engineer
  • Joey Gryzyb– accordion
  • Don Was– bass
  • Michael Rhodes – bass
  • Bob Lizik– bass
  • Zach Dawes– bass
  • Brett Simons– bass
  • Shane Soloski– bass
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta– drums
  • Kenny Aronoff– drums
  • Chad Cromwell– drums
  • Eddie Bayers– drums
  • Nelson Bragg– percussion
  • Paul Von Mertens– saxophone, flute, bass harmonica, conductor, arranger
  • Probyn Gregory– French horn, acoustic guitar
  • John Mason – French horn
  • Amy Barwan– oboe, English horn
  • Wayne Bergeron– trumpet
  • Larry Hall– trumpet
  • Tim Bales– trumpet
  • Bob Parton– trumpet
  • Carey Deadman– trumpet
  • Charles Morallis– trombone
  • Dave Stahlberg– trombone
  • Tom Garlin– trombone
  • Mark Isham– flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Peter Kent– concertmaster
  • Chihsuan Yang– violin
  • Sharon Jackson– violin
  • Clayton Haslop– violin
  • John Wittenberg– violin
  • Songa Lee– violin
  • Amy Wickman– violin
  • Mark Robertson– violin
  • Julie Rogers– violin
  • Marisa Kuney– violin
  • Charlie Bisharat– violin
  • Scott Hosfeld– viola
  • Briana Bandy– viola
  • Caroline Buckman– viola
  • Darrin McCann– viola
  • JoAnn Tominaga– viola
  • Jill Kaeding– cello
  • Cameron Stone– cello
  • Alisha Bauer– cello
  • Giovanna Clayton– cello
  • Vanessa Freebairn Smith– cello
  • Al Jardine– lead and backing vocals
  • Blondie Chaplin– lead and backing vocals
  • Zooey Deschanel– lead and backing vocals
  • Peter Hollens– lead and  acking vocals
  • Kacey Musgraves– lead and backing vocals
  • Nate Ruess– lead vocals
  • Matt Jardine– backing vocals
  • Thom Griffin– backging vocals
  • Jimmy Riley– backing vocals
  • Jeff Foskett– backing vocals
  • Frank Papplardo– recording, additional mixing
  • Wesley M. Seidman– recording, additional mixing
  • Bill Hare– recording, additional mixing
  • Bob Clearmountain– mixing
  • Sergio Relas Jr.– additional engineer
  • Larry Milas– additional engineer
  • Mike Czazwics– additional engineer
  • Nick Rowe – additional engineer
  • Andrew Twiss– additional engineer
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Mike Marsh – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas, except where noted.

  1. This Beautiful Day
  2. Runaway Dancer – Brian Wilson, Joe Thomas, Sebu Simonian
  3. What Ever Happened
  4. On the Island
  5. Half Moon Bay
  6. Our Special Love
  7. The Right Time
  8. Guess You Had to be There – Brian Wilson, Joe Thomas, Andrew Sagado, Kacey Musgraves
  9. Tell Me Why
  10. Sail Away – Brian Wilson, Jim Peterik, Joe Thomas, Larry Millas
  11. One Kind of Love – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
  12. Saturday Night – Brian Wilson, Joe Thomas, Nate Ruess
  13. The Last Song

Mark Knopfler: Tracker

Mark Knopfler-Tracker

On March 16, 2015, “Mercury” label released “Tracker”, the eighth Mark Knopfler solo studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “British Grove Studios” and was produced by Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
  • Guy Fletcher– keyboards, vocals
  • Bruce Molsky– fiddle, rhythm guitar, banjo
  • John McCusker– fiddle, cittern
  • Mike McGoldrick– whistle, wooden flute
  • Phil Cunningham– accordion
  • Glenn Worf– bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Nigel Hitchcock– saxophone
  • Tom Walsh – trumpet
  • Ruth Moody– vocals
  • Richard Ford– sleeve notes

Track listing:

  1. Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes
  2. Basil
  3. River Towns
  4. Skydiver
  5. Mighty Man
  6. Broken Bones
  7. Long Cool Girl
  8. Lights of Taormina
  9. Silver Eagle
  10. Beryl
  11. Wherever I Go

Bob Dylan: Shadows In The Night

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On February 3, 2015, “Columbia” released “Shadows in the Night”, the thirty-sixth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Frost. The album features covers of traditional pop standards made famous by Frank Sinatra.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals
  • Charlie Sexton– guitar
  • Stu Kimball – guitar
  • Donnie Herron –pedal steel guitar
  • Tony Garnier– upright bass
  • George Receli –percussion
  • Larry G. Hall – trumpet
  • Daniel Fornero –trumpet
  • Andrew Martin – trombone
  • Francisco Torres – trombone
  • Alan Kaplan –trombone
  • Dylan Hart –French horn
  • Joseph Meyer – French horn
  • I. Harper – horn arrangements
  • Geoff Gans – design
  • John Shearer – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’m a Fool to Want You – Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron
  2. The Night We Called It a Day – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
  3. Stay With Me – Jerome Moross, Carolyn Leigh
  4. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma,Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer
  5. Why Try To Change Me Now – Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy
  6. Some Enchanted Evening – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  7. Full Moon and Empty Arms – Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman, Sergei Rachmaninoff
  8. Where Are You – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  9. What’ll I Do – Irving Berlin
  10. That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith

The Velvet Underground: The Complete Matrix Tapes

The Complete Matrix Tapes

On November 20, 2015, “Polydor” and “Universal Music Enterprises” labels released  “The Complete Matrix Tapes”, an four disc box set by Velvet Underground (The).  In November and December 1969, The Velvet Underground were playing in two San Francisco venues the “Family Dog” and the “Matrix”. During the18 night performances, most of the gigs were recorded on a four-track recorder. The recordings from those shows are used for “The Complete Matrix Tapes”, the four-disc box set containing 42 recordings, including 9 previously unreleased tracks.

Track listing:

Disc One

01 I’m Waiting For The Man (Version 1)
02 What Goes On (Version 1)
03 Some Kinda Love (Version 1)
04 Heroin (Version 1)
05 The Black Angel’s Death Song
06 Venus In Furs (Version 1)
07 There She Goes Again (Version 1)
08 We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 1)
09 Over You (Version 1)
10 Sweet Jane (Version 1)
11 Pale Blue Eyes (Version 1)
12 After Hours (Version 1)

Disc Two

01 I’m Waiting For The Man (Version 2)
02 Venus In Furs (Version 2)
03 I Can’t Stand It (Version 1)
04 There She Goes Again (Version 2)
05 Some Kinda Love (Version 2)
06 Over You (Version 2)
07 After Hours (Version 2)
08 We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 2)
09 Sweet Bonnie Brown/Too Much
10 Heroin (Version 2)
11 White Light/White Heat (Version 1)
12 I’m Set Free

Disc Three

01 We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 3)
02 Some Kinda Love (Version 3)
03 There She Goes Again (Version 3)
04 Heroin (Version 3)
05 Ocean
06 Sister Ray

Disc Four

01 I’m Waiting For The Man (Version 3)
02 What Goes On (Version 2)
03 Some Kinda Love (Version 4)
04 We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 4)
05 Beginning To See The Light
06 Lisa Says
07 New Age
08 Rock and Roll
09 I Can’t Stand It (Version 2)
10 Heroin (Version 4)
11 White Light/White Heat (Version 2)
12 Sweet Jane (Version 2)

Pere Ubu: Elitism for the People 1975-1978

Pere Ubu

On August 21, 2015, “Fire Records” label released “Elitism for the People 1975-1978”, a vinyl box set by Pere Ubu that includes “The Modern Dance” and “Dub Housing” LP’s (remastered, both pressed on 180 gram vinyl in 3 mm sleeves), “The Hearpen Singles” (disco sleeve) and “Manhattan” (recorded live at “Max’s Kansas City” 1977, in printed disco sleeve) and an A3 poster from the 1977 “Datapanik” tour. The box also Includes unlimited streaming of “Elitism for the People 1975-1978” via the free “Bandcamp” app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

J. J. Cale

On July 26, 2015, John Weldon Cale aka J.J. Cale, died aged 74. He was  musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, regarded as one of the originators of the “Tulsa Sound”, a style based on blues, country, rockabilly, and jazz. His unique singing and guitar playing style influenced big number of music artists including Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, and Eric Clapton who described him as “one of the most important artists in the history of rock”. Songs composed by Cale have been recorded by many famous artists including Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Bobby Bare, Jerry Garcia, Waylon Jennings, Dr. Hook, Captain Beefheart, Freddie King, Beck, Lucinda Williams, Iron and Wine, Ben Bridwell, and Asha Puthli.

Chris Squire

On June 27, 2015, Christopher “Chris” Russell Edward Squire, died aged 67. He was musician (bass guitar), songwriter, and singer, best known as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of “Yes”. Squire was the only “Yes” member to appear on each of their 21 studio albums, released from 1969 to 2014. In 1975, Squire released his only solo album “Fish out of water”. He was regarded as one of the most respected and most influential bass players in the history of rock music. From 1991 to 2000, “Rickenbacker” company produced a limited edition signature bass of his trademark instrument, in his name, the “4001 CS”.