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Gov’t Mule: Peace…Like A River

On June 16, 2023, “Fantasy” label released “Peace… Like a River”, the thirteenth Gov’t Mule studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Buck Jump Studios”, “Eusonia Studios”, “Foster Fonic Studios”, “Lucy’s Meat Market”, “Peppertree Hill Studio” and “Power Station New England” in Waterford, Connecticut, and was produced by Warren Haynes and John Paterno.

Personnel:

  • Warren Haynes – vocals, guitar, string arrangements
  • Danny Louis – keyboards, guitar, trumpet, trombone, backing vocals, programming, orchestration, string arrangements
  • Jorgen Carlsson – bass guitar, percussion,12-string acoustic guitar, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Matt Abts – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Ruthie Foster – vocals
  • Ivan Neville – vocals
  • Billy Bob Thornton – vocals
  • Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitar
  • Celisse Henderson – vocals, guitar
  • Jenny Hill – saxophone
  • Pam Fleming – trumpet
  • Buford O’Sullivan – trombone
  • Bobby Allende – percussion
  • John Paterno – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Mechelle Dudley – backing vocals
  • Kymberli Joyce Rush – backing vocals
  • McLee Matthias – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Rich Borge – illustration
  • Tommy Steele – design
  • Jacob Blickenstaff – photography
  • Jay Sansone – photography
  • Stefani Scamardo – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Same As It Ever Was
  2. Shake Our Way Out
  3. Made My Peace
  4. Peace I Need
  5. Your Only Friend
  6. Dreaming Out Loud
  7. Head Full of Thunder
  8. The River Only Flows One Way
  9. After the Storm
  10. Just Across the River
  11. Long Time Coming
  12. Gone Too Long

Craig Armstrong: The Space Between Us

On February 24, 1998, “Melankolic Records” label released “The Space Between Us”, the debut Craig Armstrong album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Olympic, Mayfair” and “Air Studios” in London, “Christchurch Studios” in Bristol and “Ca Va Studios” in Glasgow, and was produced by Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries.

Personnel:

  • Craig Armstrong – piano, keyboards, orchestra arrangements, conductor, programming
  • Marius de Vries – programming
  • Richard T. Norris – programming
  • Alan Douglas, Andy Bradfield, Ben Fenner, Neil Davidge, Richard T. Norris – engineer
  • Andy Bradfield, Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • David James Associates – art direction, design
  • Malcolm Webb – photography
  • Steve Wiley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Craig Armstrong.

  1. Weather Storm
  2. This Love
  3. Sly II
  4. After the Storm
  5. Laura’s Theme
  6. My Father
  7. Balcony Scene (Romeo and Juliet)
  8. Rise
  9. Glasgow
  10. Let’s Go Out Tonight
  11. Childhood
  12. Hymn

Carly Simon: Playing Possum

In April 1975, “Elektra” label released “Playing Possum”, the fifth Carly Simon studio album. It was recorded in 1975 at “Sound Labs”, “Sunset Sound Recorders”, “Crystal Sound”, “ A&M Studios” and “Burbank Studios” in California, and was produced by Richard Perry.In 1991, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album cover at number 20 on its  list of the “100 Greatest Album Covers.

Personnel:

  • Carly Simon — lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, arrangements
  • James Taylor— acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals, backing vocals
  • Jeff Baxter— guitar
  • Andrew Gold— guitar, drums, tambourine
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow— pedal steel guitar
  • Lee Ritenour— guitar, mandolin
  • Alvin Robinson— guitar
  • Richard Perry— tambourine
  • Billy Mernit — piano
  • James Newton Howard— synthesizer, keyboards, electric piano
  • Tommy Morgan — harmonica
  • Joe Mondragon — bass
  • Klaus Voormann— bass
  • Willie Weeks— bass
  • Leland Sklar— bass, drums
  • Ringo Starr— drums
  • Irving Cottler— drums
  • Jim Gordon— drums
  • Russ Kunkel— drums
  • Eddie Bongo — conga
  • Andy Newmark— percussion, drums
  • Fred Staehle — percussion
  • Alan Estes — percussion
  • Emil Richards— percussion
  • Trevor Lawrence — saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Derrek Van Eaton — fiddle, flute
  • Lon Van Eaton — clarinet, flute, sitar
  • Liza Strike — vocals
  • Rita Coolidge— vocals, backing vocals
  • Abigale Haness — vocals, backing vocals
  • Carole King— vocals, backing vocals
  • Clydie King— vocals, backing vocals
  • Ken Moore — vocals, backing vocals
  • Vini Poncia— vocals, backing vocals
  • Rodney Richmond — vocals, backing vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters — vocals, backing vocals
  • Carolyn Willis — vocals, backing vocals
  • Maxine Willard — backing vocals
  • Bill Schnee – engineer
  • Norm Kinney – engineer
  • Andrew Berliner – engineer
  • Charles Beasley – second engineer
  • Larry Emerine, Reed Stanley – engineer assistant
  • Noam Kinney – remix
  • Bill Schnee – remix
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Glen Christensen – art direction
  • Norman Seeff – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Carly Simonexcept where noted.

  1. After the Storm,
  2. Love Out in the Street
  3. Look Me in the Eyes
  4. More and More – Mac Rebennack, Alvin Robinson
  5. Slave – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  6. Attitude Dancing – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  7. Sons of Summer – Bill Mernit
  8. Waterfall
  9. Are You Ticklish
  10. Playing Possum