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Cliff Richard: Every Face Tells A Story

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On March 18, 1977, “EMI” label released “Every Face Tells a Story”, the nineteen Cliff Richard studio album. It was recorded September 1976 – January 1977, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Bruce Welch.

Personnel:

  • Cliff Richard – vocals
  • Terry Britten – guitar
  • Mo Witham – guitar
  • Graham Todd – keyboards
  • Alan Hawkshaw – keyboards
  • Alan Tarney – bass
  • Alan Jones – bass
  • Brian Bennett – drums, percussion
  • Roger Pope – drums
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Tony Rivers, John Perry – backing vocals
  • Richard Hewson – string arrangements
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

  1. My Kinda Life – Chris East
  2. Must Be Love – Terry Britten
  3. When Two Worlds Drift Apart – Peter Sills
  4. You Got Me Wondering – Terry Britten
  5. Every Face Tells a Story (It Never Tells a Lie) – Michael Allison, Peter Sills
  6. Try a Smile – John Perry
  7. Hey Mr. Dream Maker – Bruce Welch, Alan Tarney
  8. Give Me Love Your Way – Alan Tarney, Trevor Spencer
  9. Up in the World – Clifford T. Ward
  10. Don’t Turn the Light Out – Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett
  11. It’ll Be Me Babe – Hank Marvin, John Farrar
  12. Spider Man – Terry Britten

The Shadows: Change Of Address

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In September 1980, “Polydor” label released “Change of Address”, the thirteenth Shadows (The) album. It was recorded 1979 – 1980, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett.

Personnel:

  • Hank Marvin – lead guitar
  • Bruce Welch – rhythm guitar
  • Brian Bennett – drums, percussion
  • Cliff Hall – piano, electric piano 
  • Dave Lawson – synthesizer
  • Alan Jones – bass
  • Peter Vince – enginer

Track listing:

All tracks by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett, except where noted.

  1. Mozart Forte – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; arranged by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Brian Bennett
  2. Midnight Creepin’
  3. Change of Address
  4. Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
  5. Indigo – Dieter Geike, Michael Topolov
  6. Arty’s Party
  7. Outdigo
  8. Hello Mr. W.A.M. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged by Giorgio Moroder
  9. Temptation – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
  10. Albatross – Peter Green
  11. If You Leave Me Now – Peter Cetera
  12. Equinoxe (Part V) – Jean Michel Jarre

Roy Buchanan: Dancing on the Edge

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In June 1986, “Alligator” label released “Dancing on the Edge”, the eleventh Roy Buchanan album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Streeterville Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Roy Buchanan, Dick Shurman, and Bruce Iglauer.

Personnel:

  • Roy Buchanan – vocals, guitar
  • Delbert McClinton– vocals
  • Donald Kinsey– guitar
  • Stan Szelest– keyboards
  • Larry Exum – bass guitar
  • Morris Jennings– drums
  • Justin Niebank – mixing
  • Tom Coyne – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks Roy Buchanan; except where noted.

  1. Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
  2. The Chokin’ Kind – Harlan Howard
  3. Jungle Gym
  4. Drowning on Dry Land — Mickey Gregory, Alan Jones
  5. Petal to the Metal
  6. You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover – Willie Dixon
  7. Cream of the Crop
  8. Beer Drinking Woman – Peter Chatman
  9. Whiplash
  10. Baby, Baby, Baby – Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin
  11. Matthew

Bruce, Baker & Moore: Around the Next Dream

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On May 17, 1994, “Virgin” label released “Around the Next Dream”, the only Bruce, Baker and Moore album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, and was produced by Ian Taylor, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Gary Moore.

Personnel:

  • Jack Bruce – vocals, cello, bass guitar
  • Ginger Baker– vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards
  • Gary Moore– vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Tommy Eyre– keyboards
  • Arran Ahmun – drums
  • Morris Murphy – trumpet
  • Ian Taylor – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Waiting in the Wings – Gary Moore, Jack Bruce
  2. City of Gold – Gary Moore, Jack Bruce, Kip Hanrahan
  3. Where in the World – Gary Moore, Jack Bruce
  4. Can’t Fool the Blues – Gary Moore, Jack Bruce, Kip Hanrahan
  5. High Cost of Living – Alan Jones, Sherwin Hamlett
  6. Glory Days – Gary Moore, Jack Bruce
  7. Why Does Love (Have to Go Wrong) – Gary Moore, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker
  8. Naked Flame – Gary Moore
  9. I Wonder Why (Are You So Mean to Me) – Albert King
  10. Wrong Side of Town

Steve Harley: Hobo With A Grin

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In July 1978, “EMI” label released “Hobo with a Grin”, the debut Steve Harley album. It was recorded in 1978, and was produced by Steve Harley and Michael James Jackson.

Personnel:

  • Steve Harley- vocals
  • Jo Partridge – electric and acoustic guitar, electric lead solo
  • Fred Tackett- acoustic guitar
  • Marc Bolan- guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Cregan, Ian Bairnson- acoustic guitar, electric guitars
  • Tom Moncrieff- electric guitar solo
  • Greg Porée – electric guitar, classical guitar
  • Bill Payne- acoustic piano, organ
  • Duncan Mackay- electric piano, harpsichord, synthesizer, keyboards, piano, Hammond organ
  • Chris Mercer – saxophone
  • Bob Glaub, Alan Jones, George Ford, Reggie McBride – bass
  • Herbie Flowers- acoustic bass
  • Rick Shlosser, Ricky Fataar, Stuart Elliott, Paul Humphrey- drums
  • Simon Morton, Chris Caron, Luís Jardim- percussion
  • Lindsey Elliott, King Errisson – congas
  • Michael McDonald, Bill Champlin, Rosemary Butler, Bobby Kimball, Tom Kelley, Yvonne Keeley, John Townsend, Roy Kenner, Gloria Jones, Barry St. John – backing vocals
  • Michael J. Jackson – intro piano, tambourine, drums, percussion, mixing, additional production
  • Jimmy Horowitz – horn and strings arrangements
  • James Isaacson – remix, additional recording , engineer,
  • John Haeny, Tony Clark, Peter James, Gary Ladinsky – engineer
  • Paul Black, Haydn Bendall – engineer assistant
  • Ken Perry – mastering
  • Jim Shea – photography
  • Kosh – design

Track listing:

  1. Roll the Dice – Steve Harley, Jo Partridge
  2. Amerika the Brave – Steve Harley
  3. Living in a Rhapsody – Jim Cregan, Steve Harley, Duncan Mackay
  4. I Wish It Would Rain – Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
  5. Riding the Waves (For Virginia Woolf) – Steve Harley
  6. Someone’s Coming – Jo Partridge
  7. Hot Youth – Steve Harley, Duncan Mackay
  8. (I Don’t Believe) God is an Anarchist – Steve Harley
  9. Faith, Hope and Charity – Steve Harley

George Harrison: Gone Troppo

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On November 5, 1982, “Dark Horse” label released “Gone Troppo”, the tenth George Harrison studio album. Harrison’s last studio album in five years, was recorded from May 5 to August 27, 1982, at the “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by George Harrison, Ray Cooper and Phil McDonald.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison– vocals, guitars, synthesizer, bass, mandolin, marimba, jal-tarang
  • Joe Brown– mandolin, backing vocals
  • Neil Larsen – piano
  • Mike Moran– keyboards, synthesizer, piano, synthesizer bass
  • Billy Preston– organ, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Jon Lord– synthesizer
  • Gary Brooker– synthesizer
  • Herbie Flowers– bass
  • Alan Jones – bass
  • Willie Weeks– bass
  • Ray Cooper– percussion, marimba, glockenspiel, electric piano, sound effects
  • Henry Spinetti– drums
  • Jim Keltner– percussion, drums
  • Dave Mattacks– drums
  • Willie Greene – backing vocals, bass voice
  • Bobby King– backing vocals
  • Vicki Brown– backing vocals
  • Pico Pena – backing vocals
  • Syreeta– backing vocals
  • Sarah Ricor – backing vocals
  • Rodina Sloan – backing vocals
  • Legs Larry Smith– art direction, design

Track listing

All compositions by George Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Wake Up My Love
  2. That’s the Way It Goes
  3. I Really Love You – Leroy Swearingen
  4. Greece
  5. Gone Troppo
  6. Mystical One
  7. Unknown Delight
  8. Baby Don’t Run Away
  9. Dream Away
  10. Circles