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John Martyn: Well Kept Secret

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On August 1, 1982, “WEA” label released “Well Kept Secret”, the twelve John Martyn album. It was recorded in 1982, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Sandy Roberton.

Personnel:

  • John Martyn – vocals, guitar
  • Jim Prime – keyboards
  • Geraint Watkins – keyboards, piano, accordion
  • Pete Wingfield – keyboards
  • Alan Thomson – bass
  • Jeff Allen – drums
  • Andy Duncan – drums
  • Danny Cummings – drums, percussion
  • Mel Collins – saxophone, flute
  • Ronnie Scott – saxophone
  • Martin Drover – trumpet
  • Phil Thornalley – engineer
  • Mike Nocito – recording
  • Bill Smith – cover art
  • Andrew Douglas – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Martyn except where noted.

  1. Could’ve Been Me
  2. You Might Need a Man
  3. Hung Up
  4. Gun Money
  5. Never Let Me Go – Joseph Scott
  6. Love Up
  7. Changes Her Mind
  8. Hiss on the Tape
  9. Back with a Vengeance
  10. Livin’ Alone

Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle: Feoffees’ Land

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In August 2005, “GJS” label released “Feoffees’ Lands”, the fourth Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Presshouse Studio” in Devon, UK, and was produced by Gerry Conway, Spencer Cozens and Jacqui McShee.

Personnel:

  • Jacqui McShee – vocals
  • Spencer Cozens – keyboards
  • Alan Thomson – bass
  • Gerry Conway – drums
  • Martin Barre – guitars
  • David Hughes – guitar, backing vocals
  • John Giblin – basses, Ravi kora, Tibetan overtone singing
  • Nathan Bray – trumpet
  • Barnaby Dickinson – trombone
  • Miles Bould – percussion
  • Leah Jacqui – backing vocals),
  • Mark Tucker – backing vocals, engineer

Track listing:

  1. Banks of the Nile – traditional
  2. Nothing Really Changes – Gerry Conway, Spencer Cozens, Jacqui McShee
  3. Acrobat (It’s Just a Circus) – Gerry Conway, Spencer Cozens, Jacqui McShee
  4. Now’s the Time – Gerry Conway, Spencer Cozens, Jacqui McShee
  5. Hot Air – Hot Night – Gerry Conway, Spencer Cozens, Jacqui McShee
  6. No Sweet Sorrow – Gerry Conway, Spencer Cozens, David Hughes, Jacqui McShee
  7. Sovay – traditional
  8. Two Magicians – traditional
  9. You’ve Changed – Carey, Fischer
  10. Broomfield Hill – traditional

Roger Hodgson: Open the Door

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On May 9, 2000, “Epic” label released “Open the Door”, the fourth Roger Hodgson album. It was recorded 1998 – 2000, at “Studio Arpege” in Les Sorinieres, France, “Eglise Notre Dame de Bon-Port” in Nantes, France, “Unicorn Studios” in Nevada City, California, “Barrandov Studios” in Prague, Czech Republic, and was produced by Alan Simon, Roger Hodgson.

Personnel:

  • Roger Hodgson – vocals, 12 string and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonium, pipe organ, harpsichord, church organ
  • Trevor Rabin – electric guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Claude Samard – banjo, dobroslide and pedal steel guitar, bouzouki, oud
  • Manuel Delgado – Spanish guitar, palmas
  • Dan Ar Braz – arpeggio guitar
  • Laurent Vernerey – bass guitar
  • Alan Thomson – bass guitar
  • Arnaud Dunoyer – Hammond organ
  • Olivier Rousseau – piano
  • Alan Simon – high whistle, bodhran, harmonica
  • Loïc Ponthieu – drums, wavedrum
  • Denis Banarrosh – percussion
  • Gerry Conway – drums, percussion
  • Jeff Phillips – drums
  • Jean Pierre Meneghin – Scottish drums
  • Gurvan Houdayer – Scottish drums
  • Christophe Negre – saxophone
  • Michel Gaucher – flute
  • Zdenek Rys – oboe
  • Bruno Le Rouzic – bagpipe
  • Pascal Martin – uilleann pipe
  • Jean Louis Roques – accordion
  • Marco Canepa – Morse code
  • Jean-Jacques Milteau – harmonica
  • Dominique Regef – rebec, Hurdy Gurdy
  • Didier Lockwood – violin
  • Pavel Belohlavek – cello
  • Ilana Russell (Alana Cunningham) – children’s choir
  • Sierrah Dietz – children’s chorus
  • Justine Black – children’s chorus
  • Molly Katwman – children’s chorus
  • Nikki Matheson – backing vocals
  • The Symphonic Orchestra of Prague – conducted by Mario Klemens
  • The Bulgarian Voices “Philippopolis” – conducted by Hristo Arabadjiev
  • Samples from: speech by Queen Elizabeth II, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Ronald Reagan, Sevik the wolf

Track listing:

All tracks by Roger Hodgson, except where noted.

  1. Along Came Mary
  2. The More I Look
  3. Showdown
  4. Hungry
  5. The Garden
  6. Death and a Zoo
  7. Love is a Thousand Times
  8. Say Goodbye
  9. Open the Door
  10. For Every Man – Roger Hodgson, Alan Simon