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Secret Machine: The Silver Drops

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On April 25, 2006, “Reprise” label released “Ten Silver Drops”, the second Secret Machines studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Brandon Curtis, Benjamin Curtis and Josh Garza.

Personnel:

  • Brandon Curtis– vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Benjamin Curtis– guitar, backing vocals
  • Josh Garza– drums
  • Alejandra Deheza – vocals
  • Garth Hudson– accordion

Track listing:

All tracks by Brandon Curtis, Benjamin Curtis and Josh Garza.

  1. Alone, Jealous and Stoned
  2. All at Once (It’s Not Important)
  3. Lightning Blue Eyes
  4. Daddy’s in the Doldrums
  5. I Hate Pretending
  6. Faded Lines
  7. I Want to Know if It’s Still Possible
  8. 1,000 Seconds

Ulver: Wars of the Roses

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On April 25, 2011, “Jester Records” / “Kscope” labels released “Wars of the Roses”, the eighth Ulver studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, and was produced by John Fryer, Jaime Gomez Arellano, Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylwizaker, Jørn H. Sværen and Daniel O’Sullivan.

Personnel:

  • Kristoffer Rygg- vocals, programming
  • Tore Ylwizaker – keyboards, programming
  • Emil Huemer – guitar
  • Daniel O’Sullivan – guitar, bass, keyboards, mixing
  • Trond Mjøen – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, bass
  • Stian Westerhus – bowed electric guitar, electric guitar
  • Tomas Pettersen – drums
  • Steve Noble – drums, percussion
  • Anders Møller – percussion
  • Ole Aleksander Halstensgård – electronics
  • Alex Ward, Stephen Thrower- clarinet
  • Daniel Quill – violin
  • Attila Csihar, Siri Stranger – vocals
  • Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous

Track listing:

  1. February MMX
  2. Norwegian Gothic
  3. Providence
  4. September IV
  5. England
  6. Island
  7. Stone Angels

Maná: Cuando los Ángeles Lloran

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On April 25, 1999, “Warner Music” label released “Cuando los Ángeles Lloran” the fourth Maná studio album. It was recorded in 1994 at “Record Plant Studios” in Hollywood, “Funny Farm Studios” in Studio City, Ca and “Puerta Azul-Mobile” in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and was produced by Fher Olvera and Alex González.

Personnel:

  • Fher Olvera– lead vocals, choir, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonics
  • Sergio Vallín – acoustic and electric guitar, sitar coral
  • Juan Carlos Toribio – keyboards, piano, Hammond B-3 organ
  • Juan Calleros– bass guitar
  • Alex González– lead vocals, choir, drums, electric percussion
  • Luis Conte – percussions
  • David Hidalgo – accordion
  • Ramon Flores, Eric Jorgensen, Jene Burkert, Charles David – brass
  • David Shamban – cello

Track listing:

  1. Como un Perro Enloquecido – Fher Olvera, Alex González
  2. Selva Negra – Fher Olvera
  3. Hundido En Un Rincón- Fher Olvera
  4. El Reloj Cucú- Fher Olvera
  5. Mis Ojos – Fher Olvera
  6. Ana – Fher Olvera
  7. Siembra el Amor – Fher Olvera
  8. Cuando los Ángeles Lloran – Fher Olvera
  9. Déjame Entrar – Fher Olvera
  10. No Ha Parado De Llover- Fher Olvera, Alex González
  11. Antifaz – Fher Olvera, Alex González
  12. El Borracho – Alex González

Utopia: Todd Rundgrens’s Utopia

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In October 1974, “Bearsville” label released “Todd Rundgren’s Utopia”, the debut Todd Rundgren’s Utopia album.  It was recorded on April 25, 1974, at “The Secret Sound” and “The Fox Theater” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Todd Rundgren– guitar, engineer
  • Mark “Moogy” Klingman– keyboards
  • Ralph Schuckett– keyboards
  • Jean Yves “M. Frog” Labat – synthesizers
  • John Siegler – bass, cello
  • Kevin Ellman – percussion
  • David Le Sage – engineer assistant
  • Maruo Miyauchi – design, illustration at Push Pin Studios

Track listing:

  1. Utopia (live) – Mason, Todd Rundgren
  2. Freak Parade – Mark Klingman, Todd Rundgren, John Siegler
  3. Freedom Fighters – Todd Rundgren
  4. The Ikon – Mark Klingman, Todd Rundgren, Ralph Schuckett, John Siegler

Damon Albarn: Everyday Robots

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On April 25, 2014, “Parlaphone” label released “Everyday Robots”, the debut Damon Albarn album. It was recorded 2011 – 2013, at “Studio 13” in Portobelo Road, and was produced by Damon Albarn, Richard Russell and Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn– lead and backing vocals, piano, guitar, Omnichord, ukulele, drum machine, bass, choir, Korg M1, synthesizer, engineer, mixing, executive production
  • Brian Eno – vocals, synthesizers
  • Richard Russell–drum programming, MIDI, drum machine, MPC, AKAI MPC 500, spoken word, mixing, sampling, Roland TR-909, engineer, executive production
  • Mike Smith– live keyboards, string arrangements
  • Simon Tong– additional guitar
  • Jeff Wootton– guitar, bass
  • Seye – live bass, live guitar
  • Pauli the PSM– live drums
  • Dan Carpenter – trumpet
  • Nicholas Hougham – French horn
  • The Leytonstone City Mission Choir – choir, backing vocals
  • Kris Chen – spoken word
  • Richard Buckley– voice sample, backing vocals
  • Veona Byfield-Bowen – choir, chorus
  • Margurita Edwards – choir, chorus
  • Conroy Griffiths – choir, chorus
  • Celia Murphy – choir, chorus
  • Patsy Walsh – choir, chorus
  • Mary Oldacre – choir, chorus
  • Robert Morley– voice sample
  • Natasha Khan– backing vocals
  • Timothy Leary– voice sample, backing vocals
  • Jerome O’Connell – steel pans
  • Ollie Langford – violin
  • Demon Strings– strings
  • Isabelle Dunn – strings
  • Kotono Sato – strings
  • Alice Pratley – strings
  • Antonia Pagulatos – strings
  • Stephen Sedgwick – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Ian Eason – engineer
  • Kaktus Einarsson – engineer assistant
  • John Foyle – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mixing, mastering
  • Aitor Throup– packaging, creative director
  • Jamie Carter – director, editor
  • Yonni Lappin – camera operator
  • Passion Pictures– CGI Production
  • Charles Moriarty – photography technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Albarn.

  1. Everyday Robots
  2. Hostiles
  3. Lonely Press Play
  4. Tembo
  5. Parakeet
  6. The Selfish Giant
  7. You and Me
  8. Hollow Ponds
  9. Seven High
  10. Photographs
  11. The History of a Cheating Heart
  12. Heavy Seas of Love

Bruce Springsteen: We Shall Overcome

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On April 25, 2006, “Columbia” label released “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions”, the fourteenth Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded 1997, 2005, 2006, and was produced by Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau. In 2007, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, B-3 organ, percussion
  • Frank Bruno – guitar
  • Mark Clifford – banjo
  • Charles Giordano– B-3 organ, piano, accordion
  • Jeremy Chatzky – upright bass
  • Larry Eagle – drums, percussion
  • Ed Manion– saxophone
  • Mark Pender– trumpet, backing vocals
  • Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg– trombone, backing vocals
  • Art Baron– tuba
  • Sam Bardfeld – violin
  • Soozie Tyrell– violin, backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks traditional or public domain with unknown songwriters, arranged by Bruce Springsteen, except where noted.

  1. Old Dan Tucker
  2. Jesse James – Billy Gashade
  3. McGrath
  4. O Mary Don’t Know You Weep
  5. John Henry
  6. Erie Canal – Thomas S.Allen
  7. Jacob’s Ladder
  8. My Oklahoma Home – Bill and Agnes “Sis” Cunningham
  9. Eyes on the Prize – trad. additional lyrics by Alice Wine
  10. Shenandoah
  11. We Shall Overcome – Charles Tindley(lyrics); Adaptation by Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger
  12. Froggie Went A-Courtin

 

Van Der Graaf Generator: Present

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Present

On April 25, 2005, “Charisma” label released “Present”, the ninth Van der Graaf Generator studio album. It was recorded 2004 -2005 at “Pyworthy Rectory”, in North Devon, UK.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hammill– vocals, guitar, electric piano, keyboards
  • David Jackson– saxophone, flute, sound beam, photography
  • Hugh Banton– organ, bass guitar
  • Guy Evans– drums, percussion,. liner notes
  • Paul Ridout – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Every Bloody Emperor – Peter Hammill
  2. Boleas Panic – David Jackson
  3. Nutter Alert – Peter Hammill
  4. Abandon Ship! – Guy Evans, Peter Hammill
  5. In Babelsberg – Peter Hammill
  6. On The Beach – David Jackson, Peter Hammill

All the tracks bellow by Hugh Banton, Guy Evans, David Jackson and Peter Hammill

  1. Vulcan Meld
  2. Double Bass
  3. Slo Moves
  4. Architectural Hair
  5. Spanner
  6. Crux
  7. Manuelle
  8. Eavy Mate
  9. Homage To Teo
  10. The Price Of Admission

 

Robert Plant: Mighty ReArranger

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On April 25, 2005, “Sanctuary” label released “Mighty ReArranger”, the eight Robert Plant solo album, and second one with his band “Strange Sensation”. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Phil Johnstone, Robert Plant, and Mark Stent.

Personnel:

  • Robert Plant– vocals, harmonica
  • Justin Adams– electric guitar, bendir, tehardant, lap steel guitar, bass guitar
  • John Baggott – keyboards, electronica, Moog bass guitar
  • Billy Fuller – electric and double bass
  • Clive Deamer– drums, bendir
  • Liam “Skin” Tyson– acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, bass guitar
  • Steve Evans – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Another Tribe
  2. Shine It All Around
  3. Freedom Fries
  4. Tin Pan Valley
  5. All the Kings Horses
  6. The Enchanter
  7. Takamba
  8. Dancing in Heaven
  9. Somebody Knocking
  10. Let the Four Winds Blow
  11. Mighty Re Arranger
  12. Brother Ray
  13. Shine It All Around (Girls Remix)”, a hidden track with “Brother Ray”

 

 

Neil Young: Silver & Gold

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On April 25, 2000, “Reprise” label released “Silver & Gold”, the twenty-fourth Neil Young studio album. It was recorded August 1997 – May 1999, at “Redwood Digital” in Woodside, and “Arlyn Studios” in Austin, and was produced by Neil Young and Ben Keith. The album art is a photo taken by Neil’s daughter Amber, with the Game Boy Camera.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
  • Ben Keith – vocal, pedal steel guitar
  • Spooner Oldham – piano, organ
  • Donald “Duck” Dunn – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Oscar Butterworth – drums
  • Linda Ronstadt – vocal
  • Emmylou Harris – vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Good to See You
  2. Silver & Gold
  3. Daddy Went Walking
  4. Buffalo Springfield Again
  5. The Great Divide
  6. Horseshoe Man
  7. Red Sun
  8. Distant Camera
  9. Razor Love
  10. Without Rings

Little Feat: Ain’t Had Enough Fun

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On April 25, 1995, “Zoo/Volcano Records” label released “Ain’t Had Enough Fun”, the eleventh Little Feat studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Bill Payne and Bill Wray.

Personnel:

  • Paul Barrère – vocals, guitar, dobro
  • Bill Payne– vocals, keyboards
  • Fred Tackett– guitar, mandolin
  • Van Dyke Parks– accordion
  • Kenny Gradney– bass
  • Richie Hayward– vocals, drums
  • Sam Clayton – vocals, percussion
  • Shaun Murphy– vocals, percussion
  • Piero Mariani– electronic percussion
  • Joe Sublett– tenor saxophone
  • David Woodford– tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Darrell Leonard– trumpet

Track listing:

  1. Drivin’ Blind -Bill Payne, Bill Wray
  2. Blue Jean Blues – Paul Barrère, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett, Bill Wray
  3. Cadillac Hotel – Bill Payne, Bill Wray
  4. Romance Without Finance – Sam Clayton, Kibbee, Bill Payne
  5. Big Bang Theory – Paul Barrère, Shaun Murphy, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett, Bill Wray
  6. Cajun Rage – Paul Barrère, Kibbee, Bill Wray
  7. Heaven’s Where You Find It – Paul Barrère, Shaun Murphy, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett
  8. Borderline Blues – Paul Barrère, Shaun Murphy, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett, Bill Wray
  9. All That You Can Stand – Paul Barrère, Bill Payne, Bill Wray
  10. Rock & Roll Every Night – Paul Barrère, Shaun Murphy, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett, Bill Wray
  11. Shakey Town – Paul Barrère, Kibbee
  12. Ain’t Had Enough Fun – Paul Barrère, Shaun Murphy, Bill Payne, Strand, Fred Tackett
  13. That’s a Pretty Good Love – Lucas, Mendelsohn