In November 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Midnight Special”, the 18th Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in April 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith – organ
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Donald Bailey – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Del Shields – liner notes
Track listing:
Midnight Special – Jimmy Smith
A Subtle One – Stanley Turrentine
Jumpin’ the Blues – Walter Brown, Jay McShann, Charlie Parker
On November 4, 1991, “Creation” label released “Bandwagonesque”, the third Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded April – May 1991, at “Amazon Studios” in Liverpool, and was produced by Don Fleming, Paul Chisholm, Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Raymond McGinley and Brendan O’Hare. In 1991, “Bandwagonesque” was voted “Album of the year” by American music magazine Spin.
Personnel:
Norman Blake – vocals, guitar, bass, arrangements
Raymond McGinley – vocals, guitar, arrangements
Gerard Love – vocals, bass, guitar, arrangements
Brendan O’Hare – vocals, drums, arrangements
Joseph McAlinden – brass and strings
Don Fleming – occasional vocals and guitar
Dave Buchanan – handclaps
Paul Chisholm – engineer
Keith Hartley – engineer
Dave Buchanan – engineer assistant
George Peckham – mastering
Sharon Fitzgerald – design, photography
Track listing:
The Concept – Norman Blake
Satan – Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Raymond McGinley, Brendan O’Hare
On October 30, 1957, “RCA Victor” label released “Jailhouse Rock”, an EP by Elvis Presley, featuring songs from the movie of the same name. It was recorded April – May 1957, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jeffrey Alexander.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric bass
Scotty Moore – electric lead guitar
Bill Black – double bass, electric bass
D. J. Fontana – drums
The Jordanaires
Gordon Stoker – backing vocals
Neal Matthews – backing vocals
Hoyt Hawkins – backing vocals
Hugh Jarrett – backing vocals
Dudley Brooks – piano
Thorne Nogar – engineer
Fred Mulculpin – engineer
Mike Stoller – piano, production assistant
Jerry Leiber – production assistant
Track listing:
Jailhouse Rock – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Young and Beautiful – Aaron Schroeder, Abner Silver
I Want to Be Free – Jerry Leiber, Ben Weisman
Don’t Leave Me Mow (movie version) – Aaron Schroeder, Ben Weisman
(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
On October 23, 2020, “4AD” label released “Songs” and “Instrumentals”, two Adrianne Lenker studio albums. It was recorded April – May 2020, at “Cabin” in Westhampton, Massachusetts, and was produced by Phil Weinrobe and Adrianne Lenker.
Personnel:
Adrianne Lenker – vocals, acoustic guitar, paintbrush, needles of a white pine tree
On September 30, 1994, “GRP” label released “Out of the Loop”, the seventh and final Brecker Brothers (The) album. It was recorded April – August 1992, and was produced by George Whitty, Maz Kessler and Robbie Kilgore. In 1995 the album won two “Grammy Awards” – “Best Contemporary Jazz Performance” and “Best Instrumental Composition”.
Personnel:
Michael Brecker – soprano and tenor saxophone, Akai EWI, arrangements
Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements
George Whitty – keyboards, Hammond organ bass, acoustic piano, keyboard programming, arrangements
Chris Botti – keyboard programming, bass and drum programming, arrangements
Andy Snitzer – keyboard programming, bass and drum programming, arrangements
Maz Kessler – keyboards, rhythm programming, arrangements
On September 28, 2004, “Nonesuch” label released “Brian Wilson Presents Smile”, the fifth Brian Wilson studio album. It was recorded April – July 2004, at “Sunset Sound Recorders”, “Your Place or Mine Recording” in California, and was produced by Brian Wilson.
On September 21, 1999, the twenty-second David Bowie studio album “Hours” was released on Internet. It was recorded April – June 1999, at “Seaview” in Bermuda, ”Looking Glass” and “Chung King” in New York City, and was produced by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.
Personnel:
David Bowie – vocals, 12-string guitar, keyboards, drum programming
On September 12, 2005, “Parlaphone” label released “Chaos and Creation in the Backyard”, the thirteenth Paul McCartney studio album. It was recorded September 2023 – April 2005, at “RAL” and “AIR” in London, “Ocean Way” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.
Personnel:
Paul McCartney – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, classical guitar, 12 string guitar, tambourine on snare, piano, electric piano, B 3 organ, Moog synthesizer, autoharp, Baldwin spinet, bass guitar, cello, drums, drum machine, flugelhorn, violin, gong, güiro, harmonium, acoustic guitar loops, maracas, melodica, recorders, tubular bells, triangle, toy glockenspiel, percussion, vibrachimes, woodblock, art direction
Jason Falkner – electric guitar, classical guitar
Rusty Anderson – acoustic guitar
Brian Ray – acoustic guitar
Nigel Godrich – piano and Epiphone acoustic guitar loops
Pedro Eustache – duduk
James Gadson – drums
Joey Waronker – bass drum, bongos, shaker
Abe Laboriel Jr. – percussion, block, tambourine
The Los Angeles Music Players – strings
Millennia Ensemble – strings, brass instrument
Joby Talbot – string and brass arrangements, conducting
On September 12, 1980, “Jet” label released “Blizzard of Ozz”, the debut Ozzy Osbourne studio album. It was recorded March – April 1980, at “Ridge Farm Studio” in Rusper, England, and was produced by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake.
Personnel:
Ozzy Osbourne – lead and harmony vocals
Randy Rhoads – guitars
Don Airey – keyboards
Bob Daisley – bass guitar, gong, harmony vocals
Lee Kerslake – drums, tubular bells, timpani, vibraslap
Max Norman – engineer
Chris Athens – mastering
Track listing:
All songs tracks by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley, except where noted.
I Don’t Know
Crazy Train
Goodbye to Romance
Dee – Randy Rhoads
Suicide Solution
Mr. Crowley
No Bone Movies – Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake
On September 10, 1990, “Reprise” label released “Ragged Glory”, the 20th Neil Young, album, and his sixth album with the band Crazy Horse. It was recorded in April 1990, at “Plywood Digital” in Woodside, California, and was produced by David Briggs and Neil Young. In 2019, magazine “Rolling Stone” voted “Ragged Glory” the 36th best grunge album of all time.
Personnel:
Neil Young – vocals, guitar, mixing
Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – vocals, guitar
Billy Talbot – vocals, bass guitar
Ralph Molina – vocals, drums
Dave Collins, Andrew Vastola, Buzz Burrowes, Gary Long, Pat Stoltz, Chris Kupper, Chuck Johnson, John Nowlan, Harry Sitam – engineer
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