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John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers: Bare Wires

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Bare_Wires

On June 21, 1968, “Decca” label released “Bare Wires”, the eight John Mayall and the Bluesbrakers album. It was recorded in April 1968, at “Decca Studios”  in London, and was produced by Mike Vernon and John Mayall. “Bare Wires” was the last John Mayall studio album to feature the name “Bluesbreakers”.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall– vocals,  harmonica,  piano,  harpsichord,  organ, harmonium, guitar
  • Peter Green– guitar
  • Mick Taylor– lead guitar, Hawaiian guitar
  • Tony Reeves– string bass, bass guitar
  • Jon Hiseman– drums, percussion
  • Keef Hartley– drums
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Chris Mercer –tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Henry Lowther– cornet, violin
  • Derek Varnals – engineer
  • Pete Smith, Jan Persson –photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Mayall, except where noted.

  1. Bare Wires Suite (Medley)
  • Bare Wires
  • Where Did I Belong
  • I Started Walking
  • Open Up A New Door
  • Fire
  • I Know Now
  • Look In The Mirror
  1. I’m a Stranger
  2. No Reply – John Mayall, Mick Taylor
  3. Hartley Quits – Mick Taylor
  4. Killing Time
  5. She’s Too Young
  6. Sandy

The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man

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Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man

On June 21, 1965, “Columbia” label released “Mr. Tambourine Man”, The Byrds debut album. It was recorded January 20 – April 22, 1965, at “Columbia Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Terry Melcher.  “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Mr. Tambourine Man” at number 232 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Jim McGuinn – vocals. lead guitar
  • Gene Clark- vocals, rhythm guitar, tambourine
  • David Crosby – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Jerry Cole – rhythm guitar
  • Leon Russell- electric piano
  • Larry Knechtel- electric bass
  • Chris Hillman- electric bass
  • Michael Clarke- drums
  • Hal Blaine– drums
  • Barry Feinstein – photography

Track listing:

  1. Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan
  2. I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better – Gene Clark
  3. Spanish Harlem Incident – Bob Dylan
  4. You Won’t Have to Cry – Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn
  5. Here Without You – Gene Clark
  6. The Bells of Rhymney – Idris Davies, Pete Seeger
  7. All I Really Want to Do – Bob Dylan
  8. I Knew I’d Want You – Gene Clark
  9. It’s No Use – Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn
  10. Don’t Doubt Yourself, Babe – Jackie DeShannon
  11. Chimes of Freedom – Bob Dylan
  12. We’ll Meet Again – Ross Parker, Hughie Charles

 

 

The Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania

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On June 19, 2012, “EMI” label released “Oceania”, the eighth Smashing Pumpkins (The) studio album. It was recorded April – September 2011, and was produced by Billy Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jeff Schroeder– guitar
  • Nicole Fiorentino– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Byrne– drums, backing vocals
  • Kevin Dippold – engineer, backing vocals
  • Ryan Grostefon – engineer
  • Sam Wiewel – engineer
  • David Bottrill– mixing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Jason Willwerth – assistant
  • Noel Waggener – art direction
  • Richard Shay – photography
  • Greg Norman – studio technician
  • Balthazar de Ley – studio technician
  • Geoff Benge – guitar technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Corgan.

  1. Quasar
  2. Panopticon
  3. The Celestials
  4. Violet
  5. My Love is Winter
  6. One Diamond, One Heart
  7. Pinwheels
  8. Oceania
  9. Pale Horse
  10. The Chimera
  11. Glissandra
  12. Inkless
  13. Wildflower

Azra: Filigranski Pločnici

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Azra - Filigranski Plocnici

In June 1982, “Jugoton” label released “Filigranski Pločnici”, the fourth Azra album. It was recorded March – April 1982, at “Kod Trulog” in Zagreb, Croatia, and was produced by Branimir Štulić.

Personnel:

  • Branimir Štulić– vocals, guitar
  • Mišo Hrnjak – guitar, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Boris Leiner – vocals, drums
  • Miroslav Sedak-Benčić – piano, saxophone, flute, organ
  • Janko Mlinarić – Truli – recording
  • Ivan Ivezić – design
  • Milisav Vesović – photography
  • Siniša Škarica – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Branimir Štulić.

  1. Tko to tamo pjeva
  2. ’68
  3. Volim te kad pričaš
  4. Ne prodajem nasmiješenog psa
  5. Proljeće je 13. u decembru
  6. Ako znaš bilo što
  7. Ljudi samoće
  8. Strah od smrti
  9. Roll over Jura
  10. Naizgled lijepa
  11. Hladan kao led
  12. I nikom nije lepše neg’ je nam
  13. Iran
  14. Čudne navike
  15. Nije O.K.
  16. Tanka crna linija
  17. Pavel
  18. Gomila nesklada
  19. Slučajan susret
  20. Kao ti i ja
  21. Put za Katmandu
  22. Strankinja s plavi eyes
  23. Život običnog tempa
  24. Hladni prsti
  25. 32 – 956
  26. Gorki okus
  27. Filigranski pločnici

Bob Dylan: Street Legal

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On June 15, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Street Legal”, the  eighteenth Bob Dylan studio. It was recorded April – May 1978, at “Rundown Studios” in Santa Monica, and was produced by Don DeVito.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– lead vocals, rhythm electric guitar
  • Billy Cross– lead electric guitar
  • Steven Soles– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Alan Pasqua– keyboards
  • Jerry Scheff– bass guitar
  • Ian Wallace– drums
  • Bobbye Hall– percussion
  • Steve Douglas– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • David Mansfield– violin, mandolin
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals
  • Helena Springs – backing vocals
  • Biff Dawes – engineer
  • Filmways/Heider – recording
  • Stan Kalina – mastering

Track liating:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Changing of the Guards
  2. New Pony
  3. No Time to Think
  4. Baby, Stop Crying
  5. Is Your Love in Vain
  6. Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)
  7. True Love Tends to Forget
  8. We Better Talk This Over
  9. Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)

Barclay James Harvest: Everyone Is Everybody Else

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On June 14, 1974, “Polydor” label released “Everyone Is Everybody Else”, the fifth Barclay James Harvest album. It was recorded March 1974 – April 1974, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Rodger Ban.

Personnel:

  • John Lees– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Les Holroyd– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, bass
  • Stewart Wooly Wolstenholme – vocals, keyboards
  • Mel Pritchard– percussion, drums
  • Rufus Cartwright – engineer
  • Ted Sharp – engineer, mixing
  • Alex Agor – photography

Track listing:

  1. Child of the Universe – John Lees
  2. Negative Earth – Les Holroyd, Mel Pritchard
  3. Paper Wings – Les Holroyd, Mel Pritchard
  4. The Great 1974 Mining Disaster – John lees
  5. Crazy City – Les Holroyd
  6. See Me See You – John Lees
  7. Poor Boys Blues – Les Holroyd
  8. Mill Boys – John Lees
  9. For No One – John Lees

The Yardbirds: For Your Love

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The_Yardbirds_-_For_Your_Love

On June 13, 1965, “Epic” label released “For Your Love”, the second Yardbirds (The) album. It was recorded March 1964 – April 1965 and was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky and Manfred Mann. “For Your Love” features US-only tracks and previously released singles compiled by Giorgio Gomelsky.

Personnel:

  • Keith Relf– lead vocals, harmonica
  • Eric Clapton– lead guitar
  • Jeff Beck– lead guitar
  • Chris Dreja– rhythm guitar
  • Paul Samwell-Smith– vocals, bass
  • Jim McCarty– vocals, drums
  • Brian Auger– harpsichord
  • Denny Pierce – bongos
  • Mike Hugg– vibes
  • Tom McGuinness– guitar
  • Mike Vickers– guitar
  • Ron Prentice – bowed bass
  • Manfred Mann– keyboard, backing vocals
  • Paul Jones– backing vocals
  • Giorgio Gomelsky– backing vocal

Track listing:

  1. For Your Love – Graham Gouldman
  2. I’m Not Talking – Mose Allison
  3. Putty (In Your Hands) – John Patton, Kay Rogers
  4. I Ain’t Got You – Calvin Carter
  5. Got to Hurry – Giorgio Gomelsky
  6. I Ain’t Done Wrong – Keith Ralf
  7. I Wish I Would – Billy Boy Arnold
  8. A Certain Girl – Allen Toussaint
  9. Sweet Music – Walter Bowie, Otis Leavill Cobb, Major Lance
  10. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – H.G. Demarais
  11. My Girl Sloopy – Wes Farrell, Bert Russell

Bob Marley And The Wailers: Uprising

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Uprising

On June 10, 1980, “Tuff Gong / Island” labels released “Uprising”, album by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was recorded January – April 1980, at the “Tuff Gong Studios” in Kingston, Jamaica, and was produced by Chris Blackwell and Bob Marley. “Uprising” was the final studio album released during Marley’s lifetime.

Personnel:

  • Bob Marley– lead vocal, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Aston “Family Man” Barrett– bass, piano, guitar, percussion
  • Carlton Barrett– drums, percussion
  • Carlton “Santa” Davis- drums
  • Tyrone Downie– keyboards, backing vocal
  • Earl Lindo– keyboards
  • Alvin Patterson– percussion
  • Junior Marvin– lead guitar, backing vocal
  • Al Anderson– lead guitar
  • I Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt) – backing vocals
  • Errol Brown– engineer, mixing
  • Chiao Ng – engineer assistant
  • The Wailers, Michael Rees– mixing
  • Ted Jensen- mastering
  • Neville Garrick– art direction
  • Adrian Boot– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Marley.

  1. Coming in from the Cold
  2. Real Situation
  3. Bad Card
  4. We and Dem
  5. Work
  6. Zion Train
  7. Pimper’s Paradise
  8. Could You Be Loved
  9. Forever Loving Jah
  10. Redemption Song

Chicago: 16

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Chicago 16

On June 7, 1982, “Full Moon / Warner Bros” labels released “Chicago 16”, the thirteenth Chicago studio. It was recorded January–April 1982 in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Foster.

Personnel:

  • Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, BGV arrangements, rhythm and string arrangements
  • Bill Champlin – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, BGV arrangements
  • Robert Lamm– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Chris Pinnick– guitar
  • Steve Lukather– guitar
  • Michael Landau– guitar
  • Lee Loughnane– trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, backing vocals
  • James Pankow– trombone, horn arrangements
  • Walter Parazaider– woodwinds
  • Danny Seraphine– drums, rhythm arrangements
  • David Foster– keyboards, rhythm arrangements, additional horn arrangements
  • David Paich– synthesizer
  • Steve Porcaro– synthesizer programming
  • Jeremy Lubbock, David Foster – string arrangements
  • Gerard Vinci – concertmaster
  • Dave Richardson – lyric assistance

Track listing:

  1. What You’re Missing – Jay Gruska,Joseph Williams
  2. Waiting for You to Decide – David Foster,Steve Lukather, David Paich
  3. Bad Advice – Peter Cetera, David Foster,James Pankow
  4. Chains – Peter Cetera, Ian Thomas
  5. Hard to Say I’m Sorry/ Get Away – Peter Cetera, David Foster, Robert Lamm
  6. Follow Me – David Foster, James Pankow
  7. Sonny Think Twice – Bill Champin, Danny Seraphine
  8. What Can I Say – David Foster, James Pankow
  9. Rescue You – Peter Cetera, David Foster

Soft Machine: Third

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Soft_Machine_Third

On June 6, 1970, “CBS” label released “Third”, the third Soft Machine studio album. It was recorded April – May 1970 at “IBC” in London, “Facelift” was recorded live in Croydon and Birmingham, January 1970, and was produced by Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, Robert Wyatt and Elton Dean.

Personnel:

  • Mike Ratledge – Hohner Pianet, Lowrey organ, piano
  • Hugh Hopper– bass guitar
  • Robert Wyatt – vocals, drums, Hammond organ, Mellotron, Hohner Pianet, piano, bass
  • Elton Dean– alto saxophone, saxello
  • Lyn Dobson– soprano saxophone, flute
  • Nick Evans– trombone
  • Jimmy Hastings– flute, bass clarinet
  • Rab Spall– violin

Track listing:

  1. Facelift – Hugh Hopper
  2. Slightly All the Time – Mike Ratledge
  • Noisette – Hugh Hopper
  • Backwards – Mike Ratledge
  • Noisette Reprise Hugh Hopper
  1. Moon in June – Robert Wyatt
  2. Out-Bloody-Rageous – Mike Ratledge