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Red Garland: Red In Blues-ville

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In September 1959, “Prestige” label released “Red in Blues-ville”, the 16th Red Garland album. It was recorded in April 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • Sam Jones – double bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Esmond Edwards – photography
  • Bob Snead – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. He’s a Real Gone Guy – Nellie Lutcher
  2. See See Rider – traditional
  3. M Squad (theme) – Count Basie
  4. Your Red Wagon – Gene DePaul, Richard M. Jones, Don Raye
  5. Trouble in Mind – Richard M. Jones
  6. St. Louis Blues – W. C. Handy

Sam Jones: Something In Common

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On September 13, 1977, “Muse” label released “Something in Common” the eighth Sam Jones album. It was recorded April 1974 – September 1977, at “C.I. Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Cedar Walton and Bob Porter.

Personnel:

  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Bob Berg – tenor saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Slide Hampton – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – keyboards, piano
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Thomas Hampson – engineer
  • Chuck Irwin – engineer
  • Gene Paul – mastering
  • Page Simon – design
  • Tom Copi – photography
  • Todd Barkan – liner notes
  • Dan Mueller – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Cedar Walton, except where noted.

  1. Seven Minds – Sam Jones
  2. Bolivia
  3. Something in Common
  4. Every Man Is a King – Slide Hampton
  5. For All We Know – J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis
  6. Blue Silver – Blue Mitchell
  7. Shoulders
  8. One for Amos – Sam Jones
  9. You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder

Billy Preston: Encouraging Words

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On September 11, 1970, “Apple” label released “Encouraging Words”, the fifth Billy Preston studio album. It was recorded February – December 1969 – April 1970, at “trident Studios” and “Olympic Sound Studios” in London, and was produced by George Harrison and Billy Preston.

Personnel:

  • Billy Preston – lead and backing vocals, organ, piano, electric piano, harmonica, backing vocals
  • George Harrison – electric guitar, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Eric Clapton – electric guitar
  • Delaney Bramlett – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
  • Carl Radle – bass guitar
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Ringo Starr – drums
  • Bobby Keys – saxophones
  • Jim Price – trumpet, trombone, horn arrangements
  • The Edwin Hawkins Singers – backing vocals
  • Members of the Temptations’ tour band – electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
  • Members of Sam & Dave’s tour band – bass guitar, drums
  • Richard Polak – photography

Track listing:                                                                                                            

All tracks by Billy Preston, except where noted.

  1. Right Now
  2. Little Girl
  3. Use What You Got
  4. My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
  5. Let the Music Play – Billy Preston, Joe Greene, Jesse Kirkland
  6. The Same Thing Again – Billy Preston, James Herndon
  7. I’ve Got a Feeling – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
  8. Sing One for the Lord – George Harrison, Billy Preston
  9. When You Are Mine
  10. I Don’t Want You to Pretend
  11. Encouraging Words
  12. All Things Must Pass – George Harrison
  13. You’ve Been Acting Strange – Ronnie Lee Williams

Rush: Signals

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On September 9, 1982, “Anthem” label released “Signals”, the ninth Rush studio album. It was recorded April – June 1982, at “Le Studio” in Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Terry Brown, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart.

Personnel:

  • Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic guitars, Moog Taurus pedals
  • Geddy Lee – vocals, bass guitars, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Neil Peart – spoken word, drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Ben Mink – electric violin
  • Terry Brown – arrangements
  • Paul Northfield – engineer
  • Robbie Whelan – engineer assistant
  • JVC – digital mastering
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Brian Lee – mastering
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, graphics, cover concept
  • Deborah Samuel – photography
  • Kineblok Inc. – photographic colour optics
  • Moon Records – executive production

Track listing:

All lyrics by Neil Peart except where noted, all music is composed by Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee.

  1. Subdivisions                                                                                                      
  2. The Analog Kid
  3. Chemistry – lyrics by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart
  4. Digital Man
  5. The Weapon (Part II of Fear)
  6. New World Man
  7. Losing
  8. Countdown

The Wildhearts: ¡Chutzpah!

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On August 31, 2009, “Backstage Alliance” label released “¡Chutzpah!”, the eighth Wildhearts (The) studio album. It was recorded in Aprile 2009, at “Hansen Studios” in Ribe, Denmark, and was produced by Jacob Hansen.

Personnel:

  • Ginger Wildheart – lead vocals, guitar
  • C. J. Wildheart – guitar, backing vocals
  • Scott Sorry – vocal, backing vocal, bass
  • Ritch Battersby – drums
  • Kim Olesen – keyboards, programming
  • Jacob Hansen – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Virpi Immonen – engineer
  • Jeppe Andersson – engineer assistant
  • Martin Wolf Pagaard – engineer assistant
  • Rich Jones – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Ginger Wildheart, C. J. Wildheart, Scott Sorry and Ritch Battersby.  

  1. The Jackson Whites
  2. Plastic Jebus
  3. The Only One
  4. John of Violence
  5. You Are Proof That Not All Women Are Insane
  6. Tim Smith
  7. Low Energy Vortex
  8. You Took the Sunshine from New York
  9. Mazel Tov Cocktail
  10. Chutzpah

McCoy Tyner: Infinity

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In August 1995, “Impulse!” label released “Infinity”, the 63rd McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in April 1995, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna. In 1996, “Infinity” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Individual or Group)”, while Michael Brecker won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” for the track “Impressions”.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Avery Sharpe – bass
  • Aaron Scott – drums
  • Valtinho Anastacio– congas, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner except where noted.

  1. Flying High
  2. I Mean You – Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk
  3. Where Is Love
  4. Changes
  5. Blues Stride
  6. Happy Days
  7. Impressions – John Coltrane
  8. Mellow Minor
  9. Good Morning Heartache – Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham

Johnny Cash: Johnny 99

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On August 29, 1983, “Columbia” label released “Johnny 99”, the 69th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in April 1983, at “Magnolia” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Ahern.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Hoyt Axton, Barbara Bennett, Donivan Cowart, Lynn Langham – vocals
  • June Carter – vocals
  • James Burton – electric guitar
  • Bob Wootton – electric guitar
  • Brian Ahern – gut-string guitar, 6-string bass, tambourine, arrangements
  • Tim Goodman – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, 6-string bass, banjo
  • Marty Stuart – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • David Mansfield – mandolin, mandocello, fiddle
  • Glen D. Hardin – keyboards
  • Nick DeCaro – accordion
  • Jo-El Sonnier – accordion
  • Norton Buffalo – harmonica
  • Jerry Scheff – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Jack Grochmal, Donivan Cowart, Brian Ahern – engineer
  • John Seakwood – photography

Track listing:

  1. Highway Patrolman – Bruce Springsteen
  2. That’s the Truth – Paul Kennerley
  3. God Bless Robert E. Lee – Bobby Hutcherson, Mack Vickery
  4. New Cut Road – Guy Clark
  5. Johnny 99 – Bruce Springsteen
  6. Ballad of the Ark – Steven Rhymer
  7. Joshua Gone Barbados – Eric Von Schmidt
  8. Girl from the Canyon – Carolina Edwards, Jonathan Edwards
  9. Brand New Dance – Paul Kennerley
  10. The Ragged but I’m Right – George Jones

Kino: The Star Is Named Sun

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On August 29, 1989, Kino self-released “The Star is Named Sun”, the seventh bands album. It was recorded in December 1988, at Valeri Leontiev’s studio in Moscow.

Personnel:

  • Viktor Tsoi  – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Yuri Kasparyan  – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Igor Tikhomirov  – bass guitar, keys, programming
  • Georgy Guryanov  – programming, backing vocals
  • Mihail Kuvshinov – engineer
  • Andrej Gusev – design
  • Vasilij Gavrilov – design
  • Pavel Semenov – design
  • Georgi Molitvin – photography
  • Valentin Skljarov – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Viktor Tsoi.

  1. Song Without Words
  2. A Star Called the Sun
  3. A Sad Song
  4. Fairy Tale
  5. A Place to Step Forward
  6. Pack of Cigarettes
  7. Knock
  8. Sadness
  9. April

Dave Brubeck: One Alone

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On August 22, 2000, “Telarc” label released “One Alone”, the 103rd Dave Brubeck album. It was recorded September 1997 – April 2000, and was produced by Russell Gloyd and John Snyder.

Personnel:

  • Dave Brubeck – piano
  • John Snyder, Michael Bishop, Jack Renner – engineer
  • Robert Friedrich – engineer assistant
  • Anilda Carrasquillo – art direction, cover design
  • James Salzano – cover photo
  • Elaine Martone – production supervisor
  • Mark Conese, Simon James, Mark Nixdorf – technical assistant

Track listing:

  1. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
  2. I’ll Never Smile Again – Ruth Lowe
  3. One Alone – Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  4. You’ve Got Me Crying Again – Isham Jones, Charles Newman
  5. Someone to Watch over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don’t Tease Me) – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
  7. Harbor Lights – Hugh Williams
  8. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons
  9. Summer Song – Dave Brubeck
  10. Red Sails in the Sunset – Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy
  11. Weep No More – Dave Brubeck
  12. Bye Bye Blues – Dave Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm, Bert Lown
  13. Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg

Sleater – Kinney: One Beat

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On August 20, 2002, “Kill Rock Stars” label released “One Beat”, the sixth Sleater-Kinney studio album. It was recorded March – April 2002, at “Jackpot” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by John Goodmanson.

Personnel:

  • Carrie Brownstein – vocals, guitar
  • Corin Tucker – vocals, guitar
  • Janet Weiss – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Stephen Trask – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Steve Fisk – keyboards
  • Sam Coomes – theremin
  • John Goodmanson – EBow guitar
  • Mike Wayland – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Russ Scott – trumpet
  • Jen Charowhas – violin
  • Brent Arnold – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss.

  1. One Beat
  2. Far Away
  3. Oh!
  4. The Reminder
  5. Light Rail Coyote
  6. Step Aside
  7. Combat Rock
  8. O2
  9. Funeral Song
  10. Prisstina
  11. Hollywood Ending
  12. Sympathy