Tag Archives: August 31

Idles: Joy As An Act Of Resistance

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On August 31, 2018, “Partisan” label released “Joy as an Act of Resistance”, the second Idles studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, and was produced by Space.

Personnel:

  • Joe Talbot – lead vocals
  • Mark Bowen – guitar
  • Lee Kiernan – guitar
  • Adam Devonshire – bass
  • Jon Beavis – drums
  • Nick Launay – mixing
  • Adam ‘Atom’ Greenspan – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Devonshire, Jonathan Beavis, Joseph Talbot, Lee Kiernan, and Mark Bowen except where noted.

  1. Colossus
  2. Never Fight a Man with a Perm
  3. I’m Scum
  4. Danny Nedelko
  5. Love Song
  6. June
  7. Samaritans
  8. Television
  9. Great
  10. Gram Rock
  11. Cry to Me – Bert Russell
  12. Rottweiler

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

Noah And The Whale: The First Day Of Spring

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On August 31, 2009, “Vertigo” label released “The First Day of Spring”, the second Noah and the Whale studio album. It was recorded in January 2009, and was produced by Emery Dobyns and Charlie Fink.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Fink – vocals, guitar, photography
  • Tom Hobden – keyboards, violin, arrangements
  • Mat “Urby Whale” Owens – bass guitar
  • Doug Fink – drums
  • Exmoor Singers of London – choir
  • BJ Cole – pedal steel
  • Sam Kindrade – trumpet
  • John Carvell – trombone
  • Martin Slattery – flute, clarinet
  • Emery Dobyns – engineer, mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering assistant
  • Traffic – design
  • James Robinson – photography
  • James Jarvin – directed by

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Fink.

  1. The First Days of Spring
  2. Our Window
  3. I Have Nothing
  4. My Broken Heart
  5. Instrumental I
  6. Love Of and Orchestra
  7. Instrumental II
  8. Stranger
  9. Blue Skies
  10. Slow Glass
  11. My Door Is Always Open

Joe Pass: Virtuoso In New York

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On August 31, 2004, “Pablo” label released “Virtuoso in New York”, the 70th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in June 1975, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar

Track listing:

  1. I Never Knew (That Roses Grew) – Gus Kahn, Fiorito
  2. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington
  3. We’ll Be Together Again – Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer
  4. Blues for Alagarn – Joe Pass
  5. The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  6. How Long Has This Been Going On? – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  7. Moritat – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
  8. When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar A. Swan
  9. Blues for Alagarn – Joe Pass

The Gun Club: Fire Of Love

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On August 31, 1981, “Ruby Records” label released “Fire of Love”, the debut Gun Club (The) album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Studio America” in Pasadena, California, “Quad Teck” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tito Larriva and Chris D.

Personnel:

  • Jeffrey Lee Pierce – vocals, backing vocals, slide guitar, arrangements
  • Ward Dotson – guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Rob Ritter – bass
  • Terry Graham – drums
  • Chris D. – backing vocals
  • Lois Graham – backing vocals
  • Pat Burnette, Noah Shark – engineer
  • Chris D. – design
  • Judith Bell – bottle label drawings

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, except where noted.

  1. Sex Beat
  2. Preaching the Blues – Robert Johnson
  3. Promise Me
  4. She’s Like Heroin to Me
  5. For the Love of Ivy – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Kid Congo Powers
  6. Fire Spirit
  7. Ghost on the Highway
  8. Jack on Fire
  9. Black Train
  10. Cool Drink of Water – Tommy Johnson, traditional
  11. Goodbye Johnny

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Tritonis

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On August 31, 1980, “Concord Jazz” label released “Tritonis”, album by Dave Brubeck Quartet (the 79th Dave Brubeck album overall). It was recorded in March 1980, and was produced by Dave Brubeck, Chris Brubeck and Russell Gloyd.

Personnel:

  • Dave Brubeck – piano, arrangements
  • Jerry Bergonzi – tenor saxophone, clarinet, electric bass guitar
  • Chris Brubeck – electric bass guitar, bass trombone
  • Randy Jones – drums

Track listing:

  1. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? – lyrics by Edgar Yipsel “Yip” Harburg, music by Jay Gorney
  2. Like Someone in Love – lyrics by John “Johnny” Burke, music by Edward Chester “Jimmy Van Heusen” Babcock
  3. Theme for June – Howard Brubeck
  4. Lord, Lord – Dave Brubeck
  5. Mr. Fats – Dave Brubeck
  6. Tritonis – Dave Brubeck

The Supremes: Where Did Our Love Go

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On August 31, 1964, “Motown” label released “Where Did Our Love Go”, the second Supremes (The) studio album. It was recorded December 1962 – Augudt 1964, at “Hitsville U.S.A.” in Detroit, and was produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson, Norman Whitfield and Robert Gordy.

Personnel:

  • Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson – lead and backing vocals
  • The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
  • Robert White – guitar
  • Eddie Willis – guitar
  • Joe Messina – guitar
  • Earl Van Dyke – piano
  • James Jamerson – bass
  • Richard “Pistol” Allen – drums
  • Uriel Jones – drums
  • Jack Ashford – vibraphone
  • Andrew “Mike” Terry – baritone saxophone
  • Hank Cosby – tenor saxophone
  • Mike Valvano – footstomps
  • The Four Tops, and Holland–Dozier–Holland – backing vocals
  • The Love-Tones – backing vocals
  • Bernard Yeszin, Wallace Mead – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Holland–Dozier–Holland, except as noted.

  1. Where Did Our Love Go
  2. Run, Run, Run
  3. Baby Love
  4. When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
  5. Come See About Me
  6. Long Gone Lover – Smokey Robinson
  7. I’m Giving You Your Freedom
  8. A Breathtaking Guy – Smokey Robinson
  9. He Means the World to Me – Norman Whitfield
  10. Standing at the Crossroads of Love
  11. Your Kiss of Fire – Robert Gordy, Harvey Fuqua
  12. Ask Any Girl

The Pinneaple Thief: Dissolution

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On August 31, 2018, “Kscope” label released “Dissolution”, the twelfth Pineapple Thief (The) album. It was recorded December 2017 – May 2018, at “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, “Bourne Place” in Hertfordshire, and was produced by Bruce Soord, Jon Sykes, Steve Kitch and Gavin Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, recording, mixing
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • David Torn – additional guitars
  • Stylorouge – art direction, design
  • Rob O’Connor – photography
  • James Usill – post-production
  • Frederick Jude – executive producer

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Not Naming Any Names
  2. Try as I Might
  3. Threatening War
  4. Uncovering Your Tracks
  5. All That You’ve Got
  6. Far Below
  7. Pillar of Salt
  8. White Mist
  9. Shed a Light

Neil Finn: The Sun Came Out

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On August 31, 2009, “Columbia” label released “The Sun Came Out”, the fifth Neil Finn album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Roundhead Studios”, and was produced by Jim Scott and Neil Finn.

Personnel:

  • Neil Finn – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, piano, xylophone
  • Johnny Marr – vocals, electric guitar
  • Ed O’Brien – vocals, electric guitar
  • Pat Sansone – piano, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, celesta, harmony vocals
  • Mikael Jorgesen – organ, synthesizer
  • Nels Cline – acoustic and slide guitar
  • Phil Selway – percussion
  • Elroy Finn – drums
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion, drum machine
  • Luke Bullen – drums, body percussion, handclaps
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Lisa Germano – violin, electric guitar, theremin, harmony vocals
  • Liam Finn – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Hammond organ, loops
  • Bic Runga – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ivy Rossiter – backing vocals
  • Don McGlashan – vocals, guitar, euphonium, flugelhorn
  • KT Tunstall – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, handclaps
  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, voice, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ
  • John Stirratt – bass, harmony vocals
  • Cecilia Herbert – harmony vocals
  • Eliza Jane Barnes – harmony vocals
  • Sonny Marr – backing vocals
  • Glenn Richards – vocals, electric guitar
  • Nile Marr – vocals, acoustic guitar

Track listing:

  1. Too Blue – Johnny Marr, Jeff Tweedy
  2. You Never Know – Jeff Tweedy
  3. Little by Little – Sharon Finn, Neil Finn
  4. Learn to Crawl – Ed O’Brien, Johnny Marr, Liam Finn, Neil Finn
  5. Girl, Make your Own Mind Up – Don McGlashan
  6. Hazel Black – KT Tunstall, Neil Finn
  7. Red Wine Bottle – Liam Finn, Chris Garland, Johnny Marr
  8. Black Silk Ribbon – KT Tunstall, Bic Runga
  9. Run in the Dust – Johnny Marr
  10. The Ties That Bind Us – Phil Selway
  11. What Could Have Been – Jeff Tweedy
  12. Duxton Blues – Glenn Richards
  13. Reptile – Lisa Germano

The Kooks: Let’s Go Sunshine

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On August 31, 2018, “Lonely Cat” label released “Let’s Go Sunshine”, the fifth Kooks (The) studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2018 and was produced by Brandon Friesen, Chris Seefried, and Luke Pritchard.

Personnel:

  • Luke Pritchard – vocals, guitar
  • Hugh Harris – guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Denton – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Alexis Nunez – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Intro – Hugh Harris, Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  2. Kids – Brandon Friesen, Luke Pritchard
  3. All the Time – Brandon Friesen, Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  4. Believe – Brandon Friesen, Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  5. Fractured and Dazed – Hugh Harris, Luke Pritchard
  6. Chicken Bone – Peter Denton, Brandon Friesen, Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  7. Four Leave Clover – Brandon Friesen, Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  8. Tesco Disco – Brando Friesen, Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  9. Honey Bee – Bob Pritchard, Luke Pritchard
  10. Initials for Gainsbourg – Brandon Friesen, Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  11. Pamela – Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  12. Picture Frame – Luke Pritchard
  13. Swing Low – Brandon Friesen, Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  14. Weight of the World – Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried
  15. No Pressure – Hugh Harris, Luke Pritchard, Chris Seefried