Tag Archives: August 6

Eddie Palmieri

On August 6, 2025, Eduardo Palmieri died aged 88. He was musician (piano), composer, arranger, and bandleader, regarded as one of the main figures of the Latino music of all times. He was founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive, and created an incredible soundtrack of Latin jazz and explorations of salsa for the Puerto Rican community in New York City. Palmieri recorded and released 45 albums.

Sonny Sharrock: Ask The Ages

On August 6, 1991, “Axiom” label released “Ask the Ages”, the tenth Sonny Sharrock studio album. It was produced by Bill Laswell and Sonny Sharrock.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Sharrock — electric guitar
  • Pharoah Sanders — soprano and tenor saxophones
  • Elvin Jones — drums
  • Charnett Moffett — double bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Sharrock.

  1. Promises Kept
  2. Who Does She Hope to Be?
  3. Little Rock
  4. As We Used to Sing
  5. Many Mansions
  6. Once Upon a Time

Barry White: Can’t Get Enough

On August 6, 1974, “20th Century” label released “Can’t Get Enough”, the third Barry White studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Sound City” in Van Nuys, San Francsico, and was produced by Barry White.

Personnel:

  • Barry White – lead vocals, arrangements, artwork concept
  • Gene Page – arrangements
  • Paul Elmore, Frank Kejmar – engineer
  • Al Harper – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Barry White, except where noted.

  1. Mellow Mood Pt. I – Barry White, Tom Brock, Robert Taylor
  2. You’re the First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White, Tony Sepe, Peter Sterling Radcliffe
  3. I Can’t Believe You Love Me
  4. Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Baby
  5. Oh Love, Well We Finally Made It
  6. I Love You More Than Anything (In This World Girl)
  7. Mellow Mood Pt. II – Barry White, Tom Brock, Robert Taylor

Carissa’s Weird: Songs About Leaving

On August 6, 2002, “Sad Robot” label released “Songs About Leaving”, the third Carissa’s Weird album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Hall of Justice” in Seattle, and was produced by Chris Walla.

Personnel:

  • Mathew Brooke – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jenn Ghetto – vocals, guitar, recording
  • Jeff Hellis – piano
  • Ben Bridwell – drums
  • Sarah Standard – violin
  • Chris Walla – recording, mixing
  • Mike Epting – recording, mixing
  • Ed Brookes – mastering
  • Kevin Willis – artwork
  • Peter Hilgendorf – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mathew Brooke, Jeff Hellis, Ben Bridwell, Sarah Standard and Jenn Ghetto.

  1. You Should Be Hated Here
  2. Silently Leaving the Room
  3. So You Wanna Be A Superhero
  4. September Come Take This Heart Away
  5. Ignorant Piece of Shit
  6. The Piano Song – lyrics by Iron and Wine
  7. They’ll Only Miss You When You Leave
  8. A New Holiday (November 16th)
  9. Farewell To All These Rotten Teeth
  10. Sophisticated Fuck Princess Please Leave Me Alone
  11. Low Budget Slow Motion Soundtrack Song for The Leaving Scene
  12. (March 19th 1983) It Was Probably Green

Cornelius: Fantasma

On August 6, 1997, “Trattoria” label released “Fantasma”, the third Cornelius studio album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Keigo Oyamada.

Personnel:

  • Keigo Oyamada (credited as “The Ape”) – performance, arrangements
  • Kazumichi Fujiwara – vocals
  • Sean O’Hagan – banjo, sampler, chorus
  • Toyoaki Mishima – keyboards
  • Robert Schneider – vocals, bass
  • Hilarie Sidney – vocals, drums
  • Yoshié Hiragakura – drums
  • Kinbara Strings – strings
  • Moog Yamamoto – scratching
  • Yuki Yano – theremin 
  • Keigo Oyamada – mixing
  • Toyoaki Mishima – hard disk manipulation
  • Nakai-kun – assistance
  • Toru Takayama – mixing, engineer
  • Masakazu Kitayama – artwork
  • Mitsuo Shindō – artwork
  • Hiroshi Nomura – photography
  • Yumi Nakamura – styling
  • Akemi Nakano – styling
  • Hiroko Umeyama – styling

Track listing:

All tracks by Keigo Oyamada, except where noted.

  1. Mic Check
  2. The Micro Disneycal World Tour
  3. New Music Machine
  4. Clash
  5. Count Five or Six
  6. Magoo Opening (originally titled Monkey) – Dennis Farnon
  7. Star Fruits Surf Rider
  8. Chapter 8 – Seashore and Horizon – Keigo Oyamada, Robert Schneider, Hilarie Sidney
  9. Free Fall
  10. 2010
  11. God Only Knows
  12. Thank You for the Music
  13. Fantasma

Joe Pass: Six-String Santa

On August 6, 1992, “Laser Light Digital” label released “Six-String Santa”, the 58th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in February 1992, at “Sage & Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ralph Jungheim.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar, arrangements
  • John Pisano – rhythm guitar
  • Jim Hughart – acoustic bass
  • Colin Bailey – drums
  • Bill Lightner – editing, mastering
  • James Mooney – engineer
  • Jerry Wood – second engineer
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  2. (There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays – Robert Allen, Al Stilman
  3. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – traditional
  5. O Christmas Tree – traditional
  6. Angels We Have Heard on High/Joy to the World – traditional
  7. Happy Holiday Blues – Joe Pass
  8. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis
  9. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
  11. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard Smith

Lingua Ignota: Sinner Get Ready

On August 6, 2021, “Sargent House” label released “Sinner Get Ready”, the fourth Lingua Ignota (Kristin Hayter) studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Machines with Magnets” in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and was produced by Seth Manchester and Kristin Hayter.

Personnel:

  • Kristin Hayter – vocals, piano, prepared piano, organ, banjo, bowed banjo, cello, bells, bowed psaltery, mountain dulcimer, additional recording, photography
  • Seth Manchester – guitar, banjo, extended banjo, prepared piano, oscillators, percussion, shruti box, Moog, Moog Grandmother, mixing, recording
  • Ryan Seaton – vocals, electric guitars, mandolins, tambourine, trumpet VST, clarinets, saxophones, melodicas, castanets, Tibetan cymbals, woodwind mouthpieces, wooden drum with animal skin and single snare, frame drums, Doepfer MS-404, wooden shakers, singing bowl, bells, cowbell, wooden flute, pennywhistle, Korg Wavestation, harmonica, Moog Voyager, saxophone neck, cello VST, FM8 soft synth, Juno 106, Roland TB-303, Wurlitzer, Eisenberg Vier soft synth, instrumental arrangements
  • J. Mamana – banjo
  • Ryan Seaton – additional recording, additional production
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Alexis S.F. Marshall – album photography assistant
  • Ashley Rose Couture – mask
  • Chimere Noire – layout design

Track listing:

  1. The Order of Spiritual Virgins
  2. I Who Bend the Tall Grasses
  3. Many Hands
  4. Pennsylvania Furnace
  5. Repent Now Confess Now
  6. The Sacred Linament of Judgement
  7. Perpetual Flame of Centralia
  8. Man Is Like a Spring Flower
  9. The Solitary Brethren of Ephrata

Moritz Von Oswald Trio: Dissent

On August 6, 2021, “Modern Recordings” label released “Dissent”, album by Moritz Von Oswald Trio. It was recorded in 2021, at “Lemon Street Studios” in East Petersburg, PA, and was produced by Moritz Von Oswald.

Personnel:

  • Moritz Von Oswald – keyboards, percussion, arrangements, directed
  • Laurel Halo – keyboards
  • Heinrich Köbberling – drums
  • Tobias Freund – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Marlon Beatt – recording, engineer
  • Götz Michael Rieth – mastering
  • Joep van Liefland – cover art
  • Kerstin Riedel – cover design
  • Laurens von Oswald – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Moritz Von Oswald.

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1
  3. Chapter 2
  4. Chapter 3
  5. Chapter 4
  6. Chapter 5
  7. Chapter 6
  8. Chapter 7
  9. Chapter 8
  10. Chapter 9
  11. Chapter 10
  12. Epilogue

Foxing: Draw Down the Moon

On August 6, 2021, “Hopeless Records” label released “Draw Down the Moon”, the fourth Foxing studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Eric Hudson, Andy Hull, John Congleton and Joe Lambert.

Personnel:

  • Conor Murphy – vocals, guitar, trumpet, sampler
  • Eric Hudson – vocals, guitar
  • Jon Hellwig – drums, sampler

Track listing:

All tracks by Conor Murphy, Eric Hudson and Jon Hellwig.

  1. 737
  2. Go Down Together
  3. Beacons
  4. Draw Down the Moon
  5. Where the Lightning Strikes Twice
  6. Bialystok
  7. At Least We Found the Floor
  8. Cold Blooded
  9. If I Believed in Love
  10. Speak with the Dead

Pond: Hobo Rocket

On August 6, 2013, “Modular Recordings” label released “Hobo Rocket”, the fifth Pond studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Kevin Parker.

Personnel:

  • Nicholas Allbrook – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer
  • Jay Watson – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, zither
  • Joe Ryan – acoustic and electric guitar, rhythm guitar, sitar, tambourine, bass, synthesizer, drums
  • Jamie Terry – acoustic and electric guitar, bass
  • Cam Avery – slide guitar, drums
  • Dave Parkin – saxophone
  • Cowboy John – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Whatever Happened to the Million Head Collide
  2. Xanman
  3. O Dharma
  4. Aloneaflameaflower
  5. Giant Tortoise
  6. Hobo Rocket
  7. Midnight Mass (At the Market St. Payphone)