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The Fall: Dragnet

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On October 26, 1979, “Step-Forward” label released “Dragnet”, the second Fall (The) studio album. It was recorded 2–4 August 1979, at “Cargo Studios” in Rochdale, UK, and was produced by  Mark E. Smith, Staeve Hanley, Marc Riley, Craig Scanion, Mike Leigh and Grant Showbiz.

Personnel:

  • Mark E. Smith– vocals, electric piano, kazoo, tape
  • Marc Riley– acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Craig Scanlon– guitar, electric piano, kazoo, tape
  • Steve Hanley– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Leigh – drums
  • Yvonne Pawlett – keyboards
  • Kay Carroll – backing vocals (credited as Mrs. Horace Sullivan)
  • John Brierley – engineer
  • Oz McCormick – co-production
  • Geoff Travis, Mayo Thompson– co-production

Track listing:

  1. Psykick Dancehall – Mark E. Smith, Marc Riley
  2. A Figure Walks – Mark E. Smith
  3. Printhead – Mark E. Smith
  4. Dice Man – Mark E. Smith, Marc Riley, Craig Scanion
  5. Before the Moon Falls – Mike Leigh, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley, Steve Hanley, Mark E. Smith
  6. Your Heart Out – Mark E. Smith, Staeve Hanley, Marc Riley, Craig Scanion, Mike Leigh
  7. Muzorewi’s Daughter – Kay Carroll, Mark E. Smith
  8. Flat of Angels – Mike Leigh, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley, Steve Hanley, Mark E. Smith
  9. Choc-Stock – Mark E. Smith, Staeve Hanley, Marc Riley, Craig Scanion, Mike Leigh
  10. Spectre Vs Rector – Mike Leigh, Craig Scanlon, Steve Hanley, Mark E. Smith
  11. Put Away – Mark E. Smith

The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

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On October 24, 1995, “Virgin” label released “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”, the third Smashing Pumpkins (The) studio album. It was recorded March – August 1995, at “Pumpkinland”;  “Sadlands & Bugg Studios”; “Chicago Recording Company” and “The Village Recorder”, and was produced by Alan Moulder, Billy Corgan and Flood.”Rolling Stones” magazine ranked the album at number 487 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” was certified 4 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; Platinum in Belgium by “BEA”; Diamond in Canada by “CRIA”; Platinum in France by “SNEP”; 2 x Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”; Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; 2 x Platinum in Portugal by “AFP”; Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and Diamond in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, piano, mellotron, production, mixing, string arrangement, art direction, design
  • James Iha – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, mixing
  • D’arcy Wretzk– vocals, bass guitar
  • Jimmy Chamberlin – vocals, drums
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Greg Leisz– pedal and lap steel guitar
  • Audrey Riley– string arrangement
  • Chris Shepard– recording
  • Barry Goldberg – additional vocal recording, mixing assistant
  • Dave Kresl – string recording assistance
  • Flood– mixing
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Frank Olinsky – art direction, design
  • Claudine Pontier – recording assistance
  • Russ Spice – technical assistance
  • John Craig – illustration
  • Andrea Giacobbe – photography
  • Roger Carpenter – technical assistance
  • Adam Green – technical assistance
  • Tim “Gooch” Lougee – technical assistance
  • Guitar Dave Mannet – technical assistance
  • Jeff Moleski – technical assistance

Track listing:

  1. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  2. Tonight, Tonight
  3. Jellybelly
  4. Zero
  5. Here Is No Why
  6. Bullet with Butterfly Wings
  7. To Forgive
  8. Fuck You (An Ode to No One)
  9. Love
  10. Cupid de Locke
  11. Galapagos
  12. Muzzle
  13. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
  14. Take Me Down
  15. Where Boys Fear to Tread
  16. Bodies
  17. Thirty – Three
  18. In the Arms of Sleep
  19. 1979
  20. Tales of a Scorched Earth
  21. Thru the Eyes of Ruby
  22. Stumbleine
  23. Y.U.
  24. We Only Come Out at Night
  25. Beautiful
  26. Lily (My One and Only)
  27. By Starlight
  28. Farewell and Goodnight

Cabaret Voltaire: Mix Up

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On October 23, 1979, “Rough Trade” label released “Mix-Up”, the debut Cabaret Voltaire studio album. It was recorded July–August 1979, at “Western Works”, and was produced by Stephen Mallinder, Chris Watson, Richard H, Kirk and Haydn Boyes Weston.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Mallinder– vocals, bass guitar, percussion
  • Chris Watson– synthesizers, tapes
  • Richard H. Kirk– guitar, synthesizers, wind instruments
  • Haydn Boyes Weston– drums
  • Porky– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Watson, Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder,  except where noted.

  1. Kirlian Photograph
  2. No Escape – Sky Saxon, Jan Savage
  3. Buck Reeder, Jimmy Lawrence
  4. Fourth Shot
  5. Heaven and Hell
  6. Eyeless Sight (live)
  7. Photophobia – lyrics by Victor
  8. On Every Other Street
  9. Expect Nothing
  10. Capsules

INXS: Underneath the Colours

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On October 19, 1981, “Deluxe Records” released “Underneath the Colours”, the second INXS studio album. It was recorded July – August 1981, and was produced by Richard Clapton. The cover is an linocut “Underneath The Colours” by British artist Cyril Power.

Personnel:

  • Michael Hutchence– vocals
  • Kirk Pengilly– vocals, guitar, saxophone
  • Andrew Farriss– guitar, keyboards
  • Tim Farriss– guitar
  • Garry Gary Beers– bass guitar
  • Jon Farriss– drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Stay Young – Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence
  2. Horizons – Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence
  3. Big Go Go – Garry Gary Beers, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Tim Farriss, Michael Hutchence, Kirk Pengilly
  4. Underneath the Colours – Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence
  5. Fair Weather Ahead – Garry Gary BeersAndrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Tim Farriss, Michael Hutchence, Kirk Pengilly
  6. Night of Rebellion – Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence, Kirk Pengilly
  7. Follow – Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence
  8. Barbarian – Garry Gary Beers, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Tim Farriss, Michael Hutchence, Kirk Pengilly
  9. What Would You Do – Garry Gary Beers, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Tim Farriss, Michael Hutchence, Kirk Pengilly
  10. Just to Learn Again – Garry Gary Beers, Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence

Dire Straits: Making Movies

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On October 17, 1980, “Vertigo” label released “Making Movies”, the third Dire Straits studio album.It was recorded June – August 1980, at “Power Station: in New York,and was produced by Jimmy Iovine and Mark Knopfler. The album was certified Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajat”; 2 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitar
  • Roy Bittan – keyboards
  • John Illsley – vocals, bass
  • Pick Withers – drums, vocals
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer
  • Jeff Hendrickson – engineer assistant
  • Jon Mathias – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Neil Terk – design, artwork
  • Brian Griffin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Knopfler, except where noted.

  1. Tunnel of Love – Extract from “The Carousel Waltz” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Romeo and Juliet
  3. Skateaway
  4. Expresso Love
  5. Hand in Hand
  6. Solid Rock
  7. Les Boys

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Street Survivors

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On October 17, 1977, “MCA” label released “Street Survivors”, the fifth Lynyrd Skynyrd studio album. It was recorded April – August 1977, at “Criteria Studios” in Miami, Florida; “Studio One” in Doraville, Georgia, and “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Tom Dowd, Jimmy Johnson and Tim Smith. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Ronnie Van Zant– lead vocals
  • Steve Gaines– lead, co-lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Allen Collins– guitar
  • Gary Rossington– guitar
  • Billy Powell– keyboards
  • Leon Wilkeson– bass, backing vocals
  • Artimus Pyle– drums
  • Ed King– guitar
  • Greg T. Walker – bass
  • Rickey Medlocke– drums, backing vocals
  • Barry Lee Harwood – dobro
  • The Honkettes (JoJo Billingsley, Cassie Gaines, Leslie Hawkins) – backing vocals
  • Tim Smith – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. What’s Your Name – Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  2. That Smell – Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
  3. One More Time – Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
  4. I Know a Little – Steve Gaines
  5. You Got That Right – Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant
  6. I Never Dreamed – Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant
  7. Honky Tonk Night Time Man – Merle Haggard
  8. Ain’t No Good Life – Steve Gaines

 

Grateful Dead: Wake Of The Flood

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On October 15, 1973, “Grateful Dead” label released “Wake of the Flood”, the sixth Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded in August 1973, and was produced by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzman and Bob Weir..

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia– vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Bob Weir– vocals, guitar
  • Donna Jean Godchaux– vocals
  • Keith Godchaux– vocals, keyboards
  • Phil Lesh– bass guitar
  • Bill Kreutzmann– drums
  • Sarah Fulcher – vocals
  • Matthew Kelly– harmonica
  • Martín Fierro – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Frank Morin – tenor saxophone
  • Bill Atwood– trumpet
  • Joe Ellis – trumpet
  • Pat O’Hara – trombone
  • Vassar Clements– violin
  • Doug Sahm– bajo sexto
  • Benny Velarde –timbales

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter,except where noted.

  1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  2. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away – Keith Godchaux, Robert Hunter
  3. Row Jimmy
  4. Stella Blue
  5. Here Comes Sunshine
  6. Eyes of the World
  7. Weather Report Suite
  • Prelude – Bob Weir
  • Part I – Eric Andersen, Bob Weir
  • Part II (Let It Grow) – John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir

Abba: Arrival

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On October 11, 1976, “Polar Records” label released “Arrival”, the fourth ABBA studio album. It was recorded August 1975 – September 1976, and was produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. “Arrival” was the best-selling album of 1977 in the UK. The album was certified 18 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; 2 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajay”; 2 x Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Benny Andersson – vocals, synthesizer, piano, accordion, chimes, keyboards, marimba, arrangements
  • Björn Ulvaeus– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
  • Agnetha Fältskog– vocals
  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad– vocals
  • Anders Glenmark– electric guitar
  • Janne Schaffer– electric guitar
  • Lasse Wellander – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Rutger Gunnarsson– bass
  • Roger Palm – drums, strings
  • Ola Brunkert– drums, strings
  • Malando Gassama – percussion
  • Lars Carlsson – saxophone
  • Anders Dahl – strings
  • Michael B. Tretow – engineer
  • Sven-Olof Walldoff – arranger
  • Rutger Gunnarsson – strings arrangements
  • Rune Söderqvist – design
  • Ola Lager – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

  1. When I Kissed the Teacher
  2. Dancing Queen – Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaeus
  3. My Love, My Life
  4. Dum Dum Diddle
  5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
  6. Money, Money, Money
  7. That’s Me
  8. Why Did It Have to Be Me?
  9. Tiger
  10. Arrival

Thin Lizzy: Chinatown

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On October 10, 1980, “Vertigo” label released “Chinatown” the tenth Thin Lizzy studio album. It was recorded April – August 1980 and was produced by Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Snowy White, Brian Downey, and Kit Woolven.

Personnel:

  • Phil Lynott– vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Scott Gorham– vocals, guitars
  • Snowy White– vocals, guitars
  • Brian Downey– drums, percussion
  • Darren Wharton– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Midge Ure– keyboards, Vox Continental organ
  • Tim Hinkley– electric piano
  • Fiachra Trench– string arrangements
  • Kit Woolven – engineer
  • Gordon Fordyce – engineer assistant
  • Ian Cooper – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Lynott, except where noted.

  1. We Will Be Strong
  2. Chinatown – Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Lynott, Snowy White
  3. Sweetheart
  4. Sugar Blues – Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott, Snowy White
  5. Killer on the Loose
  6. Having a Good Time – Phil Lynott, Snowy White
  7. Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo)
  8. Didn’t I
  9. Hey You – Brian Downey, Phil Lynott

 

Deep Purple: Come Taste The Band

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On October 10, 1975, “EMI/Purple” label released “Come Taste the Band”, the tenth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded August – September 1975, at “Musicland Studios” in Munich, and was produced by Martin Birch, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, and Tonny Bolin.

Personnel:

  • David Coverdale– lead vocals
  • Tommy Bolin– led and backing vocals, guitars, bass
  • Jon Lord– keyboards, piano, synthesizer
  • Glenn Hughes– lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Ian Paice– drums, percussion
  • Martin Birch – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Dave Schultz, Bill Inglot – remastering
  • Peter Williams – photography

Track listing:

  1. Comin’ Home – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale, Ian Paice
  2. Lady Luck – Jeff Cook, David Coverdale
  3. Getting Together – Tommy Bolin, Glen Hughes
  4. Dealer – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  5. I Need Love – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  6. Drifter – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  7. Love Child – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  8. This Time Around/Owed To ‘G – Glen Hughes, Jon Lord, Tommy Bolin
  9. Yo Keep On Movin’ – David Coverdale, Glen Hughes