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Morrissey: Vauxhall And I

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On March 14, 1994, “Parlaphone” label released “Vauxhall and I”, the fourth Morrissey studio album. It was recorded June – August 1993, at “Hook End Manor” in Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey – vocals, lyrics
  • Alain Whyte – guitars, backing vocals
  • Boz Boorer – guitars, keyboards
  • Jonny Bridgewood – bass
  • Woodie Taylor – drums
  • Chris Dickie – engineer
  • Danton Supple – engineer assistant
  • Greg Ross – art direction
  • Dean Freeman – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Morrissey, music as noted.

  1. Now My Heart Is Full – Boz Boorer
  2. Spring-Heeled Jim – Boz Boorer
  3. Billy Budd – Alain Whyte
  4. Hold On to Your Friends – Alain Whyte
  5. The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get – Alain Whyte
  6. Why Don’t You Find Out for Yourself – Alain Whyte
  7. I Am hated for Loving – Alain Whyte
  8. Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning – Boz Boorer
  9. Used to Be a Sweet Boy – Alain Whyte
  10. The Lazy Sunbathers – Alain Whyte
  11. Speedway – Boz Boorer

Titus Andronicus: The Monitor

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On March 9, 2010, “XL” label released “The Monitor”, the second Titus Andronicus studio album. It was recorded in August 2009, and was produced by Kevin McMahon.

Personnel:

  • Patrick Stickles – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, synthesizer, tape operator, electronics, engineer
  • Liam Betson – vocals, guitar
  • Ian Graetzer – bass
  • Eric Harm – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Julian Veronesi – vocals
  • Dan McGee – vocals
  • Matt Miller – vocals
  • Brendan Stickles – vocals
  • Ryan Walsh – vocals
  • Andrew Cedermark – guitar
  • Pete Feigenbaum – guitar
  • Kevin McMahon – vocals, guitar, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Ian O’Neil – guitar, vocals
  • Jenn Wasner – vocals, guitar
  • Dustin Wong – guitar
  • Elio DeLuca – vocals, piano, organ, electric piano, engineer
  • Peter Buettner – tenor saxophone
  • Brian Rutledge – trumpet
  • Dean Jones – trombone
  • David Bentley – cello
  • Brett Bondar – highland bagpipes, Scottish small pipes
  • Ian Dykstra – bass drums, sleigh bells, tambourine
  • Greg Farley – fiddle
  • Alex Tretiak – vocals, snare drums, research assistant
  • Andy Stack – engineer
  • Dustin Miller – vocal recording
  • Okey Canfield Chenoweth III, quoting Abraham Lincoln
  • Cassie Ramone, quoting Jefferson Davis
  • Craig Finn, quoting Walt Whitman’s “Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field one Night“

Track listing:

All tracks by Patrick Stickles.

  1. A More Perfect Union
  2. Titus Andronicus Forever
  3. No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future
  4. Richard II or Extraordinary Popular Dimensions and the Madness of Crowds (Responsible Hate Anthem)
  5. A Pot in Which to Piss
  6. Four Score and Seven
  7. Theme from “Cheers”
  8. To Old Friends and New
  9. …And Ever
  10. The Battle of Hampton Roads

Loreena McKennitt: The Road Back Home

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On March 8, 2024, “Quinlan Road” label released “The Road Back Home”, the eight Loreena McKennitt live album. It was recorded in August 2023, in Goderich, Ontario, “Owen Sound” in Ontario, and was produced by Loreena McKennitt.

Personnel:

  • Loreena McKennitt – vocals, accordion, harp, arrangements
  • James Keelaghan – vocals
  • Pete Watson – guitar, backing vocals
  • Errol Fischer – violin, banjo, mandolin, drums
  • Caroline Lavelle – vocals, cello
  • Miriam Fischer – percussion, accordion, piano, backing vocals
  • Romano DiNillo – bodhrán
  • Cait Watson – whistle, backing vocals
  • The Bookends – arrangements
  • Jeff Wolpert – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Mark McCauley – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Loreena McKennitt.

  1. Search for Lambs
  2. Mary and the Soldier
  3. On a Bright May Morning
  4. As I Roved Out
  5. Custom Gap
  6. Bonny Portmore
  7. Greystones
  8. The Star of the County Down
  9. Salvation Contradiction
  10. Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór / Wild Mountain Thyme

Dream Theater: When Dream And Day Unite

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On March 6, 1989, “Mechanic” label released “When Dream and Day Unite”, the debut Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded July – August 1988, at “Kajem / Victory Studios” in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Terry Date, Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Dominici – vocals
  • John Petrucci – guitars
  • Kevin Moore – keyboards
  • John Myung – bass
  • Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion
  • Terry Date – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Alexander – engineer, mixing
  • Brian Stover, Trish Finnegan – engineer assistant
  • Amy Guip – cover art
  • Steve Sinclair – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy, except where note.

  1. A Fortune In Lies – lyrics by John Petrucci
  2. Status Seeker – lyrics by Charlie Dominici, John Petrucci
  3. The Ytse Jam – music by John Petrucci, John Myung, Kevin Moore, Mike Portnoy
  4. The Killing Hand – lyrics by John Petrucci
  5. Light Fuse and Get Away – lyrics by Kevin Moore
  6. Afterlife – lyrics by Charlie Dominici
  7. The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun – John Petrucci
  8. Only a Matter of Time – Kevin Moore

Swans: Greed

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On February 28, 1986, “K.422” label released “Greed”, the third Swans studio album. It was recorded June – August 1985, at “Intergalactic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Estabon and Michael Gira.

Personnel:

  • Michael Gira – vocals, samples, tape operation, piano, bass guitar, design
  • Norman Westberg – guitar
  • Harry Crosby – bass guitar
  • Ronaldo Gonzalez – drums
  • Jarboe – backing vocals
  • Ted Parsons – drums
  • Ivan Nahem – drums
  • Jorgé Estabon – engineer
  • P. White – artwork
  • Estabon – production assistant

Track listing:

All lyrics by Michael Gira, all music by Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Harry Crosby and Ronaldo Gonzalez.

  1. Fool
  2. Anything for You
  3. Nobody
  4. Stupid Child
  5. Greed
  6. Heaven
  7. Money Is Flesh

Beach House: Devotion

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On February 26, 2008, “Carpark” label released “Devotion”, the second Beach House studio album. It was recorded August – September 2007, at “Lord Baltimore”, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Personnel:

  • Victoria Legrand – vocals, keyboard
  • Alex Scally – guitar, drum, organ, four-track
  • Ben McConnell – drums, percussion
  • Dave Andler – drums
  • Rob Girardi – Echoplex
  • Rob Girardi – mixing, recording
  • Adam Cooke – mixing, recording
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Natasha Tylea – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics Victoria Legrand, all music by Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, except where noted.

  1. Wedding Bell
  2. You Came to Me
  3. Gila
  4. Turtle Island
  5. Holy Dances
  6. All the Years
  7. Heart of Chambers
  8. Some Things Last a Long Time – lyrics by Jad Fair, music by Daniel Johnston
  9. Astronaut
  10. D.A.R.L.I.N.G.
  11. Home Again

Taj Mahal: Same

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In February 1968, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in August 1967, and was produced by Bob Irwin and David Rubinson.

Personnel:

  • Taj Mahal – vocals, harmonica, slide guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis – lead and slide guitar
  • Ry Cooder – rhythm guitar, mandolin
  • Bill Boatman – rhythm guitar
  • James Thomas – bass
  • Gary Gilmore – bass
  • Sanford Konikoff – drums
  • Chuck “Brother” Blackwell – drums
  • Raphael Valentin, Roy Halee – engineer
  • Ron Coro – design
  • Guy Webster – photography

Track listing:

  • Leaving Trunk – Sleepy John Estes
  • Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell, arranged by Taj Mahal
  • Checkin’ Up on My Baby – Sonny Boy Williamson II
  • Everybody’s Got to Change Sometime – Sleepy John Estes
  • EZ Rider – arranged by Taj Mahal
  • Dust My Broom – Robert Johnson
  • Diving Duck Blues – Sleepy John Estes
  • The Celebrated Walkin’ Blues – arranged by Taj Mahal

Conte Candoli and Lou Levy: West Coast Wailers

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In February 1958, “Atlantic” label released “West Coast Wailers”, album Conte Candoli and Lou Levy. It was recorded in August 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Conte Candoli – trumpet
  • Lou Levy – piano
  • Bill Holman – tenor saxophone
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Lawrence Marable – drums

Track listing:

  1. Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Comes Love – Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias
  3. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
  4. Pete’s Alibi – Pete Candoli
  5. Cheremoya – Bill Holman
  6. Jordu – Duke Jordan
  7. Flamingo – Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson
  8. Marcia Lee – Conte Candoli

Sarah Vaughn: At Mister Kelly’s

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In February 1958, “EmArcy” label released “At Mister Kelly’s”, the first Sarah Vaughan live album. It was recorded in August 1947, at “Mister Kelly’s” club in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals
  • Jimmy Jones – piano
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

Track listing:

  1. September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  2. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  3. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  4. Be Anything (But Be Mine) – Irving Gordon
  5. Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  6. Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
  7. Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
  8. Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
  9. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  10. Dream – Johnny Mercer
  11. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
  12. It’s Got to Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  13. Alone – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
  14. If This Isn’t Love – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
  15. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  16. Lucky in Love – Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson
  17. Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  18. Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
  19. Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  20. I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman

Killing Joke: NIght Time

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On February 11, 1985, “E.G” label released “Night Time”, the fifth Killing Joke studio album. It was recorded August – September 1984, at “Hans Tonstudio” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Jaz Coleman – vocals, keyboards
  • Kevin “Geordie” Walker – guitar
  • Paul Raven – bass guitar
  • Paul Ferguson – vocals, drums
  • Brian McGhee – engineer
  • Thomas Stiehler – engineer
  • Chris Kimsey – mixing
  • Rob O’Connor – design
  • Jeff Veitch – photography
  • Alex Zander – crew
  • Brad Nelson – crew
  • Fil. E. – crew

Track listing:

All tracks by Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Geordie Walker and Paul Raven, except where noted.

  1. Night Time
  2. Darkness Before Dawn
  3. Love Like Blood
  4. Kings and Queens
  5. Tabazan
  6. Multitudes
  7. Europe
  8. Eighties