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World Party: Bang!

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On April 26, 1993, “Ensign” label released “Bang!”, the third World Party studio album.  It was recorded March 1991 – October 1992, at “Seaview Studios” in London and was produced by Karl Wallinger.

Personnel:

  • Karl Wallinger – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, programming, recording, design concept, photography assistant
  • Dave Catlin-Birch – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Chris Sharrock – drums
  • Dominic Miller – guitar
  • Guy Chambers – keyboards
  • Karen Ramelise
  • Joe Blaney – additional engineering
  • Steve Lillywhite – mixing, additional production
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Michael Nash – design concept, artwork
  • Suzie Zamit – design assistant, make-up
  • John Schoonraad – design
  • Steve Wallace – cover photography
  • Judy Price – photography assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Karl Wallinger, except where noted.

  1. Kingdom Come
  2. Is It Like Today?
  3. What Is Love All About?
  4. And God Said… – Karl Wallinger, Guy Chambers
  5. Give It All Away
  6. Sooner or Later
  7. Hollywood
  8. Radio Days – Karl Wallinger, Guy Chambers, David Catlin-Birch
  9. Rescue Me
  10. Sunshine
  11. All I Gave
  12. Give It All Away (reprise)

Cheap Trick: Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello

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On April 1, 2016, “Big Machine” label released “Bang, Zoom, Crazy… Hello”, the seventeenth Cheap Trick studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Julian Raymond.

Personnel:

  • Robin Zander– lead vocals, guitar
  • Rick Nielsen– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Tom Petersson– bass, backing vocals
  • Daxx Nielsen – drums, backing  vocals
  • Wayne Kramer– guitar
  • Tim Lauer, Zac Rae, Bennett Salvay – keyboards
  • Robin T. Zander, Johnny Keach, Chris Deaton, Julian Raymond – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Heart on the Line – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Gregg Giuffria, Julian Raymond, Daxx Nielsen
  2. No Direction Home – Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson
  3. When I Wake Up Tomorrow – Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson
  4. Do You Believe Me – Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, Daxx Nielsen
  5. Blood Red Lips – Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson
  6. Sing My Blues Away – Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson
  7. Roll Me – Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, Daxx Nielsen
  8. The In Crowd – Billy Page
  9. Long Time No See Ya – Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, Daxx Nielsen
  10. The Sun Never Sets – Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson
  11. All Strung Out – Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson

Van Morrison: Blowin’ Your Mind

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In September 1967, “Bang” label released “Blowin’ Your Mind!, the debut Van Morrison studio album.  It was recorded in March 1967, and was produced by Bert Berns. “Rolling Stone” magazine included it in its list of the “40 Essential Albums of 1967”.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, guitar
  • Al Gorgoniand Hugh McCracken – guitars
  • Paul Griffin- piano
  • Eric Gale– bass
  • Gary Chester– drums
  • Garry Sherman – conductor, organ, actual arranger, musical supervisor
  • Brooks Arthur – engineer
  • Vic Anesini – mastering
  • Bert Berns– arranger, liner notes
  • Adam Block – project director
  • Garry Sherman – music supervisor

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison, except where noted.

  1. Brown Eyed Girl
  2. He Ain’t Give You None
  3. B. Sheets
  4. Spanish Rose
  5. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) – Wes Farrell, Bert Russell
  6. Ro Ro Rosey
  7. Who Drove the Red Sports Car?
  8. Midnight Special – traditional

James Gang: Bang

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On September 1, 1973, “Atco” label released “Bang”, the sixth James Gang studio album. It was recorded in March 1973, and was produced by Roy Kenner, Tommy Bolin, Dale Peters and Jim Fox.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Bolin – lead and backing vocals, guitars, synthesizer
  • Dale Peters– bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jim Fox– drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Roy Kenner– lead vocals, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Tommy Bolin and John Tesar except where noted.

  1. Standing In The Rain – Tommy Bolin
  2. The Devil Is Singing Our Song
  3. Must Be Love – Tommy Bolin, Jeff Cook
  4. Alexis – Tommy Bolin, Jeff Cook
  5. Ride The Wind – Tommy Bolin, Roy Kenner
  6. Got No Time For Trouble
  7. Rather Be Alone With You (Song For Dale) – Roy Kenner
  8. From Another Time
  9. Mystery

Humble Pie: As Safe As Yesterday Is

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In August 1969, “Immediate” label released “As Safe as Yesterday Is”, the debut Humble Pie album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Andy Johns.

Personnel:

  • Steve Marriott– vocals, second vocals, guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, organ, goofs, tablas, piano
  • Peter Frampton- vocals, backing vocals, guitar, slide guitar, organ, tabla, bass tablas, piano
  • Greg Ridley – vocals, bass, happy noise, percussion, skins
  • Jerry Shirley- drums, grins and explosions, percussion, tablas, harpsichord, big ones, piano, lead thumbs
  • Lyn Dobson- flute, sitar

Track listing:

  1. Desperation – John Kay
  2. Stick Shift – Peter Frampton
  3. Buttermilk Boy – Steve Marriott
  4. Growing Closer – Ian McLagan
  5. As Safe as Yesterday Is – Peter Frampton, Steve Marriott
  6. Bang! – Steve Marriott
  7. Alabama ’69 – Steve Marriott
  8. I’ll Go Alone – Steve Frampton
  9. A Nifty Little Number Like You – Steve Marriott
  10. What You Will – Steve Marriott

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome

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On October 29, 1984, “ZTT / Island” labels released “Welcome to the Pleasuredome”, the debut Frankie Goes to Hollywood album. It was recorded July 1983-1984, at “Manor Studios” in Oxford; “Sarm Studios” in London, and was produced by Trevor Horn.

Personnel:

  • Holly Johnson – lead vocals
  • Trevor Rabin – guitar, keyboards
  • Stephen Lipson – guitar
  • Steve Howe – acoustic guitar
  • Brian Nash – guitar
  • J. Jeczalik – keyboards, programming, software
  • Andrew Richards – keyboards
  • Anne Dudley – keyboards, string arrangement
  • Trevor Horn – bass, backing vocals
  • Mark O’Toole – bass
  • Peter Gill – drums
  • Luís Jardim – percussion
  • Paul Rutherford – backing vocals
  • Stuart Bruce, Steve Lipson – engineer
  • Ian Cooper – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Gill, Holly Johnson, Brian Nash and Mark O’Toole except where noted.

  1. Well
  2. The World Is My Oyster – Peter Gill, Holly Johnson, Brian Nashand Mark O’Toole, Andy Richards
  3. Snatch of Fury (Stay) – Gerry Marsden
  4. Welcome to the Pleasuredome
  5. Relax (Come Fighting)
  6. War (…and Hide) – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
  7. Two Tribes (For the Victims of Ravishment)
  8. Tag
  9. Ferry (Go) – Gerry Marsden
  10. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
  11. San Jose (The Way) – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  12. Wish (The Lads Were Here)
  13. The Ballad of 32
  14. Krisco Kisses
  15. Black Night White Light
  16. The Only Star in Heaven
  17. The Power of Love
  18. Bang

dEUS: In a Bar, Under the Sea

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On September 14, 1996,“Bang!” label released “In a Bar, Under the Sea”, the second dEUS studio album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Eric Drew Feldman.

Personnel:

  • Stef Kamil Carlens – vocal, guitar, bass, double bass, percussion, claps
  • Tom Barman – vocal, guitar, Hammond, talkback, synthesizers, samples, percussion,
  • Julle De Borgher – drums, percussion, bells, claps
  • Craig Ward – vocal, guitar, sax, mandolin, claps, ukulele, slide guitar
  • Klaas Janzoons – vocal, percussion, Talkback, piano, violin, synthesiser, beatbox, claps
  • Rudy Trouvé – vocal, piccolo, harmonica, guitar, ukulele, cover art
  • Didier Fontaine – vocal
  • Piet Jorens – piano, gong
  • Eric Drew Feldman – Hammond, percussion, egg, piano
  • Dana Colley – saxophones
  • Pieter Lamot – trombone
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • Charles Mutter – violin
  • Nic Pendlebury – viola
  • Deirdre Cooper – cello
  • Vincienne – claps
  • Jim Brumby – claps, rate and depth
  • Scott MCloud – “philosophy”

Track listing:

  1. I Don’t Mind What Ever Happens – Stef Kamil Carlens
  2. Fell Off the Floor, Man – Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Rudy Trouvé, Craig Ward, Jules De Borgher
  3. Opening Night – Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Craig Ward, Klaas Janzoons, Jules De Borgher
  4. Theme from Turnpike – Tom Barman
  5. Little Arithmetics – Tom Barman, Craig Ward)
  6. Gimme the Heat – Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Craig Ward
  7. Serpentine – Tom Barman
  8. A Shocking Lack Thereof – Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Klaas Janzoons, Craig Ward
  9. Supermarketsong – Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Rudy Trouvé
  10. Memory of a Festival – Tom Barman
  11. Guilty Pleasures -Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Craig Ward, Klaas Janzoons, Jules De Borgher
  12. Nine Threads – Craig Ward
  13. Disappointed in the Sun – Tom Barman, Piet Jorens
  14. Roses – Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens
  15. Wake Me Up Before I Sleep – Tom Barman