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Ringo Starr: Zoom

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On March 19, 2021, “Universal Music Enterprises” label released “Zoom”, the debut Ringo Starr EP. It was recorded in 2020, at “Roccabella West” in Beverly Hills, California, and was produced by Ringo Starr, Bruce Sugar, Sam Hollander and Grant Michaels.

Personnel:

  • Ringo Starr – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Sheryl Crow, Jenny Lewis, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Stapleton, Yola, Ben Harper, Dave Grohl, Finneas O’Connell, Eric Burton, Corinne Bailey Rae – vocal
  • Steve Lukather – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bruce Sugar – synth guitar, keyboards
  • Robby Krieger – guitar
  • Josh Edmondson – guitar
  • Sean Gould – guitar
  • Tony Chen – guitar
  • Benmont Tench – piano, organ
  • Grant Michaels – keyboards
  • Ed Roth – Hammond B3 organ
  • Joseph Williams – keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Jeff Silbar – bass, guitar
  • Kaveh Rastegar – bass
  • Nathan East – bass
  • Blair Sinta – drums
  • Hal Rosenfeld – percussion
  • James King – horns
  • Charlie Bisharat – violin
  • Jacob Braun – cello
  • Zelma Davis, Sam Hollander, Amy Keys, Windy Wagner, Charity Daw, Candace Devine – backing vocals
  • Jim Cox – string arrangements, synth strings

Track listing:

  1. Here’s to the Nights – Diane Warren
  2. Zoom In Zoom Out – Jeff Silbar, Joe Turley
  3. Teach Me to Tango – Ringo Starr, Sam Hollander, Grant Michaels
  4. Waiting for the Tide to Turn – Bruce Sugar, Ringo Starr
  5. Note Enough Love in the World – Joseph Williams, Steve Lukather

The Jayhawks: Tomorrow The Green Grass

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On February 14, 1995, “American” label released “Tomorrow The Green Grass”, the fourth Jayhawks (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by George Drakoulias.

Personnel:

  • Mark Olson – vocals, guitar
  • Gary Louris – vocals, guitar
  • Karen Grotberg – piano, organ, Wurlitzer, backing vocals
  • Marc Perlman – bass
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • George Drakoulias – baritone guitar
  • Benmont Tench – organ
  • Don Heffington – drums
  • Lili Haydn – violin, viola
  • Tammy Rogers – violin
  • Mike “Razz” Russell – violin
  • Sharleen Spiteri – backing vocals
  • Victoria Williams – backing vocals
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements
  • Clif Norrell – engineer
  • David Bianco – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Victor Janacua – engineer assistant
  • Jamie Seyberth – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Sheehan – engineer assistant
  • Linda Cobb – art direction, design
  • Marina Chavez – photography
  • Tony Glover – liner notes

Track listing:

All trasks by Mark Olson and Gary Louris except where noted.

  1. Blue
  2. I’d Run Away
  3. Miss Williams’ Guitar
  4. Two Hearts
  5. Real Light
  6. Over My Shoulder
  7. Bad Time – Mark Farner
  8. See Him on the Street
  9. Nothing Left to Borrow
  10. Ann Jane
  11. Pray for Me
  12. Red’s Song – Mark Olson, Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  13. Ten Little Kids

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Long After Dark

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On November 2, 1982, “Backstreet” label released “Long After Dark”, the fifth Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, at “Record Plant”, “Wally Heider’s” and “Crystal” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty.

Personnel:

  • Tom Petty – lead vocals, guitars
  • Mike Campbell – guitars
  • Benmont Tench – acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond and Vox organs, Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Howie Epstein – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Stan Lynch – drums, backing vocals
  • Ron Blair – bass guitar
  • Phil Jones – percussion
  • Don Smith – engineer
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Tommy Steele – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Petty, except where noted.

  1. A One Story Town
  2. You Got Lucky – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  3. Deliver Me
  4. Change of Heart
  5. Finding Out – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  6. We Stand a Chance
  7. Straight into Darkness
  8. The Same Old You – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  9. Between Two Worlds – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  10. A Wasted Life

Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire

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On October 10, 2011, “PAX AM” and “Capitol” labels released “Ashes & Fire”, the 13th Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitars
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel
  • Neal Casal – acoustic guitar
  •  Norah Jones – piano, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench – B3 Hammond, piano, electric piano
  • Daniel Clarke – B3 Hammond
  • Gus Seyffert – bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Samuel Dixon – bass guitar
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums
  • The Section Quartet – stings
  • Eric Gorfain, Daphne Chen – violins
  • Lauren Chipman – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Mandy Moore – backing vocals
  • Chris Stills – backing vocals
  • Glyn Johns – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering and cutting for vinyl production
  • Andy West – art
  • David Black – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams.

  1. Dirty Rain
  2. Ashes & Fire
  3. Come Home
  4. Rocks
  5. Do I Wait
  6. Chains of Love
  7. Invisible Riverside
  8. Save Me
  9. Kindness
  10. Lucky Now
  11. I Love You But I Don’t Know What to Say

The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall

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On September 15, 1992, “American” label released “Hollywood Town Hall”, the third Jayhawks (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Hollywood Studio”, “Pachyderm Studio”, and was produced by George Drakoulias.

Personnel:

  • Mark Olson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
  • Gary Louris – vocals, electric guitar, fuzz guitar
  • Marc Perlman – bass
  • Ken Callahan – drums
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano
  • Benmont Tench – piano, organ
  • Charley Drayton – drums
  • Tom Herbers – engineer
  • Brian Jenkins – engineer
  • Brendan O’Brien – engineer
  • Jim Rondinelli – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Martyn Atkins – art direction
  • Andrew Catlin – cover photography
  • Dale Lavi – photography
  • Joe Henry – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Olson and Gary Louris, except where noted.

  1. Waiting for the Sun
  2. Crowded in the Wings
  3. Clouds
  4. Two Angels
  5. Take Me with You (When You Go)
  6. Sister Cry
  7. Settled Down Like Rain
  8. Wichita – Mark Olosn, Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  9. Nevada, California
  10. Martin’s Song

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Songs and Music from the Motion Picture She’s the One

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On Angel 6, 1996, “Warner Bros” label released “Songs and Music from the Motion Picture She’s the One”, the ninth Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers studio album. It was recorded 1992 – 1996, at “Sound City”, “Village Recorders”, “Andora Studios”, and was produced by Rick Rubin, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell.

Personnel:

  • Tom Petty – vocals, guitars, harmonica, piano, harpsichord, tympani
  • Mike Campbell – guitars, piano, Marxophone
  • Benmont Tench – organ, piano
  • Howie Epstein – bass, backing vocals
  • Curt Bisquera – drums
  • Ringo Starr – drums
  • Stan Lynch – drums
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • Chris Trujillo – percussion
  • Lili Haydn – violin
  • Michael Severens – cello
  • Gerri Sutyak – cello
  • Lindsey Buckingham – backing vocals
  • Carl Wilson – harmony vocals
  • Sylvia Massy – engineer
  • Jim Scott – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Fidelman – engineer assistant
  • Rich Veltrop – engineer assistant
  • Tom Winslow – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • George Drakoulias – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Petty, except where noted.

  1. Walls (Circus)
  2. Grew Up Fast
  3. Zero from Outer Space
  4. Climb That Hill – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  5. Change the Locks – Lucinda Williams
  6. Angel Dream (No. 4)
  7. Hope You Never
  8. Asshole – Beck Hansen
  9. Supernatural Radio
  10. California
  11. Hope on Board
  12. Walls (No. 3)
  13. Angel Dream (No. 21)
  14. Hung Up and Overdue
  15. Airport

Stevie Nicks: Bella Donna

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On July 27, 1981, “Modern Records” and “Atco” labels released “Bella Donna”, the debut Stevie Nicks album. It was recorded 1980 – 1981, at “Studio 55” in Goodnight LA, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty. In 1990, the album was certified quadruple-platinum by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Nicks – lead and backing vocals
  • Tom Petty – co-lead vocals, guitar
  • Michael Campbell – guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel – guitar
  • Don Felder – guitar
  • Davey Johnstone – acoustic guitar
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar 
  • Billy Payne – piano
  • Roy Bittan – piano
  • Bill Elliott – piano
  • Benmont Tench – piano, organ
  • David Adelstein – synthesizer
  • Duck Dunn – bass guitar
  • Tom Moncrieff – bass guitar
  • Richard Bowen – bass guitar
  • Bob Glaub – bass guitar
  • Russ Kunkel – drums
  • Stan Lynch – drums
  • Don Henley – co-lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Phil Jones – percussion
  • Bobbye Hall – percussion
  • Sharon Celani; Lori Perry – backing vocals
  • Gordon Perry – arrangements
  • Roy Bittan – arrangements
  • Benmont Tench – musical director
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer, mixing
  • Don Smith – additional engineering, mixing
  • Thom Panunzio – additional engineering
  • Dana Latham; Tori Swenson, Niko Bolas; James Ball – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Herbert W. Worthington IItI – art direction, photography, design, cover concept
  • Christopher Nicks – cover concept
  • Mike Manoogian – logo design
  • Michael Curtis – layout, design, back cover and inside lighting
  • Richard Hall – front cover lighting
  • Sabienne Poilievre – front cover hair design
  • Beverlee Vance; Richard Bremer; Danton Thompson – hair design
  • Margi Kent – clothes
  • Liza Gonzales – make-up
  • Kathryn Greenbalm – hands
  • Janet Weber – production coordinator
  • Debbie Alsbury – production assistant, personal assistant
  • Cathie Rice – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Stevie Nicks, except where noted.

  1. Bella Donna
  2. Kind of Woman – music by Stevie Nicks, Benmont Tench
  3. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  4. Think About It music by Stevie Nicks, Roy Bittan
  5. After the Glitter Fades
  6. Edge of Seventeen
  7. How Still My Love
  8. Leather and Lace
  9. Outside the Rain
  10. The Highwayman

Steve Earle: Transcedental Blues

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On June 6, 2000, “E-Squared” label released “Transcendental Blues”, the ninth Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Ray Kennedy and Steve Earle.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, acoustic and 12 string acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, guitars, mandolin, harmonium, mini-Moog
  • Tom Littlefield – vocals
  • Stacey Earle – vocals
  • Tim O’Brien – vocals, mandolin
  • Doug Lancio – electric guitars
  • David Steele – electric guitar, resonator guitar, bouzouki, mandola
  • Jim Murray – gut string guitar
  • Mary Shannon – banjo
  • Darrell Scott – vocals, banjo
  • Bill Wright – bouzouki
  • Benmont Tench – organ, piano
  • Sharon Shannon – accordion
  • Liz Kane – fiddle
  • Yvonne Kane – fiddle
  • Casey Driessen – fiddle
  • Dan Gillis – tin whistle
  • Kellee Looney – bass
  • Dan Metz – bass
  • James Blennerhassett – upright bass
  • Dennis Crouch – upright bass
  • Noel Bridgeman – drums
  • Ron Vance – drums
  • Patrick Earle – drums, percussion
  • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
  • Joyce Redmond – bodhran
  • The Love Sponge – Kristin Wilkinson – viola, John Catchings – cello, David Angell – violin, David Davidson – violin
  • Kristin Wilkinson – conductor, string arrangements
  • Tony Fitzpatrick – album artwork

Track listing:

All tracks written by Steve Earle

  1. Transcendental Blues
  2. Everyone’s in Love with You
  3. Another Town
  4. I Can Wait
  5. The Boy Who Never Cried
  6. Steve’s Last Ramble
  7. The Galway Girl
  8. Lonelier Than This
  9. Wherever I Go
  10. When I Fall
  11. I Don’t Want to Lose You Yet
  12. Halo ‘Round the Moon
  13. Until the Day I Die
  14. All My Life
  15. Over Yonder (Jonathan’s Song)

Lone Justice: Same

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On April 15, 1985, “Geffen” label released the self-titled, debut Lone Justice studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Power Station” in New York City, “Sunset Sound”, “Village Recorder”, “Rumbo” and “Amigo” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine.

Personnel:

  • Maria McKee – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Ryan Hedgecock – guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Marvin Etzioni – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Don Heffington – drums
  • Mike Campbell – guitar
  • Tony Gilkyson – guitar
  • Little Steven – rhythm and lead guitar
  • Benmont Tench – piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Bob Glaub – bass guitar
  • Annie Lennox – backing vocals
  • Bobbye Hall – percussion overdubs
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer, mixing, overdub engineer
  • Joe Chiccarelli – engineer, overdub engineer
  • Greg Edward – engineer, mixing, overdub engineer
  • Thom Panunzio – engineer, overdub engineer
  • Gabe Veltri – overdub engineer
  • Bruce Lampcov – engineer assistant
  • Steve Shelton – engineer assistant
  • Steve Hirsch – engineer assistant
  • Greg Droman – engineer assistant
  • Steve Strassman – engineer assistant
  • Bill Jackson – engineer assistant
  • Don Smith – mixing, overdub engineer
  • Dave Thoener – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Janet Weber – production coordination
  • Paula Greif – art direction
  • Jeri McManus – design
  • Deborah Turbeville – photography
  • Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction
  • Julien – hair
  • Michel Voyski – make-up
  • Barbara Dente – stylist
  • Chuck Reed – crew

Track listing:

  1. East of Eden – Marvin Etzioni
  2. After the Flood – Maria McKee
  3. Ways to Be Wicked – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  4. Don’t Toss Us Away – Bryan McLean
  5. Working Late – Marvin Etzioni
  6. Sweet, Sweet Baby (I’m Falling) – lyrics by Maria McKee, music by Benmont Tench, Steven Van Zandt, Maria McKee
  7. Pass It On – Maria McKee
  8. Wait ‘Till we Get Home – lyrics by Maria McKee, music by Ryan Hedgecock, Maria Mckee
  9. Soap, Soup and Salvation – Maria McKee
  10. You Are the Light – Marvin Etzioni

Rosanne Cash: The Wheel

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On January 19, 1993, “Columbia” label released “The Wheel”, the eighth Rosanne Cash studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by John Leventhal and Rosanne Cash.

Personnel:

  • Rosanne Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • John Leventhal – guitars, mandolin, bass guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steuart Smith – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Benmont Tench – piano, keyboards
  • Steve Gaboury – organ
  • Charlie Giordano – accordion
  • Lincoln Shleifer – bass guitar
  • Zev Katz – bass guitar, acoustic bass
  • Frank Vilardi – drums, percussion
  • Dennis McDermott – drums
  • Marc Cohn – harmony vocals
  • Bruce Cockburn – harmony vocals
  • Tommy Malone – harmony vocals
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter – backing vocals
  • Patty Larkin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Rosanne Cash, except where noted.

  1. The Wheel
  2. Seventh Avenue – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  3. Change Partners
  4. Sleeping in Paris
  5. You Won’t Let Me In
  6. From the Ashes
  7. The Truth About You – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  8. Tears Falling Down – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  9. Roses in the Fire
  10. Fire of the Newly Alive – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  11. If There’s a God on My Side