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Primal Scream: Give Out But Don’t Give Up

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On March 28, 1994, “Creation” label released “Give Out but Don’t Give Up”, the fourth Primal Scream studio album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by David Bianco, George Clinton, Tom Dowd, George Drakoulias and Mike E. Clark.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie – lead vocals
  • Denise Johnson – vocals
  • George Clinton – vocals
  • Jackie Johnson – vocals
  • Susan Marshall – vocals
  • Robert Young – guitar
  • Andrew Innes – guitar
  • Martin Duffy – keyboards
  • Jim Dickinson – keyboards
  • Amp Fiddler – keyboards
  • Benmont Tench – keyboards
  • Charlie Jacobs – harmonica
  • David Hood – bass guitar
  • Henry Olsen – bass guitar
  • Marco Nelson – bass guitar
  • George Drakoulias – bass guitar, drums
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Tony Brock – drums
  • Phillip “Toby” Tomanov – drums
  • Greg Morrow – percussion
  • David Minnick – percussion
  • Andrew Love (The Memphis Horns) – horn section
  • Wayne Jackson (The Memphis Horns) – horn section
  • William Eggleston – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes and Robert Young, except where noted.

  1. Jailbird
  2. Rocks
  3. (I’m Gonna) Cry Myself Blind
  4. Funky Jam
  5. Big Jet Plane
  6. Free
  7. Call on Me
  8. Struttin’
  9. Sad and Blue
  10. Give Out but Don’t Give Up – George Clinton, Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Robert Young
  11. I’ll Be There for You
  12. Everybody Needs Somebody

James McMurtry: Complicated Game

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On February 24, 2015, “Complicated Game Records” label released “Complicated Game”, the ninth James McMurtry studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Nappy Dugout”, “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, Louisiana, “La Louisianne Recording Studios”, “Electric Comoland”, “FHQ Studio” in Lafayette, Louisiana, “Wire Recording” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Mike Napolitano and C.C. Adcock.

Personnel:

  • James McMurtry – vocal, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, piano, dobro
  • Sam Broussard – electric guitar, strings arrangements
  • C. C. Adcock (Charles Clinton Adcock) – electric guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards, dobro, pub gang vocals, mixing
  • Derek Trucks – slide guitar
  • Richard Comeaux – pedal steel guitar
  • Curtis McMurtry – banjo
  • Dustin Welch – banjo
  • Danny Barnes – banjo
  • Dirk Powell – banjo, mandolin, violin, harpsichord, accordion, fiddle, backing vocals, pub gang vocals
  • Skirm – mandola, backing vocals
  • Donald Shaw – piano, accordion, harmonium
  • Benmont Tench – piano, electric piano, organ
  • Ivan Neville – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Cornbread (Michael Traylor) – bass, pub gang vocals
  • Kevin Smith – double bass
  • Daren Hess – drums, percussion, pub gang vocals
  • Warren Storm – drums
  • Mike McGoldrick – bagpipes, low whistle, bodhrán, backing vocals
  • Rick Nelson – violin, cello
  • Quintron (Robert Rolston) – loops
  • Little Isidore – doo wop vocals
  • Tim Holt – backing vocals, pub gang vocals
  • David Forman – backing vocals, pub gang vocals
  • Trina Shoemaker – backing vocals
  • Doyle Bramhall II – backing vocals
  • Rory McGoldrick – pub gang vocals
  • Tony Trundle – pub gang vocals
  • Mike Napolitano – recording, mixing
  • Ben Mumphrey, Bobby Tis, David Rachou, Dave Rosser, Erik Flettrich, John Porter, Matt Aguiluz, Rick Nelson, Stuart Sullivan, Tony Daigle, Wes Fontenot – additional engineering
  • Brent Lambert – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by James McMurtry.

  1. Copper Canteen
  2. You Got Me
  3. Ain’t Got a Place
  4. She Loves Me
  5. How’m I Gonna Find You Now
  6. These Things I’ve Come to Know
  7. Deaver’s Crossing
  8. Carlisle’s Haul
  9. Forgotten Coast
  10. South Dakota
  11. Long Island Sound
  12. Cutter

The Tragically Hip: Road Apples

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On February 19, 1991, “MCA” label released “Road Apples”, the second Tragically Hip (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Barris” in New Orleans, and was produced by Don Smith.

Personnel:

  • Gord Downie – lead vocals
  • Rob Baker – lead guitar
  • Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar
  • Gord Sinclair – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Johnny Fay – drums
  • Phil Jones – tambourine
  • Benmont Tench – piano
  • Malcolm Burn – accordion
  • Bruce Barris – recording, mixing
  • Don Smith – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Scott Campbell – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – lacquer cut

Track listing:

All tracks by Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.

  1. Little Bones
  2. Twist My Arm
  3. Cordella
  4. The Luxury
  5. Born in the Water
  6. Long Time Running
  7. Bring It All Back
  8. Three Pistols
  9. Fight
  10. On the Verge
  11. Fiddler’s Green
  12. The Last of the Unplucked Gems

Ryan Adams: Wednesdays

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On December 11, 2020, “PAX AM” label released “Wednesdays”, the seventeenth Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Don Was, Ryan Adams and Beatriz Artola.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, tom tom
  • Todd Wisenbaker – electric guitar
  • Stephen Patt – pedal steel, dobro
  • Benmont Tench – organ, piano
  • Beatriz Artola – synth, engineer
  • Don Was – bass, double bass
  • Charlie Stavish – bass, engineer
  • Brendan McCusker – drums, engineer
  • Aaron Ficca – drums
  • Fred Bows – violin
  • Zach Dellinger – viola
  • The Section Quartet – strings
  • Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
  • Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
  • Sir Harry Bowens – backing vocals
  • Hilliard ‘Sweet Pea’ Atkinson – backing vocals
  • Gabriel Sganga – engineer
  • Jeff Fitzpatrick – engineer assistant
  • Matthew Scatchell – engineer assistant
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Siebe Johannes ten Cate – cover painting (La gare du Nord)

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Ryan Adams.

  1. I’m Sorry and I Love You
  2. Who Is Going to Love Me Now, If Not You
  3. When You Cross Over
  4. Walk in the Dark
  5. Poison & Pain
  6. Wednesdays
  7. Birmingham
  8. So, Anyways
  9. Mamma
  10. Lost in Time
  11. Dreaming You Backwards

Warren Zevon: Transverse City

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On October 12, 1989, “Virgin” label released “Transverse City”, the seventh Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Mad Hatter” in Los Angeles, “A&M” in Hollywood, “Red Zone” in Burbank, “Paisley Park” in Chanhassen, “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Warren Zevon, Andrew Slater and Duncan Aldrich.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – lead and harmony vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards
  • Mike Campbell – guitar, mandolin
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar
  • David Gilmour – guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel – acoustic guitar
  • Jorma Kaukonen – acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • Neil Young – lead guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Lindley – saz, steel guitar, oud, lap steel guitar, harmony vocals
  • Howie Epstein – banjo, mandolin, bass
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Benmont Tench – organ
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Jorge Calderón – bass, harmony vocals
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Bob Glaub – bass
  • Richie Hayward – drums
  • Rob Jaczko – miscellaneous percussion
  • Mark Isham – flugelhorn
  • J.D. Souther – harmony vocals
  • Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals
  • Duncan Aldrich, John Cutler, Andrew Jackson, Andy Jackson, Rob Jaczko, Tim Mulligan – engineer
  • Heidi Hanschu, Robert Reed, Ira Rubnitz – engineer
  • Rob Jaczko – mixing
  • Jimmy Wachtel – art direction, design, photography
  • Jonathan Exley, Nels Israelson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Transverse City – Stefan Arngrim, Warren Zevon
  2. Run Straight Down
  3. The Long Arm of the Law
  4. Turbulence
  5. They Moved the Moon
  6. Splendid Isolation
  7. Networking – Stefan Arngrim, Warren Zevon
  8. Gridlock
  9. Down in the Mail
  10. Nobody’s in Love This Year

Johnny Cash: American V: A Hundred Highways

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On July 4, 2006, “American Recordings” label released “American V: A Hundred Highways”, a posthumously studio album by Johnny Cash. It was recorded May – August 2003, at “Cash Cabin Studio” in Hendersonville, Tennessee, “Akadamie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:
• Johnny Cash – vocal, guitar
• Smokey Hormel – guitar
• Pat McLaughlin – guitar
• Larry Perkins – guitar
• Jonny Polonsky – guitar
• Randy Scruggs – guitar
• Marty Stuart – guitar
• Matt Sweeney – guitar
• Pete Wade – guitar
• Mac Wiseman – guitar
• Benmont Tench – organ, piano, harpsichord
• Laura Cash – fiddle
• Dennis Crouch – bass guitar
• David Campbell – string arrangements
• Jimmy Tittle – engineer assistant
• Greg Fidelman – mixing
• Paul Figueroa – mixing assistant
• Dan Leffler – mixing assistant
• Vlado Meller – mastering
• Mark Santangelo – mastering assistant
• Christine Cano – art direction, design
• Martyn Atkins – photography
• John Carter Cash – executive producer
• Lindsay Chase – production coordination
• Rick Rubin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Help Me – Larry Gatlin
  2. God’s Gonna Cut You Down – traditional
  3. Like the 309 – Johnny Cash
  4. If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
  5. Further on Up the Road – Bruce Springsteen
  6. On the Evening Train – Hank Williams
  7. I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
  8. Love’s Been Good to Me – Rod McKuen
  9. A Legend in my Time – Don Gibson
  10. Rose of My Heart – Hugh Moffatt
  11. Four Strong Winds – Ian Tyson
  12. I’m Free from the Chain Gang Now – Lou Herscher, Saul Klein

Peter Frampton: Thank You Mr. Churchill

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On May 27, 2010, “Eagle Rock” and “New Door Records” labels released “Thank You Mr. Churchill”, the fourteenth Peter Frampton studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Peter Frampton – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, dulcimer, E-bow, Wurlitzer, ukulele
  • Eddie Willis, Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar
  • Rob Jones – grand piano, synthesizer
  • Benmont Tench – Hammond organ
  • Bob Babbitt, Craig Young – bass
  • Matt Cameron – drums, percussion
  • Chad Cromwell, Kenneth “Spider” Rice – drums
  • Eric Darken – percussion
  • Julian Frampton – vocals
  • Kira Small, Marcia Ware, Scat Springs – backing vocals
  • Don Gunn – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Frampton; except where noted.

  1. Thank You Mr. Churchill – Peter Frampton, John Regan
  2. Solution – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  3. Road to the Sun – Peter Frampton, Julian Frampton
  4. I’m Due a You – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  5. Vaudeville Nanna and the Banjolele – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  6. Asleep at the Wheel
  7. Suite: Liberte. A. Megumi B. Huria Wat
  8. Restraint – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  9. I Want it Back
  10. Invisible Man – Peter Frampton, Gordon Kennedy
  11. Black Ice
  12. Non North America edition
  13. I Understand – (bonus track)
  14. A Thousand Dreams – (bonus track)

John Prine: Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings

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On April 4, 1995, “Oh Boy” label released “Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings”, the 12th John Prine studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Huh Sound Theater” in Los Angeles, “Pacifique Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Howie Epstein.

Personnel:

  • John Prine – vocals, guitar
  • Howie Epstein – vocals, guitar, slide guitar, bass, banjo, piano, harmonica, percussion, marxophone
  • John Jorgenson – vocals, guitar, slide guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo
  • Waddy Wachtel – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel
  • Gary Nicholson – guitar, piano
  • Phil Parlapiano – mandolin, accordion, harmonium, keyboards
  • Benmont Tench – piano, organ
  • John Hobbs – piano
  • Bob Glaub – bass
  • Joe Romersa – drums, percussion
  • Rock Deadrick – drums, percussion
  • Vince Santoro – percussion
  • Juliette Prayter – percussion
  • Gary Riley – hurdy-gurdy, percussion
  • Carlene Carter – autoharp, percussion
  • Vicky Levy – vocals
  • Marianne Faithfull – backing vocals
  • Johnnie Fiori – backing vocals
  • Sass Jordan – backing vocals
  • Doug Hamblin – backing vocals
  • Patti Brooks – backing vocals
  • Sarah Taylor – backing vocals
  • Carol Leffler – backing vocals
  • John Callahan – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by John Prine, except where noted.

  1. New Train
  2. Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody
  3. All the Way with You – John Prine, Gary Nicholson
  4. We Are the Lonely – John Prine, Gary Nicholson
  5. Lake Marie
  6. Humidity Built the Snowman
  7. Day Is Done – John Prine, Gary Nicholson
  8. Quit Hollerin’ at Me – John Prine, Gary Nicholson
  9. Big Fat Love – John Prine, Gary Nicholson
  10. Same Thing Happened to Me – John Prine, Gary Nicholson
  11. This Love Is Real – John Prine, Lee Clayton
  12. Leave the Lights On – John Prine, Howie Epstein, Phil Parlapiano, Joe Romersa
  13. He Forgot That It Was Sunday
  14. I Love You So Much It Hurts – Floyd Tillman

Feargal Sharkey: Wish

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On March 28, 1988, “Virgin” label released “Wish”, the second Feargal Sharkey studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Danny Kortchmar.

Personnel:

  • Feargal Sharkey – vocals
  • Charley Drayton – guitar, backing vocals
  • Keith Richards – guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel – guitar
  • Jack Sherman – electric 12-string
  • Danny Kortchmar – guitar, bass
  • Mark Goldenberg – organ, synthesizer, guitar
  • Mike Finnigan – organ
  • Benmont Tench – organ
  • David Paich – synthesizer, piano
  • Maggie Lee – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Bob Glaub – bass
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Russ Kunkel – percussion
  • Jimmy “Z” Zavala – saxophone, harmonica
  • Anthony J. Davies – cello, keyboards, dube, backing vocals
  • Beverly D’Angelo – backing vocals
  • David Lasley – backing vocals
  • Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
  • Myna Smith Schilling – backing vocals
  • Gary Wathen – art direction
  • Richard Haughton – photography

Track listing:

  1. Cold, Cold Streets – Danny Kortchmar, David Lasley, Feargal Sharkey
  2. More Love – Benmont Tench
  3. Full Confession – Danny Kortchmar, Feragal Sharkey, Tim Daly
  4. Please Don’t believe in Me – David A. Stewart, Feargal Sharkey, Tim Daly
  5. Out of My System – Eddie Chacon, Suzanne Valentine
  6. If This is Love – Feargal Sharkey, Maggie Lee, Tim Daly
  7. Strangest Girl in Paradise – Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey
  8. Blue Days – Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey, Waddy Eachtel
  9. Let Me Be – Feargal Sharkey, Mark Goldenberg
  10. Safe to Touch – Feargal Sharkey, Steve Jordan

Eddie Vedder: Earthling

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On February 11, 2022, “Republic” and “Seattle Surf” labels released “Earthling”, the third Eddie Vedder studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Andrew Surf.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Vedder – lead and backing vocals, guitar, tenor guitar, piano, keyboards, ukelin, drums, percussion, layout design, typeface
  • Josh Klinghoffer – guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Stevie Wonder – harmonica
  • Danny Long – piano
  • Elton John – lead and backing vocals, piano
  • Benmont Tench – Hammond organ 
  • Andrew Watt – bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, drum machine, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Chad Smith – drums, percussion
  • Ringo Starr – drums, percussion
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums, percussion
  • Joshua Ranz – clarinet
  • Steve Kujala – flute
  • Dylan Hart – French horn
  • Thomas Hooten – piccolo trumpet
  • David Campbell – conductor, string and horn arrangements, strings direction
  • Alyssa Park – violin, concert master
  • Sara Parkins – violin
  • Josefina Vergara – violin
  • Tammy Hatwan – violin
  • Paula Hochhalter – cello
  • Jacob Braun – cello
  • Edward Severson Jr. – vocals
  • Olivia Vedder – backing vocals
  • Harper Vedder – backing vocals
  • Paul Lamalfa – engineer
  • Marco Sonzini – engineer
  • Steve Churchyard – engineer
  • Scott Moore – engineer assistant
  • John Burton –additional engineering
  • Bryce Bordone – mixing
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Joe Spix – layout design, typeface
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Bettie Ross – production coordination
  • Suzie Katayama – production coordination

Track listing:

All lyrics by Eddie Vedder, all music as noted.

  1. Invincible – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer
  2. Power of Right – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer
  3. Long Way – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith
  4. Brother the Cloud – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith
  5. Fallout Today – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith
  6. The Dark – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith
  7. The Haves – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer
  8. Good and Evil – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith
  9. Rose of Jericho – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith
  10. Try – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith
  11. Picture – Eddie Vedder, Elton John, Andrew Wotman
  12. Mrs. Mills – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer
  13. On My Way – Eddie Vedder, Andrew Wotman. Josh Klinghoffer