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Swans: Soundtracks For The Blind

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On October 29, 1996, “Young God” and “Atavistic” labels released “Soundtracks for the Blind”, the tenth Swans studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1996, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, “B.C. Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, “Plastikville” in New York City, “Griffin Mastering” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Michael Gira and Jarboe.

Personnel:

  • Michael Gira – vocals, guitar, samples, sounds, loops
  • Jarboe – vocals, keyboards, sounds, loops
  • Joe Goldring – electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Vudi – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Larry Mullins – drums, percussion, vibraphone
  • Cris Force – viola
  • Bill Rieflin
  • Christoph Hahn
  • Clinton Steele
  • Larry Lame
  • Norman Westberg
  • Algis Kizys
  • Billy Anderson – recording, mixing
  • Martin Bisi – recording, mixing  
  • Larry Lame – recording, mixing
  • Chris Griffin – recording, mixing engineer
  • Andy Ray – live engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Gira, except where noted.

Siver

  1. Red Velvet Corridor
  2. I Was a Prisoner in Your Skull
  3. Helpless Child
  4. Live Through Me
  5. Yum-Yab Killers – Jarboe
  6. The Beautiful Days
  7. Volcano – Jarboe
  8. Mellothumb
  9. All Lined Up
  10. Surrogate 2 – Michael Gira, Jarboe
  11. How They Suffer
  12. Animus

Copper

  1. Red Velvet Wound – Jarboe
  2. The Sound
  3. Her Mouth Is Filled with Honey – Michael Gira, Jarboe
  4. Blood Section
  5. Hypogirl
  6. Minus Something
  7. Empathy
  8. I Love You This Much
  9. YRP
  10. Fan’s Lament
  11. Secret Friends – Michael Gira, Jarboe
  12. The Final Sacrifice
  13. YRP 2
  14. Surrogate Drone

Mark Lanegan: Imitations

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On September 17, 2013, “Vagrant Records” and “Heavenly Records” labels released “Imitations”, the eighth Mark Lanegan studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Martin Feveyear.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Billy Stover – piano
  • Mike Johnson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Alain Johannes – cigfiddle, mellotron, acoustic and ebo guitar
  • Jeff Fielder – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Andrew Joslyn – violin, viola
  • Rebecca Filice – cello
  • Mark Hoyt – backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jason Staczek – harpsichord
  • Eric Padget – trumpet
  • Tom Yoder – trombone
  • Drew Church – bass
  • Duff McKagan – bass
  • Barrett Martin – vibraphone, tambourine, drums, percussion
  • Bill Rieflin – drums, percussion, pump organ, mellotron
  • Mark Pickerel – drums

Track listing:

  1. Flatlands – Chelsea Wolve
  2. She’s Gone – Vern Gosdin
  3. Deepest Shade – Greg Dulli
  4. You Only Live Twice – Leslie Bricusse, John Barry
  5. Pretty Colors – Al Gorgoni, Chip Taylor
  6. Brompton Oratory – Nick Cave
  7. Solitaire – Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody
  8. Mack the Knife – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht (English lyrics by Manheim – Willett)
  9. I’m Not the Loving Kind – John Cale
  10. Lonely Street – Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S.Stevenson
  11. Élégie Funèbre – Gérard Manset
  12. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert (English lyrics by Johnny Mercer)

Mark Lanegan: Field Songs

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On May 8, 2001, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Field Songs”, the fifth Mark Lanegan album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Jupiter Studios” in Alliance, Ohio,    “Robert Lang Studios” in Shoreline, Washington, “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Angello and Martin Feveyear.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan– vocals, guitar
  • Allen Davis – acoustic guitar, bass
  • Ben Shepherd– vocals, acoustic, lap steel and electric guitar, bass, piano
  • Mike Johnson- acoustic guitar and electric guitar, Wurlitzer organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Brett Netson – acoustic guitar
  • John Agnello – vocals, recorder, mixing, mastering
  • Martin Feveyear– vocals, Hammond organ, recorder, mixing, mastering
  • Keni Richards – piano, drums, mellotron
  • Marek – piano
  • Chris Goss– vocals, synthesizer
  • Mark Hoyt – vocals
  • Wendy Rae Fowler- vocals
  • Duff McKagan- drums, Fender Rhodes
  • Mark Boquist – drums
  • Bill Rieflin- drums
  • Chris Strother – photography

 Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Lanegan except where noted.

  1. One Way Street
  2. No Easy Action
  3. Miracle
  4. Pill Hill Serenade
  5. Don’t Forget Me
  6. Kimiko’s Dream House – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Mark Lanegan
  7. Resurrection Song
  8. Field Song
  9. Low
  10. Blues for D – Mark Lanegan, Ben Shepherd
  11. She Done Too Much
  12. Fix

Robyn Hitchcock: Ole! Tarantula

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On October 3, 2006, “Yep Roc” label released “Olé! Tarantula”, the fifteenth Robyn Hitchcock studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Kurt Bloch. The cover image and internal cartoons were drawn by Roby Hitchcock.

Personnel:

  • Robyn Hitchcock – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Peter Buck – guitar, bass
  • Scott McCaughey – guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Bill Rieflin – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Robyn Hitchcock, except where noted.

  1. Adventure Rocket Ship
  2. Underground Sun
  3. Museum of Sex
  4. Belltown Ramble
  5. Olé! Tarantula
  6. (A Man’s Gotta Know His Limitations) Briggs
  7. Red Locust Frenzy
  8. ‘Cause It’s Love (Saint Parallelogram) – lyrics:by Robyn Hitchcock; music by Robyn Hitchcock, Andy Partridge
  9. The Authority Box
  10. Y. Doll

Swans: The Glowing Man

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On June 17, 2016, “Young God” label released “The Glowing Man”, the fourteenth  Swans studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Michael Gira.

Personnel:

  • Michael Gira– vocals, electric and acoustic guitar
  • Christoph Hahn –vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Christopher Pravdica – vocals, bass guitar
  • Thor Harris– percussion, vibes and bells, hammered dulcimer
  • Phil Puleo – vocals, drums, hammered dulcimer
  • Norman Westberg – vocals, electric guitar
  • Bill Rieflin – vocals, drums, piano, synth, Mellotron, bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Jennifer Gira – lead vocals
  • Okkyung Lee– cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Christopher Pravdica, Christoph Hahn, Thor Harris and Phil Puleo, except where noted.

  1. Cloud of Forgetting
  2. Cloud of Unknowing
  3. The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black – Michael Gira
  4. People Like Us – Michael Gira
  5. Frankie M.
  6. When Will I Return?
  7. The Glowing Man
  8. Finally, Peace

Peter Buck: Same

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On October 5, 2012, “Mississippi” label released the self-titled, debut Peter Buck album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Peter Buck.

Personnel:

  • Peter Buck– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar
  • Scott McCaughey– vocals, guitar
  • Mike Mills– vocals, bass guitar
  • Bill Rieflin– drums
  • Jenny Conlee– percussion
  • Corin Tucker– vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Buck

  1. 10 Million BC
  2. It’s Alright
  3. Some Kind of Velvet Sunday Morning
  4. Travel Without Arriving
  5. Migraine
  6. Give Me Back My Wig
  7. Nothing Matters
  8. So Long Johnny
  9. V.M.F.
  10. Nothing Means Nothing
  11. Hard Old World
  12. Nowhere No Way
  13. Vaso Loco
  14. I’m Alive

The Swans: The Great Annihilator

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On January 23, 1995, “Young God” label released “The Great Annihilator”, the ninth Swans (The) studio album. It was recorded February 1993 – June 1994, and was produced by Michael Gira.

Personnel:

  • Michael Gira – vocals, guitars, sounds
  • Jarboe – lead and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, sounds
  • Norman Westberg – electric guitar
  • Clinton Steele – guitars
  • Nicky Skopelitis – guitar
  • John Sarfell – piano
  • Larry Seven – double bass
  • Algis Kizys– bass
  • Bill Rieflin– drums, percussion, guitars, loops, sounds
  • Ted Parsons– drums
  • Martin Atkins – hand drums

All tracks by Michael Gira, except where noted.

  1. In
  2. I Am the Sun
  3. She Lives
  4. Celebrity Lifestyle
  5. Mother / Father
  6. Blood Promise
  7. Mind / Body / Light / Sound
  8. My Buried Child – lyrics Michael Gira, music Michael Gira, Jarboe
  9. Warm
  10. Alcohol the Seed
  11. Killing for Company
  12. Mother’s Milk
  13. Where Does a Body End?
  14. Telepathy
  15. The Great Annihilator
  16. Out – Michael Gira, Jarboe