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Marillion: Seasons End

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On September 25, 1989, “EMI” label released “Seasons End”, the fifth Marillion studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Hookend Recording Studios” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Nick Davis, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, and Ian Mosley.

Personnel:

Marillion:

  • Steve Hogarth – vocals
  • Steve Rothery – guitars
  • Mark Kelly – keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas – bass
  • Ian Mosley – drums
  • Phil Todd – saxophone
  • Jean-Pierre Rasle – pipes
  • Nick Davis – engineer
  • Bill Smith Studio – design
  • Bill Smith, Douglas Brothers – photography

Track listing:

  1. The King of Sunset Town – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, John Helmer
  2. Easter – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley
  3. The Uninvited Guest – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, John Helmer
  4. Seasons End – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, John Helmer
  5. Holloway Girl – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley
  6. Berlin – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, John Helmer
  7. Hooks in You – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, John Helmer
  8. The Space – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, John Helmer, Geoff Dugmore, Harper, Colin Woore

 

Billy Squier: Signs of Life

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In July 1984, “Capitol” label released “Signs of Life”, the fourth Billy Squier studio album. It was recorded April – June 1984 and was produced by Billy Squier and Jim Steinman.

Personnel:

  • Billy Squier- lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Jeff Golub- guitars, slide guitar
  • Alan St. Jon – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Larry Fast– synthesizers
  • Doug Lubahn- bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Chouinard – drums
  • Jimmy Maelen– percussion
  • Brian May- guitar solo
  • Alfa Anderson – additional vocals
  • Eric Troyer, Rory Dodd- additional vocals
  • Tony Platt – engineer
  • Gary Rindfuss – engineer assistant
  • B. Moore – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Anjali Dutt – tape operator
  • Bill Smith – cover art design, illustration
  • John Van Hamersveld – rear cover collage, inner sleeve design
  • John Jansen – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Squier.

  1. All Night Long
  2. Rock Me Tonite
  3. Eye on You
  4. Take a Look Behind Ya
  5. Reach for the Sky
  6. (Another) 1984
  7. Fall for Love
  8. Can’t Get Next to You
  9. Hand-Me Downs
  10. Sweet Release

Diana Krall: From This Moment On

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On September 19, 2006, “Verve” label released “From This Moment On”, the ninth Diana Krall studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Diana Krall and Tommy LiPuma.

Personnel:

  • Diana Krall– vocals, piano, arrangements
  • Anthony Wilson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Gerald Clayton, Tamir Hendelman– piano
  • John Clayton– bass, arrangements, conducting
  • Jeff Hamilton– drums
  • Jeff Clayton– alto and soprano saxophone
  • Rickey Woodard – tenor saxophone
  • Gil Castellanos, Terell Stafford– trumpet
  • Ira Nepus – trombone
  • The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
  • Rick Fernandez, Dan Johnson, Joe Napolitano, Bill Smith, Paul Smith – engineer assistant
  • Steve Genewick – Pro Tools engineer, recording
  • Al Schmitt– recording, mixing
  • Doug Sax, Sangwook Nam – mastering
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Coco Shinomiya – design
  • Sam Taylor-Wood– back cover photography
  • Bruce Weber– photography

Track listing:

  1. It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  2. Isn’t This a Lovely Day – Irving Berlin
  3. How Insensitive – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel
  4. Exactly Like You – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
  5. From This Moment On – Cole Porter
  6. I Was Doing All Right – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  7. Little Blue Girl – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. Day In Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  9. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  10. Come Dance With Me – Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  11. It Was a Beautiful Day in August / You Can Depend on Me – Ray Brown, Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines

Atomic Rooster: Made In England

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In October 1972,“Dawn” label released “Made in England”, the fourth Atomic Rooster album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Vincent Crane.

Personnel:

  • Chris Farlowe – vocals
  • Steve Bolton – guitars
  • Vincent Crane – Hammond organ, piano, ARP synthesizer, Fender piano
  • Bill Smith – bass
  • Ric Parnell – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Doris Troy, Liza Strike – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Time Take My Life – Vincent Crane
  2. Stand by Me – Vincent Crane
  3. Little Bit of Inner Air – Ric Parnell
  4. Don’t Know What Went Wrong – Vincent Crane
  5. Never to Lose – Steve Bolton
  6. Introduction – Vincent Crane
  7. Breathless – Vincent Crane
  8. Space Cowboy – Steve Bolton
  9. People You Can’t Trust – Vincent Crane
  10. All in Satan’s Name – Ric Parnell
  11. Close Your Eyes – Vincent Crane

The Associates: The Affectionate Punch

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On August 1, 1980, “Fiction” label released “The Affectionate Punch”, the debut  Associates (The) album. It was recorded 1980 – 1982, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Hedges and Chris Parry..

Personnel:

  • Billy Mackenzie– vocals
  • Alan Rankine– guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Robert Smith– backing vocals
  • Nigel Glockler– drums
  • Mike Hedges– engineer
  • Mike Dutton – engineer assistant
  • Bill Smith – cover artwork

Track listing:

  1. The Affectionate Punch
  2. Amused as Always
  3. Logan Time
  4. Paper House
  5. Transport to Central
  6. A Matter of Gender
  7. Even Dogs in the Wild
  8. Would I… Bounce Back
  9. Deeply Concerned
  10. A

The Jam: Sound Affects

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On November 28, 1980, “Polydor” label released “Sound Affects”, the fifth Jam studio album. It was recorded June – October 1980, and was produced by Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler and Vic Coppersmith-Heaven. The album cover art is a pastiche of the artwork used on various Sound Effects records produced by the BBC during the 1970s. “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 487 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Bruce Foxton – vocals, bass
  • Rick Buckler – drums
  • Martyn Goddard – cover art, photography
  • Bill Smith – design
  • Pennie Smith – photography
  • Paul Cox – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller except where noted.

  1. Pretty Green
  2. Monday
  3. But I’m Different Now
  4. Set the House Ablaze
  5. Start!
  6. That’s Entertainment
  7. Dream Time
  8. Man in the Corner Shop
  9. Music for the Last Couple – Rick Buckler, Bruce Foxton, Paul Weller
  10. Boy About Town
  11. Scrape Away

The Jam: All Mod Cons

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On November 3, 1978, “Polydor” label released “All Mod Cons”, the third Jam (The) album. It was recorded July – August 1978, at “RAK” and “Eden Studios” in London, and was produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and Chris Parry. In 2000,  “Q”  magazine  ranked “All Mod Cons” at number 50 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”, in 2013, “NME” magazine ranked it at number 219 in its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, design
  • Bruce Foxton – vocals, bass, design
  • Rick Buckler – drums, percussion, design
  • Gregg Jackman, Roger Bechirian, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven – soundboard engineer
  • Peter Schierwade, Phil Thornalley – engineer assistant
  • Bill Smith – design
  • Peter “Kodick” Gravelle – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller, except where noted.

  1. All Mod Cons
  2. To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)
  3. Clean
  4. David Watts – Ray Davies
  5. English Rose
  6. In the Crowd
  7. Billy Hunt
  8. It’s Too Bad
  9. Fly
  10. The Place I Love
  11. ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street
  12. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

Genesis: Abacab

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On September 14, 1981, “Charisma” label released “Abacab”, the eleventh Genesis studio album. It was recorded May–June 1981, at “The Farm” in Surrey, and was produced by Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Tony Banks– keyboards
  • Mike Rutherford – basses, guitars
  • Phil Collins – vocals, drums, drum machine, percussion
  • EWF Horns – horns
  • Hugh Padgham – engineer
  • Bill Smith – album cover

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford.

  1. Abacab
  2. No Reply at All
  3. Me and Sarah jane
  4. Keep it Dark
  5. Dodo / Lurker
  6. Who Dunnit?
  7. Man on the Corner
  8. Like it or Not
  9. Another Record

The Cure: Seventeen Seconds

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On April 22, 1980, “Fiction Records” label released “Seventeen Seconds”, the second Cure (The) studio album. It was recorded 1979-1980, at “Morgan Studio One”, and was produced by Mike Hedges and Robert Smith.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith– vocals, guitars, cover art
  • Matthieu Hartley– keyboards, cover art
  • Simon Gallup– bass guitar, cover art
  • Lol Tolhurst– drums, cover art
  • Mike Hedges – engineer
  • David Kemp – engineer
  • Martyn Webster – engineer assistant
  • Bill Smith – cover art
  • Andrew Douglas – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Robert Smith, all music by Robert Smith, Matthieu Hartley, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst.

  1. A Reflection
  2. Play for Today
  3. Secrets
  4. In Your House
  5. Three
  6. The Final Sound
  7. A Forest
  8. M
  9. At Night
  10. Seventeen Seconds

Genesis: Duke

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On March 28, 1980, “Charisma” label released “Duke”, the tenth Genesis studio album. It was recorded November–December 1979, at “Polar Studios”, in Stockholm, mixed at “Maison Rouge” in London, mastered at “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by David Hentschel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins. “Duke” was certified Platinum in UK by “BPI” and in the US by “RIAA” .

Personnel:

  • Tony Banks– keyboards, 12-string guitar, backing vocals,
  • Mike Rutherford- guitars, basses, backing vocals
  • Phil Collins– vocals, drums, drum machine
  • David Hentschel- backing vocals, engineer
  • Dave Bascombe – engineer assistant
  • Ray Staff – mastering
  • Bill Smith – art direction
  • Lionel Koechlin – cover

Track listing:

  1. Behind the Lines – Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
  2. Duchess – Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
  3. Guide Vocal – Tony Banks
  4. Man of Our Times – Mike Rutherford
  5. Misunderstanding – Phil Collins
  6. Heathaze – Tony Banks
  7. Turn it On Again – Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
  8. Alone Tonight – Mike Rutherford
  9. Cul-de-sac – Tony Banks
  10. Please Don’t Ask – Phil Collins
  11. Duke’s Travels – Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
  12. Duke’s End – Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford