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The Pop Group: Y

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On April 20, 1979, “Radar” label released “Y”, the debut Pop Group (The) studio album. It was recorded 1978 – 1979, at “Ridge Farm Studios” in Surrey, England, and was produced by Dennis “Blackbeard” Bovell. Magazine The Wire included “Y” in its list of “The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made”.

Personnel:

  • Mark Stewart – vocals
  • Gareth Sager – guitar, saxophone, piano
  • John Waddington – guitar
  • Simon Underwood – bass guitar
  • Bruce Smith – drums, percussion
  • Disc O’Dell – musical direction
  • Mike Dunne – engineer
  • Brian Gaylor – engineer assistant
  • Eddy Gorecki – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Stewart, Gareth Sager, John Waddington, Simon Underwood and Bruce Smith.

  1. Thief of Fire
  2. Snowgirl
  3. Blood Money
  4. Savage Sea
  5. We Are Time
  6. Words Disobey Me
  7. Don’t Call Me Pain
  8. The Boys from Brazil
  9. Don’t Sell Your Dreams

The Dream Syndicate: Out of the Grey

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On May 23, 1986, “Big Time Records” label released “Out of the Grey”, the third Dream Syndicate (The) studio album. It was recorded 1985 – 1986, and was produced by Paul B. Cutler.

Personnel:

  • Steve Wynn– vocals, guitar
  • Paul B. Cutler – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Walton – bass
  • Dennis Duck – drums
  • Johnette Napolitano– vocals

Track listing:

All tracks Steve Wynn except where noted.

  1. Out of the Grey
  2. Forest for the Trees
  3. 50 in a 25 Zone – Steve Wynn, Dennis Duck, Mark Walton, Paul B. Cutler
  4. Boston
  5. Blood Money
  6. Slide Away
  7. Dying Embers – Steve Wynn, Mark Walton, Scott Walton
  8. Now I Ride Alone
  9. Drinking Problem
  10. Dancing Blind
  11. You Can’t Forget
  12. Let it Rain – Eric Clapton, Bonnie Bramlett

Jon Bon Jovi: Blaze Of Glory

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On August 7, 1990, “Mercury” label released “Blaze of Glory”, the debut Jon Bon Jovi studio album. It includes songs from and inspired by the movie Young Guns II. It was recorded April – June 1990, and was produced by Jon Bon Jovi and Danny Kortchmar.

Personnel:

  • Jon Bon Jovi – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, harmonica
  • Jeff Beck– electric guitar
  • Robbin Crosby– guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar– guitar
  • Aldo Nova– guitars, keyboards, piano, tambourine
  • Waddy Wachtel– guitar, slide guitar
  • Little Richard– piano, vocals
  • Elton John– piano, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench– organ, piano
  • Phil Parlapiano – accordion
  • Bob Glaub, Randy Jackson– bass
  • Kenny Aronoff– drums, percussion
  • Dale Lavi, The Runners – hand claps
  • Lou Diamond Phillips– vocals
  • Myrna Matthews, Camilla Lento – backing vocals
  • Julia Waters, Maxine Waters – backing vocals
  • Alan Silvestri– arranger
  • Brian Scheuble, Ron Jacobs – engineer
  • Brian Scheuble, Rob Jacobs – engineer
  • JD Dworkow – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Bon Jovi, except where noted.

  1. Billy Get Your Guns
  2. Miracle
  3. Blaze of Glory
  4. Blood Money
  5. Santa Fe
  6. Justice in the Barrel
  7. Never Say Die
  8. You Really Got Me Now
  9. Bang a Drum
  10. Dyin’ Ain’t Much of a Livin’
  11. Guano City – Alan Silvestri

Tom Waits: Blood Money

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On May 7, 2002, “ANTI-label” released “Blood Money”, album by Tom Waits. The album contains songs written for the play Woyzeck, based on the play of the same name by Georg Büchner. It was recorded in 2002, at “In The Pocket Studio”, and was produced by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, Chamberlain
  • Larry Taylor – electric guitar, bass
  • Myles Boisen – guitar
  • Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica
  • Matthew Sperry – bass
  • Casey Waits – drums
  • Bent Clausen – bass drum, marimba
  • Gino Robair – bongos, timpani, tom tom, marimba, bells, gong
  • Andrew Borger – marimba
  • Colin Stetson – saxophone
  • Ara Anderson – trumpet
  • Bebe Risenfors – bass clarinet, saxophone, accordion
  • Dawn Harms – violin
  • Matt Brubeck – cello
  • Mule Patterson – effects
  • Oz Fritz – recording, mixing
  • Jacquire King – recording
  • Allen Sudduth – recording
  • Jeff Sloan – engineer
  • Huskey Hoskulds – mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Jeff Abarta – art direction
  • Winni Wintermeyer – design
  • Jesse Dylan – photography
  • Jeff Sloan – production coordinator
  • Julianne Deery – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

  1. Misery Is the River of the World
  2. Everything Goes to Hell
  3. Coney Island Baby
  4. All the World Is Green
  5. God’s Away on Business
  6. Another Man’s Vine
  7. Knife Chase
  8. Lullaby
  9. Starving in the Belly of a Whale
  10. The Part You Throw Away
  11. Woe
  12. Calliope
  13. A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Primal Scream: XTRMNTR

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XTRMNTR

On January 31, 2000, “Creation” label released “XTRMNTR”  (pronounced “Exterminator”), the sixth Primal Scream studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 1999, and was produced by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes,  Martin Duffy, Gary “Mani” Mounfield, Darrin Mooney, Brendan Lynch, Adrian Maxwell Sherwood, Jagz Kooner, David Holmes, Hugo Nicolson, The Chemical Brothers, Kevin Shields and Tim Holmes. “XTRMNTR” won “Best Album” of the year at the “NME Calling Awards 2001”. “Q” magazine named it as one of the “50 Heaviest Albums of All Time”. “Stylus Magazine” ranked the album at number 10 on their “Stylus Decade” list of the “Top 100 Albums of the 2000s”. In 2014, magazine “NME” ranked “Shoot Speed/Kill Light” at number 190 and “Accelerator” at number 497 and in their list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”, and the album is ranked at number 160 in “NME’s” “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie – vocals, recording
  • Andrew Innes – guitar, recording
  • Robert Young – guitar, recording
  • Martin Duffy – keyboards, recording
  • Gary “Mani” Mounfield – bass, recording
  • Darrin Mooney – drums
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone
  • Duncan Mackay – trumpet
  • Marco Nelson – bass
  • Kevin Shields – guitar, mixing
  • Bernard Sumner – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Phil Mossman – electronics
  • Darren Morris – keyboards
  • Zachary Danziger – drums
  • Gay-Yee Westerhoff – cello
  • Tim Goldsworthy – programming
  • Keith Tenniswood – drums programming
  • Nick Franglen – additional programming
  • Adrian Sherwood – recording
  • Brendan Lynch – recording
  • Max Hayes – engineer
  • Steve Dub – engineer
  • Andy Wilkinson – engineer
  • Jon Weiner – engineer
  • Dan The Automator – mixing
  • Cheeky Pal – editing

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes,  Martin Duffy, Gary “Mani” Mounfield, Darrin Mooney, except where noted.

  1. Kill All Hippies – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes,  Martin Duffy, Gary “Mani” Mounfield, Darrin Mooney, Nelson/Discovery Productions Inc.
  2. Accelerator
  3. Extarminator
  4. Swastika Eyes – Jagz Kooner Mix
  5. Pills
  6. Blood Money
  7. Keep Your Dreams – Gary “Mani” Mounfield
  8. Insect Royalty
  9. MBV Arkestra (If They Move Kill ‘Em)
  10. Swastika Eyes – Chemical Brothers Mix
  11. Shoot Speed/Kill Light