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Bob Dylan: World Gone Wrong

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On October 26, 1993, “Columbia” label released “World Gone Wrong”, the twenty-ninth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Bob Dylan. It was Dylan’s second consecutive collection of only traditional folk songs, performed acoustically with guitar and harmonica. “World Gone Wrong” received “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, harmonica, liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

  1. World Gone Wrong
  2. Love Henry
  3. Ragged & Dirty – Willie Brown
  4. Blood In My Eyes
  5. Broke Down Engine – Blind Willie McTell
  6. Della
  7. Stack A Lee – arr. Frank Hutchinson
  8. Two Soldiers
  9. Jack-A-Roe
  10. Lone Pilgrim – Benjamin Franklin White, Adger M. Pace

Simon & garfunkel: Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

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On October 19, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.”, the debut Simon & Garfunkel album. It was recorded March 1964, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Art Garfunkel – vocals
  • Barry Kornfeld – acoustic guitar
  • Bill Lee – acoustic bass

Track listing:

  1. You Can Tell the World – Bob Gibson, Bob Camp
  2. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream – Ed McCurdy
  3. Bleecker Street – Paul Simon
  4. Sparrow – traditional, arr. Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel
  5. Bendictus – traditional, arr. Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel
  6. The Sound of Silence – Paul Simon
  7. He Was My Brother – Paul Kane
  8. Peggy-O – traditional, arr, Paul Simon
  9. Go Tell It on the Mountain – traditional, arr. Paul Simon
  10. The Sun Is Burning – Ian Campbell
  11. The Times They Are a-Changin – Bob Dylan
  12. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. – Paul Simon

U2: Rattle And Hum

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On October 10, 1988, “Island” label released “Rattle and Hum”, the sixth U2 studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1988, at “Sun Studio” in Memphis; “Point Depot”; “Danesmoat”, and “STS Studio” in Dublin; “A&M Studios” and  “Ocean Way”  in Los Angeles, and live in various locations, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine. The album was accompanied by a rockumentary film directed by Phil Joanou. “Rattle and Hum” was certified 7 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; Platinum in Netherlands; 2 x Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; 4 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and 5 x Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Bono– lead vocals, additional guitar, harmonica
  • The Edge – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Adam Clayton– bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen Jr.– drums, percussion
  • B. B. King– vocals, lead guitar
  • Bob Dylan– Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Jimi Hendrix– electric guitar (sourced from “Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack” and More as played through U2’s concert PA system)
  • Joey Miskulin – organ
  • Brian Eno– keyboards
  • Benmont Tench– Hammond organ
  • Satan and Adam (Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow) – vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica
  • The Memphis Horns– horns
  • The New Voices of Freedom –gospel choir
  • George Pendergrass, Dorothy Terrell – vocal soloists
  • Rebecca Evans Russell, Phyllis Duncan, Helen Duncan – backing vocals
  • Van Dyke Parks– string arrangements

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bono, all music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr, except where noted.

  1. Helter Skelter” (live at Denver, Colorado) – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  2. Van Diemen’s land – lyrics by The Edge
  3. Desire
  4. Hawkmoon
  5. All Along the Watchtower” (live from “Save the Yuppie Free Concert in San Francisco) – Bob Dylan
  6. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (live at Madison Square Garden, New York)
  7. Freedom For My People
  8. Silver and Gold” (live from Denver, Colorado)
  9. Pride (In the Name of Love)” (live from Denver, Colorado)
  10. Angel of Harlem
  11. Love Rescue Me
  12. When Love Comes to Town
  13. Heartland
  14. God Part II
  15. The Star Spangled Banner” (Live) – music by John Stafford
  16. Bullet the Blue Sky” (live at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona)
  17. All I Want is You

Billy Preston: Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music

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On September 21, 1973, “A&M” label released “Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music”, the eighth Billy Preston album. It was recorded March – May 1973, and was produced by Billy Preston.

Personnel:

  • Billy Preston – vocals, keyboards, bass guitar
  • David Walker– guitar
  • Dennis Coates – banjo
  • Hubert Heard – keyboards
  • Kenneth Lupper – keyboards
  • Manuel Kellough – drums
  • Choir of Divine Guidance Youth Choir, directed by Rodena Fairley
  • Paul Riser– string and horn arrangements
  • Clarence McDonald– arrangements
  • Tommy Vicari – engineer
  • Robert Young – art director

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Preston, except where noted.

  1. Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
  2. You’re So Unique
  3. How Long Has the Train Been Gone – Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher
  4. My Soul is a Witness – Billy Preston, Joe Greene
  5. Sunday Morning – Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher
  6. You’ve Got Me For Company – Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher
  7. Listen to the Wind – Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher
  8. Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music (reprise)
  9. Space Race
  10. Do You Love Me? – Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher
  11. I’m So Tired – Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher
  12. It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) -Bob Dylan
  13. Minuet For Me

Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy

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On September 18, 1989, “Columbia” label released “Oh Mercy”, the twenty-sixth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded February – April 1989, and was produced by Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, 12-stringguitar, organ
  • Daniel Lanois – dobro, lap steel, guitar, omnichord, mixing
  • Mason Ruffner– guitar
  • Brian Stoltz – guitar
  • Paul Synegal – guitar
  • Malcolm Burn– tambourine, keyboards, mercy keys, bass guitar, recording, mixing
  • Rockin’ Dopsie– accordion
  • Larry Jolivet – bass guitar
  • Tony Hall – bass guitar
  • Willie Green – drums
  • Daryl Johnson  – percussion
  • Cyril Neville– percussion
  • Alton Rubin, Jr. – scrub board
  • John Hart – saxophone
  • Mark Howard– mixing, studio installation
  • Greg Calbi– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Political World
  2. Where Teardrops Fall
  3. Everything Is Broken
  4. Ring Them Bells
  5. Man in the Long Black Coat
  6. Most of the Time
  7. What Good Am I?
  8. Disease of Conceit
  9. What Was It You Wanted
  10. Shooting Star

 

Guns N’ Roses: Use Your Illusion II

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On September 17, 1991, “Geffen” label released “Use Your Illusion II”, the fourth Guns N’ Roses album. It was recorded January 1990–August 1991, at “A&M Studios”; “Record Plant Studios”; “Studio 56”; “Image Recording”; “Conway Studios”, and “Metalworks Recording Studios”, and was produced by Mike Clink, Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Izzy Stradin. The album was certified 6 x Platinum in Argentina by “CAPIF”; 2 x Platinum in Austria by “IFPI Austria”; 9 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in France by “SNEP”; 2 x Platinum in Japan by “RIAJ”; Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”; 3 x Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”; Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and 7 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Axl Rose– lead and backing vocals, piano, whistling, rhythm guitar, synthesizer, drum machine
  • Slash– lead guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Izzy Stradlin – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar , sitar , additional lead guitar
  • Duff McKagan– lead and backing vocals, bass, percussion
  • Matt Sorum– drums, backing vocals
  • Dizzy Reed– keyboards, piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Howard Teman – piano
  • Steven Adler– drums
  • Johann Langlie – drums, keyboards, sound effects
  • The Waters – backing vocals
  • Shannon Hoon– backing vocals
  • Mike Clink– engineer
  • Jim Mitchell – additional engineering
  • Allen Abrahamson, Buzz Burrowes & Chris Puram – engineer assistant
  • Craig Portelis – engineer assistant
  • Ed Goodreau – engineer assistant
  • Jason Roberts – engineer assistant
  • John Aguto – engineer assistant
  • Stu Young – engineer assistant
  • Leon Granados – engineer assistant
  • Mike Douglass – engineer assistant
  • Talley Sherwood – engineer assistant
  • Bill Price– mixing
  • George Marino– mastering
  • Kevin Reagan – art direction, graphic design
  • Mark Kostabi – artwork
  • Mark Kostabi – design
  • Robert John – photography

Track listing:

  1. Civil War – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan
  2. 14 years – Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin
  3. Yesterdays – Axl Rose, West Arkeen, Del James, Billy McCloud
  4. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
  5. Get in the Ring – Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan
  6. Shotgun Blues – Axl Rose
  7. Breakdown – Axl Rose
  8. Pretty Tied Up – Izzy Stradlin
  9. Locomotive (complicity) – Axl Rose, Slash
  10. So Fine – Duff McKagan
  11. Estranged – Axl Rose
  12. You Could Be Mine – Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin
  13. Don’t Cry (Alternate lyrics) – Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin
  14. My World – Axl Rose

 

Paul Weller: Studio 150

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On September 14, 2004, “V2 Records” label released “Studio 150”, the seventh Paul Weller album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Studio 150” inn Amsterdam, and was produced by Paul Weller and Jan Kybert.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Cradock– guitar
  • Bill Newsinger – mandolin
  • Stefan Schmid – Moog synthesizer
  • Damon Minchella – bass
  • Steve “Supe” White– drums
  • Benjamin Herman – saxophone, flute, horn arrangements
  • Ray Bruinsma – trumpet
  • Jan Van Duikeren – trumpet
  • Louk Boudesteijn – trombone
  • Frans Cornelissen – tuba
  • Jan Van Duikeren – flugelhorn
  • Ray Bruinsma – flugelhorn
  • Joeri DeVente – French horn
  • Lorre Trytten – violin
  • Herman Van Haaren – violin
  • Pauline Terlow – violin
  • Sarah Koch – violin
  • Eliza Carthy– violin
  • Martin de Ruiter – violin
  • Seya Teeuwen – violin
  • Aimee Versloot – viola
  • Mieke Honingh – viola
  • Bastiaan Van Der Werf – cello
  • Petra Rosa – harp
  • Williem Friede – string arrangements
  • The Stands – backing vocals
  • Sam Leigh Brown – backing vocals
  • Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals
  • Carleen Anderson– backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. If I Could Only Be Sure – Gabriel Mekler, Nolan Porter
  2. Wishing on a Star – Billie Rae Calvin
  3. Don’t Make Promises – Tim Hardin
  4. The Bottle – Gil Scott-Heron
  5. Black Is the Colour – Traditional
  6. Close To You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  7. Early Morning Rain – Gordon Lightfoot
  8. One Way Road – Noel Gallagher
  9. Hercules – Allen Toussaint
  10. Thinking of You – Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers
  11. All Along The Watchtower – Bob Dylan
  12. Birds – Neil Young

Bob Dylan: Love And Theft

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On September 11, 2001, “Columbia” label released “Love and Theft”, the thirty-first Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in May 2001, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan). In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Love and Theft” at number 385 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. At the 44th “Annual Grammy Awards”, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan— vocals, guitar, piano, record production
  • Larry Campbell— guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin
  • Charlie Sexton— guitar
  • Augie Meyers— accordion, Hammond B3 organ, Vox organ
  • Tony Garnier— bass
  • David Kemper— drums
  • Clay Meyers —bongos
  • Chris Shaw —engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
  2. Mississippi
  3. Summer Days
  4. Bye and Bye
  5. Lonesome Day Blues
  6. Floater (Too Much to Ask)
  7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
  8. Moonlight
  9. Honest With Me
  10. Po’ Boy
  11. Cry a While
  12. Sugar baby

 

Bob Dylan: Under The Red Sky

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On September 10, 1990, “Columbia” label released “Under the Red Sky”, the twenty-seventh Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded January 1990, March–May 1990, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan) and Don Was.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, accordion, harp
  • George Harrison– slide guitar
  • Jimmie Vaughan– guitar
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan– guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel– guitar
  • Robben Ford– guitar
  • David Lindley– bouzouki, guitar, slide guitar
  • Elton John– piano
  • Bruce Hornsby– piano
  • Jamie Muhoberac– organ
  • Al Kooper– organ, keyboards
  • David McMurray – saxophone
  • Rayse Biggs – trumpet
  • Randy “The Emperor” Jackson– bass guitar
  • David Was– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Kenny Aronoff – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Sweet Pea Atkinson – backing vocals
  • Donald Ray Mitchell – backing vocals
  • Sir Harry Bowens – backing vocals
  • David Crosby – backing vocals
  • Ed Cherney – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Bosworth – engineer assistant
  • Jim Mitchell – engineer assistant
  • Brett Swain – engineer assistant
  • Steve Deutsch – engineer assistant
  • Judy Kirshner – engineer assistant
  • Marsha Burns – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Wiggle Wiggle
  2. Under the Red Sky
  3. Unbelievable
  4. Born in Time
  5. V. Talkin’ Show
  6. 000 Men
  7. 2 x 2
  8. God Knows
  9. Handy Dandy
  10. Cat’s in the Well

Tom Waits: Bone Machine

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On September 8, 1992, “Island” label released “Bone Machine”, the eleventh Tom Waits album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Prairie Sun Recording” in Cotati, California, and was produced by Tom Waits. It won “Grammy Award” for “Best Alternative Music Album”. The cover photo was taken by Jesse Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits- vocals, Chamberlin, acoustic and electric guitar, sticks,  piano, upright bass, conundrum, drums, percussion
  • Keith Richards – vocal, guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel- guitar
  • David Phillips – pedal steel guitar, steel guitar
  • Joe Gore – guitar
  • Les Claypool- electric bass
  • Larry Taylor- upright bass, guitar
  • Brain- drums
  • Kathleen Brennan- sticks
  • Ralph Carney- alto sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet
  • David Hidalgo- violin, accordion
  • Joe Marquez – sticks, banjo

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, except where noted.

  1. Earth Died Screaming – Tom Waits
  2. Dirt in the Ground
  3. Such a Scream – Tom Waits
  4. All Stripped Down – Tom Waits
  5. Who Are You
  6. The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me – Tom Waits
  7. Jesus Gonna Be Here – Tom Waits
  8. A Little Rain (for Clyde)
  9. In the Colosseum
  10. Goin’ Out West
  11. Murder in the Red Barn
  12. Black Wings
  13. Whistle Down the Wind (for Tom Jans) – Tom Waits
  14. I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
  15. Let Me Get Up on It
  16. That Feel – Tom Waits, Keith Richards