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the White Stripes: Same

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On June 15, 1999, “Sympathy for the Record Industry” label released the self-titled, debut White Stripes album. It was recorded January 1999, at “Ghetto Recorders” and “Third Man Studios” in Detroit, and was produced by Jack White and Jim Diamond.

Personnel:

  • Jack White– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Meg White– drums
  • Johnny Walker– slide guitar
  • Jim Diamond– engineer
  • Ko Melina Zydeko – photography
  • Heather White – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White, except where noted

  1. Jimmy the Exploder
  2. Stop Breaking Down – Robert Johnson
  3. The Big Three Killed My Baby
  4. Suzy Lee
  5. Sugar Never Tasted So Good
  6. Wasting My Time
  7. Cannon -Influenced by Son House
  8. Astro
  9. Broken Bricks – Jack White, Stephen Gills
  10. When I Hear My Name
  11. Do
  12. Screwdriver
  13. One More Cup of Coffee – Bob Dylan
  14. Little people
  15. Slicker Drips
  16. James Infirmary Blues – traditional
  17. I Fought Piranhas

Bob Dylan: Street Legal

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On June 15, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Street Legal”, the  eighteenth Bob Dylan studio. It was recorded April – May 1978, at “Rundown Studios” in Santa Monica, and was produced by Don DeVito.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– lead vocals, rhythm electric guitar
  • Billy Cross– lead electric guitar
  • Steven Soles– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Alan Pasqua– keyboards
  • Jerry Scheff– bass guitar
  • Ian Wallace– drums
  • Bobbye Hall– percussion
  • Steve Douglas– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • David Mansfield– violin, mandolin
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals
  • Helena Springs – backing vocals
  • Biff Dawes – engineer
  • Filmways/Heider – recording
  • Stan Kalina – mastering

Track liating:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Changing of the Guards
  2. New Pony
  3. No Time to Think
  4. Baby, Stop Crying
  5. Is Your Love in Vain
  6. Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)
  7. True Love Tends to Forget
  8. We Better Talk This Over
  9. Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)

Manfred Mann’s Band: Messin

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On June 15, 1973, “Vertigo” label released “Messin’”, the third Manfred Mann’s Earth Band album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Maximum Sound Studios” in London, and was produced by Manfred Mann.

Personnel:

  • Manfred Mann- synthesiser, organ
  • Mick Rogers – vocals, guitar
  • Colin Pattenden- bass guitar
  • Chris Slade- drums
  • Laurie Baker – Machines and Zoo
  • Liza Strike – backing vocals
  • Vicki Brown- backing vocals
  • Judith Powell – backing vocals
  • Ruby James – backing vocals
  • John Edwards, Laurence Latham– engineer
  • Peter Hignett – sleeve concept
  • Peter Goodfellow – illustration

Track listing:

  1. Messin’ – Mike Hugg
  2. Buddah – Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers
  3. Cloudy Eyes – Manfred Mann
  4. Get Your Rocks Off – Bob Dylan
  5. Sadjoy – Manfred Mann
  6. Black and Blue – Chain: Barry Sullivan, Matt Taylor, Phil Manning, Barry Harvey
  7. Mardi Grass Day – Dr John Creaux

Bob Dylan: Empire Burlesque

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On June 10, 1985, “Columbia” label released “Empire Burlesque”, the twenty-third Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded July 1984 – March 1985, and was produced by Bob Dylan.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonica
  • Ronnie Wood– guitar
  • Mick Taylor– guitar
  • Ira Ingber – guitar
  • Sid McGinnis– guitar
  • Ted Perlman – guitar
  • Mike Campbell– guitar
  • Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
  • Al Kooper– rhythm guitar
  • Benmont Tench– keyboards, piano, organ
  • Alan Clark– synthesizer
  • Vince Melamed – synthesizer
  • Richard Scher – synthesizer, synth horns
  • Howie Epstein– bass guitar
  • John Paris – bass guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass guitar
  • Bob Glaub– bass guitar
  • Sly Dunbar– drums
  • Anton Fig– drums
  • Don Heffington – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • David Watson – saxophone
  • Chops – horns
  • Urban Blight Horns – horns
  • Madelyn Quebec – vocals
  • Queen Esther Marrow – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Peggie Blu– backing vocals
  • Debra Byrd – backing vocals
  • Josh Abbey – recording, engineer
  • George Tutko – engineer
  • Judy Feltus – engineer
  • Arthur Baker– mixing
  • Nick Egan– design
  • Ken Regan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
  2. Seeing the Real You at Last
  3. I’ll Remember You
  4. Clean Cut Kid
  5. Never Gonna Be the Same Again
  6. Trust Yourself
  7. Emotionally Yours
  8. When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
  9. Something’s Burning, Baby
  10. Dark Eyes

Bob Dylan: Self Portrait

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On June 8, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Self Portrait”, the tenth Bob Dylan studio album.  It was recorded April 1969 – March 1970, and was produced by Bob Johnston. “Self Portrait” features both cover versions of pop and folk songs and original compositions.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Charlie McCoy – guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, vibes
  • Norman Blake– guitar
  • Fred Carter, Jr. – guitar
  • Fred Foster– guitar
  • Bubba Fowler– guitar
  • Robbie Robertson – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Osborn – guitar, bass guitar
  • Al Kooper – guitar, horn, keyboards
  • David Bromberg– guitar, dobro, bass guitar
  • Ron Cornelius– guitar
  • Pete Drake– steel guitar
  • Bob Wilson – organ, piano
  • Bill Pursell – piano
  • Richard Manuel – vocals, piano
  • Garth Hudson– keyboards
  • Charlie Daniels– bass guitar, guitar
  • Rick Danko– bass guitar, vocals
  • Bob Moore – bass guitar
  • Stu Woods – bass guitar
  • Levon Helm– vocals, mandolin, drums
  • Kenneth A. Buttrey– drums, percussion
  • Al Rogers – drums
  • Albert Wynn Butler – clarinet, saxophone
  • Freddie Hill – trumpet
  • Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
  • Karl Himmel – clarinet, saxophone, trombone
  • Dennis Good – trombone
  • Rex Peer – trombone
  • Frank Smith – trombone
  • Gene A. Mullins – baritone horn
  • Emanuel Green – violin
  • Lilian Hunt – violin
  • Martin Katahn – violin
  • Doug Kershaw – violin
  • Sheldon Kurland – violin
  • Barry McDonald – violin
  • Brenton Banks – violin
  • George Binkley III – violin
  • Solie Fott – violin, viola
  • Marvin Chantry – viola
  • Gary Van Osdale – viola
  • Byron Bach – cello
  • Martha McCrory – cello
  • Delores Edgin – vocals
  • Hilda Harris – vocals
  • Carol Montgomery – vocals
  • June Page – vocals
  • Albertine Robinson – vocals
  • Maretha Stewart – vocals
  • Bill Walker – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. All the Tired Horses – Bob Dylan
  2. Alberta #1 – Bob Dylan
  3. I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know – Cecil A. Null
  4. Days of 49 – Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Frank Warner
  5. Early Morning Rain – Gordon Lightfoot
  6. In Search of Little Sadie – traditional
  7. Let It Be Me – Gilbert Becaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoe
  8. Woogie Boogie – Bob Dylan
  9. Belle Isle – traditional
  10. Living the Blues – Bob Dylan
  11. Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan (recorded live August 31, 1969, at the “Isle of Wight Festival”)
  12. Cooper Kettle – Alfred Frank Beddoe
  13. Gotta Travel On – Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar, Tom Six
  14. Blue Moon – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  15. The Boxer – Paul Simon
  16. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) – Bob Dylan (recorded live August 31, 1969 at the “Isle of Wight Festival”)
  17. Take Me as I Am (Or let Me Go) – Boudleaux Bryant
  18. Take a Message to Mary – Felice Brtant, Boudleaux Bryant
  19. It Hurts me Too – traditional
  20. Minstrel Boy –Bob Dylan (recorded live August 31, 1969 at the “Isle of Wight Festival”)
  21. She Belongs to Me – Bob Dylan (recorded live August 31, 1969 at the” Isle of Wight Festival”)
  22. Wigwam – Bob Dylan
  23. Alberta # 2 – Bob Dylan

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The First Born Is Dead

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On June 3, 1985, “Mute” label released “The Firstborn Is Dead”, the second Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded November – December 1984, at “Hansa Studios, in Berlin,and was produced by Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Barry Adamson, Mick Harvey and Flood.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave– lead vocals, harmonica
  • Blixa Bargeld- guitar, slide guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Barry Adamson- bass, guitar, organ, drums, backing vocals
  • Mick Harvey– drums, guitar, organ, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Julia Heinglein – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave, except where noted.

  1. Tupelo – Barry Adamson, Mick Harvey
  2. Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree – Mick Harvey
  3. Train Long-Suffering –  Nick Cave
  4. Black Crow King – Blixa Bargeld, NickCave
  5. Knockin’ on Joe –  Nick Cave
  6. Wanted Man – Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash
  7. Blind Lemon Jefferson – Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld, Mick Harvey, Nick Cave

Bob Dylan: Down In The Groove

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On May 30, 1988, “Columbia” label released “Down in the Groove”, the twenty-fifth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded 1983–1987, and was produced by Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Jerry Garcia– vocals
  • Brent Mydland– vocals
  • Bob Weir– vocals
  • Mark Knopfler – guitar
  • Eric Clapton– guitar
  • Steve Jones– guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar– guitar
  • Mitchell Froom– keyboards
  • Alan Clark– keyboards
  • Beau Hill – keyboards
  • Madelyn Quebec – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Randy “The Emperor” Jackson– bass guitar
  • Nathan East– bass guitar
  • Kip Winger– bass guitar
  • Ronnie Wood– bass guitar
  • Larry Klein– bass guitar
  • Paul Simonon– bass guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare– bass guitar
  • Stephen Shelton – drums, keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • Michael Baird– drums
  • Sly Dunbar– drums
  • Steve Jordan– drums
  • Henry Spinetti– drums
  • Full Force – backing vocals
  • Peggie Blu– backging vocals
  • Alexandra Brown – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
  • Willie Green, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Bobby King– backing vocals
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Pamela Quinlan – backing vocals
  • Coke Johnson – engineer
  • Mike Kloster – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Musel – engineer assistant
  • Jim Preziosi – engineer assistant
  • Brian Saucy – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Let’s Stick Together – Wilbert Harrison
  2. When Did You Leave Heaven? – Walter Bullock, Richard Whiting
  3. Sally Sue Brown – Arthur June Alexander, Earl Montgomery, Tom Stafford
  4. Death Is Not the End – Bob Dylan
  5. Had a Dream About You, Baby – Bob Dylan
  6. Ugliest Girl in the World – Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter
  7. Silvio – Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter
  8. Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street) – Hal Blair, Don Robertson
  9. Shenandoah – traditional, arr. by Bob Dylan
  10. Rank Strangers to Me – Albert E. Brumley

Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

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On May 27, 1963, “Columbia” label released “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”, the second Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded 1962 – 1963 at “Columbia Records Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by John Hammond and Tom Wilson. The album contains thirteen songs; eleven of them are Dylan’s original compositions. The album features some of Dylan’s best known songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind”, which became an anthem of the 1960s, and “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” at number 97 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Howie Collins – guitar
  • Bruce Langhorne– guitar
  • Dick Wellstood– piano
  • Leonard Gaskin– bass guitar
  • Herb Lovelle– drums
  • Don Hustein – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing

All tracks by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

  1. Blowin’ in the Wind
  2. Girl From the North Country
  3. Masters of War
  4. Down the Highway
  5. Bob Dylan’s Blues
  6. A Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall
  7. Don’t Think Twice, it’s Alright
  8. Bob Dylan’s Dream
  9. Oxford Town
  10. Talkin’ World War III Blues
  11. Corina, Corina – traditional
  12. Honey, Just Allow Me Just One More Chance – Bob Dylan, Henry Thomas
  13. I Shall Be Free

Joe Cocker: Sheffield Steel

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On May 22, 1982, “Island” label released “Sheffield Steel”, the eighth Joe Cocker studio album.It was recorded at “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, Bahamas,  and was produced by Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin.

Personnel:

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals
  • Adrian Belew,Barry Reynolds, Mikey Chung – guitars
  • Wally Badarou – keyboards
  • Robbie Shakespeare – bass
  • Sly Dunbar – drums
  • Uziah “Sticky” Thompson – percussion
  • Robert Palmer,Jimmy Cliff – backing vocals
  • Ted Jensen– mastering

Track listing:

  1. Look What You’ve Done – Leo Nocentelli
  2. Shocked – Ira Ingber, Greg Sutton
  3. Sweet Little Woman – Andy Fraser
  4. Seven Days – Bob Dylan
  5. Marie – Randy Newman
  6. Ruby Lee – Bill Withers, Melvin Dunlap
  7. Many Rivers to Cross – Jimmy Cliff
  8. So Good, So Right – Brenda Russell
  9. Talking Back to the Night – Steve Winwood, Will Jennings
  10. Just Like Always – Jimmy Webb

Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde

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On May 16, 1966, “Columbia” label released “Blonde on Blonde”, the seventh Bob Dylan studio. It was recorded October 5, 1965; November 30, 1965; and January 25, 1966, at “Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios” in New York; February 14–17 and March 8–10, 1966, at “Columbia Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Bob Johnston. “Blonde on Blonde” completed Dylan’s trilogy of albums that he recorded in 1965 and 1966 (Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited).  In 1974, “NME” magazine ranked “Blonde on Blonde” at number 2 on its list of “The Greatest Albums of All Time”. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 9 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personne

  • Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Jerry Kennedy– guitar
  • Wayne Moss– vocals, guitar
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano, keyboards
  • Robbie Robertson– vocals, guitar
  • Al Kooper– organ, guitar
  • Bill Aikins– keyboards
  • Paul Griffin– piano
  • Charlie McCoy– bass guitar, guitar, harmonica, trumpet
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
  • Joe South– bass guitar, guitar
  • Rick Dankoor Bill Lee – bass guitar
  • Kenneth Buttrey– drums
  • Bobby Gregg– drums
  • Wayne Butler– trombone

Track listing

All tracks by Bob Dylan

  1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
  2. Pledging My Time
  3. Visions of Johanna
  4. One of us Must Know
  5. Most Likely You Go Away
  6. Temporary Like Achilles
  7. Absolutely Sweet Marie
  8. 4thAround
  9. Obviously 5 Believers