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Deep Purple: =1

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On July 19, 2024, “Earmusic/Edel AG” label released “=1”, the twenty-third Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “80A” and “Noble Street” in Toronto, “Headline” in Harston, “SMB”, “Haileywood”, “Chameleon” in Hamburg, “Ocean Way” in Nashville, and was produced by Bob Ezrin and James Paice.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan – lead and backing vocals
  • Simon McBride – guitars, additional guitar engineer
  • Don Airey – keyboards, orchestral arrangements
  • Roger Glover – bass, shaker
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Bob Ezrin – tambourine, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements
  • Nashville Music Scoring – orchestra
  • Patricia Shirley-Okujene – backing vocals
  • Camille Harrison – backing vocals
  • Alan Umstead – concertmaster
  • Nick Spezia – orchestra engineering
  • Anthony Yordanov – engineer, mixing
  • Jill Zimmermann – engineer
  • Justin Cortelyou – engineer
  • Piers Mortimer – additional keyboard engineering
  • Eike Freese – additional vocal engineering
  • Denny Meißner – additional vocal engineering
  • Michael Gnocato – engineer assistant
  • Daniel Goldade – engineer assistant
  • Jasper Terpstra – engineer assistant
  • James Paice – additional drum production and engineering
  • Bob Ezrin – mixing
  • Julian Shank – mixing
  • Robert Vosgien – mastering
  • Alan Umstead – orchestra contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Simon McBride and Bob Ezrin.

  1. Show Me
  2. A Bit on the Side
  3. Sharp Shooter
  4. Portable Door
  5. Old-Fangled Thing
  6. If I Were You
  7. Pictures of You
  8. I’m Saying Nothin’
  9. Lazy Sod
  10. Now You’re Talkin’
  11. No Money to Burn
  12. I’ll Catch You
  13. Bleeding Obvious

The Jayhawks: Smile

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On May 9, 2000, “American” label released “Smile”, the sixth Jayhawks (The) album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Flowers Studio” in Minneapolis, MN, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Gary Louris – vocals, guitar
  • Kraig Johnson – guitar
  • Karen Grotberg – vocals, keyboards
  • Marc Perlman – vocals, bass, mandolin
  • Tim O’Reagan – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Bob Ezrin – vocals, synthesizer, percussion, accordion, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Eric Heywood – dobro, pedal steel guitar
  • Patrick Seymour – synthesizer
  • Armadillo String Quartet – strings
  • Jonathan Sacks – orchestration, string arrangements
  • Joseph Bishara – programming
  • Richard Werbowenko – programming
  • Ed Ackerson – programming, engineer
  • Jay Healy – engineer, mixing
  • Ok Hee Kim – engineer assistant
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction
  • David Katzenstein – cover photography
  • Ken Schles – photography
  • Andy Wolf – studio technician

Track listing:

  1. Smile – Gary Louris
  2. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Gary Louris, Taylor Rhodes
  3. What Led Me to This Town – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Karen Grotberg, Tim O’Reagan
  4. Somewhere in Ohio – Marc Perlman, Gary Louris, Tim O’Reagan, Bob Ezrin
  5. A Break in the Clouds – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Karen Grotberg, Tim O’Reagan
  6. Queen of the World – Gary Louris, Bob Ezrin
  7. Life Floats By – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  8. Broken Harpoon – Gary Louris
  9. Pretty Thing – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  10. Mr. Wilson – Gary Louris, Tim O’Reagan
  11. (In My) Wildest Dreams – Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Bob Ezrin
  12. Better Days – Gary Louris
  13. Baby, Baby, Baby – Gary Louris

David Gilmour: About Face

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On March 5, 1984, “Harvest” label released “About Face”, the second David Gilmour studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Pathé Marconi” in Paris, “Abbey Road” in London, and was Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour – lead vocals, guitar, bass
  • Ian Kewley – Hammond organ, piano
  • Pino Palladino – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
  • Bob Ezrin – keyboards, orchestral arrangements
  • Steve Winwood – piano, Hammond organ
  • Anne Dudley – synthesizer
  • Jon Lord – synthesizer
  • Steve Rance – Fairlight CMI programming
  • Kick Horns – brass
  • Luís Jardim – percussion
  • Ray Cooper – percussion
  • Roy Harper – backing vocals
  • Sam Brown – backing vocals
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Mickey Feat – backing vocals
  • The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangements
  • Andy Jackson – engineer
  • Kit Woolven – engineer
  • Eric Tomlinson – orchestration recorder
  • James Guthrie – mixing, remastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Mike Reese – mastering
  • Storm Thorgerson (credited as STd) – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Gilmour, except where noted, all music by David Gilmour.

  1. Until We Sleep
  2. Murder
  3. Love on the Air – Pete Townshend
  4. Blue Loght
  5. Out of the Blue
  6. All Lovers are Deranged – Pete Townshend
  7. You Know I’m Right
  8. Cruise
  9. Let’s Get Metaphysical
  10. Near the End

Hollywood Vampires: Same

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On September 11, 2015, “Republic Records” label released the self-titled, debut Hollywood Vampires album. It was recorded 2012 – 2014, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Alice Cooper – lead vocals, harmonica
  • Johnny Depp – lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Joe Perry – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
  • Sir Christopher Lee – vocals
  • Brian Johnson – vocals
  • Perry Farrell – vocals, backing vocals
  • Orianthi – guitar
  • Joe Walsh – guitar
  • Robby Krieger – guitar
  • Slash – guitar
  • Sir Paul McCartney – vocals, piano, bass
  • Tommy Henriksen – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Justin Cortelyou – keyboards
  • Bob Ezrin – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Charlie Judge – keyboards
  • Bruce Witkin – bass, keyboards, guitar
  • Kip Winger – bass, backing vocals
  • Dennis Dunaway – bass
  • Zak Starkey – drums
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums, backing vocals
  • Dave Grohl – drums
  • Neal Smith – drums
  • Glen Sobel – drums

Track listing:

  1. The Last Vampire – Johnny Deepp, Bob Ezrin, Christopher Lee
  2. Raise the Dead – Johnny Depp, Bob Ezrin, Alice Cooper, Bruce Witkin, Rob Klonel
  3. My Generation – Pete Townshend
  4. Whole Lotta Love – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham. John Paul Jones
  5. I Got a Line on You – Randy California
  6. Five to One/Break on Through – Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore
  7. One/Jump into the Fire – Harry Nilsson
  8. Come and Get It – Paul McCartney
  9. Jeepster – Marc Bolan
  10. Cold Turkey – John Lennon
  11. Manic Depression – Jimi Hendrix
  12. Itchycoo Park – Steve Marriot, Ronnie Lane
  13. Schools Out/Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) – Alice Cooper, Micael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Roger Waters
  14. My Dead Drunk Friends – Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Bruce Witkin, Tommy Henriksen

Alice Cooper: Love it to Death

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On March 9, 1971, “Straight” label released “Love It to Death”, the third Alice Cooper studio album. It was recorded November – December 1970, at “RCA Mid-American Recording Center” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jack Richardson and Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Alice Cooper – vocals, harmonica
  • Glen Buxton – lead guitar
  • Michael Bruce – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Dennis Dunaway – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Neal Smith – drums, backing vocals
  • Bob Ezrin – (credited as Toronto Bob Ezrin) – keyboards
  • Brian Christian – session engineer
  • Randy Kring – mastering engineer
  • Bill Conners – recording technician
  • Jack Richardson – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Caught in a Dream – Michael Bruce
  2. I’m Eighteen – Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Glen Buxton
  3. Long Way to Go – Michael Bruce
  4. Black Juju – Dennis Dunaway
  5. Is It My Body – Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Glen Buxton
  6. Hallowed Be My Name – Neal Smith
  7. Second Coming – Alice Cooper
  8. Ballad of Dwight Fry – Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper
  9. Sun Arise – Harry Butler, Rolf Harris

Deep Purple: Turning to Crime

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On November 26, 2021, “earMusic” label released “Turning to Crime”, the twenty-second Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan – lead and backing vocals, percussion
  • Steve Morse – vocals, guitars
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Roger Glover – vocals and backing vocals, bass, additional keyboards, percussion
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Bob Ezrin – vocals and backing vocals
  • Leo Green – tenor saxophone, horns arrangement
  • Matt Holland – trumpet
  • Gina Forsyth – fiddle
  • Bruce Daigrepont – squeeze box
  • Julian Shank – percussion
  • Nicole Thalia – backing vocals
  • Marsha B. Morrison – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. 7 and 7 is – Arthur Lee
  2. Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu – Huey “Piano” Smith
  3. Oh Well – Peter Green
  4. Jenny Take a Ride! – Bob Crew
  5. Watching the River Flow – Bob Dylan
  6. Let the Good Times Roll – Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore
  7. Dixie Chicken – Lowell George, Fred Martin
  8. Shapes of Things – Jim McCarty, Keith Ralf, Paul Samwell-Smith
  9. The Battle of New Orleans – Jimmy Driftwood
  10. Lucifer – Bob Seger
  11. White Room – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
  12. Caught in the Act
  13. Going Down – Don Nix
  14. Green Onions – Booker T, Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, Al Jackson Jr.
  15. Hot Lanta – Duane Allman, Greg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson
  16. Dazed and Confused – Jake Holmes, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  17. Gimme Some Lovin’ – Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood

Deep Purple: Whoosh!

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On August 7, 2020, “earMUSIC” label released “Whoosh!”, the twenty-first Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “The Tracking Room”, “Anarchy Studios” and “Ocean Way” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Noble Street Studios” in Toronto, Canada, “Henson Recording Studios” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Ian Gillan – vocals
  • Steve Morse – guitars
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Roger Glover – bass
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Saam Hashemi – programming
  • Ayana George, Tiffany Palmer – backing vocals
  • Bob Ezrin – percussion, backing vocals, mixing
  • John Metcalf – orchestra arrangements
  • Alan Umstead – conductor
  • Julian Shank – engineer, mixing
  • Alex Krotz, Jaime Sickora – engineer
  • Zach Pepe – engineer assistant
  • Nick Spezia – orchestra recording
  • Justin Cortelyou – mixing, tracking
  • Jason Elliott, Justin Francis – mixing
  • Bryce Robertson – tracking assistant
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering
  • Jekyll & Hyde – cover art, design
  • Ben Wolf – band photography
  • Elena Saharova – landscape photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Don Airey, Roger Glover, Ian Paice and Bob Ezrin, except where noted.

  1. Throw My Bones
  2. Drop the Weapon
  3. We’re All the Same in the Dark
  4. Nothing at All
  5. No Need to Shout
  6. Step by Step
  7. What the What
  8. The Long Way Round
  9. The Power of the Moon
  10. Remission Possible
  11. Man Alive
  12. And the Address – Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord
  13. Dancing in My Sleep (bonus track)

Phish: Big Boat

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On October 7, 2016, “JEMP” label released “Big Boat”, the fourteenth Phish studio album.It was recorded March – April 2016, at “The Barn”, “Black River Studios”,  “Anarchy Studios” in Nashville, TN, “Avatar Studios” in New York City, “Slaight Music Studios” in Toronto, “Megaplum”, “The Bunker”, “Rubber Jungle” in New York, “Starstruck Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Trey Anastasio – lead vocals, guitar, Petrichor arranged and orchestrated, horn arrangements
  • Page McConnell – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Mike Gordon – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Jon Fishman – lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola
  • Chris Bullock – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
  • James Casey – tenor and baritone sax
  • Natalie Cressman – trombone
  • Jim Horn – baritone sax
  • Steve Herrman – trumpet
  • Jennifer Hartswick – trumpet
  • Scott Dujac – trumpet
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Tyler Summers – alto sax
  • Denis Solee – tenor sax
  • Jeff Tanski – additional keyboards
  • Andres Forero – percussion, horn arrangements
  • Leon Pendarvis – horn arrangements
  • Justin Cortelyou, Ben Collette – engineer
  • Drew Bollman, Bryce Roberts, Elliot Scheiner, Jared Slomoff – additional engineering
  • Justin Francis, Tyler Hartman – assistant engineer
  • Justin Cortelyou, Bob Ezrin – mixing
  • Ben Collette, Elliot Scheiner – additional mixing
  • Julia Mordaunt – art direction, design
  • Ryan Corey – layout

Track listing:

  1. Friends – Jon Fishman
  2. Breath and Burning – Trey Anastasio
  3. Home – Page McConnell
  4. Blaze on – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  5. Tide Turns – Trey Anastasio
  6. Things People Do – Page McConnell
  7. Waking Up Dead – Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski
  8. Running Out of Time – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  9. No Men in No Man’ s Land – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  10. Miss You – Trey Anastasio
  11. I Always Wanted It This Way – Page McConnell
  12. More – Trey Anastasio
  13. Petrichor – Trey Anastasio

Alice Cooper: Alice Cooper Goes to Hell

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On June 25, 1976, “Warner Bros” label released “Alice Cooper Goes to Hell”, the second Alice Cooper album. It was recorded in 1076, at “Soundstage” in Toronto, “Record Plant East” in New York City, “RCA Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Alice Cooper – vocals
  • Dick Wagner– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Steve Hunter– guitar
  • Tony Levin– bass
  • Bob Babbitt– bass
  • Allan Schwartzberg– drums
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Jimmy Maelen– percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner and Bob Ezrin.

  1. Go to Hell
  2. You Gotta Dance
  3. I’m the Coolest
  4. Didn’t We Meet
  5. I Never Cry
  6. Give the Kid a Break
  7. Guilty
  8. Wake Me Gently
  9. Wish You Were Here
  10. I’m Always Chasing Records
  11. Going Home

Alice Cooper: Killer

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On November 27, 1971, “Warner Bros” label released “Killer”, the fourth Alice Cooper album. It was recorded in 1971, at “RCA Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Alice Cooper– vocals, harmonica
  • Glen Buxton– lead guitar
  • Michael Bruce– rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Rick Derringer– additional guitar
  • Bob Ezrin– keyboards
  • Dennis Dunaway– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Neal Smith– drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Under My Wheels – Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Ezrin
  2. Be My Lover – Michael Bruce
  3. Halo of Flies – Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Neal Smith
  4. Desperado – Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce
  5. You Drive Me Nervous – Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Bob Ezrin
  6. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah – Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce
  7. Dead Babies – Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Bruce Dunaway, Neil Smith
  8. Killer – Michael Bruce, Bruce Dunaway