On June 29, 2018, “ATO Records” label released “Uniform Distortion”, the third Jim James studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “La La Land Studios” in Louisville, Kentucky, and was produced by Kevin Ratterman and Jim James.
Personnel:
Jim James – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, mixing
On June 2, 2023, “BMG” label released “Folkocracy”, the eleventh Rufus Wainwright album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.
Personnel:
Rufus Wainwright – vocals, guitar, piano
Val McCallum – guitar
Madison Cunningham – guitar
Blake Mills – guitar
Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, guitar, mandolin
Patrick Sauber – banjo
Chaim Tannenbaum – banjo
Richard Parks – mandolin
Steve Amedée – tambourine
Patrick Warren – organ
Van Dyke Parks – piano, accordion
Jacob Mann – piano
Mitchell Froom – harpsichord, Mellotron, piano, electric piano
Anna McGarrigle – accordion
David Piltch – bass
Pete Thomas – drums
Ted Poor – percussion
Andrew Bird – violin
Madison Cunningham
John Legend
Susanna Hoffs
Nicole Scherzinger
Van Dyke Parks
Chris Stills
Brandi Carlile
Anna McGarrigle
Chaim Tannenbaum
Lily Lanken
Martha Wainwright
Lucy Wainwright Roche
Anohni
David Byrne
Chaka Khan
Andrew Bird
Chris Stills
Sheryl Crow
Rob Moose – strings, arrangement
David Boucher – engineer, mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
Alone – Edwan MacColl
Heading for Home – Peggy Seeger
Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) – John E. A Phillips
Down in the Willow Garden – Charlie Monroe
Shenandoah – traditional
Nacht und Träume – Franz Schubert, Matthäus von Collin
Harvest – Neil Young
Going to a Town – Rufus Wainwright
High on a Rocky Ledge – Louis Hardin
Kaulana Nā Pua – Ellen Keho’ohiwaokalani Wright Prendergast
On June 1, 1982, “Rolling Stones” label released “Still Life” (American Concert 1981), the fourth Rolling Stones (The) live album. It was recorded November – December 1981, March – April 1982, and was produced by Glimmer Twins.
Personnel:
Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitar
Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals
Ronnie Wood – guitar, backing vocals
Bill Wyman – bass guitar
Charlie Watts – drums
Ian Stewart – piano
Ian McLagan – keyboards
Ernie Watts – saxophone
Bob Clearmountain – recording
David Hewitt – recording
Bob Clearmountain – mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Kazuhide Yamazaki – cover painting
Track listing:
All tracks by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
Intro: Take the ‘A’ Train – Billy Strayhorn
Under My Thumb
Let’s Spend the Night Together
Shattered
Twenty Flight Rock – Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild
Going to a Go-Go – William Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin
Let Me Go
Time Is on My Side – Norman Meade
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) – Norman Whitfield, Berrett Strong
Start Me Up
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
Outro: Star Spangled Banner – traditional, arranged by Jimi Hendrix
On April 17, 2015, “ATO Records” label released “Sound & Color”, the second Alabama Shakes studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Blake Mills, Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Zoe Cockrell and Steve Johnson.
Personnel:
Brittany Howard − vocals, guitar, vibraphone, percussion, keyboards, string arrangements
Heath Fogg − guitar, percussion
Zac Cockrell − bass, percussion
Steve Johnson − drums, percussion
Blake Mills – guitar, percussion, vibraphone
Ben Tanner − keyboards, vibraphone, percussion
Paul Horton – keyboards
Rob Moose − string arrangements
Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
Bob Ludwig − mastering
Track listing:
All lyrics by by Brittany Howard except where noted, all music by Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Zoe Cockrell and Steve Johnson.
Sound & Color
Don’t Wanna Fight
Dunes
Future People – lyrics by Brittany Howard, Blake Mills
Gimme All Your Love
This Feeling
Guess Who – lyrics by Brittany Howard, Blake Mills
On April 14, 2023, “J&R Adventures” label released “Tales of Time”, the 18th Joe Bonamassa live album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Red Rocks Amphitheatre” in Morrison, Colorado, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.
Personnel:
Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar, theremin, liner notes
On April 12, 2024. “British Grove” and “EMI” labels released “One Deep River”, the tenth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.
Personnel:
Mark Knopfler – lead vocals, electric guitar
Richard Bennett –, acoustic and electric guitar, bouzouki
Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel
Guy Fletcher – synthesizer, Mellotron, harmonium
Jim Cox – digital piano, piano, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ
In March 1993, “Reprise” label released “Mercury”, the sixth American Music Club studio album. It was recorded November – December 1992, at “Sunset Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Mitchell From.
Personnel:
Mark Eitzel – vocal, guitar
Vudi – guitar
Bruce Kaphan – pedal steel
Daniel Pearson – bass
Tim Mooney – drums
Tchad Blake – engineer, mixing
John Paterno – engineer assistant, additional engineering
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Jeff Gold – art direction
Tom Recchion – art direction, design
Bobby Neal Adams – cover and inlay photography
Ralf Strathmann – other photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Mark Eitzel.
Gratitude Walks
If I Had a Hammer
Challenger
I’ve Been a Mess
Hollywood 4-5-92
What Godzilla Said to God When His Name Wasn’t Found in the Book of Life
On March 29, 1999, “Virgin” label released “Dead Bees on a Cake”, the fifth David Sylvian studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Right Track Studios” in New York, “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, “Sound House Studio” in Seattle, “Atma Sound” in Minneapolis, “Seedy Underbelly” in Minneapolis, “Synergy Studio” in Napa, California, and was produced by David Sylvian.
Personnel:
David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drum programming, samples, string arrangements, art director, additional engineering, mixing
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Fender Rhodes, orchestrations and string arrangements, brass arrangements, sampled guitar and bansuri, insects
Tommy Barbarella – Fender Rhodes
Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar
Bill Frisell – dobro, acoustic guitar
Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
Lawrence Feldman – flute
Deepak Ram – bansuri
John Giblin – bass
Chris Minh Doky – double bass
Steve Jansen – percussion, loops, cymbals
Ged Lynch – original drum track, drums
Skoota Warner – original drum track, drums
Talvin Singh – tabla and percussion
Steve Tibbetts – gong
Ingrid Chavez – vocals
Shree Maa – vocals
Dave Kent – engineer, mixing, studio maintenance
Jacquie Turner – engineer assistant
Matt Curry – engineer assistant
Scott Crane – engineer assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Yuka Fujii – art director, artwork co-ordinator
Shinya Fujiwara – drawings
Anton Corbijn – photography
Ingrid Chavez – inlay portrait
Russell Mills – design (shed)
Michael Webster – design assistance (storm)
Track listing:
All tracks by David Sylvian, except as noted.
I Surrender
Dobro #1 – David Sylvian, Bill Frisell
Midnight Sun – David Sylvian, Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams
Thalheim
God Man
Alphabet Angel
Krishna Blue
The Shining of Things
Café Europa
Pollen Path
All of My Mother’s Names (Summers with Amma)
Wanderlust
Praise (Pratah Smarami) – Shree Maa, David Sylvian
Darkest Dreaming – David Sylvian, Djivan Gasparyan
On March 25, 1970, “Polydor” and “Track” labels released “Band of Gypsys”, album by Jimi Hendrix and Band of Gypsys. It was recorded in January 1970, at “Filmore East” in New York City, and was produced by Heaven Research (Jimi Hendrix). In 2018, Band of Gypsys album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”, On June 23, 2019, the Band of Gypsys were inducted into the “Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
Jimi Hendrix – vocals, guitar, liner notes
Billy Cox – vocals, bass
Buddy Miles – vocals, drums
Wally Heider – live recording engineer
Eddie Kramer – studio mixing engineer
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Victor Kahn – design
Jan Blom – photography
Track listing:
All tracks Jimi Hendrix, except, except where noted.
Who Knows
Machine Gun
Changes – Buddy Miles
Power to Love
Message of Love
We Gotta Live Together – Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman
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