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Kraftwerk: Minimum – Maximum

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On June 6, 2005, “Kling Klang” label released “Minimum-Maximum”, the first Kraftwerk live album. It was recorded in 2004, on concerts in Warsaw, Ljubljana, Moscow, Berlin, London, Budapest, Tallinn, Riga, Tokyo, and San Francisco, and was produced by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.

Personnel:

  • Ralf Hütter – vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing
  • Florian Schneider – supplementary vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing
  • Henning Schmitz – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer
  • Fritz Hilpert – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Man-Machine – Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter
  2. Planet of Visions – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  3. Tour de France (Étape 1) – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Florian Schneider
  4. Chrono – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Maxime Schmitt
  5. Tour de France (Étape 2) – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Florian Schneider
  6. Vitamin – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter
  7. Tour de France – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Florian Schneider
  8. Autobahn – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult
  9. The Model – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult
  10. Neon Lights – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  11. Radioactivity – Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult
  12. Trans – Europe Express – Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult
  13. Metal on Metal – Ralf Hütter
  14. Numbers – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  15. Computer World – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  16. Home Computer – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  17. Pocket Calculator – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  18. Dentaku – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  19. The Robots – Karl Bartos, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
  20. Elektro Kardiogramm – Fritz Hilpert, Ralf Hütter
  21. Aéro Dynamik – Fritz Hilpert, Ralph Hütter, Florian Schneider, Maxime Schmitt
  22. Musique Non-Stop – Karl Bartos, Ralph Hütter, Florian Schneider

Heart: Beautiful Broken

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On July 8, 2016, “Concord” label released “Beautiful Broken”, the sixteenth Heart studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Tom Tom” in Budapest, Hungary, and was produced by Dan Rothchild and Nancy Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals, autoharp
  • Nancy Wilson – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bowed acoustic guitar, marxophone, autoharp, handclaps, whispers 
  • Ben Smith – drums, percussion, claps, snaps
  • Craig Bartock – acoustic and electric guitars, 12-string acoustic guitar,  percussive guitar, claps, snaps, backing vocals
  • Chris Joyner – synthesizers, piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, field organ, nylon-string guitar 
  • Dan Rothchild – bass, Moog bass, upright bass, additional synthesizer, Hammond B3, additional piano, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, textures, handclaps
  • James Hetfield – lead and backing vocals
  • Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement
  • Hungarian Studio Orchestra – strings
  • Péter Illényi – conducting
  • Péter Kanyurszky – concertmaster
  • Ken Sluiter – additional textures, claps, snaps
  • Billy Mims – claps, snaps
  • Dwight Mikkelsen – copyist
  • Ken Sluiter – engineering, mixing
  • Bill Mims – additional engineering
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Gentry Studer – mastering engineering assistance
  • Chris Claypool – engineering assistance
  • Geoff Neal – engineering assistance
  • Greg Fidelman – additional engineering
  • Kurina Tamás – strings recording engineering
  • Brian McGuffey – artwork
  • Nancy Wilson – art direction
  • Anna Knowlden – photography
  • Dan Rothchild – photography

Track listing:

  1. Beautiful Version – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Ben Mink, James Alan Hetfield
  2. Two – Shafer “Ne-Yo” Smith, Jesse “Corporal” Wilson, Adam “Royal Z’ Waldman
  3. Sweet Darlin – Ann Wilson
  4. I Jump – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Dan Rothchild
  5. Johnny Moon – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  6. Heaven – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  7. City’s Burning – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  8. Down on Me – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
  9. One Word – Nancy Wilson
  10. Language of Love – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis

Locomotiv GT: Same

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locomotiv-gt

In December 1971, “Pepita” label released the debut, self titled Locomotiv GT album. It was recorded in 1971, in Budapest, Hungary.

  • Gábor Presser– vocals, organ, piano, vibraphone
  • Tamás Barta– guitars
  • Károly Frenreisz– vocals, Fender bass, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, guitar
  • József Laux– drums, percussion
  • Attila Fülöp – engineer
  • Tamás Féner – photos
  • Miklós Mester – cover art
  • Dóra Antal – executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Anna Adamis.

  1. Egy dal azokért, akik nincsenek itt – Gábor Presser
  2. A Napba öltözött lány – Károly Frenreisz
  3. A kötéltáncos álma -Tamás Barta
  4. A tengelykezű félember – Gábor Presser
  5. Hej, én szólok hozzád – Gábor Presser
  6. Ezüst nyár – Gábor Presser
  7. Ordító arcok – Tamás Barta
  8. Sose mondd a mamának – Károly Frenreis
  9. Nem nekem való – Károly Frenreisz
  10. Royal blues (Gipszeld be a kezed) – Tamás Barta

Arcade Fire: Neon Bible

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Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

On March 5, 2007, “Merge” label released”Neon Bible”, the second Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded in 2006 in Farnham, New York, Budapest, and London, and was produced by Markus Dravs, Will Butler, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury. “Neon Bible” was ranked at number four in the“NME” albums of the year list, fourth in magazine “Rolling Stone’s” list of albums of the year and album of the year of magazine “Q” for 2007. The album won the 2008 “Juno Award” for “Alternative Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Will Butler- vocals, keyboards, guitar, glockenspiel, bass, omnichord
  • Win Butler- vocals, bass, mandolin, acoustic guitar, keyboards, electric guitar
  • Régine Chassagne – vocals, accordion, hurdy gurdy, drums, keyboards, glockenspiel, orchetral arrangements
  • Tim Kingsbury – vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar, celesta
  • Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion, keyboards
  • Sarah Neufeld – vocals, violin
  • Richard Reed Parry – vocals, guitar, double bass, keyboards, celesta
  • Mélanie Auclair – cello
  • Hadji Bakara – effects
  • Owen Pallett– violin, orchestral arrangements
  • Liza Rey – harp
  • Marika Anthony Shaw– viola
  • Pietro Amato, Edith Gruber, Margaret Gundara, Jake Henry, Laurent Ménard, Geoffrey Shoesmith, Colin Stetson, Andreas Stoltzfus, Jacob Valenzuela, Martin Wenk – brass
  • Shauna Callender, Joanne Degand, Chantel Gero, Tasha Gero, Jean Sherwood – vocals
  • Peter F. Drucker – choir conductor
  • István Silló – orchestra conductor
  • Tracy Maurice – director, artwork, package design
  • François Miron– photography director
  • Christophe Collette – photography
  • Renata Morales – costume design

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Butler, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury.

  1. Black Mirror
  2. Keep the Car Running
  3. Neon Bible
  4. Intervention
  5. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
  6. Ocean of Noise\
  7. The Well and the Lighthouse
  8. Antichrist Television Blues
  9. Windowsill
  10. No Cars Go
  11. My Body Is a Cage