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George Benson: Give Me The Night

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On August 9, 1980, “Qwest Records” label released “Give Me The Night”, the 18th George Benson album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Kendun Recorders” in Burbank,  and “Cherokee Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones. in 1981 Benson won “Grammy Awards” for “Best Male R&B Vocal Performance”, the track “Moody’s Mood” won “Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male” and track “Off Broadway” won “Best R&B Instrumental Performance”. Quincy Jones and Jerry Hey also won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Instrumental Arrangement” for the song “Dinorah, Dinorah”. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • George Benson– lead and backing vocals, guitar and lead guitar, scat
  • Patti Austin – lead and backing vocals
  • Lee Ritenour– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Greg Phillinganes– keyboards, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
  • Michael Boddicker– synthesizer
  • Richard Tee– synthesizer bass, electric piano, synthesizer
  • Herbie Hancock– synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
  • Clare Fischer– Yamaha CS30, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes
  • George Duke– keyboards
  • Louis Johnson, Abe Laboriel– bass guitar
  • John Robinson, Carlos Vega – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa– percussion
  • Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams– saxophone, flute
  • Jerry Hey– trumpet
  • Marty Paich– string arrangements, conductor
  • Sid Sharp – concertmaster
  • Jim Gilstrap, Diva Gray, Jocelyn Allen, Tom Bahler– backing vocals
  • Bruce Swedien – recording, mixing
  • Sheridan Eldridge, Ralph Osbourne, Mark Sackett – engineer assistant
  • Jim Sintetos, Kent Duncan – mastering
  • Quincy Jones – liner notes
  • Richard Seireeni – art direction
  • Paul Jasmin – illustration
  • Norman Seeff – cover photography
  • Peter Brill – sleeve photography
  • Anderson Typographics – typohraphics

Track listing:

All tracks by Rod Temperton except where noted.

  1. Love X Love
  2. Off Broadway
  3. Moody’s Mood – Eddie Jefferson, James Moody
  4. Give Me the Night
  5. What’s On Your Mind – Glen Ballard, Kerry Chater
  6. Dinorah, Dinorah – Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins
  7. Love Dance – ivan Lins, Gilson Peranzzetta, Paul Williams
  8. Star of a Story (X)
  9. Midnight Love Affair – David “Hawk” Wolinski
  10. Turn Out the Lamplight

Biffy Clyro: Ellipsis

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On July 8, 2016, “14th Floor” label released “Ellipsis”, the seventh Biffy Clyro studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Eldorado Recording Studios” in Burbank, California and “Foxy Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Rich Costey, Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Simon Neil– lead vocals, guitars
  • James Johnston– bass, backing vocals
  • Ben Johnston– drums, backing vocals, percussion
  • Rich Costey– additional editing
  • James Rushent – programming, additional production
  • John Feldmann – recording, additional production
  • Martin Cooke – engineer
  • Nicolas Fournier – engineer
  • Mario Borgatta – engineer assistant
  • Allie Snow – engineer assistant
  • Zach Tuch – engineer assistant
  • Zak Corvine – additional engineering
  • Matt Pauling – additional engineering
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Jeremy Lubsey – mastering assistant
  • Ian Sefchick – vinyl mastering
  • Matt & Dan – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Neil except where noted.

  1. Wolves of Winter
  2. Friends and Enemies
  3. Animal Style – Simon Neil, John Feldmann
  4. Re-Arrange
  5. Herex
  6. Medicine
  7. Flammable – Simon Neil, busbee
  8. On a Bang
  9. Small Wishes
  10. Howl – Simon Neil, Gary Lightbody, Johnny McDaid
  11. People

James Taylor: In The Pocket

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In June 1976, “Warner Bros” label released “In the Pocket”, the seventh James Taylor studio album. It was recorded 1975 – 1976, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “The Burbank Studios” in Burbank, and was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Stevie Wonder- vocals, harmonica
  • David Crosby- vocals
  • Art Garfunkel- vocals
  • Graham Nash- vocals
  • Bonnie Raitt- vocals
  • Carter Robertson – vocals
  • Linda Ronstadt- vocals
  • Carly Simon – vocals
  • Alex Taylor – vocals
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar – electric guitar, mandolin
  • Herb Pedersen – vocals, banjo
  • David Grisman- mandolin, mandocello
  • David Lindley- dobro
  • Malcolm Cecil- Moog synthesizer
  • Clarence McDonald- Hammond organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes electric piano, horn organ
  • Nick DeCaro – voice, organ, horn organ,  accordion, ARP String Ensemble synthesizer, string and horn arrangements,
  • Craig Doerge- keyboards
  • Red Callender- double bass, tuba
  • Lee Sklar- bass
  • Willie Weeks- bass
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Russ Kunkel- drums, percussion
  • Victor Feldman- percussion, marimba, bass marimba, vibraphone, orchestra bells
  • Bobbye Hall- bongos, shaker, triangle
  • Milt Holland- chimes, wind chimes
  • Kenny Watson – cimbalom
  • Ernie Watts- saxophone
  • Michael Brecker- saxophone
  • George Bohanon- trombone
  • Oscar Brashear- trumpet
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Gayle Levant – harp

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor except where noted.

  1. Shower the People
  2. A Junkie’s Lament
  3. Money Machine
  4. Slow Burning Love
  5. Everybody Has the Blues
  6. Daddy’s All Gone
  7. Woman’s Gotta Have It – Bobby Womack, Darryl Carter, Linda Cooke Womack
  8. Captain Jim’s Drunken Dream
  9. Don’t Be Sad ‘Cause Your Sun Is Down – James Taylor, Stevie Wonder
  10. Nothing Like a Hundred Miles
  11. Family Man
  12. Golden Moments

 

Dave Navaro: Trust No One

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On June 19, 2001, “Capitol” label released “Trust No One”, the debut Dave Navarro solo album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Mad Hatter Studios”, “Sunset Sound Recorders”, “NRG Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, “Media Vortex” in Burbank, California, “Southern Tracks” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Dave Navarro, Rich Costey, Andrew Slater and Jimmy Boyle.

Personnel:

  • Dave Navarro – lead vocals, acoustic and guitars, bass, synthesizer, keyboards, sampling
  • Rich Costey – additional guitar, synth programming, chorus guitar, vibraphone, programming
  • Mike Elizondo – bass
  • Twiggy Ramirez – bass
  • Jon Brion – intro voice, slide bass, additional guitar, ring modulator guitar
  • Danny Saber – bass, programming, additional production
  • Brendan O’Brien – bass, keyboards
    Matt Chamberlain – drums
  • Roy Mayorga – drums, percussion
  • DJ Numark – drum programming, additional production
  • Stephen Perkins – drums
  • Eugene – strings
  • Holly Palmer – vocals
  • Pinky Villandry – backing vocals
  • Monet Mazur – background scream
  • Jimmy Boyle – engineer
  • Mark Plati, Dave Schiffman, Danny Saber – additional engineering
  • Dale Lawton – engineer assistant
  • Geoff Walcha – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Williams – engineer assistant
  • Dave Ahlert – engineer assistant
  • Steve Mixdorf – engineer assistant
  • Brendan O’Brien – mixing
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Eddy Schreyer, Gene Grimaldi – mastering
  • Andrew Slater – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Navarro, except where noted.

1. Rexall
2. Hungry
3. Sunny Day
4. Mourning Son
5. Everything
6. Not for Nothing
7. Avoiding the Angel
8. Very Little Daylight
9. Venus in Furs – Lou Reed
10. Slow Motion Sickness

Queens Of The Stone Age: Like Clockwork

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On June 3, 2013, “Matador Records” label released “…Like Clockwork”, the sixth Queens of the Stone Age album. It was recorded August 2012-March 2013, at “Pink Duck Studios” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Josh Homme, James Lavelle, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Feritta and Michael Shuman. The album cover art was by British artist Boneface. “NME” magazine ranked it at number 335 in its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Josh Homme– lead vocals, guitar, slide guitar, glass,  shakers, piano, Moog synthesizer, Roland SH-201,drums,  percussion, air ,frog and looper, twelve-string guitar, bass guitar
  • Troy Van Leeuwen– guitar, backing vocals, Moog synthesizer, shakers,  handclaps, lap steel guitar, twelve-string guitar, drone guitar, Korg synthesizer, percussion, acoustic guitar,  twelve-string slide guitar
  • Dean Fertita– keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, glass, slide guitar, Moog and Korg synthesizers, Rhodes piano, Korg MS-10, clavinet
  • Michael Shuman– bass guitar, backing vocals, cymbals, tambourine, twelve-string guitar, Moog synthesizer, guitar, claves, shakers and handclaps, mellotron
  • Dave Grohl– drums, percussion
  • Joey Castillo– drums, percussion, handclaps
  • Nick Oliveri– backing vocals
  • Mark Lanegan– backing vocals
  • Trent Reznor– co-lead vocals, kick and snare, backing vocals
  • Jake Shears– backing vocals
  • Alex Turner– backing vocals
  • Elton John– backing vocals, piano
  • Jon Theodore– drums, percussion
  • Charlie May– piano
  • Philip Sheppard– strings arrangements
  • James Lavelle– arrangements
  • Mark Rankin– recording, mixing
  • Joe Barresi– mixing
  • Alain Johannes– additional engineering
  • Justin Smith – additional engineering
  • Gavin Lurssen– mastering
  • Boneface – design, illustrations
  • Liam Brazier – animations

Track listing:

All lyrics by Josh Homme; all music by Troy Van Leewen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman and Josh Homme,except where noted.

  1. Keep Your Eyes Peeled
  2. I Sat by the Ocean
  3. The Vampyre of Time and Memory
  4. If I Had a Tail
  5. My God Is the Sun
  6. Kalopsia
  7. Fairweather Friends – Mark Lanegan, Troy Van Leewen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman, Josh Homme
  8. Smooth Sailing
  9. I Appear Missing
  10. …Like Clockwork

Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampire of the City

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On May 14, 2013, “XL” label released “Modern Vampires of the City”, the third  Vampire Weekend album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Downtown Studios” in New York City; “Echo Park Back House”, “Vox Studios” in Los Angeles; “Slow Death Studios” in Burbank, and was produced by Rostam Batmanglij. “Modern Vampires of the City” was ranked at number 1 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of the “50 Best Albums of 2013”, and at number one of “Pop Matter’s” list of “The 75 Best Albums of 2013”.

Personnel:

  • Ezra Koenig– lead vocals, piano
  • Rostam Batmanglij – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, piano, guitars, banjo, drum and synth programming, keyboards, shaker
  • Chris Baio– bass
  • Chris Tomson– drums
  • Ariel Rechtshaid– additional drum and synth programming, additional bass, engineer
  • Jeff Curtin – additional drums, engineer
  • Brendan Ryan – accordion
  • Adam Schatz – saxophone
  • Johnny Cuomo – flistle
  • Danny T. Levin – trumpet
  • Elizabeth Lea – trombone
  • Seth Shafer – tuba
  • Angel Deradoorian– backing vocals, additional vocal arrangement
  • Fanny Franklin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ezra Koenig, except where noted. All music by Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig, except where noted.

  1. Obvious Bicycle
  2. Unbelievers – music by Ezra Koenig
  3. Step
  4. Diane Young
  5. Don’t Lie – lyrics by Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij
  6. Hannah Hunt
  7. Everlasting Arms
  8. Finger Back
  9. Worship You
  10. Ya Hey – music Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
  11. Hudson – music by Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, and Chris Tomson
  12. Young Lion – music and lyrics by Rostam Batmanglij

Ry Cooder: Paradise And Lunch

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In May 1974, “Reprise” label released “Paradise and Lunch”, the fourth Ry Cooder album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Warner Brothers Studios” in Hollywood and “The Burbank Studios” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Ry Cooder- vocals, guitars, mandolin
  • Ronnie Barron– piano, organ
  • Earl Hines- piano
  • Russ Titelman, Chris Ethridge– electric bass
  • Red Callender, John Duke – bass
  • Milt Holland– drums, percussion
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Plas Johnson– alto saxophone
  • Oscar Brashear– cornet
  • Bobby King, Gene Mumford, Bill Johnson, George McCurn, Walter Cook, Richard Jones, Russ Titelman, Karl Russell – voices
  • George Bohanon- horn arrangements
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Susan Titleman– cover paintings, photography

Track listing:

  1. Tattler – Washington Phillips, Ry Cooder, Russ Titelman
  2. Married Man’s a Fool – Blind Willie McTell
  3. Jesus on the Mainline – traditional
  4. It’s All Over Now – Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack
  5. Fool for a Cigarette/Feelin’ Good – Sidney Bailey,  B. Lenoir, Jim Dickinson (medley)
  6. If Walls Could Talk – Bobby Miller
  7. Mexican Divorce – Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard
  8. Ditty Wah Ditty – Arthur Blake

Jean-Luc Ponty: Imaginary Voyage

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On November 4, 1976, “Atlantic” label released “Imaginary Voyage”, the fourteenth Jean-Luc Ponty album. It was recorded July – August 1976, at “Kendun Studios” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Jean – Luc Ponty.

Personnel:

  • Jean-Luc Ponty– electric and acoustic violins, organ, background Synthesizers
  • Daryl Stuermer– electric and acoustic guitars
  • Allan Zavod– electric keyboards and acoustic piano
  • Tom Fowler– electric bass
  • Mark Craney– percussion
  • Larry Hirsch – engineer
  • Burt Szerlip – engineer assistant
  • Bill Harvey – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jean-Luc Ponty.

  1. New Country
  2. The Gardens of Babylon
  3. Wandering on the Milky Way
  4. Once upon a Dream
  5. Tarantula
  6. Imaginary Voyage
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III
  • Part IV

Pixies: Trompe le Monde

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On September 23, 1991, “4AD” label released “Trompe le Monde” the fourth Pixies studio album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Master Control” in Pacifique, Burbank; “Studio des dames” in  Paris; “Blackwing Studios” in London, and was produced by Gil Norton.

Personnel:

  • Black Francis – vocals, guitar
  • Joey Santiago – lead guitar
  • Eric Drew Feldman – keyboards, piano
  • Kim Deal – vocals, bass guitar
  • David Lovering – drums
  • Jef Feldman – percussion
  • Steve Haigler – engineer
  • Vaughan Oliver/ v23 – art direction, design
  • Chriss Bigg, Paul McMenamin – design assistance
  • Simon Larbalestier – photography
  • Steven Appleby – rockets
  • TPP Ltd. Londo – typesetting

Track listing:

All songs by Black Francis except where noted.

  1. Trompe le Monde
  2. Planet of Sound
  3. Alec Eiffel
  4. The Sad Punk
  5. Head On – Jim Reid, William Reid
  6. U-Mass
  7. Palace of the Brine
  8. Letter to Memphis
  9. Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons
  10. Space (I Believe in)
  11. Subbacultcha
  12. Distance Equals Rate Times Time
  13. Lovely Day
  14. Motorway to Roswell
  15. The Navajo Know

Jefferson Starship: Red Octopus

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Red Octopus

On June 13, 1975, “Grunt” label released “Red Octopus”, the second Jefferson Starship. It was recorded in February 1975, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, Craig Chaquico, Papa John Creach, David Freiberg, Pete Sears, and Larry Cox.

Personnel:

  • Grace Slick– lead and backing vocals, piano
  • Paul Kantner– lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Marty Balin– lead and backing vocals
  • Craig Chaquico– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Papa John Creach– electric violin
  • David Freiberg– lead and backing vocals, organ, ARP synthesizer, keyboards, bass
  • Pete Sears– bass, keyboards, electric and acoustic pianos, organ , clavinet, ARP synthesizer, backing vocals
  • John Barbata– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Bobbye Hall– percussion, congas
  • Irv Cox – saxophone
  • Larry Cox – engineer
  • Steve Mantoani, Jeffrey Husband – recording
  • Dave Roberts – string and horn arrangement
  • Kent Duncan, Kendun Recorders, Burbank – mastering
  • Frank Mulvey – art director
  • Gribbitt! – graphics
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Pat Leraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
  • Paul Dowell – amp consultant

Track listing:

  1. Fast Buck Freddie – Grace Slick, Craig Chaquico
  2. Miracles – Marty Balin
  3. Git Fiddler – Papa John Creach, Kevin Moore, John Parker
  4. Ai Garimasũ (There Is Love) – Grace Slick
  5. Sweeter Than Honey – Marty Balin, Craig Chaquicom, Pete Sears
  6. Play On Love – Grace Slick, Pete Sears
  7. Tumblin – Marty Balin, Robert Hunter, David Frieberg
  8. I Want To See Another World – Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Marty Balin
  9. Sandalphon – Pete Sears
  10. There Will Be Love – Paul Kantner, Marty Balin