On May 18, 2007, “Inside Out Music” label released “Quantum”, the third Planet X studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Beachwood Manor Studios” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Brett Garsed, Derek Sherinian and Virgil Donati.
Personnel:
Brett Garsed – guitar
Derek Sherinian – keyboard
Virgil Donati – drums, orchestration
Allan Holdsworth – additional guitar solos
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Rufus Philpot – bass
Matt Flinker – engineer
Jamie Black – engineer
Steve Scanlon – mixing, mastering
Simon Phillips – mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Virgil Donati, except where noted.
Alien Hip Hop
Desert Girl
Matrix Gate
The Thinking Stone
Space Foam – Derek Sherinian, Virgil Donati, Rufus Philpot
On May 3, 2019, “Columbia” label released “Father of the Bride”, the fourth Vampire Weekend studio album. It was recorded January 2016 – August 2018, at “Effie Street” in Silverlake, California, “Vox” in Hollywood, “Sony” in Akasaka, Minato, Japan, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, DJ Dahi and Rostam Batmanglij.
Personnel:
Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitars, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – 12-string acoustic guitar
Tommy King – piano
Buddy Ross – synthesizers, Wurlitzer, piano, strings, backing vocals
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Greg Leisz – electric and pedal steel guitar
David Longstreth – guitar, backing vocals
Jake Longstreth – guitar
John Nixon – guitar
Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar
Steve Lacy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Gendel – saxophone
Serena McKinney – violins
Danielle Haim – lead and backing vocals
Jude Law – lead vocals
Jenny Lewis – vocal sample
Ariel Rechtshaid – engineer, mixing
Buddy Ross – engineer, mixing
Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – engineer, mixing
Dalton Ricks – engineer
Nick Rowe – engineer
Chris Kasych – engineer
John DeBold – engineer
Hiroya Takayama – engineer
Takemasa Kosaka – engineer
Dave Schiffman – engineer
P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineer
Michael Harris – engineer
Jude Law – engineer
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Chris Galland – mixing
Robin Florent – mixing assistant
Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
Emily Lazar – mastering
Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
Nick Harwood – art direction
Primo Kahn – cover design
Public-Library – cover design
Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration
Track listing:
All tracks by Ezra Koenig, except where noted.
Hold You Now – Ezra Koenig, Hans Zimmer
Harmony Hall
Bambina
This Life – Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran, Mark Ronson
Big Blue
How Long? – Ezra Koenig, William Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Leon F. Silvers III
Unbearably White
Rich Man – Ezra Koenig, S. E. Rogie
Married in a Gold Rush
My Mistake – Ezra Koenig, Ludwig Göransson
Sympathy – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
Sunflower
Flower Moon – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
2021 – Haruomi Hososno, Ezra Koenig
We Belong Together – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
In April 1984, “SST” label released “Meat Puppets II”, the second Meat Puppets (The) studio album. It was recorded April – May 1983, at “Total Access” in Redondo Beach, California.
In April 1981, “Elektra” label released “Tender Togetherness”, album by Stanley Turrentine. It was recorded February – April 1981, at “Indigo Ranch” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Larry Dunn.
Personnel:
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Philip Bailey – lead and backing vocals, percussion
Roland Bautista – guitars
Eduardo del Barrio – piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes
Denzil Miller – piano, electric piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, arrangements, vocal arrangements
Jeff Johnson – synthesizer
Tom Pigott Smith – synthesizer
Nathan East – bass guitar, electric guitar
Byron Miller – bass guitar
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler – drums, arranger
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Steven Dunn – percussion, drums, Moog bass, arranger
Fred White – percussion, drums
Ralph Johnson – percussion
Marlena Jeter – vocals
Dianne Reeves – vocals
Gwen Matthews – vocals
Lynn Davis – vocals, vocal arrangements
Don Myrick – alto saxophone
Andrew Woolfolk – tenor saxophone
Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet, flugelhorn
Mike Harris – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn
David Duke – French horn
Sidney Muldrow – French horn
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – bass trombone
Louis Satterfield – trombone
Roland Bautista – arrangements
George del Barrio – conductor, string arrangements
Rahmlee Michael Davis – horn arrangements
Eduardo del Barrio – arrangements
Larry Dunn – arranger, vocal arrangements
Mike Harris – horn arrangements
Don Myrick – horn arrangements
Louis Satterfield – horn arrangements
Track listing:
Hermanos – Eddie del Barrio, Larry Dunn
I’ll Give You My Love – Roland Bautista, Cavanaugh, Larry Dunn, Stanley Turrentine
Tamarac – Larry Dunn, Steven Dunn
After the Love Has Gone – Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon
Cherubim – Larry Dunn
Only You and Me – Eddie del Barrio, Larry Dunn, Roxanne Seeman
World Chimes – Larry Dunn
Pure Love – Larry Dunn, Denzil Miller Jr., Stanley Turrentine
Havin Fun with Mr. T – Chandler, Larry Dunn, Denzil Miller, Byron Miller
In April 1980, “Atco” label released “On to Victory”, the ninth Humble Pie studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Villa Recorders” in Modesto, California, and was produced by John Elijah Wright, Steve Marriott, Bobby Tench, Anthony “Sooty” Jones and Jerry Shirley.
Personnel:
Steve Marriott – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
Bobby Tench – vocals, guitar
Anthony “Sooty” Jones – vocals, bass
Jerry Shirley – drums
Cheryl Ashley – backing vocals
Marge Raymond – backing vocals
Lisa Zimmerman – backing vocals
John Wright, Akili Walker, Craig – engineer
Track listing:
Fool for a Pretty Face – Steve Marriott, Jerry Shirley
You Soppy Pratt – Steve Marriott, Anthony Jones, Jerry Shirley
Infatuation – Steve Marriott
Take It from Here – Steve Marriott
Savin’ It – Bobby Tench, Steve Marriott
Baby Don’t You Do It – Holland-Dozier-Holland
Get It in the End – Steve Marriott, Anthony Jones, Jerry Shirley
My Lover’s Prayer – Otis Redding
Further Down the Road – Steve Marriott, Bobby Tench, Anthony Jones, Jerry Shirley
On April 10, 2020, “Cult” and “RCA” labels released “The New Abnormal”, the sixth Strokes (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Shangri-La Studio” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.
Chris Tabron – additional pre-production recordings, engineer
Ben Baptie – mixing
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Stewart Whitmore – mastering
Jean-Michel Basquiat – cover painting
Tina Ibañez – art direction, design
Jason McDonald – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Julian Casablancas; all music by Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr.,Nick valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti, except where noted.
The Adults Are Talking
Selfless
Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus
Bad Decisions – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr.,Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti, Billy Idol, Tony James
Eternal Summer – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr.,Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti, Richard Lofthouse Butler, Timothy George Butler
At the Door – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr.,Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti, Paul Vassallo
In January 1986, “Shrapnel Records” label released “Edge of Insanity”, the debut Tony MacAlpine studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Prairie Sun Recording Studios” in Cotati, California, and was produced by Mike Varney.
In January 1976, “Milestone” label released “Black Narcissus”, the 20th Joe Henderson album. It was recorded in October 1974, at “Studios Europa Sonor” in Paris, April 1975, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Joe Henderson.
Personnel:
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Joachim Kühn – piano
Patrick Gleeson – synthesizer, arranger
David Friesen – bass
Jean-François Jenny-Clark – bass
Daniel Humair – drums, cover painting
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Bill Summers – congas, percussion
Bruce Walford – engineer
Claude Martenot – engineer
Neil Schwartz – engineer
Seth Dworkin – engineer
Skip Shimmin – engineer
David Turner – mastering
Lance Anderson – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Joe Henderson, except where noted.
Black Narcissus
Hindsight and Forethought
Power to the People
Amoeba
Good Morning Heartache – Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher
On November 27, 2020, “Reprise” label released “No Fun Mondays”, the second Billie Joe Armstrong studio album. It was recorded March – September 2020, at “Jingletown Studios” in Oakland, California, and was produced by Billy Joe Armstrong.
On November 10, 2014, “Roswell” label released “Sonic Highways”, the eighth Foo Fighters studio album. It was recorded September 2013 – July 2014, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, “Inner Ear” in Arlington County, Virginia, “Southern Ground” in Nashville, “6A” in Austin, “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree, California, “Preservation Hall” in New Orleans, “Robert Lang” in Seattle, “The Magic Shop” in New York City, and was produced by Butch Vig, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hwakins and Chris Shiflett.
Personnel:
Dave Grohl – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and acousticguitar, cymbals, EBow
Pat Smear – rhythm and lead guitar
Chris Shiflett – lead guitar, devil pickin’, backing vocals
Nate Mendel – bass guitar
Taylor Hawkins – drums, backing vocals
Joe Walsh – lead guitar
Gary Clark, Jr. – lead guitar
Rick Nielsen – baritone guitar
Rami Jaffee – clavinet; organ; mellotron; piano; Wurlitzer electric piano; backing vocals, space keys
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