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Marianne Faithful: A Child’s Adventure

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In March 1983, “Island” label released “A Child’s Adventure”, the ninth Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by Wally Badarou, Harvey Goldberg and Barry Reynolds.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – lead vocal
  • Barry Reynolds – vocals, guitar
  • Ben Brierley – vocals, guitar
  • Mikey Chung – guitar
  • Wally Badarou – vocals, keyboards
  • Fernando Saunders – bass
  • Terry Stannard – drums
  • Rafael de Jesus – percussion
  • Scott Mabuchi – engineer
  • Carl Beatty – engineer
  • Don Wershba – engineer
  • Harvey Goldberg – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Tony Wilgun – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Time Square – Barry Reynolds
  2. The Blue Millionaire – Wally Badarou, Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds
  3. Falling from Grace – Ben Brierley, Marianne Faithfull
  4. Morning Come – Ben Brierley, Marianne Faithfull
  5. Ashes in My Hand – Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds
  6. Running for Our Lives – Wally Badarou, Mariane Faithfull, Barry Reynolds
  7. Ireland – Mariane Faithfull, Barry Reynolds
  8. She’s Got a Problem – Caroline Blackwood, Ben Brierley

Aretha Franklin: Jump To It

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In July 1982, “Arista” label released “Jump To It”, the thirtyfirst Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, at “Mediasound Studios” in New York City, “Record Plant” and “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, “Soundsuite” in Detroit, and was produced by Luther Vandross and Aretha Franklin. The album received the “American Music Award” for “Best Soul Album”.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, rhythm and vocal arrangements
  • Levi Stubbs – lead vocals
  • Doc Powell– guitar
  • Steve Love – guitar
  • George Duke– piano
  • Sonny Burke– keyboards
  • Nat Adderley, Jr.– keyboards, rhythm arrangements
  • Luther Vandross– keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm and vocal arrangements
  • Marcus Miller– bass, keyboards, synthesizer, synthesizer and rhythm arrangements
  • Francisco Centeno, Louis Johnson– bass
  • Yogi Horton, Buddy Williams– drums
  • Errol “Crusher” Bennett – congas, percussion
  • Paulinho Da Costa– percussion
  • George Young – soprano saxophone
  • Paul Riser, Leon Pendarvis, Jr., Jerry Hey– horn and string arrangements
  • Four Tops– backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Erma Franklin, Pam Vincent, Sandra Dance, Brenda White, Cissy Houston, Fonzi Thornton, Michelle Cobbs, Phillip Ballou, Tawatha Agee, Norma Jean Wright, Alexandra Brown, Darlene Love, Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill, Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
  • Michael Brauer – recording, mixing
  • Carl Beatty, Lee Keifer – additional engineering
  • Michael Christopher, Karat Faye, John Hanlon, Harry Spiridakis, Don Wershba, Warren Woods
  • Ria Lewerke-Shapiro – art direction, design
  • Harry Langdon – photography
  • Sue Reilly – lettering
  • Sephra Herman – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Jump to It – Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
  2. Love Me Right – Luther Vandross
  3. If She Don’t Want Your Lovin’ – Sam Dees
  4. This Is for Real – Luther Vandross
  5. (It’s Just) Your Love – Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
  6. I Wanna Make It Up to You – Aretha Franklin
  7. It’s Your Thing – O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
  8. Just My Daydream – Smokey Robinson

John Cale: Honi Soit

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In March 1981, “A&M” label released “Honi Soit” the seventh John Cale studio album. It was recorded 1980-1981, at “CBS Studios” and “St. & Media Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Mike Thorne and John Cale. The album cover art was by Andy Warhol.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, viola
  • Sturgis Nikides – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Goodwin – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Peter Muny – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Robert Medici – drums, backing vocals
  • John Gatchell– trumpet
  • Bomberettes – Mo-dettes – backing vocals
  • Harvey Goldberg – recording, mixing
  • Carl Beatty – engineer
  • Harold Tarowsky – engineer assistant
  • John Vogel – design
  • Fred Lorey – photography
  • Warren Frank – flight engineer
  • Louis Tropia – logistics

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale; except where noted.

  1. Dead or Alive
  2. Strange Times in Casablanca
  3. Fighter Pilot
  4. Wilson Joliet
  5. Streets of Laredo – traditional, arr. by John Cale
  6. Honi Soit (La Première Leçon de Français)
  7. Riverbank
  8. Russian Roulette
  9. Magic & Lies