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Gatsbys American Dream: Same

On August 8, 2006, “Fearless Records” label released the self-titled, fourth Gatsbys American Dream album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Bobby Darling and Casey Bates.

Personnel:

  • Nic Newsham – vocals
  • Bobby Darling – vocals, guitar
  • Kyle O’Quin – keyboards
  • Kirk Huffman – vocals, bass
  • Rudy Gajadhar – drums

Track listing:

  1. You All Everybody
  2. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
  3. Bad Beat
  4. My Name Is Ozymandias
  5. Margaritas and Cock
  6. Station 5: The Pearl
  7. Shadows of the Colossus
  8. Filthy Beasts
  9. Looks Like the Real Thing
  10. Me and Ed Loyce
  11. The White Mountains

Portugal. The Man: You Vultures!

On January 24, 2006, “Fearless Records” label released “Waiter: “You Vultures!”, the debut Portugal. The Man studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Johnny Cab Studios” in Shoreline, WA, and was produced by Casey Bates and John Gourley.

Personnel:

  • John Baldwin Gourley – vocals, guitar
  • Wesley James Hubbard – vocals, keyboard
  • Zachary Scott Carothers – vocals, bass
  • Jason Sechrist – drums
  • Justin Baiers – percussion
  • A. William Bentley – guitar, additional vocals
  • Thunderball Fist – keyboards, additional vocals
  • Nic Newsham – additional vocals
  • Casey Bates – engineer
  • Austin Sousa – additional engineer
  • Ed Brooks – mastering
  • John Gourley – illustration
  • Wesley Hubbard – illustration
  • Austin Sellers – design, photography, illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by John Baldwin Gourley.

  1. How the Leopard Got Its Spots
  2. Gold Fronts
  3. Stables and Chairs
  4. AKA M80 the Wolf
  5. Marching with 6
  6. Elephants
  7. Waiter
  8. Chicago
  9. Bad Bad Levi Brown
  10. Kill Me, The King
  11. Tommy
  12. Horse Warming Party
  13. Guns, Guns…Guns

Portugal The Man: In the Mountain in the Cloud

On July 19, 2011, “Atlantic” label released “In the Mountain in the Cloud”, the sixth Portugal. The Man studio album. It was recorded 2010 -2011, at “LA Bronz” “Kingsize Soundlabs” in Los Angeles, “White House Recorders” in San Diego, “Rusty Branson’s Pleasure Cave” and  “Sonic Ranch Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John Hill, John Gourley and Casey Bates.

Personnel:

  • John Baldwin Gourley – vocals, guitar, synth
  • Ryan Neighbors – vocals, piano, Rhodes, organ, synth, Farfisa
  • Zachary Scott Carothers – vocals, bass, percussion
  • Jason Sechrist – vocals, drums
  • Philip Peterson – strings, horns, arranging
  • Steven Nistor, Sonny DiPerri – additional drums
  • Casey Bates– engineer
  • John Morrical – engineer, editing
  • Michael Freyer, Alex Leader, Shaun Cornell, Ben Hasdovic – engineer
  • Sonny DiPerri – engineer
  • Manuel Calderon– engineering assistant
  • Andy Wallace– mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • John Gourley – design, photography
  • Austin Sellers – design
  • Zach Carothers – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Baldwin Gourley.

  1. So American
  2. Floating (Time Isn’t Working My Side)
  3. Got It All (This Can’t Be Living Now)
  4. Senseless
  5. Head Is a Flame (Cool with It)
  6. You Carried Us (Share with Me the Sun)
  7. Everything You See (Kids Count Hallelujahs)
  8. All Your Light (Times Like These)
  9. Once Was One
  10. Share with Me the Sun
  11. Sleep Forever

Fear Before the March of Flames: The Always Open Mouth

On September 19, 2006, “Equal Vision” label released “The Always Open Mouth”, the third Fear Before the March of Flames studio album. It was recorded April – May 2006, at “Johnny Cab Studios” and “The Tank”, and was produced by Bobby Darling.

Personnel:

  • David M. Marion – vocals
  • Adam R. Fisher – vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, percussion, programming
  • Zachary M. Hutchings – guitars, percussion, gangs
  • Michael L. Madruga – bass guitar, percussion, gangs
  • Brandon L. Proff – drums, percussion, programming, gangs
  • Anthony Green, Jeremy Fisher – additional vocals
  • Casey Bates – engineering, mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Brandon L. Proff- layout, design

Track listing:

  1. Absolute Future
  2. Drowning the Old Hag
  3. Mouth
  4. Taking Cassandra to the End of the World Party
  5. Ten Seconds in Los Angeles
  6. The Waiting Makes Me Curious
  7. High as a Horse
  8. Dog Sized Bird
  9. Complete and Utter Confusion…
  10. …As a Result of Signals Being Crossed
  11. My (Fucking) Deer Hunter
  12. Lycanthropy
  13. A Brief Tutorial in Bachanalia
  14. A Gift for Fiction
  15. Absolute Past