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Bruce Springsteen: Lucky Town

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On March 27, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Lucky Town”, the 10th Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded September 1991 – January 1992, at “Thrill Hill” in Colls Neck, New Jersey, “A&M” in Hollywood, and was produced by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin and Roy Bittan.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, harmonica, percussion
  • Ian McLagan – Hammond organ
  • Roy Bittan – keyboards; keyboard bass
  • Randy Jackson – bass
  • Gary Mallaber – drums
  • Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
  • Soozie Tyrell – backing vocals
  • Lisa Lowell – backing vocals
  • Toby Scott – engineer
  • Greg Goldman, Robert “RJ” Jaczko, Randy Wine – engineer assistant
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Scott Hull, Dave Collins – digital editing
  • Sandra Choron – art direction
  • Victor Weaver – typography design
  • David Rose – cover and interior photography
  • Pam Springsteen – interior photography

Track listing:

All tracks  by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Better Days
  2. Lucky Town
  3. Local Hero
  4. If I Should Fall Behind
  5. Leap of Faith
  6. The Big Muddy
  7. Living Proof
  8. Book of Dreams
  9. Souls of the Departed
  10. My Beautiful Reward

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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In March 1967, “Columbia” label released “Straight, No Chaser”, the sixth Thelonious Monk studio album. It was recorded 1966 – 1967, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Charlie Rouse – tenor sax
  • Larry Gales – bass
  • Ben Riley – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

  1. Locomotive
  2. I Didn’t Know About You – Duke Ellington
  3. Straight, No Chaser
  4. Japanese Folk Song – Rentaro Taki
  5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. We See

Weather Report: Black Market

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On March 11, 1976, “Columbia” label released “Black Market”, the sixth Weather Report studio album. It was recorded December 1975 – January 1976, at “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter.

Personnel:

  • Joe Zawinul – Yamaha grand piano, Rhodes electric piano, 2 × ARP 2600, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, orchestration
  • Wayne Shorter – Selmer soprano and tenor saxophones, Computone Lyricon
  • Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
  • Jaco Pastorius – electric fretless bass 
  • Narada Michael Walden – drums
  • Chester Thompson – drums
  • Alex Acuña – congas, percussion
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • Ron Malo – engineer
  • Nancy Donald – design
  • David McMacken – illustration
  • Ed Caraeff – photography

Track listing:

  1. Black Market – Joe Zawinul
  2. Cannon Ball – Joe Zawinul
  3. Gibraltar – Joe Zawinul
  4. Elegant People – Wayne Shorter
  5. Three Clowns – Wayne Shorter
  6. Barbary Coast – Jaco Pastorius
  7. Herandu – Alphonso Johnson

Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction

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In February 1972, “Columbia” label released “Science Fiction”, the 13th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Columbia Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
  • Bobby Bradford – trumpet
  • Carmine Fornarotto, Gerard Schwarz – trumpet
  • Charlie Haden – double bass, electric double bass with wah-wah pedal
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Ed Blackwell – drums
  • David Henderson – recitation
  • Asha Puthli – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. What Reason Could I Give?
  2. Civilization Day
  3. Street Woman
  4. Science Fiction
  5. Rock the Clock
  6. All My Life
  7. Law Years
  8. The Jungle Is a Skyscraper

Aretha Franklin: Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington

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On February 18, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington”, the fifth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in February 1964, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Robert Mersey.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
  • Ernie Hayes – piano, organ
  • Paul Griffin – organ
  • George Duvivier – bass guitar
  • Gary Chester – drums
  • Buddy Lucas – tenor saxophone, harmonica
  • Teddy Charles – vibraphone
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Bob Asher – trombone
  • Robert Mersey – strings arrangements, conductor
  • Adam Block – legacy’s rhythm and soul series director  
  • Tony Sellari – art direction
  • C.M.O.N. – design
  • John Berg – jacket cover
  • Robert Constanzo – packaging manager

Track listing:

  1. Unforgettable – Irving Gordon
  2. Cold, Cold Heart – Hank Williams
  3. What a Diff’rence a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
  4. Drinking Again – Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber
  5. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning – Tom Delaney, Pearl Delaney
  6. Evil Gal Blues – Lionel Hampton, Leonard Feather
  7. Don’t Say You’re Sorry Again – Lee Pearl, Art Berman, Eugene West
  8. This Bitter Earth – Clyde Otis
  9. If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  10. Soulville – Titus Turner, Morris Levy, Henry Glover, Dinah Washington

MGMT: Little Dark Age

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On February 9, 2018, “Columbia” label released “Little Dark Age”, the fourth MGMT studio album. It was recorded September 2016 – May 2017, at “Baby Office” and “Kingsize Soundlabs” in Los Angeles, “The CRC” and “Tarbox Toad” in New York, and was produced by Patrick Wimberly, Dave Fridmann and Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser.

Personnel:

  • Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, drums, percussion, programming
  • Ben Goldwasser – vocals, backing vocals, organ, keyboards, bass, synthesizer, flute,  programming
  • Josh Da Costa – additional drums
  • Ariel Pink – synthesizer, guitars, backing vocals
  • Danny Meyer – saxophone
  • Connan Mockasin – guitar, backing vocals
  • Cellars – vocals
  • Patrick Wimberly – vocals, bass, percussion, vibraphone
  • James Richardson – additional bass, synthesizer, French horn, recorder, guitar, bass
  • Sébastien Tellier – backing vocals
  • Patrick Wimberly – engineer
  • Dave Fridmann – engineer, mixing
  • Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – additional engineering
  • Celso A. Estrada – engineer assistant
  • Tyler Karmen – engineer assistant
  • Matt Estep – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, all music by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, except where noted.

  1. She Works Out Too Much
  2. Little Dark Age
  3. When You Die – lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ariel Pink, music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Ariel Pink
  4. Me and Michael
  5. TSLAMP – music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, James Richardosn
  6. James
  7. Days That Gone Away – music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Patrick Wimberley, Connan Mockasin
  8. One Thing Left to Try
  9. When You’re Small – lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser
  10. Hand It Over

Alice In Chains: SAP

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On February 4, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Sap”, the second Alice in Chains studio EP. It was recorded in November 1991, at “London Bridge” in Seattle, and was produced by Rick Parashar

Personnel:

  • Jerry Cantrell – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Michael Starr – bass, guitar
  • Layne Staley – vocals, drums
  • Sean Kinney – drums, percussion, piano, megaphone
  • Mark Arm – vocals
  • Chris Cornell – vocals
  • Ann Wilson – vocals
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  • David Coleman – art direction
  • Rocky Schenck – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Cantrell, except where noted.

  1. Brother
  2. Got Me Wrong
  3. Right Turn
  4. Am I Inside – lyrics by Layne Staley, music by Jerry Cantrell
  5. Love Song (hidden track)

Stan Getz: Captain Marvel

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In January 1975, “Columbia” label released “Captain Marvel”, the 70th Stan Getz album. It was recorded in March 1972, at “A&R” in New York City, and was produced by Stan Getz.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Chick Corea – electric piano
  • Stanley Clarke – bass
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Dixon Van Winkle – recording
  • John Guerriere, Russ Payne – mixing
  • Teresa Alfieri – design
  • Gerard Huerta – logo design
  • Roger Huyssen – air brushing
  • Don Hunstein – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chick Corea, except as noted.

  1. La Fiesta
  2. Five Hundred Miles High
  3. Captain Marvel
  4. Times Lie
  5. Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn
  6. Day Waves

Aerosmith: Draw The Line

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On December 9, 1977, “Columbia” label released “Draw the Line”, the fifth Aerosmith studio album. It was recorded June – October 1977, at “The Cenacle” in New York, “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer.

Personnel:

  • Steven Tyler – lead and backing vocals, harmonica, piano
  • Joe Perry – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, slide guitar
  • Brad Whitford – rhythm and lead guitar
  • Tom Hamilton – bass guitar
  • Joey Kramer – drums, percussion
  • Paul Prestopino – acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Jack Douglas – mandolin
  • Scott Cushnie – piano
  • Stan Bronstein – saxophone
  • Karen Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Jack Douglas – arrangements
  • Jay Messina – engineer
  • Sam Ginsberg – engineer assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Al Hirschfeld – cover illustration
  • David Krebs, Steve Leber – executive producers, art direction
  • David Hewitt – remote truck director

Track listing:

  1. Draw the line – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  2. I Wanna Know Why – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  3. Critical Mass – Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Jack Douglas
  4. Get It Up – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
  5. Bright Light Fright – Joe Perry
  6. Kings and Queens – Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Jack Douglas
  7. The Hand That Feeds – Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Jack Douglas
  8. Sight for Sore Eyes – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jack Douglas, David Johansen
  9. Milk Cow Blues – Kokomo Arnold

Charles Lloyd: Of Course, Of Course

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In November 1965, “Columbia” label released “Of Course, Of Course”, the third Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded May 1964, March – October 1965, at “Columbia 7th Ave” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian and John Simon.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Gábor Szabó – guitar
  • Robbie Robertson – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass 
  • Albert Stinson – bass
  • Tony Williams – drums 
  • Pete LaRoca – drums
  • Roy Halee, Stan Tonkel – recording
  • Richard Mantel – art direction, design
  • Bob Cato – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Lloyd except where noted.

  1. Of Course, Of Course
  2. The Song My Lady Sings
  3. The Best Thing for You – Irving Berlin
  4. The Things We Did Last Summer – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  5. Apex
  6. One for Joan
  7. Goin’ to Memphis
  8. Voice in the Night
  9. Third Floor Richard