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Midnight Oil: Place Without a Postcard

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In November 1981, “Sprint Music” and “Columbia Records” label released “Place Without a Postcard”, the third Midnight Oil studio album. It was recorded June – July 1981, in Sussex, and was produced by Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Peter Garrett – lead vocals
  • Jim Moginie – guitars, keyboards
  • Martin Rotsey – guitars
  • Peter Gifford – vocals, bass
  • Rob Hirst – vocals, drums
  • Glyn Johns – engineer
  • Sean Fullen – engineer assistant
  • Robert Butcher – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Wanna Be the One – Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  2. Brave Faces – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  3. Armistice Day – Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  4. Someone Else to Blame – Gifford, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie
  5. Baemant Flat – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  6. Written in the Heart – Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
  7. Burnie – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  8. Quinella Holiday – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  9. Loves on Sale – Peter Garrett, Martin Rotsey
  10. If Ned Kelly Was King – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  11. Lucky Country – Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey

John Hammond

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On July 10, 1987, John Henry Hammond II died aged 76. He was record producer, music critics, civil rights activist, and music scout, one of the most influential figures in 20th-century modern music. As “Columbia Records” company executive and as a record producer, he supported numerous musical careers, including those of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Benny Goodman, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Freddie Green, Leonard Cohen, Arthur Russell, Harry James, Charlie Christian, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Big Joe Turner, Pete Seeger, Babatunde Olatunji, Jim Copp, Asha Puthli, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Mike Bloomfield. He also initiated the revival of delta blues legend Robert Johnson’s music. He is the father of blues musician John P. Hammond.

The Civil Wars: Same

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On August 6, 2013, “T Sensibility Music” and “Columbia” labels released the self-titled, second and final  Civil Wars album. It was recorded in 2013, in Nashville, and was produced by Charlie Peacock and Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Joy Williams– vocals
  • John Paul White– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
  • Andy Leftwitch – mandoline, fiddle
  • Sam Ashworth – tambourine, tom tom
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro
  • Charlie Peacock– piano, electric piano, bass, effects, engineer, arrangements
  • Jeff Taylor – piano, organ, harmonium
  • Gabe Scott – dulcimer
  • Barry Bales – acoustic bass
  • Mark Hill – bass
  • Aaron Sterling – drums, cymbal
  • James Sweeting – loops
  • Tom Elmhirst– mixing
  • Ben Baptie – Pro Tools engineer, mixing assistant
  • Joe Visciano – mixing assistant
  • Katie Moore – art direction, design
  • Becky Peterson – language translation
  • Renata Pepper – language translation
  • Nate Yetton – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. The One That Got Away – Joy Williams, John Paul White, Charlie Peacock
  2. I Had Me a Girl – Joy Williams, John Paul White
  3. Same Old Same Old – Joy Williams, John Paul White
  4. Dust to Dust – Joy Williams, John Paul White
  5. Eavesdrop – Joy Williams, John Paul White, Charlie Peacock
  6. Devil’s Backbone – Joy Williams, John Paul White, Charlie Peacock
  7. From This Valley – Joy Williams, John Paul White, Phil Madeira
  8. Tell Mama – Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell
  9. Oh Henry – Joy Williams, John Paul White
  10. Disarm – Billy Corgan
  11. Sacred Heart – Joy Williams, John Paul White
  12. D’Arline – Joy Williams, John Paul White

Don Hunstein

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On March 18, 2017, Don Hunstein died aged 88. He was photographer, best known for his work at “Columbia Records” and for his photographs that were featured on covers of some famous albums including Thelonious Monk’s Monk’s Dream; Blood, Sweat & Tears’s Mirror Image; Miles Davis’s Nefertiti, and the famous photograph of Bob Dylan walking with Suze Rotolo, used for the cover of “Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” album.

Johnny Cash: Out Among The Stars

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On March 25, 2014, “Legacy Recordings” label released “Out Among the Stars” the posthumous Johnny Cash studio album. The album materials come from the lost 1980s sessions with producer Billy Sherrill, shelved by “Columbia Records”, and discovered and compiled by Cash’s son John Carter Cash in 2012. The materials were recorded 1981-1984, at “Columbia Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “1111 Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and were produced by Billy Sherrill, John Carter Cash and Steve Berkowitz.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • June Carter Cash– duet
  • Waylon Jennings– duet
  • Pete Bordonali – guitar
  • Jerry Carrigan – guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy– guitar
  • Billy Sanford – guitar
  • Dale Sellers – guitar
  • Robert Wray – guitar
  • Pete Drake– steel guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Buddy Miller– guitar
  • Pat McLaughlin – guitar
  • Bryan Sutton– acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
  • Marty Stuart– guitar, mandolin
  • Sam Bush– mandolin
  • Tony Harrell – keyboards
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Terry McMillan– harmonica
  • Mark Fain – upright bass
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
  • John C. Williams – bass guitar
  • Kenny Malone– drums
  • Rick Lonow – percussion
  • Niko Bolas– percussion
  • Blade – percussion
  • Laura Cash – fiddle
  • Jerry Douglas– Dobro
  • Minnie Pearl– vocals
  • Carlene Carter– backing vocals
  • Cash Cabin Vocal Group” and the full student body of Sumner Academy of Gallatin, Tennessee – additional vocals
  • Chuck Turner – engineer
  • Nathan Yarborough – additional mixing
  • Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Joseph M. Palmaccio– mastering
  • Lou Robin – executive production

Track listing:

  1. Out Among the Stars – Adam Mitchell
  2. Baby Ride Easy – Richard Dobson
  3. She Used to Love Me a Lot – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
  4. After All – Charles Cochran, Sandy Mason
  5. I’m Movin’ On – Hank Snow
  6. If I Told You Who It Was – Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
  7. Call Your Mother – Johnny Cash
  8. I Drove Her Out of My Mind – Gary Gentry, Hillman Hall
  9. Tennessee – Rick Scott
  10. Rock and Roll Shoes – Paul Kennerley, Graham Lyle
  11. Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time – Tommy Collins
  12. I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
  13. She Used to Love Me a Lot (JC/ECVersion) – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen

Peter Goldmark

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On December 7, 1977, Peter Carl Goldmark (Hungarian: Goldmark Péter Károly) died aged 71. Goldmark was German-Hungarian inventor and engineer, who, during his work in “Columbia Records” in 1945, invented the long-playing microgroove 33-1/3 rpm record, which revolutionized the way people listened to music.

Miles Davis: Miles Davis At Fillmore

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On October 22, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Miles Davis at Fillmore”, live album by Miles Davis. It was recorded on four consecutive days, from June 17 through June 20, 1970, at the “Fillmore East” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Steve Grossman – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Chick Corea – Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Keith Jarrett – electronic organ
  • Dave Holland – acoustic and electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion, cuica

All tracks by Miles Davis.

  1. Wednesday Miles
  2. Thursday Miles
  3. Friday Miles
  4. Saturday Miles

Bob Dylan: New Morning

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On October 19, 1970, “Columbia” label released “New Morning”, the eleventh Bob Dylan studio album.  It was recorded June–August 1970, at “Studio B” and “Studio E”, at the “Columbia Studio Building”, in New York City and was produced by Bob Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ, piano
  • Ron Cornelius– electric guitar
  • David Bromberg– electric guitar, dobro
  • Buzzy Feiten– electric guitar
  • Al Kooper– organ, piano, electric guitar, French horn
  • Harvey Brooks– bass guitar
  • Charlie Daniels– bass guitar
  • Russ Kunkel– drums
  • Billy Mundi– drums
  • Hilda Harris – backing vocals
  • Albertin Robinson – backing vocals
  • Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. If Not for You
  2. Day of the Locustus
  3. Time Passes Slowly
  4. Went to see the Gypsy
  5. Winterlude
  6. If Dogs Run Free
  7. New Morning
  8. Sign on the Window
  9. One More Weekend
  10. The Man in Me
  11. Three Angels
  12. Father of Night

Jeff Beck Truth

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On July 29, 1968, “Columbia” label released “Truth” the debut Jeff Beck album. It was recorded May 1966, June 1967, December 1967, May 1968 at the “Abbey Road Studios”; “Olympic Sound Studios”and “De Lane Lea Recording Studios” in London, and was produced ny Mickey Most.

Personnel

  • Jeff Beck– lead and backing vocals, electric, acoustic and pedal steel guitar, bass guitar
  • Jimmy Page– 12-string electric guitar
  • Rod Stewart– lead vocals
  • Nicky Hopkins– piano
  • John Paul Jones– bass guitar, Hammond organ, arrangements
  • Ronnie Wood– bass guitar
  • Micky Waller– drums
  • Clem Cattini– drums
  • Aynsley Dunbar– drums
  • Keith Moon– drums, timpani
  • Unknown studio orchestra
  • Madeline Bell– backing vocals
  • John Carter, Ken Lewis – backing vocals

Track listing

  1. Shape of Things – Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith
  2. Let Me Love You – Jeffrey Rod
  3. Morning Dew – Bonnie Dobson
  4. You Shook Me – Willie Dixon, J.B.Lenoir
  5. Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. Greensleeves – traditional
  7. Rock My Plimsoul – Jeffrey Rod
  8. Beck’s Bolero – Jimmy Page
  9. Blues Deluxe – Jeffrey Rod
  10. I Ain’t Superstitious – Jeffrey Rod

The Byrds: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

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On August 30, 1968, “Columbia” label released “Sweetheart of the Rodeo”, the sixth Byrds (The) album. It was recorded in March – May 1968, at the “Columbia Studios” in Nashville,  “Columbia Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Gary Usher.

Personnel

  • Roger McGuinn- vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Chris Hillman- vocals, electric bass, mandolin, acoustic guitar
  • Gram Parsons- vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, organ
  • Kevin Kelley- drums
  • Lloyd Green, Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel guitar
  • Clarence White- electric guitar
  • John Hartford- banjo, fiddle, acoustic guitar
  • Earl P. Ball, Barry Goldberg– piano
  • Roy Husky – double bass
  • Jon Corneal – drums

Track listing

  1. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – Bob Dylan
  2. I Am a Pilgrim – traditional, arr. Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman
  3. The Christian Life – Charles Louvin, Ira Louvin
  4. You Don’t Miss Your Water – William Bell
  5. You’re Still on My Mind – Luke McDaniel
  6. Pretty Boy Floyd – Woody Guthrie
  7. Hickory Wind – Gram Parsons, Bob Buchanan
  8. One Hundred Years From Now – Gram Parsons
  9. Blue Canadian Rockies – Cindy Walker
  10. Life in Prison – Merle Haggard, Jelly Sanders
  11. Nothing Was Delivered – Bob Dylan