In May 1960, “Columbia” label released “Mingus Dynasty”, the 18th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded in November 1959, at “CBS 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero. In 1999, the album was inducted in the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
Charles Mingus – bass
John Handy – alto sax
Booker Ervin – tenor sax
Benny Golson – tenor sax
Jerome Richardson – baritone sax, flute
Richard Williams – trumpet
Don Ellis – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Roland Hanna – piano
Nico Bunink – piano
Dannie Richmond – drums
Teddy Charles – vibes
Maurice Brown – cello
Seymour Barab – cello
Honi Gordon – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Mingus, except where noted.
Slop
Diane
Song with Orange
Gunslinging Bird (originally titled If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats)
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington
On May 6, 2022, “Columbia” label released “WE”, the sixth Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “RAK Studios”, “Wack Formula” and “The Crow’s Nest Studios” in London, “Boombox Studios” and “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, “Dockside Studio” in Los Angeles, “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornilo, Texas, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne.
Personnel:
Régine Chassagne – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, accordion, orchestral arrangements
Win Butler – lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, percussion
Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
Tim Kingsbury – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
Will Butler – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion
Peter Gabriel – additional vocal
Andre Michot – accordion
Geoff Barrow – granular synthesis, additional production
Orlando Primo – congas, djembe
Willonson Duprate – congas
Louis Michot – fiddle
Charlie Gabriel – saxophone
Mark Braud – trumpet
Wendell Brunious – trumpet
Liza Rey – harp
Paul Beaubrun – sound effects
Owen Pallett – orchestral arrangements, strings
Sally Herbert – conductor, additional arrangements
Helen Gillet – strings
Harry Hardin – strings
Matt Rhody – strings
Sarah Neufeld – strings
Edwin Farnham Butler IV – whispers
Josh Tillman – stomps and breaths, additional production
Romeo Bougere – agogô bell
Michael Brun – additional synthesis
Emily Eck – recording
Eric Heigle – recording, co-producer
Mikko Gordon – recording, mixing assistant, additional production
Suvi-Eeva Äikäs – additional recording
Julia Simpson – additional recording
Owen Pallett – additional recording
James Seymour – additional recording
Mark Lawson – additional recording
Jerry Ordonez – recording assistant
Marco Ramirez – recording assistant
Justin Tocket – recording assistant
Matt Aguiluz – recording assistant
Nathanael Graham – recording assistant
Francesca Edwards – recording assistant
Joy Stacey – recording assistant
Pablo Godin – recording assistant
Felipe Gutierrez – recording assistant
Craig Silvey – mixing
Nigel Godrich – mixing
Dani Bennett Spragg – mixing assistant
Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – mastering
Ryan Smith – vinyl mastering
Steve Mackey – pre-production
JR – cover image, WE poster image, additional eye photography
Terry Pastor – airbrush color tinting
Ping Pong Ping – album graphic design
Julia Simpson – album creative production
Alison Green – center image, Polaroids
IV – “I Guy” Character, handwriting
Camille Pajot – studio art director
Rick Rose – digitech
Fabien Barrau – cover image photo post-production
Chroma Center – photo printing, post-production
EHT Collaboration – “Black Hole” image
Danny Clinch – David Bowie photograph
Pneuhaus – “Giant Eye”
Maria Jose Govea – additional photography
JF Lalonde – additional photography
Wes Winship – “Acropolis Is Burning” poster
Don Hertzfeldt – still from World of Tomorrow: Episode 2
Gift Horst Tintypes – WE poster photo development
Track listing:
All tracks by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, except where noted.
Age of Anxiety I
Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
Prelude
End of the Empire I-III
End of Empire IV (Sagittarius A)
The Lightning I
The Lightning II
Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
Unconditional II (Race and Religion) – additional writing by Will Butler
On April 23, 1985, “Columbia” label released “Two Hearts”, the third and final Men at Work studio album. It was recorded September 1984 – February 1985, at “Fast Forward Studios” in Melbourne, and was produced by Colin Hay and Greg Ham.
Personnel:
Greg Ham – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, saxophone, drum programming, mixing
Colin Hay – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, electric sitar, bass, piano, additional keyboards, marimba, drums, drum programming, mixing
Ron Stryker – acoustic, electric and steel guitars
In April 1967, “Columbia” label released “Don’t Stop Me Now!”, the eleventh Cliff Richard studio album. It was recorded in September 1966 – February 1967, at “EMI Abbey Road” in London, and was Norrie Paramor.
Personnel:
Cliff Richard – lead vocal
Bruce Welch – backing vocals
Hank Marvin – backing vocals
Mike Leander – arrangements, conductor
John Dove – photography
Track listing:
Shout – O’Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley
One Fine Day – Carole King, Gerry Goffin
I’ll Be Back – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Heartbeat – Bob Montgomery, Norman Petty
I Saw Her Standing There – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Hang On to a Dream – Tim Hardin
You Gotta Tell Me – Roy Williams
Homeward Bound – Paul Simon
Good Golly Miss Molly – John Marascalco, Robert “Bumps” Blackwell
Don’t Make Promises – Tim Hardin
Move It – Ian Samwell
Don’t – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Dizzy Miss Lizzy – Larry Williams
Baby It’s You – Burt Bacharach, Mack David, Barney Williams a.k.a. Luther Dixon
My Babe – Willie Dixon
Save the Last Dance for Me – Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
In April 1965, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, seventh Cliff Richard studio album. It was recorded 1962 – 1964, at “EMI Studios” in Barcelona, “EMI Studios” in London, “CBS 30th Street Studio” in New York City, “CBS Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Norrie Paramor.
On March 23, 2018, “Third Man”, “Columbia” and “XL Records” labels released “Boarding House Reach”, the third Jack White studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Third Man Studio” in Nashville, “Sear Sound” in New York City and “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack White.
Personnel:
Jack White – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, tambourine, bass, piano, organ, synthesizer, bass, acoustic and electronic drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.
Connected by Love
Why Walk a Dog
Corporation
Abulia and Akrasia
Hypermisophoniac
Ice Station Zebra
Over and Over and Over
Everything You’ve Ever Learned
Respect Commander
Ezmerelda Steals the Show
Get in the Mind Shaft
What’s Done Is Done
Humoresque – lyrics by Howard Johnson, music by Antonin Dvořák
In February 1970, “Columbia” label released “Masterpiece”, the second Masters Apprentices studio album. It was recorded 1969 – 1970, at “EMI Studios” in Sydney and “Armstrong Studios” in Melbourne, and was produced by Howard Gable.
Personnel:
Doug Ford – vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo
On February 25, 2003, “Columbia” label released “The Beautiful Letdown”, the fourth Switchfoot studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Sage and Sound” in Mansfield Lodge and at Jon Foreman’s home, and was produced by John Fields, Charlie Peacock, Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Chad Butler and Jerome Fontamillas. In 2003, “The Beautiful Letdown” won an “Album of the Year” award at the “San Diego Music Awards”.
On January 26, 1970, “Columbia” label released “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash”, the 33rd Johnny Cash album. It was recorded February – September 1969, and was produced by Bob Johnston. In 1971, album track “If I Were a Carpenter”, duet with his wife, June Carter Cash, won a “Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal”.
Personnel:
Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
June Carter Cash – vocal
Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton, Jerry Shook, Fred Carter, Jr. – guitar
Norman Blake – dobro, guitar
Bill Pursell – piano
Marshall Grant – bass guitar
W.S. Holland – drums
George Tidwell, Bob Phillips, William Pippin – trumpet
The Carter Family – backing vocals
Charlie Bragg – engineer
Joel Baldwin – cover photography
Track listing:
Southwind – Johnny Cash
Devil to Pay – Merle Travis, Leon Rusk
Cause I Love You – Johnny Cash
See Ruby Fall – Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison
Route No. 1, Box 144 – Johnny Cash
Sing a Travelling Song – Ken Jones
If I Were a Carpenter – Tim Hardin
To Beat the Devil – Kris Kristofferson
Blistered – Billy Ed Wheeler
Wrinkled Crinkled Wadded Dollar Bill – Vincent Matthews
In November 1967, “Columbia” label released “The Time Has Come”, the debut Chambers Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in August 1967, and was produced by David Rubinson.
Personnel:
Lester Chambers – lead vocal
Willie Chambers – vocal, guitars
Joseph Chambers – vocal, guitar
George Chambers – vocal, bass
Brian Keenan – drums
Gary Sherman – arranger
Jim Marshall – photography
Track listing:
All Strung Out Over You – Rudy Clark
People Get Ready – Curtis Mayfield
I Can’t Stand It – Lester Chambers
Romeo and Juliet – Lester Chambers
In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
So Tired – Andre Goodwin, Lester Chambers, Willie Chambers, Joseph Chambers, George Chambers, Brian Keenan
Uptown – Betty Mabry
Please Don’t Leave Me – Lester Chambers, Willie Chambers, Joseph Chambers, George Chambers, Brian Keenan
What the World Needs Now Is Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Time Has Come Today – Joseph Chambers, Willie Chambers
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