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Harry Chapin: Portrait Gallery

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On September 27, 1975, “Columbia” label released “Portrait Gallery”, the fifth Harry Chapin studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Connecticut Recording Studios, Inc” in Connecticut, and was produced by Paul Leka.

Personnel:

  • Harry Chapin – vocals, guitar
  • John Tropea – guitar
  • Ronald Palmer – vocals, guitar
  • Paul Leka – piano, celeste, harpsichord
  • Steve Chapin- vocals, piano, clavinet
  • Tim Moore – keyboards, clavinet
  • Ron Bacchiocchi – synthesizer, percussion
  • Donald Peake – synthesizer
  • John Wallace – vocals, bass
  • Don Payne – bass
  • Gene Bianco – harmonica
  • Frank Porto – accordion
  • Allan Schwartzberg – drums
  • Bob Springer – percussion
  • Jackie Kelso – saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone, flute
  • Ed Bednarski – clarinet
  • George Bohanon- trombone
  • Bud Brisbois – trumpet
  • Paul Hubinon – trumpet
  • Jim Horn- saxophone
  • Ken Smith – flute, mandolin
  • Jack Shulman – violin
  • Murray Adler – violin
  • Henry Roth – violin
  • Stanley Plummer – violin
  • Assa Drori – violin
  • Ronald Folsom – violin
  • James Getzoff – violin
  • Alexander Neiman – viola
  • Gareth Nuttycombe – viola
  • Armand Kaproff – cello
  • Michael Masters – cello
  • Tim Scott – cello
  • Jesse Ehrlich – cello
  • Bill Hymanson – strings
  • Rob White – whistle
  • Geoff Parker – vocals, choir, chorus
  • Sheila Turner – vocals
  • Christopher Von Koschembahr – vocals
  • Joan Fishman – vocals
  • Joe Flood – vocals
  • Jeff Gross – vocals
  • Betty MacIver – vocals
  • Pete MacIver – vocals
  • Marti McCall – vocals
  • Todd Mulder – vocals
  • Katherine Anne Porter – vocals
  • Judi Parker – vocals
  • David Kondziela – vocals
  • Kris Kristofferson – vocals
  • Jonathan B. Lindle-vocals
  • Frank Simms – vocals
  • George Simms – vocals
  • Tom Chapin- vocals
  • Rita Coolidge- vocals
  • Kathy Ramos – vocals
  • Billy Swan – vocals
  • Susan White – vocals
  • Carolyn Willis – vocals
  • Milton Glaser – design, illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Chapin except where noted.

  1. Dreams Go By
  2. Tangled Up Puppet – Harry Chapin, Sandy Chapin
  3. Star Tripper
  4. Babysitter
  5. Someone Keeps Calling My Name
  6. The Rock
  7. Sandy
  8. Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails
  9. Bummer
  10. Stop Singing These Sad Songs

The Psychedelic Furs: Forever Now

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On September 25, 1982, “Columbia” label released “Forever Now” the third  Psychedelic Furs (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by Todd Rundgren. The album cover album featured cover art by English artist Barney Bubbles (aka Colin Fulcher).

Personnel:

  • Richard Butler– vocals
  • John Ashton– guitars
  • Tim Butler– bass guitar
  • Vince Ely – drums
  • Todd Rundgren– keyboards; saxophone; marimba
  • Gary Windo– horns
  • Donn Adams – horns
  • Ann Sheldon – cello
  • Flo & Eddie(Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan) – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. President Gas
  2. Love My Way
  3. Run and Run
  4. Merry-Go-Round
  5. Sleep Comes Down
  6. Forever Now
  7. Danger
  8. You and I
  9. Goodbye
  10. No Easy Street

Laura Nyro: New York Tendaberry

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On September 24, 1969, “Columbia” label released “New York Tendaberry”, the third  Laura Nyro album. It was recorded September   1968 – July 1969 in New York City, and was produced by Laura Nyro and Roy Halee. In 2003, “New York Tendaberry” was included in  Mojo’s  Collection  book of the best albums of all time.

Track listing:

  • Laura Nyro – vocals, piano, arrangements
  • Gary Chester– drums
  • Jimmie Haskell- conductor, orchestral arrangements
  • Roy Halee– engineer
  • David L. Geffen- friend
  • David Gahr – photography

All tracks by Laura Nyro.

  1. You Don’t Love Me When I Cry
  2. Captain for Dark Mornings
  3. Tom Cat Goodbye
  4. Mercy on Broadway
  5. Save the Country
  6. Gibsom Street
  7. Time and Love
  8. The Man Who Sends Me Home
  9. Sweet Lovin’ Baby
  10. Captain Saint Lucifer
  11. New York Tendaberry

David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock

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On September 18, 2015, “Columbia” label released “Rattle That Lock”, the fourth David Gilmour solo studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2015, at “Medina Studio” in Hove; “Astoria Studio” in Middlesex; “Abbey Road Studios” and “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by David Gilmour and Phil Manzanera.  The album was certified Platinum in Italy by “FIMI”.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour– lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, SNCF sample, Hammond organ, bass guitar, bass harmonica, electric piano
  • Rado Klose– guitar
  • John Parricelli– guitar
  • Richard Wright– voice sample, keyboards
  • Phil Manzanera– Hammond organ, keyboard elements, acoustic guitar
  • Mike Rowe – electric piano
  • Jon Carin– electric piano
  • Roger Eno– piano
  • Gabriel Gilmour – piano
  • Jools Holland– piano
  • Damon Iddins – accordion, calliope keyboard
  • Guy Pratt– bass guitar
  • Yaron Stavi – bass guitar, double bass, backing vocals
  • Chris Laurence– double bass
  • Guy Pratt– bass guitar
  • Steve DiStanislao – drums
  • Steve DiStanislao– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Martin France – drums
  • Andy Newmark– drums
  • Danny Cummings– percussion
  • Colin Stetson– saxophone
  • Eira Owen – French horn
  • Robert Wyatt– cornet
  • Zbigniew Preisner– orchestration
  • Michaël Boumendil – original SNCF jingle
  • David Crosby – backing vocals
  • Graham Nash – backing vocals
  • The Liberty Choir – backing vocals
  • Louise Marshall – backing vocals
  • Mica Paris– backing vocals
  • Polly Samson– backing vocals
  • Dave Stansbie (The Creative Corporation) – artwork
  • Aubrey Powell – art direction
  • Kevin Westenberg, Polly Samson – photography

Track listing:

  1. 5 A.M. – David Gilmour
  2. Rattle That Lock – Polly Samson, David Gilmour, Michael Boumendi
  3. Faces of Stone – David Gilmour
  4. A Boat Lies Waiting – Polly Samson, David Gilmour
  5. Dancing Right in Front of Me – David Gilmour
  6. In Any Tongue – Polly Samson, David Gilmour
  7. Beauty – David Gilmour
  8. The Girl in the Yellow Dress – Polly Samson, David Gilmour
  9. Today – Polly Samson, David Gilmour
  10. And Then… David Gilmour

Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy

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On September 18, 1989, “Columbia” label released “Oh Mercy”, the twenty-sixth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded February – April 1989, and was produced by Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, 12-stringguitar, organ
  • Daniel Lanois – dobro, lap steel, guitar, omnichord, mixing
  • Mason Ruffner– guitar
  • Brian Stoltz – guitar
  • Paul Synegal – guitar
  • Malcolm Burn– tambourine, keyboards, mercy keys, bass guitar, recording, mixing
  • Rockin’ Dopsie– accordion
  • Larry Jolivet – bass guitar
  • Tony Hall – bass guitar
  • Willie Green – drums
  • Daryl Johnson  – percussion
  • Cyril Neville– percussion
  • Alton Rubin, Jr. – scrub board
  • John Hart – saxophone
  • Mark Howard– mixing, studio installation
  • Greg Calbi– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Political World
  2. Where Teardrops Fall
  3. Everything Is Broken
  4. Ring Them Bells
  5. Man in the Long Black Coat
  6. Most of the Time
  7. What Good Am I?
  8. Disease of Conceit
  9. What Was It You Wanted
  10. Shooting Star

 

MGMT: Same

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On September 17, 2013, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut MGMT studio album. It was recorded February 2012 – March 2013, at :Vacation Island: and “Tarbox Road Studios”, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser.

Personnel:

  • Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Ben Goldwasser – vocals, keyboards
  • Dave Fridmann – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Boynton – additional recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Alejandro Cardenas – art direction, design
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

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

  1. Alien Days
  2. Cool Song No. 2
  3. Mystery Disease
  4. Introspection – Faine Jade cover
  5. Your Life Is a Lie
  6. A Good Sadness
  7. Astro-Mancy
  8. I Love You Too, Death
  9. Plenty of Girls in the Sea
  10. An Orphan of Fortune

Chicago: XI

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On September 12, 1977, “Columbia” label released “Chicago XI”, the ninth Chicago studio album. It was recorded April – June 1977, at “Caribou Ranch” in Nederland, Colorado, and was produced by James William Guercio. This was the last Chicago album produced by James William Guercio, and the last one to feature founding member Terry Kath, who died in an gun accident four months later.

Personnel:

  • Terry Kath – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
  • Robert Lamm – lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ,  clavinet, Fender Rhodes
  • Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • James William Guercio – acoustic guitars, bass
  • Danny Seraphine– drums, percussion
  • Laudir de Oliveira – percussion
  • Walter Parazaider– saxophones, flute, clarinet
  • Lee Loughnane– vocals, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn
  • James Pankow– vocals, trombone, keyboards, percussion, brass arrangements
  • David “Hawk” Wolinski– ARP synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
  • The Voices of Inspiration – choir
  • Tim Cetera – backing vocals
  • Carl Wilson– backing vocals
  • Chaka Khan – incredible preach, backing vocals
  • Dominic Frontiere– orchestral conception, orchestration, orchestration, string and orchestral, arrangements
  • Wayne Tarnowski – engineer
  • Tom Likes – engineer assistant
  • Armin Steiner – strings recording
  • Mike Reese – mastering
  • John Berg – design
  • Nick Fasciano – logo design
  • Reid Miles – inside photography

Track listing:

  1. Mississippi Delta City Blues – Terry Kath
  2. Baby, What a Big Surprise – Peter Cetera
  3. Till the End of Time – James Pankow
  4. Policeman – Robert Lamm
  5. Take Me Back to Chicago – Danny Seraphine, Hawk Wolinski
  6. Vote for Me – Robert Lamm
  7. Takin’ It on Uptown – Fred Kagan, Terry Kath
  8. This Time – Lee Loughnane
  9. The Inner Struggles of a Man – Dominic Frontiere
  10. Prelude (Little One) – Danny Seraphine, Hawk Wolinski
  11. Little One – Danny Seraphine, Hawk Wolinski

Bob Dylan: Love And Theft

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On September 11, 2001, “Columbia” label released “Love and Theft”, the thirty-first Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in May 2001, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan). In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Love and Theft” at number 385 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. At the 44th “Annual Grammy Awards”, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan— vocals, guitar, piano, record production
  • Larry Campbell— guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin
  • Charlie Sexton— guitar
  • Augie Meyers— accordion, Hammond B3 organ, Vox organ
  • Tony Garnier— bass
  • David Kemper— drums
  • Clay Meyers —bongos
  • Chris Shaw —engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
  2. Mississippi
  3. Summer Days
  4. Bye and Bye
  5. Lonesome Day Blues
  6. Floater (Too Much to Ask)
  7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
  8. Moonlight
  9. Honest With Me
  10. Po’ Boy
  11. Cry a While
  12. Sugar baby

 

Art Garfunkel: Angel Clare

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On September 11, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Angel Clare”, the debut Art Garfunkel studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Grace Cathedral” in San Francisco, and was produced by Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee. The album title,” Angel Clare” comes from the name of a character in Thomas Hardy’s novel, “Tess of the d’Urbervilles”.

Personnel:

  • Art Garfunkel – vocals
  • Paul Simon– vocals, guitar
  • J. J. Cale– guitar
  • Jerry Garcia– guitar
  • Larry Carlton– guitar
  • Fred Carter, Jr.– guitar
  • Louie Shelton– guitar
  • Dean Parks– guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco– bouzouki, mandolin
  • Larry Knechtel– keyboards
  • Michael Omartian– keyboards
  • Joe Osborn– bass
  • Carl Radle– bass
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Hal Blaine– drums
  • Milt Holland– percussion
  • Jorge Milchberg – percussion, charango
  • Jules Broussard – saxophone
  • Jack Schroer– saxophone
  • Stuart Canin – violin
  • Peter Matz– strings
  • Ernie Freeman– strings
  • Jimmie Haskell– strings
  • Dorothy Morrison – vocals
  • St Mary’s Choir – vocals
  • Sally Stevens – vocals
  • Jackie Ward Singers – vocals
  • Mark Friedman – recording
  • Mark Friedman – recorder
  • Roy Halee– engineer
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Ron Coro – art direction
  • Jim Marshall– photography

Track listing:

  1. Travelling Boy – Paul Williams, Roger Nichols
  2. Down in the Willow Garden – Charlie Monroe
  3. I Shall Sing – Van Morrison
  4. Old Man – Randy Newman
  5. Feuilles- Oh/Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls on Their Way to the Moon? – Traditional/Johann Sebastian Bach, Linda Grossman
  6. All I Know – Jimmy Webb
  7. Mary Was An Only Child – Jorge Milchberg, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
  8. Woyaya – Sol Amarfio, Osibisa
  9. Barbara Allen – traditional
  10. Another Lullaby – Jimmy Webb

 

Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

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On September 11, 1973, “Columbia” label released “The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle”, the second Bruce Springsteen studio album. Springsteen recorded the album with The E Street Band in May – September 1973, at “914 Sound Studios” in Blauvelt, New York, and was produced by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitars,  harmonica,  mandolin,  recorder,  maracas
  • David Sancious– piano, organ, electric piano, clavinet, soprano saxophone, backing vocals, string arrangement
  • Danny Federici– accordion, piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Garry Tallent– bass, tuba, backing vocals
  • Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez– drums, backing vocals, cornet
  • Richard Blackwell – conga, percussion
  • Clarence Clemons– saxophones, backing vocals
  • Albany “Al” Tellone – baritone saxophone
  • Suki Lahav- choir vocals
  • Louis Lahav – engineer
  • Teresa Alfieri, John Berg– design
  • David Gahr– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.

  1. The E Street Shuffle
  2. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
  3. Kitty’s Back
  4. Wild Billy’s Circus Story
  5. Incident on 57th Street
  6. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
  7. New York City Serenade