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Blue Öyster Cult: Mirrors

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On June 19, 1979, “Columbia” label released “Mirrors”, the sixth Blue Öyster Cult studio album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Kendun Recorders” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Tom Werman.

Personnel:

  • Eric Bloom – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser – vocals, lead guitar
  • Allen Lanier – keyboards, guitar
  • Joe Bouchard – vocals, bass
  • Albert Bouchard – vocals, drums
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Jai Winding – strings  
  • Genya Ravan – backing vocals 
  • Ellen Foley – backing vocals
  • Wendy Webb – backing vocals
  • Gary Ladinsky – engineer, mixing
  • Loren Salazar – painting

Track listing:

  1. Dr. Music – Joe Bouchard, Donald Roeser, Richard Meltzer
  2. The Great Dun Jester – Eric Bloom, Michael Moorcock, John Trivers
  3. In Thee – Allen Lanier
  4. Mirrors – Donal Roeser, Bruce Abbott
  5. Moon Crazy – Joe Bouchard
  6. The Vigil – Donald Roeser, Sandra Roeser
  7. I Am the Storm – Joe Bouchard, Ronald Binder
  8. You’re Not the One (I Was Looking For) – Albert Bouchard, Caryn Bouchard
  9. Lonely Teardrops – Allen Lanier

Our Leady Peace: Gravity

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On June 18, 2002, “Columbia” label released “Gravity”, the fifth Our Lady Peace studio album. It was recorded November 2001 – February 2002, at “Plantation Mixing and Recording” in Haiku, Hawaii, and was produced by Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Raine Maida – vocals
  • Steve Mazur – guitars
  • Jamie Edwards – keyboards, guitars, string arrangements
  • Duncan Coutts – bass guitar
  • Jeremy Taggart – drums
  • Mike Turner – rhythm guitar
  • Bob Buckley – additional string arrangements
  • Mike Gillies – digital engineering, editing
  • Eric Helmkamp – second engineer
  • Randy Staub – mixing
  • Zach Blackstone – mixing assistant
  • George Marino – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Raine Maida, except where noted.

  1. All For You – Raine Maida, Jeremy Taggart, Duncan Coutts, Jamie Edwards, Mike Turner
  2. Do You Like It
  3. Somewhere Out There
  4. Innocent
  5. Made of Steel
  6. Not Enough
  7. Sell My Soul
  8. Sorry
  9. Bring Back the Sun – Raine Maida, Jeremy Taggart, Duncan Coutts, Jamie Edwards, Mike Turner
  10. A Story About a Girl – Raine Maida, Jeremy Taggart, Duncan Coutts, Jamie Edwards, Mike Turner

Loudon Wainwright: Album III

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On June 15, 1972, “Columbia” label released “Album III”, the third Loudon Wainwright III studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Marquee Studios” in London, and was produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye.

Personnel:

  • Loudon Wainwright III – vocals, guitar
  • Thomas Jefferson Kaye – guitar, rhythm guitar, arrangements
  • Charlie Brown III – guitar, electric guitar
  • Elliott Randall – electric guitar
  • Jimmy Ryan – guitar
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar
  • Eric Weissberg – dobro, guitar
  • Bill Keith – banjo, steel guitar
  • Teddy Wender – piano
  • “Sailor” Bob Schmidt – harmonica
  • Don Payne – electric bass
  • Tom Watson – electric bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Richard Crooks – drums
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • David Amram – French horn
  • Kenny Kosek – fiddle, violin
  • White Cloud – Charles Brown III, Richard Crooks, Thomas Jefferson Kaye, Kenneth Kosek, Don Payne, Teddy Wender
  • Brooks Arthur – engineer, mixing
  • Fred Lombardi – cover photography
  • Milton Kramer – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Loudon Wainwright III, except where noted.

  1. Dead Skunk
  2. Red Guitar
  3. East Indian Princess
  4. Muse Blues
  5. Hometeam Crowd
  6. B Side
  7. Needless To Say
  8. Smokey Joe’s Café – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  9. New Paint
  10. Trilogy
  11. Drinking Song
  12. Say That You Love Me

Blue Öyster Cult: Cultösaurus Erectus

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On June 14, 1980, “Columbia” label released “Cultösaurus Erectus”, the seventh Blue Öyster Cult studio album. It was recorded 1979 – 1980, at “Kingdom Sound Studios” in Long Island, New York, and was produced by Martin Birch. 

Personnel:

  • Eric Bloom – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser – vocals, lead guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Allen Lanier – keyboards, guitar
  • Joe Bouchard – vocals, bass
  • Albert Bouchard – vocals, drums
  • Don Kirshner – introduction during “The Marshall Plan”
  • Mark Rivera – saxophone
  • Martin Birch – engineer, mixing
  • Clay Hutchinson – second engineer
  • Richard Clifton-Dey – front cover art
  • Paula Scher – cover design

Track listing:

  1. Black Blade – Eric Bloom, Michael Moorcock, John Trivers
  2. Monsters – Albert Bouchard, Caryn Bouchard
  3. Divine Wind – Donald Roeser
  4. Deadline – Donald Roeser
  5. The Marshall Plan – Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Allen Lanier, Donald Roeser
  6. Hungry Boys – Albert Bouchard, Caryn Bouchard
  7. Fallen Angel – Joe Bouchard, Helen Wheels
  8. Lips in the Hills – Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser, Richard Meltzer
  9. Unknown Tongue – Albert Bouchard, David Roter

Dave Brubeck: Time In

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On June 14, 1966, “Columbia” label released “Time In”, the 53rd Dave Brubeck album. It was recorded in October 1965, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Dave Brubeck – piano
  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Gene Wright – double bass
  • Joe Morello – drums
  • Barry Ulanov, George T. Simon, George Wein, Goddard Lieberson, Jimmy Lyons, John Hammond, John S. Wilson, Leonard Feather, Ralph J. Gleason, Teo Macero – sleeve notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Brubeck, except where noted.

  1. Lost Waltz
  2. Softly, William, Softly
  3. Time In
  4. 40 Days
  5. Travellin’ Blues – Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck
  6. He Done Her Wrong
  7. Lonesome – Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck
  8. Cassandra

George Ezra: Gold Rush Kid

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On June 10, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Gold Rush Kid”, the third George Ezra studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Stuart Price, Joel Pott, Daniel Moyler and Barney Lister.

Personnel:

  • George Ezra – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Joel Pott – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, piano, drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Daniel Moyler – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals, programming
  • David Klinke – guitar
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Sims – bass, percussion, backing vocal
  • Stuart Price – bass, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Barney Lister – bass, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Fabio De Oliveira – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Hal Ritson – drums, programming
  • Richard Adlam – drums, programming
  • Jim Hunt – saxophone, brass, performance arrangements
  • Cochemea Gastelum – saxophone
  • Ian Hendrickson-Smith – saxophone
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Lily Carassik – brass, backing vocals
  • Yasmin Ogilvie – brass, backing vocals
  • Matthew Benson – brass, backing vocals
  • The Dap Kings – brass, performance arrangements
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • Kate Robinson – violin
  • Nicky Sweeney – violin
  • Nirupam Raja Halder – violin
  • Oli Langford – violin
  • Tamara Elias – violin
  • Marianne Haynes – violin
  • Max Baillie – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Andrew Parker – viola
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Bryony Elizabeth Moody – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Mzansi Youth Choir – backing vocals
  • Adam Scarborough – backing vocals
  • Evie Howard – backing vocals
  • Freddie Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Jessica Barnett – backing vocals
  • Myla Pott – backing vocals
  • Ian Mizen – whistles
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming
  • Tobie Tripp – conductor, performance arrangements
  • Daniel Moyler – engineer
  • Andy Maxwell – engineer
  • Jonny Breakwell – engineer assistant
  • Joe Wyatt – engineer assistant
  • Tristan Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Ben Loveland – engineer assistant
  • Connor Panayi – engineer assistant
  • Felipe Gutierrez – engineer assistant
  • Charles Haydon-Hicks – mixing
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Luke Burgoyne – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by George Ezra and Joel Pott, except where noted.

  1. Anyone for You (Tiger Lily)
  2. Green Green Grass – George Ezra, Joel Pott, Stuart Price
  3. Gold Rush Kid
  4. Manila
  5. Feel in Love at the End of the World – George Ezra
  6. Don’t Give Up
  7. Dance All Over Me
  8. I Went Hunting
  9. In the Morning – George Ezra
  10. Sweetest Human Being Alive
  11. Love Somebody Else
  12. The Sun Went Down – George Ezra

Ian Hunter: Overnight Angels

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In May 1977, “Columbia” label released “Overnight Angels”, the third Ian Hunter studio album. It was recorded 1976 – 1977, at “Le Studio” in Morin-Heights, Canada, “Utopia” and “Olympic” in London, and was produced by Roy Thomas Baker.

Personnel:

  • Ian Hunter – lead and harmony vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Earl Slick – lead, rhythm and slide guitars
  • Peter Oxendale – keyboards
  • Rob Rawlinson – bass, harmony vocals
  • Dennis Elliott – drums
  • Roy Thomas Baker – percussion
  • Miller Anderson – harmony vocals
  • Lem Lubin – harmony vocals
  • Gary Lyons – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • John Berg, Roslav Szaybo – cover design
  • David Oxtoby – front cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Hunter, except where noted.

  1. Golden Opportunity
  2. Shallow Crystals
  3. Overnight Angels
  4. Broadway
  5. Justice of the Peace
  6. (Miss) Silver Dime – Ian Hunter, Earl Slick
  7. Wild ‘N Free
  8. The Ballad of Little Star
  9. To Love a Woman

Catherine Wheel: Wishwille

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On May 23, 2000, “Columbia” label released “Wishville”, the fifth and final Catherine Wheel studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Helioscentric Studio” in Rye, East Sussex, England, and was produced by Tim – Friese Greene and Rob Dickinson.

Personnel:

  • Sara Lee – vocals
  • Rob Dickinson – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Brian Futter – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Tim Friese-Greene – organ, piano
  • Neil Sims – vocals, bass, percussion, drums, loops
  • Jason Corsaro – engineer
  • Mike Shipley – mixing
  • Storm Thorgerson – cover art
  • Peter Curzon – cover art
  • Stephen Stickler – photography
  • Rupert Truman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sparks Are Gonna Fly
  2. Gasoline
  3. Lifeline
  4. What We Want to Believe In
  5. All of That
  6. Idle Life
  7. Mad Dog
  8. Ballad of a Running Man
  9. Crème Caramel

Alexander “Skip” Spence: Oar

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On May 19, 1969, “Columbia” label released “Oar”, the only Alexander “Skip” Spence studio album. It was recorded in December 1968, at “Columbia Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Alexander Spence.

Personnel:

  • Alexander “Skip” Spence – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
  • Charlie Bradley, Don Meehan, Mike Figlio – engineer
  • Don Meehan – mixing
  • Lloyd Ziff – design
  • Columbia Records Photo Studio – photography
  • David Rubinson – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Alexander “Skip” Spence.

  1. Little Hands
  2. Cripple Creek
  3. Diana
  4. Margaret/Tiger Rug
  5. Weighted Down (The Prison Song)
  6. War in Peace
  7. Broken Heart
  8. All Come to Meet Her
  9. Books of Moses
  10. Dixie Peach Promenade (Yin for Yang)
  11. Lawrence of Euphoria
  12. Grey/Afro

The Rascals: The Island Of Real

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In April 1972, “Columbia” label released “The Island of Real”, the ninth and final Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Felix Cavaliere.

Personnel:

  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, ARP synthesizer
  • Howard “Buzz” Feiten – guitar, ARP synthesizer
  • Annie Sutton – vocals, backing vocals
  • Robert Popwell – bass
  • Dino Danelli – drums, percussion
  • Kwasi “Rocky” Dzidzornu – conga
  • Ralph MacDonald – conga
  • Jack Scarangella – conga
  • Daniel Ben Zebulon – conga
  • Joe Farrell – saxophone, flute
  • David Sanborn – saxophone, horn
  • Jon Smith – saxophone, horn
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Manny Stamm – flugelhorn
  • Woodstock Horns – horns
  • Louis Colin – harp
  • Molly Holt – backing vocals
  • Arthur Jenkins – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Felix Cavaliere, except where noted.

  1. Lucky Day
  2. Saga of New York
  3. Be on the Real Side – Robert Popwell
  4. Jungle Walk – Buzz Feiten
  5. Brother Tree
  6. Island of Real
  7. Hummin’ Song
  8. Echoes
  9. Buttercup
  10. Time Will Tell
  11. Lament