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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Long After Dark

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On November 2, 1982, “Backstreet” label released “Long After Dark”, the fifth Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, at “Record Plant”, “Wally Heider’s” and “Crystal” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty.

Personnel:

  • Tom Petty – lead vocals, guitars
  • Mike Campbell – guitars
  • Benmont Tench – acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond and Vox organs, Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Howie Epstein – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Stan Lynch – drums, backing vocals
  • Ron Blair – bass guitar
  • Phil Jones – percussion
  • Don Smith – engineer
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Tommy Steele – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Petty, except where noted.

  1. A One Story Town
  2. You Got Lucky – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  3. Deliver Me
  4. Change of Heart
  5. Finding Out – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  6. We Stand a Chance
  7. Straight into Darkness
  8. The Same Old You – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  9. Between Two Worlds – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
  10. A Wasted Life

A Certain Ratio: Sextet

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In January 1982, “Factory” label released “Sextet”, the third A Certain Ratio studio album. It was recorded in 1981, and was produced by Donald Johnson, Jeremy Kerr, Martha Tilson, Martin Moscrop, Peter Terrel and Simon Topping.

Personnel:

  • Donald Johnson, Jeremy Kerr, Martha Tilson, Martin Moscrop, Peter Terrel, Simon Topping – performer, sleeve concept
  • Phil Ault – engineer
  • Eddy Gorecki – mastering
  • Steve McGarry – artwork
  • Denis Ryan – painting
  • Ben Kelly – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Donald Johnson, Jeremy Kerr, Martha Tilson, Martin Moscrop, Peter Terrel and Simon Topping.

  • Lucinda
  • Crystal
  • Gum
  • Knife Slits Water
  • Skipscada
  • Day One
  • Rub Down
  • Rialto
  • Below the Canal

Mando Diao: Give Me Fire

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On February 13, 2009, “Universal Records” label released “Give Me Fire!”, the fifth Mando Diao studio album. It was recorded in 2008 at “Studio De la Santa & Redline Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Salla Salazar.

Personnel:

  • Björn Dixgård– vocals, guitar
  • Carl-Johan Fogelklou – vocals, bass
  • Gustaf Norén – vocals, guitar
  • Mats Björke – keyboards
  • Samuel Giers – drums
  • Carlos Barth – acoustic guitar
  • Per Ruskträsk Johansson – saxophone, flute
  • Nils Jansson – trumpet, percussion
  • Nils Berg – percussion
  • Thomas Eby – percussion
  • Kerstin Thörn – strings
  • Belinda Malaika, Cindy Peters, Pauline Kamusewu – backing vocals
  • The Salazar Brothers – engineer, mixing
  • Carl-Johan Fogelklou – engineer
  • Mats Björke – engineer assistant
  • Mats “Limpan” Lindfors – mastering
  • Karl Drehsen – painting
  • Neil Harrison – cover artwork
  • Nate Warkentin – artwork blue lining pages
  • Matt Maust – borlange and accordion artwork
  • Melinda Moen – Mando collage and lyrics page individual pieces artwork 
  • Matt Wignall – layout, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Björn Dixgård and Gustaf Norén.

  1. Blue Lining, White Trenchcoat
  2. Dance with Somebody
  3. Gloria
  4. High Heels
  5. Mean Street
  6. Maybe Just Sad
  7. A Decent Life
  8. Give me Fire
  9. Crystal
  10. Come on Come on
  11. Go Out Tonight
  12. You Got Nothing on Me
  13. The Shining / Leave My Fire

David Murray: Now Is Another Time

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On January 28, 2003, “Justin Time” label released “Now Is Another Time”, the 87th David Murray album, credited to David Murray’s Latin Big Band. It was recorded April 2001 – June 2002, at “Sound On Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Valerie Malot and David Murray.

Personnel:

  • David Murray – tenor saxophone
  • Cesar Lopez Martinez, Ernesto Varona Rodriguez German, German Fermin, Roman Feliu O’Reilly, Valazco Urdeliz, Velasco Urdeliz – alto saxophone
  • Irvin Luichel Acao Sierra, Orlando Sanchez Soto – tenor saxophone
  • Hamiet Bluiett, Moises Marquez Loyva – baritone saxophone
  • Jose Luis Cortez, Kahil-Ikshr Smith – flute 
  • Hugh Ragin, Alexander Brown Cabrera, Bacilio Bernardo Marquez, Carmelo Andres, Cristobal Ferrer, Elpidio Chappotin Elgado, Rafael Gavilan – trumpet
  • Craig Harris, Amaury Perez Rodriguez, Boris Sarmiento, Denis Cuni Rodriguez, Heikel Fabian Triminio, Leonardo Alarcon Henville, Sergio Ricardo Luna Longchamp – trombone
  • Carcasses Colon, Emilio Morales, Luis Manuel Guerra Crespo, Miguel Angel De Armas, Roberto Julio, Tony Perez – piano
  • Feliciano Arango Noa, Narciso Jorge, Reyes Hernandez – bass
  • Giraldo Piloto, Olivier Valdes Rey – drums
  • Jorge Luis Guerra – guiro
  • Adel Gonzales Gomez, Evelio Ramos Delfin, Tomas Ramos Ortiz – congas
  • Jose Luis Quintana Fuerte “Changuito” – timbales
  • Dany Gignoux – booklet, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Murray

  1. Crystal
  2. Aerol’s Change
  3. Blue Muse
  4. Break Out
  5. Mambo Dominica
  6. Giovanni’s Mission
  7. Sad Kind of Love

Hüsker Dü: Candy Apple Grey

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In March 1986, “Warner Bros” label released “Candy Apple Grey”, the fifth Hüsker Dü album. It was recorded October 1985-January 1986, and was produced by Bob Mould and Grant Hart.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould– vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Greg Norton– bass guitar
  • Grant Hart– vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards

Track listing:

  1. Crystal – Bob Mould
  2. Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely – Grant hart
  3. “I Don’t Know for Sure – Bob Mould
  4. Sorry Somehow – Grant Hart
  5. Too Far Down – Bob Mould
  6. Hardly Getting Over It – Bob Mould
  7. Dead Set on Destruction – Grant Hart
  8. Eiffel Tower High – Bob Mould
  9. No Promise have I Made – Grant Hart
  10. All This I’ve Done for You – Bob Mould

Fleetwood Mac: Same

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On July 11, 1975, “Reprise” label released the self-titled, tenth Fleetwood Mac album. It was recorded January–February 1975, at “Sound City Studios” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by Fleetwood Mac and Keith Olsen. It was band’s first album to feature Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as vocalist. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 182 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was certified 5 x Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Lindsey Buckingham– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, resonator guitars
  • Stevie Nicks– vocals
  • Christine McVie– vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
  • John McVie– bass guitar
  • Mick Fleetwood– drums, percussion
  • Waddy– rhythm guitar
  • Keith Olsen – engineer
  • David Devore – 2nd engineer
  • Herbert W. Worthington II – photography

Track listing:

  1. Monday Morning – Lindsey Buckingham
  2. Warm Ways – Christine McVie
  3. Blue Letter –  Michael Curtis, Richard Curtis
  4. Rhiannon – Stevie Nicks
  5. Over My Head – Christine McVie
  6. Crystal – Stevie Nicks
  7. Say You Love Me – Christine McVie
  8. Landslide – Stevie Nicks
  9. World Turning – Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie
  10. Sugar Daddy – Christine McVie
  11. I’m So Afraid – Lindsey Buckingham

 

Weather Report: I Sing The Body Electric

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On May 26, 1972, “Columbia” label released “I Sing the Body Electric”, the second Weather Report album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, and was produced by Robert Devere. The last three album tracks were recorded on January 13, 1972, live in concert in Tokyo. These tracks can be heard in their entirety on 1972 import album “Live in Tokyo”. The album title is from an 1855 poem by Walt Whitman and a 1969 short story by Ray Bradbury.

Personnel:

  • Josef Zawinul – acoustic and electric piano, ARP 2600 synthesizer
  • Wayne Shorter- saxophones
  • Miroslav Vitouš- bass
  • Eric Gravatt- drums
  • Dom Um Romão- percussion
  • Andrew White- english horn
  • Hubert Laws, Jr. – flute
  • Wilmer Wise- D and piccolo trumpets
  • Ralph Towner- 12-string guitar
  • Yolande Bavan- voice
  • Joshie Armstrong – voice
  • Chapman Roberts – voice

Track listing:

  1. Unknown Soldier – Joe Zawinul
  2. The Moors – Wayne Shorter
  3. Crystal – Miroslav Vitouš
  4. Second Sunday In August – Joe Zawinul
  5. Medley: Vertical Invader – Joe Zawinul) / H. – Miroslav Vitouš) / Dr. Honoris Causa – Joe Zawinul
  6. Surucucú – Wayne Shorter
  7. Directions – Joe Zawinul