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King Swamp: Wiseblood

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On September 17, 1990, “Virgin” label released “Wiseblood”, the second King Swamp studio album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Steve Halliwell and Dave Allen.

Personnel:

  • Walter Wray – lead vocals
  • Dominic Miller – guitar, dobro
  • Mike Cozzi – guitar
  • Nick Lashley – guitar
  • Steve Halliwell – additional vocals, keyboards
  • Dave Allen – bass guitar
  • Martyn Barker – drums
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Wiseblood
  2. One Step Over the Line
  3. Floating World
  4. Walk the Knife
  5. Can’t Be Satisfied
  6. Nightfall Over Eden
  7. Walk on Gilded Splinters
  8. Redemption Day
  9. Some Kind of Love
  10. Kiss the Sun

Joe Pass: Sounds Of Synanon

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On July 1, 1962, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Sounds of Synanon”, the debut Joe Pass studio album. It was recorded in 1962, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – electric guitar
  • Arnold Ross – piano
  • Ronald Clark – bass
  • Bill Crawford – drums
  • Dave Allen – trumpet
  • Greg Dykes – baritone horn

Track listing:

  1. C.E.D. – Joe Pass, Arnold Ross
  2. Aaron’s Song – Dave Allen
  3. Stay Loose – Arnold Ross
  4. Projections – Greg Dykes
  5. Hang Tough – Joe Pass
  6. Self-Image – Dave Allen
  7. Last Call for Coffee – Arnold Ross
  8. Blues – Joe Pass

Rheostatics: Whale Music

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On May 22, 1992, “Sire” label released “Whale Music”, the third Rheostatics album. It was recorded February – March 1992, at “Reaction Studios” in Toronto, Ontario, and was produced by Matt DeMatteo and James Stewart.

Personnel:

  • Michael Phillip Wojewoda – guitar, tambourine, Egg shaker, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Tim Vesely – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, percussion, piano, accordion, power tools, mini-Moog, string arrangements
  • Bidini – vocals, bass, guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Dave Clark – vocals, drums, percussion, power tools, alarm clock
  • Dave Allen (credited on some tracks as “De Vallion String Quartet”) – strings, violin, backing vocals
  • Barenaked Ladies (credited as “Scarborough Naked Youth Choir”) – chorus
  • Tim Mech – electric guitar
  • Martin Tielli – vocals, guitar, painting
  • Dutch Toko – classical guitar
  • Lewis Melville – banjo, pedal steel, electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Joey Bechta – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Chris Brown – organ, piano, trombone
  • Tim Martin – vocals, accordion
  • Pyramid of Stupidity Singers – vocals
  • The Raindrops – backing vocals
  • Tannis Slimmon – backing vocals
  • Neil Peart – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Gene Hardy – saxophone
  • Richard Burgmann – power tools
  • Matt DeMatteo – power tools, engineer
  • Kevin Gould – arrangements
  • James Stewart – engineer
  • Ormond Jobin – engineer
  • Peter Moore – mastering
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Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Tielli, except where noted.

  1. Self Serve Gas Station
  2. California Dreamline
  3. Rain, Rain, Rain
  4. Queer – Dave Bidini, Dave Clark
  5. King of the Past – Dave Bidini, Tim Veseli
  6. R.D.A. (Rock Death America) – Dave Bidini, Dave Clark
  7. The Headless One – Tim Veseli
  8. Legal Age Life at Variety Store – Dave Bidini
  9. What’s Going on Here
  10. Shaved Head – Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini
  11. Palomar – Tim Vesely
  12. Guns – Dave Clark
  13. Sickening Song
  14. Soul Glue – Tim Vesely
  15. Beerbash – Dave Bidini
  16. Who? – Tim Vesely
  17. Dope Friends and Boozehounds – Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini, Janet Morassutti

Barenaked Ladies: Gordon

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On July 28, 1992, “Sire” label released “Gordon”, the debut Barenaked Ladies studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Le Studio” in Morin-Heights, Quebec, and was produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda.

Personnel:

  • Steven Page – vocals, guitar, shaker, wat-ups, moronic intro synth, cartoon noises, secret noises
  • Ed Robertson – vocals, guitar, shaker, cowbell, bionic intro synth, crowd noise, funky mouth
  • Jim Creeggan – vocals, double bass, arco double bass, shaker, secret noises
  • Andy Creeggan – vocals, organ, piano, conga, tambourine, triangle, claves, cuíca, shaker, mark tree, güiro, finger cymbals, cabasa, vibraphone, scat, wat’ups, marimba, mbira, suitcase, secret noises
  • Tyler Stewart – vocals, drums, shaker, wat’ups, bass drum, snare drums
  • Michael Phillip Wojewoda – tambourine, teutonic intro vocal, shaker, stupid keyboard bass, secret noises
  • Lewis Melville – pedal steel guitar
  • Martin Tielli – guitar solo
  • Chris Brown – organ
  • Tim Witlson – bagpipes
  • Bob Wiseman – accordion
  • Dave Allen – fiddle
  • Chris Howells – flugelhorn
  • Catherine MacDonnell-Stephens – bassoon
  • Tom Walsh – trombone

The Jimmy Crack Horns

  • Nic Gotham – baritone saxophone
  • Gene Hardy – tenor saxophone
  • Chris Howells – trumpet
  • Tom Walsh – trombone

The Horn Cuskers

  • Nic Gotham – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Gene Hardy – tenor saxophone

The Suburban Tabernacle Choir

  • Dave Allen
  • Mike Barber
  • Gregor Beresford
  • Arlene Bishop
  • Chris Brown
  • Erica Buss
  • Meryn Cadell
  • Naida Creeggan
  • Matthew DeMatteo
  • Kate Fenner
  • Gene Hardy
  • Natalie Herbert
  • Shelley Hines
  • Sally Lee
  • Lewis Melville
  • Jason Mercer
  • Janet Morassutti
  • Moxy Früvous
  • Keith Nakonechny
  • Blair Packham
  • Matthew Page
  • Steve Pitkin
  • Jason Plumb
  • Rheostatics
  • Wilma Robertson
  • Tannis Slimmon
  • Earl Stokes
  • Wayne Stokes
  • Bob Wiseman
  • Michael-Philip Wojewoda – engineer, remix
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Page and Ed Robertson, except where noted.

  1. Hello City
  2. Enid
  3. Grade 9 – Andy Creeggan, Jim Creeggan, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart
  4. Brian Wilson – Steven Page, Ed Robertson
  5. Be My Yoko Ono
  6. Wrap Your Arms Around Me – Jim Creeggan, Steven Page, Ed Robertson
  7. What a Good Boy
  8. The King of Bedside Manor
  9. Box Set Page Robertson – Steven Page
  10. I Love You – Andy Creeggan, Jim Creeggan, Steven Page, Ed Robertson
  11. New Kid (On the Block) – Scott Dibble, Steven Page, Ed Robertson
  12. Blame It on Me
  13. The Flag – Steven Page
  14. If I Had $1000000
  15. Crazy
  16. Dat Folder – hidden track

Depeche Mode: Black Celebration

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On March 17, 1986, “Mute” label released “Black Celebration”, the fifth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded November 1985 – January 1986, at “Westside Studios” and “Genetic Studios” in London, “Hansa Mischraum” in Berlin and was produced by Gareth Jones, Daniel Miller, Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan and Martin Gore. The album was certified Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”.

Personnel:

  • David Gahan – vocals
  • Martin Gore – vocals, guitars, piano, melodica, synthesizer, bass, sampler
  • Alan Wilder – piano, keyboards, samples
  • Andrew Fletcher – keyboards, synthesizer, sampler, bass
  • Dave Allen – recording
  • Phil Tennant – recording assistant
  • Richard Sullivan – engineer assistant
  • Peter Schmidt – engineer assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Martyn Atkins – design
  • David A. Jones – design
  • Mark Higenbottam – design
  • Brian Griffin – photography
  • Stuart Graham – photography assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin L. Gore.

  1. Black Celebration
  2. Fly on the Windscreen – Final
  3. A Question of Lust
  4. Sometimes
  5. It Doesn’t Matter Two
  6. A Question of Time
  7. Stripper
  8. Here is the House
  9. World Full of Nothing
  10. Dressed in Black
  11. New Dress

Gang Of Four: Solid Gold

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In March 1981, “EMI” label released “Solid Gold” the second Gang of Four album. It was recorded in January 1981, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Jimmy Douglass, Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andrew Gill and Jon King.

Personnel:

  • Andy Gill – vocals, guitar, design
  • Jon King – vocals, design
  • Dave Allen – vocals, bass
  • Hugo Burnham – vocals, drums
  • Jimmy Douglass – engineer
  • Keit Breeden – layout

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jon King, all music by Andy Gill, Jon King, Dave Allen and Hugo Burnham, except where noted.

  1. Paralysed – Andy Gill, Jon King
  2. What We All Want
  3. If I Could Keep it for Myself
  4. Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time
  5. Why Theory – lyrics Andy Gill, Jon King
  6. Cheeseburger – lyrics Andy Gill, Jon King
  7. The Republic – music Andy Gill
  8. In the Ditch
  9. A Hole in the Wallet – music Andy Gill
  10. He’d Send in the Army – lyrics Andy Gill, Jon King

Gang of Four: Entertainment!

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On September 25, 1979, “EMI” label released “Entertainment!” the debut Gang of Four album. It was recorded 1979 at “The Workhouse” in London, and was produced by Andy Gill, Jon King and Rob Warr. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 483 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In 2005, “Q”  magazine  ranked the track “At Home He’s a Tourist” at number 52 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitar Tracks”.

Personnel:

  • Andy Gill– vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Jon King– vocals, melodica, artwork
  • Dave Allen– vocals, bass guitar
  • Hugo Burnham – vocals, drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andy Gill, and Jon King.

  1. Ether
  2. Natural’s Not in It
  3. Not Great Men
  4. Damaged Goods
  5. Return the Gift
  6. Guns Before Butter
  7. I Found That Essence Rare
  8. Glass
  9. Contract
  10. At Home He’s a Tourist
  11. 45
  12. Anthrax