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Queen: Hot Space

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On May 21, 1982, “EMI” label released “Hot Space”, the tenth Queen studio album. It was recorded June 1981 – March 1982, at “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, and “Musicland Studios” in Munich, and was produced by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, , Arif Mardin,  Reinhold Mack and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury– lead and backing vocals,  piano,  synthesisers,  synth bass, Hammond organ
  • Brian May– lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, lead, lead harmony and backing vocals, synth bass
  • Roger Taylor– lead and backing vocals, drums, electronic drums, programming, keyboards, rhythm guitar
  • John Deacon– bass guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, lead and rhythm guitars, drums, programming
  • David Bowie– duet vocals, percussion, keyboards
  • Arif Mardin– “hot and spacey” horn arrangement
  • Reinhold Mack– keyboard programming

Track listing:

  1. Staying Power – Freddie Mercury
  2. Dancer – Brian May
  3. Black Chat – Jean Deacon
  4. Body Language – Freddie Mercury
  5. Action This Day – Roger Taylor
  6. Put Out the Fire – Brian May
  7. Life Is Real (Song for Lennon) – Freddie Mercury
  8. Calling All Girls – Roger Taylor
  9. Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) – Brian May
  10. Cool Cat – John Deacon, Freddie Mercury
  11. Under Pressure – David Bowie, John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury

David Bowie: Lodger

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On May 18, 1979, “RCA” label released “Lodger”, the thirteenth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded September 1978 – March 1979, at “Mountain Studios” in “Montreux”, “Record Plant Studios” in New York, and was produced by Tony Visconti and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – lead and backing vocals, piano, guitar, synthesizer, Chamberlin
  • Tony Visconti – guitar, mandolin, bass guitar,  backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Brian Eno– synthesizers, ambient drone, prepared piano, cricket menace, guitar treatments, horse trumpet, eroica horn, piano, backing vocals
  • Adrian Belew– guitar, mandolin
  • Carlos Alomar– guitar, drums
  • Dennis Davis– percussion, drums, bass guitar
  • George Murray– bass guitar
  • Sean Mayes– piano
  • Simon House– violin, mandolin
  • Roger Powell– synthesizer
  • Stan Harrison– saxophone
  • David Richards – engineer
  • Rod O’Brien – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Bowie; all music by David Bowie and Brian Eno, except where noted.

  1. Fantastic Voyage
  2. African Night Flight
  3. Move on – David Bowie
  4. Yassassin – David Bowie
  5. Red Sails
  6. DJ – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar
  7. Look Back in Anger
  8. Boys Keep Swinging
  9. Repetition – David Bowie
  10. Red Money – David Bowie, Carlos Alomar

David Bowie: Never Let Me Down

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On April 27, 1987, “EMI” label released “Never Let Me Down”, the seventeenth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded 1986 – 1987, and was produced by David Bowie and David Richards.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, tambourine
  • Carlos Alomar– guitar, guitar synthesizer, tambourine
  • Sid McGinnis– lead guitar
  • Mickey Rourke– mid-song rap
  • Erdal Kızılçay– keyboards, drums, bass, trumpet, violins, backing vocals
  • Peter Frampton– lead guitar
  • Philippe Saisse– piano, keyboards
  • Carmine Rojas– bass
  • Errol “Crusher” Bennett – percussion
  • Stan Harrison– alto saxophone
  • Lenny Pickett– tenor saxophone
  • Steve Elson– baritone saxophone
  • Laurie Frink – trumpet
  • Earl Gardner– flugelhorn
  • Robin Clark, Lani Groves, Diva Gray, Gordon Grodie – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Day-In Day-Out
  2. Time Will Crawl
  3. Beat of Your Drum
  4. Never Let Me Down – lyrics by David Bowie, music by David Bowie and Carlos Alomar
  5. Zeroes
  6. Glass Spider
  7. Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)
  8. New York’s in Love
  9. 87 and Cry
  10. Too Dizzy – Iggy Pop, Ivan Kral

Nina Simone

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On April 21, 2003, Eunice Kathleen Waymon aka Nina Simone, died aged 70. She was singer, songwriter, musician (piano), arranger, and civil rights activist. In her career, Simone has recorded more than forty albums. Many famous musicians have cited Simone as their influence, among the others: Aretha Franklin, Adele, David Bowie, Antony and the Johnsons, Dianne Reeves , Sade , Beyoncé,  Janis Joplin , Nick Cave, Jeff Buckley, Van Morrison, Elkie Brooks, Lena Horne, Bono, Cat Stevens, Peter Gabriel, Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill, Elton John, Alicia Keys and Lana Del Rey. John Lennon cited Simone’s version of “I Put a Spell on You” as a inspiration for the Beatles’ song “Michelle”.

For her work, Simone received various awards including:

  • In 2000, “Grammy Hall of Fame Award”for her interpretation of “I Love You, Porgy”
  • Honorary degrees in music and humanities, from the “University of Massachusetts Amherst” and “Malcolm X College”
  • Honorary degree by the “Curtis Institute of Music”
  • In 2002, city of Nijmegen, in Netherlands, named a street the “Nina Simone straat”
  • In 2009, Simone was inducted into the “North Carolina Music Hall of Fame”
  • In 2010, her home town Tryon, in North Carolina, placed her statue in the “Trade Street”

David Bowie: Aladdin Sane

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On April 13, 1973, “RCA” label released “Aladdin Sane”, the sixth David Bowie album. It was recorded 6 October 1972, 3 December 1972 – 24 January 1973, at “Trident Studios”, London and “RCA Studios” in New York and Nashville, and was produced by Ken Scott and David Bowie. “Rolling Stones” magazine ranked  “Aladdin Sane” at number 277 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”. “Pitchfork Media” ranked the album at number 77 on its list of the top “100 Albums of the 1970s”.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, guitar, harmonica, saxophone, arrangements
  • Mick Ronson – vocals, guitar, piano, arrangements
  • Mike Garson– piano, synthesizers
  • Trevor Bolder– bass guitar
  • Mick “Woody” Woodmansey– drums
  • Ken Fordham – saxophone, flutes
  • Brian “Bux” Wilshaw – saxophone, flutes
  • Juanita “Honey” Franklin – backing vocals
  • Linda Lewis– backing vocals
  • A. MacCormack– backing vocals
  • Ken Scott – engineer
  • Mick Moran – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Watch That Man
  2. Alladin Sane
  3. Drive-in- Saturday
  4. Panic in Detroit
  5. Cracked Actor
  6. Time
  7. The Prettiest Star
  8. Let’s Spend the Night Together – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  9. The Jean Genie
  10. Lady Grinning Soul

M. Ward: Transfiguration Of Vincent

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On March 18, 2003, “Merge Records” label released “Transfiguration of Vincent” the third M. Ward studio album. “Slant Magazine” ranked the album at number 88 on its list of best albums of the 2000s.

Personnel:

  • M. Ward – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Howe Gelb – piano
  • Esperanza Spalding – bass
  • Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion, recording
  • Jill Coykendall – bass
  • Adam Selzer – drums
  • The Old Joe Clarks – backing band
  • Kate Simer – voice
  • E. Cotton – backing vocals
  • H. Brooks – backing vocals
  • J. Lytle – field recording
  • Mike c. – field recording
  • John King – artwork, design
  • Tony Moreno – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by M. Ward, except where noted.

  1. Transfiguration #1
  2. Vincent O’Brien
  3. Sad, Sad Song
  4. Undertaker
  5. Duet for Guitars #3
  6. Outta My Head
  7. Involuntary
  8. Helicopter
  9. Poor Boy, Minor Key
  10. Fool Says
  11. Get to the Table on Time
  12. A Voice at the End of the Line
  13. Dead Man
  14. Let’s Dance – David Bowie
  15. Transfiguration #2

Iggy Pop: The Idiot

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On March 18, 1977, “RCA” label released “The Idiot”, the debut Iggy Pop studio album. It was recorded July 1976 – February 1977, at “Château d’Hérouville in Hérouville”, France, “Musicland Studios” in Munich, “Hansa Studio 1” in Berlin, and was produced by David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop– vocals
  • David Bowie– keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, piano, saxophone, xylophone, backing vocals
  • Carlos Alomar– guitar
  • Phil Palmer– guitar
  • Laurent Thibault – bass
  • George Murray– bass guitar
  • Michel Santangeli – drums
  • Dennis Davis– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Iggy Pop and David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Sister Midnight – Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Carlos Alomar
  2. Nightclubbing
  3. Funtime
  4. Baby
  5. China Girl
  6. Dum Dum Boys
  7. Tiny Girls
  8. Mass Production

Blur: Same

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On February 10, 1997, “Food Records” label released the self titled, fifth Blur studio album. It was recorded July to November 1996, at “Stúdíó Grettisgat” in Reykjavík, “Maison Rouge Studio” in Fulham, “Studio 13 Mayfair Studios” in London, and was produced by Stephen Street, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.  In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 137 in its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn– lead vocals, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar
  • Graham Coxon– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Theremin,  drums
  • Alex James– bass guitar, lead and rhythm basses
  • Dave Rowntree– drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree, except where noted.

  1. Beetlebum
  2. Song 2
  3. Country Sad Ballad Man
  4. M.O.R. – David Albarn, David Bowie, Graham Coxon, Brian Eno, Alex James, Dave Rowntree
  5. On Your Own
  6. Theme from Retro
  7. You’re So Great – Graham Coxon
  8. Death of a Party
  9. Chinese Bombs
  10. I’m Just a Killer for Your Love
  11. Look Inside America
  12. Strange News from Another Star
  13. Movin On
  14. Essex Dogs” (includes hidden track Interlude)

 

The Stooges: Raw Power

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Stooges - Raw Power

On February 7, 1973, “Columbia” released “Raw Power”, the third Stooges (The) studio album.  It was recorded September – October 1972,  at “CBS Studios” in London, and was produced by Iggy Pop and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop– lead vocals
  • James Williamson– guitar
  • Ron Asheton– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Scott Asheton– drums
  • David Bowie– piano, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Iggy Pop and James Williamson.

  1. Search and Destroy
  2. Gimme Danger
  3. Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
  4. Penetration
  5. Raw Power
  6. I Need Somebody
  7. Snake Appeal
  8. Death Trip