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David Bowie: Outside

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On September 25, 1995, “Virgin”, “Arista”, “BMG” and “RCA” labels released “Outside”, the twentieth David Bowie album. It was recorded March – November 1994, January – February 1995, at “Mountain” in Montreux, “Westside” in London, “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by David Richards, Brian Eno and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, saxophone, guitar, keyboards, additional treatments, mixing, album cover concept, head of DB, acrylic painting on canvas 1995
  • Brian Eno – synthesisers, treatments, strategies
  • Reeves Gabrels – guitar
  • Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar
  • Tom Frish – additional guitar
  • Kevin Armstrong – additional guitar
  • Mike Garson – grand piano
  • Erdal Kızılçay – bass, keyboards
  • Yossi Fine – bass
  • Sterling Campbell – drums
  • Joey Baron – drums
  • Bryony, Lola, Josey, Ruby Edwards – backing vocals
  • David Richards – additional treatments, mixing, mastering
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mixing
  • Denovo – design, concept nd image manipulation
  • John Scarisbrick – photography
  • Jennifer Elster – stylist

Track listing:

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

  1. Leon Takes Us Outside – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  2. Outside – David Bowie, Kevin Armstrong
  3. A Small Plot of Land – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  4. The Hearts Filthy Lesson – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabriel, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  5. Segue – Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette) – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabriel, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  • Hallo Spaceboy
  • The Motel – David Bowie
  • I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
  • No Control
  • Segue – Algeria Touchshriek – I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
  • The Voyer of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels
  • Segue – Ramona A. Stone / I Am with Name – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  • Wishful Beginnings
  • We Pick You
  • Segue – Nathan Adler – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell
  • I’m Deranged
  • Thru’ These Architects Eyes – David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels
  • Segue Nathan Adles
  • Strangers When We Meet – David Bowie

Chris Rea: On The Beach

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On April 1, 1986, “Magnet” label released “On the Beach”, the eighth Chris Rea studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Anderburr Recording Studios” in Bray, Berkshire, and was produced by Chris Rea and David Richards.

Personnel:

  • Chris Rea – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic piano, guitars, slide guitar, fretless bass
  • Robert Awhai – guitars
  • Max Middleton – acoustic piano, Rhodes, Minimoog, synthesizers
  • Kevin Leach – keyboards
  • Eoghan O’Neill – bass guitar
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Adrian Rea – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Stewart Eales – recording
  • David Richards – mixing
  • Stylorouge – design
  • Ekkeheart Gurlitt – photography
  • Francoise La Port – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Rea.

  1. On the Beach
  2. Little Blonde Plaits
  3. Giverny
  4. Lucky day
  5. Just Passing Through
  6. It’s All Gone
  7. Hello Friend
  8. Two Roads
  9. Light of Hope
  10. Auf Immer und Ewig

David Richards

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On December 20, 2013, David Richards died aged 57. He was musician (keyboards), engineer and record producer, who engineered and co-produced albums for many artists, including David Bowie, Queen, Roger Taylor, Chris Rea, Jimmy Nail, Feargal Sharkey, Iggy Pop, Magnum, Virginia Wolf, The Cross, Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballé, Yes, Brian May and Duran Duran.

Queen: Made In Heaven

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On November 6, 1995, “Parlaphone” label released “Made in Heaven”, the fifteenth Queen studio album. Until the release of “Queen Forever” in 2014, it was the final album containing original material featuring the band’s original line up. Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon worked with vocal and piano parts that Mercury recorded before his death, adding new instrumentation to the recordings. The recordings were made in 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993 – 1995, at “Mountain Studios” in Allerton Hill, Cosford Mill, and “Metropolis Studios”, and were produced by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Austria by “IFPI Austria”; Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in Finland by “Musiikkituottajat”; 2 x Platinum in France by “SNEP”; 3 x Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; Platinum in Japan by “RIAJ”; 2 x Platinum in Netherlands by “NVPI”; Platinum in Norway by “IFPI Norway”; Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”; 2 x Platinum in Spain by “PROMUSICAE”; 3 x Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland”, and 4 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury– lead and backing vocals,  piano,  keyboards,  programming
  • Brian May – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano
  • Roger Taylor– lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards
  • John Deacon– bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
  • Rebecca Leigh-White, Gary Martin, Catherine Porter, Miriam Stockley– backing vocals
  • David Richards– keyboards, engineer, mixing supervision, co-production
  • Justin Shirley-Smith – engineer, co-production
  • Josh Macrae– engineer, co-production
  • Reinhold Mack– recording of additional material in the 80’s
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Richard Gray – artwork, cover photography of Irena Sedlecká’s Mercury sculpture in Montreux

Track listing:

  1. It’s a Beautiful Day – Freddie Mercury, John Deacon
  2. Made in Heaven – Freddie Mercury
  3. Let Me Live – Queen
  4. Mother Love – Freddie Mercury, Brian May
  5. My Life Has Been Saved – Queen, John Deacon
  6. I Was Born to Love You – Freddie Mercury
  7. Heaven for Everyone – Roger Taylor
  8. Too Much Love Will Kill You – Brian May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers
  9. You Don’t Fool Me – Queen
  10. A Winter’s Tale – Queen, Freddie Mercury
  11. Yeah – Queen
  12. Untitled, Hidden Track – Queen, Brian May, John Taylor, David Richards

Iggy Pop: Blah-Blah-Blah

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On October 23, 1986, “A&M” label released “Blah-Blah-Blah”, the seventh Iggy Pop studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, Switzerland, and was produced by David Bowie and David Richards. The album was Iggy Pop and David Bowie last collaboration, and became the most commercially successful Iggy Pop’s album to date.

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop– vocals
  • Kevin Armstrong– guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Jones– guitar solo
  • Erdal Kızılçay– synthesizer, bass, drums, string arrangements, backing vocals
  • David Bowie- backing vocals.

Track listing:

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

  1. Real Wild Child (Wild One) – Johnny O’Keefe, Johnny Greenan, Dave Owens
  2. Baby, It Can’t Fall
  3. Shades
  4. Fire Girl – Iggy Pop, Steve Jones
  5. Isolation
  6. Cry for Love – Iggy Pop, Steve Jones
  7. Blah-Blah-Blah
  8. Hideaway
  9. Winners & Losers – Iggy Pop, Steve Jones

Queen: The Miracle

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On May 22, 1989, “Parlaphone” label released “The Miracle”, the thirteenth Queen studio album. It was recorded January 1988 – January 1989, at “Olympic Studios” and “Townhouse Studios” in London, and “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, and was produced by Freddie mercury, Brian M ay, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and David Richards. The album was certified Platinum in UK, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland and Poland.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals,  piano,  keyboards,  synthesisers,  programming
  • Brian May – co-lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars,  keyboards, programming
  • Roger Taylor – lead and backing vocals, drums, electronic drums, electric guitar, keyboards, programming
  • John Deacon – bass guitar, electric guitar , keyboards
  • David Richards- keyboards, sampler, programming, engineer
  • Andrew Bradfield, John Brough, Angelique Cooper, Claude Frider, Andy Mason, Justin Shirley-Smith – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Metcalf, Gordon Vickary – mastering
  • Brian Zellis – computer programming
  • Richard Gray – design
  • Simon Fowler – photography

Track listing:

  1. Party – John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury
  2. Khashoggi’s Ship – John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor
  3. The Miracle – Freddie Mercury, John Deacon
  4. I Want it All – Brian May
  5. The Invisible Man – Roger Taylor
  6. Breakthru – Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor
  7. Rain Must Fall – John Deacon, Freddie Mercury
  8. Scandal – Brian May
  9. My Baby Does Me – Freddie Mercury, John Deacon
  10. Was It All Worth It – Freddie Mercury

David Bowie: Lodger

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Lodger

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

Queen: Innuendo

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On February 4, 1991,”Parlaphone” released “Innuendo”, the fourteenth Queen studio album. It was recorded March 1989 – November 1990,  at “Metropolis Studios” in London and “Mountain Studios” in Montreux, and was produced by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and David Richards. “Innuendo” was the final studio album to be released in Freddie Mercury’s lifetime and is the last to be composed entirely of new material. “Innuendo” was voted the 94th greatest album of all time in a national 2006 “BBC” poll.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury– lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Brian May– electric, slide and classical guitars, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
  • Roger Taylor– drums, lead vocals, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • John Deacon– bass guitar
  • Steve Howe– classical guitar
  • Michael Moran– piano and keyboards
  • David Richards – keyboards
  • Richard Gray –design
  • Grandville – illustrations
  • Angela Lumley – additional illustrations
  • Simon Fowler –photography

All tracks by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon, except where noted.

  1. Innuendo
  2. I’m Going Slightly Mad
  3. Headlong
  4. I Can’t Live With You
  5. Don’t Try So Hard
  6. Ride the Wild Wind
  7. All God’s People – Mike Moran, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon
  8. These Are the Days of Our Lives
  9. Delilah
  10. The Hitman
  11. Bijou
  12. The Show Must Go On

David Bowie: Heroes

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On October 14, 1977, “RCA” label released “Heroes” the twelfth David Bowie studio album. “Heroes” is the second album of Bowie’s “Berlin Trilogy” with Brian Eno (the other two releases are “Low” and “Lodger”).  It was recorded July – August 1977, at the “Hansa Studio by the Wall” in West Berlin, and was produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti. Magazine “NME” magazine voted “Heroes” album of year 1977.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, saxophone, koto
  • Robert Fripp– lead guitar
  • Carlos Alomar– rhythm guitar
  • Brian Eno– synthesizers, keyboards, guitar treatments
  • George Murray – bass
  • Dennis Davis– drums, percussion
  • Tony Visconti– percussion, backing vocals, engineer
  • Antonia Maass – backing vocals
  • Colin Thurston – engineer
  • Eugene Chaplin – engineer assistant
  • David Richards – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Masayoshi Sukita – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Beauty and the Beast
  2. Joe the Lion
  3. Heroes – David Bowie, Brian Eno
  4. Sons of the Silent Age
  5. Blackout
  6. V-2 Schneider
  7. Sense of Doubt
  8. Moss Garden
  9. Neukoln – David Bowie, Brian Eno
  10. The Secret Life of Arabia – David Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar