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April Wine: Same

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In September 1971, “Aquarius” label released the debut, self-titled April Wine album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Bill Hill.

Personnel:

  • David Henman – vocals, guitar, sitar
  • Myles Goodwyn– vocals, guitar
  • Jim Henman – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
  • Ritchie Henman – percussion, keyboards

Track listing:

  1. Oceana – David Henman
  2. Can’t Find the Town – Jim.Henman
  3. Fast Train – Myles Goodwyn
  4. Listen Mister – Myles Goodwyn
  5. Page Five – David Henman
  6. Song for Mary – Jim Henman
  7. Wench – David Henman, Jim Henman, Ritchie Henman, Myles Goodwyn
  8. Time – Jim Henman

If: If 1

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In September 1970, “Island” label released “If 1”, the debut If album. It was recorded February – April 1970, and was produced by Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Terry Smith– guitar
  • John Mealing– organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Jim Richardson– bass
  • Dennis Elliott– drums
  • W. Hodkinson– lead vocals, percussion
  • Dick Morrissey – soprano and tenor saxophones, flute
  • Dave Quincy – alto nd ytenor saxophones, flute
  • Frank Owen – sound

Track listing:

  1. I’m Reaching Out on All Sides – Dave Quincy, Fishman
  2. What Did I Say About the Box, Jack? – Dick Morrissey
  3. What Can a Friend Say? – Dave Quincy
  4. Woman Can You See (What This Big Thing Is All About) – W. Hodkinson
  5. Raise the Level of Your Conscious Mind – Fishman, Marsala
  6. Dockland – Daryl Runswick
  7. The Promised Land – Dave Quincy

Siouxsie: Mantaray

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On September 10, 2007, “Universal” label released “Mantaray”, the debut Siouxsie solo album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Riverside Studio” and “Stone Room” in Somerset, UK, and was produced by Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Evans and Charlie Jones.

Personnel:

  • Siouxsie Sioux — vocals
  • Steve Evans — guitar, programming, ukulele
  • Charlie Jones— bass, upright bass, Rhodes piano, synths, piano, autoharp
  • Clive Deamer— drums
  • Hossam Ramzy — percussion
  • Ken Dewar — percussion
  • Noko— guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Phil Andrews — guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Terry Edwards— saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ted Benham — hammered dulcimer, xylophone
  • Davide Rossi — strings
  • Tom Dalgety — engineer

Track listing:

  1. Into a Swan – Siouxsie Sioux, Kookie, Brion James
  2. About to Happen – Siouxsie Sioux, Noko, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans
  3. Here Comes That Day – Siouxsie Sioux, Noko, Kookie, Howard Gray
  4. Loveless – Siouxsie Sioux, Kookie, Brion James
  5. If It Doesn’t Kill You – Siouxsie Sioux, Kookie, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans
  6. One Mile Below – Siouxsie Sioux
  7. Drone Zone – Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Hilton
  8. Sea of Tranquility – Siouxsie Sioux, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans
  9. They Follow You – Siouxsie Sioux, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans, Graham Crabb
  10. Heaven and Alchemy – Siouxsie Sioux, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans

Curtis Mayfield: Curtis

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In September 1970, “Curtom” label released “Curtis”, the debut Curtis Mayfield solo album. It was recorded May – July 1970, at “RCA Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Curtis Mayfield.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Mayfield – vocal, primary artist
  • Loren Binford, Sol Bobrob, Clifford Davis, Harold Dessent, Donald Simmons, Leonard Druss, Robert Lewis, Clifford Davis, Donald Simmons, Elliot Golub, Gary Slabo, Harold Klatz, Harold Lepp, Henry Gibson, John Howell, John Ross,Patrick Ferreri, Philip Upchurch, Richard Single, Robert Sims, Ronald Kolber, Rudolph Stauber, Sam Heiman – musicians
  • Riley Hampton, Gary Slabo – arrangements
  • Bob Cato – design, photography
  • John A. Beck – design
  • J. Anfinson, Tom Flye – engineer
  • Dan Turbeville – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Mayfield.

  1. (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
  2. The Other Side of Town
  3. The Makings of You
  4. We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
  5. Move On Up
  6. Miss Black America
  7. Wild and Free
  8. Give It Up

Eric Burdon & the Animals: Winds of Change

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In September 1967, “MGM” label released “Winds of Change”, the debut Eric Burdon & the Animals album. It was recorded in March 1967, at “TTG Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Eric Burdon- vocals
  • Vic Briggs- guitar, piano, arrangements
  • John Weider- guitar, violin
  • Danny McCulloch- bass
  • Barry Jenkins- drums
  • Keith Olsen- bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch, except where noted.

  1. Winds of Change
  2. Poem by the Sea
  3. Paint It, Black – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  4. The Black Plague
  5. Yes I Am Experienced
  6. San Franciscan Nights
  7. Man—Woman
  8. Hotel Hell
  9. Good Times
  10. Anything
  11. It’s All Meat

Van Morrison: Blowin’ Your Mind

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In September 1967, “Bang” label released “Blowin’ Your Mind!, the debut Van Morrison studio album.  It was recorded in March 1967, and was produced by Bert Berns. “Rolling Stone” magazine included it in its list of the “40 Essential Albums of 1967”.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, guitar
  • Al Gorgoniand Hugh McCracken – guitars
  • Paul Griffin- piano
  • Eric Gale– bass
  • Gary Chester– drums
  • Garry Sherman – conductor, organ, actual arranger, musical supervisor
  • Brooks Arthur – engineer
  • Vic Anesini – mastering
  • Bert Berns– arranger, liner notes
  • Adam Block – project director
  • Garry Sherman – music supervisor

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison, except where noted.

  1. Brown Eyed Girl
  2. He Ain’t Give You None
  3. B. Sheets
  4. Spanish Rose
  5. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) – Wes Farrell, Bert Russell
  6. Ro Ro Rosey
  7. Who Drove the Red Sports Car?
  8. Midnight Special – traditional

Vance Joy: Dream Your Life Away

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On September 5, 2014, “Liberation Music” label released “Dream Your Life Away”, the debut Vance Joy studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Ryan Hadlock, James Keogh, Edwin White and John Castle. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; in Canada by “Music Canada” and in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • James Gabriel Keogh – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, synthesizer bass, ukulele
  • Ryan Hadlock- acoustic guitar, electric guitar,  keyboards,  percussion, synthesizer
  • Edwin White – electric guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, cello, programming, backing vocals, string and brass arrangements
  • Jono Colliver – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Adam Trachsel – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Kimo Muraki – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Lauren Jacobson – viola, violin
  • Jerry Streeter – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Vance Joy.

  1. Winds of Change
  2. Mess is Mine
  3. Wasted Time
  4. Riptide
  5. Who Am I
  6. From Afar
  7. We All Die Trying to Get It Right
  8. Georgia
  9. Red Eye
  10. First Time
  11. All I Ever Wanted
  12. Best That I Can
  13. My Kind of Man

Procol Harum: Same

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In September 1967, “Regal Zonophone” label released the debut, self-titled Procol Harum album. It was recorded in June 1967, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Denny Cordell. “Classic Rock” magazine included it in its list of the “50 Albums That Built Prog Rock”. It 2007, “Rolling Stone” magazine included it in its list of the “The 40 Essential Albums of 1967”.

Personnel:

  • Gary Brooker– vocals, piano
  • Robin Trower– guitar
  • Matthew Fisher– organ
  • Dave Knights– bass
  • J. Wilson– drums
  • Ray Royer– guitar
  • Bill Eyden– drums
  • Eddy Offord, Frank Owen, Gerald Chevin, Keith Grant, Laurence Burridge – engineer
  • Simon Platz – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid, except where noted.

  1. Conquistador
  2. She Wandered Through the Garden Fence
  3. Something Following Me
  4. Mabel
  5. Cerdes (Outside the Gates Of)
  6. A Christmas Camel
  7. Kaleidoscope
  8. Salad Days (Are Here Again)
  9. Good Captain Clack
  10. Repent Walpurgis – Matthew Fisher

Arlo Guthrie: Alice’s Restaurant

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In September 1967, “Reprise” label released “Alice’s Restaurant”, the debut Arlo Guthrie album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Fred Hellerman.

Personnel:

  • Arlo Guthrie – vocals, guitar
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Richard Chalfin – photography concept
  • Sherman Weisburd – cover photography
  • Diana J. Davies – linear photography
  • Harold Leventhal – linear notes
  • Al Brown – assistant production

Track listing:

All tracks by Arlo Guthrie.

  1. Alice’s Restaurant Massacree
  2. Chilling of the Evening
  3. Ring-Around-a-Rosy Rag
  4. Now and Then
  5. I’m Going Home
  6. The Motorcycle Song
  7. Highway in the Wind

Rembrandts: Same

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On September 4,1990. “Atco” label released the self-titled, debut Rembrandts album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Phil Solem and Danny Wilde.

Personnel:

• Phil Solem – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, recording, mixing
• Danny Wilde – vocals, acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, recording, mixing
• David Zeman – Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, accordion
• Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Solem and Danny Wilde, except where noted.

1. Just the Way It Is, Baby
2. Save Me
3. Someone
4. Show Me Your Love
5. New King
6. Every Secret Thing – Phil Solem, Danny Wilde, Pat Mastelotto
7. If Not for Misery
8. Moonlight on Mt. Hood
9. Goodnight
10. Burning Timber – Phil Solem, Danny Wilde, Pat Mastelotto
11. Confidential Information
12. Everyday People
13. Follow You Down