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PJ Harvey & John Parish: Dance Hall at Louse Point

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On September 23, 1996, “Island” label released “Dance Hall at Louse Point”, the debut collaborative PJ Harvey and John Parish studio album. It was recorded February – March 1996, at “Small World” in Yeovil, England, and was produced by PJ Harvey and John Parish.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey – vocals
  • John Parish – various instruments, engineer
  • Mick Harvey– organ, bass, guitar, bass, drums
  • John Dent – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey and John Parish; except where noted.

  1. Girl
  2. Rope Bridge Crossing
  3. City of No Sun
  4. That Was My Veil
  5. Urn with Dead Flowers in a Drained Pool
  6. Civil War Correspondent
  7. Taut
  8. Un Cercle Autour du Soleil
  9. Heela
  10. Is That All There Is? – Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
  11. Dance Hall at Louse Point
  12. Lost Fun Zone

 

Fatboy Slim: Better Living Throught Chemistry

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On September 23, 1996, “Skint Records” label released “Better Living Through Chemistry”, the debut Fatboy Slim studio album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Fatboy Slim.

Personnel:

  • Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook) – main performer
  • Simon Thornton – engineer
  • Neil Devine – mastering
  • Damian Harris – design

Track listing:

  1. Song for Lindy – Norman Cook
  2. Santa Cruz – Norman Cook
  3. Going Out of My Head – Norman Cook, Pete Townshend
  4. The Weekend Starts Here – Norman Cook, Idris Muhammad
  5. Everybody Needs a 303 – Norman Cook, Edwin Starr
  6. Give the Po’ Man a Break – Norman Cook
  7. 10th & Crenshaw – Norman Cook
  8. First Down – Norman Cook
  9. Punk to Funk – Norman Cook, Kaith Mansfield
  10. The Sound of Milwaukee – Norman Cook

Arcade Fire: Funeral

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On September 14, 2004, “Merge Records” label released “Funeral”, the debut Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded 2003 – 2004, at “Hotel2Tango” in Montreal, Quebec, and was produced by Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Howard Bilerman. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Funeral” at number 151 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Win Butler– vocals, Jaguar and 12 strings electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, bass
  • Richard Reed Parry– Rickenbacker guitar, synthesizer, organ, piano, accordion, xylophone, percussion, double bass, engineer, recording
  • Tim Kingsbury– bass, Telecaster guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Régine Chassagne– vocals, drums, synthesizer, piano, accordion, xylophone, recorders, percussion
  • Howard Bilerman– drums, guitar, engineer, recording
  • William Butler– bass, xylophone, synthesizer, percussion
  • Arlen Thompson – drums
  • Pietro Amato– horn
  • Sarah Neufeld– violin, string arrangements
  • Owen Pallett– violin, string arrangements
  • Sophie Trudeau– violin
  • Jessica Moss – violin
  • Gen Heistek – viola
  • Michael Olsen– cello
  • Anita Fust – harp
  • Arcade Fire– string arrangements, engineer, recording
  • Mark Lawson – recording, engineer
  • Thierry Amar- recording assistant
  • Ryan Morey – mastering
  • Tracy Maurice – cover art
  • Hilary Treadwell – photography, insert

Track listing:

All tracks by Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Howard Bilermanre, except where noted.

  1. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) – Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman, John Deu
  2. Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)
  3. Une année sans lumière
  4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
  5. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) – Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman, John Deu
  6. Crown of Love
  7. Wake Up
  8. Haiti
  9. Rebellion (Lies)
  10. In the Backseat

Tanita Tikaram: Ancient Heart

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On September 13, 1988, “WEA” label released “Ancient Heart”, the debut Tanita Tikaram studio album. It was recorded April–July 1988, at “Red House Studios” in Silsoe, and was produced by Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke.

Personnel:

  • Tanita Tikaram – vocals, guitar
  • Brendan Croker– guitar
  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Mitch Dalton – guitar
  • Clem Clempson– guitar
  • Mark Creswell – guitar
  • Paul Brady– mandolin
  • Rod Argent– keyboards
  • Rory McFarlane– bass
  • Peter Van Hooke– drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Philip Todd – saxophone
  • Mark Isham– trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Noel Langley – trumpet
  • Malcolm Messiter – oboe
  • Pete Beachill – trombone
  • David Lindley– violin
  • John Georgiadis – violin
  • Helen O’Hara– violin
  • Brendon O’Reilly – violin
  • Ian Jewell – viola
  • Keith Harvey – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Tanita Tikaram.

  1. Good Tradition
  2. Cathedral Song
  3. Sighing Innocents
  4. I Love You
  5. World Outside Your Window
  6. For All These Years
  7. Twist in My Sobriety
  8. Poor Cow
  9. He Likes the Sun
  10. Valentine Heart
  11. Preyed Upon

Goldie: Timeless

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On September 12, 1995, “FFRR Records” label released “Timeless” the debut Goldie album. It was recorded in 1995, at “Manic One” in London, and was produced by Goldie and Rob Playford. The album is regarded as essential release in the history of drum and bass music.

Personnel:

  • Goldie – vocals, Rhodes piano, artwork
  • Charlemagne – vocals
  • Lorna Harris – vocals
  • Dego – guitar, engineer
  • Justina Curtis – Rhodes piano
  • Mel Gaynor – drums
  • Mark Rutherford – engineer
  • Playford – engineer
  • Mark Mac – engineer
  • Dillinja – remix
  • Sarah Gregory – artwork
  • Simon Taylor – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Goldie, except where noted.

  1. Timeless: Inner City Life/Pressure/Jah – Goldie, Diane Charlemagne, Rob Playford
  2. Silent Angel
  3. State of Mind – Goldie, Rob Playford
  4. This is a Bad
  5. Sea of Tears – Goldie, Rob Playford
  6. Jah the Seventh Seal – Goldie, Rob Playford
  7. A Sense of Rage (Sensual V.I.P mix) – Goldie, Rob Playford
  8. Still Life
  9. Angel
  10. Adrift – Goldie, Justina Curtis
  11. Kemistry
  12. You & Me

Danny Kirwan: Second Chapter

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On September 12, 1975, “DJM” label released “Second Chapter”, the debut Danny Kirwan solo album. It was recorded 1973 – 1974, and was produced by Martin Rushent.

Personnel:

  • Danny Kirwan – vocals, guitars
  • Paul Raymond– piano
  • Andy Silvester– bass guitar
  • Geoff Britton– drums
  • Jim Russell– drums, percussion
  • Gerry Shury– string arrangements
  • Martin Rushent – engineer
  • McKinley Howell, J.M. Heale – design
  • Clifford Davis – photography, album co-ordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Danny Kirwan.

  1. Ram Jam City
  2. Odds and Ends
  3. Hot Summer Day
  4. Mary Jane
  5. Skip a Dee Doo
  6. Love Can Always Bring You Happiness
  7. Second Chaptee
  8. Lovely Days
  9. Falling in Love With You
  10. Silver Streams
  11. Best Girl in the World
  12. Cascades

Ben Folds: Rockin’ The Suburbs

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On September 11, 2001, “Epic” label released “Rockin’ the Suburbs”, the debut Ben Folds studio album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Ben Folds and Ben Grosse.

Personnel:

  • Ben Folds – vocals, piano, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, drums, package design
  • Richard Fortus – guitar
  • Larry Corbett –cello
  • DJ Swamp – beats
  • Vincent Palmeri – vocals
  • John McCrea– vocals
  • Frally Hynes – vocals
  • Andrew R. Wallace, Ben Grosse, Cameron Webb, John Vitale – programming
  • Blumpy – programming, engineer assistant
  • John Mark Painter – arranger
  • John Mark Painter – conductor
  • Ben Grosse – recording, mixing. engineer assistant
  • Andrew R. Wallace – engineer, recording
  • Cameron Webb – engineer assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Chuck Bailey, Rick Behrens, Aaron Lepley, Ulysses Noriega, Justin Pynes – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Folds, except where noted.

  1. Annie Waits
  2. Zak and Sara
  3. Still Fighting It
  4. Gone
  5. Fred Jones Part 2
  6. The Ascent of Stan
  7. Losing Lisa
  8. Carrying Cathy
  9. Not the Same
  10. Rockin’ the Suburbs
  11. Fired
  12. The Luckiest

Goldfrapp: Felt Mountain

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On September 11, 2000, “Mute” label released “Felt Mountain”, the debut Goldfrapp studio album. It was recorded September 1999 – February 2000, in Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

Personnel:

  • Alison Goldfrapp– vocals, keyboards, whistling, design
  • Will Gregory– brass arrangements, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Steven Claydon– synthesizer
  • Andy Davis – baritone ukulele, koto, melodica
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Nick Batt – bass synthesizer, metal percussion, additional engineering, bass synthesizer, additional programming, additional mixing
  • Adrian Utley– bass guitar, synthesiser, tremolo bass guitar
  • John Parish– drums, bass guitar, tremolo guitar
  • Tony Orrell – drums
  • Rowan Oliver – percussion
  • Clive Deamer– brushes
  • Flowers Band – brass band
  • Andy Bush – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • John Cornick – trombone
  • Steve MacAllister – French horn
  • Ben Waghorn – tenor saxophone
  • Alexander Bălănescu– violin
  • Jacqueline Norrie – violin
  • Sonia Slany – violin
  • Stuart Gordon – viola, violin, tremolo violins, violin solo
  • Bill Hawkes – viola
  • Nick Barr – viola
  • Nick Cooper – cello
  • Mute Male Voices – humming
  • Kevin Paul – additional engineering, additional mixing
  • Luke Gordon – additional engineering, additional programming
  • David Lord – additional engineering
  • David Bascombe – additional mixing
  • Chris Weston – additional programming
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Günter Gräfenhain – landscape photography
  • L. Schmidt – landscape photography
  • Joe Dilworth– photography
  • Anna Fox– inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, except where noted.

  1. Lovely head
  2. Paper Bag
  3. Human – Tim Norfolk, Bob Locke, Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
  4. Pilots
  5. Deer Stop
  6. Felt Mountain
  7. Oompa Radar
  8. Utopia
  9. Horse Tears

Art Garfunkel: Angel Clare

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On September 11, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Angel Clare”, the debut Art Garfunkel studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Grace Cathedral” in San Francisco, and was produced by Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee. The album title,” Angel Clare” comes from the name of a character in Thomas Hardy’s novel, “Tess of the d’Urbervilles”.

Personnel:

  • Art Garfunkel – vocals
  • Paul Simon– vocals, guitar
  • J. J. Cale– guitar
  • Jerry Garcia– guitar
  • Larry Carlton– guitar
  • Fred Carter, Jr.– guitar
  • Louie Shelton– guitar
  • Dean Parks– guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco– bouzouki, mandolin
  • Larry Knechtel– keyboards
  • Michael Omartian– keyboards
  • Joe Osborn– bass
  • Carl Radle– bass
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Hal Blaine– drums
  • Milt Holland– percussion
  • Jorge Milchberg – percussion, charango
  • Jules Broussard – saxophone
  • Jack Schroer– saxophone
  • Stuart Canin – violin
  • Peter Matz– strings
  • Ernie Freeman– strings
  • Jimmie Haskell– strings
  • Dorothy Morrison – vocals
  • St Mary’s Choir – vocals
  • Sally Stevens – vocals
  • Jackie Ward Singers – vocals
  • Mark Friedman – recording
  • Mark Friedman – recorder
  • Roy Halee– engineer
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Ron Coro – art direction
  • Jim Marshall– photography

Track listing:

  1. Travelling Boy – Paul Williams, Roger Nichols
  2. Down in the Willow Garden – Charlie Monroe
  3. I Shall Sing – Van Morrison
  4. Old Man – Randy Newman
  5. Feuilles- Oh/Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls on Their Way to the Moon? – Traditional/Johann Sebastian Bach, Linda Grossman
  6. All I Know – Jimmy Webb
  7. Mary Was An Only Child – Jorge Milchberg, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
  8. Woyaya – Sol Amarfio, Osibisa
  9. Barbara Allen – traditional
  10. Another Lullaby – Jimmy Webb

 

Manfred Mann: The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann

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On September 11, 1964, “His Master Voice” label released “The Five Faces of Manfred Mann”, the debut Manfred Mann studio album. It was recorded in 1964, at “EMI Studios” in Abbey Road, London, and was produced by John Burgess.

Personnel:

  • Manfred Mann– piano, organ
  • Paul Jones– vocals, harmonica, maracas
  • Mike Vickers– guitar, flute, saxophone
  • Tom McGuinness– bass guitar
  • Mike Hugg– drums, vibes
  • Norman Smith– engineer

Track listing:

  1. Smokestack Lightning – Chester Burnett
  2. Don’t Ask Me What I Say – Paul Jones
  3. Sack O’ Woe – Cannonball Adderley
  4. What You Gonna Do? – Paul Jones, Manfred Mann
  5. Hoochie Coochie – Willie Dixon
  6. I’m Your Kingpin – Manfred Mann, Paul Jones
  7. Down the Road Apiece – Don Raye
  8. Got My Mojo Working – Preston Foster; credited to Muddy Waters
  9. Canadian version: “Do Wah Diddy Diddy – Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
  10. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – Rose Marie McCoy, Sylvia McKinney; credited to Joe Seneca, J. Lee
  11. Anello – Mike Hugg, Paul Jones, Manfred Mann, Tom McGuinness, Mike Vickers
  12. Untie Me – Joe South
  13. Bring It to Jerome – Jerome Green
  14. Without You – Paul Jones
  15. You’ve Got to Take It – Paul Jones