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Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

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On December 23, 1999, “TMT Entertainment” label released “Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK”, the debut Múm studio album.

Personnel:

  1. Stefán Már Magnússon – guitar
  2. Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet
  3. Helga Björg Arnardóttir – clarinet
  4. Sigríður Geirsdóttir – strings
  5. Hildur Guðnadóttir – strings
  6. Gróa Margrét Valdimarsdóttir – strings
  7. Finnur Hákonarson – recording
  8. Múm – recording, mixing, artwork
  9. Finnur Björnsson – recording, mixing
  10. Arnaldur Hilmisson – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, Gunnar Örn Tynes, Gyða Valtýsdóttir and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir.

  1. I’m 9 Today
  2. Smell Memory
  3. There Is a Number of Small Things
  4. Random Summer
  5. Asleep on a Train
  6. Awake on a Train
  7. The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records
  8. The Ballad of the Broken String
  9. Sunday Night Just Keeps on Rolling
  10. Slow Bicycle

SID: Renai

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On December 22, 2004, “Danger Crue” label released “Renai”, the debut SID album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Sakura.

Personnel:

  • Mao – vocals
  • Shinji – guitar
  • Aki – bass
  • Yūya – drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mao. All music by Shinji, except where noted.

  1. Ajisai
  2. Rinjin – music by Aki
  3. Watashi wa Ame
  4. Vitual Bansankai
  5. Ao – music by Aki
  6. Doyoubi no Onna – music by Aki
  7. Hitsuyouaku – music by Aki
  8. Akagami Shuffle – music by Aki
  9. Mousou Nikki
  10. Owakare no Uta
  11. Kara no Binse, Sora e no Tegami

Mungo Jerry: Same

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In December 1969, “Janus Records” label released the self-titled, debut Mungo Jerry studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Barry Murray.

Personnel:

  • Ray Dorset – lead vocals, lead and 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars, kazoo, stomp, tambourine
  • Paul King – vocals, 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars, banjo, jug
  • Colin Earl – piano
  • Mike Cole – bass
  • Bob Scerbo – production coordinator
  • Dorothy Schwartz – coordinator
  • The Graffiteria – album design

Track listing:

  1. Baby Let’s Play House – Arthur Gunter
  2. Johnny B. Badde – Ray Dorset
  3. San Francisco Bay Blues – Jesse Fuller
  4. Sad Eye Joe – Paul King
  5. Maggie – Ray Dorset
  6. Peace in the Country – Ray Dorset
  7. See Me – Ray Dorset
  8. Movin’ On – Paul King
  9. My Friend – Ray Dorset
  10. Mother *!*!*! Boogie – Colin Earl, Mike Cole, Paul King, Ray Dorset
  11. Tramp – Paul King
  12. Daddies Brew – Colin Earl

Charles McPherson: Bebop Revisited

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In December 1964, “Prestige” label released “Bebop Revisited!”, the debut Charles McPherson studio album. It was recorded in November 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
  • Carmell Jones – trumpet
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Nelson Boyd – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1.  Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  2. Nostalgia – Fats Navarro
  3. Variations on a Blues by Bird – Charlie Parker
  4. Wail – Bud Powell
  5. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Si Si – Charlie Parker

Johnn Frigo: I Love John Frigo…He Swings

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On December 12, 1957, “Mercury” label released “I Love John Frigo…He Swings”, the debut Johnn Frigo studio album. It was recorded in 1957, and was produced by Bryan Koniarz.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Frigo – violin, double bass
  • Cy Touff – trumpet
  • Dick Marx – piano, celesta
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Norm Jeffries – drums

Track listing:

  1. What a Diff’rence a Day Made
  2. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
  3. Blow Fiddle Blow
  4. Blue Orchids
  5. Gone with the Wind
  6. Squeeze Me
  7. You Stepped Out of a Dream
  8. Moonlight in Vermont
  9. If Love Is Good to Me
  10. Big Me-Little Me

The Kingsmen: The Kingsmen In Person

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In December 1963, “Wand” label released “The Kingsmen in Person”, the debut Kingsmen (The) album. It was recorded April – November 1963, and was produced by Jerry Dennon.

Personnel:

  • Lynn Easton – vocals, saxophone, drums
  • Mike Mitchell – guitar
  • Don Gallucci – keyboards
  • Norm Sundholm – bass
  • Gary Abbott – drums
  • Jack Ely – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Nordby – bass
  • Dick Zimmerman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Louie, Louie – Richard Berry
  2. The Waiting – Don Gallucci, Lynn Easton
  3. Mojo Workout – Julian Bright
  4. Fever – Otis Blackwell, Eddie Cooley
  5. Money – Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford
  6. Bent Scepter – Don Gallucci
  7. Long Tall Texan – Henry Strzelecki
  8. You Can’t Sit Down – Dee Clark, Cornell Muldrow
  9. Twist & Shout – Phil Medley, Bert Russell
  10. J.A.J. – Dave Lewis
  11. Night Train – Jimmy Forest, Oscar Washington, Lewis C. Simpkins
  12. Mashed Potatoes – Dessie Rozier

Charlie Hunter: Charlie Hunter Trio

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On December 8, 1993, “Prawn Song” label released “Charlie Hunter Trio”, the debut Charlie Hunter album. It was recorded in May 1993, at “The Corn Studios”, and was produced by Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Hunter – seven-string guitar
  • Dave Ellis – tenor saxophone
  • Scott Jensen – trumpet
  • Miles Perkins – double bass
  • Jay Lane – drums
  • Scott Roberts – congas
  • Andre Marshall – bells, cow bell

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Hunter, except where noted.

  1. Fred’s Life
  2. Live Oak – Charlie Hunter, Calder Spanier
  3. 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, Dead
  4. Funky Niblets
  5. Fables of Faubus – Charles Mingus
  6. Dance of the Jazz Fascists – Dave Ellis, Charlie Hunter, Jay Lane
  7. The Telphone’s a Ringin’
  8. Rhythm Comes in 12 Tones
  9. Mule
  10. Faffer Time – Charlie Hunter, Dave Ellis, Jay Lane

Elias Viljanen: Taking The Lead

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On December 5, 2002, “Lion Music” label released “Taking the Lead”, the debut Elias Viljanen studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Phantom Studios” in Finland, and was produced by Elias Viljanen.

Personnel:

  • Elias Viljanen – guitars
  • Tero Ylönen – keyboards
  • Jani Kemppinen – keyboards 
  • Rami Herckman – bass guitar
  • Tomi Ylönen – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Elias Viljanen.

  1. Evoke the Spirit
  2. Evil Rock
  3. The Axemaster
  4. I Go Solo
  5. Northern Breeze
  6. Beyond Twilight
  7. Taking the Lead
  8.  A Cream Come True
  9. Hyper Boogie
  10. Written in Stars
  11. Passion for Glory
  12. Speed of the Devil

The Yardbirds: Five Live Yardbirds

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On December 4, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Five Live Yardbirds”, the debut Yardbirds (The) album. It was recorded in March 1964, at “Marquee Club” in London, and was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky.

Personnel:

  • Keith Relf – lead vocals, harmonica, maracas
  • Eric “Slowhand” Clapton – co-led vocals, lead guitar
  • Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar
  • Paul “Sam” Samwell-Smith – co-lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Jim McCarty – drums
  • Phillip Wood – engineer, sound effects engineer
  • Richard Rosser – photography
  • Giorgio Gomelsky – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Too Much Monkey Business – Chuck Berry
  2. I Got Love If You Want It – James Moore (a.k.a. Slim Harpo)
  3. Smokestack Lightnin’ – Howlin’ Wolf
  4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – Don Level, Bob Love
  5. Respectable – O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
  6. Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd
  7. Pretty Girl – Ellas McDaniel (a.k.a. Bo Didley)
  8. Louise – John Lee Hooker
  9. I’m a Man – Ellas McDaniel
  10. Here ‘Tis – Ellas McDaniel

The Clintele: Suburban Light

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On November 28, 2000, “Pointy” label released “Suburban Light”, the debut Clientele (The) studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 2000, and was produced by Alasdair MacLean, James Hornsey and Mark Keen.

Personnel:

  • Alasdair MacLean – vocals, guitar
  • James Hornsey – bass
  • Mark Keen – drums
  • Daniel Evans – drums
  • Howard Monk – drums
  • Basia Taboda – design
  • Seonad MacLean – photography
  • Marianna Parker – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alasdair MacLean and James Hornsey.

  1. I Had to Say This
  2. Rain
  3. Reflections After Jane
  4. We Could Walk Together
  5. Monday’s Rain
  6. Jospeh Cornell
  7. An Hour Before the Light
  8. (I Want You) More Than Ever
  9. Saturday
  10. Five Day Morning
  11. Bicycles
  12. As Night Is Falling
  13. Lacewings