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Tommy Shaw: The Great Divide

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On March 22, 2011, “Pazzo Music” label released “The Great Divide”, the debut Tommy Shaw album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Tommy Shaw, Brad Davis and Will Evankovich.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Shaw – lead vocals, guitars, resonator guitar, dobro
  • Brad Davis – guitars
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • Scott Vestal – banjo
  • Greg Davis – banjo
  • Rob Ickes – dobro
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro
  • Byron House – bass
  • Chris Brown – drums
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • Will Evankovich – guitars, backing vocals, engineer, editing, mixing
  • Dwight Yoakam – backing vocals
  • Alison Krauss – backing vocals
  • Matt Andrews – engineer
  • Gordon Hammond – additional engineering
  • Alan Hertz – mixing
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Sterling Bacon – design, layout
  • Myriam Santos-Kayda – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tommy Shaw, except where noted.

  1. The Next Right Thing
  2. ShawBack In Your Kitchen – Tommy Shaw, Gary Burr
  3. Sawmill – Tommy Shaw
  4. The Great Divide – Tommy Shaw, Paula Breedlove
  5. Shadows in the Moonlight – Tommy Shaw, Gary Burr
  6. Get On The One
  7. Umpteen Miles – Tommy Shaw, Brad Davis
  8. Cavalry – Tommy Shaw, Gary Burr
  9. Afraid To Love – Tommy Shaw, Brad Davis
  10. Give ’em Hell Harry
  11. I’ll Be Coming Home – Tommy Shaw, Brad Davis

Band Of Horses: Everything All The Time

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On March 21, 2006, “Sub Pop” label released “Everything All the Time”, the debut Band of Horses studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Avast Studios” in Seattle, US, and was produced by Phil Ek, Ben Bridwell, Mat Brooke, Chris Early and Tim Meinig

Personnel:

  • Ben Bridwell – vocals, electric guitar, pedal steel, bass, piano
  • Mat Brooke – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, e-bow
  • Chris Early – bass guitar
  • Tim Meinig – drums
  • Sera Cahoone – drums
  • Cristopher Wilson – artwork, photography
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – design
  • Dusty Summers – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ben Bridwell except where noted, all music by Ben Bridwell, Mat Brooke, Chris Early and Tim Meinig.

  1. The First Song
  2. Wicked Gil
  3. Our Swords
  4. The Funeral
  5. Part One
  6. The Great Salt Lake
  7. Weed Party
  8. I Go to the Barn Because I Like The – lyrics by Mat Brooke
  9. Monsters
  10. St. Augustine – lyrics by Mat Brooke

Dorothy Ashby: The Jazz Harpist

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On March 21, 1957, “Regent” label released “The Jazz Harpist”, the debut Dorothy Ashby studio album. It was recorded in August 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Dorothy Ashby – harp
  • Frank Wess – flute
  • Eddie Jones – bass 
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervisor

Track listing:

All tracks by Dorothy Ashby, except as noted.

  1. Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  3. Dancing on the Ceiling – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  4. Aeolian Groove
  5. Quietude
  6. Spicy
  7. Lamentation

Nils Lofgren: Same

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In March 1975, “A&M” label released the self-titled, debut Nils Lofgren studio album. It was recorded 1974 – 1975, at “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Briggs.

Personnel:

  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, guitars, piano
  • Wornell Jones – bass
  • Aynsley Dunbar – drums
  • Stu Gardner – backing vocals
  • David Briggs – engineer
  • Roland Young – art direction
  • Junie Osaki – design
  • Ed Caraeff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nils Lofgren, except where noted.

  1. Be Good Tonight
  2. Back It Up
  3. One More Saturday Night
  4. If I Say It, It’s So
  5. I Don’t Want to Know
  6. Keith Don’t Go (Ode to the Glimmer Twin)
  7. Can’t Buy a Break
  8. Duty
  9. The Sun Hasn’t Set on This Boy Yet
  10. Rock and Roll Crook
  11. Two by Two
  12. Goin’ Back – Gerry Goffin, Carole King

Rush: Same

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On March 18, 1974, “Moon” label released the self-titled, debut Rush studio album. It was recorded in November 1973, at “Eastern Sound”, “Toronto Sound” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and John Rutsey.

Personnel:

  • Alex Lifeson – guitar, backing vocals
  • Geddy Lee – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • John Rutsey – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Terry Brown – engineer, remix
  • Paul Weldon – design
  • BIC Photography – photography
  • SRO Productions – executive production

Track listing:

All tracks by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, except where noted

  1. Finding My Way
  2. Need Some Love
  3. Take a Friend
  4. Here Again
  5. What You’re Doing
  6. In the Mood
  7. Before and After – Geddy Lee
  8. Working Man

Black Widow: Sacrifice

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In March 1970, “CBS” label released “Sacrifice”, the debut Black Widow studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Patrick Meehan Jr.

Personnel:

  • Kip Trevor – vocals
  • Clive Jones – flute, saxophone, clarinet
  • Jim Gannon – lead and Spanish guitars, vibes
  • Zoot Taylor – organ, piano
  • Bob Bond – bass
  • Clive Box – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Gannon, except where noted.

  1. In Ancient Days
  2. Way to Power
  3. Come to the Sabbat – Jim Gannon, Clive Jones
  4. Conjuration
  5. Seduction
  6. Attack of the Demon
  7. Sacrifice

Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead

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On March 17, 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “The Grateful Dead”, the debut Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded in January 1967, at “RCA Studio A” in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Hassinger.

Personnel:

  • Jerry “Captain Trips” Garcia – vocals, lead guitar, arrangements
  • Bob Weir – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – vocals, Vox Continental organ, harmonica
  • Phil Lesh – vocals, bass guitar
  • Bill The Drummer (Bill Kreutzmann) – drums, percussion
  • Dick Bogert – engineer
  • Betty Cantor – engineer
  • Bob Cassidy – engineer
  • Mouse Studios – design
  • Herb Greene – cover photography
  • Gene Anthony – liner photography

Track listing:

  1. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) – McGannahan Skjellyfetti
  2. Beat It On Down the Line – Jessy Fuller
  3. Good Morning Little School Girl – Sonny Boy Williamson
  4. Cold Rain and Snow – Obray Chatmon
  5. Sitting on Top of the World – Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson
  6. Cream Puff War – Jerry Garcia
  7. Morning Dew – Bonnie Robson, Tim Rose
  8. New, New Minglewood Blues – Noah Lewis
  9. Viola Lee Blues – Noah Lewis

Ruben And The Jets: For Real!

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In March 1973, “Mercury” label released “For Real!”, the debut Ruben and the Jets (the debut Rubén Guevara Jr.’s new lineup, after the group name had previously been used as an alias of The Mothers of Invention in 1968.) It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Rubén Guevara Jr. – vocals, tambourine, keyboards
  • Tony Duran – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Robert “Frog” Camarena – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • John Martinez – vocals, Hammond organ
  • Bill Wild – bass guitar, tenor vocals
  • Bob Zamora – drums
  • Frank Zappa – guitar
  • Robert “Buffalo” Roberts – tenor saxophone
  • Jim Sherwood – baritone saxophone, tambourine

Track listing:

  1. If I Could Only Be Your Love Again – Frank Zappa
  2. Dedicated to the One I Love – Lowman Pauling, Ralph Bass
  3. Show Me the Way to Your Heart – Tony Duran, Leonard Duran
  4. Sparkie – Tony Duran, Ruben Guevara
  5. Wedding Bells – Robert “Frog” Camarena
  6. Almost Grown – Chuck Berry
  7. Charlena – Manuel Chavez, H. Chaney
  8. Mah Man Flash – Ruben Guevara
  9. Santa Kari – Ruben Guevara
  10. Spider Woman – Paul Hof, Lonnie Scott, Tony Duran, Ruben Guevara
  11. All Night Long – John Gray

A Silver Mt. Zion: He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…

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On March 13, 2000, “Constellation” label released “He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…”, the debut A Silver Mt. Zion album. It was recorded in November 1999, at the Hotel2Tango, and was produced by Thierry Amar and Efrim Menuck.

Personnel:

  • Efrim Menuck – vocals, piano, guitar, organ, radio
  • Thierry Amar – double bass, bass guitar
  • Sophie Trudeau – vocals, violin
  • Sam Shalabi – guitar
  • Aidan Girt – drums, tapes
  • Gordon Krieger – bass clarinet

Track listing:

  1. Lonely as the Sound of Lying on the Ground of an Airplane Going Down
  2. The World Is SickSICK; (So Kiss Me Quick)!

Rodriguez: Cold Fact

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In March 1970, “Sussex Records” label released “Cold Fact”, the debut studio Rodriguez studio album. It was recorded August – September 1969, in Detroit, and was produced by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey.

Personnel:

  • Rodriguez (Sixto Rodriguez) – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dennis Coffey – electric guitar, bass
  • Mike Theodore – keyboards, brass and string arrangements
  • Bob Babbitt – bass
  • Andrew Smith – drums
  • Bob Pangborn – percussion
  • Leader Carl Reatz – baritone saxophone, trombone
  • Detroit Symphony (leader Gordon Staples) – strings
  • Friends and family of Joyce Vincent and Telma Hopkins – children’s choir
  • Mike Theodore – arrangements, engineer
  • Dennis Coffey – arrangements
  • Ray Hall – remix
  • Nancy Chester (See/Hear! & How!) – design
  • Ransier and Anderson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sixto Rodriguez, except where noted.

  1. Sugar Man
  2. Only Good for Conversation
  3. Crucify Your Mind
  4. This Is Not a Song, It’s an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues
  5. Hate Street Dialogue – Gary Harvey, Mike Theodore, Dennis Coffey
  6. Forget It
  7. Inner City Blues
  8. I Wonder
  9. Like Janis
  10. Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme) – Gary Harvey, Mike Theodore, Dennis Coffey
  11. Rich Folks Hoax
  12. Jane S. Piddy