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The Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame

On November 3, 1971, “Columbia” label released “The Inner Mounting Flame”, the debut Mahavishnu Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in August 1971, at “CBS Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John McLaughlin.

Personnel:

  • John McLaughlin – guitar
  • Jan Hammer – keyboards, organ
  • Rick Laird – bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums, percussion
  • Jerry Goodman – violin
  • Don Puluse – engineer
  • Ron Coro – design
  • Anthony Hixon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John McLaughlin.

  1. Meeting of the Spirits
  2. Dawn
  3. The Noonward Race
  4. A Lotus on Irish Streams
  5. Vital Transformation
  6. The Dance of Maya
  7. You Know You Know
  8. Awakening

George Harrison: Wonderwall Music

On November 1, 1968, “Apple” label released “Wonderwall Music”, the debut George Harrison studio album. It was recorded November 1967 – February 1968, at “EMI” and “De Lane Lea” in London, “His Master’s Voice” in Bombay, and was produced by George Harrison. The album was soundtrack to the 1968 film “Wonderwall”, directed by Joe Massot, it was the first solo album by a member of The Beatles, and the first album issued on the band’s Apple record label.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison – piano, mellotron, acoustic and electric guitars, tape loops, arrangements
  • Colin Manley – acoustic and electric guitars, steel guitar
  • Eric Clapton – electric guitar
  • John Barham – piano, flugelhorn, harmonium, orchestral arrangement
  • Tony Ashton – tack piano, organ, Mellotron, piano, harmonium
  • Tommy Reilly – harmonica
  • Big Jim Sullivan – bass
  • Philip Rogers – bass guitar
  • Roy Dyke – drums
  • Ringo Starr – drums
  • Aashish Khan – sarod
  • Mahapurush Misra – tabla, pakhavaj
  • Sharad Kumar – shehnai
  • Hanuman Jadev – shehnai
  • Shambhu Das – sitar
  • Indranil Bhattacharya – sitar
  • Shankar Ghosh – table
  • Chandrashekhar Naringrekar – surbahar
  • Shivkumar Sharma – santoor
  • S.R. Kenkare – bansuri
  • Vinayak Vora – tar shehnai
  • Rijram Desad – harmonium, tabla tarang

Track listing:

All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Microbes
  2. Red Lady Too
  3. Tabla and Pakavaj
  4. In the Park
  5. Drilling a Home
  6. Guru Vandana
  7. Greasy Legs
  8. Ski-ing
  9. Gat Kirwani
  10. Dream Scene
  11. Party Seacombe
  12. Love Scene
  13. Crying
  14. Cowboy Music
  15. Fantasy Sequins
  16. On the Bed
  17. Glass Box
  18. Wonderwall to Be Here
  19. Singing Om

Julien Baker: Sprained Ankle

On October 23, 2015, “Bandcamp” label released “Sprained Ankle”, the debut Julien Baker studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Spacecomb Studios” in Richmond, Virginia.

Personnel:

  • Julien Baker – vocals, guitar, keyboards, mandolin, bass, banjo, drums
  • Michael Hegner – recording
  • Cody Landers – recording
  • Josh Bonati – mastering
  • Jake Cunningham – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Julien Baker.

  1. Blacktop
  2. Sprained Ankle
  3. Brittle Boned
  4. Everybody Does
  5. Good News
  6. Something
  7. Rejoice
  8. Vessels
  9. Go Home

Mogwai: Mogwai Young Team

On October 21, 1997, “Chemical Underground” label released “Mogwai Young Team”, the debut Mogwai studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “MCM Studios” in Hamilton, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Savage and Andy Miller.

Personnel:

  • John Cummings (listed as Cpt. Meat) – guitar
  • Brendan O’Hare (listed as +the relic+) – piano, guitar, cover photography
  • Stuart Braithwaite (listed as pLasmatroN) – guitar, glockenspiel
  • Dominic Aitchison (listed as DEMONIC) – bass guitar
  • Martin Bulloch (listed as bionic) – drums
  • Barry Burns – backmasked monologue
  • Mari Myren – monologue
  • Aidan Moffat – vocals
  • Shona Brown – flute
  • Neale Smith – photography

Track listing:

  1. Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home – Dominic Aitchison
  2. Like Herod – Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch, John Cummings
  3. Katrien – Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite
  4. Radar Maker – John Cummings
  5. Tracy – Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, John Cummings
  6. Summer (Priority Version) – Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite
  7. With Portfolio – Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch, John Cunnings, Brendan O’Hare
  8. RU Still in 2 It – Stuart Braithwaite, Aidan Moffat
  9. A Cheery Wave from Stranded Youngsters – Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch
  10. Mogwai Fear Satan – Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch

UFO: UFO 1

In October 1970, “Beacon” label released “UFO 1”, the debut UFO studio album. It was recorded in July 1970, at “Jackson Studios” in Rickmansworth, Herts, England, and was produced by Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett and Milton Samuel.

Personnel:

  • Phil Mogg – vocals
  • Mick Bolton – guitar
  • Pete Way – bass
  • Andy Parker – drums
  • Milton Samuel – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Way, Phil Mogg, Andy Parker and Mick Bolton, except where noted.

  1. Unidentified Flying Object
  2. Boogie for George
  3. C’mon Everybody – Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart
  4. Shake It
  5. (Come Away) Melinda – Fred Hellerman, Frank Minkoff
  6. Timothy
  7. Follow You Home – Pete Way
  8. Treacle People – Mick Bolton
  9. Who Do You Love – Ellas Mcdaniel (Bo Diddley)
  10. Evil – Pete Way

Set Fire To Flames: Sings Reign Rebuilder

On October 9, 2001, “Alien8 Recordings” and “FatCat Records” labels released      “Sings Reign Rebuilder”, the debut Set Fire to Flames studio album. It was recorded in 2001, in Ontario, Canada.

Personnel:

  • Speedy Weaver – guitar
  • David Bryant – guitar
  • Mike Moya – guitar
  • Roger Tellier-Craig – guitar
  • Jean-Sébastien Truchy – bass
  • Bruce Cawdron – drums, percussion
  • Aidan Girt – drums
  • Thea Pratt – French horn
  • Gordon Krieger – bass clarinet
  • Sophie Trudeau – violin
  • Genevieve Heistek – viola
  • Beckie Foon – cello
  • Christof Migone – reel to reel motors, banjo, contact mics

Track listing:

  1. ‘I Will Be True… (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #1) / Reign Rebuilder (Head)
  2. Vienna Arcweld / Fucked Gamelan / Rigid Tracking
  3. Steal Compass / Drive North / Disappear
  4. Wild Dogs of the Thunderbolt / They Cannot Lock Me Up… I Am Eternally Free… (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #2)
  5. Omaha
  6. There Is No Dance in Frequency and Balance
  7. Côte d’Abrahams Roomtone / What’s Going On?… (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #3)
  8. Love Song for 15 Ontario (w / Singing Police Car)
  9. Injur: Gutted Two-Track
  10. When I First Get to Phoenix
  11. Shit-Heap-Gloria of the New Town Planning…
  12. Jesus / Pop
  13. Esquimalt Harbour
  14. Two Tears in a Bucket
  15. Fading Lights Are Fading…/ Reign Rebuilder (Tail Out)

Geordie Greep: The New Sound

On October 4, 2024, “Rough Trade” label released “The New Sound”, the debut Geordie Greep studio album. It was recorded September 2023 – March 2024, at “RAK”, “Fish Factory”, “Hermitage Works”, “New Sound” and “HOXA HQ” in London, “Estudio Do Tuto” and “Da Pá Virada” in Sao Paulo, and was produced by Seth Evans.

Personnel:

  • Geordie Greep – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, accordion, fretless bass, organ, electric piano, bass
  • Seth Evans – vocals and backing vocals, electric and upright bass, piano, talk box, oboe, percussion, horn arrangements, co–production
  • Paul Jones – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Daniel Rogerson – electric guitar
  • Deschanel Gordon – piano
  • Diarra Walcott–Ivanhoe – piano
  • Chicao Montorfano – electric piano
  • Fabio Sá – electric and upright bass
  • Michael Dunlop – electric and upright bass
  • John Jones – double bass
  • Thiaguinho Silva – drums, percussion
  • Andrei Martynchyk – drums
  • Morgan Simpson – drums
  • Giles King–Ashong – drums
  • Dennys Silva – percussion
  • Adé Eggún Crispin Robinson – percussion
  • Deji Ijishakin – saxophone
  • Billy Rowlatt – trumpet
  • Richard Leigh – trumpet
  • Freddie Wordsworth – trumpet
  • Joe Bristow – trombone
  • Matt Seddon – trombone
  • Nina Lim, Kuari May – violin
  • Freya Hicks – viola
  • Felix Stephens – cello
  • Felix Gonzalez – backing vocals
  • Felix Stephens – string arrangements
  • Harvey Grant – special arrangement for horns, piano, double bass, and vocal
  • Liam Hebb – engineer
  • Margo Broom – engineer
  • Nathan Ridley – engineer
  • Rafa Barreto – engineer
  • Sid Souza – engineer
  • Thiago “Big” Rabello – engineer
  • Victor Neri – engineer
  • Simone Gallazio – engineer
  • Tuto Ferraz – engineer
  • Nathan Boddy – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Geordie Greep, except where noted.

  1. Blues
  2. Terra
  3. Holy, Holy
  4. The New Sound
  5. Walk Up
  6. Through a War – Geordie Greep, Seth Evans
  7. Bongo Season
  8. Motorbike – Geordie Greep, Seth Evans
  9. As If Waltz
  10. The Magician
  11. If You Are But a Dream – Jack Fulton, Moe Jaffe, Nal Bonx

Robert Earl Keen: No Kinda Dancer

On October 1, 1984, “Workshop Records” label released “No Kinda Dancer”, the debut Robert Earl Keen studio album. It was recorded in 1984, and was produced by Robert Earl Keen.

Personnel:

  • Robert Earl Keen – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Mike Landschoot – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dan Huckabee – resonator guitart, executive producer
  • Joe Ely – steel guitar
  • Paul Sweeney – mandolin
  • Robert Pool – bass
  • Fred Gumaer – drums
  • Bill Schas – trombone
  • Dan Augustine – tuba
  • John Hagan – cello
  • Denice Franke, Elliott Rogers, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith – harmony vocals
  • Larry Seyer – engineer
  • David Glasser – mastering
  • Roger Seibel – lacquer cut
  • James Janknegt, Lori Kopp – design
  • Pat Johnson – back cover illustration
  • Jeff Copp – photography
  • J. D. Hutchinson – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted.

  1. No Kinda Dancer
  2. The Front Porch Song – Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett
  3. Between Hello & Goodbye
  4. Swervin’ In My Lane – descant written by Nanci Griffith
  5. Christabel
  6. Willie
  7. Young Lovers Waltz
  8. Death Of Tail Fitzsimmons
  9. Rolling By
  10. The Armadillo Jackal
  11. Song For Kathy

Phoebe Bridgers: Stranger In The Alps

On September 22, 2017, “Dead Oceans” label released “Stranger in the Alps”, the debut Phoebe Bridgers studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Zeitgeist” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska.

Personnel:

  • Phoebe Bridgers – vocals, guitar, banjo
  • Ethan Gruska – keyboards, piano, drums, percussion, drum programming, guitar, bass, baritone guitar, bandura, jet engine, “that incessant toe tapping”
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Tony Berg – guitar, keyboards, recording
  • Harrison Whitford – guitar
  • Daniel Rhine – upright bass
  • Marshall Vore – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Conor Oberst – vocals
  • John Doe – vocals
  • Rob Moose – strings
  • Gabe Witcher – violin
  • Gabe Noel – cello, bass
  • Rob Moose – string arrangements
  • Mike Mogis – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Angela Deane – artwork
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – layout
  • Elaine Gandola – photography
  • Frank W. Ockenfels III – photography
  • Bridgers’ mother – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Phoebe Bridgers, except where noted.

  1. Smoke Signals – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore
  2. Motion Sickness – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore
  3. Funeral
  4. Demi Moore – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore, Harrison Whitford
  5. Scott Street – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore
  6. Killer
  7. Georgia
  8. Chelsea
  9. Would You Rather – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore, Tony Berg
  10. You Missed My Heart – Mark Kozalek, Jimmy LaValle
  11. Smoke Signals (reprise) – Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore

Son Volt: Trace

On September 19, 1995, “Warner Bros” label released “Trace”, the debut Son Volt studio album. It was recorded November – December 1994, at “Salmagundi” in Northfield, MN, and was produced by Brian Pulson, Jay Farrar, Dave Boquist, Jim Boquist and Mike Heidorn.

Personnel:

  • Jay Farrar – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Boquist – guitar, banjo, fiddle, lap steel guitar, dobro
  • Jim Boquist – bass, backing vocals
  • Mike Heidorn – drums
  • Eric Heywood – pedal steel guitar
  • Dan Newton – accordion
  • Marc Perlman – bass
  • Craig Krampf – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jay Farrar, except where noted.  

  1. Windfall
  2. Live Free
  3. Tear-Stained Eye
  4. Route
  5. Ten Second News
  6. Drown
  7. Loose String
  8. Out of the Picture
  9. Catching On
  10. Too Early
  11. Mystifies Me – Ronnie Wood