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The Cult: Dreamtime

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On September 10, 1984, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Dreamtime”, the debut Cult (The) album. It was recorded in 1984, and was produced by John Brand and Chris Kimsey.

Personnel:

  • Ian Astbury– vocals
  • Billy Duffy– guitar
  • Jamie Stewart– bass, backing vocals
  • Nigel Preston– drums, percussion
  • Mich Ebeling – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, except where noted.

  1. Horse Nation
  2. Spiritwalker
  3. 83rd Dream
  4. Butterflies
  5. Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles)
  6. Gimmick
  7. A Flower in the Desert – Ian Astbury, Barry Jepson, David Burroughs, Haq Qureshi
  8. Dreamtime
  9. Rider in the Snow
  10. Bad Medicine Walt

The Arcs: Yours, Dreamily

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On September 4, 2015, “Nonesuch” label released “Yours, Dreamily”, the debut Arcs album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Sound Factory” in Los Angeles, “The Diamond Mine” and “Electric Lady Studios” in New York, “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Leon Michels.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach– vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, buzz, percussion
  • Leon Michels – piano, organ, keyboards, saxophone, electric guitar, percussion, synthesizer, drums, bass guitar
  • Richard Swift– vocals, drums, keyboards, acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Homer Steinweiss – drums
  • Veronica Medellin – guitar
  • Russ Pahl – electric guitar
  • Thomas Brenneck – guitar
  • Kenny Vaughan– baritone guitar
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
  • Bobby Emmett – vocals, piano, organ, horns
  • Dave Roe – upright bass
  • Jeffery Clemens – drums
  • Chamberlin– drums
  • Ray Mason – trombone
  • Mariachi Flor de Toloache – vocals, horns, strings
  • Lee Fields– vocals
  • Brian Olive – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Once We Begin (Intro) – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  2. Outta My Mind – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss
  3. Put a Flower in Your Pocket – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Richard Swift
  4. Pistol Made of Bones – Dan Auerbach
  5. Everything You Do (You Do for You) – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  6. Stay in My Corner – Dan Auerbach, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss
  7. Cold Companion – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Richard Swift
  8. The Arc – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss
  9. Nature’ s Child – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  10. Velvet Ditch – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Richard Swif
  11. Chains of Love – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  12. Come & Go – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels
  13. Rosie (Ooh La La) – Dan Auerbach, Leon Michels, Richard Swift
  14. Searching the Blue – Dan Auerbach

The 1975: Same

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On September 2, 2013, “Dirty Hit” label released the self-titled, debut 1975 (The) album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, at the “Motor Museum” in Liverpool, and was produced by Mike Crossey, Matthew Healy, Adam Hann, George Daniel and Ross MacDonald.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Healy – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Adam Hann – guitar
  • Ross MacDonald – bass guitar
  • George Daniel – drums, synthesizers, programming, photography
  • John Waugh– saxophone
  • Mike Crossey – additional programming, mixing
  • Mike Spink – engineer
  • Jonathan Gilmore – additional programming, Pro-Tools engineer
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Samüel Johnson – design
  • David Drake – photography
  • David Ma – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by George Daniel, Matthew Healy, Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald.

  1. The 1975
  2. The City
  3. O.N.E.Y.
  4. Chocolate
  5. Sex
  6. Talk
  7. An Encounter
  8. Heart Out
  9. Settle Down
  10. Robbers
  11. Girls
  12. 12
  13. She way Out
  14. Menswear
  15. Pressure
  16. Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You?

I Mother Earth: Dig

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On August 10, 1993, “Capitola” label released “Dig”, the debut I Mother Earth album. It was recorded in 1993, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles; “Rumbo Recorders” in Canoga Park; “Studio 56” in “Track Record Studios” in Hollywood, “Red Zone” in Burbank, and was produced by Mike Clink.

Personnel:

  • Edwin– vocals
  • Jagori Tanna– guitars, bass, backing vocals
  • Bruce Gordon– bass
  • Christian Tanna– drums
  • Luis Conte– percussion
  • Armando Borg– percussion
  • Mike Finnigan– Hammond B3 organ

Track listing:

All tracks by Edwin, Jagori Tanna, Bruce Gordon and Christian Tanna.

  1. The Mothers
  2. Levitate
  3. Rain Will Fall
  4. So Gently We Go
  5. Not Quite Sonic
  6. Production
  7. Lost My America
  8. No One
  9. Undone
  10. Basketball
  11. And the Experience
  12. The Universe in You

Tanya Donelly: Lovesongs For Underdogs

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On August 9, 1997, “Sire” and “Warner Bros” labels released “Lovesongs for Underdogs”, the debut Tanya Donelly album.  It was recorded in 1997 and was produced by Tanya Donelly, Wally Gagel and Gary Smith.

Personnel:

  • Tanya Donelly– vocals, guitar, keyboards, arranger
  • Dean Fisher – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, accordion, keyboards
  • Rich Gilbert – guitar, accordion, bass, keyboards, saw
  • Jonathan Williams – electric guitar
  • Wally Gagel – bass, percussion, keyboards, drum machine, arranger
  • Stacy Jones – drums
  • David Lovering– drums
  • David Narcizo– drums
  • Hilken Mancini – backong vocals
  • Chris Toppin – backing vocals
  • Matthew Ellard, Wally Gagel, Dan McLoughlin – engineer
  • Jesse Henderson, Suzanne Kapa, Kelly Wohlford – engineer assistant
  • Wally Gagel, Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade – mixing
  • Dave Kirkpatrick – mixing assistant
  • Brian Lee – mastering
  • Carl Plaster – drums technician
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Andrew Catlin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tanya Donelly except where noted.

  1. Pretty Deep
  2. The Bright Light
  3. Landspeed Song
  4. Mysteries of the Unexplained
  5. Lantern
  6. Acrobat – Tanya Donelly, Dean Fisher
  7. Breathe Around You
  8. Bum
  9. Clipped
  10. Goat Girl
  11. Manna
  12. Swoon

Patti Austin: End of a Rainbow

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On August 6, 1976, “CTI” label released “End of a Rainbow”, the debut Patti Austin album. It was recorded April – June 1976, at  “Mediasound Studios” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Patti Austin– vocals
  • Eric Gale, Steve Khan– guitar
  • Michael Abene – piano
  • Barry Miles– synthesizer
  • Jeff Berlin, Will Lee, Chuck Rainey– bass guitar
  • Chuck Israels– arco bass
  • Steve Gadd, Andy Newmark– drums
  • Ralph MacDonald– percussion
  • Michael Brecker, Joe Farrell– tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber– baritone saxophone
  • Randy Brecker– trumpet
  • Richard Tee– clavinet
  • Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Barry Finclair, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Guy Lumia, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Max Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi, Richard Sortomme – violin
  • Al Brown, Ted Israel, Manny Vardi– viola
  • Charles McCracken, Alan Shulman– cello
  • Gloria Agostini – harp
  • Vivian Cherry, Frank Floyd, Gwen Guthrie, Zachary Sanders – backing vocals
  • David Matthews– arrangements
  • Bob James- conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Patti Austin except where noted

  1. Say You Love Me
  2. In My Life
  3. You Don’t Have To Say You’re Sorry
  4. More Today Than Yesterday – Pat Upton
  5. Give It Time
  6. There Is No Time
  7. What’s at the End of a Rainbow
  8. This Side of Heaven
  9. Sweet Sadie the Savior

The Tractors: Same

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On August 2, 1994, “Arista” label released the self-titled, debut Tractors album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, and was produced by Steve Ripley and Walt Richmond. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Steve Ripley– lead vocals, electric guitar, drums, engineer, original art, design
  • Ron Getman – acoustic and slide guitar, steel guitar, Dobro, mandolin, high harmony vocals
  • Walt Richmond – Steinway piano, Hammond Bnd electric –a3 organ, accordion, Wurlitzer, clavinet, drums, horns, bassvocals
  • Casey van Beek – bass guitar, low harmony vocals
  • Jamie Oldaker– drums, “groove snares”, tambourine, percussion
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Ry Cooder– slide guitar
  • Eldon Shamblin– guitar
  • J. J. Cale– guitar
  • Waddy Pass – steel guitar
  • Steve Collier – steel guitar
  • Steve Bagsby – steel guitar
  • Gene Crownaver – steel guitar
  • Bonnie Raitt– slide guitar
  • Steve Hickerson – guitar
  • Tommy Tripplehorn – guitar
  • Elvis Ripley – tremolo guitar, engineer
  • Steve Allen, Rick Beilke, Mike Bruce, Mark Bruner, Jim Byfield, Robert Coggins, Jon Crowder, Gary Cundiff, Jim Edwards, Richard Feldman, Huey Flannery, Ron Flynt, Michael Garrett, Gary Gilmore, Doc James, Roger Linn, Steve Pryor, Jim Pulte, Gordon Shryock, “Skee”, Roger Tillison, Don White – guitar
  • Spencer Sutton – piano
  • Glen Mitchell – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Angelene Ripley – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Glen Mitchell, Larry Bell, Carl Bickhardt, Dick Sims, Angelene Ripley, Ed Robinson – Hammond B-3 organs
  • Angelene Ripley – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Leon Russell– synthesizer, MIDI
  • Jimmy “Junior” Markham – harmonica
  • Ron Morgan – upright bass
  • Ron Morgan – bass guitar riffs
  • Jim Strader – bass guitar licks
  • Jimmy Karstein – drums
  • Chuck Blackwell – drums
  • Chuck Browning – drums
  • David Teegarden – drums
  • Chuck DeWalt, Bill Belknap, Rich Brown, Jim Keltner – additional drums
  • Joe Davis – saxophones
  • Pat “Taco” Ryan – saxophone
  • Charlene Ripley – trumpet
  • Stacey Grant – trombone
  • Joe Davis – horns
  • Ed Richmond – fiddle
  • Curly Lewis – fiddles
  • Curly Lewis – fiddle
  • Rick Morton – fiddle
  • James Burton– “Master of the Telecaster”
  • Junior Markham & the Tulsa All-Stars
  • Jim Pulte – bass vocals
  • Debbie Campbell – backing vocal
  • John Crowder – backing vocals
  • Jim Sweney – backing vocals
  • Danny Mayo– life observations and noises
  • Ron Getman – engineer
  • Walt Richmond – engineer, photography
  • Angelene Ripley – engineer
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Maude Gilman – art direction
  • Señor McGuire – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Tulsa Shuffle – Steve Ripley
  2. Fallin’ Apart – Steve Ripley, Ron Getman
  3. Thirty Days – Chuck Berry
  4. I’ve Had Enough – Steve Ripley
  5. The Little Man — Jim Pulte, Ripley, Tim DuBois
  6. Baby Likes to Rock It – Steve Ripley, Walt Richmond
  7. Badly Bent – Steve Ripley, Richmond, Martha Ellis
  8. The Blue Collar Rock – Steve Ripley
  9. Doreen – Steve Ripley
  10. Settin’ the Woods on Fire – Fred Rose, Ed G. Nelson
  11. Tryin’ to Get to New Orleans – Steve Ripley, Richmond, DuBois
  12. The Tulsa Shuffle (revisited) – Steve Ripley

Harvey Danger: Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?

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On July 29, 1997, “Arena Rock” label released “Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?”, the debut Harvey Danger studio album. It was recorded March – June 1996, February 1997, at “John & Stu’s Place” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by John Goodmanson, Sean Nelson, Aaron Huffman, Jeff J. Lin and Evan Sult.

Personnel:

  • Sean Nelson– vocals
  • Jeff J. Lin – guitar, organ, violin, backing vocals
  • Aaron Huffman – bass, cover design
  • Evan Sult – drums
  • Abby Grush – backing vocals
  • John Goodmanson – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Chuck Robertson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sean Nelson, Aaron Huffman, Jeff J. Lin and Evan Sult.

  1. Carlotta Valdez
  2. Flagpole Sitta
  3. Woolly Muffler
  4. Private Helicopter
  5. Problems and Bigger Ones
  6. Jack the Lion
  7. Old Hat
  8. Terminal Annex
  9. Wrecking Ball
  10. Radio Silence” (Includes hidden track after 5:15, a partial recording of “Carjack Fever” played backwards.)

James Dean Bradfield: The Great Western

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On July 24, 2006, “Columbia” label released “The Great Western”, the debut James Dean Bradfield album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Dave Eringa, Guy Massey, Alex Silva and Greg Haver.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield– lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar, drums
  • Nick Nasmyth – keyboards
  • Dave Eringa– keyboards
  • Alex Silva – bass guitar
  • Nick Dewey – drums
  • Dafydd Ieuan– drums
  • Alistair Hamer (Sweet Billy Pilgrim) – drums
  • Greg Haver – drums, keyboards
  • Padlock McKiernan – tin whistle, kazoo

Track listing:

All tracks by James Dean Bradfield, except where noted.

  1. That’s No Way to Tell a Lie
  2. An English Gentleman
  3. Bad Boys and Painkillers – Nicky Wire
  4. On Saturday Morning We Will Rule the World
  5. Run Romeo Run
  6. Still a Long Way to Go – James Dean Bradfield, John Niven
  7. Émigré – James Dean Bradfield, John Niven
  8. To See a Friend in Tears – Jacques Brel
  9. Say Hello to the Pope
  10. The Wrong Beginning
  11. Which Way to Kyffin

Milo Greene: Same

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On July 17, 2012, “Chop Shop” and “Atlantic” labels released the self-titled, debut Milo Greene studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by The Cymbalhands and Ryan Hadlock.

Personnel:

  1. Robbie Arnett – vocals, guitar
  2. Graham Fink – vocals, guitar
  3. Andrew Heringer – vocals, guitar, banjo, bass, keyboards, mixing
  4. Marlana Sheetz – vocals
  5. Curtis Marrero – drums
  6. The Cymbalhands – mixing
  7. Ryan Hadlock – mixing
  8. Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  9. Shawn Harris – layout, design
  10. Dan Wooster – cover photo

Track listing:

  1. What’s the Matter
  2. Orpheus
  3. Don’t You Give Up On Me
  4. Perfectly Aligned
  5. Silent Way
  6. 1957
  7. Wooden Antlers
  8. Take a Step
  9. Moddison
  10. Cutty Love
  11. Son My Son
  12. Polaroid
  13. Autumn Tree