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Neil Young & Crazy Horses: Barn

On December 10, 2021, “Reprise” label released “Barn” the 14th Neil Young & Crazy Horse album, and the 41st Neil Young album overall. It was recorded 2020- 2021, at “Studio in the Clouds” in Rocky Mountains, Colorado, and was produced by Neil Young and Niko Bolas.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, mixing
  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, guitar, accordion
  • Billy Talbot – vocal, bass
  • Ralph Molina – vocals, drums
  • Guy Charbonneau – engineer
  • Anthony Catalano – engineer, editing
  • Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Chris Bellman – mastering
  • dhlovelife – art direction, photography
  • Jenice Heo – art direction
  • Adam CK Vollick, Larry Cragg – photography
  • Cindi Peters – production coordinator
  • Sreve Drymalski – production manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Song of the Seasons
  2. Heading West
  3. Change Ain’t Never Gonna
  4. Canerican
  5. Shape of You
  6. They Might Be Lost
  7. Human Race
  8. Tumblin’ Thru the Years
  9. Welcome Back
  10. Don’t Forget Love

Bill Callahan & Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Blind Date Party

On December 10, 2021, “Drag City” label released “Blind Date Party”, album by Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Cooper Crain, Daniel Quinlivan and Emmett Kelly.   

Personnel:

  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy – vocals, guitar
  • Bill Callahan – vocals, harmonica, handclapping
  • Azita Youssefi – vocal, instrumentation, recording
  • Dead Rider / Todd Rittman – vocal, guitar / Andrea Faught – keyboards, trumpet / Matt Espy – drums
  • Six Organs of Admittance / Ben Chasny – guitar
  • Meg Baird – vocals, guitar
  • Cassis Berman – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
  • Bill Mackay – vocals, acoustic guitar, requinto, engineer, mixing
  • David Pajo – vocals, guitar, instrumentation, engineer
  • Cory Hanson – vocals, guitar
  • Matt Sweeney – vocals, guitar, arranger
  • Richard Bishop – acoustic guitar
  • David Grubbs – vocals, electric guitar, organ, handclapping
  • Todd Rittman – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, engineer, mixing
  • Alasdair Roberts – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, cello, drum programming
  • Tyler Nuffer – steel guitar
  • Charlie Saufley – guitar
  • George Xylouris – vocals, bouzouki, lute, lyre, laouto, drums, bells
  • Cooper Crain – organ
  • Will Oldham – vocals, synthesizer
  • Tony Crow – keyboards
  • Ben Chasny – vocals, bass, drums, programming
  • Joshua Abrams – bass
  • Danny Kiely – bass
  • Evan Backer – bass guitar, drums
  • Greg Sweeney – drums
  • Brian Kotzur – drums, engineer
  • Ty Segall – instrumentation
  • Mick Turner – vocals, instrumentation
  • Matt Kinsey – vocals, instrumentation
  • Sean O’Hagan – vocals, instrumentation
  • Sean Sylvester – instrumentation, backing vocals
  • Drew Miller – saxophone
  • Rob Frye – tenor saxophone
  • Cheyenne Mize – fiddle, backing vocals
  • Heather Lockie – viola
  • Elsa Madeline Oldham – Jew’s harp
  • Jacob Duncan – woodwind
  • Elisa Ambrogio – vocals
  • Haley Fohr – vocals
  • Livy O’Hagan – backing vocals
  • Eli Crews – engineer
  • Michael Tully – artwork
  • Ethan Swan – design, booklet editor

Track listing:

  1. Blackness Of the Night – Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam
  2. OD’d in Denver – Hank Williams Jr.
  3. I’ve Made Up My Mind – Dave Rich
  4. Red Tailer Hawk – The Other Years
  5. Wish You Were Gay – Billie Eilish
  6. Our Anniversary – Smog
  7. Rooftop Garden – Lou Reed
  8. Deacon Blues – Steely Dan
  9. I Love You – Jerry Jeff Walker
  10. Sea Song – Robert Wyatt
  11. I’ve Been the One – Little Feat
  12. Miracles – Johnny Frierson
  13. I Want to Go to the Beach – Iggy Pop
  14. Night Rider’s Lament – Michael Burton
  15. Arise, Therefore – Palace Music
  16. The Night of Santiago – Leonard Cohen
  17. The Wild Kindness – Silver Jaws
  18. Lost in Love – Air Supply
  19. She Is My Everything – John Prine

Michael Nesmith

On December 10, 2021, Robert Michael Nesmith died aged 78. He was musician (guitar), singer, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. Nesmith was member of the bands The Strangers and The First National Band, but was known as member of The Monkees. In 1981, he won the first “Grammy Award” given for “Video of the Year” for his hour-long television show “Elephant Parts”.

Gershon Kingsley

On December 10, 2019, Götz Gustav Ksinski aka Gershon Kingsley died aged 97. He was composer, a pioneer of the Moog synthesizer, and electronic music. He composed music for film and TV shows, classical chamber works, conducted and arranged the music for Broadway musicals (“The Entertainer”, “La Plume de Ma Tante”, “Vintage ’60”, “Josephine Baker”, “Cafe Crown”, “I’m Solomon”). He was part of the electronic duo Perrey and Kingsley, founded the “First Moog Quartet”, but got world recognition and fame with his 1969 track “Popcorn”. This track was covered by Hot Butter, Aphex Twin, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jean Michelle Jarre, Marsheaux, Muse, Crazy Frog and The Muppets. Kingsley received “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the “Bob Moog Foundation”.

Ghost: Lama Rabi Rabi

On December 10, 1996, “Drag City” label released “Lama Rabi Rabi”, the fourth Ghost album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Taishi Takizawa.

Personnel:

  • Masaki Batoh – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Michio Kurihara – guitars
  • Kazuo Ogino – piano, electronics
  • Taishi Takizawa – teremin, flute, saxophone
  • Junichi Yamamoto – drums, percussion
  • Iwao Yamazaki – vocal, drums

Track listing:

  1. Masttillah
  2. RabiRabi
  3. Into the Alley
  4. Marrakech
  5. Who Found a Lost Rose in the Warship?
  6. Mex Square Blue
  7. My Hump is a Shell
  8. Bad Bone
  9. Abyssinia
  10. Agate Scape
  11. Summer’s Ashen Fable

Apoptygma Berzerk: Soli Deo Gloria

On December 10, 1993, “Metropolis” label released “Soli Deo Gloria”, the debut Apoptygma Berzerk studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Wintergarden Studio in Fredrikstad, Norway, “Apoptygma Sound Lab”, and was produced by Erik Wøllo, and Stephan Grotheks. 

  • Stephan Grotheks – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, samples,  programming, engineer
  • Per Aksel Lundgreen – keyboards
  • Anders Olden – guitar
  • Jimmy Bergsten – vocals
  • Erik Wøllo – arranger
  • Christian Bloom – Apoptygma logo
  • Albrecht Dürer – artwork
  • Subtopia – design, photography
  • Malin Syversen – Bellybutton photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephan Grotheks, except where noted.

  1. Like Blood from the Beloved, Part 1
  2. Bitch
  3. Burnin’ Heretic
  4. Stitch
  5. Walk With Me
  6. Backdraft
  7. Arp (808 Edit)
  8. Spiritual Reality
  9. Skyscraping (Schizophreniac)
  10. All Tomorrow’s Parties – Lou Reed
  11. Ashes to Ashes 93
  12. Like Blood from the Beloved, Part 2

David Lynch and John Neff: BlueBOB

On December 10, 2001, “Absurda” label released “BlueBOB”, debut David Lynch and John Neff studio album. It was recorded April 1998–March 2000, at “Aysmmetrical Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by David Lynch and John Neff.

Personnel:

  • David Lynch– drums, drum effects, percussion, guitar, backing vocals, sound effects, vocals effects, sound design, ambient sound design, mixing, design, photography
  • John Neff – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion , engineering, mixing
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Eli Roth– photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Lynch, all music by David Lynch and John Neff.

  1. 9–1–1
  2. Rollin’ Down (To My House)
  3. Thank You, Judge
  4. I Cannot Do That
  5. Factory Interlude
  6. Blue Horse
  7. Bad Night
  8. Mountains Falling
  9. Go Get Some
  10. Pink Western Range
  11. Marilyn Monroe
  12. City of Dreams

Takako Minekawa: Cloudy Cloud Calculator

On December 10, 1997, “Polystar” label released “Cloudy Cloud Calculator”, the third Takako Minekawa studio album. It was recorded 1997, and was produced by Takako Minekawa, Seiichi Yamamoto and Sugar Yoshinaga.

Personnel:

  • Takako Minekawa – vocals, vocoder, synthesizer, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drums, arrangement, recording
  • Seiichi Yamamoto – synthesizer, bass, electric guitar, performance, arrangement
  • SuGar Yoshinaga – acoustic and electric guitar, rhythm box
  • Atsushi Tsuyama – drums
  • Tetsuya Kotani – engineer
  • Sheila Sachs – design
  • Mariko Yamamoto – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Takako Minekawa, except where noted.

  1. Micro Mini Cool
  2. Milk Rock
  3. Phonobaloon Song
  4. Cat House
  5. Cloud Chips – Takako Minekawa, SuGar Yoshinaga
  6. Kraftpark (Micro Trip Edit)
  7. Kangaroo Pocket Calculator
  8. Black Forest – Takako Minekawa, Silvie TV Game
  9. International Velvet
  10. Cloud Cuckoo Land – Takako Minekawa, Plain Vanilla
  11. Telstar – Joe Meek

Phish: Round Room

On December 10, 2002, “Elektra” label released “Round Room”, the tenth  Phish  studio album. It was recorded in October 2002, at “The Barn” in Vermont, and was produced by Bryce Goggin.

Personnel:

  • Trey Anastasio– vocals, guitars
  • Page McConnell– vocals, keyboards
  • Mike Gordon– vocals, bass guitar
  • Jon Fishman– vocals, drums

Track listing:

  1. Pebbles and Marbles – Trey Anastasio, Marshall
  2. Anything but Me – Trey Anastasio, Herman, Marshall
  3. Round Room – Mike Gordon, Linitz
  4. Mexican Cousin – Trey Anastasio, Marshall
  5. Friday – Trey Anastasio, Herman, Marshall
  6. Seven Below – Trey Anastasio, Marshall
  7. Mock Song – Mike Gordon
  8. 46 Days – Trey Anastasio, Marshall
  9. All of These Dreams – Trey Anastasio, Herman, Marshall
  10. Walls of the Cave – Trey Anastasio, Marshall
  11. Thunderhead – Trey Anastasio, Marshall
  12. Waves – Trey Anastasio, Herman, Marshall

Naked City: Absinthe

On December 10, 1993, “Avant” label released “Absinthe”, the seventh and the final Naked City album. It was recorded in December 1992 at “Electric Lady” in New York City, and was produced by John Zorn.

Personnel:

  • John Zorn- vocals, synthesizer, sampler
  • Bill Frisell- guitar
  • Wayne Horvitz- keyboards, synthesizer, sampler
  • Fred Frith- bass guitar
  • Joey Baron- percussion
  • Joe Ferla – engineer
  • Hoover Le – engineer assistant
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Tomoyo T.L. (Karath=Razar) – design
  • Lisa Wells – photography typesetting
  • Hans Bellmer”Les Jeux de la Poupée – cover photography
  • Disk Union – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Zorn.

  1. Val De Travers
  2. Une Correspondance
  3. La Fée Verte
  4. Fleurs Du Mal
  5. Artemisia Absinthium
  6. Notre Dame De L’oubli (For Olivier Messiaen)
  7. Verlaine: Part I: Un Midi Moins Dix
  8. Verlaine: Part II: La Bleue
  9. …Rend Fou