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Múm: Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

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

Blindside: Same

On December 23, 1997, “Solid State Records” label released the debut, self-titled Blindside album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Lasse Mårtén.

Personnel:

  • Christian Lindskog – vocals
  • Simon Grenehed – guitar
  • Tomas Näslund – bass
  • Marcus Dahlström – drums

Track listing:

  1. Invert
  2. Born
  3. Empty Box
  4. Superman
  5. Nerve
  6. This Shoulder
  7. Replay
  8. One Mind
  9. Liberty
  10. Daughter
  11. Teddy Bear
  12. Never

Status Quo: Riffs

On December 23, 2003, “Universal” label released “Riffs”, the twenty-sixth Status Quo studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Ridge Farm Studios” in Rusper, UK, “State of The Ark Studios” in Richmond, UK, and was produced by Mike Paxman.

Personnel:

  • Francis Rossi – vocals, lead guitar
  • Rick Parfitt – vocals, guitar
  • Andy Bown – keyboards
  • John Edwards – vocals, bass
  • Matt Letley – drums

Track listing:

  1. Caroline – Francis Rossi, Bob Young
  2. I Fought The Law – Sonny Curtis
  3. Born To Be Wild – Mars Bonfire
  4. Takin’ Care of Business – Randy Bachman
  5. Wild One – Johnny O’Keefe, David Owens, Johnny Greenan
  6. On The Road Again – Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson
  7. Tobacco Road – John D. Loudermilk
  8. Centerfold – Seth Justman
  9. All Day And All Of The Night – Ray Davies
  10. Don’t Bring Me Down – Jeff Lynne
  11. Junior’s Wailing – Kieran White, Martin Pugh
  12. Pump It Up – Elvis Costello
  13. Down the Dustpipe – Carl Grossman
  14. Whatever You Want – Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown
  15. Rockin’ All Over The World – John Fogerty

Leb i Sol: Sledovanje

On December 23, 1981, “PGP RTB” label released “Sledovanje”, the fifth Leb I Sol studio album. It was recorded in November 1981, at “M2 Studio” in RT Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Vlatko Stefanovski, Bodan Arsovski, Dragoljub Đuričić and Tahir Duraklić.

Personnel:

  • Vlatko Stefanovski – vocal, guitars, arrangements
  • Bodan Arsovski – bass guitar, arrangements
  • Dragoljub Đuričić – drums, arrangements
  • Amazonke (Mimi, Jana, Zane, Sanja, Eli) – backing vocals
  • Tahir Duraklić – recording
  • Braco Zafirovski – engineer assistant
  • Miroslav Grčev, Lazo Planevksi – design
  • Jordan Živovski – photography

Track listing:

  1. Lokomobila – Bodan Arsovski
  2. Pazi da paziš – lyrics by Goran Stefanovski, music by Vlatko Stefanovski
  3. Mirko – Vlatko Stefanovski
  4. Nosim tvoj žig – lyrics by Goran Stefanovski, music by Vlatko Stefanovski
  5. Mile pop Jordanov – traditional
  6. Let u mestu – lyrics by Goran Stefanovski, music by Bodan Arsovski
  7. Miris juga – Bodan Arsovski
  8. Njena sena – lyrics by Goran Stefanovski, music by Vlatko Stefanovski
  9. Hvala na svemu – lyrics by Goran Stefanovski, music by Vlatko Stefanovski
  10. Oda radosti – Vlatko Stefanovski, Bodan Arsovski

Eddie Hazel

On December 23, 1992, Edward Earl “Eddie” Hazel died aged 42. He was musician (guitar), recorded and performed with The Temptations, George Clinton, Axiom Funk and Bootsy Collins, but was best known as lead guitarist of Parliament and Funkadelic. In 1997, he was posthumous inducteed in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”,  together with fifteen other members of Parliament and Funkadelic.

Taj Mahal: The Natch’t Blues

Natchl blues

On December 23, 1968, “Columbia” label released “The Natch’l Blues”, the second Taj Mahal studio album. It was recorded May – October 1968, and was produced by David Rubinson.

Personnel:

  • Taj Mahal – vocals, harmonica, Miss “National” steel bodied guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis- guitar, piano, brass arrangements
  • Al Kooper- piano
  • Gary Gilmore – bass
  • Chuck Blackwell – drums
  • Earl Palmer- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Taj Mahal, except where noted.

  1. Good Morning Miss Brown
  2. Corinna – Taj Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis
  3. Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll
  4. Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
  5. Done Changed My Way of Living
  6. She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride – Taj Mahal, Yank Rachell
  7. The Cuckoo – traditional
  8. You Don’t Miss Your Water(‘Til Your Well Runs Dry) – William Bell
  9. Ain’t That a Lot of Love – Homer Banks, Deanie Parker