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Tortoise: Same

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On June 22, 1994, “Thrill Jockey” label released the self-titled, debut Tortoise album. It was recorded November – December 1993, at “Idful Music” in Chicago, and was produced by Dan Bitney, Bundy K. Brown, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs and John McEntire.

Personnel:

  • Douglas McCombs – bass guitar, guitar, arrangements
  • John McEntire – drums, synthesizer, electronics, recording, mixing
  • Dan Bitney – percussion, arrangements
  • John Herndon – drums, arrangements
  • Bundy K. Brown – recording assistant, mixing assistant
  • Sam Prekop – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Bitney, Bundy K. Brown, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs and John McEntire.

  1. Magnet Pulls Through
  2. Night Air
  3. Ry Cooder
  4. Onions Wrapped in Rubber
  5. Tin Cans & Twine
  6. Spiderwebbed
  7. His Second Story Island
  8. On Noble
  9. Flyrod
  10. Cornpone Brunch

Neil Young: Homegrown

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On June 19, 2020, “Reprise” label released “Homegrown”, the 42nd Neil Young studio album. The album consists of material recorded June – December 1974, January 1975, at “Quadrafonic” in Nashville, “Broken Arrow Ranch” in Redwood City, “Village Recorders” in Los Angeles, “Ramport” in London, and was produced by Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, Tim Mulligan and Ben Keith.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, wine glass, piano strings, narration
  • Emmylou Harris – vocal, backing vocals
  • Sandy Mazzeo – vocal
  • Ben Keith – vocals, pedal steel guitar, lap slide guitar, dobro, wine glass, piano strings, narration
  • Robbie Robertson – guitar
  • Stan Szelest – piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Joe Yankee – piano
  • Tim Drummond – vocals, bass
  • Levon Helm – drums
  • Karl T. Himmel – drums
  • Sandy Mazzeo – backing vocals
  • Tom Wilkes – cover art
  • John Hanlon – assembly, pre-mastering, restoration

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Separate Ways
  2. Try
  3. Love Is a Rose
  4. Homegrown
  5. Florida
  6. Kansas
  7. We Don’t Smoke It No More
  8. White Line
  9. Vacancy
  10. Little Wing
  11. Star of Bethlehem

Oingo Boingo: Only A Lad

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On June 19, 1981, “A&M” label released “Only a Lad”, the debut Oingo Boingo studio album. It was recorded December 1980 – February 1981, at “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “United Western”, “Cherokee” and Westlake Audio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Pete Solley, Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek, Richard Gibbs, Kerry Hatch, Johnny Hernandez. Sam Phipps and Leon Schneiderman.

Personnel:

  • Danny Elfman – lead vocal, rhythm guitar, mixing
  • Steve Bartek – lead guitar. mixing
  • Richard Gibbs – keyboards, trombone, mixing
  • Kerry Hatch – vocals, bass, mixing
  • Johnny (Vatos) Hernandez – drums, mixing
  • Sam “Sluggo” Phipps – tenor saxophone
  • Leon Schneiderman – baritone saxophone
  • Dale Turner – trumpet
  • Steve Bartek – horn arrangements, charts
  • Steve Brown – engineer
  • Dave Ahlert – engineer assistant
  • Chuck Kirkpatrick – engineer assistant
  • Brad Gilderman – engineer assistant
  • Cary Pritikin – engineer assistant
  • Rick Ruggieri – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Chuck Beeson – art direction
  • Chris Hopkins – illustration
  • Louis Wain – cover drawing
  • Dave Willardson – back cover photography
  • Charlie White – back cover photography
  • Rob Sinskey – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Danny Elfman, except where noted.

  1. Little Girls
  2. Perfect System
  3. On the Outside
  4. Capitalism
  5. You Really Got Me – Ray Davies
  6. Only a Lad
  7. What You See
  8. Controller
  9. Imposter
  10. Nasty Habits

Johnny Hodges: Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra

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In June 1962, “Verve” label released “Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra”, the 22nd Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded in December 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Billy Strayhorn – arrangements, conductor
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, reeds, clarinet
  • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, reeds
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone, reeds
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, reeds, bass clarinet
  • Bill Berry – trumpet
  • Cat Anderson – trumpet
  • Ed Mullens – trumpet
  • Shorty Baker – trumpet
  • Howard McGhee – trumpet
  • Lawrence Brown – trombone
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • Chuck Connors – bass trombone
  • Jimmy Jones – piano
  • Aaron Bell – bass
  • Sam Woodyard – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Stanley Dance – liner notes
  • Charles Stewart – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Get Around Much Any More – Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
  2. I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
  3. Gal from Joe’s – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  4. Your Love has Faded – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
  5. I’m Just a Lucky So and So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
  6. Jeep’s Blues – Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
  7. Day Dream – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John Latouche
  8. Juice-A-Plenty – Johnny Hodges
  9. Azure – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  10. Tailor Made – Ed Mullins, Johnny Hodges
  11. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish

Ty Segall: Melted

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On June 15, 2010, “Goner Records” label released “Melted”, the third Ty Segall studio album. It was recorded August – December 2009.

Personnel:

  • Ty Segall – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Mike Donovan – vocals, guitar, engineer assistant, mixing
  • Tim Hellman – bass
  • Emily Rose Epstein – drums
  • Jigmae Baer – drums
  • Charlie Moonheart – drums
  • John Dwyer – flute
  • King Riff – engineer, mixing
  • Eric Bauer – engineer
  • Eric Landmark – mixing
  • Jason Ward -mastering
  • William Keihn – artwork
  • Denée Petracek – photography

Track listing:

  1. Finger
  2. Caesar
  3. Girlfriend
  4. Sad Fuzz
  5. Melted
  6. Mike D’s Coke
  7. Imaginary Person
  8. My Sunshine
  9. Bees
  10. Mrs.
  11. Alone

Pennywise: About Time

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On June 13, 1995, “Epitaph” label released “About Time”, the third Pennywise studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – March 1995, at “total Access Recording” in Redondo Beach, California, and was produced by Jerry Finn and Brett Gurewitz.

Personnel:

  • Jim Lindberg – lead vocals
  • Fletcher Dragge – guitar
  • Jason Thirsk – bass
  • Byron McMackin – drums
  • Jerry Finn – engineer
  • Eddie Ashworth – engineer assistant
  • Fred Hidalgo – album art

Track listing:

  1. Peaceful Day
  2. Waste of Time
  3. Perfect People
  4. Every Single Day
  5. Searching
  6. Not Far Away
  7. Freebase
  8. It’s What You Do with It
  9. Try
  10. Same Old Story
  11. I Won’t Have It
  12. Killing Time

Everything But The Girl: Amplified Heart

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On June 13, 1994, “Blanco y Negro” label released “Amplified Heart”, the eighth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded December 1993 – April 1994, at “Livingston”, “Strongroom”, “Battery”, Mayfair” and “Whitfield Street Recording” in London, and was produced by Ben Watt and Tracey Horn.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals, design
  • Ben Watt – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric piano, mini Moog, mixing, design
  • Richard Thompson – lead electric guitar
  • John Coxon – keyboards
  • Danny Thompson – double bass
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion, strings
  • Peter King – alto saxophone
  • Harry Robinson – string arrangements, conductor
  • Kate St John – Cor Anglais
  • Mads Bjerke – engineer
  • Jon Mallison – engineer
  • Jerry Boys – engineer, mixing
  • Bruce Davies – mixing
  • The Senate – design
  • Richard Haughton – cover and inner sleeve photography
  • Ponyboy Wildwood – inner sleeve photography
  • Corinne Day – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

  1. Rollercoaster – Ben Watt
  2. Troubled Mind – lyrics by Tracey Thorn, music by Ben Watt
  3. I Don’t Understand Anything – Tracey Thorn
  4. Walking to You – Ben Watt
  5. Get Me – Ben Watt
  6. Missing – lyrics by Tracey Horn, music by Ben Watt
  7. Two Stars – Ben Watt
  8. We Walk the Same Line – Tracey Thorn
  9. 25 December – Ben Watt
  10. Disenchanted – lyrics by Tracey Thorn, music by Ben Watt

Red Garland: Red Garland’s Piano

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In June 1957, “Prestige” label released “Red Garland’s Piano”, the second Red Garland album. It was recorded March 1957 – December 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Tom Hannan – design
  • Bob Weinstock – supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Please Send Me Someone to Love – Percy Mayfield
  2. Stompin’ at the Savoy – Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb
  3. The Very Thought of You – Ray Noble
  4. Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  5. If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
  6. I Know Why (And So Do You) – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  7. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  8. But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Pavement: Terror Twilight

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On June 8, 1999, “Matador” label released “Terror Twilight”, the fifth Pavement studio album. It was recorded June – December 1998, at “RPM Studios” in New York City, “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar
  • Scott Kannberg – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Nastanovich – keyboards, percussion
  • Mark Ibold – vocals, bass
  • Steve West – drums, percussion
  • Dominic Murcott – drums
  • Jonny Greenwood – harmonica
  • Nigel Godrich – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus.

  1. Spit on a Stranger
  2. Folk Jam
  3. You Are a Light
  4. Cream of Gold
  5. Major Leagues
  6. Platform Blues
  7. Ann Don’t Cry
  8. Billie
  9. Speak, See, remember
  10. The Hexx
  11. Carrot Rope

Queens Of The Stone Age: Rated R

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On June 6, 2000, “Interscope” label released “Rated R”, the second Queens of the Stone Age studio album. It was recorded December 1999 – March 2000, at “Sound City” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by Chris Goss and Joshua Homme.

Personnel:

  • Josh Homme – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, lead guitar, drums, percussion, mixing, concept
  • Nick Oliveri – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, concept, art conception
  • Gene Trautmann – drums
  • Dave Catching – piano, electric piano, lap steel guitar, guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Chris Goss – grand piano, noise piano, bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Nick Lucero – drums, percussion
  • Barrett Martin – vibes, percussion, steel drum
  • Scott Mayo – baritone sax, horns
  • Fernando Pullum – flugelhorn, horns
  • Reggie Young – horns
  • Mark Lanegan – lead and backing vocals
  • Mike Johnson – backing vocals
  • Pete Stahl – backing vocals
  • Rob Halford – backing vocals
  • Nick Eldorado – backing vocals
  • Wendy Rae Fowler (Wendy Ray Moan) – backing vocals
  • Bradley Cook – engineer
  • Martin Schmelzle – engineer, sequencing, assembly
  • Trina Shoemaker – engineer, mixing
  • Dan Druff – guitar technician
  • Marek – noise, mixing
  • Robert Brunner – pre-production assistant
  • Francesca Restrepo – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri.

  1. Feel Good Hit of the Summer
  2. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
  3. Leg of Lamb
  4. Auto Pilot
  5. Better Living Through Chemistry
  6. Monsters in the Parasol – Josh Homme, Mario Lalli
  7. Quick and to the Pointless
  8. In the Fade (includes a reprise of Feel Good Hit of the Summer) – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
  9. Tension Head
  10. Lightning Song – Dave Catching
  11. I Think I Lost My Headache