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Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism

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On October 7, 2003, “Barsuk” label released “Transatlanticism”, the fourth Death Cab for Cutie studio album. It was recorded December – June 2003, at “Hall of Justice” in Seattle, Washington, “Tiny Telephone” in San Francisco, and was produced by Chris Walla.

Personnel:

  • Ben Gibbard – vocals, guitar, piano, foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • Christopher Walla – vocals, guitar, keyboards, samples, recording, mixing
  • Nick Harmer – vocals, bass guitar, foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • Jason McGerr – drums, percussion, foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • Sean Nelson – vocals
  • John Roderick – vocals
  • Phil Wandscher – vocals
  • Rob Herbst – foot-stomp, hand clap effects
  • John Goodmanson  – mixing
  • Ed Brooks – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ben Gibbard, all music as noted.

  1. The New Year – Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Chris Walla
  2. Lightness – Ben Gibbard
  3. Title and Registration – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  4. Expo ’86 – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  5. The Sound of Settling – Ben Gibbard
  6. Tiny Vessels – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  7. Transatlanticism – Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla
  8. Passenger Seat – Ben Gibbard
  9. Death of an Interior Decorator – Ben Gibbard
  10. We Looked Like Giants – Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Chris Walla
  11. A Lack of Color – Ben Gibbard

Son Volt: Trace

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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

Iron Maiden: The Book Of Souls

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On September 4, 2015, “Parlaphone” label released “The Book of Souls”, the sixteenth Iron Maiden studio album. It was recorded September – December 2014, at “Guillaume Tell” in Paris, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Dickinson – vocals, piano
  • Dave Murray – guitars
  • Janick Gers – guitars
  • Adrian Smith – guitars
  • Steve Harris – bass, keyboards
  • Nicko McBrain – drums, percussion
  • Michael Kenney – keyboards
  • Jeff Bova – orchestration
  • Kevin Shirley – mixing
  • Steve Harris – co-production
  • Denis Caribaux – engineer
  • Ade Emsley – mastering
  • Chris Bellman – additional vinyl mastering
  • Stuart Crouch – art direction, design
  • Mark Wilkinson – cover illustration
  • Anthony Dry – disc illustrations
  • Julie Wilkinson – Maya codex drawings
  • Simon Martin – Maya hieroglyphs
  • Jorge Letona – Maya font design
  • John McMurtrie – photography

Track listing:

  1. If Eternity Should Fail – Bruce Dickinson
  2. Speed of Light – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson
  3. The Great Unknown – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
  4. The Red and the Black – Steve Harris
  5. When the River Runs Deep – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
  6. The Book of Souls – Janick Gers, Steve Harris
  7. Death of Glory – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson
  8. Shadows of the Valley – Janick Gers, Steve Harris
  9. Tears of a Clown – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
  10. The Man of Sorrows – Dave Murray, Steve Harris
  11. Empire of the Clouds – Bruce Dickinson

Gary Burton: Seven Songs For Quartet And Chamber Orchestra

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In August 1974, “ECM” label released “Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra”, the 22nd Gary Burton album. It was recorded in December 1973, in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Gary Burton – vibraharp
  • Mick Goodrick – guitar
  • Steve Swallow – bass
  • Ted Seibs – drums
  • Michael Gibbs – conductor
  • NDR Symphony Orchestra

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Gibbs, except where noted.

  1. Nocturne vulgaire/Arise Her Eyes – Michael Gibbs, Steve Swallow
  2. Throb
  3. By Way of a Preface
  4. Phases
  5. The Rain Before It Falls
  6. Three

Interpol: Marauder

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On August 24, 2018, “Matador” label released “Marauder”, the sixth Interpol studio album.  It was recorded December 2017 – April 2018, at “Tarbox Road” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Kessler – lead guitar
  • Paul Banks – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Brandon Curtis – keyboards
  • Sam Fogarino – drums, percussion
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keyboards
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing
  • Michael Fridmann – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Matt de Jong – artwork
  • Jamie-James Medina – artwork, back photography
  • Elliot Richardson – cover art subject
  • Garry Winogrand – cover art photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler.

  1. If You Really Love Nothing
  2. The Rover
  3. Complications
  4. Flight of Fancy
  5. Stay in Touch
  6. Interlude 1
  7. Mountain Child
  8. NYSMAW
  9. Surveillance
  10. Number 10
  11. Party’s Over
  12. Interlude 2
  13. It Probably Matters

Eels: Tomorrow Morning

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On August 17, 2010, “E Works” and “Vagrant” label released “Tomorrow Morning”, the ninth Eels studio album. It was recorded August – December 2009, at “One Hitsville, U.S.A.” in Los Feliz, California, and was produced by E (Mark Oliver Everett).

Personnel:

  • Mark Oliver Everett (E) – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, harmonica, piano, Optigan, Hammond B3 organ, banjo, harmonium, Vox Continental organ, drums, percussion
  • Koool G Murder – bass guitar, guitar, recording, mixing
  •  Knuckles – drums
  • Tomorrow Morning Orchestra – horns
  • The Amy Davies Choir – harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Oliver Everett.

  1. In Gratitude for This Magnificent Day
  2. I’m a Hummingbird
  3. The Morning
  4. Baby Loves Me
  5. Spectacular Girl
  6. What I Have to Offer
  7. This Is Where It Gets Good
  8. After the Earthquake
  9. Oh So Lovely
  10. The Man
  11. Looking Up
  12. That’s Not Her Way
  13. I Like the Way This Is Going
  14. Mystery of Life

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio: Africa N’Da Blues

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On August 15, 2000, “Delmark” label released “Africa N’Da Blues”, the ninth Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio album. It was recorded in December 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Kahil El’Zabar.

Personnel:

  • Kahil El’Zabar – drums, percussion
  • Ari Brown – piano, soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • Malachi Favors – bass
  • Susana Sandoval – spoken word

Track listing:

All tracks by Kahil El’Zabar, except where noted.

  1. Ka-Real (take 2) – Joseph Bowie
  2. Africanos/ Latinos – Kahil El’Zabar, Susana Sandoval
  3. Miles’ Mode – John Coltrane
  4. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer
  5. Africa N’Da Blues
  6. Pharoah’s Song
  7. Ka-Real (take 1) – Joseph Bowie

Eels: Beautiful Freak

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On August 13, 1996, “DreamWorks” label released “Beautiful Freak” the debut Eels studio album. It was recorded June 1993 – December 1996, at “Conway Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jon Brion, E, Mark Goldenberg and Michael Simpson.

Personnel:

  • Butch – drums, backing vocals, engineer
  • E – vocals, guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, engineer
  • Tommy Walter – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jon Brion – guitar, trombone, chamberlin
  • Mark Goldenberg – guitar, keyboards, engineer
  • Jim Jacobsen – keyboards, loops, engineer
  • Jon Brion – engineer
  • Amir Derakh – engineer
  • Matt Thorne – engineer
  • Michael Simpson – mixing
  • Billy Kinsley – mixing
  • Rob Seifert – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Ann Giordano – photography
  • Francesca Restrepo – art direction, sleeve design

Track listing:

All tracks by E, except where noted.

  1. Novocaine for the Soul – E, Mark Goldenberg
  2. Susan’s House – E, Jim Jacobsen, Jim Weatherly
  3. Rags to Rags
  4. Beautiful Freak
  5. Not Ready Yet – Jon Brion, E
  6. My Beloved Monster
  7. Flower – E, Jim Jacobsen
  8. Guest List
  9. Mental
  10. Spunky
  11. Your Lucky Day in Hell – E, Goldenberg
  12. Manchild – E, Jill Sobule

Johnny Cash: Ride This Train

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On August 1, 1960. “Columbia’ label released “Ride This Train”, the sixth Johnny Cash album. It was recorded December – February 1960, and was produced by Don Law.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, rhythm guitar, arrangements

The Tennessee Two

  • Luther Perkins – lead guitar
  • Marshall Grant – bass
  • Johnny Western – guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Shot Jackson – dobro, steel guitar
  • Gordon Terry – fiddle
  • Alan Lomax – adaptation, arrangements
  • Mark Wilder – mixing, mastering
  • Seth Foster – mastering
  • Stacey Boyle – tape research
  • Matt Kelly – tape research
  • Kay Smith – tape research
  • Arthur Levy – liner notes
  • Howard Fritzson – art direction
  • Randall Martin – design
  • Don Hunstein – photography
  • Darren Salmieri – A&R
  • Steven Berkowitz – A&R
  • Patti Matheny – A&R

Track listing:

  1. Loading Coal – Merle Travis
  2. Slow Rider – Johnny Cash
  3. Lumberjack – Leon Payne
  4. Dorraine of Ponchrtrain – Johnny Cash
  5. Going to Memphis – Hollie Dew, Alan Lomax, (new words and music) by Johnny Cash
  6. When Papa Played the Dobro – Johnny Cash
  7. Boss Jack – Tex Ritter
  8. Old Doc Brown – Red Foley
  9. Second Honeymoon – Autry Inman
  10. Ballad of the Harp Weaver – Thelma Moore, Edna Millay
  11. Smiling Bill McCall – Johnny Cash

Lalo Schifrin: More Jazz Meets the Symphony

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On July 26, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “More Jazz Meets the Symphony”, album by Lalo Schifrin. It was recorded in December 1993, at “CTS Studios” in London, and was produced by Lalo Schifrin. The album was the second in Schifrin’s “Jazz Meets the Symphony” series.

Personnel:

  • Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements, conductor
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Jon Faddis – trumpet
  • Paquito D’Rivera – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • James Morrison – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sketches of Miles: All Blues / So What / Milestones / Concierto de Aranjuez / On Green Dolphin Street / Oleo / Four / Move – Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Joaquin Rodrigo / Bronislaw Kaper / Sonny Rollins / Miles Davis / Denzil Best
  2. Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin
  3. Chano – Lalo Schifrin
  4. Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter, arranged by Lalo Schifrin
  5. Django – John Lewis
  6. Old Friends – Lalo Schifrin
  7. Madrigal – Lalo Schifrin
  8. Portrait of Louis Armstrong: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South / Someday / After You’ve Gone / St. Louis Blues / Some of These Days / Struttin’ with Some Barbeque / I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (traditional / Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René / Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye / Henry Creamer, Turner Layton / W. C. Handy/Shelton Brooks / Louis Armstrong / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh