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The Rolling Stones: Still Life

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On June 1, 1982, “Rolling Stones” label released “Still Life” (American Concert 1981), the fourth Rolling Stones (The) live album. It was recorded November – December 1981, March – April 1982, and was produced by Glimmer Twins.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitar
  • Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals
  • Ronnie Wood – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bill Wyman – bass guitar
  • Charlie Watts – drums
  • Ian Stewart – piano
  • Ian McLagan – keyboards
  • Ernie Watts – saxophone
  • Bob Clearmountain – recording
  • David Hewitt – recording
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Kazuhide Yamazaki – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

  1. Intro: Take the ‘A’ Train – Billy Strayhorn
  2. Under My Thumb
  3. Let’s Spend the Night Together
  4. Shattered
  5. Twenty Flight Rock – Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild
  6. Going to a Go-Go – William Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin
  7. Let Me Go
  8. Time Is on My Side – Norman Meade
  9. Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) – Norman Whitfield, Berrett Strong
  10. Start Me Up
  11. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
  12. Outro: Star Spangled Banner – traditional, arranged by Jimi Hendrix

Louis Armstrong And His All Stars: Hello, Dolly!

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In May 1964, “Kapp” label released “Hello Dolly!”, album by Louis Armstrong and His All Stars (29th Louis Armstrong album overall). It was recorded December 1963, April 1964, in New York City, and was produced by Michael Kapp.

Personnel:

  • Lousi Armstrong – trumpet
  • Big Chief Russell Moore – trombone
  • Trummy Young – trombone
  • Joe Darensbourg – clarinet
  • Glen Thompson – guitar, banjo
  • Tony Gottuso – guitar, banjo
  • Billy Kyle – piano
  • Arvell Shaw – bass
  • Danny Barcelona – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hello, Dolly – Jerry Herman
  2. It’s Been a Long, Long Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  3. A Lot of Livin’ to Do – Lee Adams, Charlie Strouse
  4. A Kiss to Build a Dream On – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Oscar Hammerstein II
  5. Someday – Louis Armstrong
  6. Hey, Look Me Over – Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
  7. I Still Get Jealous – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  8. Moon River – Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini
  9. Be My Life’s Companion – Bob Hilliard, Milton De Lugg
  10. Blueberry Hill – Al Lewis, Lary Stock, Vincent Rose
  11. You Are Woman, I Am Man – Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
  12. Jeepers Creepers – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren

Thelonious Monk: Underground

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In May 1968, “Columbia” label released “Underground”, the 24th Thelonious Monk album. It was recorded in December 1967, February – December 1968, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
  • Larry Gales – bass
  • Ben Riley – drums
  • Jon Hendricks – vocals
  • Tim Geelan – engineer
  • John Berg, Richard Mantel – art direction
  • Horn Grinner Studios – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

  1. Thelonious
  2. Ugly Beauty
  3. Raise Four
  4. Boo Boo’s Birthday
  5. Easy Street – A.R. Jones
  6. Green Chimneys
  7. In Walked Bud

Fear: The Record

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On May 16, 1982, “Slash” label released “The Record”, the debut Fear studio album. It was recorded in December 1981, at “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Gary Lubow.

Personnel:

  • Lee Ving – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
  • Philo Cramer – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Derf Scratch –lead and backing vocals, bass, saxophone, rhythm guitar
  • Spit Stix – drums
  • David Urquitti – saxophone
  • Bruce Barris – engineer
  • Geza X – mixing
  • Greg Lee – mastering
  • Barbara Biro Ving – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Ving, except where noted.

  1. Let’s Have a War – Lee Ving, Philo Cramer
  2. Beef Bologna
  3. Camarillo – Lee Ving, Philo Cramer
  4. I Don’t care About You
  5. New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones
  6. Gimme Some Action
  7. Foreign Policy
  8. We Destroy the Family – Lee Ving, Philo Cramer
  9. I Love Livin’ in the City
  10. Disconnected
  11. We Gotta Get Out of This Place – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
  12. Fresh Flesh – Lee Ving, Derf Scratch
  13. Getting the Brusch – Derf Scratch
  14. No More Nothing

Hampton Hawes: This Is Hampton Hawes

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In May 1956, “Contemporary” label released “This Is Hampton Hawes”, the second Hampton Hawes label. It was recorded June – December 1955, January 1956, at “Los Angeles Police Academy” in Chavez Ravine, “Contemporary’s Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Chuck Thompson – drums

Track listing:

  1. You and the Night and the Music – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  2. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  3. Blues for Jacque – Hampton Hawes
  4. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  5. Steeplechase – Charlie Parker
  6. ‘Round About Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  7. Just Squeeze Me – Duke Ellington
  8. Autumn in New York – Vernon Duke
  9. Section Blues – Red Mitchell, Chuck Thompson

Clutch: Same

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On May 9, 1995, “East West Records” label released the self-titled, Clutch studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – January 1995, at “Uncle Punchy Studios” in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was produced by Larry Packer, Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines, Jean Paul Gaster and Richard More.

Personnel:

  • Neil Fallon – vocals
  • Tim Sult – guitar
  • Richard Morel – organ
  • Dan Maines – bass
  • Jean-Paul Gaster – drums
  • Larry “Uncle Punchy” Packer – engineer
  • Danio Saratak – digital engineer
  • Jay Ryan – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero – mixing
  • Mike Hamady – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jennifer Roddie – design
  • Rob Eberhardt – 3D typogtaphy
  • Dan Winters – photography
  • Wendy Berry – A&R representation

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines, Jean Paul Gaster and Richard Morel.

  1. Big News I
  2. Big News II
  3. Rock n’ Roll Outlaw
  4. Texan Book of the Dead
  5. Escape from the Prison Planet
  6. Spacegrass
  7. I Have the Body of John Wilkes Booth
  8. Tight Like That
  9. Animal Farm
  10. Droid
  11. The House That Peterbilt
  12. 7 Jam
  13. Tim Sult vs. The Greys

Bob Mould: Workbook

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On May 2, 1989, “Omnivore” and “Virgin” labels released “Workbook”, the debut Bob Mould studio album. It was recorded December 1988 – January 1989, at “Paisley Park” in Chanhassen, “Grog Kill” in Willow, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, percussion
  • Tony Maimone – bass guitar
  • Anton Fier – drums
  • Steven Haigler – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. Sunspots
  2. Wishing Well
  3. Heartbreak a Stranger
  4. See a Little Light
  5. Poison Years
  6. Sinners and Their Repentances
  7. Brasilia Crossed with Trenton
  8. Compositions for the Young and Old
  9. Lonely Afternoon
  10. Dreaming, I Am
  11. Whichever Way the Wind Blows

Polvo: Today’s Active Lifestyles

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On April 19, 1993, “Merge” label released “Today’s Active Lifestyles”, the second Polvo studio album. It was recorded in December 1992, and was produced by Bob Weston.

Personnel:

  • Ash Bowie – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Brylawski – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Popson – bass guitar
  • Eddie Watkins – drums

Track listing:

  1. Thermal Treasure
  2. Lazy Comet
  3. My Kimono
  4. Sure Shot
  5. Stinger (Five Wigs)
  6. Tilebreaker
  7. Shiska
  8. Time Isn’t On My Side
  9. Action Vs. Vibe
  10. Gemini Cusp

The Flower Kings: Stardust We Are

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On April 11, 1997, “Foxtrot Records” label released “Stardust We Are”, the third Flower Kings (The) studio album. It was recorded December 1996 – 1997, and was produced by Don Azzaro.

Personnel:

  • Hasse Fröberg – lead and backing vocals
  • Roine Stolt – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards
  • Tomas Bodin – Waldorf synthesizer, Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, pipe organ, Rhodes piano, Optigan, accordion, effects
  • Michael Stolt – bass guitar
  • Jaime Salazar – drums
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Ulf Wallander – soprano saxophone
  • Håkan Almkvist – sitar, tabla
  • Dexter Frank Jr. – engineer, mixing
  • David Palermo – artwork, image design
  • Hippiefied Art – book
  • Stefan Bodin – photography
  • Lilian Forsberg – photography
  • Per Nordin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt, except where noted.

  1. In the Eyes of the World
  2. A Room with a View
  3. Just This Once
  4. Church of Your Heart
  5. Poor Mr. Rain’s Ordinary Guitar
  6. The Man Who Walked with Kings
  7. Circus Brimstone
  8. Crying Clown
  9. Compassion (actual song length, hidden instrumental track follows)

James: Hey Ma

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On April 7, 2008, “Fontana” label released “Hey Ma”, the tenth James studio album. It was recorded September – December 2007, at “Château de Warsy” in France, “Hotspur Press” in Manchester, “The Premises” in Hoxton, “Scream” in Brighton, and was produced by Lee Muddy Baker, Tim Booth, Larry Gott, Saul Davies, Mark Hunter, Jim Glennie and Andy Diagram.

Personnel:

  • Tim Booth – lead vocals, art direction
  • Larry Gott – electric, acoustic, slide and e-bow guitars, additional backing vocals, art direction 
  • Saul Davies – electric, acoustic and baritone guitars, violin, additional drums, art direction
  • Mark Hunter – keyboards, programming, art direction
  • Jim Glennie – bass guitars, art direction
  • David Baynton-Power – drums, percussion, art direction
  • Andy Diagram – trumpet, flugelhorn, additional backing vocals 
  • KK – programming
  • Lee Muddy Baker – additional drums, percussion, acoustic and electric guitar, additional backing vocals
  • Rob Kenny – drums
  • Ben Caro – engineer
  • KK – vocal engineer
  • Danton Supple – mixing
  • Jonathon Shakhovskay – mixing 
  • Lee Muddy Baker – mixing 
  • Chris Potter – mastering
  • Love – artwork original concept
  • Antony Crook – photography
  • Julian Ward – Warsky photography

Track listing:

All lyric by Tim Booth, all music by Tim Booth, Larry Gott and Jim Glennie.

  1. Bubbles
  2. Hey Ma
  3. Waterfall
  4. Oh My Heart
  5. Boom Boom
  6. Semaphore
  7. Upside
  8. Whiteboy
  9. 72
  10. Of Monsters & Heroes & Men
  11. I Wanna Go Home