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The Godfathers: A Big Bad Beautiful Noise

On February 10, 2017, “Godfather Recordings” label released “A Big Bad Beautiful Noise” the eighth Godfathers (The) studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Bridge Studio” in Birmingham, “Cowshed Studio” in London, and was produced by Paul Robert Gray, Teo Miller, Steve Crittall, Peter Coyne, Mauro Venegas, Darren Birch and Tim James.

Personnel:

  • Peter Coyne – vocals
  • Steve Crittall – guitar, slide guitar, theremin, Farfisa organ, backing vocals, programming, mixing
  • Mauro Venegas – guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Darren Birch – bass, acoustic bass, backing vocals
  • Tim James – drums, backing vocals
  • John Dale – keyboards
  • Paul Robert Gray – percussion, mixing, additional recording, remix
  • Teo Miller – mixing
  • Andy Pearce – mastering
  • Jaime Martin – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Coyne and Steve Crittall, except where noted,

  1. A Big Bad Beautiful Noise
  2. Till My Heart Stops Beating
  3. You Don’t Love Me – Peter Coyne, Mauro Venegas
  4. Poor Boy’s Son
  5. One Good Reason
  6. Miss America – Peter Coyne, Mauro Venegas
  7. Defibrillator
  8. She’s Mine
  9. Feedbacking – Peter Coyne, Mauro Venegas
  10. Let’s Get Higher
  11. You and Me Against the World – Peter Coyne, Mauro Venegas

Dusty Springfield: Cameo

On February 10, 1973, “ABC Dunhill Records” label released “Cameo”, the eighth Dusty Springfield studio album. It was recorded July – October 1972, at “ABC Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Steve Barri, Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert.

Personnel:

  • Dusty Springfield – vocals
  • Ben Benay – guitar
  • Larry Carlton – guitar
  • David Cohen – guitar
  • Dennis Lambert – keyboards
  • Michael Lang – keyboards
  • Michael Omartian – keyboards, string, horn and flute arrangements
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Paul Humphrey – drums
  • Brian Potter – percussion
  • Victor Feldman – percussion
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields – backing vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
  • Myrna Matthews – backing vocals
  • Sid Sharp – concertmaster
  • Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements
  • Ruby Mazur – design
  • Joe Black – project coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, except where noted.

  1. Who Gets Your Love
  2. Breakin’ Up a Happy Home
  3. Easy Evil – Alan O’Day
  4. Mama’s Little Girl
  5. The Other Side of Life – David Gates
  6. Comin’ and Goin’
  7. I Just Wanna Be There – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  8. Who Could Be Loving You Other Than Me? – Willie Hutchinson
  9. Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison
  10. Of All the Things
  11. Learn to Say Goodbye” (from the ABC Movie of the Week, Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole) – Hugo Montenegro, Bradford Craig

John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Milk And Honey

On January 27, 1984, “Polydor” label released “Milk and Honey”, the sixth and final John Lennon and Yoko Ono album (Lennon’s eighth and final album). It was recorded October – November 1979, August – December 1980, and was produced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Personnel:

  • John Lennon – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Yoko Ono – vocals, piano
  • Chris Mawson – guitar
  • Earl Slick – guitar
  • Elliott Randall – guitar
  • Steve Love – guitar
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar
  • Paul Griffin – piano
  • George Small – piano
  • Ed Walsh – keyboards
  • Peter Cannarozzi – synthesizer
  • Neil Jason – bass
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Wayne Pedziwiatr – bass
  • Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Allan Schwartzberg – drums
  • Yogi Horton – drums
  • Arthur Jenkins – percussion
  • Jimmy Maelen – percussion
  • Peter Thom – backing vocals
  • Kurt Yaghjian – backing vocals
  • Carlos Alomar – backing vocals
  • Gordon Grody – backing vocals
  • Billy Alessi – backing vocals
  • Bobby Alessi – backing vocals

All tracks by John Lennon, except where noted.

  1. I’m Stepping Out
  2. Sleepless Night – Yoko Ono
  3. I Don’t Want Face It
  4. Don’t Be Scared – Yoko Ono
  5. Nobody Told Me
  6. O’ Sanity – Yoko Ono
  7. Borrowed Time
  8. Your Hands – Yoko Ono
  9. (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess
  10. Let Me Count the Ways – Yoko Ono
  11. Crow Old With Me
  12. You’re the One – Yoko Ono

Camel: Nude

On January 23, 1981, “Decca” and “Gama” labels released “Nude”, the eighth Camel studio album. It was recorded in September 1980, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Clark, Haydn Bendall, Andrew Latimer, Colin Bass and Andy Ward.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Latimer – vocals, guitars, flute, koto, keyboards
  • Colin Bass – vocals, bass
  • Andy Ward – drums, percussion
  • Gasper Lawal – percussion
  • Jan Schelhaas – piano
  • Duncan Mackay – keyboards
  • Mel Collins – flute, piccolo, saxophones
  • Herbie Flowers – tuba
  • Chris Green – cello
  • Tony Clarke – engineer
  • Mayblin / Shaw / Munday – design

Track listing:

 All tracks by Andrew Latimer, except where noted.

  1. City Life – Andrew Latimer, Susan Hoover
  2. Nude
  3. Drafted – Andrew Latimer, Susan Hoover
  4. Docks – Andrew Latimer, Kit Watkins
  5. Beached
  6. Landscapes
  7. Changing Places
  8. Pomp & Circumstance
  9. Please Come Home
  10. Reflections
  11. Captured – Andrew Latimer, Jan Schelhaas
  12. The Homecoming
  13. Lies – Andrew Latimer, Susan Hoover
  14. The Last Farewell: The Birthday Cake
  15. The Last Farewell: Nude’s Return

Mogwai: Rave Tapes

On January 20, 2014, “Rock Action” label released “Rave Tapes”, the eighth Mogwai studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Castle of Doom” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Savage.

Personnel:

  1. Stuart Braithwaite – vocals, guitar
  2. Barry Burns – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer
  3. John Cummings – guitar
  4. Dominic Aitchison – bass guitar
  5. Martin Bulloch – drums 
  6. Reverend Lee Cohen – voice
  7. Paul Savage – recording, mixing
  8. Frank Arkwright – mastering
  9. Niall McMenamin – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Braithwaite, Barry Burns, John Cummings, Dominic Aitchison and Martin Bulloch.

  1. Heard About You Last Night
  2. Simon Ferocious
  3. Remurdered
  4. Hexon Bogon
  5. Repelish
  6. Master Card
  7. Deesh
  8. Blues Hour
  9. No Medicine for Regret
  10. The Lord Is Out of Control

Rosanne Cash: The Wheel

On January 19, 1993, “Columbia” label released “The Wheel”, the eighth Rosanne Cash studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by John Leventhal and Rosanne Cash.

Personnel:

  • Rosanne Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • John Leventhal – guitars, mandolin, bass guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steuart Smith – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Benmont Tench – piano, keyboards
  • Steve Gaboury – organ
  • Charlie Giordano – accordion
  • Lincoln Shleifer – bass guitar
  • Zev Katz – bass guitar, acoustic bass
  • Frank Vilardi – drums, percussion
  • Dennis McDermott – drums
  • Marc Cohn – harmony vocals
  • Bruce Cockburn – harmony vocals
  • Tommy Malone – harmony vocals
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter – backing vocals
  • Patty Larkin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Rosanne Cash, except where noted.

  1. The Wheel
  2. Seventh Avenue – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  3. Change Partners
  4. Sleeping in Paris
  5. You Won’t Let Me In
  6. From the Ashes
  7. The Truth About You – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  8. Tears Falling Down – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  9. Roses in the Fire
  10. Fire of the Newly Alive – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  11. If There’s a God on My Side

Ornette Coleman: Ornette On Tenor

In December 1962, “Atlantic” label released “Ornette on Tenor”, the eighth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in March 1961, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman — tenor saxophone
  • Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
  • Jimmy Garrison — bass
  • Ed Blackwell — drums
  • Tom Dowd – recording
  • Phil Lehle – recording
  • Bob Slutzky – design
  • Alfred Bennett Spellman, Jr. – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Cross Breeding
  2. Mapa
  3. Enfant
  4. Eos
  5. Ecars

Paul Quinichette: For Basie

In November 1957, “Prestige” label released “For Basie”, the eighth Paul Quinichette album. It was recorded in October 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
  • Shad Collins – trumpet
  • Nat Pierce – piano
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Walter Page – bass
  • Jo Jones – drums

Track listing:

  1. Rock-a-Bye Basie – Count Basie, Shad Collins
  2. Texas Shuffle – Herschel Evans
  3. Out the Window – Count Basie, Eddie Durham
  4. Jive at Five – Count Basie, Harry Edison
  5. Diggin’ for Dex – Count Basie, Eddie Durham

Bob Dylan: Good As I Been To You

On November 3, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Good as I Been to You”, the twenty-eighth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at Bob Dylan’s garage studio, in Malibu, and was produced by Debbie Gold.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Micajah Ryan – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Jimmy Wachtel – front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks are traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

  1. Frankie & Albert – arranged by Mississippi John Hurt
  2. Jim Jones
  3. Blackjack Davey
  4. Canadee-i-o – arranged by Nic Jones
  5. Sittin’ on Top of the World – arranged by Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon
  6. Little Maggie
  7. Hard Times – arranged by Stephen Foster
  8. Step It Up and Go
  9. Tomorrow Night – arranged by Sam Coslow, Will Grosz
  10. Arthur McBride – arranged by Paul Brady
  11. You’re Gonna Quit Me – arranged by Blind Blake
  12. Diamond Joe
  13. Froggie Went a Courtin

Robert Wyatt: Cuckooland

In October 2003, “Hannibal” label released “Cuckooland”, the eighth Robert Wyatt studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Jamie Johnson and Robert Wyatt.

Personnel:

  • Robert Wyatt – vocals, drums, percussion, piano, trumpet, cornet, cymbals, keyboards
  • Phil Manzanera – vocals
  • Alfreda Benge – vocals, artwork
  • Brian Eno – vocals
  • David Gilmour – guitar
  • Paul Weller – guitar
  • Jennifer Maidman – acoustic guitar, accordion
  • Karen Mantler – vocals, harmonica, piano, keyboards
  • Jamie Johnson – vocals, bass guitar
  • Yaron Stavi – double bass
  • Gilad Atzmon – alto, soprano and tenor saxophones, clarinet, flute
  • Annie Whitehead – trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Wyatt, except where noted.

  1. Just a Bit
  2. Old Europe – Robert Wyatt, Alfreda Benge
  3. Tom Hay’s Fox
  4. Forest – Robert Wyatt, Alfreda Benge
  5. Beware – Karen Mantler
  6. Cuckoo Madame – Robert Wyatt, Alfreda Benge
  7. Raining in My Heart – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  8. Lullaby for Hamza/Silence – Robert Wyatt, Alfreda BengeTrickle Down
  9. Insensatez – Vinicius de Moraes, Antônio Carlos Jobim
  10. Mister E – Karen Mantler
  11. Lullaloop – Alfreda Benge
  12. Life Is Sheep – Karen Mantler
  13. Foreign Accents
  14. Brian the Fox
  15. La Ahada Yalam (No-One Knows) – Nizar Zreik