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Paul McCartney & Wings: Band On The Run

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On November 30, 1973, “Apple” label released “Band on the Run”, the third Paul McCartney and Wings studio album, It was recorded August – October 1973, at “EMI” and “ARC” in Lagos, Nigeria, “AIR” and “Kingsway Recorders” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney. In 2000, “Q” magazine placed “Band on the Run” at number 75 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, it was voted 418th on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.In 2013, it was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Linda McCartney – harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion
  • Denny Laine – harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
  • Howie Casey – saxophone
  • Ginger Baker – percussion
  • Remi Kabaka – percussion
  • Ian Horne, Trevor Jones – backing vocals
  • 3 uncredited session musicians – saxophones
  • Tony Visconti – orchestrations
  • Geoff Emerick – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.

  1. Band on the Run
  2. Jet
  3. Bluebird
  4. Mrs. Vandebilt
  5. Let Me Roll It
  6. Mamunia
  7. No Words – Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
  8. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
  9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

Ringo Starr: Ringo

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On November 2, 1973, “Apple” label released “Ringo”, the third Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded March – July 1973, at “Apple” and “EMI” in London, “Sunset Sound”, “A&M”, “Burbank”, “Sound Lab”, “Producers Workshop” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Perry.

Personnel:

  • Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, percussion
  • George Harrison – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Vini Poncia – acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Calvert – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Steve Cropper – electric guitar
  • Robbie Robertson – electric guitar
  • Marc Bolan – guitar
  • Levon Helm – mandolin
  • David Bromberg – banjo, fiddle
  • James Booker – piano
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano
  • Tom Hensley – piano
  • Paul McCartney – “kazoo” vocal solo, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals, flute and strings arrangements
  • John Lennon – piano, backing vocals
  • Billy Preston – organ, piano
  • Garth Hudson – accordion
  • Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
  • Rick Danko – fiddle
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Milt Holland – percussion, marimba
  • Lon & Derrek Van Eaton – percussion
  • Tom Scott – horns, arrangements
  • Chuck Findley – horns
  • Bobby Keys – saxophone
  • Linda McCartney – backing vocals
  • Harry Nilsson – backing vocals
  • Martha Reeves – backing vocals
  • Merry Clayton – backing vocals
  • Richard Perry – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. I’m the Greatest – John Lennon
  2. Have You Seen My Baby – Randy Newman
  3. Photograph – Richard Starkey, George Harrison
  4. Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) – George Harrison
  5. You’re Sixteen – Bob Sherman, Dick Sherman
  6. Oh My My – Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
  7. Step Lightly – Graham Starkey
  8. Six O’Clock – Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
  9. Devil Woman – Graham Starkey, Vini Poncia
  10. You and Me (Babe) – George Harrison, Mal Evans

George Harrison: Wonderwall Music

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On November 1, 1968, “Apple” label released “Wonderwall Music”, the debut George Harrison studio album. It was recorded November 1967 – February 1968, at “EMI” and “De Lane Lea” in London, “His Master’s Voice” in Bombay, and was produced by George Harrison. The album was soundtrack to the 1968 film “Wonderwall”, directed by Joe Massot, it was the first solo album by a member of The Beatles, and the first album issued on the band’s Apple record label.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison – piano, mellotron, acoustic and electric guitars, tape loops, arrangements
  • Colin Manley – acoustic and electric guitars, steel guitar
  • Eric Clapton – electric guitar
  • John Barham – piano, flugelhorn, harmonium, orchestral arrangement
  • Tony Ashton – tack piano, organ, Mellotron, piano, harmonium
  • Tommy Reilly – harmonica
  • Big Jim Sullivan – bass
  • Philip Rogers – bass guitar
  • Roy Dyke – drums
  • Ringo Starr – drums
  • Aashish Khan – sarod
  • Mahapurush Misra – tabla, pakhavaj
  • Sharad Kumar – shehnai
  • Hanuman Jadev – shehnai
  • Shambhu Das – sitar
  • Indranil Bhattacharya – sitar
  • Shankar Ghosh – table
  • Chandrashekhar Naringrekar – surbahar
  • Shivkumar Sharma – santoor
  • S.R. Kenkare – bansuri
  • Vinayak Vora – tar shehnai
  • Rijram Desad – harmonium, tabla tarang

Track listing:

All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Microbes
  2. Red Lady Too
  3. Tabla and Pakavaj
  4. In the Park
  5. Drilling a Home
  6. Guru Vandana
  7. Greasy Legs
  8. Ski-ing
  9. Gat Kirwani
  10. Dream Scene
  11. Party Seacombe
  12. Love Scene
  13. Crying
  14. Cowboy Music
  15. Fantasy Sequins
  16. On the Bed
  17. Glass Box
  18. Wonderwall to Be Here
  19. Singing Om

 Ulf Lundell: Further Inland

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On September 12, 1980, “EMI” label released “Further Inland”, the second Ulf Lundell studio album. It was recorded at “Ridge Farm” in Surrey, England , and was produced by Kjell Andersson , Lasse Lindbom and Ulf Lundell.

Personnel:

  • Ulf Lundell – vocal, guitar, piano, harmonica
  • Janne Andersson – guitar
  • Mats Ronander – guitar, harmonica, choir
  • Speedy Keen – lead guitar
  • Niklas Strömstedt – piano, Vox organ, choir
  • Hasse Olsson – Hammond organ
  • Lasse Lindbom – bass, choir
  • Ingemar Dunker – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ulf Lundell.

  1. Happy Again
  2. Strangers
  3. Odysseus
  4. Nobody’s Woman
  5. Powder
  6. So Much Older
  7. Just a Question of When
  8. Home to my Roots Again
  9. Better Times
  10. Back Free
  11. Under the Ashes
  12. Further inland
  13. The Posers
  14. Poor Jack
  15. Distrcted
  16. Like a Sister

Chvrches: Screen Violence

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On August 27, 2021, “EMI” label released “Screen Violence”, the fourth Chvrches studio album. It was recorded in 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland and in Los Angeles, US, and was produced by Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty.

Personnel:

  • Lauren Mayberry – vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Iain Cook – keyboards, guitar, bass, programming, mixing
  • Martin Doherty – keyboards, guitar, bass, additional vocals, programming, mixing
  • Robert Smith – vocals, backing vocals, bass
  • Samuel Stewart – vocal engineering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Scott Kiernan – creative direction
  • Lary 7 – original cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Iain Cook, Martin Doherty, and Lauren Mayberry, except where noted.  

  1. Asking for a Friend
  2. He Said She Said
  3. California
  4. Violent Delights
  5. How Not to Drown – Robert Smith
  6. Final Girl
  7. Good Girls
  8. Lullabies
  9. Nightmares
  10. Better You Don’t

Iron Maiden: The Final Frontier

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On August 13, 2020, “EMI” label released “The Final Frontier”, the fifteenth Iron Maiden studio album. It was recorded January – March 2010, at “Compass Point” in Nassau, Bahamas, “The Cave” in Malibu, and was produced by Kevin Shirley. The album track “El Dorado” won the band a “Grammy Award” for “Best Metal Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Dickinson – vocals
  • Dave Murray – guitars
  • Janick Gers – guitars
  • Adrian Smith – guitars
  • Steve Harris – bass, keyboards, co-producer
  • Nicko McBrain – drums
  • Jared Kvitka – engineer
  • Kevin Shirley – mixing
  • Terry Manning – studio technician
  • Brent Spear – studio technician
  • James McCullagh – assistant
  • Philip Scholes – SSL Duality technician
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Stuart Crouch – art director, design
  • Andrew Yap – art direction, design
  • Anthony Dry – art direction, design
  • Rob Wallis – art direction, design
  • Melvyn Grant – cover illustration, working drawings, sketches
  • John McMurtrie – photography

Track listing:

  1. Satellite 15…The Final Frontier – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
  2. El Dorado – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
  3. Mother of Mercy – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
  4. Coming Home – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
  5. The Alchemist – Janick Gers, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
  6. Isle of Avalon – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris
  7. Starblind – Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson
  8. The Talisman – Janick Gers, Steve Harris
  9. The Man Who Would Be King – Dave Murray, Steve Harris
  10. When the Wild Wind Blows – Steve Harris

Ringo Sheena: Carnival

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On May 29, 2024, “EMI” label released “Carnival”, the seventh Ringo Sheena studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2024, and was produced by Ringo Sheena, Neko Saito and Yoichi Murata.

Personnel:

  • Ringo Sheena – vocals, programming, conductor
  • Yukio Nagoshi – guitars
  • Masaki Hayashi – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Ichiyo Izawa – piano, clavichord, Wurlitzer electric piano, guitars, organ
  • Yoshiaki Sato – accordion, organ
  • Masayuki Hiizumi – clavichord, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Keisuke Torigoe – bass, double bass, tubular bells
  • Yoshinobu Takeshita – double bass
  • Shun Ishiwaka – drums, percussion, glockenspiel
  • Midori Takada – timpani, tubular bells
  • Uni Inoue – clapping, percussion, tambourine
  • Takashi Ohi – vibraphone 
  • Kei Suzuki – alto saxophone
  • Osamu Koike – tenor saxophone
  • Takuo Yamamoto – saxophone, tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Koji Nishimura – trumpet
  • Sho Okumura – trumpet
  • Hitomi Niida – trumpet
  • Azusa Toujyou – trombone
  • Katsuhisa Asari – trombone
  • Shinsuke Torizuka – trombone
  • Yoichi Murata – trombone, euphonium
  • Hideyo Takakuwa – flute
  • Naka Hidehito – clarinet 
  • Yuka Takashi – clarinet
  • Michiyo Morikawa – flute
  • Izumi Kohki – horn 
  • Otohiko Fujita – horn
  • Kaname Hamaji – horn
  • Mayuko Morieda – oboe 
  • Satoshi Shoji – oboe
  • Akira Ishikawa – bassoon
  • Yuka Sakai – bassoon
  • Jo Kuwata – violin
  • Akiko Maruyama – violin
  • Akane Irie – violin
  • Kanako Higashiyama – violin
  • Kanako Sakata – violin
  • Great Eida – violin
  • Haruko Yano – violin
  • Masahiro Miyake – violin
  • Takayuki Oshikane – violin
  • Yumi Negoro – violin
  • Keiko Shiga – violin
  • Kioko Miki – violin
  • Ado Matsumoto – violin
  • Akiko Maruyama – violin
  • Hijiri Kuwano – violin
  • Mari Asai – violin
  • Nagisa Kiriyama – violin
  • Yukinori Murata – violin
  • Takashi Hamano – violin
  • Akiko Shimauchi – violin
  • Yui Kaneko – violin
  • Ayumu Koshikawa – violin
  • Yuki Nakajima – violin
  • Mayu Takashima – viola 
  • Yuji Yamada – viola
  • Amiko Watabe – viola
  • Go Tomono – viola
  • Hirohito Furugawara – viola
  • Ayano Kasahara – cello 
  • Erika Makioka – cello
  • Yoshihiko Maeda – cello
  • Masao Watanabe – cello
  • Yuki Shinozaki – cello
  • Junpei Hayashida – cello
  • Tomoyuki Asakawa – harp 
  • Great Eida Strings – strings
  • Kevin Lin – concert master
  • Robert Ziegler – conductor
  • Neko Saito – conductor
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
  • Daoko – vocals
  • Momo – vocals
  • Ikkyu Nakajima – vocals
  • Ai – vocals
  • Nocchi – vocals
  • Hikaru Utada – vocals
  • Atarashii Gakko! – vocals
  • London Voices – chorus
  • Ben Parry – chorus master
  • Terry Edwards – chorus master
  • Ringo Sheena – recording arrangements
  • Neko Saito – recording arrangements
  • Yoichi Murata – horn arrangements, string arrangements, recording arrangements
  • Masahito Komori – engineer
  • Simon Rhodes – engineer
  • Uni Inoue – engineer, mixing

Track listing

All tracks by Ringo Sheena, except where noted.

  1. Offering Sake
  2. I’m Free
  3. A Procession of the Living
  4. As a Human
  5. IRKO
  6. Open Secret
  7. The Sun & Moon
  8. Closed Truth
  9. FRDI
  10. Bye Purity
  11. A Grand Triumphant Return
  12. Toogood
  13. Cheers Beer

Mark Knopfler: One Deep River

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On April 12, 2024. “British Grove” and “EMI” labels released “One Deep River”, the tenth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Richard Bennett –, acoustic and electric guitar, bouzouki
  • Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel
  • Guy Fletcher – synthesizer, Mellotron, harmonium
  • Jim Cox – digital piano, piano, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ
  • Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass 
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • John McCusker – fiddle
  • Mike McGoldrick – uilleann pipes, whistle
  • Emma Topolski – backing vocals
  • Tamsin Topolski – backing vocals
  • Guy Fletcher – engineer, mixing
  • Edie Delafield – engineer assistant
  • Eve Morris – engineer assistant
  • Rowan McIntosh – engineer assistant
  • Tom Coath – engineer assistant
  • Luie Stylianou – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Knopfler.

  1. Two Pairs of Hands
  2. Ahead of the Game
  3. Smart Money
  4. Scavengers Yard
  5. Black Tie Jobs
  6. Tunnel 13
  7. Janine
  8. Watch Me Gone
  9. Sweeter Than the Rain
  10. Before My Train Comes
  11. This One’s Not Going to End Well
  12. One Deep River

Iron Maiden: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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On April 11, 1988, “EMI” label released “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”, the seventh Iron Maiden studio album. It was recorded February – March 1988, at “Musicland” in Munich, Germany, and was produced by Martin Birch.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Dickinson – vocals
  • Dave Murray – guitars
  • Adrian Smith – guitars, synthesiser
  • Steve Harris – bass, string synthesiser
  • Nicko McBrain – drums
  • Martin “Disappearing Armchair” Birch – tape operator, engineer, mixing
  • Stephane Wissner – engineer
  • Bernd Maier – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Rod Smallwood – sleeve concept
  • Derek Riggs – sleeve illustrations
  • Ross Halfin – photography

Track listing:

  1. Moonchild – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson
  2. Infinite Dreams – Steve Harris
  3. Can I Play with Madness – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris
  4. The Evil That Men Do – Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris
  5. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – Adrian Smith
  6. The Prophecy – Dave Murray, Steve Harris
  7. The Clairvoyant – Steve Harris
  8. Only the Good Die Young – Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson