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Ulf Lundell: Kär och galen

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On October 1, 1982, “EMI” label released “Kär och galen”, the sixth Ulf Lundell studio album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by Lasse Lindbom, Ulf Lundell and Kjell Andersson. The album was certified Platinum in Sweden.

Personnel:

  • Ulf Lundell – vocals, guitar
  • Lasse Lindbom – vocals, guitar
  • Janne Bark – guitar
  • Hasse Olsson – Hammond-orgel
  • Olle Nyberg – piano, marimba
  • Martin Cerha – bass
  • Pelle Alsing – drums, marimba

Track listing:

  1. Kär och galen
  2. Öppna landskap
  3. Herrarna
  4. Aldrig nånsin din clown
  5. I kvinnors ögon
  6. Laglös
  7. I dina slutna rum
  8. Lycklig, lycklig
  9. När jag kysser havet
  10. Vid din grind igen

Saxon: Innocence Is No Exuse

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On September 2, 1985, “Parlaphone / EMI” label released “Innocence Is No Excuse”, the seventh Saxon studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Union Studios” in Munich, Germany, and was produced by Simon Hanhart.

Personnel:

  • Biff Byford – vocals, arrangements, mixing
  • Graham Oliver – guitar, arrangements
  • Paul Quinn – guitar, arrangements
  • Steve Dawson – bass guitar, arrangements
  • Nigel Glockler – drums, arrangements
  • Simon Hanhart – recording
  • Keith Nixon – additional recording

Track listing:

  1. Rockin’ Again – Biff Byford, Graham Oliver, Steve Dawson
  2. Call of the Wild – Biff Byford, Paul Quinn, Graham Oliver, Steve Dawson, Nigel Glockler
  3. Back on the Street – Biff Byford, Paul Quinn, Steve Dawson, Nigel Glockler
  4. Devil Rides Out – Biff Byford, Steve Dawson
  5. Rock ‘n’ Roll Gypsy – Biff Byford, Steve Dawson
  6. Broken Heroes – Biff Byford, Steve Dawson
  7. Gonna Shout – Biff Byford, Paul Quinn, Graham Oliver, Steve Dawson, Nigel Glockler
  8. Everybody Up – Biff Byford, Steve Dawson
  9. Raise Some Hell – Biff Byford, Steve Dawson
  10. Give It Everything You’ve Got – Biff Byford, Paul Quinn, Graham Oliver, Steve Dawson, Nigel Glockler

Talk Talk: The Party’s Over

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On July 12, 1982, “EMI” label released “The Party’s Over”, the debut Talk Talk studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, and was produced by Colin Thurston.

Personnel:

  • Mark Hollis – lead and backing vocals
  • Simon Brenner – piano, synthesizers
  • Paul Webb – fretless bass, backing vocals
  • Lee Harris – electronic drums, drum machine
  • Mike Robinson – mixing
  • Bill Smith – design
  • James Marsh – cover painting

Track listing:

  1. Talk Talk – Ed Hollis, Mark Hollis
  2. It’s So Serious – Simon Brenner, Lee Harris, Mark Hollis, Paul Webb
  3. Today – Simon Brenner, Lee Harris, Mark Hollis, Paul Webb
  4. The Party’s Over – Simon Brenner, Lee Harris, Mark Hollis. Paul Webb
  5. Hate – Simon Brenner, Lee Harris, Mark Hollis, Paul Webb
  6.  Have You Heard the News – Mark Hollis
  7. Mirror Man – Mark Hollis
  8. Another World – Paul Webb
  9. Candy – Mark Hollis

The Easybeats: Vigil

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On June 28, 1968, “United Artists” label released “Vigil”, the fifth Easybeats (The) album. It was recorded 1967 – 1968, at “EMI”, “Olympic”, “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Vaughan, Glynn Johns, Stevie Wright, Harry Vanda, George Young, Dick Diamonde and Tony Cahill.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Wright – vocals
  • Harry Vanda – vocals, lead guitar
  • George Young – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Dick Diamonde – bass guitar
  • Tony Cahill – drums
  • Steve Marriott – vocals
  • George Alexander – vocals
  • Freddy Smith – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Harry Vanda and George Young, except where noted.

  1. Good Times
  2. What in the World
  3. Falling off the Edge of the World
  4. The Music Goes Round My Head
  5. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
  6. Sha La La
  7. Come In You’ll Get Pneumonia – Tony Cahill, Harry Vanda, George Young
  8. See Saw
  9. Land of Make Believe
  10. Fancy Seeing You Here
  11. Hello, How Are You
  12. Hit the Road Jack – Percy Mayfield
  13. We All Live Happily Together
  14. I Can’t Stand It – Lester Chambers

Jane Wiedlin: Tangled

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On May 30, 1990, “EMI” label released “Tangled”, the third Jane Wiedlin studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, and was produced by Peter Collins.

Personnel:

  • Jane Wiedlin – vocals
  • Tim Pierce – guitar
  • Andy Reynolds – keyboards
  • Nik Kershaw – bass, backing vocals, backing vocals arrangements
  • Steve Ferrera – drums, percussion
  • Barbara Gaskin – backing vocals
  • Mark Goldenberg – guitar
  • Steve Bloomfield – guitar
  • Rick Biddulph – twelve-string guitar, bouzouki 
  • Herbie Flowers – bass
  • Claire Torrey, Elizabeth Lamers, Gail Lennon, Mary Cassidy, Miriam Stockley, Tessa Niles, The Amorphous Choir – backing vocals
  • Graham Preskett – fiddle
  • Jeffrey Benet Hall – arrangements
  • Scott Cutler – arrangements
  • Barbara Gaskin – backing vocal arrangements
  • Annee Griffiths – choir coordinator
  • Phil Chapman – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Reynolds – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Gary Hellman – engineer, mixing assistant
  • John Luongo – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Vivid Information Design – art direction, design
  • Xavier Guardans – photography
  • Andy Hill – co-producer

Track listing:

  1. Rain on Me – Jane Wiedlin, Robin Hild, Kevin Hunter, Peter Collins
  2. At the End of the Day – Mark Tibenham, Anton McIlwain
  3. Guardian Angel – Jane Wiedlin, Scott Cutler, Dennis Morgan
  4. Flowers on the Battlefield – Jane Wiedlin, Mark Goldenberg
  5. Tangled – Jane Wiedlin, Scott Cutler
  6. World on Fire – Jane Wiedlin, Scott Cutler, Terry Hall, Valerie Block
  7. Paper Heart – Jane Wiedlin, Cyndi Lauper, Richard Orange
  8. Big Rock Candy Mountain – Jane Wiedlin, Larry Tagg
  9. 99 Ways – Jane Wiedlin, Chris Thompson, Andy Hill
  10. Euphoria – Jane Wiedlin, Paul Gordon

Tom Cochrane And Red Rider: Same

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On May 7, 1986, “Capitol” label released the self-titled, fifth Tom Cochrane and Red Rider studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Rockfield Studios” in Wales, “Cedartree Studios” in Kitchener, Ontario, and was produced by Patrick Moran, Tom Cochrane, Ken Greer, Fraser Hill and Rick Hutt. The album earned Cochrane “Juno Awards” for “Composer of the Year” and “Group of the Year”. A remastered version was released by EMI in 2004.

Personnel:

  • Tom Cochrane – lead vocals, guitar
  • Ken Greer – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • John Webster – keyboards
  • Ken Sinnaeve – bass guitar
  • Graham Broad – drums, percussion
  • Paul Martinea – bass
  • Jorn Anderson – drums
  • John Johnson – saxophone
  • Wendy Davis – backing vocals
  • Billy Pilgrim – backing vocals
  • Mission Singers – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Cochrane, except where noted.

  1. Boy Inside Man
  2. Love Under Fire – Tom Cochrane, Ken Greer
  3. The Untouchable One
  4. Lasting Song
  5. Citizen Cain
  6. Ashes to Diamonds
  7. The Loading – Tom Cochrane, Ken Greer
  8. Ocean Blues (Emotion Blue)
  9. River of Stone
  10. One More Time (Some Old Habits) – Tom Cochrane, Ken Greer

Cliff Richard: I’m Nearly Famous

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On May 7, 1976, “EMI” label released “I’m Nearly Famous”, the eighteenth Cliff Richard studio album. It was recorded September – December 1975, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Bruce Welch.

Personnel:

  • Cliff Richard – vocal
  • Andrew Powell – arrangements
  • Bruce Welch – arrangements
  • Richard Hewson – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. I Can’t Ask for Anymore Than You – Ken Gold, Michael Denne
  2. It’s No Use Pretending – Michael Allison, Peter Sills
  3. I’m Nearly Famous – Michael Allison, Peter Sills
  4. Lovers – Mickey Newbury
  5. Junior Cowboy – Michael Allison, Peter Sills
  6. Miss You Nights – Dave Townsend
  7. I Wish You’d Change Your Mind – Terry Britten
  8. Devil Woman – Terry Britten, Christine Holmes
  9. Such is the Mystery – John Dawson Read
  10. You’ve Got to Give Me All Your Lovin – Ken Gold, Michael Denne
  11. If You Walked Away – David Pomeranz
  12. Alright, it’s Alright – Michael Allison, Peter Sills

Moist: Creature

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On October 1, 1996, “EMI” label released “Creature”, the second Moist studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Le Studio” in Morin Heights, QC, “Silent Sound” in Montreal, and was produced by Paul Northfield, David Usher, Mark Makoway, Kevin Young, Jeff Pearce and Paul Wilcox.   

Personnel:

  • David Usher – vocals
  • Mark Makoway – guitars
  • Kevin Young – keyboards
  • Jeff Pearce – bass
  • Paul Wilcox – drums
  • Matt Watkins – trumpet
  • Claude Lamothe – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by David Usher, Mark Makoway, Kevin Young, Jeff Pearce and Paul Wilcox.   

  1. Hate
  2. Theme from Cola
  3. Resurrection
  4. Leave it Alone
  5. Creature
  6. Shotgun
  7. Disco Days
  8. Tangerine
  9. Better Than You
  10. Baby Skin Tattoo
  11. Ophelia
  12. Gasoline

KT Tunstall: Nut

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On September 9, 2022, “EMI” label released “Nut”, the seventh KT Tunstall studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2022, and was produced by Jordan Brooke Hamlin, Martin Terefe, KT Tunstall, Sophie Ellis and Jimmy Hogarth.

Personnel:

  • KT Tunstall – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, synths, programming
  • Oliver Roman – acoustic guitar
  • George Murphy – electric guitar, piano, percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – piano, synths, keyboards, sequencer drums
  • Martin Terefe – bass guitar, guitars, piano, synths, percussion, vocoder, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Solomon Dorsey – bass
  • Andy Burrows – drums, percussion
  • Liam Howe – programming
  • Clem Cherry – programming

Track listing:

  1. Out of Touch – KT Tunstall, Jimmy Hogarth, Kevin Cormack, Johnny Lynch
  2. I Am the Pilot – KT Tunstall, Cathy Dennis, Martin Terefe
  3. Three – KT Tunstall, Marty Benbrook
  4. Dear Shadow – KT Tunstall, Cathy Dennis
  5. Private Eyes – KT Tunstall, Tommy Danvers
  6. Canyons – KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe
  7. Synapse – KT Tunstall
  8. Demigod – KT Tunstall, Greg Kurstin
  9. All the Time – KT Tunstall
  10. Brain in a Jar (hidden track) – KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe