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65daysofstatic: One Time For All

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On October 24, 2005, “Monotreme” label released “One Time for All Time”, the second 65daysofstatic studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at 2Fly Studios” in Sheffield, England, and was produced by Alan Smyth.

Personnel:

  • Joe Fro (Joe Shrewsbury)
  • Paul Wolinski
  • Rob Jones
  • Simon Wright
  • Alan ‘Destroying The Fabric Of The Earth’ Smyth – recording

Track listing:

  1. Drove Through Ghosts to Get Here
  2. Await Rescue
  3. 23kid
  4. Welcome to the Times
  5. Mean Low Water
  6. Climbing on Roofs (DeSperate Edit)
  7. The Big Afraid
  8. 65 Doesn’t Understand You
  9. Radio Protector

UFO: UFO 1

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In October 1970, “Beacon” label released “UFO 1”, the debut UFO studio album. It was recorded in July 1970, at “Jackson Studios” in Rickmansworth, Herts, England, and was produced by Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett and Milton Samuel.

Personnel:

  • Phil Mogg – vocals
  • Mick Bolton – guitar
  • Pete Way – bass
  • Andy Parker – drums
  • Milton Samuel – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Way, Phil Mogg, Andy Parker and Mick Bolton, except where noted.

  1. Unidentified Flying Object
  2. Boogie for George
  3. C’mon Everybody – Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart
  4. Shake It
  5. (Come Away) Melinda – Fred Hellerman, Frank Minkoff
  6. Timothy
  7. Follow You Home – Pete Way
  8. Treacle People – Mick Bolton
  9. Who Do You Love – Ellas Mcdaniel (Bo Diddley)
  10. Evil – Pete Way

Gerry Rafferty: Sleepwalking

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On September 29, 1980, “Liberty” label released “Sleepwalking”, the fifth Gerry Rafferty, studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Oxon, England, “Strawberry Studios South” in Dorking, England, and was produced by Gerry Rafferty and Christopher Neil.

 Personnel:

  • Gerry Rafferty – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, arrangements
  • Hugh Burns – electric guitars
  • Frank Bogie – electric guitars
  • Kenny Craddock – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, Hammond organ, electric guitars, banjo 
  • Alan Clark – acoustic piano, organ, synthesizers, Hammond organ
  • Ian Lynn – synthesizers, sequencer, string synthesizer
  • Mo Foster – bass
  • Liam Genockey – drums
  • Pick Withers – drums
  • Morris Pert – percussion
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Christopher Neil – drum programming, backing vocals
  • Mel Collins – saxophone
  • Barry Hammond – recording
  • Alan O’Duffy – recording, overdubbing
  • Nick Ryan – mixing
  • Ron McMaster – mastering
  • Phil Jude – front cover and inner sleeve photography
  • Gered Mankowitz – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerry Rafferty

  1. Standing at the Gates
  2. Good Intentions
  3. A Change of Heart
  4. On the Way
  5. Sleepwalking
  6. Cat and Mouse
  7. The Right Moment
  8. As Wise as a Serpent

Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzards Of Ozz

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On September 12, 1980, “Jet” label released “Blizzard of Ozz”, the debut Ozzy Osbourne studio album. It was recorded March – April 1980, at “Ridge Farm Studio” in Rusper, England, and was produced by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake.

Personnel:

  • Ozzy Osbourne – lead and harmony vocals
  • Randy Rhoads – guitars
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Bob Daisley – bass guitar, gong, harmony vocals
  • Lee Kerslake – drums, tubular bells, timpani, vibraslap
  • Max Norman – engineer
  • Chris Athens – mastering

Track listing:

All songs tracks by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley, except where noted.

  1. I Don’t Know
  2. Crazy Train
  3. Goodbye to Romance
  4. Dee – Randy Rhoads
  5. Suicide Solution
  6. Mr. Crowley
  7. No Bone Movies – Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake
  8. Revelation (Mother Earth)
  9. Steal Away (The Night)

 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

Richard Hawley: Hollow Meadows

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On September 11, 2015, “Parlaphone” label released “Hollow Meadows”, the eighth Richard Hawley album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Yellow Arch Studios” in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, “Disgracelands” and “MU Studios” in Sheffield, England, and was produced by Shez Sheridan and Richard Hawley.

Personnel:

  • Richard Hawley – vocals, guitars, lyre, harmonic mesmerizer], Lord Ting’s patent randomizer
  • Colin Elliot – bass guitar, percussion, piano, theremin, Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ, mellotron, Fender Rhodes, celesta, glockenspiel, harpsichord, cello, harmonium, SWFC Key Ring, harmony vocals
  • Shez Sheridan – organ, guitars, mandola, autoharp, lyre, vibraphone, harmony vocals, Dr Zoks Chaosometer
  • Jon Trier – piano, keyboards
  • Martin Simpson – banjo, Bown Weissenborn slide guitar
  • Jarvis Cocker – Rheem Kee Super Bass
  • Dean Beresford – drums, maracas
  • Martin Smith – tom tom
  • Nancy Kerr – viola, fiddle
  • Liz Hanks – cello
  • The Hicks St. Chip Chop Singers (Bryan Day, Colin Elliot, Nancy Kerr, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Sally Doherty, Shez Sheridan) – vocals
  • Shez Sheridan – recording
  • Martin Gregory Smith – recording, mixing
  • Colin Elliot – recording, mixing
  • Ben Zushi-Rhodes – mixing assistant
  • Duncan Cowell – mastering
  • Noel Summerville – lacquer cut
  • Nick Phillips – artwork, design
  • Chris Saunders – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Hawley, except where noted.

  1. I Still Want You – Richard Hawley, Shez Sheridan
  2. The World Looks Down
  3. Which Way
  4. Serenade of Blue
  5. Long Time Down
  6. Nothing Like a Friend
  7. Sometimes I Feel
  8. Tuesday pm
  9. Welcome the Sun
  10. Heart of Oak
  11. What Love Means – Richard Hawley, Shez Sheridan

The Chameleons: Script Of The Bridge

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On August 8, 1983, “Statik” label released “Script of the Bridge”, the debut Chameleons (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Cargo” in Rochdale, England, and was produced by Colin Richardson, Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, Reginald Smithies and John Lever.

Personnel:

  • Dave Fielding – guitar, keyboard
  • Reg Smithies – guitar, artwork
  • Mark Burgess – vocals, bass guitar
  • John Lever – drums
  • Colin Richardson – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, Reginald Smithies, John Lever.

  1. Don’t Fall
  2. Here Today
  3. Monkeyland
  4. Second Skin
  5. Up the Down Escalator
  6. Less Then Human
  7. Pleasure and Pain
  8. Thursday’s Child
  9. As High as You Can Go
  10. A Person Isn’t Safe Anywhere These Days
  11. Paper Tigers
  12. View from a Hill

Dexys Midnight Runners: Too-Rye-Ay

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On July 22, 1982, “Mercury” label released “Too-Rye-Ay”, the second Dexys Midnight Runners studio album. It was recorded in December 1981 – March 1982, at “Genetic” in Streatley, Berkshire, England, and was produced by Kevin Rowland, Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Rowland – vocals, bass, guitar, piano, director
  • Kevin “Billy” Adams – banjo, guitar, backing vocals
  • Mickey Billingham – organ, piano, accordion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Giorgio Kilkenny – bass, backing vocals
  • Steve Wynne – bass
  • Seb Shelton – drums
  • Paul Speare – saxophone, flute, tin whistle
  • Brian Maurice – saxophone
  • “Big” Jim Paterson – trombone

The Emerald Express

  • Helen O’Hara – violin
  • Steve Brennan – violin

The Sisters of Scarlet

  • Carol Kenyon – vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – vocals
  • Sam Brown – vocals

Directed by

  • Clive Langer – director
  • Alan Winstanley – director
  • Martin Rushent – engineer
  • Andrew Ratcliffe – artwork, paintings
  • Peter Barrett – cover design
  • Kim Knott – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Rowland and Jim Paterson, except where noted.

  1. The Celtic Soul Brother (More, Please, Thank You) – Kevin Rowland, Jim Paterson, Mickey Billingham
  2. Let’s Make This Precious
  3. All in All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
  4. Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile) – Van Morrison
  5. Old
  6. Plan B
  7. I’ll Show You
  8. Liars A to E – Kevin Rowland, Jim Paterson, Steve Torch
  9. Until I Believe in My Soul
  10. Come On Eileen – Kevin Rowland, Jim Paterson, Billy Adams

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: Crooked Calypso

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On July 21, 2017, “Virgin EMI” label released “Crooked Calypso”, the third Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Chairworks” in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, and was produced by John Owan Williams.

Personnel:

  • Paul Heaton – lead vocal
  • Jacqui Abbott – lead vocal
  • Jonny Lexus – guitar, backing vocals
  • Stephen Large – piano, keyboards, accordion, melodica
  • Chris Wise – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Pete Marshall – drums, mandolin, timpani, backing vocals
  • Gary Hammond – percussion
  • Sam Healey – tenor saxophone
  • Gavin Hibberd, Kat Curlett – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Richard McVeigh – trombone
  • John Purton, Natalie Purton, Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, Savannah Simmons – violin
  • Alice Billen, Emma Richards – viola
  • Esther Harriott – cello
  • Liz Hanks – cello
  • Stephen Large – strings arrangements
  • Pete Whitfield – strings arrangements
  • David Watts – engineer, mixing
  • Jamie Ross – Robson, Marina Walker, Mark Scully – mixing assistant
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Salvador Design – design
  • Sean Welch – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Gotta Praise – Johnny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  2. He Wants To – Paul Heaton
  3. If I May – Paul Heaton
  4. She Got the Garden – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  5. People Like Us – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  6. Blackwater Banks – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  7. The Lord Is a White Con – Paul Heaton
  8. Silence Is – Paul Heaton
  9. Love Makes You Happy – Paul Heaton
  10. The Fat Man – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  11. Your Bit of Stuff – Paul Heaton
  12. He Can’t Merry Her – Paul Heaton

James Elkington: Wintres Woma

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On July 7, 2017, “Paradise of Bachelors” label released “Wintres Woma”, album by James Elkington. It was recorded in 2017, at “The Loft” in Newcastle, England.

Personnel:

  • James Elkington – vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Nick Macri – bass
  • Tim Daisy – percussion
  • Macie Stewart – vocals, violin, viola
  • Tomeka Reid – vocals, cello
  • Mark Greenberg – recording, mixing
  • Josh Bonati – mastering
  • Brendan Greaves – layout
  • Spencer Tweedy – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by James Elkington, except where noted.

  1. Make It Up
  2. Hollow in Your House
  3. Wading the Vapors
  4. Grief Is Not Coming
  5. When I Am Slow
  6. The Parting Glass – traditional
  7. The Hermit Census
  8. Greatness Yet to Come
  9. Sister of Mine
  10. My Trade in Sun Tears
  11. Any Afternoon