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Aretha Franklin: Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington

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On February 18, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington”, the fifth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in February 1964, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Robert Mersey.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
  • Ernie Hayes – piano, organ
  • Paul Griffin – organ
  • George Duvivier – bass guitar
  • Gary Chester – drums
  • Buddy Lucas – tenor saxophone, harmonica
  • Teddy Charles – vibraphone
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Bob Asher – trombone
  • Robert Mersey – strings arrangements, conductor
  • Adam Block – legacy’s rhythm and soul series director  
  • Tony Sellari – art direction
  • C.M.O.N. – design
  • John Berg – jacket cover
  • Robert Constanzo – packaging manager

Track listing:

  1. Unforgettable – Irving Gordon
  2. Cold, Cold Heart – Hank Williams
  3. What a Diff’rence a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
  4. Drinking Again – Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber
  5. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning – Tom Delaney, Pearl Delaney
  6. Evil Gal Blues – Lionel Hampton, Leonard Feather
  7. Don’t Say You’re Sorry Again – Lee Pearl, Art Berman, Eugene West
  8. This Bitter Earth – Clyde Otis
  9. If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  10. Soulville – Titus Turner, Morris Levy, Henry Glover, Dinah Washington

Joe Henderson: Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn

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On February 18, 1992, “Verve” label released “Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn”, the 29th Joe Henderson album. It was recorded in September 1991, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Richard Seidel and Don Sickler.

Personnel:

  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Stephen Scott – piano
  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Gregory Hutchinson – drums
  • Don Sickler – arrangements, transcription
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mixing
  • Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant 
  • Camille Tominaro – production assistant
  • Larry Offsey – design
  • William Claxton – photography
  • Susan Ragan – photography
  • Stanley Crouch – liner notes
  • Dean Pratt – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Strayhorn except where noted.

  1. Isfahan – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  2. Johnny Come Lately
  3. Blood Count
  4. Rain Check
  5. Lotus Blossom
  6. A Flower is a Lovesome Thing
  7. Take the ‘A’ Train
  8. Drawing Room Blues
  9. U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
  10. Lush Life

White Lies: As I Try Not to Fall Apart

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On February 18, 2022, “PIAS” label released “As I Try Not to Fall Apart”, the sixth White Lies studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Ed Buller, Claudius Mittendorfer, Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown.

Personnel:

  • Harry McVeigh – lead vocal, guitar, keyboards
  • Charles Cave – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums, percussion
  • Richie Kennedy – engineer
  • James Mellor – engineer
  • Darren Lawson – engineer
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Claude Vause – studio assistant
  • Ed Farrell – studio assistant
  • Annelise Keestra – design

Track listing:

  1. Am I Really Going to Die
  2. As I Try Not to Fall Apart
  3. Breathe
  4. I Don’t Want to Go to Mars
  5. Step Outside
  6. Roll December
  7. Ragworm
  8. Blue Drift
  9. The End
  10. There Is No Cure for It

Atlas Sound: Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel

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On February 18, 2008, “Kranky” and “4AD” labels released “Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel”, the Atlas Sound album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Bradford Cox.

Personnel:

  • Bradford Cox – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, engineer, mixing, cover artwork
  • Brian Foote – mixing
  • Bob Weston – mastering
  • Lauren Jones – back collage
  • Craig S. McCaffrey – layout assistance

Track listing:

All tracks by Bradford Cox.

  1. A Ghost Story
  2. Recent Bedroom
  3. River Card
  4. Quarantined
  5. On Guard
  6. Winter Vacation
  7. Cold As Ice
  8. Scraping Past
  9. Small Horror
  10. Ready, Set, Glow
  11. Bite Marks
  12. After Class
  13. Ativan
  14. Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel

Low: I Could Live In Hope

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On February 18, 1994, “Vernon Yard” label released “I Could Live in Hope”, the debut Low studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Hope Township” in New Jersey, and was produced by Mark Kramer.

Personnel:

  • Alan Sparhawk – vocals, guitar, artwork
  • John Nichols – bass, artwork
  • Mimi Parker – vocals, percussion, artwork
  • Steve Watson – production assistant
  • Gerree Small – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and John Nichols, except where noted.

  1. Words
  2. Fear
  3. Cut
  4. Slide
  5. Lazy
  6. Lullaby
  7. Sea
  8. Down
  9. Drag
  10. Rope
  11. Sunshine – Oliver Hood

Kiss: Same

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On February 18, 1974, “Casablanca” label released the self-titled, debut Kiss album. It was recorded October – November 1973, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise.

Personnel:

  • Ace Frehley – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Stanley – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Gene Simmons – vocals, bass
  • Peter Criss – vocals, drums
  • Bruce Foster – acoustic piano, additional guitar
  • Warren Dewey – fire engine, engineer
  • Joe Brescio – mastering
  • Robert Lockart – art director, design
  • Joel Brodsky – photography

Track listing:

  1. Strutter – Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons
  2. Nothin’ to Lose – Gene Simmons
  3. Firehouse – Paul Stanley
  4. Cold Gin – Ace Frehley
  5. Let Me Know – Paul Stanley
  6. Kissin’ Time – Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe
  7. Deuce – Gene Simmons
  8. Love Theme from Kiss – Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley
  9. 100.000 Years – Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons
  10. Black Diamond – Paul Stanley

Sea Power: Everything Was Forever

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On February 18, 2022, “Golden Chariot Records” label released “Everything Was Forever”, the tenth Sea Power album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Brighton Electric Studios”, “Oakland Studios”, “Sky Drone Studios”, “Hollywoods Studios” and “Labyrinth Studios”, and was produced by Graham Sutton, Jan Scott Wilkinson, Martin Noble, Neil Hamilton Wilkinson, Phil Sumner and Abi Fry.  

Personnel:

  • Jan Scott Wilkinson – vocals, guitar, design concept, painting
  • Martin Noble – guitar
  • Neil Hamilton Wilkinson – vocals, bass guitar, vocals
  • Matthew Wood – drums, design, layout
  • Phil Sumner – cornet, keyboards
  • Abi Fry – viola
  • Graham Sutton – keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Miles Showell – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Scaring at the Sky – Abi Fry
  2. Transmitter – Martin Noble, Jan Scott Wilkinson
  3. Two Fingers – Neil Hamilton Wilkinson, Jan Scott Wilkinson
  4. Fire Escape in the Sky – Martin Noble, Han Scott Wilkinson
  5. Doppelgänger – Neil Hamilton Wilkinson, Jan Scott Wilkinson
  6. Fear Eats the Soul – Jan Scott Wilkinson
  7. Folly – Martin Noble, Neil Hamilton Wilkinson
  8. Green Goddess – Jan Scott Wilkinson
  9. Lakeland Echo – Martin Noble, Neil Hamilton Wilkinson
  10. Vestiges – Jan Scott Wilkinson
  11.  Amsterdam – Jan Scott Wilkinson, Neil Hamilton Wilkinson
  12. We Only Want to Make You Happy – Martin Noble, Jan Scott Wilkinson, Neil Hamilton Wilkinson

Midnight Oil: Resist

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On February 18, 2022, “Sony Music Australia” label released “Resist”, the thirteenth Midnight Oil studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Warne Livesey.

Personnel:

  • Peter Garrett – lead vocals
  • Jim Moginie – vocals, guitars, keyboards, additional engineering
  • Martin Rotsey – guitars
  • Bones Hillman – vocals, bass
  • Robert Hirst – vocals, drums
  • Andy Bickers – saxophones
  • Evelyn Finnerty – violin
  • Julian Thompson – cello
  • Kamahl – speech
  • Warne Livesey – additional keyboards, mixing
  • Jim Moginie – additional engineering
  • Chris Allgood, Emily Lazar – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Moginie, except where noted.

  1. Rising Seas
  2. The Barka-Darling River – Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie
  3. Tarkine
  4. At the Time of Writing – Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie
  5. Nobody’s Child – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  6. To the Ends of the Earth
  7. Reef
  8. We Resist
  9. Lost at Sea – Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie
  10. Undercover – Peter Garrett
  11. We Are Not Afraid – Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie
  12. Last Frontier

Wendy O. Williams and Plasmatics: Maggot the Record

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On February 18, 1987, “Profile Records” label released “Maggots: The Record”, the fourth Wendy O. Williams and Plasmatics studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Broccoli Rabe Studios” in Fairfield, New Jersey, and was produced by Rod Swenson.

Personnel:

  • Wendy O. Williams – vocals
  • Wes Beech – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, associate producer
  • Michael Ray – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Romanelli – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ray Callahan – drums, backing vocals
  • James Gerth – the narrator
  • Jeanine P. Morick – Paula White, Dr. Wanda Carnot
  • Jeff Griglak – Josh White
  • Scott Harlan – Joe White, Dr. Richard Boltzmann, Lance
  • Tony Marzocco – Bruce Maltin
  • Suzanne Bedford – Valerie, Cindy White
  • Andy Bleiberg – anonymous TV anchor #1, TV game show host
  • Rod Swenson (credited as Stellar Axeman) – anonymous TV anchor #2
  • Jon Smith – engineer
  • Al Theurer – engineer
  • Larry Peet – engineer assistant
  • Rod Swenson (credited as Butch Star) – design
  • Eric Karalis – cover painting
  • John Michaels – photography
  • Jack Rudy – Wendy O. Williams’ tattoo

Track listing:

  1. Overture / Introduction (Narrator) – Rod Swenson, Wes Beech, Michael Ray
  2. You’re a Zombie – Rod Swenson, Michael Ray
  3. The White’s Apartment / Full Meal Dinner
  4. The Day of the Humans is Gone – Rod Swenson, Michael Ray
  5. The Central research Laboratory / Valerie and Bruce on the Phone
  6. Destroyers – Rod Swenson, Michael Ray
  7. The White’s Apartment / Bruce’s Bedroom
  8. Brain Dead – Rod Swenson, Michael Ray
  9. The White’s Apartment / Bruce’s Bedroom
  10. Propagators – Rod Swenson, Wes Beech
  11. The White’s Apartment / Fire Escape
  12. Finale – Rod Swenson, Michael Ray, Wes Beech

Damon Harris

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On February 18, 2013, Otis Robert Harris Jr. aka Damon Harris died aged 62. He was singer, founding member of the Temptations tribute band The Young Tempts (a.k.a. The Young Vandals), later performed under the name Impact, but was best known as member of The Temptations from 1971 to 1975.