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Madness: Keep Moving

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On February 20, 1984, “Stiff” label released “Keep Moving”, the fifth Madness studio album.  It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

Personnel:

  • Suggs(Graham McPherson) – lead vocals
  • Mike Barson– keyboards, harmonica
  • Chris Foreman– guitar
  • Mark Bedford(Bedders) – bass guitar
  • Dan Woodgate(Woody) – drums
  • Luís Jardim– percussion
  • Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth) – lead and backing vocals, trumpet
  • Lee Thompson– saxophones
  • The TKO Horns: Dave Pleurs, Alan Whetton, Jim Patterson, Brian Maurice
  • Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger– vocals
  • Afrodiziak– backing vocals
  • David Bedford – string arrangements
  • Tony Duffy – photography

Track listing:

  1. Keep Moving – Cathal Smyth, Chris Foreman, Graham McPherson
  2. Michael Caine – Cathal Smyth, Daniel Woodgate
  3. Turning Blue – Chris Foreman, Graham McPherson
  4. One Better Day – Graham McPherson
  5. March of the Gherkins – Lee Thompson, Michael Barson
  6. Waltz into Mischief – Cathal Smyth, Graham McPherson
  7. Brand New Beat – Lee Thompson, Michael Barson
  8. Victoria Gardens – Cathal Smyth, Michael Barson
  9. Samantha – Lee Thompson
  10. Time for Tea – Chris Foreman, Lee Thompson
  11. Prospects – Cathal Smyth, Graham McPherson
  12. Give Me a Reason – Cathal Smyth, Lee Thompson

George Harrison: Same

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On February 20, 1979, “Dark Horse” label released the self-titled, eight George Harrison studio album.  It was recorded March – November 1978, at “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and was produced by Russ Titelman and George Harrison. The album included  “Blow Away” and “Not Guilty”, songs  that Harrison originally recorded in 1968 for the Beatles’ “White Album”.

Personnel:

  • George Harrison– lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass
  • Eric Clapton – guitar
  • Neil Larsen – keyboards, Minimoog
  • Steve Winwood – polymoog, harmonium, Minimoog, backing vocals
  • Willie Weeks – bass
  • Andy Newmark– drums
  • Ray Cooper– percussion
  • Emil Richards– marimba
  • Gayle Levant – harp
  • Gary Wright– oberheim
  • Del Newman – strings and horn arrangements
  • Mike Salisbury – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by George Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Love Comes to Everyone
  2. Not Guilty
  3. Here Comes the Moon
  4. Soft-Hearted Hana
  5. Blow Away
  6. Faster
  7. Dark Sweet Lady
  8. Your Love Is Forever
  9. Soft Touch
  10. If You Believe – George Harrison, Gary Wright

Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic

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On February 20, 1974, “ABC” label released “Pretzel Logic”, the third Steely Dan studio album. It was recorded October 1973 – January 1974 at the “Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Gary Katz.  The cover photo of the New York pretzel seller was by Raeanne Rubenstein. On September 7, 1993, “Pretzel Logic” was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”. Magazine “NME” named “Pretzel Logic” best album of 1974. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “Pretzel Logic” at number 385 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Donald Fagen- lead vocals, keyboards, saxophone
  • Walter Becker- bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeff “Skunk” Baxter- lead guitar
  • Denny Dias- guitar
  • Ben Benay – guitar
  • Dean Parks- guitar, banjo
  • Michael Omartian- keyboards
  • David Paich- keyboards
  • Timothy B. Schmit- bass, backing vocals
  • Wilton Felder- bass
  • Chuck Rainey- bass
  • Jim Gordon- drums
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums
  • Victor Feldman– percussion
  • Plas Johnson- saxophone
  • Jerome Richardson- saxophone
  • Ernie Watts- saxophone
  • Lew McCreary – horn
  • Ollie Mitchell- trumpet
  • Jimmie Haskell – orchestration
  • Jim Hodder- backing vocals
  • David Larkham – design
  • Ed Caraeff – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, except where noted.

  1. Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
  2. Night by Night
  3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
  4. Barrytown
  5. East St. Louis Toodle – Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley
  6. Parker’s Band
  7. Through with Buzz
  8. Pretzel Logic
  9. With a Gun
  10. Charlie Freak
  11. Monkey in Your Soul

Tangerine Dream: Phaedra

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On February 20, 1974, “Virgin” label released “Phaedra” the fifth Tangerine Dream studio album. It was recorded in November 1973 at “The Manor” in Shipton-on-Cherwell, England, and was produced by Edgar Froese. In the magazines “Q” and “Mojo” Classic Special Edition “Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock”, “Phaedra” was ranked at number 38 in its list of “40 Cosmic Rock Albums”.

Personnel:

  • Edgar Froese – mellotron, guitar, bass, VCS 3 synthesizer, organ, cover painting, design
  • Peter Baumann – organ, electric piano, VCS 3 synthesizer, flute
  • Christopher Franke – Moog synthesizer, VCS 3 synthesizer

Track listing:

  1. Phaedra – Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, Peter Baumann
  2. Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares – Edgar Froese
  3. Movements of a Visionary – Froese, Christopher Franke, Peter Baumann
  4. Sequent C – Peter Baumann