Tag Archives: February 21

Grimes: Visions

On February 21, 2012, “4AD” label released “Visions”, the third Grimes studio album. It was recorded in August 2011, at “La Brique Studio Space” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Grimes.

Personnel:

  • Grimes (Claire Elise Boucher) – vocals, poetry
  • Anna Akhmatova – poetry
  • Doldrums
  • Majical Cloudz
  • Sebastian Cowan – mastering, mixing
  • Mark Khair – alien head design
  • Jasper Baydala – layout

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Claire Elise Boucher.

  1. Infinite ♡ Without Fulfilment
  2. Genesis
  3. Oblivion
  4. Eight
  5. Circumambient
  6. Vowels = Space and Time
  7. Visiting Statue
  8. Be a Body (侘寂)
  9. Colour of Moonlight (Antiochus)
  10. Symphonia IX (my wait is u)
  11. Nightmusic
  12. Skin
  13. know the way (outro)

Laura Nyro: More Than A New Discovery

On February 21, 1967, “Verve Forecast” label released “More Than a New Discovery”, the debut Laura Nyro studio album. It was recorded July – November 1966, at “Bell Sound” in New York, and was produced by Milton Okun.

Personnel:

  • Laura Nyro – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jay Berliner – guitar
  • Stan Free – piano
  • Buddy Lucas – harmonica
  • Lou Mauro – double bass
  • Bill LaVorgna – drums
  • James Sedlar – French horn
  • Herb Bernstein – flugelhorn, arrangements, conductor
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Harry Yarmark – engineer
  • Jean Goldhirsch – producer assistant
  • Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervision
  • Murray Laden – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Nyro.

  1. Goodbye Joe
  2. Billy’s Blues
  3. And When I Die
  4. Stoney End
  5. Lazy Susan
  6. Hands of the Man
  7. Wedding Bell Blues
  8. Buy and Sell
  9. He’s a Runner
  10. Blowin’ Away
  11. I Never Meant to Heart You
  12. California Shoeshine Boys

King Krule: Man Alive!

On February 21, 2020, “True Panther Sounds”, “XL Recordings”, and “Matador”, labels released “Man Alive!” the fourth Archy Marshall studio album, and his third album under the stage name King Krule. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Archy Marshall and Dilip Harris.

Personnel:

  • King Krule (Archy Marshall) – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizers, keyboards, drum programming, mixing
  • James Wilson – bass 
  • George Bass – drums, percussion
  • Ignacio Salvadores – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Yassin – backing vocals
  • Jack Towell – vocoder
  • Dilip Harris – mixing
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Jack Marshall – album art

Track listing:

All tracks by Archy Marshall.

  1. Cellular
  2. Supermarché
  3. Stoned Again
  4. Comet Face
  5. The Dream
  6. Perfecto Miserable
  7. Alone, Omen 3
  8. Slinky
  9. Airport Antenatal Airplane
  10. (Don’t Let the Dragon) Draag On
  11. Theme for the Cross
  12. Underclass
  13. Energy Fleets
  14. Please Complete Thee

Destroyer: Destroyer’s Rubies

On February 21, 2006, “Merge” label released “Destroyer’s Rubies”, the seventh Destroyer studio album. It was recorded May – July 2005, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, tambourine
  • Nicolas Bragg – lead guitar
  • Ted Bois – piano, organ
  • Tim Loewen – bass
  • Scott Morgan – drums, baritone saxophone
  • Fisher Rose – vibraphone, trumpet
  • David Carswell – recording, mixing
  • John Collins – recording, mixing
  • Jamie Sitar – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Bejar.

  1. Rubies
  2. Your Blood
  3. European Oils
  4. Painter In Your Pocket
  5. Looter’s Follies
  6. 3000 Flowers
  7. A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point
  8. Priest’s Knees
  9. Watercolours into the Ocean
  10. Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever

Mary Hopkin: Post Card

On February 21, 1969, “Apple” label released “Post Card”, the debut Mary Hopkin studio album. It was recorded October – November 1968, at “EMI Studios”, “Trident” and “Morgan” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney.

Personnel:

  • Mary Hopkin – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Paul McCartney – acoustic guitar, bass
  • Donovan – acoustic guitar
  • Derek Griffiths – guitar
  • George Martin – piano
  • Jim Rodford – bass
  • Bernie Higginson – drums
  • Nick Newell – saxophone
  • Mike Cotton – trumpet
  • John Beecham – trombone
  • London Welsh Choir – choir
  • Richard Hewson – arrangements
  • Ken Scott – engineer, mixing
  • Malcolm Toft – engineer
  • Gordon House – graphics
  • Linda Eastman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Lord of the Reedy River – Donovan
  2. Happiness Runs (Pebble and the Man) – Donovan
  3. Love Is the Sweetest Thing – Ray Noble
  4. Y Blodyn Gwyn – Richard H. Jones, Edward John Hughes
  5. The Honeymoon Song – William Sansom, Mikis Theodorakis
  6. The Puppy Song – Harry Nilsson
  7. Inchworm – Frank Loesser
  8. Voyage of the Moon – Donovan
  9. Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young
  10. Young Love – Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner
  11. Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  12. Prince en Avignon – Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
  13. The Game – George Martin
  14. There’s No Business Like Show Business – Irving Berlin

Chris Bell: I Am The Cosmos

On February 21, 1992, “Rykodisc” label released “I Am the Cosmos”, the only Chris Bell album. It was posthumously released with materials recorded 1974 – 1975, at “Studio Hérouville” in Château d’Hérouville, France, and was produced by Chris Bell.

Personnel:

  • Chris Bell – vocals, guitar
  • Alex Chilton – guitar, backing vocals
  •  Jim Dickinson – piano
  • Ken Woodley – bass guitar, organ
  • Richard Rosebrough – drums
  • Jody Stephens – drums
  • Bill Cunningham – arrangements
  • Steven Jurgensmeyer – package design
  • David Bell – photography, booklet notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Bell.

  1. I Am the Cosmos
  2. Better Save Yourself
  3. Speed of Sound
  4. Get Away
  5. You and Your Sister
  6. Make a Scene
  7. Look Up
  8. I Got Kinda Lost
  9. There Was a Light
  10. Fight at the Table
  11. I Don’t Know
  12. Though I Know She Lies

Peter Tork

On February 21, 2019, Peter Halsten Thorkelson aka Peter Tork, died aged 77. He was musician (keyboards, piano, bass guitar, banjo, guitar), songwriter and actor, performed with James Lee Stanley and his band Shoe Suede Blues, recorded wit George Harrison, formed the band Peter Tork Release, but was best known as keyboards and bass player of The Monkees. As leader Tork released one album.

Haruomi Hosono & Bill Laswell: Interpieces Organization

On February 21, 1996, “Baidis” label released “Interpieces Organization”, album by Haruomi Hosono and Bill Laswell. It was recorded in 1995, at “Quiet Lodge”, “Hanagebyoon Studio”, “Camouflage Studio” in Tokyo, and “Greenpoint Studios” in Brooklyn, “Meow Studio” in New York,  and was produced by Bill Laswell and Haruomi Hosono.

Personnel:

  • Tetsu Inoue – electronics
  • Miharu Koshi – voice
  • Something Wonderful – remix
  • Terre Thaemlitz – remix
  • Yoshihiro Sawasaki – remix
  • Kay Nakauama – engineer
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • Bobby Hata – mastering
  • Akira Kitajime – photography
  • Osamu Yahagi – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Unfinished Screams
  2. Interpieces
  3. Coiled
  4. Jeephead Shaman
  5. Wakare Michi
  6. Y.S. Tangled in Tokyo
  7. Bush

Greg Dulli: Random Desire

On February 21, 2020, “Royal Cream” and “BMG” labels released “Random Desire”, the debut Greg Dulli studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, at “Fireside Sound” and “Donner & Blitzen Studios” in Silver Lake, “Gold – Diggers Sound” and “Mant” in Los Angeles, “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, and was produced by Christopher Horn and Gregg Dulli.

Personnel:

  • Greg Dulli – vocals, guitar, bass, guitar, piano, organ, drums, percussion, mellotron, vibraphone
  • Charles Copley – guitar
  • Mark McGuire – guitar
  • Mathias Schneeberger – synthesizer, guitar, bass, drums
  • Jon Skibic – guitar, bass
  • Matt Schluessler – bass
  • Jon Theodore – drums
  • Rick Nelson – cello, contrabass, violin
  • Steven “Doc” Patt – contrabass, pedal steel guitar
  • Bryan Brown – percussion, castanets, bells, vibraphone
  • Camille – vocals
  • Scott Frock – trumpet
  • Jon Ramm – trombone
  • Brad Walker – saxophone
  • Meg Webb – harp
  • Avtar Khalsa – backing vocals
  • Christopher Thorn – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Dulli.

  1. Pantomima
  2. Sempre
  3. Marry Me
  4. The Tide
  5. Scorpio
  6. It Falls Apart
  7. A Ghost
  8. Lockless
  9. Black Moon
  10. Slow Pan

Sarah Harmer: Are You Gone

On February 21, 2020, “Arts & Crafts Productions” label released “Are You Gone”, the sixth Sarah Harmer album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Marcus Paguin and Sarah Harmer.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Harmer – vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, synths, drums
  • Marcus Paguin – guitar, tambourine, piano, organ, recording
  • Gord Tough – guitar
  • Christine Bougie – lap steel guitar
  • Ben Whiteley – bass
  • Jason Euringer – vocals, bass
  • Howie Beck – guitar, drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • John McCann – drums
  • Rob Radford – drums
  • Jon Bunny Stewart – saxophone
  • Benji Perosin – trumpet, electric guitar
  • Kevin Fox – cello
  • Aaron Holmberg – recording
  • Alex Gamble – engineer
  • John Dinsmore – engineer
  • Stephen Koszler – engineer
  • Joao Carvalho – mastering
  • Benjamin Nelson – layout, design
  • Vanessa Heins – cover photography
  • Virginia Clark – inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sarah Harmer, except where noted.

  1. St. Peter’s Bay
  2. New Low
  3. Just Get Here
  4. Take Me Out
  5. Squeaking Voices
  6. What I Was to You
  7. The Lookout
  8. Wildlife – David Hodge
  9. Cowbirds
  10. Little Frogs
  11. Shoemaker
  12. See Her Wave (For Jacqui)