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The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely

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On March 25, 2008, “Third Man” and “Warner Bros” label released “Consolers of the Lonely”, the second  Raconteurs (The) studio album. It was recorded April – February 2008, at “Blackbird” in Berry Hill, Tennessee, and was produced by Brendan Benson and Jack White.

Personnel:

  • Brendan Benson – vocals, guitar, organ, piano, arrangements
  • Jack White III – vocals, guitar, stylophone, piano, organ, horn arrangements, mixing, arrangements
  • Jack L.J. Lawrence – bass guitar, banjo, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Patrick Keeler – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Dean Fertita – clavinet
  • The Memphis Horns – horns
  • Dirk Powell – strings
  • Flory Dory Girls – backing vocals
  • Frozen 140 Swanson (David Swanson of Whirlwind Heat)
  • Brendan Benson – horn arrangements
  • Wayne Jackson – horn arrangements
  • Joe Chiccarelli – engineer
  • Vance Powell – mix down engineer
  • Lowell Reynolds – engineer assistant
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Mark Santangello – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Brendan Benson and Jack White, except where noted.

  1. Consoler of the Lonely
  2. Salute Your Solution
  3. You Don’t Understand Me
  4. Old Enough
  5. The Switch and the Spur
  6. Hold Up
  7. Top Yourself
  8. Many Shades of Black
  9. Five on the Five
  10. Attention
  11. Pull the Blanket Off
  12. Rich Kid Blues – Terry Reid
  13. There Stones Will Shout
  14. Carolina Drama

The Beach Boys: Surfin’ USA

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On March 25, 1963, “Capitol” label released “Surfin’ U.S.A.”, the second Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded June 1962 – February 1962, at “Capitol Studios” and “Western” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nick Venet.

Personnel:

  • Mike Love – lead vocals
  • Brian Wilson – vocals, keyboards, bass
  • Carl Wilson – lead guitar
  • Dennis Wilson – vocals, drums
  • David Marks – rhythm guitar
  • John Severson – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Surfin’ U.S.A. – Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry
  2. Farmer’s Daughter – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  3. Misirlou – Nick Roubanis, Freed Wise, Milton Leeds, Bob Russell
  4. Stoked – Brian Wilson
  5. Lonely Sea – Brian Wilson, Gary Usher
  6. Shut Down – Brian Wilson, Roger Christian
  7. Noble Surfer – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  8. Honky Tonk – Bill Doggett, Shep Sheperd, Clifford Scott, Billy Butler
  9. Lana – Brian Wilson
  10. Surf Jam – Carl Wilson
  11. Let’s Go Trippin’ – Dick Dale
  12. Finders Keepers – Brian Wilson, Mike Love

Van Halen: 5150

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On March 24, 1986, “Warner Bros” label released “5150”, the seventh Van Halen studio album. It was recorded November 1985 – February 1986, at “5150 Studios” in Studio City, California, and was produced by Micki Johns, Donn Landee, Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen.

Personnel:

  • Sammy Hagar – lead and backing vocals, guitar, art direction
  • Eddie Van Halen – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, art direction
  • Michael Anthony – bass guitar, backing vocals, art direction
  • Alex Van Halen – drums, art direction
  • Donn Landee – engineer
  • Ken Deane – engineer
  • Bobby Hata – mastering
  • Dan Chapman – illustration
  • Jeri McManus – art direction
  • Aaron Rapoport – photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Alex Van Halen.

  1. Good Enough
  2. Why Can’t This Be Love
  3. Get Up
  4. Dreams
  5. Summer Nights
  6. Best of Both Worlds
  7. Love Walks In
  8. 5150
  9. Inside

Iron Maiden: Virtual XI

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On March 23, 1998, “EMI” label released “Virtual XI”, the eleventh Iron Maiden studio album. It was recorded in 1997 and February 1998, at “Barnyard” in Essex, England, and was produced by Steve Harris and Nigel Green.

Personnel:

  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • Dave Murray – guitars
  • Janick Gers – guitars
  • Steve Harris – bass, keyboards, mixing
  • Nicko McBrain – drums
  • Michael Kenney – keyboards
  • Nigel Green – engineer, mixing
  • Mick McKenna – engineer assistant
  • Simon Heyworth – mastering
  • Melvyn Grant – sleeve illustration
  • Synthetic Dimensions – design, 3D imagery
  • Simon Fowler – photography
  • George Chin – photography
  • Ross Halfin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Harris, except where noted.

  1. Futureal –Steve Harris, Blaze Bayley
  2. The Angel and the Gambler
  3. Lightning Strikes Twice – Dave Murray, Steve Harris
  4. The Clansman
  5. When Two Worlds Collide – Dave Murray, Blaze Bayley, Steve Harris
  6. The Educated Fool
  7. Don’t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger
  8. Como Estais Amigos – Janick Gers, Blaze Bayley

Mahogany Rush: World Anthem

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On March 16, 1977, “Columbia” label released “World Anthem”, the fifth Mahogany Rush studio album. It was recorded December 1976 – February 1977, at “Studio Tempo” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Frank Marino.

Personnel:

  • Frank Marino – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, percussion, timpani
  • Paul Harwood – acoustic and electric bass
  • Jimmy Ayoub – drums, percussion
  • Phil Bech – synthesizer

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Marino.

  1. Requiem for a Sinner
  2. Hey Little Lover
  3. Broken Heart Blues
  4. In My Ways
  5. The World Anthem
  6. Look At Me
  7. Lady
  8. Try For Freedom

Duke Ellington: Uptown Ellington

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In March 1953, “Columbia” label released “Ellington Uptown”, the fifth Duke Ellington album. It was recorded in December 1951 in New York City, February – June – July 1952 in Fresno, California.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn – piano
  • Betty Roché, Al Hibbler – vocal
  • Willie Smith, Johnny Hodges, Hilton Jefferson – alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves, Al Sears – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
  • Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Shelton Hemphill, Al Killian, Clark Terry, Francis Williams – trumpet
  • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin
  • Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Tyree Glenn – trombone, vibraphone
  • Claude Jones, Juan Tizol – valve trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Fred Guy – guitar
  • Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin – bass
  • Louis Bellson, Sonny Greer – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

  1. Skin Deep – Louis Bellson
  2. The Mooche – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  3. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
  4. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (Harlem Suite)
  5. Perdido – Juan Tizol
  6. Controversial Suite Part 1: Before My Time
  7. Controversial Suite Part 2: Later

Social Broken Scene: Feel Good Lost

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On March 6, 2001, “Noise Factory” label released “Feel Good Lost”, the debut Broken Social Scene studio album. It was recorded January – February 2001. And was produced by Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew.

Personnel:

  • Brendan Canning – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, bass, drum programming, sampler
  • Kevin Drew – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, drums, sampler, recording
  • Charles Spearin – mixing
  • Ohad Benchetrit – mixing
  • Noah Mintz – mastering
  • Cecilia Berkovic – front cover art
  • Stephen Crowhurst – back cover art
  • Joe English – design layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew.

  1. I Slept with Bonhomme at the CBC
  2. Guilty Cubicles
  3. Love and Mathematics
  4. Passport Radio
  5. Alive in 85
  6. Prison Province
  7. Blues for Uncle Gibb
  8. Stomach Song
  9. Mossbraker
  10. Feel Good Lost
  11. Last Place
  12. Cranley’s Gonna Make It

The Beach Boys: Shut Down Vol. 2

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On March 2, 1964, “Capitol” label released “Shut Down Volume 2”, the fifth Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded January – February 1964, at “Western” and “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Carl Wilson – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar
  • Brian Wilson – lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond B-3 organ
  • Mike Love – lead and backing vocals, tenor saxophone
  • Al Jardine – bass guitar, electric rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – lead and backing vocals, drums, floor tom
  • Bill Pitman – archtop acoustic guitar 
  • Tommy Tedesco – electric guitar 
  • Leon Russell – piano, tack piano
  • Al de Lory – piano
  • Ray Pohlman – 6-string bass guitar, bass guitar
  • Jimmy Bond – double bass
  • Hal Blaine – drums, tambourine, bell-tree, percussion, timpani
  • Frank Capp – glockenspiel, temple blocks, castanets 
  • Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
  • Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
  • Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone

Track listing:

  1. Fun, Fun, Fun – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  2. Don’t Worry Baby – Brian Wilson, Roger Christian
  3. In the Parkin’ Lot – Brian Wilson, Roger Christian
  4. ‘Cassius’ Love vs Sonny Wilson – Mike Love, Brian Wilson
  5. The Warmth of the Sun – Mike Love, Brian Wilson
  6. This Car of Mine – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  7. Why Do Fools Fall in Love – Frankie Lymon, George Goldner
  8. Pom, Pom Play Girl – Brian Wilson, Gary Usher
  9. Keep an Eye on Summer – Brian Wilson, Bob Norberg
  10. Shut Down, Part II – Carl Wilson
  11. Louie, Louie – Richard Berry
  12. Denny’s Drums – Dennis Wilson

Miles Davis: Four & More: Recorded Live In Concert

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On January 17, 1966, “Columbia” label released “’Four & More: Recorded Live in Concert”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded in February 1964, at the “Philharmonic Hall of Lincoln Center” in New York, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – double bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Fred Plaut – recording
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Billy Taylor, Mort Fega – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.

  1. So What
  2. Walkin’ – Richard HenryCarpenter
  3. Joshua / Go-Go (theme and Announcement) – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
  4. Four
  5. Seven Steps to Heaven – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
  6. There Is No Greater Love / G0-Go (Theme and Announcement) – Marty Symes, Isham Jones, Miles Davis

Roy Orbison: Crying

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In January 1962, “Monument” label released “Crying”, the third Roy Orbison studio album. It was recorded February – November 1961, at “RCA Victor Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Fred Foster.

Personnel:

  • Roy Orbison – vocals, guitar
  • Boudleaux Bryant, Fred Carter Jr., Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Joe Tanner, Ray Edenton, Scotty Moore – guitar
  • Bill Pursell, Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Buddy Harman, John Greubel – drums
  • Boots Randolph, Harry Johnson – saxophone
  • Cam Mullins, Karl Garvin – trumpet
  • Brenton Banks, Cecil Brower, Dorothy Walker, George Binkley, Lillian Hunt, Solie Fott, Suzanne Parker, Vernal Richardson, Wilda Tinsley – violin
  • Howard Carpenter – viola
  • Byron Bach – cello
  • Bill Porter – recording
  • Tommy Strong – engineer
  • Guy Fletcher – mastering
  • Boudleaux Bryant – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, except where noted.

  1. Crying
  2. The Great Pretender – Buck Ram
  3. Kice Hurts – Boudleaux Bryant
  4. She Wears My Ring – Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
  5. Wedding Day
  6. Summersong
  7. Dance
  8. Lana
  9. Loneliness
  10. Let’s Make a Memory
  11. Nite Life
  12. Running Scared