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Mitski: Be the Cowboy

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On August 17, 2018, “Dead Oceans” label released “Be the Cowboy”, the fifth Mitski studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Retro City” in Philadelphia, “Red Bull” in Los Angeles, “Gradwell House” in Haddon Heights, and was produced by Patrick Hyland.

Personnel:

  • Mitski (Mitski Miyawaki) – performance
  • Patrick Hyland – performance, saxophone solo
  • Evan Marien – bass 
  • Philly Phatness (Thor Espanez, Ian Gray, Vince Tampio) – horns 
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Mary Banas – design
  • Bao Ngo – photography
  • Carl Knight – lighting
  • Annika White – styling
  • Marika Aoki – makeup

Track listing:

All tracks by Mitski:

  1. Geyser
  2. Why Didn’t You Stop Me
  3. Old Friend
  4. A Pearl
  5. Lonesome Love
  6. Remember My Name
  7. Me and My Husband
  8. Come into the Water
  9. Nobody
  10. Pink in the Night
  11. A Horse Named Cold Air
  12. Washing Machine Heart
  13. Blue Light
  14. Two Slow Dancers

Kathleen Edwards: Total Freedom

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On August 14, 2020, “Dualtone Records” label released “Total Freedom”, the fifth Kathleen Edwards studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Ian Fitchuk, Jim Bryson and Kathleen Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Kathleen Edwards – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Gord Tough – electric and slide guitar
  • Jim Bryson – acoustic, electric, and slide guitars, organ, piano, banjo, percussion, string machine, effects, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Aaron Goldstein – pedal steel
  • Todd Lombardo – nylon string guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Blair Hogan – electric guitar
  • Daniel Tashian – guitar, backing vocal
  • Ian Fitchuk – bass guitar, book kick/percussion, Wurlitzer, piano
  • Darcy Yates – bass guitar
  • Phillipe Charbonneau – bass guitar
  • Jon Hynes – bass guitar
  • Peter Von Althen – drums, percussion
  • Kinley Dowling – violin, viola and string arrangements
  • Jill Andrews – backing vocals
  • Courtney Marie Andrews – backing vocals
  • Craig Alvin, Zack Pancoast, Zane Whitfield, Jim Bryson, Dylan Lodge and Konrad Snyder – engineer
  • Konrad Snyder – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Kathleen Edwards.

  1. Glenfern
  2. Hard on Everyone
  3. Birds on a Feeder
  4. Simple Math
  5. Options Open
  6. Feelings Fade
  7. Fools Ride
  8. Ashes to Ashes
  9. Who Rescued Who
  10. Take It with You When You Go

Soft Machine: Fifth

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In July 1972, “CBS” label released “Fifth”, the fifth Soft Machine studio album. It was recorded November – December 1971, January – February 1972, at “Advision Studios” in London, and was produced by Elton Dean, Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, Roy Babbington, Phil Howard and John Marshall.

Personnel:

  • Elton Dean – alto saxophone, saxello, Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Mike Ratledge – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Lowrey organ
  • Hugh Hopper – bass guitar
  • Phil Howard – drums
  • John Marshall – drums
  • Roy Babbington – double bass

Track listing:

  1. All White – Mike Ratledge
  2. Drop – Mike Ratledge
  3. M C – Hugh Hopper
  4. As If – Mike Ratledge
  5. L B O – John Marshall
  6. Pigling Bland – Mike Ratledge
  7. Bone – Elton Dean

Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive

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On July 22, 2022, “Third Man Records” label released “Entering Heaven Alive”, the fifth Jack White studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Third Man Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Jack White.

Personnel:

  • Jack White – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ, bass guitar, ukele bass, drums, percussion, vibraphone, Wurlitzer piano, Chamberlin drum machine, Mellotron M4000D, Hammond Solovox, analog Mellotron, Septavox synthesizer, engineer, mixing
  • Pokey LaFarge – acoustic guitar
  • Dan Mancini – acoustic guitar
  • Mark Watrous – piano, additional keys, Wurlitzer piano
  • Dean Fertita – Wurlitzer piano solo
  • Cory Younts – live piano, piano
  • Quincy McCrary – piano
  • Jack Lawrence – bass guitar
  • Dominic Davis – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Olivia Jean – Tic-Tac bass guitar, electric guitar, live percussion, shakers
  • Ben Swank – drums
  • Patrick Keeler – drums
  • Daru Jones – drums
  • Fats Kaplin – violin, viola, strings
  • Joshua V. Smith – engineer, mixing
  • Bill Skibbe – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • The Third Man – packaging design
  • Rob Jones (at Animal Rummy) – packaging design
  • Sara Deck – photo restoration and touch-up
  • Nikolai Matorin – front cover photograph (Rhythm of Labor, 1960)
  • Ed Westcott – back cover and inner sleeve photographs (Civil Defense air raid drill, Highland View School, 1953)

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Jack White.

  1. A Tip from You to Me
  2. All Along the Way
  3. Help Me Along
  4. Life Is Selfish
  5. I’ve Got You Surrounded (With My Love)
  6. Queen of the Bees
  7. A Tree on Fire from Within
  8. If I Die Tomorrow
  9. Please God, Don’t Tell Anyone
  10. A Madman from Manhattan
  11. Taking Me back (Gently)

Jamie T: The Theory of Whatever

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On July 2022, “Polydor” label released “The Theory of Whatever”, the fifth Jamie T studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Charles Watson, Hugo White, Jamie Treays, Olly Burden and Tom Dinsdale.

Personnel:

  • Jamie T (Jamie Treays) – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums, bass programming, programming
  • Hugo White – guitar, bass, drums, programming
  • Matt Maltese – guitar, backing vocals
  • Olly Burden – guitar, programming
  • Hal Ritson – keyboards, programming
  • Richard Adlam – keyboards, programming
  • Rupert Jarvis – bass
  • Jamie Morrison – drums
  • Nerys Richard – cello
  • Rob Harris – bass programming
  • Jag Jago – engineering 
  • Olly Burden – engineering
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Camden Clarke – mixing assistant
  • Jan Ashwell – mixing assistant
  • Robert Sellens – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering

Track listing:

  1. 90’s Cars – Jamie Treays, Alex Chilton, Tom Dinsdale
  2. The Old Style Raiders – Jamie Treays
  3. British Hell – Glenn Danzig
  4. The Terror of Lambeth Love – Jamie Treays, Charles Watson, Olly Burden
  5. Keying Lamborghinis Jamie Treays, Tom Dinsdale
  6. St. George Wharf Tower – Jamie Treays
  7. A Million & One New Ways to Die – Jamie Treays
  8. Thank You – Jamie Treays, Hugo White
  9. Between the Rocks – Jamie Treays, Hugo White
  10. Sabre Tooth – Jamie Treays
  11. Talk Is Cheap – Jamie Treays, Olly Burden
  12. Old Republican – Jamie Treays
  13. 50.000 Unmarked Bullets – Jamie Treays

Little River Band: First Under the Wire

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On July 9, 1979, “Capitol” label released “First Under the Wire”, the fifth Little River Band studio album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by John Boylan, Glenn Shorrock, David Briggs, Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble, Clive Harrison and Derek Pellicci.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals
  • David Briggs – lead guitars, Roland synthesizer guitars, electric sitar
  • Beeb Birtles – lead and co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars guitar
  • Graham Goble – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Clive Harrison – bass guitar
  • Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
  • John Boylan – acoustic guitar
  • Peter Sullivan – piano
  • Peter Jones – piano, keyboards, orchestrations
  • Mike Clarke – bass
  • Bill Harrower – saxophones

Track listing:

  1. Lonesome Loser – David Briggs
  2. The Rumour – Glenn Shorrock
  3. By My Side – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  4. Cool Change – Glenn Shorrock
  5. It’s Not a Wonder – Graham Goble
  6. Hard Life (prelude) – David Briggs
  7. Hard Life – Graham Goble
  8. Middle Man – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  9. Man on the Run – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  10. Mistress of Mine – Graham Goble

Solomon Burke: Rock’N’Soul

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In July 1964, “Atlantic” label released “Rock ‘N Soul”, the fifth Solomon Burke album. It was recorded in 1963, and was produced by Bert Berns.

Personnel:

  • Solomon Burke – vocals
  • Phil Ichle – engineer
  • Tom Dowd – engineer
  • Malcolm Walker – cover design
  • Jerry Wexler – production supervision

Personnel:

  1. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) – Wes Farrell, Bert Russell
  2. Cry to Me – Bert Russell
  3. Won’t You Give Him (One More Chance) – Joseph Martin, Winfield Scott
  4. If You Need Me – Robert Bateman, Wilson Pickett, Sonny Sanders
  5. Hard, Ain’t It Hard – Woody Guthrie
  6. Can’t Nobody Love You – James Mitchell
  7. Just Out of Reach – Virgil Stewart
  8. You’re Good for Me – Don Covay, Horace Ott
  9. You Can’t Love Them All – Bert Berns, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Nugetre
  10. Someone to Love Me – Sonny Burke
  11. Beautiful Brown Eyes – Sonny Burke, Bert Russell
  12. He’ll Have to Go – Audrey Allison, Joe Allison

Powderfinger: Vulture Street

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On July 4, 2003, “Universal Music” label released “Vulture Street”, the fifth Powderfinger studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Nick DiDia and Tony Reyes. The album won three “ARIA Music Awards”, including “Best Rock Album”, “Album of the Year”, “Best Cover Art”, and Powderfinger won the award for “Best Group”. “Vulture Street” was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”.

Personnel:

  • Bernard Fanning – vocals, guitar
  • Darren Middleton – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ian Haug – guitar, backing vocals
  • John Collins – bass guitar
  • Jon Coghill – drums, percussion
  • Tony Reyes – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Shauna Jensen, Maggie McKinney – backing vocals
  • Lachlan Doley – Hammond organ, piano
  • Nick DiDia – tambourine, anüsaphone, engineer
  • Anton Hagop – additional engineer
  • Catherine Claire – engineer assistant
  • Brendan O’Brien – mixing
  • Steven Gorrow – art direction
  • Christopher Morris – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Collins, Ian Haug, Bernard Fanning, Jon Coghill and Darren Middleton

  1. Rockin’ Rocks
  2. (Baby I’ve Got You) On My Mind
  3. Since You’ve Been Gone
  4. Love Your Way
  5. Sunsets
  6. Don’t Panic
  7. Stumblin’
  8. Roll Right by You
  9. How Far Have We Really Come?
  10. Pockets
  11. A Song Called Everything

Al Jarreau: Breakin’ Away

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On June 30, 1981, “Warner Bros” label released “Breakin’ Away”, the fifth Al Jarreau album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Dawnbreaker Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jay Graydon. The album was certified Platinum in US by the RIAA.

Personnel:

  • Al Jarreau – lead and backing vocals, vocals and rhythm arrangements
  • Steve Lukather – electric guitar
  • Dean Parks – electric guitar
  • Jay Graydon – electric guitar, synthesizer programming, vocals and rhythm arrangements
  • George Duke – Fender Rhodes
  • Milcho Leviev – acoustic piano, rhythm arrangements
  • Tom Canning – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, vocals and rhythm arrangements
  • David Foster – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, string arrangements
  • Michael Omartian – synthesizers, Fender Rhodes
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
  • J. Peter Robinson – synthesizers
  • Larry Williams – synthesizer solo
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Bob Zimmitti – percussion
  • Lon Price – alto saxophone
  • Tom Scott – horns
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
  • Jerry Hey – flugelhorn, trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet
  • Richard Page – backing vocals
  • Steve George – backing vocals
  • Bill Champlin – backing vocals
  • Billy Byers – string arrangements
  • Frank DeCaro – album music contractor and string contractor
  • Joe Bogan – engineer
  • Debbie Thompson – second engineer
  • Mikey Davis, Csaba Petocz – second engineer
  • Larry Brown – recording
  • Humberto Gatica – strings recording
  • Jay Graydon – mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Christine Sauers – art direction, design
  • Susan Jarreau – photography
  • Tom Canning – associate producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Canning, Jay Graydon and Al Jarreau, except where noted.

  1. Closer to Your Love
  2. My Old Friend – Steve George, John Lang, Richard Page
  3. We’re in This Love Together – Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall
  4. Easy
  5. Our Love
  6. Breakin’ Away
  7. Roof Garden
  8. (Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo a la Turk – Dave Brubeck
  9. Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul

Hercules and Love Affair: In Amber

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On June 17, 2022, “Skint Records/BMG” label released “In Amber”, the fifth Hercules and Love Affair studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Blackbird Studios” and “Vox Ton” in Berlin and “Dampoort Studios” in Ghent, Belgium.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Butler – vocals, various instruments
  • Anohni – vocals
  • Gilles Demolder – guitar
  • Reinhard Vandergen – mandola, guitar, bass, strings, timpani, strings recording
  • Elin Eyþórsdóttir – vocals, backing vocals
  • Budgie – drums
  • Fitzroy Madsen – saxophone
  • Michael Ungerer – drums recording
  • Francesco Donadello – drums recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Butler, except where noted.

  1. Grace
  2. One – Andy Butler, Anohni
  3. You’ve Won This War
  4. Christian Prayers – Andy Butler, Anohni
  5. Dissociation
  6. Contempt for You – Andy Butler, Anohni
  7. Gates of Separation
  8. Killing His Family – Andy Butler, Anohni
  9. Who Will Save Us – Andy Butler, Anohni
  10. The Eyes of the Father
  11. Poisonous Storytelling – Andy Butler, Anohni
  12. Repent