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Paul Kantner: Planet Earth Rock And Roll Orchestra

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In August 1983, “RCA” label released “Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra”, the fourth and final Paul Kantner album. It was recorded in 1983, at “The Automat” and “The Pen” in San Francisco, and was produced by Paul Kantner, Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle.

Personnel:

  • Paul Kantner – vocals, guitars, lead guitar, banjo, glass harmonica, synthesizers, director, additional production
  • Grace Slick – vocals, piano
  • Scott Mathews – vocals, guitar, percussion, pedal steel guitar, Linn drums, glass harmonica, vocoder, synthesizers, saxophones, mandolin, harmonica, piano, organ, bass drum
  • Craig Chaquico – lead guitar
  • Ronnie Montrose – lead guitar
  • John Blakeley – rhythm guitar
  • Ron Nagle – vocals, piano
  • Pete Sears – piano, bass
  • David Freiberg – vocals, synthesizers
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Aynsley Dunbar – drums
  • The Dūrocs – sound effects
  • China Kantner – vocals
  • Alexander Kantner – vocals
  • Flo & Eddie – vocals
  • Mickey Thomas – vocals
  • Proud Pork Productions (Scott Mathews, Ron Nagle) – engineer, additional production
  • David Frazer – engineer
  • Wayne Lewis – engineer
  • Steve Fontana – engineer
  • Maureen Droney – engineer, assistant mixing
  • Ken Kessie – mixing, remixing
  • Artists & Friends, Inc. (Jim Welch) – art direction
  • Bud Thon – illustration
  • Pat Leraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
  • Vicky Leraci – production coordinator assistant

Track listing:

  1. The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra – Paul Kantner
  2. (She Is A) Telepath – Paul Kantner
  3. Circle of Fire – Paul Kantner
  4. Mount Shasta – Paul Kantner, Grace Slsick, Scott Mathews, Ron Nagle
  5. Lilith’s Song – lyrics by Paul Kantner, music by Paul Kantner, Pete Sears
  6. Transubstantiation: Part I: Esperanto / Part II: Science Friction – Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Scott Mathews, Ron Nagle
  7. The Mountain Song – lyrics by Paul Kantner, Jerry Garcia, music by Paul Kantner, Jerry Garcia
  8. Declaration of Independence – lyrics by Wolcott Gibbs, music by Celius Dougherty
  9. Underground (the Laboratories) – lyrics by Grace Slick, Alexander Kantner, music by Ron Nagle
  10. The Sky Is No Limit – lyrics by Paul Kantner, China Kantner, music by Paul Kantner
  11. Let’s Go – Paul Kantner

Warren Zevon: The Wind

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On August 26, 2003, “Artemis Records” label released “The Wind”, the twelfth and final Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded September – December 2002, and was recorded at “Snakepit”, and was produced by Jorge Calderón, Noah Scot Snyder and Warren Zevon.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Ry Cooder – guitar, slide guitar
  • Bruce Springsteen – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jorge Calderón – Spanish-language vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, maracas, tres, backing vocals
  • Brad Davis – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tommy Shaw – 12 string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Randy Mitchell – slide guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lindley – lap steel guitar, electric saz
  • Mike Campbell – electric guitar
  • Joe Walsh – electric guitar
  • James Raymond – piano
  • Reggie Hamilton – upright bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Don Henley – drums, backing vocals
  • Steve Gorman – drums
  • Luis Conte – drums, percussion, bongos
  • Gil Bernal – saxophone
  • Billy Bob Thornton – backing vocals
  • Dwight Yoakam – backing vocals
  • John Waite – backing vocals
  • Jackson Browne – backing vocals
  • Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
  • Jordan Zevon – backing vocals, executive producer
  • T-Bone Burnett – backing vocals
  • Tom Petty – backing vocals
  • Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
  • Steve Churchyard – engineer
  • Greg Hayes – engineer
  • James Mitchell – engineer
  • Joe West – engineer
  • Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Hugh Brown – art direction
  • Matthew Rolston – cover photography
  • Bridgette Barr – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Dirty Life and Times – Warren Zevon
  2. Disorder in the House
  3. Knockin’ on a Heavens Door – Bob Dylan
  4. Numb as a Statue
  5. She’s Too Good for Me – Warren Zevon
  6. Prison Grove
  7. El Amore de Mi Vida
  8. The Rest of the Night
  9. Please Stay – Warren Zevon
  10. Rub Me Raw
  11. Keep Me in Your Heart

Athlete: Black Swan

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On August 24, 2009, “Fiction” label released “Black Swan”, the fourth and final Athlete studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Rothrock.

Personnel:

  • Joel Pott – vocals, guitar, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Tim Wanstall – keyboard, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Carey Willetts – bass, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Steve Roberts – drums, strings arrangements, additional engineering
  • Jonny Pilcher – additional guitars
  • Prabjote Osahn – violin
  • Stella Page – violin
  • Amanda Drummond – viola
  • Rhian Porter – cello
  • Mike Tarantino – engineer
  • Paul Wilkinson – additional engineering, additional recording
  • Tom Rothrock – mixing
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Don Tyler – mastering
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Stevie Gee – art direction
  • Natasha Kissell – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Pott, Tim Wanstall, Carey Willetts and Steve Roberts.

  1. Superhuman Touch
  2. The Getaway
  3. Black Swan Song
  4. Don’t Hold Your Breath
  5. Love Come Rescue
  6. Light the Way
  7. The Unknown
  8. The Awkward Goodbye
  9. Magical Mistakes
  10. Rubik’s Cube

Nancy Wilson: Turned To Blue

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On August 22, 2006, “MCG Jazz” label released “Turned to Blue”, the fifty-second and final Nancy Wilson studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild” in Pittsburgh, “Conway Studios” in Los Angeles, “Somy Music Studios” in New York City, “Audible Images Recording” in Port Matilda, and was produced by Marty Ashby and Jay Ashby. At the 49th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “Turned to Blue” won “Best Jazz Vocal Album” award.

Personnel:

  • Nancy Wilson – vocal
  • Marty Ashby – acoustic guitar, guitar, arrangements, executive producer
  • Alon Yavnai – piano
  • Liew Matthews – piano
  • Billy Taylor – piano
  • Vito DiSalvo – accordion
  • John Clayton – bass
  • Kip Reed – bass
  • Nilson Matta – bass
  • Rufus Reid – bass
  • Jamey Haddad – drums, percussion
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Terry Clarke – drums
  • Winard Harper – drums
  • Portihno (Telmo Porto) – drums, percussion
  • Andy Narrel – steelplan
  • Mike Tomaro – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Tia Fuller – alto saxophone
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
  • Eric DeFade – tenor saxophone
  • Jim German – baritone saxophone
  • Jack Schantz – trumpet
  • Jim Hynes – trumpet
  • Steve Hawk – trumpet
  • Sean Jones – trumpet
  • Jay Ashby – trombone, percussion, marimba, backing vocals, arrangements, mixing, mastering
  • Bob Matchett – trombone
  • Ed Kocher – trombone
  • Michael Davis – trombone
  • Daglas Purviance – bass trombone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Jennifer Cunner – flute
  • Jeremy Black – violin
  • Kate Black – violin
  • Kate Hatmaker – violin
  • Stephanie Tertick – violin
  • Rosemary Harris – viola
  • Mikhail Istomin – cello
  • Dr. John H. Wilson – arrangements
  • Liew Matthews – arrangements
  • Jay Dudt – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Pablo Array – recording
  • Seth Waldmann – recording
  • Todd Whitelock – recording
  • David Stoller – recording
  • Jeff O.Brien Myers – cover art, layout, design
  • Leroy Hamilton – photography (Candid)
  • Charles Bush – photography (Nancy Wilson)
  • Renée Govanucci – associate producer

Track listing:

  1. This is All I Ask – Gordon Jenkins
  2. Take Love Easy – Duke Ellington, John LaTouche
  3. Turned to Blue – Jay Ashby, Maya Angelou
  4. Knitting Class – K. Lawrence Dunham, Bruce Rohde
  5. Be My Love – Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn
  6. Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John LaTouche
  7. Just Once – Barry Man, Cynthia Weil
  8. These Golden Years – D. Channsin Berry, John Proulx
  9. I Don’t remember Ever Growing Up – Artie Butler
  10. Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Wilard Robinson
  11. I’ll Be Seeing You – Sammy Fain, Irving Khal

Kraftwerk: Tour De France Soundtracks

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On August 4, 2003, “Kling Klang” label released “Tour de France Soundtracks”, the eleventh and final Kraftwerk studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Kling Klang” in Düsseldorf, Germany, and was produced by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.The album was recorded for the 100th anniversary of the first “Tour de France” bicycle race. 

Personnel:

  • Ralf Hütter – vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing
  • Henning Schmitz – software synthesizers, electronic percussion
  • Fritz Hilpert – software synthesizers, electronic percussion, engineer
  • Florian Schneider – additional vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing

Track listing:

  1. Prologue – music by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert
  2. Tour de France Étape 1 – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, music by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert
  3. Tour de France Étape 2 – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, music by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert
  4. Tour de France Étape 3 – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, music by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert
  5. Chrono – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, music by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert
  6. Vitamin – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, music by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert
  7. Aéro Dynamik- lyrics by Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, music by Ralf Hütter, Fritz Hilpert
  8. Titanium – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, music by Ralf Hütter, Fritz Hilpert
  9. Elektro Kardiogramm – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, music by Ralf Hütter, Fritz Hilpert
  10. La Forme – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, music by Ralf Hütter
  11. Régéneration – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, music by Ralf Hütter
  12. Tour de France – lyrics by Ralf Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, music by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos

Guy Clark: My Favorite Picture Of You

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On July 23, 2013, “Dualtone” label released “My Favorite Picture of You” the fourteenth and final Guy Clark studio album. In 2014, “My Favorite Picture of You” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Guy Clark – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Shawn Camp – banjo, fiddle, acoustic and resonator guitar, mandolin, octave fiddle, backing vocals
  • Chris Latham – acoustic and resonator guitar, viola, violin, backing vocals
  • Verlon Thompson – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Noel McKay – nylon string guitar
  • Gordie Sampson – acoustic guitar
  • Bryn Davies – bass guitar, cello, backing vocals
  • Morgane Stapleton – backing vocals
  • Chris Latham – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Mark Richardson – lacquer cut
  • Gina R. Binkley – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Guy Clark.

  1. Cornmeal Waltz
  2. My Favorite Picture of You
  3. Gell Beny on a Heartache
  4. El Coyote
  5. Heroes
  6. Rain in Durango
  7. Good Advice
  8. The Death of Sis Draper
  9. Waltzing Fool
  10. The High Price of Inspiration
  11. I’ll Show Me

Donny Hathaway: Extension Of A Man

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On June 18, 1973, “Atco” label released “Extension of a Man”, the fourth and final Donny Hathaway studio album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at “A&R”, “Bell Sound”, “Regent Sound” and “Atlantic” in New York City, “Universal” in Chicago, and was produced by Arif Mardin.

Personnel:

  • Donny Hathaway – lead vocals, Fender Rhodes electric piano, all pianos, Hammond organ, keyboards, bass, arrangements
  • Cornell Dupree – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Hugh McCracken – banjo, guitar
  • Willie Weeks, Russ Savakus, Stanley Clarke, Gordon Edwards – bass
  •  Grady Tate, Fred White, Rick Marotta, Ray Lucas – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen, Theodore Israel – violin
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Kermit Moore – cello
  • Gloria Agostini – harp 
  • David Newman – saxophone
  • Marvin Stamm, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Dominick Gravine, Garnett Brown, Paul Faulise, Wayne Andre, Tony Studd, Garnett Brown – trombone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Phil Bodner – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Seldon Powell – clarinet, reeds, tenor saxophone
  • Vincent Abato – clarinet
  • Romeo Penque, William Slapin – reeds
  • Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins, Tony Miranda – French horn
  • Henry Schuman – oboe
  • Myrna Summers & The Interdenominational Singers – choir 
  • Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, Jimmy Douglass, Mario “Big M” Medious, Richard Wells, William “Mac” McCollum – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Donny Hathaway, except where noted.

  1. I Love the Lord; He Heard My Cry (Parts I & II)
  2. Someday We’ll All Be Free – Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard
  3. Flying Easy
  4. Valdez in the Country
  5. I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know – Al Kooper
  6. Come Little Children
  7. Love, Love, Love – J.R. Bailey, Ken Williams
  8. The Slums
  9. Magdalena – Danny O’Keefe
  10. I Know It’s You – Leon Ware
  11. Lord Help Me – Joe Greene, Billy Preston

The Tragically Hip: Man Machine Poem

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On June 17, 2016, “Universal Music Canada” label released “Man Machine Poem”, the thirteenth and final Tragically Hip (The) album. It was recorded in 2016 at “Bathouse” in Kingston, “Revolution Recording” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Dave Hamelin and Kevin Drew.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Downie – vocal, design concept
  • Rob Baker – guitar, design concept
  • Paul Langlois – guitar
  • Gord Sinclair – bass
  • Johnny Fay – drums
  • Dave Hamelin – keyboards, percussion
  • Kevin Drew – keyboards, percussion
  • Nyles Spencer – recording
  • Rob Currie – recording
  • Dave Hamelin – mixing
  • Kevin Drew – mixing
  • Nyles Spencer – mixing
  • Eric Boulanger – mastered 
  • Jonathan Shedletzky – art direction
  • Isis Essery – design, layout
  • Simon Paul – artwork
  • Andy Prokh – photography
  • Cult Pro Svet – photography
  • Mike Corner, Matt Kirby, Sam Bidinost, Dave ‘Billy Ray’ Koster – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Downie, Rob Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.

  1. Man
  2. In a World Possessed by the Human Mind
  3. What Blue
  4. In Sarnia
  5. Here, in the Dark
  6. Great Soul
  7. Tired as Fuck
  8. Hot Mic
  9. Ocean Next
  10. Machine

Letlive: If I’m The Devil…

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On June 10, 2016, “Epitaph” label released “If I’m the Devil…”, the fourth and final Letlive studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Justin Pilbrow, Jason Aalon Butler, Jeff Sahyoun, Ryan Jay Johnson and Loniel Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Jason Aalon Butler – lead vocals
  • Jeff Sahyoun – guitars, keyboard, backing vocals
  • Ryan Jay Johnson – bass, backing vocals
  • Loniel Robinson – drums, percussion
  • Carson Rick – strings
  • Andrew Tholl – strings
  • Paul Cartwright – strings
  • Robert Allaire – strings
  • Derek Stein – strings
  • Cheyenne Wright – additional vocals
  • Courtney Jackson – additional vocals
  • Janelle Ioimo – additional vocals
  • Hannah Marshall – additional vocals
  • Justine Zimbron – additional vocals
  • Yvonne Marder – additional vocals
  • Nikki Simmons – additional vocals
  • Benjamin Knapp – engineer
  • Neil Baldock – engineer
  • Dan Korneff – mixing, mastering
  • Jason Link – layout, design
  • Jonathan Weiner – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Aalon Butler, Jeff Sahyoun, Ryan Jay Johnson and Loniel Robinson.

  1. I’ve Learned to Love Myself
  2. Nü Romantics
  3. Good Mourning, America
  4. Who You Are Not
  5. A Weel Ago
  6. Foreign Cab Rides
  7. Reluctantly Dead
  8. Elephant
  9. Another Offensive Song
  10. If I’m the Devil…
  11. Copper Colored Quiet

Catherine Wheel: Wishwille

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On May 23, 2000, “Columbia” label released “Wishville”, the fifth and final Catherine Wheel studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Helioscentric Studio” in Rye, East Sussex, England, and was produced by Tim – Friese Greene and Rob Dickinson.

Personnel:

  • Sara Lee – vocals
  • Rob Dickinson – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Brian Futter – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Tim Friese-Greene – organ, piano
  • Neil Sims – vocals, bass, percussion, drums, loops
  • Jason Corsaro – engineer
  • Mike Shipley – mixing
  • Storm Thorgerson – cover art
  • Peter Curzon – cover art
  • Stephen Stickler – photography
  • Rupert Truman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sparks Are Gonna Fly
  2. Gasoline
  3. Lifeline
  4. What We Want to Believe In
  5. All of That
  6. Idle Life
  7. Mad Dog
  8. Ballad of a Running Man
  9. Crème Caramel