On June 30, 1980, “Atlantic” label released “Real People”, the fourth Chic studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernie Edwards.
Personnel:
Nile Rodgers – vocals, guitar
Bernard Edwards – vocals, bass guitar
Luci Martin – vocals
Alfa Anderson – vocals
Fonzi Thornton – vocals
Michelle Cobbs – vocals
Andy Schwartz – keyboards
Raymond Jones – keyboards
Tony Thompson – drums
Sammy Figueroa – percussion
The Chic Strings: Valerie Heywood, Cheryl Hong, Karen Milne
On October 13, 1986, “Elektra” label released “One to One”, the third Howard Jones studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Windmill Lane” in Dublin, Ireland, “The Farm” in Surrey, England, and was produced by Arif Mardin, Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham.
Personnel:
Howard Jones – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming, percussion programming, sequencing
Phil Palmer, Nile Rodgers, Nick Moroch, Reb Beach – guitar
Martin Jones (Howard’s brother), Mo Foster – bass guitar
Phil Collins – drums, backing vocals
Steve Ferrone – drums
Trevor Morais – drums
Mike Roarty – Fairlight CMI
Bob Gay – alto saxophone, brass section
Matthew Cornish, Kendall Crane, Scott Gilman – brass section
On May 24, 1993, “Geffen” label released “Dream Harder”, the sixth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, in New York City, and was produced by Mike Scott and Bill Price.
Personnel:
Mike Scott – vocals, guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion
Chris Bruce – lead and rhythm guitar
Ljubisa “Lubi” Ristic – sitar
Kenny Aaronson – bass guitar
Brian Stanley – bass guitar
Scott Thunes – bass guitar
Carla Azar – drums
Steve Holley – drums
Jim Keltner – drums
Thommy Price – drums
Bashiri Johnson – conga, drums, tambourine, shaker, talking drum
Jerry Peters – percussion
James Campagnola – saxophone
George Stathos – Greek clarinet
Caroline Lavelle – cello
Billy Connolly – voices
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
Pal Shazar – backing vocals
Jules Shear – backing vocals
Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
Laura Lee Ash – additional backing vocals
Darwin Buschman, M.D. – additional backing vocals
Roger Greenawalt – additional backing vocals
Fiona Prendergast – additional backing vocals
Terry Wetmore – additional backing vocals
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
Bill Price, Niko Bolas – mixing
Frank Olinsky – art direction
Tom Zutaut – art direction
Pal Shazar – painting
Michael Halsband – photography
John Hardin – photography
Track listing:
Tracks by Mike Scott, except where noted.
The New Life
Glastonbury Song
Preparing to Fly
The Return of Pan
Corn Circles
Suffer
Winter Winter
Love and Death – lyrics by William Butler Yeats, music by Mike Scott
Spiritual City
Wonders of Lewis
The Return of Jimi Hendrix – lyrics by Mike Scott, music by Mike Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner
On November 11, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Only the Strong Survive”, the twenty-first Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Thrill Hill Recording” New jersey, and was produced by Ron Aniello and Bruce Springsteen.
Personnel:
Bruce Springsteen – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
On July 14, 1983, “Arista” label released “Get It Right”, the twenty-ninth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Luther Vandross.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
Doc Powell – guitar
Georg Wadenius – guitar
Teddy F. White – guitar
Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards, rhythm arrangements
Marcus Miller – synthesizers, bass guitar, rhythm arrangements
Yogi Horton – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas, bongos
Steve Kroon – congas, triangle
Dave Friedman – vibraphone
David Carey – timpani
George Young – soprano saxophone
Alan Rubin, George Young, Gregory Williams, Jim Pugh, John Clark, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Lou Marini, Peter Gordon, Ronnie Cuber, Tom Malone – horns
Alfred Brown, Barry Finclair, Elena Barere, Emanuel Vardi, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Zaratzian, Homer Mensch, Jan Mullen, Jean R. Dane, Jesse Levy, John Beal, John Pintavalle, Jonathan Abramowitz, Joseph Rabushka, Judy Geist, Julien Barber, Kathryn Kienke, Kermit Moore, Lamar Alsop, Lewis Eley, Margaret Ross, Marilyn Wright, Regis Landiorio, Richard Sortomme, Richard Young, Sanford Allen, Sue Pray, Winterton Garvey – strings
Rob Mounsey – string arrangements, horn arrangements
On June 25, 1991, “Arista” label released “What You See Is What You Sweat”, the thirty-third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, David “Pic” Conley, Aretha Franklin, Michel Legrand, Oliver Leiber, Gene Lennon, Bruce Roberts, Joshua Thompson, David Townsend, Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden and Elliot Wolff.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano
Rick Iantosca – acoustic guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar
Vernon Black – guitar
David Townsend – guitar
Jean-Marc Benais – guitar
Teddy F. White – guitar
Al Turner – bass guitar
Marcus Miller – bass guitar
Dominique Bertram – bass guitar
Rudolph Stansfield – piano
Thierry Eliez – piano
Skip Anderson – keyboards
Burt Bacharach – keyboards
Oliver Leiber – keyboards, drum programming, guitar
Jason Miles – keyboards
Louis Biancaniello – keyboards, programming
David Foster – keyboards, programming
Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards
Bobby Wooten – keyboards, electric piano, drum programming, synthesizer
Michael Boddicker – keyboards, programming
Hubert Eaves III – keyboards, drum programming
Elliot Wolff – keyboards, drum programming
Joshua Thompson – keyboards, guitar, synthesizer
Peter Schwartz – additional keyboards
Charles Scales – synthesizer
Michel Legrand – synthesizer
Guy Vaughn – drum programming
Narada Michael Walden – drums, programming
Buster Marbury – drums
André Ceccarelli – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Larry Fratangelo – percussion
Larry Williams – programming
Franck Thore – Pan pipes
Onita Sanders – harp
Candy Dulfer – saxophone
David Boruff – saxophone
Gene Lennon – programming
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
Jesse Richardson – backing vocals
Sandra Feva – backing vocals
Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
Diane Green – backing vocals
Sherry Fox – backing vocals
Portia Griffin – backing vocals
Margaret Branch – backing vocals
Jarvis Barker – backing vocals
Nikita Germaine – backing vocals
Skyler Jett – backing vocals
Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals
Tony Lindsay – backing vocals
Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
Donna Davis – backing vocals
Marj Harber – backing vocals
Esther Ridgeway – backing vocals
Gloria Ridgeway – backing vocals
Gracie Ridgeway – backing vocals
Clive Davis – executive producer
Track listing:
Everyday people – Sly Stone
Ever Changing Times – Burt Bacharach, Bill Conti, Carole Bayer Sager
What You See Is What You Sweat – David Conley, Derrick Culler, Gene Lennon, Joshua Thompson
Mary Goes Round – Elliot Wolff, Oliver Leiber
I Dreamed a Dream – Alain Boubill, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean Marc Natel, Claude Michel Schonberg
Someone’s Else’s Eyes – Bruce Roberts, Burt Bacharach, Bayer Sager
Doctor’s Orders – Luther Vandross, Hubert Eaves III
You Can’t Take Me for Granted – Aretha Franklin
What You Give – Aretha Franklin
Everyday People (Shep Pettibone Remix) – Sly Stone
On November 17, 2014, “BMG Rights Management” label released “Avonmore”, the fifteenth Bryan Ferry studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies, Johnson Somerset, and Todd Terje.
Personnel:
Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards
Johnny Marr, Nile Rodgers, Neil Hubbard, Oliver Thompson, Chris Spedding, David Williams, Steve Jones, Jacob Quistgaard – guitar
Colin Good – piano
Paul Beard – keyboards
Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
Iain Dixon, Robert Fowler, Richard White – saxophone
Marcus Miller, Guy Pratt, Flea, Neil Jason – bass
Tara Ferry, Andy Newmark, Cherisse Osei – drums
Cherisse Osei – percussion
Frank Ricotti – percussions
John Moody – oboe
Richard White – saxophone
Enrico Tomass – trumpet
Fonzi Thornton, Laura Mann, Emily Panic, Hannah Khemoh, Jodie Scantlebury, Bobbie Gordon – backing vocals
On March 11, 1983, “Mirage Music” label released “Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove”, the first Nile Rodgers album. It was recorded in 1983, at “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Nile Rodgers.
Personnel:
Nile Rodgers– lead and backing vocals, drums, guitar, keyboards
Sarah Dash– lead vocals
Jeremy Steele – guitar
Raymond Jones – piano, keyboards
Rob Sabino– keyboards
Bernard Edwards– bass guitar, backing vocals
Tony Thompson– drums, backing vocals
Carmine Rojas, Curtis King, David Spinner, Eddie Martinez, Fonzi Thornton, Frank Simms, George Simms, John Wright, Kenny Williams, Phillip Balou, Rachel Sweet– backing vocals
On November 14, 1983, “Atlantic” label released “Believer”, the seventh Chic studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.
Personnel:
Nile Rodgers- lead vocals, rap, guitar
Rob Sabino- keyboards
Bernard Edwards- vocals, bass guitar
Tony Thompson- drums
Alfa Anderson – lead vocals
Luci Martin – lead vocals
Brenda White, Fonzi Thornton, Curtis King – vocals
In July 1982, “Arista” label released “Jump To It”, the thirtyfirst Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, at “Mediasound Studios” in New York City, “Record Plant” and “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, “Soundsuite” in Detroit, and was produced by Luther Vandross and Aretha Franklin. The album received the “American Music Award” for “Best Soul Album”.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, rhythm and vocal arrangements
Levi Stubbs – lead vocals
Doc Powell– guitar
Steve Love – guitar
George Duke– piano
Sonny Burke– keyboards
Nat Adderley, Jr.– keyboards, rhythm arrangements
Luther Vandross– keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm and vocal arrangements
Marcus Miller– bass, keyboards, synthesizer, synthesizer and rhythm arrangements
Francisco Centeno, Louis Johnson– bass
Yogi Horton, Buddy Williams– drums
Errol “Crusher” Bennett – congas, percussion
Paulinho Da Costa– percussion
George Young – soprano saxophone
Paul Riser, Leon Pendarvis, Jr., Jerry Hey– horn and string arrangements
Four Tops– backing vocals, vocal arrangements
Erma Franklin, Pam Vincent, Sandra Dance, Brenda White, Cissy Houston, Fonzi Thornton, Michelle Cobbs, Phillip Ballou, Tawatha Agee, Norma Jean Wright, Alexandra Brown, Darlene Love, Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill, Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
Michael Brauer – recording, mixing
Carl Beatty, Lee Keifer – additional engineering
Michael Christopher, Karat Faye, John Hanlon, Harry Spiridakis, Don Wershba, Warren Woods
Ria Lewerke-Shapiro – art direction, design
Harry Langdon – photography
Sue Reilly – lettering
Sephra Herman – production coordinator
Track listing:
Jump to It – Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
Love Me Right – Luther Vandross
If She Don’t Want Your Lovin’ – Sam Dees
This Is for Real – Luther Vandross
(It’s Just) Your Love – Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
I Wanna Make It Up to You – Aretha Franklin
It’s Your Thing – O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
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