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Gerry Rafferty: Rest In Blue

On September 3, 2021, “Metanoia Music” label released “Rest in Blue”, the eleventh Gerry Rafferty album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Martha Rafferty and Rudy Tambala.

Personnel:

  • Gerry Rafferty – lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Frank Bogie – guitar
  • Richard Brunton – guitar
  • Bryn Haworth – guitar, slide guitar
  • Hugh Burns – guitar, arrangements
  • Tommy Eyre – piano
  • Graham Preskett – piano
  • Paweł Rosak – piano
  • Alan Clark – Hammond organ, piano
  • Kenny Craddock – keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Mark Rafferty – harmonica
  • Andy Patterson – vocals, bass guitar, claps, tenor guitar, mandolin, percussion, bass programming, percussion programming, engineer, mixing
  • Mo Foster – bass guitar
  • John Giblin – bass guitar
  • Liam Genockey – drums
  • Mark Pusey – drums, percussion
  • Martha Rafferty – percussion, arrangements
  • Daniel Pioro – violin, band leader
  • Maria Turowska – violin
  • Abigail Young – violin
  • Scott Bryant – violin
  • Kirsty Main – violin
  • Colin McKee – violin
  • Nico Ersfeld – viola
  • Samuel Omalyev – viola
  • Rebekah Lesan – cello
  • Cameron Smith – cello
  • John Logan – string arrangement
  • Katie Kissoon – vocals, backing vocals
  • Rab Noakes – backing vocals
  • Rudy Tambala – percussion programming, mixing
  • Barry Hammond – engineer
  • Dan Priest – engineer
  • Seb Stone – engineer
  • Bob Whitney – engineer
  • John Cavannah – engineer
  • Neil Costello – engineer
  • Roy Dodds – engineer
  • Billy Foster – engineer assistant
  • Oscar Dash – engineer assistant
  • George Oulton – mixing assistant
  • Miles Showell – mastering
  • John Byrne – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerry Rafferty, except where noted.

  1. Still in Denial
  2. Full Moon
  3. Sign of the Times
  4. You Are All I Want
  5. I Still Love You
  6. Wild Mountain Thyme – Francis McPeake
  7. Slow Down
  8. It’s Just the Motion – Richard Thompson
  9. Look at Me Now
  10. Dirty Old Town – Ewan MacColl
  11. Lost Highway
  12. Keeper of My Soul
  13. Precious Memories
  14. Stuck in the Middle with You – Joe Egan, Gerry Rafferty

Marianne Faithful: North Country Maid

On April 1, 1966, “Decca” label released “North Country Maid”, the fourth Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Mike Leander.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithful – vocal
  • Jon Mark – guitar, arrangements
  • Big Jim Sullivan – guitar
  • Mick Taylor – arrangements
  • Gus Dudgeon – engineer
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

  1. Green Are Your Eyes – Bert Jansch
  2. Scarborough Fair – traditional
  3. Cockleshells
  4. The Last Thing on My Mind – Tom Paxton
  5. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Ewan MacColl
  6. Sally Free and Easy – Cyril Tawney
  7. Sunny Goodge Street – Donovan
  8. How Should I Your True Love Know – traditional
  9. She Moved Thru’ The Fair – traditional; adapted by Herbert Hughes, lyrics by Padraic Colum
  10. North Country Maid – traditional
  11. Lullaby – Jon Mark
  12. Wild Mountain Thyme – Francis McPeake

Marianne Faithful: Go Away from My World

In December 1965, “London” label released “Go Away from My World”, the third Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded in 1965, and was produced by Mike Leander.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithful – vocals
  • Mike Leander – arranger
  • David Bailey – photography
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography
  • Andy Wickham – liner notes
  • Andrew Loog Oldham – executive prodycer

Track listing:

  1. Go Away from My World – Jon Mark
  2. Yesterday – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. Come My Way – traditional
  4. The Last Thing on My Mind – Tom Paxton
  5. How Should True Love – Alfred Deller
  6. Wild Mountain Time – Francis McPeake
  7. Summer Nights – Brian Henderson, Liza Strike
  8. Mary Ann – traditional
  9. Scarborough Fair – traditional
  10. Lullabye – Jon Mark
  11. North Country Maid – traditional
  12. Sally Free and Easy – Cyril Tawney

James Taylor: Before This World

On June 15, 2015, “Concord” label released “Before This World”, the seventeenth James Taylor studio album.It was recorded 2014-2015, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell.

Personnel:

  • James Taylor — guitar, vocals, harmonica, guitar synthesizer
  • David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller, Andrea Zonn – vocals
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • David Mann, Lou Marini, Roger Rosenberg – saxophone
  • Walt Fowler, Barry Danielian, Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Randy Andos, Michael Davis – trombone
  • Tony Kadlek – flugelhorn
  • Larry Di Bello, David Peel – French horn
  • Jonathan Dinklage, Rachel Golub, Hiroko Taguchi, Entcho Todorov, Orlando Wells, Andrea Zonn – violin
  • Katharine Kresek, Philip Payton – viola
  • Emily Brause, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Sachon – cello
  • Rob Mounsey – arrangements
  • Ted Jensen- mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by James Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Today Today Today
  2. You and I Again
  3. Angels of Fenway
  4. Stretch of the Highway
  5. Montana
  6. Watchin’ Over Me
  7. SnowTime
  8. Before This World / Jolly Springtime
  9. Far Afghanistan
  10. Wild Mountain Thyme – Francis McPeake