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Gerry Rafferty: Sleepwalking

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On September 29, 1980, “Liberty” label released “Sleepwalking”, the fifth Gerry Rafferty, studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Oxon, England, “Strawberry Studios South” in Dorking, England, and was produced by Gerry Rafferty and Christopher Neil.

 Personnel:

  • Gerry Rafferty – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, arrangements
  • Hugh Burns – electric guitars
  • Frank Bogie – electric guitars
  • Kenny Craddock – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, Hammond organ, electric guitars, banjo 
  • Alan Clark – acoustic piano, organ, synthesizers, Hammond organ
  • Ian Lynn – synthesizers, sequencer, string synthesizer
  • Mo Foster – bass
  • Liam Genockey – drums
  • Pick Withers – drums
  • Morris Pert – percussion
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Christopher Neil – drum programming, backing vocals
  • Mel Collins – saxophone
  • Barry Hammond – recording
  • Alan O’Duffy – recording, overdubbing
  • Nick Ryan – mixing
  • Ron McMaster – mastering
  • Phil Jude – front cover and inner sleeve photography
  • Gered Mankowitz – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gerry Rafferty

  1. Standing at the Gates
  2. Good Intentions
  3. A Change of Heart
  4. On the Way
  5. Sleepwalking
  6. Cat and Mouse
  7. The Right Moment
  8. As Wise as a Serpent

Cliff Richard: Every Face Tells A Story

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On March 18, 1977, “EMI” label released “Every Face Tells a Story”, the nineteen Cliff Richard studio album. It was recorded September 1976 – January 1977, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Bruce Welch.

Personnel:

  • Cliff Richard – vocals
  • Terry Britten – guitar
  • Mo Witham – guitar
  • Graham Todd – keyboards
  • Alan Hawkshaw – keyboards
  • Alan Tarney – bass
  • Alan Jones – bass
  • Brian Bennett – drums, percussion
  • Roger Pope – drums
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Tony Rivers, John Perry – backing vocals
  • Richard Hewson – string arrangements
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

  1. My Kinda Life – Chris East
  2. Must Be Love – Terry Britten
  3. When Two Worlds Drift Apart – Peter Sills
  4. You Got Me Wondering – Terry Britten
  5. Every Face Tells a Story (It Never Tells a Lie) – Michael Allison, Peter Sills
  6. Try a Smile – John Perry
  7. Hey Mr. Dream Maker – Bruce Welch, Alan Tarney
  8. Give Me Love Your Way – Alan Tarney, Trevor Spencer
  9. Up in the World – Clifford T. Ward
  10. Don’t Turn the Light Out – Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett
  11. It’ll Be Me Babe – Hank Marvin, John Farrar
  12. Spider Man – Terry Britten

Nirvana: The Story Of Simon Simopath

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In October 1967, “Island” label released “The Story of Simon Simopath”, the debut Nirvana album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Pye” in London, and was produced by Chris Blackwell.

Personnel:

  • Patrick Campbell-Lyons – vocals, guitar
  • Alex Spyropoulos – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Alan Parker – guitar
  • Alan Hawkshaw – organ
  • Herbie Flowers – bass
  • Clem Cattini – drums
  • Barry Morgan – drums
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Syd Dale – conductor
  • Brian Humphries – engineer
  • Chris Blackwell – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Alex Spyropoulos.

  1. Wings of Love
  2. Lonely Boy
  3. We Can Help You
  4. Satellite Jockey
  5. In the Courtyard of the Stars
  6. You Are Just the One
  7. Pentecost Hotel
  8. I Never Found a Love Like This
  9. Take This Hand
  10. 1999

The Horrors: Luminous

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On May 5, 2014, “XL” label released “Luminous”, the fourth Horrors (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Craig Silvey, Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon.  

Personnel:

  • Faris Badwan – lead vocal, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Joshua Hayward – guitar, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Tom Furse – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Rhys Webb – bass, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Joe Spurgeon – drums, percussion, arrangements, art direction, design
  • Cathy Lucas – violin 
  • Frank Ricotti – marimba, vibraphone 
  • Craig Silvey – recording, mixing
  • Eduardo de la Paz Canal – recording
  • Greg Calbi, Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Marc Donaldson – art direction, design
  • Nic Shonfeld – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rhys Webb and Joe Spurgeon, except where noted.

  1. Chasing Shadows
  2. First Day of Spring
  3. So Now You Know
  4. In and Out of Sight
  5. Jealous Sun
  6. Falling Star – Joshua Hayward, Tom Furse, Rgys Webb, Joe Spurgeon, Paul Epworth  
  7. I See You
  8. Change Your Mind
  9. Mine and Yours
  10. Sleepwalk

Tony Ashton & Jon Lord: First of the Big Bands

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In April 1974, “Purple Records” label released “First of the Big Bands”, album by Tony Ashton and Jon Lord. It was recorded in November 1971 – late 1973, at “Air Studios” and “Apple Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Ashton and Jon Lord.

Personnel:

  • Tony Ashton – lead vocals, Hammond organ, piano
  • Jon Lord – Hammond organ, piano
  • Mick Clarke – guitars
  • Jim Cregan – guitars
  • Jerry Donahue – guitars
  • Peter Frampton – guitars
  • Pat Donaldson – bass
  • Carmine Appice – drums
  • Terry Cox – drums
  • Ian Paice – drums
  • Cozy Powell – drums
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion, vibraphone
  • Dick Parry – saxophone
  • Howie Casey – saxophone
  • Dave Caswell – trumpet
  • Mike Davis – trumpet
  • John Mumford – trombone
  • Madeline Bell – backing vocals
  • Tony Ferguson – backing vocals
  • Jimmy Helms – backing vocals
  • Kenny Rowe – backing vocals
  • Graham White – backing vocals
  • Jo Ann Williams – backing vocals
  • Roger Willis – backing vocals
  • Martin Birch, Geoffrey Emerick, Alan Harris, John Middleton, John Mills, Bill Price – engineer
  • John Kosh – design
  • Peter Howe – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Ashton and Jon Lord, except where noted.

  1. We’re Gonna Make It
  2. Downside Upside Down
  3. Band of the Salvation Army (including Bringing in the Sheaves)
  4. Silly Boy
  5. Surrender Me – Tony Ashton
  6. Celebration
  7. I Been Lonely – Tony Ashton
  8. Shut Up
  9. Ballad of Mr. Giver – (including a reprise of Celebration)

Al Stewart: Past, Present and Future

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In October 1973, “CBS” label released “Past, Present and Future”, the fifth Al Stewart studio album. It was recorded in April 1973, at “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by John Anthony.

Personnel:

  • Al Stewart – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Tim Renwick – electric guitar
  • Peter Berryman – acoustic guitar
  • Isaac Guillory – acoustic and classical guitar
  • B.J. Cole – steel guitar
  • Peter Wood – keyboards, piano, accordion
  • Rick Wakeman – piano, keyboards
  • Tim Hinkley – keyboards
  • Bob Andrews – keyboards
  • Bob Sargeant – keyboards
  • Francis Monkman – Moog synthesizer
  • Alistair Anderson – English concertina
  • Bruce Thomas – bass
  • Brian Odgers – bass
  • John Wilson – drums
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Roger Taylor – percussion
  • Richard Hewson – string arrangements
  • Haim Romano – mandolin
  • Dave Swarbrick – mandolin
  • Luciano Bravo – steel band
  • Lennox James – steel band
  • Michael Oliver – steel band
  • Krysia Kocjan – backing vocals
  • John Donelly – backing vocals
  • Mick Welton – backing vocals
  • Kevin Powers – backing vocals
  • Mike “Clay” Stone – engineer
  • Mario Grattarola – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Stewart.

  1. Old Admirals
  2. Warren Harding
  3. Soho (Needless to Say)
  4. The Last Day of June 1934
  5. Post World War Two Blues
  6. Roads to Moscow
  7. Terminal Eyes
  8. Nostradamus

Belle & Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress

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On October 6, 2003, “Rough Trade” label released “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”, the sixth Belle & Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Sarm West Studios” in London, Sarm Hook End” in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, “Berkeley Street Studios” in Glasgow, “Parkgate Studios” in Catsfield, and “Angel Studios” in London, and was produced by Trevor Horn.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, arrangements
  • Stevie Jackson – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Chris Keddes – keyboards, arrangements
  • Sarah Martin – violin, arrangements
  • Bob Kildea – bass, guitar, arrangements
  • Dave McGowan – bass, arrangements
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums, arrangements
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Sue Bohling – cor anglaise
  • Jamie Talbot – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – alto saxophone
  • Stan Sulzman – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – tenor saxophone 
  • Chris Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Daly – baritone saxophone
  • Derek Watkins – trumpet
  • John Barclay – trumpet
  • Mike Lovatt – trumpet 
  • Noel Langley – trumpet
  • Barnaby Dickinson – tenor trombone
  • Chris Dean – tenor trombone
  • Jeremy Price – tenor trombone
  • Richard Edwards – bass trombone
  • Chris Cowie – oboe
  • Nigel Black – French horn
  • Richard Berry – French horn
  • Helen Keen – flute
  • Kathleen Stevenson – piccolo flute
  • Perry Montague-Mason, Benedict Cruft, Boguslaw Kostecki, Chris Tombling, David Woodcock, Everton Nelson, Gavyn Wright, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Kathy Shave, Patrick Kiernan, Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Anthony Pleeth – cello 
  • David Daniels – cello
  • Martin Loveday – cello
  • Trevor Horn – arrangements
  • Nick Ingman – arrangements
  • Steve Price – recording
  • Julian Mendelsohn – recording
  • Mat Bartram – recording
  • Tim Lambert – additional engineering
  • Phil Tyreman – engineer assistant
  • Dan Vickers – mixing
  • Julian Mendelsohn – mixing
  • Robert Orton – mixing
  • Tony Doogan – additional mixing
  • Michael Bannister – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Divine Inc. – design
  • Stuart David – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Step into my Office, Baby
  2. Dear Catastrophe Waitress
  3. If She Wants Me
  4. Piazza, New York Catcher
  5. Asleep on a Sunbeam
  6. I’m a Cuckoo
  7. You Don’t Send Me
  8. Wrapped Up in Books
  9. Lord Anthony
  10. If You Find Yourself Caught in Love
  11. Roy Walker
  12. Stay Loose

The Style Council: Confessions of a Pop Group

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On June 20, 1988, “Polydor” label released “Confessions of a Pop Group”, the fourth Style Council (The) album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Paul Weller and Mick Talbot.

Personnel:

  1. Paul Weller – vocals, guitars, synthesizers, drum programming
  2. Mick Talbot – piano forte, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizers
  3. Dee C. Lee – vocals
  4. Camelle Hinds – bass 
  5. Paul Morgan – contra bass
  6. Steve White – drums
  7. Nick Brown – drums
  8. Little Joo Ruocco – percussion
  9. Dick Morrissey – flute
  10. Chris Lawrence – trombone
  11. Frank Ricotti – vibraphone
  12. Rupert Parker – harp
  13. The Swingle Singers – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller, except where noted.

  1. It’s a Very Deep Sea
  2. The Story of Someone’s Shoe
  3. Changing of the Guard
  4. The Little Boy in a Castle (A) / A Dove Flew Down From the Elephant (B) – Mick Talbot
  5. The Gardener of Eden (A Three Piece Suite) / I In the Beginning / II  The Gardener of Eden / III Mourning the Passing of Time
  6. Life at a Top People’s Health Farm
  7. Why I Went Missing
  8. How She Threw It All Away
  9. Iwasadoledadstoyboy
  10. Confessions 1, 2, & 3
  11. Confessions of a Pop-Group

Bryan Ferry: Avonmore

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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
  • Todd Terje –  programming, synth

Track listing:

All tracks by Bryan Ferry, except where noted.

  1. Loop De Li
  2. Midnight Train
  3. Soldier of Fortune – Brian Ferry, Johnny Marr
  4. Drivig Me Wild
  5. A Special Kind of Guy
  6. Avonmore – Bryan Ferry, Oliver Thompson
  7. Lost
  8. One Night Stand
  9. Send in the Clowns – Stephen Sondheim
  10. Johnny and Mary – Robert Palmer

Tony Banks: Five

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On February 23, 2018, “BMG Records” label released “Five”, the sixth Tony Banks studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Angel Studios” in London, “CNSO Studio Gallery 1” in Prague, Czech Republic, and was produced by Nick Davis and Tony Banks.

Personnel:

  • Tony Banks– piano, celesta, liner notes
  • Czech National Symphony Orchestraand choir
  • Nick Ingman– conductor, orchestrations
  • John Barclay – cornet, trumpet
  • Martin Robertson – saxophone, duduk
  • Frank Ricotti– percussion
  • Skaila Kanga– harp
  • Simon Rhodes – engineer
  • Steve Price – engineer
  • Tom Mitchell – mixing
  • Nick Davis– mixing
  • Miles Showell – mastering
  • Stefan Knapp– artwork
  • Ryan Art – sleeve design
  • Emily Banks – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Banks.

  1. Prelude to a Million Years
  2. Reveille
  3. Ebb and Flow
  4. Autumn Sonata
  5. Renaissance