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Rosanne Cash: The Wheel

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On January 19, 1993, “Columbia” label released “The Wheel”, the eighth Rosanne Cash studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by John Leventhal and Rosanne Cash.

Personnel:

  • Rosanne Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • John Leventhal – guitars, mandolin, bass guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steuart Smith – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Benmont Tench – piano, keyboards
  • Steve Gaboury – organ
  • Charlie Giordano – accordion
  • Lincoln Shleifer – bass guitar
  • Zev Katz – bass guitar, acoustic bass
  • Frank Vilardi – drums, percussion
  • Dennis McDermott – drums
  • Marc Cohn – harmony vocals
  • Bruce Cockburn – harmony vocals
  • Tommy Malone – harmony vocals
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter – backing vocals
  • Patty Larkin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Rosanne Cash, except where noted.

  1. The Wheel
  2. Seventh Avenue – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  3. Change Partners
  4. Sleeping in Paris
  5. You Won’t Let Me In
  6. From the Ashes
  7. The Truth About You – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  8. Tears Falling Down – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  9. Roses in the Fire
  10. Fire of the Newly Alive – Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
  11. If There’s a God on My Side

Suzanne Vega: Days Of Open Hand

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On April 10, 1991, “A&M” label released “Days of Open Hand”, the third Suzanne Vega album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Skyline Studios”, “RPM Studios” and “The Living Room”, and was produced by Anton Sanko and Suzanne Vega. The album won “Grammy Award for Best Recording Package” in 1991.

Personnel:

  • Suzanne Vega – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, Fairlight,  hand claps
  • Marc Shulman – electric guitar, tiple, electric 12-string guitar, E-Bow guitar, bouzouki
  • Richard Horowitz– ney
  • Anton Sanko – Hammond C3, Akai S1000, Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, Fairlight CMI percussion programming on 3 11, Voyetra Eight on 5 11, Fairlight,  DX7II, string arrangements, classical guitar, tiple, harmonium, electric guitar
  • John Linnell– accordion
  • Michael Visceglia – five-string bass, fretless bass
  • Erik Sanko– fretless bass
  • Percy Jones– fretless bass
  • Frank Vilardi – drums, rims, brushes, Akai S-1000, shaker, percussion, floor tom, snare drum, cymbal, Blastics
  • Michael Blair – metal percussion, tambourine, wood percussion,  shaker,  orchestral bass drum, Chinese drum, hand drum
  • Hearn Gadbois – dumbek
  • Glen Velez– frame drum
  • Shawn Colvin– backing vocals
  • Sandra Park – 1st violin
  • Hae-Young Ham – violin
  • Tim Baker – violin
  • Barry Finclair – violin
  • Rebecca Young Schatz – viola
  • Al Brown – viola
  • Fred Zlotkin – cello
  • Maria Kitsoupolos – cello
  • Philip Glass– strings arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Suzanne Vega except where noted.

  1. Tired of Sleeping
  2. Men in a War
  3. Rusted Pipe – Suzanne Vega, Anton Sanko
  4. Book of Dreams – Suzanne Vega, Anton Sanko
  5. Institution Green – Suzanne Vega, Anton Sanko
  6. Those Whole Girls (Run in Grace)
  7. Room off the Street – Suzanne Vega, Anton Sanko
  8. Big Space – Suzanne Vega, Anton Sanko
  9. Predictions
  10. Fifty-Fifty Chance
  11. Pilgrimage – Suzanne Vega, Anton Sanko