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Chris Cornell: Carry On

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On May 28, 2007, “Suretone” label released “Carry On”, the second Chris Cornell studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

Personnel:

  • Chris Cornell – lead vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • Gary Lucas – guitar
  • Cameron Greider – guitar
  • Brian Ray – guitar
  • Dimitri Coats – guitar
  • Steve Lillywhite – piano, mixing 
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Miles Mosley – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Nir Zidkyahu – drums
  • Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
  • Darrell Leonard – trumpet
  • Dave Cobb – horn arrangements
  • Todd Parker – recording, mixing
  • Ryan Castle – engineeri
  • Cameron Barton – additional engineering
  • David Colving – additional engineering
  • D. Sardy – mixing 
  • Stephen Marcusson – mastering
  • Cindi Peters – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Cornell, except where noted.

  1. Bo Such Thing
  2. Poison Eye
  3. Arms Around Your Love
  4. Safe and Sound
  5. She’ll Never Be Your Man
  6. Ghosts
  7. Killing Birds
  8. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
  9. Scar on the Sky
  10. Your Soul Today
  11. Finaly Forever
  12. Silence the Voices
  13. Disappearing Act
  14. You Know My Name – Chris Cornell, David Arnold

Gov’t Mule: The Deep End, Volume 2

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On October 8, 2002, “ATO” label released “The Deep End, Volume 2”, the fifth Gov’t Mule studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2002, at “The Theater 99”, “River Sound” and “Chung King Studios” in New York, “In the Pocket Studio” in Forestville, California, and was produced by Michael Barbiero, Warren Haynes, Les Claypool, John Cutler and Stefani Scamardo.

Personnel:

  • Warren Haynes — vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Matt Abts — drums
  • James Hetfield — vocals
  • John Scofield — guitar
  • Gary Lucas — guitar
  • David Grisman — mandolin 
  • Pete Sears — piano
  • Rob Barraco — piano
  • John Medeski — organ, Wurlitzer
  • Chuck Leavell — organ, keyboards
  • Danny Louis — organ, Wurlitzer
  • Johnny Neel — organ
  • Art Neville — organ
  • Bernie Worrell — organ
  • Les Claypool – bass, mixing
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Alphonso Johnson – bass
  • Phil Lesh – bass
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Meshell Ndegeocello – bass
  • Jason Newsted – bass
  • George Porter Jr. – bass
  • Rocco Prestia – bass
  • Dave Schools – bass
  • Chris Squire – bass
  • Chris Wood – bass
  • Ron Rigler — engineer
  • Ray Martin — engineer
  • John Cutler — engineer, mixing
  • Michael Barbiero — engineer, mixing
  • Raeanne Zschokke — engineer assistant
  • Jason Andrews — engineer assistant
  • Phil Burnett — engineer assistant
  • Halsey Quemere — engineer assistant
  • Steve Fallone — editing
  • Greg Calbi — mastering
  • Stefani Scamardo — executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Haynes, except where noted.

  1. Trying Not to Fall – Warren Haynes, Danny Louis
  2. Time to Confess
  3. Greasy Granny’s Gopher Gravy, Pt. 1 – Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Les Claypool
  4. Greasy Granny’s Gopher Gravy, Pt. 2 – Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Les Claypool
  5. What Is Hip? – Stephen Kupka, Emilio Castillo, David Garibaldi
  6. World of Confusion – Warren Haynes, Gary Lucas
  7. Hammer and Nails – David Hess, Aaron Schroeder
  8. Slow Happy Boys
  9. Sun Dance
  10. Lay of the Sunflower – Warren Haynes, Johnny Neel
  11. Catfish Blues – traditional
  12. Babylon Turnpike – Warren Haynes, Johnny Neel

Amorphous Androgynous: Alice in Ultraland

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On September 26, 2005, “Harvest” label released “Alice in Ultraland”, album by Amorphous Androgynous. It was recorded in 2005, at “Earthbeat Studios” in Dollis Hill, London, and was produced by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans.

Personnel:

  • Brian Dougans – arrangements, engineer
  • Garry Cobain – arrangements, engineer
  • Mikey Rowe – piano, Hammond organ
  • Stu Rowe – electric guitar
  • Tim Weller – drums
  • Ben Owen – flute
  • The Electric Gospel Choir – female vocals
  • Gary Lucas – electric guitar and acoustic bottleneck
  • Dave Sanderson – vocals
  • Baluji Shrivastav – sitar, tablas, dilruba
  • Billy ‘The Onion’ Jones – harmonica
  • Doree Jackson – female vocal
  • Lysa – The ‘witches’ violin bow
  • Mutant Funkoid – growler bass
  • Stakrak – additional FX processing
  • The Daughters of The Goddess ‘The New Love Poetry’ – narration
  • Herb Moons – percussion from ‘electromagnetic machines and psychedelic dreams
  • Daniel Pemberton – piano, keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans

  1. The Emptiness of Nothingness
  2. The Witchfinder
  3. The Witch Hunt
  4. All is Harvest
  5. Prophet
  6. Indian Swing
  7. The Seasons Turn
  8. High and Dry
  9. Yes My Brother (You’ve Gotta Turn Yourself Around)
  10. In the Summertime of Consciousness
  11. Billy the Onion
  12. Another Fairy Tale Ending
  13. The World is Full of Plankton
  14. The Wicker Doll

Gary Lucas: Bad Boys at the Arctic

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On September 20, 1994, “Enemy Records” label released “Bad Boys of the Arctic”, album by Gary Lucas. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Gary Lucas and Murray Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Gary Lucas – vocals, guitar, sampler
  • Anthony Coleman – piano 
  • Jared Nickerson – bass guitar 
  • Jean Chaine – bass guitar
  • Ernie Brooks – bass guitar 
  • Greg Cohen – acoustic bass guitar
  • Sammy Merendino – sampler, drums
  • Jonathan Kane – drums
  • Tony Thunder Smith – drums
  • Gregg Bendian – percussion 
  • Sonya Cohen – spoken word
  • Dina Emerson – spoken word
  • Kumiko Kimoto – spoken word
  • Kenny & Larry – spoken word
  • Anthony Kane – Jew’s harp 
  • Eric Kory – cello 
  • Fredrick Lonberg-Holm – cello
  • A. Leroy – spinet
  • Bill Ruyle – hammered dulcimer 
  • Chuck Valle – engineer
  • Jon Altschiller – engineer
  • Jason Candler – engineer
  • Murray Weinstock – engineer
  • Brad Worrell – engineer
  • Manfred Rahs – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Lucas, except where noted.

  1. After Strange Gods
  2. Poison I.V. League
  3. Jericho
  4. Children’s March / Over the Hills and Far Away – Percy Graininger
  5. Exit, Pursued by a Bear
  6. I Want to Play Your Guitar
  7. They Can’t Believe He’s Risen Again
  8. Out from Under
  9. Let’s Go Swimming – Arthur Russell
  10. The Nightmare of History
  11. Vampire Circus
  12. Cantina

Gary Lucas: Street Of Lost Brothers

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On October 24, 2000, “Tzadik” label released “Street of Lost Brothers”, album by Gary Lucas. It was recorded in 2000, at “LoHo Studios”, National Taiwan University, in Taipei, “Sound Dimensions”, and was produced by Gary Lucas.

Personnel:

  • Gary Lucas – vocals, acoustic, electric, slide and steel guitar, engineer
  • Jesper Gadeliu – guitar
  • Walter Horn – piano, sampler, synthesizer
  • Hank Frisch – harmonica
  • Ernie Brooks – bass guitar
  • Jason Candler – bass guitar, engineer
  • Peter Eng – bass guitar
  • Jonathan Kane – drums
  • Aldo Tsang – drums
  • John Zorn – alto saxophone
  • Larry Fine – vocals
  • Kenny Hurwitz – vocals
  • Kenny – vocals
  • Rob McCabe – engineer
  • Tim Powell – engineer
  • Allan Tucker – mastering
  • Andreas Neumann-Nochten – illustrations
  • Heung-Heung “Chippy” Chin – design
  • Hendrik Leitmann – photography
  • Arjen Veldt – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Lucas, except where noted.

  1. Yigdal – traditional
  2. The Opener of the Way
  3. That’s My Life
  4. Mahzel (Means Good Luck)
  5. It’s Like a Wheel
  6. European Son – John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker
  7. I Kill You for Nothing
  8. Ride of the Valkyries – Richard Wagner
  9. Let My People Go – traditional
  10. Level the Playing Field
  11. Sh’ma – traditional
  12. The Tel Aviv Ghetto Fighter’s Song

Gary Lucas: Busy Being Born

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On March 17, 1998, “Tzadik” label released “Busy Being Born”, the fourth Gary Lucas album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by Gary Lucas and Kazunori Sugiyama.

Personnel:

  • Gary Lucas– vocals, acoustic, electric and steel guitar
  • Greg Cohen– bass guitar
  • Jonathan Kane – drums
  • Larry Fine – vocals
  • John Zorn– saxophone
  • Misako Kano – piano
  • Kenny Hurwitz – vocals
  • Tim Kalliches – engineer
  • Sascha von Oertzen – engineer
  • Irene Trudel – engineer
  • Allan Tucker – mastering
  • Ikue Mori– design
  • André Grossmann – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Lucas, except where noted.

  1. Adon Olom (instrumental) – traditional
  2. Adon Olom – (vocal) – traditional
  3. Shekhinah
  4. Sandman
  5. Sunrise Sunset – Jerry Brock, Sheldon Harnick
  6. Tradition – Jerry Brock, Sheldon Harnick
  7. The Mensch in the Moon – Walter Horn, Gary Lucas
  8. Lydia, The Tattooed Lady – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
  9. Crawlspace
  10. Dayenu / Dreidei – traditional
  11. Fleisherei – Green, Lerner, Timberg
  12. A Hundred pounds of Clay – Luther Dixon, Bob Elgin, Kay Rogers
  13. The Seven faces of Dr. Lao – Leigh Haarline
  14. Abie the Fishman
  15. Hinay Ma Tov – traditional
  16. Theme from Exodus – Ernest Gold
  17. Adon olom (acappella) – traditional

Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band: Doc At The Radar Station

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In August 1980, “Virgin” label released “Doc at the Radar Station”, the eleventh  Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band studio album. It was recorded in June 1980, at “Sound Castle Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Don Van Vliet. The album cover was painted by Don Van Vliet, and was ranked at number 49 on “Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Album Covers” list.

Personnel:

  • Captain Beefheart(Don Van Vliet) – vocals, Chinese gongs, harmonica, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
  • John French– slide guitar, guitar, marimba, bass, drums
  • Jeff Moris Tepper– slide guitar, guitar, nerve guitar
  • Gary Lucas– guitar, French horn
  • Eric Drew Feldman– synthesizer, bass, mellotron, grand piano, electric piano
  • Robert Arthur Williams– drums
  • Bruce Lambourne Fowler– trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Don Van Vliet.

  1. Hot Head
  2. Ashtray Heart
  3. A Carrot is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond
  4. Run Paint Run Run
  5. Sue Egypt
  6. Brickbats
  7. Dirty Blue Gene
  8. Best Batch Yet
  9. Telephone
  10. Flavor Bud Living
  11. Sheriff of Hong Kong
  12. Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee

Jeff Buckley: Grace

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On August 23, 1994, “Columbia” released “Grace”, the only complete Jeff Buckley studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1994, at “Bearsville Recording Studio” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Jeff Buckley and Andy Wallace.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Buckley– vocals, guitar, keyboards, dulcimer, percussion
  • Michael Tighe– guitar
  • Gary Lucas– “Magical Guitarness”
  • Loris Holland– organ
  • Mick Grøndahl– bass
  • Matt Johnson– percussion, drums, vibraphone
  • Misha Masud – tabla
  • Karl Berger– string arrangements
  • Clif Norrell– engineer
  • Bryant W. Jackson – engineer assistant
  • Chris Laidlaw – engineer assistant
  • Steve Sisco – engineer assistant
  • Andy Wallace– engineer, mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Christopher Austopchuk – art direction, design
  • Nicky Lindeman – art direction, design
  • Jennifer Cohen – design assistant
  • Merri Cyr – photography
  • David Gahr – photography
  • Steve Berkowitz – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Mojo Pin – Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas
  2. Grace – Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas
  3. Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley
  4. Lilac Wine – James Shelton
  5. So Real – Jeff Buckley, Michael Tighe
  6. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
  7. Lover, You Should’ve Come Over – Jeff Buckley
  8. Corpus Christi Carol – Traditional, Benjamin Britten
  9. Eternal Life – Jeff Buckley
  10. Dream Brother – Jeff Buckley, Mick Grøndahl, Matt Johnson