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Bob Dylan: Time Out Of Mind

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On September 30, 1997, “Columbia” label released “Time Out of Mind”, the thirtieth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded 1996 – 1887, at “Criteria”, Miami, and was produced by Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Daniel Lanois – guitar, mando-guitar, Firebird, Martin 0018, Gretsch gold top, rhythm and lead guitar, photography
  • Bucky Baxter – acoustic and pedal steel guitar
  • Cindy Cashdollar – slide guitar 
  • Duke Robillard – guitar, electric Gibson L-5 
  • Robert Britt – Martin acoustic, Fender Stratocaster 
  • Augie Meyers – Vox organ combo, Hammond B3 organ, accordion
  • Jim Dickinson – keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano, pump organ
  • Tony Garnier – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • David Kemper – drums
  • Tony Mangurian – percussion
  • Winston Watson – drums
  • Mark Howard – engineer
  • Chris Carrol – engineer assistant
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction
  • Susie Q. – photography
  • Mark Seliger – photography

Trak listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan.

  1. Love Sick
  2. Dirt Road Blues
  3. Standing in the Doorway
  4. Million Miles
  5. Tryin’ to Get to Heaven
  6. Til I Fell in Love with You
  7. Not Dark Yet
  8. Cold Irons Bound
  9. Make You Feel My Love
  10. Can’t Wait
  11. Highlands

Jon Anderson: Angels Embrace

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On September 30, 1995, “Higher Octave Music” label released “Angels Embrace”, the eighth Jon Anderson studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Jon Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Jon Anderson – vocals, keyboards
  • Deborah Anderson – vocals
  • Jade Anderson – vocals
  • Steve Katz – keyboards
  • Keith Heffner – keyboards
  • Ric Wilson – mastering
  • John Laraio – mastering assistant
  • Tal Herzberg – mastering assistant
  • Suki Sir Tansey – creative direction
  • Geoff Gans – art direction
  • V Photo/Vitor Martins – photography
  • Matt Marshall – executive producer
  • Dan Selene – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Anderson.

  1. Myo Maya
  2. New Eire Land
  3. Angels Embrace
  4. Cloudsinging
  5. Prayersong
  6. Naturemusic
  7. Midnight Cello

Paul Simon: So Beautiful Or So What

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On April 8, 2011, “Hear Music” label released “So Beautiful or So What”, the twelfth Paul Simon studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at Paul Simon’s cottage in New Canaan, Connecticut, Paul Simon’s summer home in New York, and was produced by Phil Ramone and Paul Simon.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic and electric twelve string-guitar, nylon string guitar, bells, glockenspiel, lyricist, percussion, whistle
  • Vincent Nguini – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Mick Rossi – piano
  • David Finck – bass
  • Jim Oblon – bass, electric and slide guitar, drums, percussion
  • Steve Shehan –bass, brushes, crotale, cymbals, djembe, glass harp, resonator, saz, stick and talking drum, angklung
  • Skip La Plante – gong, harp, wind chimes
  • Karaikudi R. Mani – ensemble percussion, vocal percussion
  • Nancy Zeltsman – marimba
  • Charles Pillow – clarinet
  • Mary Abt – clarinet
  • Michael White – clarinet
  • Sara Cutler – flute, harp
  • Elizabeth Mann – flute
  • Pamela Sklar – flute
  • Diane Lesser – horn
  • Lois Martin – viola
  • Desiree Elsevier – viola
  • Vincent Lionti – viola
  • Richard Locker – cello
  • Jeanne LeBlanc – cello
  • Steve Gorn – bansuri
  • Yacouba Sissoko – kora
  • Etienne Stadwijk – celeste
  • Joshua Swift – dobro
  • Gabe Witcher – fiddle
  • Chris Bear – electronics
  • Edie Brickell – backing vocals
  • Doyle Lawson – backing vocals
  • Lulu Simon – backing vocals
  • Gil Goldstein – arrangements
  • Andy Smith – engineer
  • Phil Ramone – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction, design
  • Sven Geier – cover image
  • Mark Seliger – photography
  • Kevin Mazur – band photography
  • Elvis Costello – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Simon.

  1. Getting Ready for Christmas Day
  2. The Afterlife
  3. Dazzling Blue
  4. Rewrite
  5. Love and Hard Times
  6. Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
  7. Amulet
  8. Questions for the Angels
  9. Love & Blessings
  10. So Beautiful or So What

Paul Simon: Seven Psalms

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On May 19, 2023, “Owl Records” and “Legacy Recordings” label released “Seven Psalms”, the fifteenth Paul Simon studio album. It was recorded 2022 -2023, at “Arlyn Studios”, “Power Station”, “Studios at Fischer”, “The Village Recorder” and “Reservoir Studios” in New York City, “The Voces 8 Centre” in London, “Sterling Sound”, and was produced by Kyle Crusham and Paul Simon.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – acoustic and electric guitar, dobro, baritone guitar, bells, gong, frame drum, talking drum, gamelan, ektare [gopichand], singing bowls, bass harmonica, glockenspiel, organ
  • Jamey Haddad – percussion, drum, bass drum, bells
  • Alex Sopp – flute
  • Nadia Sirota – viola
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Nina Stern – chalumeau 
  • Paul Morton – theorbo
  • Edie Brickell – vocals
  • Voces 8 – choir
  • Bob Sirota – arrangements
  • Kyle Crusham – engineer
  • Andy Smith – recording
  • David Hinnet – recording
  • Patrick Dillett – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction, design

Track listing:

All track by Paul Simon.

  1. The Lord
  2. Love Is Like a Braid
  3. My Professional Opinion
  4. Your Forgiveness
  5. Trail of Volcanoes
  6. The Sacred Harp
  7. Wait

Kurt Vile: Watch My Moves

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On April 15, 2022, “Verve Forecast” label released “Watch My Moves”, the ninth Kurt Vile studio album, It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Kurt Vile and Rob Schnapf.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Vile – vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic and slide guitar, electric guitar, drum machine, synth bass, synthesizer programming, engineer, art direction
  • Rob Laakso – bass, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jesse Trbovich – bass, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
  • Chris Cohen – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Julia Shapiro – vocals, electric guitar
  • Lydia Lund – vocals, electric guitar
  • Cate Le Bon – vocals, piano
  • Farmer Dave Scher – keyboards, lap steel guitar 
  • Craig McQuiston – bass
  • Matt Schuessler – bass, upright bass
  • Kyle Spence – drums, percussion
  • Sarah Jones – drums, percussion
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums, percussion
  • James Stewart – tenor saxophone
  • Annie Truscott – vocals, violin
  • Adam Langellotti – synthesizer programming, engineer
  • Matt Schuessler – engineer
  • Gabe Wax – engineer
  • Ted Young – engineer, mixing
  • Rob Schnapf – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction, design
  • Joey Lipstein – cover photography
  • Robert Robinson – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Vile except where noted.

  1. Goin’ on a Plane Today
  2. Flyin’ (Like a Fast Train)
  3. Palce of OKV in Reverse
  4. Like Exploding Stones
  5. Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)
  6. Hey Like a Child
  7. Jesus on a Wire
  8. To Sho
  9. Cool Water
  10. Chazzy Don’t Mind
  11. (shiny things)
  12. Say the Word
  13. Wages of Sin – Bruce Springsteen
  14. Kurt Runner
  15. Stuffed Leopard

Bob Dylan: Triplicate

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On March 31, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Triplicate”, the 38th Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Frost.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals
  • Charlie Sexton, Dean Parks – guitar
  • Donnie Herron – steel guitar
  • Tony Garnier – bass
  • Geoff Gans – drums
  • George Receli – drums
  • James Harper – conductor, arrangements
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Steve Genewick – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Tom Piazza – linear notes
  • John Shearer – photography

Track listing:

Disc 1 – ‘Til the Sun Goes Down

  1. I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plans – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  2. September of My Years – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  3. I Could Have Told You – Carl Sigman, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Once Upon a Time – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  5. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. This Nearly Was Mine – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  7. That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
  8. It Gets Lonely Early – Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  9. My One and Only Love – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
  10. Trade Winds – Cliff Friend, Charles Tobias

Disc 2 – Devil Dolls

  1. Braggin – Jimmy Shirl, Robert Marko, Henry Katzman
  2. As Time Goes By – Herman Hupfeld
  3. Imagination – Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. How Deep Is the Ocean? – Irving Berlin
  5. S. I Love You – Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer
  6. The Best Is Yet to Come – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. But Beautiful – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  8. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  9. Where Is the One – Alec Wilder, Edwin Finckel
  10. There’s a Flaw in My Flue – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke

Disc 3 – Comin’ Home Late

  1. Day In, Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  2. I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  3. Sentimental Journey – Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green
  4. Somewhere Along the Way – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Gallop
  5. When the World Was Young – Philippe-Gérard, Angèle Vannier, Johnny Mercer
  6. These Foolish Things – Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey
  7. You Go to My Head – John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie
  8. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  9. It’s Funny to Everyone But Me – Jack Lawrence
  10. Why Was I Born? – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II

Bob Dylan: Fallen Angels

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On May 20, 2016, “Columbia” label released “Fallen Angels”, the thirty-seventh Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded February 2015-March 2016, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Frost. The album features covers of twelve classic American songs.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals
  • Charlie Sexton – guitar
  • Donnie Herron – steel guitar, viola
  • Stu Kimball – guitar
  • Dean Parks – guitar
  • Tony Garnier – bass guitar
  • George Recile – drums
  • James Harper – horn arrangements, conducting
  • Al Schmitt – engineer, mixing
  • Steve Genewick – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – album artwork

Track listing:

  1. Young at Heart – Johnny Richards, Carolyn Leigh
  2. Maybe You’ll Be There – Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop
  3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. All the Way – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  5. Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer
  6. Nevertheless – Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar
  7. All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
  8. On a Little Street in Singapore- Peter DeRose, Billy Hill
  9. It Had to Be You – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
  10. Melancholy Mood – Walter Schumann, Vick R. Knight, Sr.
  11. That Old Black Magic – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  12. Come Rain or Come Shine – Arlen, Johnny Mercer

Bob Dylan: Shadows In The Night

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On February 3, 2015, “Columbia” released “Shadows in the Night”, the thirty-sixth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Frost. The album features covers of traditional pop standards made famous by Frank Sinatra.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan– vocals
  • Charlie Sexton– guitar
  • Stu Kimball – guitar
  • Donnie Herron –pedal steel guitar
  • Tony Garnier– upright bass
  • George Receli –percussion
  • Larry G. Hall – trumpet
  • Daniel Fornero –trumpet
  • Andrew Martin – trombone
  • Francisco Torres – trombone
  • Alan Kaplan –trombone
  • Dylan Hart –French horn
  • Joseph Meyer – French horn
  • I. Harper – horn arrangements
  • Geoff Gans – design
  • John Shearer – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’m a Fool to Want You – Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron
  2. The Night We Called It a Day – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
  3. Stay With Me – Jerome Moross, Carolyn Leigh
  4. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma,Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer
  5. Why Try To Change Me Now – Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy
  6. Some Enchanted Evening – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  7. Full Moon and Empty Arms – Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman, Sergei Rachmaninoff
  8. Where Are You – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  9. What’ll I Do – Irving Berlin
  10. That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith