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Midge Ure: The Gift

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On October 7, 1985, “Chrysalis” label released “The Gift”, the debut Midge Ure album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Music Fest Studio” in London, and was produced by Midge Ure.

Personnel:

  • Midge Ure – vocals, instrumentation
  • Mark King – bass guitar
  • Mark Brzezicki – drums
  • Lindsay Elliott – drums
  • Paul Mosby – mizmar 
  • Mae McKenna, Lorenza Johnson, Jackie Challenor, Glenn Gregory – backing vocals
  • Rik Walton – recording
  • Brian Tench – mixing
  • Peter Saville Associates – design
  • George Hurrell – photography
  • John Hudson – co-producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Midge Ure and Daniel Mitchell, except where noted.

  1. If I Was
  2. When the Winds Blow
  3. Living in the Past – Ian Anderson
  4. That Certain Smile
  5. The Gift – Midge Ure
  6. Antilles – Midge Ure
  7. Wastelands
  8. Edo – Midge Ure
  9. The Chieftain – Midge Ure
  10. She Cried
  11. The Gift (reprise) – Midge Ure

Paul McCartney: Press To Play

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On August 25, 1986, “Parlaphone” label released “Press to Play”, the sixth Paul McCartney studio album. It was recorded March–May 1985, at McCartney’s “Sussex studios” and October–December 1985 at McCartney’s Scottish studios, and was produced by Paul McCartney, Hugh Padgham and Phil Ramone. The album cover’s photograph was taken by George Hurrell, using the same box camera that he used in Hollywood in the 1930s and the 1940s, for his photographs of movie stars of the 1930s and 1940s like Clark Gable and Greta Garbo,

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney– lead vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Eric Stewart– acoustic and electric guitars
  • Pete Townshend– electric guitars
  • Carlos Alomar– acoustic and electric guitars
  • Eddie Rayner– keyboards
  • Nick Glennie-Smith– keyboards
  • Simon Chamberlain – piano
  • Linda McCartney– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Neil Jason– bass guitar
  • Phil Collins– drums, percussion
  • Jerry Marotta– drums, percussion
  • John Bradbury– drums, percussion
  • Graham Ward– drums, percussion
  • Ray Cooper– percussion
  • Dick Morrissey– tenor saxophone
  • Lenny Pickett– alto and tenor saxophone
  • Gary Barnacle– saxophone
  • Gavyn Wright– violin solo
  • Kate Robbins– harmony vocals
  • Ruby James – harmony vocals
  • James McCartney– spoken word
  • Steve Jackson– spoken word
  • Eddie Klein – spoken word
  • John Hammel – spoken word
  • Matt Howe – spoken word
  • Tony Visconti– orchestral arrangements
  • Anne Dudley– orchestral arrangements
  • Hugh Padgham – engineer
  • Tony Clark– engineer assistant
  • Jon Kelly– engineer assistant
  • Peter Mew– engineer assistant
  • Matt Howe – engineer assistant
  • Steve Jackson – engineer assistant
  • Haydn Bendall– engineer assistant
  • Hugh Padgham – mixing
  • Bert Bevans – mixing
  • Steve Forward – mixing
  • Julian Mendelsohn – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul McCartney and Eric Stewart, except where noted.

  1. Stranglehold
  2. Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun – Paul McCartney
  3. Talk More Talk – Paul McCartney
  4. Footprints
  5. Only Love Remains – Paul McCartney
  6. Press – Paul McCartney
  7. Pretty Little Head
  8. Move Over Busker
  9. Angry
  10. However Absurd

 

Queen: The Works

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On February 27, 1984, “EMI” label released “The Works”, the eleventh Queen studio album. It was recorded August 1983 – January 1984, at at the “Record Plant Studios” in Los Angeles and “Musicland Studios” in Munich, and was produced by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Reinhold Mack.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals,  piano,  keyboards, sampler
  • Brian May – lead and backing vocals, lead and acoustic guitars
  • Roger Taylor – drums, electronic drums, backing vocals, keyboards, Vocoder, sampler and programming
  • John Deacon – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards and programming
  • Fred Mandel – keyboards, sampler
  • Reinhold Mack – Fairlight CMI programming
  • Bill Smith – design
  • George Hurrell – photography

Track listing:

  1. Radio Ga Ga – Roger Taylor
  2. Tear it Up – Brian May
  3. It’s a Hard Life – Freddie Mercury
  4. Man on the Prowl – Freddie Mercury
  5. Machines – Brian May, Roger Taylor
  6. I Want to Break Free – John Deacon
  7. Keep Passing the Open Windows – Freddie Mercury
  8. Hammer to Fall – Brian May
  9. Is This the World We Created…? – Freddie Mercury, Brian May

Cass Elliot: Same

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On January 24, 1972, “RCA” released the self titled, fourth Cass Elliot studio album. It was recorded in 1971 at “RCA’s Music Center of the World” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lewis Merenstein and Benny Golson.

Personnel:

  • Cass Elliot – vocals
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Larry Carlton– guitar
  • Ed Carter – guitar
  • Al Casey– guitar
  • Louie Shelton– guitar
  • Don Randi– piano
  • Michael Lang – piano
  • Carl Fortina – keyboards, musette
  • Bruce Johnston– vocals, keyboards, Fender Rhodes
  • Carol Kaye– bass
  • Joe Osborn– bass
  • Ed Greene– drums
  • John Guerin– drums
  • Reggie Colson – percussion
  • William Cat Anderson – trumpet
  • Gino Bozzacco – trumpet
  • Grover Mitchell – trombone
  • Maurice – trombone
  • Eddie Kusby – trombone
  • Maurice Spears – bass trombone
  • Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone
  • Moacir Santos – tenor saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
  • Benny Golson– arrangements, conductor, backing vocals, string section
  • Carl Wilson– vocals
  • Clark Burroughs – vocals
  • Benny Colson – vocals
  • Venetta Fields– vocals, backing vocals
  • Jan Gassman – vocals, backing vocals
  • Jules “Stix” Greenberg – backing Vocals
  • Clydie King– vocals, backing vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews– vocals, backing vocals
  • Marilyn Messina – vocals, backing vocals
  • Gary Burden– art direction, design
  • George Hurrell – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. I’ll Be Home – Randy Newman
  2. Baby I’m Yours – Van McCoy
  3. Jesus Was a Cross Maker – Judee Sill
  4. That Song – Bill Dean
  5.  When It Doesn’t Work Out – Leah Kunkel
  6. I’ll Be There – Bobby Darin
  7. Disney Girls – Bruce Johnston
  8. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today – Randy Newman
  9. Cherries Jubilee – Marilyn Messina
  10. All in the Game – Carl Sigman, Charles Dawes