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Michael Schenker Group: In the Midst of Beauty

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On May 13, 2008, “In-akustik” label released “In the Midst of Beauty”, the thirteenth Michael Schenker Group album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Studio 2” in Neu-Ulm, Germany, “Phantom Recordings” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Michael Schenker, Romi Schickle and Siggi Schwarz.

Personnel:

  • Gary Barden – vocals
  • Michael Schenker – guitars, producer
  • Don Airey – keyboards
  • Neil Murray – bass
  • Simon Phillips – drums
  • Romi Schickle – engineer, mixing
  • Siggi Schwarz – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Schenker and Gary Barden

  1. City Lights
  2. Competition
  3. I Want You
  4. End of the Line
  5. Summerdays
  6. A Night to Remember
  7. Wings of Emotion
  8. Come Closer
  9. The Cross of Crosses
  10. Na Na
  11. I Am the One
  12. Ride on My Way

Myrkur: Folkesange

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On March 20, 2020, “Relapse Records” label released “Folkesange”, the third Myrkur studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Lava Studios” in Paderborn, Germany, and was produced by Christopher Juul.

Personnel:

  • Amalie Bruun – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, organ, lyre, violin, nyckelharpa, percussion
  • Christopher Juul – mandola, percussion, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Stefan Brisland Ferner – viola, talharpa
  • Joanna Quail – cello
  • Kristian Uhre – percussion
  • Ida Sandberg Motzfeldt, Veslemøy Aalde Heyerdahl – choir

Track listing:

  1. Ella
  2. Fager som en Ros
  3. Leaves of Yggdrasil
  4. Ramund
  5. Tor I Helheim
  6. Svea
  7. Harpens Kraft
  8. Gammelkäring
  9. House Carpenter
  10. Reiar
  11. Gudernes Vilje
  12. Vinter

Depeche Mode: Black Celebration

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On March 17, 1986, “Mute” label released “Black Celebration”, the fifth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded November 1985 – January 1986, at “Westside Studios” and “Genetic Studios” in London, “Hansa Mischraum” in Berlin and was produced by Gareth Jones, Daniel Miller, Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan and Martin Gore. The album was certified Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”.

Personnel:

  • David Gahan – vocals
  • Martin Gore – vocals, guitars, piano, melodica, synthesizer, bass, sampler
  • Alan Wilder – piano, keyboards, samples
  • Andrew Fletcher – keyboards, synthesizer, sampler, bass
  • Dave Allen – recording
  • Phil Tennant – recording assistant
  • Richard Sullivan – engineer assistant
  • Peter Schmidt – engineer assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Martyn Atkins – design
  • David A. Jones – design
  • Mark Higenbottam – design
  • Brian Griffin – photography
  • Stuart Graham – photography assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin L. Gore.

  1. Black Celebration
  2. Fly on the Windscreen – Final
  3. A Question of Lust
  4. Sometimes
  5. It Doesn’t Matter Two
  6. A Question of Time
  7. Stripper
  8. Here is the House
  9. World Full of Nothing
  10. Dressed in Black
  11. New Dress

AC / DC: Rock Or Bust

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On November 28, 2014, “Columbia” label released “Rock or Bust”, the sixteenth AC/DC studio album. It was recorded May – July 2014, at “Warehouse Studio” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, 2 x Platinum in Austria by “IFPI”, 3 x Platinum in France by “SNEP”, Diamond in Germany by “BVMI”, Platinum in Hungary by “MAHASZ”, Platinum in Italy by “FIMI”, Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”, Platinum in Spain by “PROMUSICAE”, and 4 x Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI”.

Personnel:

  • Brian Johnson – lead vocals
  • Angus Young – lead guitar
  • Stevie Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Cliff Williams – bass, backing vocals
  • Phil Rudd – drums
  • Mike Fraser – engineer
  • Billy Bowers – additional engineering
  • Tom Syrowski – additional engineering
  • Ryan Smith – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Angus Young and Malcolm Young.

  1. Rock or Bust
  2. Play Ball
  3. Rock the Blues Away
  4. Miss Adventure
  5. Dogs of War
  6. Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder
  7. Hard Times
  8. Baptism of Fire
  9. Rock the House
  10. Sweet Candy
  11. Emission Control

Manic Street Preachers: Rewind The Film

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On September 16, 2013, “Columbia” label released “Rewind the Film”, the eleventh Manic Street Preachers album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Faster Studios” in Cardiff, Wales, “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouthshire, Wales, “Hansa Studios” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Alex Silva, Loz Williams, James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, and Sean Moore.

Personnel:

  • James Dean Bradfield– lead vocals, lead, and rhythm guitar
  • Nicky Wire– bass guitar, vocals
  • Sean Moore– drums
  • Cate Le Bon– lead vocals
  • Lucy Rose– vocal
  • Loz Williams – keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • John Rey – piano
  • Richard Hawley– lead vocals, Hawaiian guitar
  • Nick Nasmyth – keyboards
  • Gavin Fitzjohn– horn arrangement, tenor and baritone saxophone, trumpet
  • Sean Read – horn arrangement, trumpets, saxophone
  • Andy Walters, Joanna Walters – violin
  • Barnard Kane – viola
  • Nathan Stone – cello
  • Tim Tautorat – violin, keyboards, celeste, string arrangements
  • Dave Eringa– mixing
  • Guy Massey – mixing
  • Tim Young – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by James Dean Bradfield, Nick Jones, Sean Moore except where noted.

  1. This Sullen Welsh Heart
  2. Show Me the Wonder
  3. Rewind the Film – James Dean Bradfield, Nick Jones, Sean Moore, David Axelrod
  4. Builder of Routines
  5. 4 Lonely Roads
  6. (I Miss the) Tokyo Skyline
  7. Anthem for a Lost Cause
  8. As Holy as the Soil (That Buries Your Skin)
  9. 3 Ways to See Despair
  10. Running Out of Fantasy
  11. Manorbier
  12. 30-Year War

Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

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On September 9, 2016, “Nonesuch” label released “Nearness”, an album Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau. It was recorded in 2011, at “Teatro Fernán Gómez” in Madrid, Spain, “Kultur Casino” in Bern, Switzerland, “De Oosterpoort” in Groningen, Netherlands, “Alte Oper” in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, “Tonhalle Düsseldorf” in Düsseldorf, Germany, “Kongsberg Church” in Kongsberg, Norway, and was produced by Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Redman– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Brad Mehldau– piano

Personnel:

  1. Ornithology – Charlie Parker, Benny Harris
  2. Always August – Brad Mehldau
  3. In Walked Bud – Thelonious Monk
  4. Mehlsancholy Mode – Joshua Redman
  5. The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  6. Old West – Brad Mehldau

Killing Joke: Revelations

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In July 1982, “E.G” label released “Revelations”, the third Killing Joke studio album. It was recorded in 1982, in Cologne, Germany, and was produced by Conny Plank.

Personnel:

  • Jaz Coleman– vocals, synthesizer
  • Kevin “Geordie” Walker– guitar
  • Martin “Youth” Glover– bass guitar
  • Paul Ferguson– vocals, drums
  • Conny Plank– recording, mixing
  • Rob O’Connor- design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Youth, and Geordie Walker.

  1. The Hum
  2. Empire Song
  3. We Have Joy
  4. Chop-Chop
  5. The Pandys Are Coming
  6. Chapter III
  7. Have a Nice Day
  8. Land of Milk and Honey
  9. Good Samaritan
  10. Dregs

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft: Die Kleinen und die Bösen

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On June 13, 1980, “Mute” label released “Die Kleinen und die Bösen”, the second Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft album. It was recorded in March 1980, at “Conny Plank’s Studio” in Neunkirchen, Germany, “Electric Ballroom” in London, and was produced by Conny Plank.

Personnel:

  • Gabi Delgado-López
  • Robert Görl
  • Chrislo Haas
  • Michael Kemner
  • Wolfgang Spelmans

Track listing:

  1. Osten währt am längsten
  2. Essen, dann Schlafen
  3. Co Co Pino
  4. Kinderfunk
  5. Nachtarbeit
  6. Ich gebe Dir ein Stück von mir
  7. De Panne
  8. Gewalt
  9. Gib’s mir
  10. Auf Wiedersehen
  11. Das ist Liebe
  12. Was ist eine Welle
  13. Anzufassen und Anzufassen
  14. Volkstanz
  15. Die lustigen Stiefel
  16. Die Kleinen und die Bösen
  17. Die fesche Lola
  18. El Basilon
  19. Y La Gracia

Barclay James Harvest: Ring of Changes

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On May 16, 1983, “Polydor” label released “Ring of Changes”, the twelfth Barclay James Harvest studio album. It was recorded January – March 1983, at “Far Studios” in Frankfurt, Germany, and was produced by Pip Williams.

Personnel:

  • John Lees– vocals, guitars
  • Bias Boshell – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Les Holroyd– vocals, bass, keyboards, guitars
  • Mel Pritchard– drums, percussion
  • Kevin McAlea – keyboards
  • Henry Morris – keyboards
  • New World Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Katz
  • Pip Williams – orchestration
  • Gregg Jackman – engineer
  • Chris Dickie – engineer assistant
  • Melvyn Abrahams – mastering
  • David Walker – design
  • Alwyn Clayden – design, art direction, photography
  • Main Titles Associates – artwork, creative assistance
  • Wade Wood – retouching
  • Tony Latham, Bob Norris – photography

 Track listing:

  1. Fifties Child – John Lees
  2. Looking from the Outside – Les Holroyd
  3. Teenage Heart – John Lees
  4. High Wire – Les Holroyd
  5. Midnight Drug – John Lees
  6. Waiting for the Right Time – Les Holroyd
  7. Just a Day Away (Forever Tomorrow) – John Lees
  8. Paraiso Dos Cavalos – John Lees
  9. Ring of Changes – Les Holroyd

A Flock of Seagulls: Listen

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On April 29, 1983, “Zomba Records” label released “Listen”, the second A Flock of Seagulls studio album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at “Conny Plank’s Studio” in Neunkirchen, Germany, and was produced by Mike Howlett, Bill Nelson, Dave Hutchins, Conny Plank and Mike Score.

Personnel:

  • Mike Score– lead vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Paul Reynolds– lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Frank Maudsley – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ali Score – drums
  • Dave Hutchins – engineer
  • Pete Watson – design, art direction
  • Eric Watson – photography
  • Martin Pretorius – make-up

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds.

  1. Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
  2. Nightmares
  3. Transfer Affection
  4. What Am I Supposed to Do
  5. Electrics
  6. The Travellersss
  7. 2:30
  8. Over the Border
  9. The Fall
  10. (It’s Not Ne) Talking