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Chicago: Twenty 1

On January 29, 1991, “Full Moon” label released “Twenty 1”, the seventeenth Chicago studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Record Plant” in Hollywood, “Can-Am Recorders” in Tarzana, CA, “Ground Control Studios” in Santa Monica, CA and was produced by Humberto Gatica and Ron Nevison.

Personnel:

  • Dawayne Bailey – guitars, backing vocals
  • Robert Lamm – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, brass arrangements
  • Bill Champlin – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, brass arrangements
  • Jason Scheff – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Tris Imboden – drums, percussion
  • Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals, brass arrangements
  • James Pankow – trombone, backing vocals, brass arrangements
  • Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, backing vocals
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • David Foster – acoustic piano
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
  • Tom Keane – keyboards
  • Efrain Toro – keyboards
  • Steve Porcaro – keyboards programming
  • John Keane – drums
  • Stephen “Doc” Kupka – baritone saxophone
  • Jerry Hey – brass arrangements
  • Dennis Matkosky – brass arrangements
  • Humberto Gatica –engineer, mixing
  • Ron Nevison –engineer tracks
  • Jim Mitchell – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Poe – engineer assistant
  • Alex Rodriguez – additional engineering
  • Deandra Miller – production assistant
  • Kosh Brooks Design – art direction, design
  • Chris Cuffaro – photography

Track listing:

  1. Explain It to My Heart – Diane Warren
  2. If It Were You – J. Scheff, Darin Scheff, Tony Smith
  3. You Come to My Senses – Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
  4. Somebody, Somewhere – Bill Champlin, Dennis Matkosky, Kevin Dukes
  5. What Does It Takes – J. Scheff, Gerard McMahon
  6. One from the Heart – Robert Lamm, Gerard McMahon
  7. Chasin’ the Wind – Diane Warren
  8. God Save the Queen – James Pankow, J. Scheff
  9. Man to Woman – J. Scheff, Adam Mitchell
  10. Only Time Can Heal the Wounded – Robert Lamm, Gerard McMahon
  11. Who Do You Love – Bill Champlin, Dennis Matkosky
  12. Holdin’ On – Bill Champlin, Tom Saviano

Robert Fripp: God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners

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In January 1980, “Polydor” label released “God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners”, the second Robert Fripp solo album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Robert Fripp.

Personnel:

  • Robert Fripp – guitars, Frippertronics, Discotronics, design concept
  • David Byrne (credited by the pseudonym Absalm el Habib) – vocals, spoken word
  • Michael Busta “Cherry” Jones – bass
  • Paul Duskin – drums
  • Chris Stein – design concept

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Fripp

Side A: God Save the Queen

  1. Red Two Scorer
  2. God Save the Queen
  3. 1983

Side One: Under Heavy Manners

  1. Under Heavy Manners
  2. The Zero of the Signified

Queen: A Night At The Opera

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On November 21, 1975, “EMI” label released “A Night at the Opera”, the fourth Queen studio album. It was recorded August – November 1975, at the “Sarm”, “Roadhouse”, “Olympic Studios”, “Scorpio and Lansdowne”, and was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John deacon . The album is named by the name of Marx Bros. movie “A Night at the Opera”.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Mercury– lead and backing vocals, piano, jangle piano, woodwind vocalizations
  • Brian May– lead and backing vocals, guitars, ukulele, toy koto , harp, orchestral backdrops
  • Roger Taylor– lead vocals, drums, percussion, brass vocalizations, backing vocals
  • John Deacon– bass guitar, double-bass, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • David Costa –art direction

Track listing:

  1. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To…) – Freddie Mercury
  2. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon – Freddie Mercury
  3. I’m In Love With My Car – Roger Taylor
  4. You’re My Best Friend – John Deacon
  5. 39 – Brian May
  6. Sweet Lady – Brian May
  7. Seaside Rendezvous – Freddie Mercury
  8. The Prophet’s Song – Brian May
  9. Love Of My Life – Freddie Mercury
  10. Good Company – Brian May
  11. Bohemian Rhapsody – Freddie Mercury
  12. God Save The Queen – arr. By Brian May

The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols

On October 27, 1977, “Virgin” label released “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols”, the only Sex Pistols studio album. It was recorded October 1976 / March–June 1977 / August 1977, at the “Wessex Sound Studios” in London, and was produced by Chris Thomas and Bill Price.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Rotten– lead vocals
  • Steve Jones– guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Sid Vicious– bass guitar
  • Glen Matlock– bass guitar
  • Paul Cook– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Sid Vicious.

  1. Holidays in the Sun
  2. Liar
  3. No Feelings
  4. God Save the Queen
  5. Problems
  6. Seventeen
  7. Anarchy in the UK
  8. Bodies
  9. Pretty Vacant
  10. New York
  11. E.M.I.

Sex Pistols: God Save the Queen

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On May 27, 1977, “Virgin” label released “God Save the Queen”, the second Sex Pistols single.  Track “Did You No Wrong” was the B side of the single. “God Save the Queen” was written by Glen Matlock, John Lydon, Paul Thomas Cook, Stephen and Philip Jones. The single was produced by Chris Thomas and Bill Price. The cover art was by Jamie Reid. In 2001 it was ranked at number 1 in a list of the “100 Greatest Record Covers of all Time” by “Q” magazine.