On December 26, 1999, Curtis Lee Mayfield died aged 57. He was musician (guitar, keyboards, piano), singer, songwriter and record producer, regarded as one of the most influential musicians and composers in soul and politically conscious African-American music. Mayfield started the career in a gospel choir, gained wide recognition as member and main composer of The Impressions, and later had a successful solo career. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked his 1965 song “People Get Ready” at number 24 on its list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. The same song was also included in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll”, and in 1998 was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”. His album with the soundtrack for the 1972 movie “Super Fly” was ranked at number 72 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In 1994, Mayfield won a “Grammy Legend Award” in and a “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1995. In 1991, he was inductee into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of the Impressions, and in 1999 as a solo artist.
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Patrick Wolf: The Bachelor
On June 1, 2009, “Bloody Chamber Music” released “The Bachelor”, the fourth Patrick Wolf studio album. It was recorded 2008 -2009, at ”Parkgate Studios” in Battle Hastings, “Olympic Studios”, “Assault and Battery Studios”, “The Dairy”, “Bankside Lofts”, “Ken Thomas’s House”, “The Fritzl Dungeon” in London, “The Hellish Vortex” in Berlin, “Studio de La Reine” in Paris, and was produced by Patrick Wolf.
Personnel:
- Patrick Wolf – vocals, balalaika, ukulele, electronics, viola, grand piano, organ, harmonium, programming, string arrangements, mixing
- Thomas White – guitar
- Nick Haward – bass guitar, double bass
- Marcello Vig – drums
- Thomas Bloch – Ondes Martenot
- Derek Apps – clarinet
- Debs White, Gillon Cameron, Louisa Aldridge, Sarah Button, Stephen Hussey, Victoria Sutherland – violin
- Emma Owens, Fiona Leggat, Lucy Morgan – viola
- Helen Rathbone, Ivan Hussey, Tim Wells, Vicky Matthews – cello
- Eliza Carthy – vocals, fiddle
- Rose Marie – Irish whistle
- David Coulter – saw
- Aaron Sokell, Amy Stead, Chinique Blackwood, Jenny LaTouche, Patsy McKay, Waleed Isaacs (Gospel Choir) – vocals
- Alice Davies, Edward Larrikin, Eliza Carthy, Victoria Sutherland, William Pollock (Tribe Vocals) – vocals
- Fiona Brice,Patrick Wolf, Patsy McKay – conductor choir
- Fiona Brice – string arrangements
- Tilda Swinton – narrator
- Al Lawson, Catherin Marks, Dave Emery*, Jonathan Krisp, Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Ken Thomas, Mark Allaway – engineer
- Jonathan Shakhovskoy – mixing, co-producer
- Nick Thornton Jones, Warren Du Preez – artwork, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Patrick Wolf, except where noted.
- Kriegspiel
- Hard Times
- Oblivion
- The Bachelor
- Damaris – lyrics from the old Appalachian folk song “Poor Little Turtle Dove”
- Thickets
- Count of Casualty
- Who Will?
- Vulture
- Blackdown – Patrick Wolf, Alec Empire
- The Sun Is Often Out
- Theseus
- Battle
- The Messenger – Patrick Wolf, Alec Empire
Jon Anderson: 3 Ships
In December 1985, “Elektra” label released “3 Ships”, the fourth Jon Anderson solo album. It was recorded in 1984 – 1985, at “at Crystal Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Roy Thomas Baker.
Personnel:
- Jon Anderson – lead vocals
- Beyond War Philharmonic – orchestration
- Paul Cheng – concert master
- Bob Esty – conductor
- Gospel Choir – Calvary Baptist Church, Santa Monica
- Inspirational Choir, courtesy of Pastor Robert de France, Jr.
- William Bryant II – choir director
- Children’s Choir – Reach for the Stars Singers
- Marta Woodhull – choir director
- Sandra Crouch & Friends – directed by Andre and Sandra Crouch and Gary Lanier
- Rhett ‘Pepsi’ Lawrence – Fairlight CMI,
- Mike Marshall GB – keyboards, orchestration
- Trevor Rabinand Elliot Easton – guitar
- Novi Novog – electric viola
- Frankie Banali, R.J. Parnell – drums, percussion
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Sandra Crouch – duet vocals
- Jade Anderson – additional vocals
- Bob Esty, Mike Marshall -arrangements
- George Tutko – engineer, mixing
- Jim McMahon – engineer assistant
- Brad Gilderman – additional mixing
- Bob Keasler – production coordinator
- Freddie Henderson, Jem Scott – production coordination assistant
- Rob Ayling – executive producer
- KOSH & Larson – art direction, design
- Bob Blakeman – cartography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jon Anderson.
- Save All Your Love
- Easier Said Than Done
- 3 Ships
- Forest of Fire
- Ding Dong! Merrily on High
- Save All Your Love (Reprise)
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Day of Days
- 2000 Years
- Where Were You?
- O Holy Night
- How It Hits You
- Jingle Bells
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