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Robert Cray: That’s What I Heard

On February 28, 2020, “Nozzle” label released “That’s What I Heard”, the 20th Robert Cray album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Steve Jordan.

Personnel:

  • Robert Cray – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Steve Perry – vocals
  • The Craylettes – vocals
  • The Steves – vocals
  • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
  • Dover Weinberg – keyboards
  • Richard Cousins – bass
  • Terence F. Clark – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Steve Jordan – vocals, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Trevor Lawrence – saxophone, recording
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet, valve trombone
  • Steve Genewick – additional recording
  • Al Schmitt – mixing
  • Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Keith Brogdon – cover design
  • Jeff Katz – cover photography
  • Antonie Sanfuentes – additional photography
  • Gregory Zaccaria – guitar technician
  • Paul Jamieson – drums technician

Track listing:

  1. Anything You Want – Robert Cray
  2. Burying Ground – Don Robey
  3. You’re the One – Deadric Malone
  4. This Man – Robert Cray
  5. You’ll Want Me Back – Curtis Mayfield
  6. Hot – Robert Cray
  7. Promises You Can’t Keep – Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson, Steve Jordan
  8. To Be with You – Robert Cray
  9. My Baby Likes to Boogaloo – Don Gardner
  10. Can’t Make Me Change – Robert Cray
  11. A Little Less Lonely – Hendrix Ackle, Richard Cousins
  12. Do It – Jack Ashford, Lorraine Chandler

Lou Reed: The Blue Mask

On February 23, 1982, “RCA” label released “The Blue Mask”, the eleventh Lou Reed studio album. It was recorded in October 1981, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Lou Reed and Sean Fullam.

Personnel:

  • Lou Reed – guitar
  • Robert Quine – guitar
  • Fernando Saunders – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Doane Perry – drums
  • Sean Fullan – recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • J. J. Stelmach – art direction
  • Sylvia Reed – cover design
  • Mick Rock – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Reed.

  1. My House
  2. Women
  3. Underneath the Bottle
  4. The Gun
  5. The Blue Mask
  6. Average Guy
  7. The Heroine
  8. Waves of Fear
  9. The Day John Kennedy Died
  10. Heavenly Arms

The Tragically Hip: Road Apples

On February 19, 1991, “MCA” label released “Road Apples”, the second Tragically Hip (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Barris” in New Orleans, and was produced by Don Smith.

Personnel:

  • Gord Downie – lead vocals
  • Rob Baker – lead guitar
  • Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar
  • Gord Sinclair – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Johnny Fay – drums
  • Phil Jones – tambourine
  • Benmont Tench – piano
  • Malcolm Burn – accordion
  • Bruce Barris – recording, mixing
  • Don Smith – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Scott Campbell – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – lacquer cut

Track listing:

All tracks by Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.

  1. Little Bones
  2. Twist My Arm
  3. Cordella
  4. The Luxury
  5. Born in the Water
  6. Long Time Running
  7. Bring It All Back
  8. Three Pistols
  9. Fight
  10. On the Verge
  11. Fiddler’s Green
  12. The Last of the Unplucked Gems

Yo La Tengo: This Stupid World

On February 10, 2023, “Matador” label released “This Stupid World”, the seventeenth Yo La Tengo studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2022, in band’s studio in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was produced by Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew.

Personnel:

  • Ira Kaplan – vocals, guitar
  • James McNew – vocals, bass guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Georgia Hubley – vocals, drums
  • C. J. Camerieri – French horn 
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Mark Ohe – design
  • David Godlis – photography

Personnel:

All lyrics by Ira Kaplan, all music by Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, and James McNew

  1. Sinatra Drive Breakdown
  2. Fallout
  3. Tonight’s Episode
  4. Aselestine
  5. Until It Happens
  6. Apology Letter
  7. Brain Capers
  8. This Stupid World
  9. Miles Away

Betty Carter: I’m Yours, You’re Mine

In January 1997, “Verve” label released “I’m Yours, You’re Mine”, the 23rd and the final Betty Carter album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Betty Crater.

Personnel:

  • Betty Carter – vocals
  • Mark Shim – tenor saxophone
  • Andre Hayward – trombone
  • Xavier Davis – piano
  • Curtis Lundy – double bass
  • Matt Hughes – bass
  • Gregory Hutchinson – drums
  • Joe Ferla – engineer
  • Rory Romano – engineer assistant
  • Ted Wohlsen – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Anthony Barboza – photography

Track listing:

  1. This Time – Jule Styne
  2. I’m Yours, You’re Mine – Betty Carter, Curtis Lundy
  3. Lonely House – Langston Hughes, Kurt Weill
  4. Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
  5. Useless Landscape – Aloysio de Oliveira, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim
  6. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman
  7. September Song – Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill

Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean

On January 25, 2011, “4AD” label released “Kiss Each Other Clean”, the fourth Iron & Wine studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Brian Deck.

Personnel:

  • Sam Beam – vocal, guitar, banjo, bass, piano, harmonica, percussion, illustration, photography
  • Sarah Simpson – vocal
  • Jim Becker – guitar
  • Rob Burger – organ, accordion
  • Thomas Bartlett – keyboards
  • Matthew Lux – bass guitar
  • Benny Massarella – drums, percussion
  • Brian Deck – drums
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Joe Adamick – drums
  • Stuart Bogie – saxophone
  • Nate Lepine – saxophone
  • Justin Amolsch – trumpet
  • Tim Coffman – trombone
  • Jake Westermann – recording
  • Brian Deck – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Ray Janos – mastering
  • The Heads of State – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Beam.

  1. Walking Far from Home
  2. Me and Lazarus
  3. Tree by the River
  4. Monkeys Uptown
  5. Half Moon
  6. Rabbit Will Run
  7. Godless Brother in Love
  8. Big Burned Hand
  9. Glad Man Singing
  10. Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me

Silvana Estrada: Marchita

On January 21, 2022, “Glassnote Records” label released “Marchita”, the debut Silvana Estrada studio album. It was recorded in 2019, in Mexico City, and was produced by Gustavo Guerrero and Daniel Zepeda.

Personnel:

  • Silvana Estrada – vocals, cuatro
  • Roberto Verástegui – organ, piano, keyboards
  • Luri Molina – double bass
  • José Andrés Marquez – drums, percussion
  • Gustavo Guerrero – percussion, backing vocals
  • Andrés Tirado, Jorge Tirado – percussion
  • JC Vertti – percussion, recording
  • Daniel Bitrán Arizpe – percussion, recording, mixing
  • Diego Franco – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Alfredo Pino Cruz – flugelhorn
  • Sergei Gorbenko, Sergei Kossiak – violin
  • Ángel Medina – viola
  • Sona Poshotyan – cello
  • Juanma Trujillo – conductor
  • Ronaldo Alatorre – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Edwin Erazo – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Silvana Estrada.

  1. Más o menos antes
  2. La Corriente
  3. Te guardo
  4. Un día cualquiera
  5. Sabré olvidar
  6. Marchita
  7. Tristeza
  8. Carta
  9. Casa
  10. Ser de ti
  11. La enfermedad del siglo

Black Mountain: In the Future

On January 21, 2008, “Jagjaguwar” label released “In the Future”, the second Black Mountain studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “The Factory Studios” and “The Hive Creative Labs” in Vancouver, “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Dave Sardy, Stephen McBean, Amber Webber, Jeremy Schmidt, Matthew Camirand and Joshua Wells.

Personnel:

  • Stephen McBean – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jeremy Schmidt – organ, synthesizer, Mellotron, artwork
  • Matthew Camirand – bass guitar
  • Joshua Wells – drums, percussion, piano, Mellotron
  • Amber Webber – vocals, percussion
  • Ryan Peters – backing vocals
  • Sean Hawryluk – backing vocals
  • The East Van Ladies’ Chorus – backing vocals
  • Dave Sardy – engineer, mixing
  • Sheldon Zaharko – engineer
  • Colin Stewart – engineer
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All music by Stephen McBean, Amber Webber, Jeremy Schmidt, Matthew Camirand and Joshua Wells, all lyrics by Stephen McBean, except where noted.

  1. Stormy High
  2. Angels
  3. Tyrants
  4. Wucan
  5. Stay Free
  6. Queens Will Play
  7. Evil Ways
  8. Wild Wind
  9. Bright Lights
  10. Night Walks – Amber Webber

Front 242: Front By Front

In November 1988, “Red Rhino Europe” label released “Front by Front”, the fourth Front 242 album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Jean-Luc Meyer, Daniel Bressanutti, Patrick Codenys and Richard Jonckheere.

Personnel:

  • Jean-Luc De Meyer – vocals
  • Daniel Bressanutti – keyboards
  • Patrick Codenys – keyboards
  • Richard Jonckheere – drums
  • Greg Calbi – mastering, remastering
  • Frédéric Boebaert – art direction
  • Alain Verbaert – photography

Track listing:

  1. Until Death (Us Do Part)
  2. Circling Overland
  3. Im Rhythmus Bleiben
  4. Felines
  5. First In/First Out
  6. Blend the Strengths
  7. Headhunter v3.0
  8. Work 01
  9. Terminal State

Gary Burton: Like Minds

On November 3, 1998, “Concord” label released “Like Minds”, the 53rd Gary Burton album. It was recorded in December 1997, at “Avatar Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Gary Burton. In 1998, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group”. 

Personnel:

  • Gary Burton – vibraphone
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Pat Metheny – guitar
  • Dave Holland – double bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • James Farber – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Darlene Barbaria – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat Metheny except where noted.

  1. Questions and Answers
  2. Elucidation
  3. Windows
  4. Futures
  5. Like Minds
  6. Country Roads
  7. Tears of Rain
  8. Soon – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  9. Straight Up and Down – Chick Corea