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Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: Crooked Calypso

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On July 21, 2017, “Virgin EMI” label released “Crooked Calypso”, the third Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Chairworks” in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, and was produced by John Owan Williams.

Personnel:

  • Paul Heaton – lead vocal
  • Jacqui Abbott – lead vocal
  • Jonny Lexus – guitar, backing vocals
  • Stephen Large – piano, keyboards, accordion, melodica
  • Chris Wise – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Pete Marshall – drums, mandolin, timpani, backing vocals
  • Gary Hammond – percussion
  • Sam Healey – tenor saxophone
  • Gavin Hibberd, Kat Curlett – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Richard McVeigh – trombone
  • John Purton, Natalie Purton, Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, Savannah Simmons – violin
  • Alice Billen, Emma Richards – viola
  • Esther Harriott – cello
  • Liz Hanks – cello
  • Stephen Large – strings arrangements
  • Pete Whitfield – strings arrangements
  • David Watts – engineer, mixing
  • Jamie Ross – Robson, Marina Walker, Mark Scully – mixing assistant
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Salvador Design – design
  • Sean Welch – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Gotta Praise – Johnny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  2. He Wants To – Paul Heaton
  3. If I May – Paul Heaton
  4. She Got the Garden – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  5. People Like Us – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  6. Blackwater Banks – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  7. The Lord Is a White Con – Paul Heaton
  8. Silence Is – Paul Heaton
  9. Love Makes You Happy – Paul Heaton
  10. The Fat Man – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  11. Your Bit of Stuff – Paul Heaton
  12. He Can’t Merry Her – Paul Heaton

Sault: Acts Of Faith

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On July 6, 2024, “Forever Living Originals” label released “Acts of Faith”, the eleventh Sault studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Inflo.

Personnel:

  • Inflo – vocals, mixing, engineer
  • Cleo Sol – vocals
  • Chronixx – vocals
  • Guy Davie – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dean Cover and Cleopatra Nikolic, except where noted.

  1. I Look for You – Jamar McNaughton
  2. Set Your Spirit Free
  3. God Will Help You Heal
  4. Heal
  5. Soul Clean
  6. The Lesson Is Over
  7. Someone to Love You
  8. Signs
  9. Pray for Me

The Cribbs: The New Fellas

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On June 20, 2005, “Wichita Recordings” label released “The New Fellas”, the second Cribs (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “West Heath Studios” in London, and was produced by Edwyn Collins.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Jarman – vocals, guitar
  • Gary Jarman – vocals, bass
  • Ross Jarman – drums
  • Edwyn Collins – keyboards, backing vocals
  • The Punters – crowd vocals
  • Sebastian Lewsley – engineer
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Hiromix – illustrations
  • Nick Scott – design
  • Andrew Kendall – photography
  • Becky Cowey – additional photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Ryan Jarman, Gary Jarman and Ross Jarman except where noted.

  1. Hey Scenesters
  2. I’m Alright Me
  3. Martell
  4. Mirror Kissers
  5. We Can No Longer Cheat You
  6. It Was Only Love
  7. The New Fellas
  8. Hello? Oh…
  9. The Wrong Way to Be
  10. Haunted
  11. Things Aren’t Gonna Change

King Krule: Man Alive!

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On February 21, 2020, “True Panther Sounds”, “XL Recordings”, and “Matador”, labels released “Man Alive!” the fourth Archy Marshall studio album, and his third album under the stage name King Krule. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Archy Marshall and Dilip Harris.

Personnel:

  • King Krule (Archy Marshall) – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizers, keyboards, drum programming, mixing
  • James Wilson – bass 
  • George Bass – drums, percussion
  • Ignacio Salvadores – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Yassin – backing vocals
  • Jack Towell – vocoder
  • Dilip Harris – mixing
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Jack Marshall – album art

Track listing:

All tracks by Archy Marshall.

  1. Cellular
  2. Supermarché
  3. Stoned Again
  4. Comet Face
  5. The Dream
  6. Perfecto Miserable
  7. Alone, Omen 3
  8. Slinky
  9. Airport Antenatal Airplane
  10. (Don’t Let the Dragon) Draag On
  11. Theme for the Cross
  12. Underclass
  13. Energy Fleets
  14. Please Complete Thee

Black Country, New Road: For The First Time

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On February 5, 2012, “Ninja Tune” label released “For the First Time”, the debut Black Country, New Road studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Andy Savours.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Wood – vocals, lead guitar
  • Luke Mark – guitar
  • May Kershaw – keyboards
  • Tyler Hyde – bass
  • Charlie Wayne – drums
  • Lewis Evans – saxophone
  • Georgia Ellery – violin
  • Andy Savours – engineer, mixing
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Bart Price – artwork
  • Joshua Rumble – assistance

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Wayne, Georgia Ellery, Isaac Wood, Lewis Evans, Luke Mark, May Kershaw and Tyler Hyde.

  1. Instrumental
  2. Athens, France
  3. Science Fair
  4. Sunglasses
  5. Track X
  6. Opus

Teenage Fanclub: Nothing Lasts Forever

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On September 22, 2023, “PeMa” label released “Nothing Lasts Forever”, the twelfth Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, “Raymond’s Place” in Glasgow, and was produced by Norman Blake, Euros Childs, Francis MacDonald, Raymond McGinley and Dave McGowan.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake – vocals, guitar
  • Raymond McGinley – vocals, lead guitar, engineering
  • Euros Childs – vocals, keyboard
  • Dave McGowan – vocals, bass
  • Francis MacDonald – vocals, drums
  • Stephen Black – clarinet, saxophone
  • John McCusker – strings
  • Daisy Spiers – strings
  • David Henderson – engineer
  • Joe Jones – engineer
  • Tom Walsh – string engineering
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • H. Hawkline – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Norman Blake, except where noted.

  1. Foreign Land
  2. Tired of Being Alone – Raymond McGinley
  3. I Left a Light On
  4. See the Light – Raymond McGinley
  5. It’s Alright
  6. Falling into the Sun – Raymond McGinley
  7. Self-Sedation
  8. Middle of My Mind – Raymond McGinley
  9. Back to the Light
  10. I Will Love You – Raymond McGinley

Tom Skinner: Voices Of Bishara

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On November 4, 2022, “Nonesuch Records”, “International Anthem Recording Company” and “Brownswood Recordings” labels released “Voices of Bishara”, the first Tom Skinner album, (first under his real name, previously released two albums under the name Hello Skinny). It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Tom Skinner.

Personnel:

  • Tom Skinner – drums
  • Tom Herbert – acoustic bass
  • Nubya Garcia – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Shabaka Hutchings – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Kareem Dayes – cello
  • Blue May – recording
  • Scott Knapper – recording assistant
  • Dilip Harris – mixing
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Paul Camo – sleeve design, artwork
  • Craig Hansen – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Skinner, except where noted.

  1. Bishara
  2. Red 2 – version of Tony Williams Two Pieces of One: Red
  3. The Journey
  4. The Day After Tomorrow
  5. Voices (of the Past)
  6. Quiet as It’s Kept

Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate

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On July 15, 2016, “Polydor” label released “Love & Hate”, the second Michael Kiwanuka studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), Inflo and Paul Butler.

Personnel:

  • Michael Kiwanuka – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, lead guitar, bass, piano
  • Inflo – piano, bass, drums, backing vocals
  • Brian Burton – bass, synth pad, piano, organ, percussion
  • Graham Godfrey – drums, percussion, hand claps, tape machine FX, backing vocals
  • Paul Butler – percussion, cello, trumpet, electric guitar, keys, drum machines, clavinet, Moog, piano, Yamaha CS-80, backing vocals
  • Miles James – electric guitar
  • Pete Randall – double bass, Fender bass VI, backing vocals
  • Gary Plumley – flute, saxophone
  • James Bateman – saxophone
  • Andy Parkin – violin
  • Wired Strings
    • Jenny Sacha – violin 
    • Gillon Cameron, Anna Croad, Sally Jackson, Patrick Kieman, Eleanor Mathieson, Kotono Sato, Debbie Widdup – violin
    • Natalia Bonner – violin
    • Kerenza Peacock – violin
    • Emma Owens – viola 
    • Nzomi Cohen – viola
    • Becky Jones – viola
    • Rosie Danvers – cello, string arrangements
    • Bryony James – cello
    • Richard Pryce – double bass
  • Huw White – string arrangements 
  • Paul Boldeau, Phebe Edwards, LaDonna Harley-Peters – backing vocals
  • Paul Butler – engineer, mixing
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineer, mixing
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineer, strings engineer, mixing
  • Todd Monfalcone – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Dave Granshaw – engineer
  • Jon McMullen – engineer, mixing
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Guy Davie – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Kiwanuka.

  1. Cold Little Heart
  2. Black Man in a White World
  3. Falling
  4. Place I Belong
  5. Love & Hate
  6. One More Night
  7. I’ll Never Love
  8. Rule the World
  9. Father’s Child
  10. The Final Frame

Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future

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On May 14, 2021, “Impulse!” label released “Black to the Future”, the fourth Sons of Kemet studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Livingston Studio 1” in London, and was produced by Shabaka Hutchings and Dilip Harris.

Personnel:

  • Shabaka Hutchings – tenor saxophone, woodwinds
  • Theon Cross – tuba
  • Edward Wakili-Hick – percussion
  • Tom Skinner – percussion
  • Steve Williamson – tenor saxophone
  • Joshua Idehen – vocals
  • Angel Bat Dawid – vocals
  • Moor Mother – vocals
  • D Double E – vocals
  • Kojey Radical – vocals
  • Lianne La Havas – vocals
  • Dilip Harris – recording, mixing
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Mzwandile Buthelezi – artwork, design
  • Shabaka Hutchings – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Field Negus
  2. Pick Up Your Burning Cross
  3. Think of Home
  4. Hustle
  5. For the Culture
  6. To Never Forget the Source
  7. In Remembrance of Those Source
  8. Let the Circle Be Unbroken
  9. Envision Yourself Levitating
  10. Black

Glasvegas: Later…When the TV Turns to Static

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On September 2, 2013, “BMG” label released “Later…When the TV Turns to Static”, the third Glasvegas studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Gorbals Studio” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by James Allan.

Personnel:

  • James Allan – lead vocals, mixing
  • Rab Allan – guitar, mixing
  • Paul Donoghue – bass guitar, mixing
  • Jonna Löfgren – drums, mixing
  • Andrea Gobbi – engineer, mixing
  • Cameron Malcolm – engineer assistant
  • Guy Davie – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by James Allan.

  1. Later…When the TV Turns to Static
  2. Youngblood
  3. Choices
  4. All I Want is My Baby
  5. Secret Truth
  6. I’d Rather Be Dead (Than Be with You)
  7. Magazine
  8. If
  9. Neon Bedroom
  10. Finished Sympathy