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Screaming Trees: Even If and Especially When

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On March 28, 1987, “SST” label released “Even If and Especially When” the second Screaming Trees studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Velvetone” in Ellensburg, WA, and was produced by Steve Fisk, Mark Lanegan, Van Conner, Gary Lee Conner and Mark Pickerel.

Personnel:

  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Gary Lee Conner – guitar, organ, back cover photography
  • Van Conner – bass
  • Mark Pickerel – drums
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Diane Szukovathy – design
  • Jeff Price – front cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Transfiguration
  2. Straight Out to Any Place
  3. World Painted
  4. Don’t Look Down
  5. Girl Behind the Mask
  6. Flying
  7. Cold Rain
  8. Other Days and Different Planets
  9. The Pathway
  10. You Know Where It’s All
  11. Back Together
  12. In the Forest

The Coral: Magic and Medicine

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On July 28, 2003, “Deltasonic” label released “Magic and Medicine”, the second  Coral studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Elevator Studio” in Liverpool, and was produced by Ian Broudie.

Personnel:

  • James Skelly – vocals, guitar, co-producer
  • Lee Southall – guitar, backing vocals, co-producer
  • Bill Ryder-Jones– guitar, co-producer
  • Paul Duffy – bass guitar, backing vocals, co-producer
  • Nick Power – organ, piano, backing vocals, co-producer
  • Ian Skelly – drums, co-producer, artwork
  • Andy Frizell – brass
  • Simon James – brass
  • Martin Smith – brass
  • Olline Brindley – double bass
  • Louis Baccino – flute
  • Andy Brindley – harmonica
  • Megan Childs – violin
  • Jon Gray – engineer
  • Gary Butler – mastering
  • Arthur Janssen – photography
  • Jonathan Worth – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by James Skelly, except where noted.

  1. In the Forest – James Skelly, Nick Power
  2. Don’t Think You’re the First
  3. Liezah – James Skelly, Nick Power
  4. Talkin’ Gypsy Market Blues
  5. Secret Kiss
  6. Milkwood Blues
  7. Bill McCai
  8. Eskimo Lament – Nick Power
  9. Careless Hands – James Skelly, Bill Ryder – Jones
  10. Pass It On
  11. All of Our Love – James Skelly, Nick Power
  12. Confessions of A.D.D.D.

Van Morrison: Too Long In Exile

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Exile Too Long

On June 8, 1993, “Polydor” label released “Too Long in Exile”, the twenty-second Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded at “The Wool Hall Studios” in Bath and “The Record Plant” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, alto saxophone, harmonica
  • John Lee Hooker– vocals, electric guitar
  • Ronnie Johnson – electric guitar
  • Georgie Fame– Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Howard Francis – Hammond organ,piano
  • John Allair – Hammond organ
  • Teena Lyle – Hammond organ, percussion, vibraphone, backing vocals
  • Jonn Savannah – Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Richard Cousins – bass guitar
  • Nicky Scott –bass guitar
  • Geoff Dunn– drums
  • Paul Robinson – drums
  • Kevin Hayes – drums
  • Nicky Scott –bass guitar
  • Candy Dulfer– alto saxophone
  • Kate St John– tenor saxophone, cor Anglais

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison except where noted.

  1. Too Long in Exile
  2. Big Time Operators
  3. Lonely Avenue/You Give Me Nothing but the Blues – Doc Pomus, Van Morrison
  4. Ball & Chain
  5. In the Forest
  6. Till We Get the Healing Done
  7. Gloria
  8. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – Sonny Boy Williamson
  9. Wasted Years
  10. The Lonesome Road – Nathaniel Shilkret, Gene Austin
  11. Moody’s Mood for Love – James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  12. Close Enough for Jazz
  13. Before the World Was Made – lyrics by William Butler Yeats, adapted by Van Morrison, music by Kenny Craddock
  14. I’ll Take Care of You – Brook Benton
  15. Instrumental / Tell Me What You Want