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ZZ Top: El Loco

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In July 1981, “Warner Bros” label released “El Loco”, the seventh ZZ Top studio album. It was recorded in 1981, and was produced by Bill Ham.

Personnel:

  • Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitar
  • Dusty Hill– lead and co-lead vocal, bass
  • Frank Beard– drums, percussion
  • Terry Manning – engineer
  • Linden Hudson – pre production engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Bob Alford – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard.

  1. Tube Snake Boogie
  2. I Wanna Drive You Home
  3. Ten Foot Pole
  4. Leila
  5. Don’t Tease Me
  6. It’s So Hard
  7. Pearl Necklace
  8. Groovy Little Hippie Pad
  9. Heaven, Hell or Houston
  10. Party on the Patio

The Jesus And Mary Chain: Psychocandy

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Psychocandy

On November 18, 1985, “Blanco y Negro Records” released “Psychocandy”, the debut The Jesus and Mary Chain studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at the “Southern Studios” in London, and was produced by Jim Reid, William Reid, Douglas Hart and Bobby Gillespie.

Personnel:

  • Jim Reid– vocals, guitar
  • William Reid– vocals, guitar
  • Douglas Hart– bass
  • Bobby Gillespie– drums
  • Karen Parker – backing vocals
  • Laurence Verfaillie – backing vocals
  • Greg Allen – art direction
  • Alastair Indge, Bleddyn Butcher, Chris Clown, Mike Laye, Rona McIntosh, Stuart Cassidy – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Reid and William Reid, except where noted

  1. Just Like Honey
  2. The Living End
  3. Taste the Floor
  4. The Hardest Walk
  5. Cut Dead
  6. In a Hole
  7. Taste of Cindy
  8. Never Understand
  9. Inside Me
  10. Sowing Seeds
  11. My Little Underground
  12. You Trip Me Up
  13. Something’s Wrong
  14. It’s So Hard

John Lennon: Imagine

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JOhn Lennon Imagine HIGH RESOLUTION COVER ART

On September 9, 1971, “Apple” label released “Imagine”, the second John Lennon studio album. It was recorded February – July , 1971 at the “Ascot Sound Studios”, Surrey; “Abbey Road Studios”, London and “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector. The album was ranked at number 80 on the “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • John Lennon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano; whistling, ;harmonica
  • George Harrison – electric and slide guitar, dobro
  • Ted Turner, Rod Linton – acoustic guitars
  • Joey Molland, Tom Evans– acoustic guitars
  • Rod Linton, Andy Davis – acoustic guitar
  • Michael Pinder– tambourine
  • Nicky Hopkins– piano, electric piano
  • John Tout- piano
  • Steve Brendell – upright bass, maracas
  • Klaus Voormann– bass, upright bass
  • Alan White– drums, Tibetan cymbals, vibraphone
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • King Curtis– saxophone
  • John Barham– harmonium, vibraphone
  • The Flux Fiddlers– orchestral strings
  • Phil Spector– backing vocals

All tarcks by John Lennon, except where noted.

  1. Imagine
  2. Crippled Inside
  3. Jealous Guy
  4. It’s So Hard
  5. I Don’t Wanna be a Soldier
  6. Gimme Some Truth
  7. Oh My Love – John Lennon, Yoko Ono
  8. How Do You Sleep?
  9. How?
  10. Oh Yoko!