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Patti Smith: Banga

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On June 1, 2012, “Columbia” label released “Banga”, the eleventh Patti Smith studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York, and “Hobo Recorders” in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was produced by Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty and Lenny Kaye.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith – vocals, photography, Polaroids
  • Lenny Kaye – guitars, backing vocals
  • Tony Shanahan – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jay Dee Daugherty – drums, percussion, mandocello, backing vocals
  • Tom Verlaine – guitar
  • Jack Petruzzelli – guitar, Hammond organ
  • Johnny Depp – guitar, drums 
  • Jackson Smith – guitar
  • Luca Lanzi – vocals, guitar
  • Riccardo Dellocchio – steel guitar
  •  Jesse Smith – piano
  • Rob Morsberger – piano
  • Sauro Lanzi – accordion 
  • Massimilano Gregorio – bass 
  • Fabrizio Morganti – percussion 
  • Louie Appel – drums
  • Maxim Moston – violin
  • Entcho Todorov – violin
  • Andreas Petermann – violin 
  • Hiroko Taguchi – viola
  • Dave Eggar – cello
  • Tadhg Brady – vocals
  • Clea Payer – vocals
  • Fynn Payer – vocals
  • Kobyn Payer – vocals
  • Stewart Lerman – engineer, recording, mixing
  • Andrea Rovacchi – engineer, recording 
  • Iestyn Polson – additional engineering
  • Emery Dobyns – additional engineering
  • Eric Spring – additional engineering
  • Keenan Wyatt – additional engineering
  • Pete Bischoff – engineer assistant
  • Phil Joly – engineer assistant
  • Elizabeth Bauer – engineer assistant
  • Michael H. Brauer – mixing 
  • Ryan Gilligan – mixing assistant, Pro Tools engineer 
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Dave Bett – art direction
  • Steve Sebring – photography, front cover
  • Mount Fuji image courtesy of The Granger Collection, New York

Track listing:

All tracks by Pattis Smith, except where noted.

  1. Amerigo – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  2. April Fool – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  3. Fuji-san – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
  4. This Is the Girl – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan, Stewart Lerman
  5. Banga
  6. Maria – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  7. Mosaic – Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty
  8. Tarkovsky (The Second Stop is Jupiter) – Patti Smith, Sun Ra
  9. Nine
  10. Seneca – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
  11. Constantine’s Dream – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
  12. After the Gold Rush – Meil Young

Steve Earle:I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive

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On April 26, 2011, “New West” label released “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”, the 14th Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded May – November 2010, and was produced by T Bone Burnett.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica
  • T Bone Burnett – vocals, electric guitar
  • Jackson Smith – electric guitar
  • Sara Watkins – vocals, fiddle
  • Keefus Ciancia – mellotron
  • Roland Guerin – acoustic bass
  • Dennis Crouch – bass
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Michael Brown – euphonium
  • Sammie Williams – trombone
  • Tracey Griffin – flugelhorn
  • Jonathan Gross – tuba
  • Tim Robbins
  • Allison Moorer – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle.

  1. Waitin’ on the Sky
  2. Little Emperor
  3. The Gulf of Mexico
  4. Molly-O
  5. God Is God
  6. Meet Me in the Alleway
  7. Every Part of Me
  8. Lonely Are the Free
  9. Heaven or Hell
  10. I Am a Wanderer
  11. This City

Patti Smith: Twelve

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On April 17, 2007, “Columbia” label released “Twelve”, the seventh Patti Smith album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Patti Smith.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, clarinet
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar
  • Duncan Webster – guitar
  • Jack Petruzelli – guitar
  • Jackson Smith – guitar
  • Tom Verlaine– guitar
  • Rich Robinson – guitar, dulcimer
  • Sam Shepard– banjo
  • Walker Shepard – banjo
  • John Cohen– banjo
  • Luis Resto– piano
  • Tony Shanahan– vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Barre Duryea – bass
  • Flea– bass
  • Paul Nowinski – double bass
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums, percussion, accordion
  • Mario Resto – drums
  • Peter Stampfel– fiddle
  • Giovanni Sollima– cello
  • Jesse Smith – backing vocals
  • Emery Dobyns – engineer, mixing
  • Andi Ostrowe – live sound mixing
  • David Bett – art direction
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steven Sebring– photography

Track listing:

  1. Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix
  2. Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes
  3. Helpless – Neil Young
  4. Gimme Shelter – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  5. Within You Without You – George Harrison
  6. White Rabbit – Grace Slick
  7. Changing of the Guards – Bob Dylan
  8. The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon, Forere Motioheola
  9. Soul Kitchen – Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger
  10. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
  11. Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman, Robert Payne
  12. Pastime Paradise – Stevie Wonder
  13. Everybody Hurts (bonus tracks) – Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe

Patti Smith: Gung Ho

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On March 21, 2000, “Arista” label released “Gung Ho” album by Patti Smith. It was recorded in 2000, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Gil Norton. Magazine “Rolling Stone” included “Gung Ho” in its list of “Top 50 Albums of 2000”. The album cover includes picture of Smiths’s father, Grant Smith.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals, guitar, photography
  • Tom Verlaine– guitar
  • Lenny Kaye– guitar
  • Jackson Smith – guitar
  • Oliver Ray– guitar
  • Ben E. Franklin – mandolin
  • Penny Whistle – mandolin
  • Kimberly Smith – mandolin
  • Grant Hart– piano, farfisa
  • Tony Shanahan– bass, keyboards
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums
  • Rebecca Weiner – violin
  • Skaila Kanga– harp
  • Michael Stipe– backing vocals
  • Wade Raley – backing vocals
  • Danton Supple – engineer, mixing
  • Jake Davies – engineer
  • Mark Phythers – engineer
  • Todd Parker – engineer assistant
  • Gil Norton– mixing
  • Paul Angelli – mastering
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Margery Greenspan – art direction
  • Steven Sebring– photography

Track listing:

  1. One Voice – Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty
  2. Lo and Beholden – Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith
  3. Boy Cried Wolf – Patti Smith
  4. Persuasion – Patti Smith, Fred “Sonic” Smith
  5. Gone Pie – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  6. China Bird – Oliver Ray, Patti Smith
  7. Glitter in Their Eyes – Oliver Ray, Patti Smith
  8. Strange Messenger – Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith
  9. Grateful – Patti Smith
  10. Upright Come – Oliver Ray, Patti Smith
  11. New Party – Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
  12. Libbie’s Song – Patti Smith
  13. Gung Ho – Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray , Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan