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David Grisman & Martin Taylor: Tone Poems 2

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On October 31, 1995, “Acoustic Music” label released “Tone Poems 2”, an album by David Grisman and Martin Taylor. It was recorded in January 1995, at “Dawg Studios”, and was produced by David Grisman.

Personnel:

  • David Grisman – mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar, tenor guitar
  • Martin Taylor – guitar
  • David Dennison – recording
  • Paul Stubblebine – mastering
  • D. Brent Hauseman – design, photography
  • Craig Miller – production coordinator

Personnel:

  1. Swanee – George Gershwin, Irving Caesar
  2. Teasin’ the Frets – Nick Lucas
  3. It Had to Be You – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
  4. Please – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  5. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
  6. Anything Goes – Cole Porter
  7. Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. Lulu’s Back In Town – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
  9. Tears – Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt
  10. Jeepers Creepers – Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
  11. Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg
  12. Musette for a Magpie – Martin Taylor
  13. Mairzy Doats – Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston
  14. Bésame Mucho – Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar
  15. Unforgettable – Irving Gordon
  16. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  17. My Romance – Rodgers, Hart
  18. Out of Nowhere – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  19. Crystal Silence – Chick Corea, Neville Potter

Gov’t Mule: By a Thread

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On October 27, 2009, “Evil Teen Records” label released “By a Thread”, the ninth Gov’t Mule studio album. It was recorded in January 2009, at “Pedernales Studio” in Spicewood, TX, and was produced by Gordie Johnson and Warren Haynes.

Personnel:

  • Warren Haynes – vocals, guitar
  • Danny Louis – keyboards, rhythm guitar
  • Jorgen Carlsson – bass
  • Matt Abts – drums, percussion
  • Billy Gibbons – guitar
  • Andy Hess – bass guitar
  • Gordie Johnson – backing vocals 

Track listing:

All tracks Warren Haynes, except where noted.

  1. Broke Down On the Brazos – Matt Abts, Jorgen Carlsson, Warren Haynes, Danny Louis
  2. Steppin’ Lightly – Matt Abts, Jorgen Carlsson, Warren Haynes, Danny Louis
  3. Railroad Boy – traditional, arranged by Matt Abts, Jorgen Carlsson, Warren Haynes, Danny Louis
  4. Monday Morning Meltdown
  5. Gordon James
  6. Any Open Window – Matt Abts, Jorgen Carlsson, Warren Haynes, Danny Louis
  7. Frozen Fear
  8. Forevermore
  9. Inside Outside Woman Blues #3
  10. Scenes From a Troubled Mind
  11. World Wake Up – Warren Haynes, Danny Louis

Fall: The Real New Fall LP

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On October 27, 2003, “Action Records” label released “The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)”, the 23rd Fall studio album. It was recorded December 2002 – January 2003, at “Gracieland Studios” in Rochdale, and was produced by Mark E. Smith, Ben Pritchard, Jim Watts, Dave Milner, Elena Poulou, and Simon Archer.

Personnel:

  • Mark E. Smith – lead vocals
  • Ben Pritchard – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Watts – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, computer, backing vocals
  • Dave Milner – lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Elena Poulou – keyboards, backing vocals
  • S. Beswick – keyboards
  • Simon “Ding” Archer – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ed Blaney – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Green Eyed Loco-Man  – Mark E. Smith, Jim Watts
  2. Mountain Energei – Dave Milner, Mark E. Smith
  3. Theme From Sparta F.C. – Ben Pritchard, Mark E. Smith, Jim Watts
  4. Contraflow – Mark E. Smith, Jim Watts
  5. Last Commands of Xyralothep Via M.E.S. – Dave Milner, Mark E. Smith
  6. Open the Boxoctosis #2 – Mark E. Smith, Jim Watts
  7. Janet, Johnny + James – Ben Pritchard, Mark E. Smith
  8. The Past #2 – Mark E. Smith, Jim Watts
  9. Loop41 ‘Houston – Lee Hazlewood
  10. Mike’s Love Xexagon – Mark E. Smith, Jim Watts
  11. Proteinprotection – Dave Milner, Ben Pritchard, Mark E. Smith, Jim Watts
  12. Recovery Kit – Ben Pritchard, Mark E. Smith

Kenny Wheeler: A Long Time Ago

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On October 19, 1999, “ECM” label released “A Long Time Ago”, the 16th Kenny Wheeler album. It was recorded September 1997 – January 1998, at “Gateway Studio” in Kingston, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
  • John Taylor – piano
  • John Parricelli – guitar
  • Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Henry Lowther, Ian Hamer – trumpet
  • Pete Beachill, Mark Nightingale, Richard Edwards- trombone
  • Sarah Williams, Dave Stewart – bass trombone
  • Tony Faulkner – conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenny Wheeler.

  1. The Long Time Ago Suite
  2. One Plus Three (Version 1)
  3. Ballad for a Dead Child
  4. Eight Plus Three / Alice My Dear
  5. Going for Baroque
  6. Gnu Suite
  7. One Plus Three (Version 2)

Elvis Presley: Elvis

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On October 19, 1956, “RCA Victor” label released “Elvis” (also known as Elvis Presley No. 2), the second Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded January – September 1956, at “RCA Studio 1” in New York City, “Radio Recorders Studio 1” in Hollywood, and was produced by Steve Sholes.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Scotty Moore – electric guitar
  • Shorty Long – piano
  • Gordon Stoker – piano
  • Bill Black – double bass
  • D. J. Fontana – drums
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Rip It Up – Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco
  2. Love Me – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  3. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again – Gene Sullivan, Wiley Walker
  4. Long Tall Sally – Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman
  5. First in Line – Aaron Schroeder, Ben Weisman
  6. Paralyzed – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
  7. So Glad You’re Mine – Arthur Crudup
  8. Old Shep – Red Foley
  9. Ready Teddy – Robert Blackwell, John Marascalo
  10. Any Place in Paradise – Joe Thomas
  11. How’s the World Treating You – Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant
  12. How Do You Think I Feel – Webb Pierce, Wayne Walker

The Wallflowers: Glad All Over

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On October 9, 2012, “Columbia” label released “Glad All Over”, the sixth Wallflowers studio album. It was recorded January – February 2012, at “Easy Eye Studio” and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Jakob Dylan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Rami Jaffee – keyboards
  • Greg Richling – bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jack Irons – drums, percussion
  • Mick Jones – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – guitar, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jakob Dylan; all music by Jakob Dylan, Jack Irons, Rami Jaffee, Stuart Mathis and Greg Richling.

  1. Hospitals for Sinners
  2. Misfits and Lovers
  3. First One in the Car
  4. Reboot the Mission
  5. It’s a Dream
  6. Love Is a Country
  7. Have Mercy on Him Now
  8. The Devil’s Waltz
  9. It Won’t Be Long (Till We’re Not Wrong Anymore)
  10. Constellation Blues
  11. One Set of Wings

Birthday Massacre: Hide and Seek

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On October 9, 2012, “Metropolis” label released “Hide and Seek”, the fifth Birthday Massacre studio album. It was recorded January – July 2012, and was produced by Rainbow and Michael Falcore.

Personnel:

  • Chibi – vocals
  • Rainbow – rhythm guitar
  • Falcore – lead guitar
  • Owen – keyboards
  • Nate Manor – bass
  • Rhim – drums
  • Kevin James Maher – programming
  • Dave Ogilvie – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Chibi, Rainbow and M. Falcore, except where noted.

  1. Leaving Tonight
  2. Down
  3. Play With Fire – Aaron Cunningham, Chibi, Rainbow, M. Falcore
  4. Need
  5. Calling
  6. Alibis
  7. One Promise
  8. In This Moment
  9. Cover My Eyes
  10. The Long Way Home

John Surman: Coruscating

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On September 21, 2000, “ECM” label released “Coruscating”, the 25th John Surman album. It was recorded in January 1999, at “CTS Studios” in London, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • John Surman– soprano and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
  • Chris Laurence– bass

Trans4mation

  • Rita Manning, Keith Pascoe– violins
  • Bill Hawkes – viola
  • Nick Cooper – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by John Surman.

  1. At Dusk
  2. Dark Corners
  3. Stone Flower
  4. Moonless Midnight
  5. Winding Passages
  6. An Illusive Shadow
  7. Crystal Walls
  8. For the Moment

The Dandy Warhols: Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

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On September 13, 2005, “Capitol” label released “Odditorium or Warlords of Mars”, the fifth Dandy Warhols studio album. It was recorded April 2004 – January 2005, at “The Odditorium” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Gregg Williams.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor– vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, album cover concept
  • Peter Holmström– vocals, guitar
  • Zia McCabe– vocals, keyboards
  • Brent DeBoer– vocals, drums, guitar
  • Lockett Allbritton – vocals
  • Achilleas Anastasopolis – trumpet
  • Eric Early – banjo
  • John Fell – additional vocals
  • Sean Gothman – “number nine” on Smoke It

 Track Listing:

All tracks by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Colder Than the Coldest Winter Was Cold (intro)
  2. Love Is the New Feel Awful
  3. Easy
  4. All the Money or the Simple Life Honey – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Miles Zuniga
  5. The New Country – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström
  6. Holding Me Up
  7. Did You Make a Song with Otis (interlude)
  8. Everyone Is Totally Insane
  9. Smoke It – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Miles Zuniga
  10. Down Like Disco
  11. There Is Only This Time – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström
  12. A Loan Tonight – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström, Zia McCabe, Brent DeBoer

Michael Brecker Quindectet: Wide Angels

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On September 9, 2003, “Verve” label released “Wide Angles”, the 20th Michael Brecker album. It was recorded in January 2003, and was produced by Michael Brecker and Gil Goldstein. In 2004, “Wide Angels” won the “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, arranger
  • John Patitucci– bass
  • Adam Rogers– guitar
  • Antonio Sánchez– drums
  • Robin Eubanks– trombone
  • Alex Sipiagin– trumpet
  • Charles Pillow – English horn, oboe
  • Peter Gordon – French horn
  • Steve Wilson– alto flute
  • Iain Dixon – bass clarinet
  • Joyce Hammann – violin
  • Mark Feldman– violin, concert master
  • Lois Martin – viola
  • Erik Friedlander– cello
  • Daniel Sadownick – percussion
  • Gil Goldstein– arranger, conductor, orchestration
  • Brian Dozoretz – assistant engineer
  • Jay Newland – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • George Whitty – digital editing
  • Nicole Hegeman – production coordination
  • Darryl Pitt – production coordination
  • Tommy Wilson – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Brecker except where noted.

  1. Broadband
  2. Cool Day in Hell
  3. Angle of Repose
  4. Timbuktu
  5. Night Jessamine
  6. Scylla – Michael Brecker, George Whitty
  7. Brexterity
  8. Evening Faces – Don Grolnick
  9. Modus Operandy
  10. Never Alone